It is harder to track down streams because when you take out middle men that means you take out Google's search results...sometimes. But if you really want to watch the steams or find content all it takes is just a little bit more work(AKA finding communities of people). They are so short slightest they think that "not on first page of Google = no real impact"
It is, of course, possible that Congress could do a good job rewriting the Telecommunications Act, but since when has anyone believed that Congress was competent about issues like this?
If we are going to talk about legitimate options to cord cutting, please don't pretend torrenting is it.
Yeah I may run my own plex server and then buy box sets when they come out months later. But that is not a technically legitimate "cord cutting" method and would not tell others to do it.
My two year old can just watch Daniel Tiger or Sesame Street on OTA PBS. Why pay $70 a month for cable(and that is cheap compared to what some people pay)?
Also you can watch Walking Dead on iTunes without a Cable subscription. Did you know that?
You didn't mention the margin the House (by a 106 to 7 vote) and Senate (46 to 4) passed it by. Which is notable because of how extremely lopsided it is. Whenever a Bill passes with near universal support, it is either a very good Bill or a very bad Bill. And I just don't think they have the good of the public at heart here.
Maybe if the Police spent more time exercising their first amendment rights and didn't want to jump to exercising the later ones so quickly these players and all these other protesters wouldn't be having so many problems...
So an engineer mu "claim" to my works are thrown aside for the "betterment" of society after 20 years. But some high school dropout who strums up a guitar in just the right way to catch the right tune can not only potentially live the rest of his life on that, but feeds his children's children on it too. Now a song and a new type of circuit board as two very different things, and they should be treated as such. But how can somebody like Senator Hatch look at you straight in the face and claim we "need" 100+ years of protection for one thing to promote innovation but then turn around and say 20 years for this other type of innovation is just fine? On its face this is inconsistent worldview.
$100,000 for a system that is WORSE than an army of kids with cell phones? Are you telling me the instant gun fire is heard there will not be 50 people calling 911? I would call you a liar and/or fool if you think those 5-15 extra seconds between this system(assuming it could cover the whole school) and those kids dialing 911 could possibly justify the expenditure of this money. Let alone the extra cost of upkeep of this system on both the school side and the LEO side. This is a massive failure all the way around.
So they boast "near zero false alerts". Which obviously means they acknowledge there is a way to trick the system. Who wants to bet the system will be tripped over and over again come finals time?
I say let Comcast and TWC merge….then force them to split into a cable company and an internet company. If you can force the internet providers to compete AGAINST the cable companies then you could see increased competition in the space. It would force Cable to get smarter. Drop channels nobody cares about, increase its technology(like on demanded and DVR) and get more competitive with the nature of the internet. And it would have the ISPs try to get “better” to get people to use their service over cable TV. Maybe offer high speed bundles, have special deals where if you get the 50MB package you get Netflix for free for a year or Amazon prime for half off. Right now TWC/Comcast/AT&T….they are stagnant with their cable and internet because they CAN be. Force them not to be and it will be a better place.
I still think allowing the FCC backbone ISPs to not allow purposeful degrading traffic is a good thing. But splitting apart TWC/Comcast/ect into separate Cable and Internet companies would do much better for competition across the spectrum long term.
When clearly there are two other adults here that are just as much at blame. Those two adults being the teacher and the principal. BOTH of them had to look at the diorama filled with various sets of people(Her family, dead presidents, and faculty) and think to themselves...."Man something needs to be done here!". I can NOT fathom how two adults could even get to the point of even contacting the Superintendent in the first place. Hate on the Superintendent, but make sure you hate on the teacher and principal for being giant idiots just as much
But that is the point of the new encryption standards. That even WHEN they get the warrants that they pretend are such a huge hassle(which they are not)...even then Apple and Google can't/won't help them. They are pushing new encryption standards so that literally ONLY the owner of the phone can decrypt said phone. And as people who have been used to being crushed under mountain of data...that scares them...and to that I say..."Good"
If Dish were serious about the cost of Turner Broadcasting stations and really wanted to be on the consumers side they would immediately drop all their customer's bills. I mean if they are suddenly NOT paying TBS fees and their customers are getting less content that means they shouldn't be paying the same amount.
But shocker they are just pocketing the difference.
CSI shows are what people like you to think the FBI/crime analysts really do. Use real world clues to track down criminals. Smart phones are less than a decade old! Could you imagine what a CSI show would look like if they relied only on evidence like the FBI claims they "need" from these smart phones? "Well his phone is now encrypted, can't go sweep for finger prints...check phone logs...run DNA tests...interview witnesses...review Surveillance footage...ALL OF IT IS GONE!"
Then what granular level would people go to find a distinction? "well MY recipe uses kosher salt, not sea salt." "My recipe uses cooking temps of 425 F not 350 F" "My recipe adds some cumin instead"
The slight variations you could extend out just ONE recipe would be humongous.
Why do school administrators somehow believe they have the right to look through children's entire lives? I mean that is essentially what that policy says. What is so damning that a 14 year old can do that they are so afraid of?
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It is harder
But if you really want to watch the steams or find content all it takes is just a little bit more work(AKA finding communities of people).
They are so short slightest they think that "not on first page of Google = no real impact"
On the post: Big Broadband's Hail Mary To Stop The FCC: Have Congress Pretend To Do Its Job
welp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uId3b59G0QU
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Yeah I may run my own plex server and then buy box sets when they come out months later. But that is not a technically legitimate "cord cutting" method and would not tell others to do it.
On the post: Children Are Leading The Cord Cutting Revolution
We Cut the cord
Also you can watch Walking Dead on iTunes without a Cable subscription. Did you know that?
On the post: Illinois Legislature Passes Recording Ban To Protect Public Servants - Not The Public
Forgot to mention
Whenever a Bill passes with near universal support, it is either a very good Bill or a very bad Bill.
And I just don't think they have the good of the public at heart here.
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Disgusting
On the post: St. Louis Police Claim It's Their 'First Amendment' Rights Not To Protect Football Players Who Supported Protestors
Exercising Rights
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Re: Just Big Money infringers
On the post: As Expected: Trial Lawyers Made A Huge Miscalculation In Killing Recent Patent Reform
Never understood Copyright vs Patents
But some high school dropout who strums up a guitar in just the right way to catch the right tune can not only potentially live the rest of his life on that, but feeds his children's children on it too.
Now a song and a new type of circuit board as two very different things, and they should be treated as such.
But how can somebody like Senator Hatch look at you straight in the face and claim we "need" 100+ years of protection for one thing to promote innovation but then turn around and say 20 years for this other type of innovation is just fine?
On its face this is inconsistent worldview.
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What are you some hippie?
On the post: Selling Fear: The First US School Installs A Shooting Detection System
How is this any better?
Are you telling me the instant gun fire is heard there will not be 50 people calling 911?
I would call you a liar and/or fool if you think those 5-15 extra seconds between this system(assuming it could cover the whole school) and those kids dialing 911 could possibly justify the expenditure of this money.
Let alone the extra cost of upkeep of this system on both the school side and the LEO side.
This is a massive failure all the way around.
On the post: Selling Fear: The First US School Installs A Shooting Detection System
near zero false alerts
Who wants to bet the system will be tripped over and over again come finals time?
On the post: The Cable Industry Thinks Mindlessly Raising Rates Is A Good Idea In The Face Of Fleeing Subscribers
Let them merge
It would force Cable to get smarter. Drop channels nobody cares about, increase its technology(like on demanded and DVR) and get more competitive with the nature of the internet.
And it would have the ISPs try to get “better” to get people to use their service over cable TV. Maybe offer high speed bundles, have special deals where if you get the 50MB package you get Netflix for free for a year or Amazon prime for half off.
Right now TWC/Comcast/AT&T….they are stagnant with their cable and internet because they CAN be. Force them not to be and it will be a better place.
I still think allowing the FCC backbone ISPs to not allow purposeful degrading traffic is a good thing. But splitting apart TWC/Comcast/ect into separate Cable and Internet companies would do much better for competition across the spectrum long term.
On the post: District Superintendent Claims 14-Year-Old Student Bullied Her By Using Her Photo In A Criminal Justice Class Project
Why only the Superintendent getting hate?
BOTH of them had to look at the diorama filled with various sets of people(Her family, dead presidents, and faculty) and think to themselves...."Man something needs to be done here!". I can NOT fathom how two adults could even get to the point of even contacting the Superintendent in the first place.
Hate on the Superintendent, but make sure you hate on the teacher and principal for being giant idiots just as much
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They are pushing new encryption standards so that literally ONLY the owner of the phone can decrypt said phone.
And as people who have been used to being crushed under mountain of data...that scares them...and to that I say..."Good"
On the post: Dish Pulls CNN, Doesn't Think Customers Still Paying For It Are Missing Much
If they were serious
But shocker they are just pocketing the difference.
Guess whose side that puts me on?
On the post: FBI Holds Secret Meeting To Scare Congress Into Backdooring Phone Encryption
Imagine CSI as the FBI paints it
Smart phones are less than a decade old!
Could you imagine what a CSI show would look like if they relied only on evidence like the FBI claims they "need" from these smart phones?
"Well his phone is now encrypted, can't go sweep for finger prints...check phone logs...run DNA tests...interview witnesses...review Surveillance footage...ALL OF IT IS GONE!"
On the post: Pizzeria Attempts To Trademark The Flavor Of Pizza. Yes, Seriously.
Imagine if you could Trademark or copyright food
"well MY recipe uses kosher salt, not sea salt."
"My recipe uses cooking temps of 425 F not 350 F"
"My recipe adds some cumin instead"
The slight variations you could extend out just ONE recipe would be humongous.
On the post: EFF And ACLU Explain To Tennessee School Board That Its New Internet Policy Violates Both The 1st & 4th Amendments
Why...
I mean that is essentially what that policy says.
What is so damning that a 14 year old can do that they are so afraid of?
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