The benevolence of the State isn't direct subsidy but the franchise agreement that someone will always be available to serve your needs no matter where in town you are.
If private enterprise were allowed, the 'sticks' still wouldn't have cable or in some cases running water. It's simply not profitable to serve those customers unless you have the full customer base to make up for it. Society is better off when everybody gets a fair shake, even at the expense of slightly higher pricing for the easily served.
Now, franchise agreements have their problems to be sure, but without acknowledging the benefits of a faster build out of infrastructure it's not a fair comparion.
Is Taxi service infrastructure? Certainly not in the traditional sense, but its the same with Fedex/UPS. There are places they simply don't serve...yet the USPS is required to do so.
Do we cast off the 'hard to serve' in the name of cheaper pricing for the masses?
NO news is more informed than Fox (and less informed than MSNBC). NPR is the MOST informed. I'll wait a minute for you to clean up your exploded brains.
And before the response saying MSNBC isn't great either I'll add that I didn't say they were great, only that Fox was measurably worse...which funnily enough, it is.
News outlets today would be better described as 'Podiums where politicians are allowed to speak without fear of cross examination'.
From national to local, 'reporters' don't question their subjects on anything they say. And while it's sometimes reasonable to allow someone to hang themselves with their own words, blatant falsehoods and dis-proven 'reasons' need to be called out publicly or the echo chambers become the truth people believe.
His entire popularity is built on being a roadblock. doesn't matter what for, just as long as he's against something.
Nothing new for some politicians except that he's made it to the level of the Senate.
Best description I've heard of the Tea Party and Cruz's ilk is that they are basically House members...the tempest in a tea cup the Senate is meant to cool off by design.
Except they are in the Senate and the body simply doesn't handle firebrands who fully intend to gum up the works and do expressly nothing.
it like a digital fingerprint that identifies it to you sitting behind the computer or something at that time. ... In that way I can make a digital qualification that that’s the person that I’m talking to. If I had one choice, that’s what I would ask for.
Indeed, a man can dream for that. Because what criminal wouldn't LOVE to be able to know with confidence that the 12 year old he's talking to online is actually Sgt. Smith.
The 'Senate' computers the CIA spied on were housed and maintained by the CIA at CIA Headquarters.
Amazon Cloud computers certainly aren't stored at a CIA site.
It's certainly not a huge stretch to believe the CIA would hack their way into Amazon Cloud but that's an entirely different thing than the 'Senate' computer issue.
As long as they say that up front then it's fine. By default though if they price their services in US Dollars then they are obligated to take the US Dollars. (See the Snopes link above).
If they clearly state what they accept as payment upfront, it's on you for doing business with them.
Most cashiers will happily use their code for your purchases. They get the 'points', you get the discount and the tracking company gets fairly confused.
Or just enter Jenny's phone number. (xxx)-867-5309 If it isn't registered in every area code already I'd be very surprised.
In my case, I had it tied to my phone number, then didn't use them for 3-4 years. Viola, my number has been reassigned to someone else so I just enter what used to be my phone number and give whoever has it the 'points'.
I'm assuming asking her husband "Honey, why did I get fined $800 dollars for our computer?"
wasn't an action she considered ? Seriously if I got fined 800 for something about my computer, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that if I make no changes or don't verify that changes were made to rectify the problem...it would likely happen again.
Yes she doesn't understand the technology, but clearly the husband did and she was fully able to ask him about the issue.
I've been amazed that Parallel Construction hasn't become a bigger issue. That there is *any* hint of extra-judicial shenanigans going on would seem, on it's face, to introduce 'reasonable doubt' to *any* court proceeding.
If it's happened once, it's happened every single time because it's impossible to prove it didn't happen.
How this isn't being handled as a 'the entire system is rigged' concept, even in the main stream press boggles my mind.
I'd happily appreciate someone explaining me off this cliff I seem to be on :)
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If private enterprise were allowed, the 'sticks' still wouldn't have cable or in some cases running water. It's simply not profitable to serve those customers unless you have the full customer base to make up for it. Society is better off when everybody gets a fair shake, even at the expense of slightly higher pricing for the easily served.
Now, franchise agreements have their problems to be sure, but without acknowledging the benefits of a faster build out of infrastructure it's not a fair comparion.
Is Taxi service infrastructure? Certainly not in the traditional sense, but its the same with Fedex/UPS. There are places they simply don't serve...yet the USPS is required to do so.
Do we cast off the 'hard to serve' in the name of cheaper pricing for the masses?
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http://inthecapital.streetwise.co/2014/02/07/study-people-who-dont-watch-the-news-are-more-i nformed-than-fox-viewers/
NO news is more informed than Fox (and less informed than MSNBC). NPR is the MOST informed. I'll wait a minute for you to clean up your exploded brains.
More details from above study
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/23/fox-news-less-informed-new-study_n_1538914.html
http:// www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2011/11/21/fox-news-viewers-uninformed-npr-listeners-not-poll-suggest s/
Seven separate surveys confirming Fox news viewers are the least informed
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2011/11/22/seven-surveys-make-a-trend-for-fox-and-viewers/16721 7
And before the response saying MSNBC isn't great either I'll add that I didn't say they were great, only that Fox was measurably worse...which funnily enough, it is.
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MSNBC certainly is a liberal outlet but they are measurably better at telling the truth than Fox.
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'News' outlets aren't
From national to local, 'reporters' don't question their subjects on anything they say. And while it's sometimes reasonable to allow someone to hang themselves with their own words, blatant falsehoods and dis-proven 'reasons' need to be called out publicly or the echo chambers become the truth people believe.
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Nothing new for some politicians except that he's made it to the level of the Senate.
Best description I've heard of the Tea Party and Cruz's ilk is that they are basically House members...the tempest in a tea cup the Senate is meant to cool off by design.
Except they are in the Senate and the body simply doesn't handle firebrands who fully intend to gum up the works and do expressly nothing.
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GOP freak out in 3...2...
But seriously, incoming rants of treason seem likely...
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A man can dream -
take 2
Indeed, a man can dream for that. Because what criminal wouldn't LOVE to be able to know with confidence that the 12 year old he's talking to online is actually Sgt. Smith.
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Sigh, political cowardice
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Re: Alternatives?
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Apples vs Oranges?
Amazon Cloud computers certainly aren't stored at a CIA site.
It's certainly not a huge stretch to believe the CIA would hack their way into Amazon Cloud but that's an entirely different thing than the 'Senate' computer issue.
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Re: What's that link again?
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That's the problem, it now calls into question every site you visit...ever, even the ones you *know* are trustworthy.
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If they clearly state what they accept as payment upfront, it's on you for doing business with them.
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Re: Always use cash...but
Snopes
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Re: Always use cash...but
Or just enter Jenny's phone number. (xxx)-867-5309 If it isn't registered in every area code already I'd be very surprised.
In my case, I had it tied to my phone number, then didn't use them for 3-4 years. Viola, my number has been reassigned to someone else so I just enter what used to be my phone number and give whoever has it the 'points'.
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*minor workplace safety issues may exist ;-)
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wasn't an action she considered ? Seriously if I got fined 800 for something about my computer, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that if I make no changes or don't verify that changes were made to rectify the problem...it would likely happen again.
Yes she doesn't understand the technology, but clearly the husband did and she was fully able to ask him about the issue.
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Re: Re: Progress!
Bonus if you set up Plex to then serve it to you directly from your home server.
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Progress!
Who says the content industry isn't trying new business models ;-)
Seriously, $20 (even per movie) for carte blanche access is sadly almost palatable given the better availability and distribution of torrented media.
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If it's happened once, it's happened every single time because it's impossible to prove it didn't happen.
How this isn't being handled as a 'the entire system is rigged' concept, even in the main stream press boggles my mind.
I'd happily appreciate someone explaining me off this cliff I seem to be on :)
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