There's a fantastic older movie (I've yet to see come out on Bluray) called "Other People's Money". Stars Danny DeVito and Penelope Ann Miller in a show where Danny's character sees a small cable making company's stock high and decides to "cash out" but forcing the company to sell.
The closing argument he makes is awesome, and pretty honest in its delivery.
The movie ends with the company shuttering, only to be revived in changing from making cables to airbag mesh nets.
Bring us to 2015 and those stockholders in cable companies remind me of this movie. They'll hem and haw, refusing to see the world changing, while demanding business don't change in the hope their stock value only increases.
I know I may be not worth asking, but could you use factual information in your pieces? Anyone else have the thought "practice what you preach" while reading this piece?
The entitlement too many people have. Cohen needs to learn his lies have consequences, and being called a "lobbyist" is the least of them.
A slightly less shitty quarter also doesn't change the fact that the housing market continues to grow without bringing new cable subscribers along for the ride.
This is expected, given how many new customers these companies want and they'll pretty much do anything to get them, such as actually giving new customers decent rates on internet without needing cable.
The problem comes after the initial promo period (usually a year). At this point, ISPs get downright nasty and up the promo price to ridiculous levels.
When customers call to complain, they're FORCED into taking tiered packaging because that's how the discounts continue.
Remarkably, the FTC says Net Neutrality changes by the FCC will hinder them to do their job.
So what the hell is the excuse for the last 30 years, where cable price gouging has exploded faster than the rate of inflation?
Just recently, we had to literally argue with AT&T to reduce their rate.
It was the final straw. I told my wife, against her wishes, this is the last year of cable, so get used to watching stuff online.
This article is a travesty of ignorance and confusion, culminating in an attack on free speech and the most important law on the internet. Which means it's going to be treated as fact by the other masses of ignorance.
Perhaps someone should send a copy to Jenny McCarthy to see if she approves.
He says small and medium-sized hotels have been hit hard and over the summer they had to drop their prices. Ah. There's the reason for the moral panic.
Bredar compares this game dynamic to other things people pay money for while expecting nothing but temporary amusement in return -- like movie tickets. Funny.
I know I'm not the only one who feels like spending money at the movie theater is gambling.
The DoJ is right. I've yet to find any of the "Big 3" software OS companies not keeping a copy of the key for themselves. Apple, Google, and Microsoft all make copies of these keys and stores them on their servers.
Doesn't matter if the keys are encrypted. The fact duplicate keys exist makes individual security impossible.
In fact, Windows doesn't even allow you to encrypt directly unless you own the "pro" version of its software. Once encrypted, Microsoft tells you to keep the key in a secured location while it uploads a copy to its servers.
The DoJ knows full well all three of these companies keep these keys, even if they can't read them.
The device, not a person, decrypts the key. Whomever gave the device the copy/original doesn't matter.
That's the angle the DoJ is going for and thanks to the bullshit known as the EULA/ToS, users can't waive the software requirements imposed by the very companies "fighting" the DoJ.
It's amazing how these companies say "protecting" our data is their top priority and they destroy this very protection by copying the master key.
If you want your data encrypted and safe: use a third party tool.
I sure as hell wouldn't rely on anything made by Google, Apple, or Microsoft.
I can understand the point, DLC, but the big question remains: why couldn't they have taken 5 seconds to introduce themselves as a Harmonix employee before hitting the submit button?
This is extremely unethical and now has put Harmonix in a bad light.
Though, I doubt any of this will matter. Fans of the game will buy it regardless if every review was controlled by Harmonix.
Regardless if it's worth the 5 star reviews or not.
First, that the Ministry of Culture was so clueless about social media that it did not foresee this happening. Until there's a follow-up news report stating 100,000 people were arrested for posting online.
Never underestimate how far a communist government will go to rid itself of people wanting basic human rights.
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Spend time, money, resources, and manpower to wiretap sympathizers will ignoring the real terrorists.
Then again, I hear the FBI is opposed to body cameras and any electronic recording device.
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Turns out, what we hear and what's actually true are completely different.
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Soft corruption isn't limited to hosted dinners.
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The closing argument he makes is awesome, and pretty honest in its delivery.
The movie ends with the company shuttering, only to be revived in changing from making cables to airbag mesh nets.
Bring us to 2015 and those stockholders in cable companies remind me of this movie. They'll hem and haw, refusing to see the world changing, while demanding business don't change in the hope their stock value only increases.
Money makes people do stupid things.
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Anyone else have the thought "practice what you preach" while reading this piece?
The entitlement too many people have. Cohen needs to learn his lies have consequences, and being called a "lobbyist" is the least of them.
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My faith in humanity has been restored.
Twice.
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Just another example of how laws "to protect the children" rarely do.
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This is expected, given how many new customers these companies want and they'll pretty much do anything to get them, such as actually giving new customers decent rates on internet without needing cable.
The problem comes after the initial promo period (usually a year). At this point, ISPs get downright nasty and up the promo price to ridiculous levels.
When customers call to complain, they're FORCED into taking tiered packaging because that's how the discounts continue.
Remarkably, the FTC says Net Neutrality changes by the FCC will hinder them to do their job.
So what the hell is the excuse for the last 30 years, where cable price gouging has exploded faster than the rate of inflation?
Just recently, we had to literally argue with AT&T to reduce their rate.
It was the final straw. I told my wife, against her wishes, this is the last year of cable, so get used to watching stuff online.
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Is this before or after the throttling occurs.
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Which means it's going to be treated as fact by the other masses of ignorance.
Perhaps someone should send a copy to Jenny McCarthy to see if she approves.
If so, the internet is screwed.
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Ah. There's the reason for the moral panic.
Let them eat cake.
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Funny.
I know I'm not the only one who feels like spending money at the movie theater is gambling.
As they say: the house always wins.
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Think of all the silver linings this bestows:
-Fox News gets shut down
-Facebook goes away
-Comments online disappear
-The human race is forced to shuts its damn mout
I'm looking forward to this peaceful outcome by the government.
For those who may have missed it, this is sarcasm.
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Doesn't matter if the keys are encrypted. The fact duplicate keys exist makes individual security impossible.
In fact, Windows doesn't even allow you to encrypt directly unless you own the "pro" version of its software. Once encrypted, Microsoft tells you to keep the key in a secured location while it uploads a copy to its servers.
The DoJ knows full well all three of these companies keep these keys, even if they can't read them.
The device, not a person, decrypts the key. Whomever gave the device the copy/original doesn't matter.
That's the angle the DoJ is going for and thanks to the bullshit known as the EULA/ToS, users can't waive the software requirements imposed by the very companies "fighting" the DoJ.
It's amazing how these companies say "protecting" our data is their top priority and they destroy this very protection by copying the master key.
If you want your data encrypted and safe: use a third party tool.
I sure as hell wouldn't rely on anything made by Google, Apple, or Microsoft.
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Re: Well... yeah
It's no different than AT&T having monopoly powers years ago - in exchange the US government can intercept any phone call without a warrant.
US Congress - fighting terrorism because they're the real terrorists.
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Re: A bit of tilting at windmills here...
This is extremely unethical and now has put Harmonix in a bad light.
Though, I doubt any of this will matter. Fans of the game will buy it regardless if every review was controlled by Harmonix.
Regardless if it's worth the 5 star reviews or not.
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Here is my app. Here is my spout.
When I get all steamed up, hear me shout:
"I've been hacked! What's that about?".
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Until there's a follow-up news report stating 100,000 people were arrested for posting online.
Never underestimate how far a communist government will go to rid itself of people wanting basic human rights.
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While this may explain why 4 star ratings get bumped to 4.5, it's no explanation of how a 1 star rating gets bumped to 4.
I never knew Fandango was owned by Comcast.
Clearly, there's no coincidence here.
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