Way back I said ok to let Nielsen do their thing at my house. What a cluster F_ck. Three tvs and VCRs got their magic hardware and a dialup data modem to report whatever those devices were tuned to, dot, dot dot.
I don't turn off TVs. One may be on the weather channel for hours. One may be on whatever channel was last. Well, that made them crazy.
Hardware glitches, modem no connect, calls to me; did you watch USA for last 10 hours. Maybe, "USA Up All Night" was after hour party gold.
Long and painful experiment in TV ratings for advertising not consumers. Wanted to burn those watch logs that acted as backup of last resort.
I'm not going to cry if Nielsen is the new buggy whip company.
From the Capital One Announcement:
"Was the data encrypted and/or tokenized?
We encrypt our data as a standard. Due to the particular circumstances of this incident, the unauthorized access also enabled the decrypting of data.
However, it is also our practice to tokenize select data fields, most notably Social Security numbers and account numbers. Tokenization involves the substitution of the sensitive field with a cryptographically generated replacement. The method and keys to unlock the tokenized fields are different from those used to encrypt the data. Tokenized data remained protected."
Seems to imply access via all the proper access information not deleted from employee X and employee X is flipping off Capital One. Not a real Hack but bad access rights management.
I'm not IT(tried it - made me hate job) I have plenty of fun at hardware coding. Oops, retired,
Too much is missing from articles - why did "suicide bomb vest" comment get no questions. Payback is a bitch via scorned employees.
There are broadcast networks OTA. There are cable networks - mostly owned by broadcast networks. There is sports - cash cow. There is so-called-premium producers - HBO/Cinemax/Showtime.
Cutting the cord results if cable networks become replay channels. Cop shows from broadcast run nonstop. The problem cable has is appeal to a broad audience. And all ondemand is controlled by rights holders.
When the bullshit level gets high enough users walk. Case in point is Cinemax dropped from bundle and priced as much as Netflix; Comcast is contract bound.
Content contracts for quality series or movies on cable are invisible to us -- then your favorite series goes away.
Sports - Don't get me started. I watch auto racing and horse racing. That means the 400 stick & ball sports are dead to me. Auto racing is moving to streaming but has to get TV guys (NBCsn,CBSsn, Fox Sports) on the track, so queue the ad breaks.
Prime Time big 3, I mean 4 - Nothing to get me to DVR.
Weather channel is an all day morning show. Science Channel is looping everything. Food networks? Ew. The only network to do something new is START - female cop shows from the archive (Cold Case!)
So, cable can do interesting programming if networks play nice.
However, the constricting factor is price. I'm feeling underserved when paying more for less is normal.
it's the quality series that keep cable valid. Remember at cable start - Crazy sci-fi, drama that did not cause brain fail, and Ron Harris.
Ok, not a very good name for a band. Now that quality that HBO/Cinemax once used to pull in cable users is irrelevant since AT&T jacked the price up so far that Amazon offers better deals than cable - $12 monthly for device dependent DRM and PIN codes that Comcast now offers. Not Comcast's fault to say no to a bad deal - nice to offer users the pricey option.
All the factions that want to play in content generation will notice monthly fees stack up. I'm limited to Netflix and Amazon Prime and cable. Cable is starting to get grumbles from budget.
Public School System is Child Protection Services Rebranded
If anyone has had the misfortune too have their lives monitored by "Child Protection Services" then I wish you luck. The surveillance described here sounds like the next step of that service. It has all the right words. The source article at "Education Week" is a must read as it has more detail about "child protection" theory.
Family Court is now in your life even if you never did anything to your child. The school headmaster is the judge. Educators are the shrinks.
I never went to middle/high school so I may have read this wrong.
Totally blew me away. I have not watched TV news of any kind; local, national, 24 hour and public in over 15 years. I do see op-ed via social platforms Twitter, Youtube, and Google searches. I wrote off all 24 hour news as damaging to my brain AKA bullshit.
I read the papers, visit the journalism sites, go to BBC and of course here. Well, another book to read slowly and hope "Lord Buckethead" wins.
Re: Re: I Did Not Know This Is The Off Topic Page - Women Are De
Reckon pick your battles carefully could not be tested. The amount of time action groups put into TV (C-SPAN) interviews about local police and prostitution problems that FOSTA would solve was enough to show me a rebranding was really happening.
The "sex trafficking" buzzword became the anything to with sex work brand. Toss in Internet & children for good measure and it was unstoppable.
I did not count votes so thanks for that part of the nightmare FOSTA enjoyed.
Not sure what happens now but I doubt this law will be on any list for technical corrections.
I Did Not Know This Is The Off Topic Page - Women Are Dead
I really don't care to yammer about the office of President, our representatives were bought by Hollywood. The PSA above is an advertisement for some film and is a total mockery of making law that is based on clear thinking. Advertising lives by pulling logic out of the message and replaces it with vague misdirection such as "buy child online for sex".
Remember, Hollywood is all about smoke and mirrors - money buys votes.
I'm still wanting to say something I would regret about the PSA.
I have to say I don't know enough to say much. I'll say Columbia Maryland exists due to Disney's vision. I lived and worked there - place drove me crazy.
My family knows first hand about how coal mining towns strip the community bare with their "rule of law". i have to take everything said in this 'cast as more IMF interference in how communities should be designed. Grain-of-salt is where I am until I look deeper.
Everyone knows where to go when buying sex on the street. Cops know what is going on. Women know City Hall is just tolerating business. Nobody wants to make a fuss.
Runaways? Of course. Drug dealers love them.
Then Feds go on advertising campaign to wipe out Sex Trafficking. That term is ridiculous. True human trafficking is international problem.
But sound bite on tv is better than holding city responsible. Cops on corner wave to the women they arrested until the fed pony show arrives.
Note: I am being a bit glib maybe. Have to because streets are a specific environment. My dead spook father was kicked out of Virginia for "Excessive Force" on important family's adult son after he beat up a girl (rumor said he set her up). Bad cop who knew? Hampton, VA I heard stuff.
Put on proper headgear, hook thumbs in suspenders, say some pompous things about monsters that need to be slain. Folks with $ and hate said monster stop by for drinks or lunch.
I am not a writer but what part of this makes any sense; "(..) a forum for a true diversity of political discourse."?
Right.
0. Twitter is not a forum. 1. "a true diversity" -- there is false diversity? 2. "political discourse" -- wait -- item 1 & 2 are Mutually Exclusive.
Makes good headline or moment on local TV which loves this crap. Don't forget all politics is local - ask how that 2MW solar farm grew out of the green space next to your public park? SSDD and works for lots of fun stuff like monsters AKA social media.
Well said. Being a MOD on a forum, such as help, is a study of human nature; cast iron rules. Social Platforms tried what I call "High School Cafeteria" which is everyone yammering.
Comments are a study in how some folks never learned to fail and loud fussing is the same as conversation.
Thanks. Said it better than I could. I went a little rant'y in saying it is all about the content providers locking everything up - Comcast has the entire NBC Universal library now and soon much of what is available will be controlled by just a few. That is the endgame.
On the post: After Missing Cord Cutting Trend, Nielsen Falls Apart
Re: Re: As a one time Nielsen household
No. The suits did not understand the story and axe time.
On the post: CBS Eyes Ditching Nielsen As Streaming, Cord Cutting Change The Game
Re: Re: Ha Ha Ha
It's summer of 2019 and the players are:
1) Comcast = NBC Universal, + others
2) Disney = ABC, ESPN, 20th Century Fox,+ big brands like Marvel ..
3) CBS, Paramount, Showtime
4) AT&T = HBO/Cinemax, Time/Warner + others
a) Netflix b) Amazon Prime c) Hulu d) broadcast networks own streams
I may have skipped some with catalogs but bummer.
No betting by me. I'll wait and see.
On the post: After Missing Cord Cutting Trend, Nielsen Falls Apart
Re:
take the win
On the post: After Missing Cord Cutting Trend, Nielsen Falls Apart
As a one time Nielsen household
Way back I said ok to let Nielsen do their thing at my house. What a cluster F_ck. Three tvs and VCRs got their magic hardware and a dialup data modem to report whatever those devices were tuned to, dot, dot dot.
I don't turn off TVs. One may be on the weather channel for hours. One may be on whatever channel was last. Well, that made them crazy.
Hardware glitches, modem no connect, calls to me; did you watch USA for last 10 hours. Maybe, "USA Up All Night" was after hour party gold.
Long and painful experiment in TV ratings for advertising not consumers. Wanted to burn those watch logs that acted as backup of last resort.
I'm not going to cry if Nielsen is the new buggy whip company.
On the post: Yes, The DNC's Debate Format Sucks, And There's An Easy Fix
Re: 'Now let's you and him/her fight...'
The easy solution is don't schedule in broadcast networks prime time - stream live and cut the ratings out, advertisement out, CSPAN in for live.
These days there is no excuse to make a reality show out of debates.
I never watch because there is 000 useful information - Just dress down suits survivor.
On the post: Capital One Gets In On The Data Breach Action, Coughs Up Info On 100 Million Customers To A Single Hacker
skip to the easy part
From the Capital One Announcement:
"Was the data encrypted and/or tokenized?
We encrypt our data as a standard. Due to the particular circumstances of this incident, the unauthorized access also enabled the decrypting of data.
However, it is also our practice to tokenize select data fields, most notably Social Security numbers and account numbers. Tokenization involves the substitution of the sensitive field with a cryptographically generated replacement. The method and keys to unlock the tokenized fields are different from those used to encrypt the data. Tokenized data remained protected."
Seems to imply access via all the proper access information not deleted from employee X and employee X is flipping off Capital One. Not a real Hack but bad access rights management.
I'm not IT(tried it - made me hate job) I have plenty of fun at hardware coding. Oops, retired,
Too much is missing from articles - why did "suicide bomb vest" comment get no questions. Payback is a bitch via scorned employees.
On the post: Cord Cutting Is Setting Records In 2019
Cord Cutting
There are broadcast networks OTA. There are cable networks - mostly owned by broadcast networks. There is sports - cash cow. There is so-called-premium producers - HBO/Cinemax/Showtime.
Cutting the cord results if cable networks become replay channels. Cop shows from broadcast run nonstop. The problem cable has is appeal to a broad audience. And all ondemand is controlled by rights holders.
When the bullshit level gets high enough users walk. Case in point is Cinemax dropped from bundle and priced as much as Netflix; Comcast is contract bound.
Content contracts for quality series or movies on cable are invisible to us -- then your favorite series goes away.
Sports - Don't get me started. I watch auto racing and horse racing. That means the 400 stick & ball sports are dead to me. Auto racing is moving to streaming but has to get TV guys (NBCsn,CBSsn, Fox Sports) on the track, so queue the ad breaks.
Prime Time big 3, I mean 4 - Nothing to get me to DVR.
Weather channel is an all day morning show. Science Channel is looping everything. Food networks? Ew. The only network to do something new is START - female cop shows from the archive (Cold Case!)
So, cable can do interesting programming if networks play nice.
However, the constricting factor is price. I'm feeling underserved when paying more for less is normal.
it's the quality series that keep cable valid. Remember at cable start - Crazy sci-fi, drama that did not cause brain fail, and Ron Harris.
On the post: Cable Programming Blackouts Continue To Rise As Cord-Cutting Continues
Comcast/NBC, AT&T/HBO, and Streams
Ok, not a very good name for a band. Now that quality that HBO/Cinemax once used to pull in cable users is irrelevant since AT&T jacked the price up so far that Amazon offers better deals than cable - $12 monthly for device dependent DRM and PIN codes that Comcast now offers. Not Comcast's fault to say no to a bad deal - nice to offer users the pricey option.
All the factions that want to play in content generation will notice monthly fees stack up. I'm limited to Netflix and Amazon Prime and cable. Cable is starting to get grumbles from budget.
On the post: The Future Of School Safety Includes Round-The-Clock Surveillance Of Students
Public School System is Child Protection Services Rebranded
If anyone has had the misfortune too have their lives monitored by "Child Protection Services" then I wish you luck. The surveillance described here sounds like the next step of that service. It has all the right words. The source article at "Education Week" is a must read as it has more detail about "child protection" theory.
Family Court is now in your life even if you never did anything to your child. The school headmaster is the judge. Educators are the shrinks.
I never went to middle/high school so I may have read this wrong.
On the post: Techdirt Podcast Episode 214: Blame Fox News Before Facebook
I had no idea
Totally blew me away. I have not watched TV news of any kind; local, national, 24 hour and public in over 15 years. I do see op-ed via social platforms Twitter, Youtube, and Google searches. I wrote off all 24 hour news as damaging to my brain AKA bullshit.
I read the papers, visit the journalism sites, go to BBC and of course here. Well, another book to read slowly and hope "Lord Buckethead" wins.
On the post: The Human Cost Of FOSTA
Re: Re: I Did Not Know This Is The Off Topic Page - Women Are De
Reckon pick your battles carefully could not be tested. The amount of time action groups put into TV (C-SPAN) interviews about local police and prostitution problems that FOSTA would solve was enough to show me a rebranding was really happening.
The "sex trafficking" buzzword became the anything to with sex work brand. Toss in Internet & children for good measure and it was unstoppable.
I did not count votes so thanks for that part of the nightmare FOSTA enjoyed.
Not sure what happens now but I doubt this law will be on any list for technical corrections.
On the post: The Human Cost Of FOSTA
I Did Not Know This Is The Off Topic Page - Women Are Dead
I really don't care to yammer about the office of President, our representatives were bought by Hollywood. The PSA above is an advertisement for some film and is a total mockery of making law that is based on clear thinking. Advertising lives by pulling logic out of the message and replaces it with vague misdirection such as "buy child online for sex".
Remember, Hollywood is all about smoke and mirrors - money buys votes.
I'm still wanting to say something I would regret about the PSA.
On the post: Techdirt Podcast Episode 206: Charter Cities & Innovative Governance
rebranding "Company Town" or Wishful Thinking
I have to say I don't know enough to say much. I'll say Columbia Maryland exists due to Disney's vision. I lived and worked there - place drove me crazy.
My family knows first hand about how coal mining towns strip the community bare with their "rule of law". i have to take everything said in this 'cast as more IMF interference in how communities should be designed. Grain-of-salt is where I am until I look deeper.
Not saying the idea is a nonstarter. Government.
Thanks for the information.
On the post: Another Pre-Super Bowl 'Sex Trafficking Sting' Busts A Bunch Of People Trying To Buy Sex From Cops Pretending To Be Teens
Elected Officials + Cops + Streetwalkers
Everyone knows where to go when buying sex on the street. Cops know what is going on. Women know City Hall is just tolerating business. Nobody wants to make a fuss.
Runaways? Of course. Drug dealers love them.
Then Feds go on advertising campaign to wipe out Sex Trafficking. That term is ridiculous. True human trafficking is international problem.
But sound bite on tv is better than holding city responsible. Cops on corner wave to the women they arrested until the fed pony show arrives.
Note: I am being a bit glib maybe. Have to because streets are a specific environment. My dead spook father was kicked out of Virginia for "Excessive Force" on important family's adult son after he beat up a girl (rumor said he set her up). Bad cop who knew? Hampton, VA I heard stuff.
On the post: Techdirt Podcast Episode 192: Section 230 And Political Bias
No Comment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CQ5-NMzG8s
On the post: This Week In Techdirt History: We Finally Start Testing Responsive Design!
Beta layout: Desktop Chrome(has flash), iMac osx 10.6.8
Need to try on HTC mobile, iPad mini, Kindle Fire HD. All devices will select proper form for their screen as I understand the new layout.
Thanks. Nap time for critters.
On the post: Missouri's Newest Senator Apparently Can't Read The Law, Pushing For Greater Censorship
The only tweet that made sense out of 1000+
https://twitter.com/GAcrimappeals/status/1068144363711209474
good 'ol boys club.
On the post: Missouri's Newest Senator Apparently Can't Read The Law, Pushing For Greater Censorship
Senator is telling the old boy club he is open
Put on proper headgear, hook thumbs in suspenders, say some pompous things about monsters that need to be slain. Folks with $ and hate said monster stop by for drinks or lunch.
I am not a writer but what part of this makes any sense;
"(..) a forum for a true diversity of political discourse."?
Right.
0. Twitter is not a forum.
1. "a true diversity" -- there is false diversity?
2. "political discourse" -- wait -- item 1 & 2 are Mutually Exclusive.
Makes good headline or moment on local TV which loves this crap.
Don't forget all politics is local - ask how that 2MW solar farm grew out of the green space next to your public park? SSDD and works for lots of fun stuff like monsters AKA social media.
Maybe I did not read right.
On the post: Google Says Our Article On The Difficulty Of Good Content Moderation Is... Dangerous
Re: Re:
Comments are a study in how some folks never learned to fail and loud fussing is the same as conversation.
Just my too tired of faulty reasoning everywhere.
OPINION ALERT
On the post: Senator Mark Warner Lays Out Ideas For Regulating Internet Platforms
Re:
Next >>