I'm confused again. I'm supposed to believe in trickle down economics, basically that if the government lowers taxes on corporations, then those corporations will in turn invest money saved by hiring more employees; thus creating jobs and stimulating the economy.
So money saved is reinvested.
But but but.. When consumers save money, it seems to disappear completely from the economy, not spent anywhere else. It doesn't seem to make its way into grocery stores or utility companies or mortgage banks or insurance companies or any other necessity.
I guess there is no such thing as trickle up economics
Actually logic is a great way to introduce algebra. For anyone who has ever dealt with complex truth trees, you are aware that logic looks a lot like algebra.
I was just about to mention that someone will read this article and ONLY see that a computer was hacked and a crime was committed.
Too late, that was comment #2
The point is that collecting and retaining vast amounts of personal data without sufficient security is just not a smart idea. It's like wearing a sign on your back that says "$10,000 in my wallet" then getting upset when you get mugged.
It all starts with overvalued content. The Padres want to squeeze more from the fans who don't want to pay the ticket prices so they watch the games at home. The response is for the Padres to charge Fox more, then Fox charges TWC more, then TWC wants to explain why it wants to charge the fans more.
End result - more cable cutting. Fans decide to pay less on their own terms.
"While we’re working to reach an agreement, we think it’s wrong for Fox to hold Padres games hostage – putting fans in the middle of our business negotiations. But with Fox playing hardball, Time Warner Cable has to hang tough."
We too are working hard to reach an agreement with Google. We think its wrong for Time Warner Cable to impose unnecessary bandwidth caps and hold our bandwidth hostage, putting their greed above our service. While you play hardball we will encourage Google to move into our service area.
"Oh damn, there is reality biting you in the ass again."
Seriously? There should be a reading comprehension requirement to post here.
Only a serious nutjob ignores the entirety of the article to focus on a distribution deal. So let's talk about that. The labels DO have the infrastructure for physical distribution, so it makes sense to go that route. Hell, I can make a hamburger, but its quicker and more convenient to the drive-thru at McDonald's if I CHOOSE to. The whole point of this article is to show that Alex Day went a different route which gave him more options and a lot more leverage. I'm sure his distribution deal wasn't a 360 deal that the labels salivate over and I doubt he was only given 10% of the profit.
If they want to see how useful this law is, they should hold serivce providers responsible for criminal activity done over the phone. Once they realize that they will effectively be shutting down the internet to stop a "crime", it should sink in.
For all those IP maximalists who demand strict IP to preserve culture, FUCK YOU.
The Olympics are supposed to be about GLOBAL goodwill and are an historical event. We live in a time with technology that allows everyone around the world to view and record and share the experience in real time. But we can't.
The Olympics should be the one event where all IP is suspended.
I'm guessing that no one in the RIAA thought this through at all. I say let the terminations begin.
The younger generation is doing the bulk of all this infringing. Soooooo. Child infringes then household loses its service. This would, in effect, target the people in the household who are MOST likely to actually be paying for movies and music. Young adults are savvy enough to infringe on wifi/mifi (other people's connections,) so the target becomes hotspot owners, yet again people likely to pay.
The likely reaction to all those terminations will be another Google plot to force sensible legislation.
Senator McCain. This is the genius who thought Sarah Palin was a better choice than Mitt Romney for VP. Try for a moment to imagine if he had won the Presidency of the US. When your brain stops bleeding it should make sense that he is trying to eliminate privacy online.
This is largely the result of using "Terrorism" as the reason to ignore all rights. Couple that with using "Patriotism" as the reason not to question anything the government does and you have the perfect environment for government.
We are stopping the terrorists by [delete right], and the opponents of this legislation are not patriotic.
Seems the only way to combat this type of privacy (yeah not piracy) is to roll over the 4th Amendment. They have to search and find digital files and then start arresting people who have likely shared files.
The WSJ employs REAL journalists who don't make mistakes of this magnitude. So it's simple. ALL of the bloggers and sources who are saying the WSJ is wrong have got THEIR facts wrong.
WSJ is the sole authority and does not need to retract anything unless another credible REAL journalist presents a different story.
This one is pretty easy to understand. The LTE service is so much more expensive and lucrative for Verizon that it is actually worth it to end DSL service and let the cable companies have those subscribers.
It's not much of a long term plan since the cable companies are always looking to skim telco subscribers and I can't imagine what Verizon will do when MVNOs eat into their market share.
Sounds like some greedy bastard at Verizon asked himself how to make the most money possible in the shortest time at the expense of their user base.
"It's possible (or perhaps likely) that this is done to help local mobile operators from having their networks overburdened..."
No, it's NOT likely, possible, or even probable.
Thanks guys. I can't believe Mike missed that. He made me laugh when he came up with the network congestion excuse. The ban is a pure and simple money grab for official sponsors, like everything else associated with the Olympics.
Personally I think the public will eventually get fed up with organizations telling them not to do what their devices are designed to do. No mifi, no twitpics, no facebook updates, no YouTube uploads. How about no more IOC bullshit?
"To be honest, I have very mixed feelings about all of this."
I think most of us had that same reaction. It sounds like a good thing, but if you take human nature, money, and power into consideration, then this has all the makings of a future tragedy.
On the surface; the combination of Google, Amazon, eBay, and Facebook should be enough to make the MPAA and RIAA shudder in fear the next time they decide to hijack the internet through IP enforcement. But the potential for corruption is very high.
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Trickle down logic
So money saved is reinvested.
But but but.. When consumers save money, it seems to disappear completely from the economy, not spent anywhere else. It doesn't seem to make its way into grocery stores or utility companies or mortgage banks or insurance companies or any other necessity.
I guess there is no such thing as trickle up economics
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Re: America's Democracy becoming Idiocracy
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No way
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Re: Re: That was faster than expected
Slap terrorism in front of anything an wage war against it. Be a patriot!
Lots of crimes scare people but that doesn't make it terrorism. So when did hacking become "info terrorism"? I guess mugging is now "urban terrorism".
The point of the article is that gathering and RETAINING personal data is not a good idea for a government, not a bank.
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That was faster than expected
Too late, that was comment #2
The point is that collecting and retaining vast amounts of personal data without sufficient security is just not a smart idea. It's like wearing a sign on your back that says "$10,000 in my wallet" then getting upset when you get mugged.
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Overvalued content
End result - more cable cutting. Fans decide to pay less on their own terms.
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Poor TWC
We too are working hard to reach an agreement with Google. We think its wrong for Time Warner Cable to impose unnecessary bandwidth caps and hold our bandwidth hostage, putting their greed above our service. While you play hardball we will encourage Google to move into our service area.
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Re:
Seriously? There should be a reading comprehension requirement to post here.
Only a serious nutjob ignores the entirety of the article to focus on a distribution deal. So let's talk about that. The labels DO have the infrastructure for physical distribution, so it makes sense to go that route. Hell, I can make a hamburger, but its quicker and more convenient to the drive-thru at McDonald's if I CHOOSE to. The whole point of this article is to show that Alex Day went a different route which gave him more options and a lot more leverage. I'm sure his distribution deal wasn't a 360 deal that the labels salivate over and I doubt he was only given 10% of the profit.
How's that bite of reality on your own ass?
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Funny
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Try it out
Maybe.
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This is what destroying culture looks like
For all those IP maximalists who demand strict IP to preserve culture, FUCK YOU.
The Olympics are supposed to be about GLOBAL goodwill and are an historical event. We live in a time with technology that allows everyone around the world to view and record and share the experience in real time. But we can't.
The Olympics should be the one event where all IP is suspended.
Please explain how this is protecting culture.
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Well thought out...
The younger generation is doing the bulk of all this infringing. Soooooo. Child infringes then household loses its service. This would, in effect, target the people in the household who are MOST likely to actually be paying for movies and music. Young adults are savvy enough to infringe on wifi/mifi (other people's connections,) so the target becomes hotspot owners, yet again people likely to pay.
The likely reaction to all those terminations will be another Google plot to force sensible legislation.
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Re: Re: McCain
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The result of terrorism
We are stopping the terrorists by [delete right], and the opponents of this legislation are not patriotic.
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So what now?
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but but but....
WSJ is the sole authority and does not need to retract anything unless another credible REAL journalist presents a different story.
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Simple economics
It's not much of a long term plan since the cable companies are always looking to skim telco subscribers and I can't imagine what Verizon will do when MVNOs eat into their market share.
Sounds like some greedy bastard at Verizon asked himself how to make the most money possible in the shortest time at the expense of their user base.
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Re: Re: MS missing the bigger market...
So basically the development was free and may even turn a profit soon.
TYVM
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Re: Thank you!!!
No, it's NOT likely, possible, or even probable.
Thanks guys. I can't believe Mike missed that. He made me laugh when he came up with the network congestion excuse. The ban is a pure and simple money grab for official sponsors, like everything else associated with the Olympics.
Personally I think the public will eventually get fed up with organizations telling them not to do what their devices are designed to do. No mifi, no twitpics, no facebook updates, no YouTube uploads. How about no more IOC bullshit?
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Mixed feelings
I think most of us had that same reaction. It sounds like a good thing, but if you take human nature, money, and power into consideration, then this has all the makings of a future tragedy.
On the surface; the combination of Google, Amazon, eBay, and Facebook should be enough to make the MPAA and RIAA shudder in fear the next time they decide to hijack the internet through IP enforcement. But the potential for corruption is very high.
What happens when Microsoft and Apple want in?
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