If cable companies had really gained 2.7M subs and telcos really lost 600K subs then we'd have to scratch our collective heads as to where the United States, with 124M households all of a sudden found 2.1M of them to hook up to cable.
Data analysis suggests several things, but I'll save you my own analysis and suggest that the sources are lying.
No, three million people did not leave telcos and go sign up with cable last year. That's 3% of US households and that kind of a monumental shift absent aliens landing is so beyond likely it's not funny.
What, cable companies gaming the system and lying about stats to pretend there's no cord-cutting?
Paul Duffy made as much as these guys during the Prenda days. What he did with his money or to whom he gave it will not be part of the investigation nor will these third parties be brought in.
There are no "stolen" assets to disgorge, and what Paul Duffy got away with will never be punished nor recovered.
Congratulations on making Let Col[sic] in whatever video game you were playing.
If you were a real Lieutenant Colonel ("Lt. Col") you'd have known this is a discussion about Walter O'Brien being a fraud, and not the TV show. Nothing on the TV show is discussed in this thread. Feel free to read the first post or the last post or anything in between. They are in English and pretty clear.
When a federal regulatory agency says they'll review something "on a case by case basis" that means they will never do that. The FCC failed the US by failing to regulate (or ask for legislation) against zero-rating.
Net neutrality is a concept... and it's either a good one or a bad one depending on who is lining your pockets. The FCC is ENTRUSTED with not having its pocket lined and in finding the greater good for the greater number.
Ajit Pai is a demagogue pandering to his lobbying masters. He does not represent anything good for the United States. Just like his orange master.
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Welcome to my northern neighbor. As you point out, the House more accurately represents the voters. The Senate (as I pointed out) is *always* two Republicans. The governor (with the minor exception of the Lt Gov being promoted, good job, Janet Napolitano) is also a Republican.
About 1/3 of Arizona is Republicans, and mostly in Maricopa County. The 1/3 that is independent has its votes diminished due to the districting. That is exactly gerrymandering.
In principle, perhaps. In reality gerrymandering is so prevasive that redistricting somewhere is always on the agenda. If it's actually fair (representative of the people) then one party or another tries to change it. If it's not fair, the other party tries to change it, usually with a court's aegis.
Anecdotal example: In Arizona the Republicans have less than 1/3 of the vote but the senators are always republican, chosen by the voters of Maricopa County (Phoenix).
The United States was never meant nor designed to be a true democracy. The House and Senate and "The Grand Compromise" of the electoral college were thought out as a method to prevent hysteresis. Clearly this election has shown us that some loud mouths are too hysterical to dampen.
I'm sorry you're lacking in comprehension and wish to paint words you don't like as "buzzword bingo".
Regulation: That's when the government passes laws or regulations (see that word!) which mandate things. For example, the requirement to have health insurance is regulation. It requires the purchasing of a product without regulating its price.
De-regulation: That's when the government removes its rules. For example, the time when the FCC said not to worry about zero rating content let alone VZW's and AT&T's own content.
"If there was only some way to deal with this problem."
Perhaps if you understood the problem instead of being rude and condescending, and THEN even offered a solution, someone would listen.
But... then... you don't even have the gumption to sign your own name. The right to speak anonymously IS guaranteed, but that doesn't mean anyone has to take a coward's word to mean anything.
The esteemed congressman doesn't get it, which means the aide whose job it is to brief him didn't, and the congressman whose job it is to be informed isn't. That's not very unusual, but it is highly disenheartening and disappointing. Still, in today's pile of Republican-party senators it's not far outside the curve.
Worse yet, these are the same people who want to regulate what they don't control, de-regulate what they do-control, and have no common thematic presence as to how regulation (and de-regulation) play into closing or opening markets (or Internet provider behavior).
Net Neutrality is a good thing because it allows equal access without extra pay.
This senator is a joke... but my saying so won't get him less votes by his p.o.s. constituents (whom he doesn't "represent") voting him into office again.
British English - to table something means to place it on the table to be acted upon.
US English - to table something means to take it off the table so it will not be acted on.
Please use disambiguated words so your article makes sense both on the meaningful side of the pond, and the other one. (Choose your side and this sentence still works).
I'm sure you just meant somehow that we US Citizens DESERVE the TSA. Right? Because somehow anyone other than politicians thought this was a good idea?
I'm sure you also didn't mean to plagiarize the quote from De Maistre.
Well played. By which I mean "are you for real???"
I asked a TSA guy feeling me up if I could have his phone number. He called over his TSA supervisor to tell me that what I said constituted "Sexual Harassment" and I could be arrested right there for it.
IBM would have responded quicker to the EFF, but the person who's responsible was about to go on vacation and an auto-responder intercepted the message.
DRM, Personal choices, and if you post here the FBI may come calling
You get to make your strategy and I get to make mine. That's part of the beauty of freedom of expression. I have the freedom to express my choice of password(s).
My authentication strategy balances costs of maintaining a database of mechanisms vs the risk of what those mechanisms protect. My financial, airline, and public utilities passwords are all different. My news and social media passwords are not.
The risk here is that someone will be able to post as me on social media. The reward is I don't have to keep track of passwords for e.g. TechDirt, ArsTechnica, Wired, WashPo, NYT, Twitter, FB, and many others.
Because MY security is MY responsibility that allows ME to determine MY policy. (Similarly I respect Mike's answer where he says TD gets to determine TDs policy...)
Whenever something happens there are always people happy to give advice. They are the "lawprawfs" of IT, eager to "share" their non-practiced knowledge in the hopes of getting their name in print.
Personally, I turn to Bruce Schneier or Eugene Kaspersky or Joel Snyder when I want *real* computer security advice. You'll note none of those gentlemen has opined on any real significance to Cloudbleed nor made a call to global password changes.
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Data analysis is a lost art
Data analysis suggests several things, but I'll save you my own analysis and suggest that the sources are lying.
No, three million people did not leave telcos and go sign up with cable last year. That's 3% of US households and that kind of a monumental shift absent aliens landing is so beyond likely it's not funny.
What, cable companies gaming the system and lying about stats to pretend there's no cord-cutting?
Yup.
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Paul Duffy got away with it
There are no "stolen" assets to disgorge, and what Paul Duffy got away with will never be punished nor recovered.
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Also, yes, WiFi works at the speed of light and is unaffected by the speed of the vehicle it's in :)
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Re: Re: The guy who is on top of my comment
Prescient much? ;-)
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Re: Helicopter in March 2017 show
If you were a real Lieutenant Colonel ("Lt. Col") you'd have known this is a discussion about Walter O'Brien being a fraud, and not the TV show. Nothing on the TV show is discussed in this thread. Feel free to read the first post or the last post or anything in between. They are in English and pretty clear.
Best of luck making full-bird in your video game.
Ehud
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Re: Re: Its all bs anyway
Net neutrality is a concept... and it's either a good one or a bad one depending on who is lining your pockets. The FCC is ENTRUSTED with not having its pocket lined and in finding the greater good for the greater number.
Ajit Pai is a demagogue pandering to his lobbying masters. He does not represent anything good for the United States. Just like his orange master.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Net Neutrality... and regulation
About 1/3 of Arizona is Republicans, and mostly in Maricopa County. The 1/3 that is independent has its votes diminished due to the districting. That is exactly gerrymandering.
Best wishes,
Ehud
Tucson, Pima County, AZ US SOL-3 MW-1
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Re: Re: Re: Net Neutrality... and regulation
Anecdotal example: In Arizona the Republicans have less than 1/3 of the vote but the senators are always republican, chosen by the voters of Maricopa County (Phoenix).
The United States was never meant nor designed to be a true democracy. The House and Senate and "The Grand Compromise" of the electoral college were thought out as a method to prevent hysteresis. Clearly this election has shown us that some loud mouths are too hysterical to dampen.
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Irony
I later got a message from my gf that Tim Cushing just tweeted about the shirt!
I'm wearing it! I'm wearing it!
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Re: Re: Net Neutrality... and regulation
Regulation: That's when the government passes laws or regulations (see that word!) which mandate things. For example, the requirement to have health insurance is regulation. It requires the purchasing of a product without regulating its price.
De-regulation: That's when the government removes its rules. For example, the time when the FCC said not to worry about zero rating content let alone VZW's and AT&T's own content.
"If there was only some way to deal with this problem."
Perhaps if you understood the problem instead of being rude and condescending, and THEN even offered a solution, someone would listen.
But... then... you don't even have the gumption to sign your own name. The right to speak anonymously IS guaranteed, but that doesn't mean anyone has to take a coward's word to mean anything.
Best
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Net Neutrality... and regulation
Worse yet, these are the same people who want to regulate what they don't control, de-regulate what they do-control, and have no common thematic presence as to how regulation (and de-regulation) play into closing or opening markets (or Internet provider behavior).
Net Neutrality is a good thing because it allows equal access without extra pay.
This senator is a joke... but my saying so won't get him less votes by his p.o.s. constituents (whom he doesn't "represent") voting him into office again.
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Table
US English - to table something means to take it off the table so it will not be acted on.
Please use disambiguated words so your article makes sense both on the meaningful side of the pond, and the other one. (Choose your side and this sentence still works).
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Learning respect for our betters
Anyone who says that or thinks that isn't my better nor anyone's better.
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"Every Nation gets the Government it deserves!"
The people in Turkey deserve Erdogan?
The people in Yugoslavia deserved Milosevic?
I'm sure you just meant somehow that we US Citizens DESERVE the TSA. Right? Because somehow anyone other than politicians thought this was a good idea?
I'm sure you also didn't mean to plagiarize the quote from De Maistre.
Well played. By which I mean "are you for real???"
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But whatever you do do NOT speak up!
These blue-gloved thugs need to be removed from airports FOR OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY not given greater powers.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: What at you trying to say, MIke?
Anyone who has to profess his resumé in an attempt to gain credibility while hiding behind a moniker AND using childish name-game insults isn't a computer scientist.
> I'm guessing you wouldn't even knwo how to read write I write
I'm guessing you should start with basic grammar and work your way up, "write I write Kid".
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Re: Re: What at you trying to say, MIke?
The guy's time is WORTH A LOT OF MONEY and Mike Masnick FORCED HIM to come over here, read this stuff, waste his time. Sad!
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Quick response
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You catch more flies with honey
Also... thanks for taking the time to respond to your readers :)
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DRM, Personal choices, and if you post here the FBI may come calling
My authentication strategy balances costs of maintaining a database of mechanisms vs the risk of what those mechanisms protect. My financial, airline, and public utilities passwords are all different. My news and social media passwords are not.
The risk here is that someone will be able to post as me on social media. The reward is I don't have to keep track of passwords for e.g. TechDirt, ArsTechnica, Wired, WashPo, NYT, Twitter, FB, and many others.
Because MY security is MY responsibility that allows ME to determine MY policy. (Similarly I respect Mike's answer where he says TD gets to determine TDs policy...)
Whenever something happens there are always people happy to give advice. They are the "lawprawfs" of IT, eager to "share" their non-practiced knowledge in the hopes of getting their name in print.
Personally, I turn to Bruce Schneier or Eugene Kaspersky or Joel Snyder when I want *real* computer security advice. You'll note none of those gentlemen has opined on any real significance to Cloudbleed nor made a call to global password changes.
I like TechDirt.
The FBI had a "chat" with me partially because I post on here. Summary here: http://thehood.livejournal.com/109302.html
Best wishes to all. Also I did not reset my password.
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