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• On the post: The Rate Of TV Cord Cutting Is Actually Worse Than You Think

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2017 @ 11:41am

  Re: To quote Bruce Springsteen's song

  Weird Al's I Can't Watch This (set to U Can't Touch This by MC Hammer)
  
  "I hooked up 80 channels, and each one stunk."
  
  That was in 1992!

• On the post: The Rate Of TV Cord Cutting Is Actually Worse Than You Think

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2017 @ 11:38am

  Re: Re:

  Donald Trump yesterday:
  
  "And I think you just read — it just came out minutes ago, the small business report — small businesses as of just now are booming, hiring people. One of the best reports they’ve seen in many years."

• On the post: USAToday Latest News Outlet To Completely Miss The Point Of Cord Cutting

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2017 @ 10:59am

  Re:

  A physical connection that they already had.
  
  Things the author missed:
  
  * I already paid for internet anyway
  * I already paid for Netflix and Amazon (for shipping) anyway
  * Cable adds about $35-$50 in hidden fees compared to the price they quote
  * We weren't watching 99% of the channels on cable
  * You can subscribe for a limited time. I got Sling (for ESPN) only during College Football season. That's only 4 months. I cancelled now.

• On the post: The Cord Cutting The Cable Industry Says Isn't Happening, Keeps Happening

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 09 Mar, 2017 @ 11:30am

  Correction

  "Companies like AT&T and DirecTV have "solved" the problem"
  
  Should be:
  
  Companies like AT&T and Dish have "solved" the problem

• On the post: ESPN On-Air Talent About To Care About The Cord-Cutters The Execs Aren't Concerned About

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 07 Mar, 2017 @ 05:21pm

  Re: “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”

  ESPN is correct. The numbers ARE wrong.
  
  They don't count:
  
  Cordcutters sharing their parents' accounts (who are still watching ads)
  
  Cordcutting services such as Sling, Vue, DirecTVNow, etc. Nielsen has no way of counting these yet.
  
  Nielsen is saying, "We are correctly counting traditional OTA broadcast and cable/satellite subscribers."
  
  ESPN is saying, "A lot of cordcutters still watch us and we would really like those numbers to be included when calculating ad rates."

• On the post: ESPN On-Air Talent About To Care About The Cord-Cutters The Execs Aren't Concerned About

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 07 Mar, 2017 @ 05:18pm

  Re: How

  We talk about this all the time on cord cutting forums.
  
  You are misled to believe that it is more. But you are not paying taxes, broadcast fees, sports fees, additional outlet fees, etc. on pure internet.
  
  This saves $30 or more.

• On the post: Police Say No Evidence Of Value Was Lost In Ransomware Attack, Except Maybe Some Stuff Defense Lawyers Might Find Useful

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 02 Feb, 2017 @ 07:49am

  Re:

  I used to write software for police departments. Security truly was all or nothing.
  
  Some departments were so secure I had to send them blind SQL statements to update their database which I could never view. These SQL statements would be, of course, gone over with a fine-toothed comb prior to execution. And you could never hook a computer up to their network. You had to use theirs with a secure remote desktop to your own machine that couldn't transfer files. If you wanted to deliver software, it had to be done in a prescribed way to be scanned first. And you had to have a background check first or you never even got to do any of that.
  
  Others would beg us to come in on a remote desktop with a single shared password that never changed and that everyone who ever worked there knew. And they would just let us do anything we wanted with full admin rights, even though we were just contractors.
  
  It was stunning how all or nothing it was.

• On the post: FBI Routinely Hides Payments To Informants, Gives Them A Cut Of Asset Forfeiture Proceeds

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 01 Feb, 2017 @ 01:25pm

  Re: Re:

  And don't forget that the accelerator always seems to stick right at the posted speed when driving in the fast lane.

• On the post: Mac Repair Company iGeniuses Sends Legal Threats To Unhappy Customers, Demanding $2500 Per Negative Review

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 31 Jan, 2017 @ 01:13pm

  Re: Re:

  Yeah. In the Prenda model, he's playing the Brett Gibbs role.

• On the post: Did A Former National Parks Employee Violate The CFAA By Tweeting About Climate Change?

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 26 Jan, 2017 @ 12:11pm

  WarGames is not very, very fictional

  Almost everything in that movie is based on an actual event. It's just not that all the events were the same person.
  
  Saying that WarGames is very, very fictional is a gross overstatement that obscures the fact that hacks similar to all of those shown in the movie had, in fact, already happened to a similar level (although nukes didn't almost get launched, someone did hack into a server that helped control nukes).

• On the post: Netflix May Not Be Worried About The Looming Death Of Net Neutrality, But Startups Should Be God-Damned Terrified

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 19 Jan, 2017 @ 03:57pm

  Re:

  This is EXACTLY what will happen. The US will become the internet black hole of the world.

• On the post: LA Chargers Already Face Trademark Opposition To Their Name Over The Term 'L.A.'

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 18 Jan, 2017 @ 10:11pm

  How...?

  The Dodgers have been selling merchandise with just LA on it for over 60 years.

• On the post: Software Company Shows How Not To Handle Negative Review

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 22 Dec, 2016 @ 12:08pm

  Re:

  sugarcoating the problem
  
  Literally...

• On the post: Notice & Staydown In Action: HBO Didn't Even Need To Send Takedown Over Autistic Teen's Artwork

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 16 Dec, 2016 @ 12:11pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  Where's my airpopper? Get on it, Mike!

• On the post: Verizon Wants A Yahoo Price Cut After Company Reveals Another, Massive Hack Attack

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 16 Dec, 2016 @ 12:04pm

  Re: Re:

  No it's not. It would probably only take an hour or so to switch auto-payments.

• On the post: Ohio Legislature Passes Asset Forfeiture Reform Bill That Removes Lots Of Bad Incentives

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 13 Dec, 2016 @ 05:43pm

  Re: Freedom to move about

  Convictions can literally take years sometimes. Having a criminal enterprise be able to continue to use their money for years before seizure ensures that they will move it elsewhere and claim it's unrelated. That's untenable and makes the seizures pointless.
  
  What they have done, is ensure that the seizures are used for their original purpose:
  
  * Large dollar amounts (organized crime, not $200 in some dude's wallet)
  
  * Charged with certain crimes (again, not charged with obstruction or resisting arrest or a traffic violation)
  
  etc.

• On the post: Russia Accuses EA Of LGBT Propaganda Over Including Rainbow Shoelaces Soccer Players Wore In Real Life

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 10 Dec, 2016 @ 12:39pm

  Re:

  Yes. But it's not merely that. EA said, “invites users to support the English football premier league’s Rainbow Laces action, a massive campaign in support of LGBT”.
  
  Agree or disagree, this violates the Russian law.

• On the post: US Government Gives $11,000 Back To College Student Three Years After The DEA Took It From Him

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 10 Dec, 2016 @ 12:34pm

  Re: Re:

  Too bad you didn't have a camera so you could send a video to the media.

• On the post: Bethesda Bullies One Of Its Creative Fans Over Website Metatags

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 09 Dec, 2016 @ 07:28am

  Re:

  A one-second Google search led me to a product in a class of products that are routinely sold:
  
  http://www.sallybeauty.com/shimmer-lights-shampoo/SBS-264028,default,pd.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=SHO&cm_mmc=google-_-SHO-_-cpc-_-keyword&gclid=CjwKEAiAyanCBRDkiO6M_rDroH0SJAAfZ4KLetevDcxazgz1sKYvaoFVZCpULP3RXwZArBSt91Y0-BoC7OPw_wcB
  
  Conditioning Shampoo compare to Clairol Shimmer Lights Original Conditioning Shampoo
  
  The compare to trademark is written right on the bottle, and yet my wife has been buying products like these for her hair for decades. It has already been found to be legal.
  
  So he could call it "Jupiter Hell compare to Doom" and he would be legally perfectly in the clear.

• On the post: Mark Cuban Falsely Tells Congress AT&T's Latest Mega-Merger Will Be Really Wonderful For Consumers

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 09 Dec, 2016 @ 07:04am

  Re: What's in it for Mark Cuban

  Shark Tank isn't being picked up the way he would like it to be.

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