Okay, but I still don't understand how a bunch of mouth-breathing sadists tuning in from home translates into revenue.

Money comes from advertising contracts, broadcast licensing and, to a lesser extent, bums on seats. I can see the money flow there. I don't see how a brief spike in home viewership will benefit them.

By ratings, you mean people would have turned on the news for a few minutes just to see it? And this would result in increased revenue?

Not trying to be snarky, but I don't understand how those eyeballs translate into revenue. There's quite a leap between flicking on the TV and buying seat tickets.

No, his credibility disappeared the moment he introduced the notion of a hypothetical true Scotsman^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H American.

Strike-out tags unavailable. Thanks Slashdot.

I read this as dentists. Thanks for the laugh.

Says you.

Has it been tested? Any reason why it wouldn't scale?

Mind if I ask when that was?

Some things used to be free. Education for one. But somebody had to pull the ladder up after him...

Free healthcare and education?

That's a lie, that right there.

Posting redundantly, but so be it.

That's exactly what he's arguing, and he's absolutely right.

Perhaps you disagree? Explain how. Use clear, non-lame logic to demonstrate why you think he's wrong. Be sure to show ALL of the logical steps behind your thought processes.

And note that basing your argument on a shaky assumption will result in an instant fail for the course.

Very nice reply Varangian. Thanks for taking the time.

The WWI Western front is the point of Europe?

That's what you said just then.

Where's Iceland fit into this?

Yeah, I've read this story before.

http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm

He got a laugh.

For what little it's worth, so did I.

Well played, qbit!

sed 's/'\â\(TM\)'/\x27/g'

There's class warfare, all right, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning.

Alfred Schnittke.

Well played, sir!