Comment Re:How to regulate something that is unregulateabl (Score 1) 172
Anything can be regulated. Control is a separate issue.
Aereo got hammered because they rebroadcasted content that they did not have the rights to broadcast.
They had the right to "rebroadcast" (really it was redirecting) to me because I gave them permission. Did I have the right? If I did not, the the antenna on my roof is illegal.
major cable and telecom companies have battled attempts to create community broadband networks, which they claim put them at a competitive disadvantage.
Complete bullshit.
No - they are right. Municipal broadband might have good customer service and actual high speed connections, which would be a serious competitive disadvantage to entities like Comcast, who do not want to have to match those.
To summarize the summary: "The most striking finding is that...it was not extraordinary."
Not to belittle the loss of those involved but it's always a bit much that 43 dead in the US = catastrophe. If this had happened in Asia or Africa it wouldn't make the news unless hundreds or thousands had been killed.
You are assuming that the Oso slide made the Asian and African news outlets.
Article in original content format, without ads:
It just isn't the same with a 15 second ad tacked on the front.
"You must be stupid if you believe that" is a logical fallacy.
Man, you are stupid if you believe that.
That those less usable tablets have had "some success in Brazil, China, and Japan"? Do you hate the Brazilians, the Chinese, the Japanese?
Studies have shown that these three countries have a high number of tables with uneven legs.
Why didn't you get an antenna and avoid paying at all?
I built an HD antenna out of scrap, but the cost of Aereo was so low that it won out in the laziness contest over connecting cables, siting the antenna, etc. If the price of Aereo goes up, the antenna option will win out.
To be precise, the Sack of Béziers took place in 1209, when the local bishops were in charge. The Inquisition took lead of the Albigensian Crusade in 1222. And that was the Medieval Inquisition. The Spanish Iniquistion was only established in 1478.
Man being stretched on the rack:(Screams) Mind you, I'm not complaining. I bless my stars every day that I am being interrogated by the Medieval Inquisition and not the Spanish Inquisition. I hear those Spaniards are right bastards. (Screams)
"Ninety percent of baseball is half mental." -- Yogi Berra
