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Comment Re:Not much of a fix (Score 1) 101

WHAT THE FUCK made you create these new TLDs in the first place? Did you just pull some TLDs out of your ass and say 'great plan' and only AFTER saying you would create them start to think about the impact?

Couldn't the exact same thing be said for the admins that decided to use a TLD that wasn't explicitly reserved for internal use only?

Comment Re:Rot? Copper doesn't rot. It corrodes. (Score 1) 93

Rot? Copper doesn't rot. It corrodes.

From Merriam-Webster:
1a : to undergo decomposition from the action of bacteria or fungi
  b : to become unsound or weak (as from use or chemical action)
2a : to go to ruin : deteriorate
b : to become morally corrupt : degenerate

1b and 2a sound like they fit perfectly what Verizon is doing to their copper infrastructure.

Comment Re:Interesting (Score 2) 322

Panamax is 12.04m draft, 32.31m beam, and 294.13m length for a total volume of 114420 m^3. With a tropical fresh water density of 0.9954 g/cm^3, that comes out to about 113,894 metric tons (125,547 short tons) of displacement.

New Panamax is 15.2m draft, 49m beam, and 366m length for a volume of 272597 m^3 or 271,343 (299,105 short tons) of displacement.

Comment Re:Over paid (Score 1) 442

$326k is the national ad rate. Local rate is 1/2 that if not more. There are 215 CBS affiliates (14 of which are O&O by CBS). Local ad rates go to support the station operating expenses, which does include fees that go up to the national network. But it's not as if BBT or CBS national get that ad money directly. So you really can't factor in what you computed as the $65m.

Comment Re:Over paid (Score 1) 442

So $3m/episode for the main stars. The other stars aren't making anywhere near that, and factoring in production costs, say we double the amount to $6m. Average show has 8 minutes of commercials and presuming 30-second ads, that's $375k/commercial (or probably less)

Coincidentally, ads were $326k last fall so my $6m/episode may not be that outlandish.

This also doesn't factor in any other money they make from merchandise sales, syndication ($1.5m/episode several years ago), and "goodwill" for other shows that BBT attract viewers too.

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