"So it's not in TW's best interests to encourage people to see the Internet as a great alternative to cable TV."

However, if they can see the writing on the wall (which is something most Slashdotters don't give businesses enough credit for) then perhaps they realize cable is a dead end and want to get in on the transition.

And could you clarify your "counter argument"? I see you saying most people only have one cable provider, but I fail to see how that's a counterargument here. That other ISP's exist doesn't really have anything to do with cable internet service.

I guess I just don't see why a gaggle of ISP's providing services over Time Warner's lines, which would still be paid for by the subscriber and be a revenue stream for TWC, is a counterargument.

"The justification for the gas tax is that your tax is proportional to your usage of the infrastructure"

No, it's that your tax is proportional to your usage of GAS.

Everything else is your assumption, not fact.

"8,000 leechers, 4 seeders"

No problem there.

"your download will complete in 1 day, 17 hours, 49 minutes."

That part has nothing to do with the first part.

Do you not understand how torrents work, or are you just throwing in the "8,000 leechers, 4 seeders" even though it has nothing to do with your download being slow?

And no mods, his post wasn't insightful.

"It's perhaps a sign of the evolution of language, or at least of this volunteer linguistic watchdog group, that a symbol compounded of two characters, neither of them a letter, is considered not only a word, but a particularly egregious one."

No guy, it's a sign they don't have a list for "emoticons to be banned", nothing more.

Stop trying so hard.

"The real question is why Time Warner would fight back by so clearly showing how increasingly obsolete they are becoming and that cable providers are losing their monopolistic grip on media delivery"

This is simple, and the wording clearly displays the submitter's bias.

Time Warner cable ALSO provides internet access. If they are being charged for programming that their internet subscribers can recieve online, then they are paying for something they don't need to. I have no doubt they would like to use the funds Viacom currently recieves for programming on other things, yet still be able to provide the content if necessary.

I suppose if the person asking the question weren't themselves behoden to the idea that cable is the Great Satan, then they could see that.

"Well, there's two problems with the gas tax."

Ok, let's hear em.

"1. As a road usage tax"

It's not a road useage tax, so you have a problem with something not being something it's not supposed to be?

"2. It doesn't take into consideration driving done on private roads or roads not maintained by the government."

It's not supposed to.

So what you're saying here is that there are NO problems with a gas tax, and you just don't know WTF it is or what it's used for.

"That clearly provides for a collective right and doesn't apply to the states..."

Seriously though, isn't it wonderful anti-gun nuts can't even make that weak argument anymore.

"The person who threw the notebook had just had their job taken from them whist those less deserving kept theirs, for the not sharing his employer's religious beliefs. I would consider on the balance of wrongs done to each other, that outweighs throwing a notebook and spouting off by several orders of magnitude. One might even consider throwing a notebook (not generally the most dangerous of objects) and some verbal abuse a pretty mild response to an action that probably caused significant life upheaval and financial loss. I wasn't there, the poster I was replying to wasn't there. But a pretty bold statement was made by that poster nonetheless."

Nothing you posted shows she wasn't a BITCH.

So, your entire post was a waste, you're still wrong, and now you look pathetic for making stupid arguments that don't even address the point in question.

Nice try though, and by nice try I mean, you're incredibly fucking stupid.

You were wrong, shot off your dicksucker like you knew WTF you were discussing, then ran and hid like the coward you are.

But I'm glad you admit reading that you were wrong, at least we both know the truth now.

It must be difficult for you to know you were wrong, have it proven so conclusively, and not be able to offer a stupid excuse because you'd have to actually respond after you claimed you wouldn't.

I win. Go cry now.

"Exactly my point."

We know, what you seem to have missed is that he was making fun of your "point" and how idiotic it is.

You know, like I did when you made a "point" to me which was factually wrong.

And I fully expect you to start calling names and then run and hide again, now that you've been wrong.

"What part of the NSA wire-tapping program did you miss over the course of this entire year??"

FYP, didn't miss it, still no explanation why America has anything to do with you being a paranoid nutball.

"You realize your statement is illogical, right?"

No it isn't and your analogy sucks.

In fact, every single thing you posted was wrong and moronic.

"No, it's an upgrade without any irritating copy protection"

If it's installed on a blank hard drive, WTF are you upgrading from?

Oh right, nothing. Sucks for you that you're completely wrong, and seem to have no fucking idea what "upgrade" means.

"Any copy of OS X other than the one that came with your Mac, whether it checks or not, is an upgrade copy because there is no way to use it without a) already owning a copy of OS X (and a Mac), or b) violating the license."

BZZZT! Sorry no part of "violating the license" makes it an upgrade fanboi, you're creating a criteria out of thin air because you know you're wrong.

How do you people delude yourselves so thoroughly?

"There are moments when I am not proud of America..."

What does America have to do with you being a paranoid whackjob?