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Comment The cinemas need to think outside box (Score 1) 120

1) Sporting events- I would happily pay $15 a ticket to watch an NFL or Major league baseball game on the giant screen with other fans in air conditioned comfort instead of 100 degree heat in the summer, movie theater snack prices are still better than stadium prices as opposed to a loud sports bar with 8 other games playing. You could have limited commercials in between innings and no talking heads.
2) Variable pricing- A movie that is meh at $15 becomes a why not at $5, Which would also encourage lower budget fun movies to sell more concessions

Comment ATT ought to just do what bellsouth used to do (Score 2) 103

No more "promos" just simplified fair pricing and packages. If you want a lower price you commit to 12 months but everyone is paying the same price for that 12 month package both new and existing customers. Its the smoke and mirrors crap that alienates customers. ATT should sell reliablity and reasonable cost, if someone wants more channels sell it to them but dont force it on them.

Comment Re:Good luck with that (Score 2) 97

Heres what should happen
1) You develop symptoms and call a CDC number
2) CDC sends someone to your home to test you and you test positive
3) You call your employer and your employer allows you to stay home without touching your normal sick benefits because they get compensated by the federal government on the taxes (make it a tax credit)
4) Your are compensated by a Federal fund similar to unemployment insurance and emergency credit line is given to you.
5) Your house is quarantined for sickness + 14 days?

Comment Not so obvious (Score 5, Informative) 238

"Typical LEDs use opaque glass that hide the structure inside the bulb. Researchers at UC Santa Barbara’s Solid State Lighting and Energy Electronics Center said they developed technology that would allow for an exposed filament that disperses light in all directions.". It has nothing to do with an "edison base". its an exposed filament led bulb. The companies selling the bulbs are foreign companies making money off technology derived from patents held by US universities.

Comment Re:Socialism isn't the problem. "Crony" is. (Score 4, Interesting) 247

Its not that you owe money it who you owe money to. If you have mostly domestic debt financed in your own currency you are okay within limits. A debt to gdp ratio of 60 to 80% is fine. The US is too high at 105%, Japan is 220% but both are stable countries. Greece's problem is that their debt was denominated in Euro so they could not inflated their currency and was owned to foreign lenders.

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