Alamei - Slashdot User

Comment Re:my own experience (Score 1) 297

by Alamei on Monday November 02, 2009 @03:47PM (#29953934) Attached to: DVRs Help Some TV Shows Improve Ratings

I'd like to pipe in to say that I have exactly the same viewing pattern. A commercial at the beginning or end of the break has a couple of seconds to hook me on entertainment value before I start skipping. It may very well behoove networks to start charging a premium for the commercials placed at the beginning or end of each break (if they do not practice this already). Does anyone have info on whether placement of the commercial within the break (as opposed to where the break happens within the show) affects pricing for advertisers?

Emergency Government Control of the Internet? 853

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday August 28, 2009 @01:58PM from the big-brother-bigger-than-ever dept.

TheZid writes "A newly proposed bill would give Uncle Sam the power to disconnect private sector computers from the internet in the event of a 'cyber security emergency.' As usual, our government is trying to take away our privacy by citing security. What actually counts as a 'Cyber-Security Emergency?' Does the president now have the option of disconnecting people when they disagree with his policies? How about disconnecting bloggers that criticize his health care reform? What counts as an emergency? Can political opponents be deemed a cyber-security emergency?"

Comment 'Generic' Code (Score 1, Offtopic) 190

by Alamei on Monday December 26, 2005 @12:38AM (#14338220) Attached to: Writing Genetic Code

I think I've had too much exposure to .NET recently. Did anyone else read that headline as "Writing Generic Code"?

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