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Uplink Activity Report - 6/11/2008 12:52pm - 85 changes

SatelliteGuys.US Uplink Activity Report - Week Ending - 89 changes

Uplink Comparison Range: 06/11/2008 12:22P - 06/11/2008 12:49P

Channel Additions:
5780 - HDSKD [MPEG4 HD] added to EchoStar3 61.5W TP 20 ConUS beam (NA)
5798 - HDSKD [MPEG4 HD] added to EchoStar3 61.5W TP 20 ConUS beam (NA)
5799 - HDSKD [MPEG4 HD] added to EchoStar3 61.5W TP 20 ConUS beam (NA)

Channel Removals:
5780 - INTL2 (NA) removed from EchoStar1 148W TP 15 ConUS beam
5843 - MP311 (NA) removed from EchoStar1 148W TP 31 ConUS beam
5844 - MP312 (NA) removed from EchoStar1 148W TP 31 ConUS beam
5851 - MP313 (NA) removed from EchoStar1 148W TP 31 ConUS beam
5852 - MP314 (NA) removed from EchoStar1 148W TP 31 ConUS beam
5883 - MP315 (NA) removed from EchoStar1 148W TP 31 ConUS beam
5884 - MP316 (NA) removed from EchoStar1 148W TP 31 ConUS beam
5885 - MP317 (NA) removed from EchoStar1 148W TP 31 ConUS beam
5911 - MP401 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 08 ConUS beam
5912 - MP402 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 08 ConUS beam
5913 - MP403 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 08 ConUS beam
5914 - MP404 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 08 ConUS beam
5915 - MP405 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 08 ConUS beam
5916 - MP406 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 08 ConUS beam
5917 - MP407 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 08 ConUS beam
5918 - MP408 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 08 ConUS beam
5919 - MP409 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 08 ConUS beam
5930 - MP420 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 08 ConUS beam
5931 - MP421 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 08 ConUS beam
5935 - MP425 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 08 ConUS beam
5938 - MP428 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 08 ConUS beam
5939 - MP429 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 08 ConUS beam
5940 - MP430 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 08 ConUS beam
5941 - MP431 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 08 ConUS beam
5942 - MP432 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 08 ConUS beam
6925 - MT25 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 20 ConUS beam
6926 - MT26 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 20 ConUS beam
6927 - MT27 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 20 ConUS beam
6928 - MT28 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 20 ConUS beam
6929 - MT29 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 20 ConUS beam
6930 - MT30 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 20 ConUS beam
6931 - MT31 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 20 ConUS beam
6932 - MT32 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 20 ConUS beam
6933 - MT33 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 20 ConUS beam
6934 - MT34 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 20 ConUS beam
6935 - MT35 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 20 ConUS beam
6936 - MT36 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 20 ConUS beam
6937 - MT37 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 20 ConUS beam
6938 - MT38 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 20 ConUS beam
6939 - MT39 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 20 ConUS beam
6940 - MT40 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 20 ConUS beam
6941 - MT41 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 20 ConUS beam
6942 - MT42 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 20 ConUS beam
6943 - MT43 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 20 ConUS beam
6944 - MT44 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 20 ConUS beam
6945 - MT45 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 20 ConUS beam
6946 - MT46 (NA) removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 20 ConUS beam
9478 - TMP K (NA) removed from EchoStar3 61.5W TP 20 ConUS beam
9478 - TMP K (NA) removed from EchoStar5 129W TP 23 ConUS beam
9479 - TMP L (NA) removed from EchoStar3 61.5W TP 20 ConUS beam
9479 - TMP L (NA) removed from EchoStar5 129W TP 23 ConUS beam
9482 - TMP O (NA) removed from EchoStar3 61.5W TP 20 ConUS beam
9482 - TMP O (NA) removed from EchoStar5 129W TP 23 ConUS beam
9998 - ISG (A) (H) removed from EchoStar8 110W TP 08 ConUS beam

Channel Moves:
5936 - MP426 moved from EchoStar2 148W TP 08 ConUS beam to EchoStar2 148W TP 10 ConUS beam (NA)
5937 - MP427 moved from EchoStar2 148W TP 08 ConUS beam to EchoStar2 148W TP 10 ConUS beam (NA)

Channel Package Flag Changes:
769 - DREAM [MPEG2 SD] - Anik F3 118.7W TP 02 ConUS beam changed package flags (A)
769 - DREAM [MPEG2 SD] - EchoStar3 61.5W TP 27 ConUS beam changed package flags (A)
5183(61) - WTIC [MPEG4 HD] - Echostar12 61.5W TP 01 Area 6 beam changed to Available (H)(Hartford, CT)
6304(11) - WPIX [MPEG4 HD] - Echostar12 61.5W TP 15 Area 6 beam changed to Available (H)(New York, NY)
6316(9) - WGN9 [MPEG4 HD] - EchoStar5 129W TP 12 ConUS beam changed to Available (H)
6398(40) - KTXL [MPEG4 HD] - EchoStar10 110W TP 18 Spotbeam 43(CA) changed to Available (H)(Sacramento, CA)
6417(13) - KCPQ [MPEG4 HD] - EchoStar10 110W TP 04 Spotbeam 45(WA) changed to Available (H)(Tacoma, WA)
8177(42) - KIDZ [MPEG2 SD] - EchoStar2 148W TP 16 ConUS beam changed to Available (H)(Abilene, TX)
8385(34) - KUVM [MPEG2 SD] - EchoStar10 110W TP 12 Spotbeam 16(SE TX) changed to Available (H)(Dewalt, TX)

Channel Type Changes:
5920 - MP410 EchoStar2 148W TP 08 ConUS beam changed from MPEG4 SD to MPEG4 HD (NA)
5921 - MP411 EchoStar2 148W TP 08 ConUS beam changed from MPEG4 SD to MPEG4 HD (NA)
5922 - MP412 EchoStar2 148W TP 08 ConUS beam changed from MPEG4 SD to MPEG4 HD (NA)
5956 - MP241 EchoStar2 148W TP 10 ConUS beam changed from MPEG4 SD to MPEG4 HD (NA)
5957 - MP242 EchoStar2 148W TP 10 ConUS beam changed from MPEG4 SD to MPEG4 HD (NA)
5958 - MP243 EchoStar2 148W TP 10 ConUS beam changed from MPEG4 SD to MPEG4 HD (NA)
5959 - MP244 EchoStar2 148W TP 10 ConUS beam changed from MPEG4 SD to MPEG4 HD (NA)
6915 - MT15 EchoStar2 148W TP 20 ConUS beam changed from MPEG4 SD to MPEG4 HD (NA)
6916 - MT16 EchoStar2 148W TP 20 ConUS beam changed from MPEG4 SD to MPEG4 HD (NA)
6917 - MT17 EchoStar2 148W TP 20 ConUS beam changed from MPEG4 SD to MPEG4 HD (NA)
6918 - MT18 EchoStar2 148W TP 20 ConUS beam changed from MPEG4 SD to MPEG4 HD (NA)
6919 - MT19 EchoStar2 148W TP 20 ConUS beam changed from MPEG4 SD to MPEG4 HD (NA)
6920 - MT20 EchoStar2 148W TP 20 ConUS beam changed from MPEG4 SD to MPEG4 HD (NA)
6921 - MT21 EchoStar2 148W TP 20 ConUS beam changed from MPEG4 SD to MPEG4 HD (NA)
6922 - MT22 EchoStar2 148W TP 20 ConUS beam changed from MPEG4 SD to MPEG4 HD (NA)
6923 - MT23 EchoStar2 148W TP 20 ConUS beam changed from MPEG4 SD to MPEG4 HD (NA)
6924 - MT24 EchoStar2 148W TP 20 ConUS beam changed from MPEG4 SD to MPEG4 HD (NA)

Channel Renames:
5327 - TMP14 - Echostar12 61.5W TP 21 ConUS beam renamed to WGN (A) (H)
5327 - TMP14 - EchoStar5 129W TP 03 ConUS beam renamed to WGN (A) (H)
9446(239) - TMP14 - Echostar12 61.5W TP 21 ConUS beam renamed to WGN (A)
9446(239) - TMP14 - EchoStar5 129W TP 03 ConUS beam renamed to WGN (A)

Channels in the system: 5062
(A) = Available to subscribers
(NA) = Not Available
(H) = Hidden from non-subscribers
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Isn't WGN America just a re-run station? I never see anything on there, like Smallville or any of the CW shows. To me, looking at the schedule, all we will see on there is strech-o-vision shows. Yippee.... :rolleyes:
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fish2222 said:
Isn't WGN America just a re-run station? I never see anything on there, like Smallville or any of the CW shows. To me, looking at the schedule, all we will see on there is strech-o-vision shows. Yippee.... :rolleyes:
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Reports are it is not stretch-o-vision. Of course, it could be, it's the stretch followed by the pitch as in Cubs and White Sox baseball. As time goes on there should be more HD (such as movies and possibly series reruns). Don't know if WGN News has gone HD or not.
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Reports are it is not stretch-o-vision. Of course, it could be, it's the stretch followed by the pitch as in Cubs and White Sox baseball. As time goes on there should be more HD (such as movies and possibly series reruns). Don't know if WGN News has gone HD or not.
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If they would just get one of the REAL superstations in HD (a CW station), that would be something worth talking about. ;)
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fish2222 said:
If they would just get one of the REAL superstations in HD (a CW station), that would be something worth talking about. ;)
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Then you could talk about how it is blacked out for all those CW programs and anything else of interest.
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JohnH said:
Then you could talk about how it is blacked out for all those CW programs and anything else of interest.
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Not sure if it would effect me since we do not have a local CW station. I see all the programs now, so I don't know why the HD versions would be any different since I have the superstation package.
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Minor conforming activity:

UPLINK ACTIVITY: SAMPLE TAKEN 06-12-2008 18:46:59 TO 06-12-2008 18:48:03 ET


1 CHANGE(S)

CHNG 8177 KIDZ MPEG4 SD Tp 7 Spot 13 Rainbow 1 61.5w UNAVAIL HIDE
TO 8177 KIDZ{ABILENE, TX} MPEG4 SD Tp 7 Spot 13 Rainbow 1 61.5w UNAVAIL HIDE MAP 42

1 CHANGE(S) 5061 CHANNELS IN THE SYSTEM
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fish2222 said:
Not sure if it would effect me since we do not have a local CW station. I see all the programs now, so I don't know why the HD versions would be any different since I have the superstation package.
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I think that what he meant is that if there were HD feeds on DISH it would be that much more likely for local CW affiliates (or those offereing some other programming on one or more of the supers) to request exclusivity.

So far when this has happened DISH has just stopped selling the affected supers altogether in that market.
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Can't create new topic, so:

New changes at 61.5W
the channels moved from tp30 to tp 20 :

"CSNCH ", 5429, 173
"STO ", 5431,175
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Can't create new topic, so:

New changes at 61.5W
the channels moved from tp30 to tp 20 :

"CSNCH ", 5429, 173
"STO ", 5431,175
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Mapdowns use 2 bytes. First one times 256 and add the second 0ne.

1 X 256 + 173 = 429
1 X 256 + 175 = 431
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Duh !

Before the map-down was in 1 to 100 range. When JL wrote the program I think the numbers wasn't go that high.
No big deal. Some ppl perhaps found it was entertaining to read your exercise in binary math with big-endian format. ;)
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EV News

www.autoweek.com

America’s Fastest-Growing EV State Isn’t California—Not by a Long Shot

New data shows electric vehicle adoption is increasingly driven by state policies, electricity prices and charging access—not federal incentives
www.autoweek.com www.autoweek.com

The number-one US state for EV growth, according to the June 22 Yardi report?
Oklahoma.


:eek


It has no ZEV mandates and "minimal" incentives, Yardi says, but also has cheap electricity, high multi-car household rates (so, for example, a non-Lightning Ford F-150 pulls their trailers), and a consumer base willing to switch.
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The EV company to watch out for is SAIC. They seem likely to take over Government Motors at some point.

GM originally struck a JV deal with SAIC to gain access to China. Now SAIC has taken China back with the substantial library of technology GM shared and they're looking to export to Mexico, South America, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.
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www.canarymedia.com

US EV sales are rising again. Here’s why the recovery is set to last.

Even though sales tanked last year after the end of federal incentives, the American EV sector is on the mend as drivers face sky-high gasoline prices.
www.canarymedia.com www.canarymedia.com
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If it weren't for the sky-high electricity prices...

Of course, the real scare with Winter coming is the insane cost of heating oil.
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www.motortrend.com

GM Is Coming for Tesla, Rivian, and China, on Your Phone and in the Car

GM’s latest tech preview details autonomous highway driving plans, AI-powered OnStar features, and new LMR batteries for future EVs.
www.motortrend.com www.motortrend.com

GM said its next-generation vehicle architecture will provide 40 times more computing power and 30 percent less wiring than before and will expand from the 2028 Cadillac Escalade IQ to its high-volume SUVs, trucks, crossovers, and fourth-generation EVs, which will be powered by lithium manganese-rich (LMR) prismatic batteries

Despite the politicization and perceived consumer pivot away from EVs in America, GM needs to remain globally competitive, so it's doubling down on its fourth generation EVs, with energy-dense, cheaper-to-manufacture LMR batteries, more efficient motors, and state-of-the-art centralized computing architecture. With a stated goal of cutting the traditional four- to five-year concept-to-production time in half, GM is clearly challenging the concept of "China speed," which in the Chinese automotive industry can be as quick as 18 months from design to start of production. In the AI space, GM is smartly collapsing all of its marque-specific apps under the familiar OnStar brand, while providing more features—both on the phone and in the car—than it ever has before.
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Song Name Game Part 3!

Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!

So let the game continue!

The last song was added by Bobby who posted...

One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters

CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!

Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game

Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.

Example:

Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow

Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio

Another example:

Ride the Lightning -- Metallica

Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne


Get it?


An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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Stay In Time - Off Broadway USA
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Just In Time - Tony Bennett
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Just Get Through This Night - Styx
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Help Me Make It Through The Night - Sammi Smith
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Make Me Smile/Now More Than Ever - Chicago
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You can't even trust the cost per ounce info in grocery stores anymore

I'm surprised Walmart hasn't banned this guy from all of their stores. He has been on their CASE the past few months.


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dishstaller said:
Then they are stupid. Everyone knows that the price per ounce should be the price per ounce of actual product.
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You are paying for the whole thing
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Juan said:
You are paying for the whole thing
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Well, the bag can't weigh that much, right? But by law food product packaging must display the actual net weight of the product, i.e., the contents of the container, so by any logic, if not law, a store's stated per-ounce cost should reflect that figure. But since there's not any law regulating shelf statements, a store can say whatever it wants without violating any rules. So I guess the answer is more consumer legislation. Or simply caveat emptor.
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telstar_1 said:
Well, the bag can't weigh that much, right? But by law food product packaging must display the actual net weight of the product, i.e., the contents of the container, so by any logic, if not law, a store's stated per-ounce cost should reflect that figure. But since there's not any law regulating shelf statements, a store can say whatever it wants without violating any rules. So I guess the answer is more consumer legislation. Or simply caveat emptor.
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But a box can weigh more than an ounce..maybe 2...a can might weigh 5 ounces..a bag...not much
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Juan said:
.a bag...not much
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Well, according to the price per ounce on that first bag of coffee he mentions, that would mean the bag weighed over 6 ounces. That bag does NOT weigh 6 ounces. According to Google, an empty bag weighs half an ounce.
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telstar_1 said:
Well, the bag can't weigh that much, right? But by law food product packaging must display the actual net weight of the product, i.e., the contents of the container, so by any logic, if not law, a store's stated per-ounce cost should reflect that figure. But since there's not any law regulating shelf statements, a store can say whatever it wants without violating any rules. So I guess the answer is more consumer legislation. Or simply caveat emptor.
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I would think that the Vendor/Maker of the product would have a say in it, showing the Correct weight ...
You would think it would be in the contract.

I do look at the ounces of items, but unless its way off, I don't check the math, may have to start now.

Remember when you use to get a 13.5 oz bag of Chips .... Thats a PARTY Size now.
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Jimbo said:
I would think that the Vendor/Maker of the product would have a say in it, showing the Correct weight ...
You would think it would be in the contract.

I do look at the ounces of items, but unless its way off, I don't check the math, may have to start now.

Remember when you use to get a 13.5 oz bag of Chips .... Thats a PARTY Size now.
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I remember when a pound of coffee was 16oz. Now its 12oz, they don't call it a pound anymore and its three times the cost of the 16oz pound.
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TRG said:
I remember when a pound of coffee was 16oz. Now its 12oz, they don't call it a pound anymore and its three times the cost of the 16oz pound.
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Well, they don't call it a pound anymore ....

Ice cream is that way too, use to be a half gallon, now its 1.5 quart or some say 48 oz
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dishstaller said:
Well, according to the price per ounce on that first bag of coffee he mentions, that would mean the bag weighed over 6 ounces. That bag does NOT weigh 6 ounces. According to Google, an empty bag weighs half an ounce.
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You need to weigh the actual bag...a deli bag weighs less than that but a thick coffee bag is gonna weigh around an ounce...an empty tin can has some weight
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Juan said:
You need to weigh the actual bag...a deli bag weighs less than that but a thick coffee bag is gonna weigh around an ounce...an empty tin can has some weight
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Products sold by the ounce, pound, etc, should always be priced for the product only. Only the shipping weight should include the packaging.
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NYDutch said:
Products sold by the ounce, pound, etc, should always be priced for the product only.
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Unless the specific product or its packaging is known at the time of weighing, estimating the tare weight for a PoS system is a tall order.

I'm pretty sure that produce bags can't get any thinner. ;)

You certainly don't want to put unbagged produce on a belt, scale, or in a clerk's hands (gloved or not).
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harshness said:
Unless the specific product or its packaging is known at the time of weighing, estimating the tare weight for a PoS system is a tall order.

I'm pretty sure that produce bags can't get any thinner. ;)

You certainly don't want to put unbagged produce on a belt, scale, or in a clerk's hands (gloved or not).
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I would think that all the packaging would already be accounted for ... they weigh the container, subtract that from the scale, then add the product , so its weighing the Product only
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Jimbo said:
Well, they don't call it a pound anymore ....

Ice cream is that way too, use to be a half gallon, now its 1.5 quart or some say 48 oz
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Is it real Ice-cream?
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(((Garyd))) said:
Is it real Ice-cream?
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Is it Real Ice cream ???
Depends on what your talking about.
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Jimbo said:
Is it Real Ice cream ???
Depends on what your talking about.
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Most don't have any milk in them
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(((Garyd))) said:
Most don't have any milk in them
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REAL Ice Cream Does have Milk ... many of them are just Frozen desserts, pretending to be Ice Cream.
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Jimbo said:
I would think that all the packaging would already be accounted for ... they weigh the container, subtract that from the scale, then add the product , so its weighing the Product only
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I believe that per federal law the "net weight" of the given commodity, without regard to its packaging or the particular weight of that, must be clearly stated by the producer on the packaging. As in "Net wt. 2 lbs., 7 oz." So now the stores themselves commonly state a $ "per oz." or "per count" figure at the shelf whereas they never used to, supposedly to help people to comparison shop and/or to demonstrate that they are offering good prices. I would make the first assumption that they are simply taking the product label net weight and translating from that, as that would seem both the most logical as well as the easiest. If they're otherwise plopping the product onto a scale to arrive at a stated unit cost, then obviously that adds time & effort.

The ultimate question would be, if they are doing that, what really would it gain them? They'd get to show a very slightly lower unit price, but then presumably the competition between brands would still be even. I don't see how it can really much matter, but on principle there should be rules in this regard.
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Jimbo said:
REAL Ice Cream Does have Milk ... many of them are just Frozen desserts, pretending to be Ice Cream.
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For years the soft-serve places had to post signage stating that "We serve ice milk".
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telstar_1 said:
I believe that per federal law the "net weight" of the given commodity, without regard to its packaging or the particular weight of that, must be clearly stated by the producer on the packaging. As in "Net wt. 2 lbs., 7 oz." So now the stores themselves commonly state a $ "per oz." or "per count" figure at the shelf whereas they never used to, supposedly to help people to comparison shop and/or to demonstrate that they are offering good prices. I would make the first assumption that they are simply taking the product label net weight and translating from that, as that would seem both the most logical as well as the easiest. If they're otherwise plopping the product onto a scale to arrive at a stated unit cost, then obviously that adds time & effort.

The ultimate question would be, if they are doing that, what really would it gain them? They'd get to show a very slightly lower unit price, but then presumably the competition between brands would still be even. I don't see how it can really much matter, but on principle there should be rules in this regard.
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It's probably just a programming error in the price labeling computer
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I buy my coffee beans from a local small batch roaster. The scale they use has a large stainless steel bowl on top. They scoop the beans from large mylar bags containing the roast of your choice. After weighing the coffee the beans are poured into a bag or ground, your choice. I have a grinder and prefer grinding right before I brew.
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Slow Horses - Apple TV

Just finished S2. Watching Gary Oldman as deshvilved, dejected MI-6 agent, Jackson Lamb, is one of the best things streaming right now. Already 2 more seasons in the works. HIGHLY recommended. And yes, Mick Jagger sings the theme.
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Mrs. Foxbat and I are enjoying another great season so far. We only had to turn on the captions a few times.
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Foxbat said:
Mrs. Foxbat and I are enjoying another great season so far. We only had to turn on the captions a few times.
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I think this new season is a little too slow of a burn (as of ep #4, probably due to new show runner. However, I can't wait to find out what's up with Taverner!
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Well, the season finale went balls to the wall. Non stop action and several twisted twists. Gary Oldman at his best. Very well written and executed. Tavener owes Jackson big time. Only "if" was Jack Lowden's (River) cliffhanger, especially admin-st the buzz that he is the next James Bond in waiting.
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Planning to start the new season tonight. :)
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I missed somewhere that it was renewed for season 8. That's quite something!
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Another great season.

Sorry to see Flyte go. I also liked the Coe character. Sooner or later someone is going to take Taverner out. I think I will enjoy that.

I read that Lowden (River) was photographed during production of Season 8. Hopefully he will be back for 7 as well.
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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy - Paramount+

Season 2 order already in hand:

'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' Renewed for Season 2, Tatiana Maslany to Guest Star in Season 1

I've not been optimistic about this show based on what I've read so far. Seems to be aimed at a younger audience. Interesting though that Tatiana Maslany will have some sort of role.
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I'm sure I will watch at least the first episode but I am not optimistic.
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I'm sure I will watch at least the first episode but I am not optimistic.
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Here i am over a year later and just finished season 1. Not great but not as bad as I was expecting. Did not care for the barefoot captain stuff but overall ok. Actually looking forward to see what they did for season 2.
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Here i am over a year later and just finished season 1. Not great but not as bad as I was expecting. Did not care for the barefoot captain stuff but overall ok. Actually looking forward to see what they did for season 2.
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Yeah, the foot stuff was just nasty. I kept thinking of how dirty her feet would get traipsing around shoe-less. Funny, I love being shoe less at home and never wear shoes indoors in my home for long, but seeing her laying on all her furniture with her bare feet hanging out just kind of grossed me out.
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MikeD-C05 said:
I kept thinking of how dirty her feet would get traipsing around shoe-less.
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Where would this "dirt" come from? Dead skin and dandruff?
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Where would this "dirt" come from? Dead skin and dandruff?
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There would still be dirt ,dust in the future I am sure. So walking around the station like she did she would get stuff on her feet. I am sure the robot vacuum is still going to miss stuff, with all those different alien species running around there.
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There would still be dirt ,dust in the future I am sure.
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Where is it going to come from -- specifically?

Why do you think cleaning technology won't improve in the next few hundred years? HEPA filtration was invented as part of the Manhattan Project.
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harshness said:
Where is it going to come from -- specifically?

Why do you think cleaning technology won't improve in the next few hundred years? HEPA filtration was invented as part of the Manhattan Project.
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I don't know, but I still don't like her walking through the station or the academy with out her shoes. It looks unprofessional and very "hippy like" for someone of her status and I personally don't get off to feet, so there is that. ;)
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MikeD-C05 said:
I don't know, but I still don't like her walking through the station or the academy with out her shoes. It looks unprofessional and very "hippy like" for someone of her status and I personally don't get off to feet, so there is that. ;)
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Stay out of my office. I rarely have shoes or socks on in the office. My office and business is at home though :clapping
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I just thought her behavior, including the bare feet thing, was disrespectful to her position.
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MikeD-C05 said:
I don't know, but I still don't like her walking through the station or the academy with out her shoes.
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That is your right.

I couldn't buy hiding behind the dirty-feet argument.
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Stay out of my office. I rarely have shoes or socks on in the office. My office and business is at home though :clapping
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Say, I don't wear socks or shoes in my house either. But for a captain in Star Fleet it looks bad to be walking around the academy with no shoes. Gives off 1960 Hippie vibes.
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Gives off 1960 Hippie vibes.
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You say that like it's a Bad thing or something ... :biggrin
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Well, look at the way she sat in the Captain's Chair. I didn't say the show should have been called "Captain Chair-Whore" for nothing...
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Bruce
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Traditional/Streaming Live TV Providers Losses, 3rd Quarter 2026 Edition

Comcast is the first to report, with a massive 274,000 loss in video subscribers.

In the 3Q of 2016, Comcast had 21.42 million video subscribers and was the #1 provider, now at 10.39 million and is the #3 Provider, YTTV is #2 ( who also surpassed DirecTV-8 Million and Dish-under 5 Million), Charter/Spectrum is #1.

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Comcast Just Lost 274,000 TV Customers & 144,000 Internet Customers In Just Three Months | Cord Cutters News

Comcast Corporation reported its third-quarter 2026 results on October 22, showing continued erosion in its domestic residential broadband internet and video customer bases as competitive pressures intensified across the connectivity market. The company recorded a net loss of 144,000 domestic...
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Comcast called fiber pricing "irrational" because the ROI is over three years. What is irrational to me is Comcast internet is based on lines they put in the ground decades ago at this point, for the most part. Is copper that much more expensive to maintain?
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Comcast called fiber pricing "irrational" because the ROI is over three years. What is irrational to me is Comcast internet is based on lines they put in the ground decades ago at this point, for the most part. Is copper that much more expensive to maintain?
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yes. even copper lines in a house degrade over 70 years, I doubt coax would last that long. Fiber Optic on the isp side will last over 70 years with very dedgration
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yes. even copper lines in a house degrade over 70 years, I doubt coax would last that long. Fiber Optic on the isp side will last over 70 years with very dedgration
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The fiber coming in to the house looks like 300 ohm old TV wire I think that is the weak point.
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The fiber coming in to the house looks like 300 ohm old TV wire I think that is the weak point.
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The weak point would be the connection between the outdoor feed and the indoor feed.
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yes. even copper lines in a house degrade over 70 years, I doubt coax would last that long. Fiber Optic on the isp side will last over 70 years with very dedgration
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Copper lines are fine ... until it hits the AIR.
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NHL game channels

Looks like DTV made a deal. I'm now getting it on ch 650. The tv promise slate is gone.
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A few teams got a deal. Was posted yesterday in the Directv update thread
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https://www.prnewswire.com/news-rel...-louis-blues-regional-channels-302918682.html
DIRECTV today announced a new multi-year distribution agreement with the National Hockey League for Hurricanes Hockey Network, Blue Jackets Hockey Network, Wild+, and Blue Note+ pregame, postgame, and in-game live sports services.

Each of the four channels will be available to DIRECTV streaming and satellite customers who live in each team's NHL-designated home territory and subscribe to Choice and higher packages, and each U-verse customer in those same regions who subscribes to U200 and above.

This agreement also provides distribution rights to each NHL team to all of DIRECTV FOR BUSINESS's thousands of sports bars, restaurants, fitness clubs, and other commercial venues located within each team's respective region.

DIRECTV has recently obtained regional or local rights to provide 76 of the 81 U.S.-based NHL, NBA, or MLB franchises to their local fans, including multi-year agreements for 23 U.S.-based hockey teams.
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Now let's get the NBA game channels going.
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I'm trying to figure out the math that got them to 76 of 81 US based teams:
DIRECTV has recently obtained regional or local rights to provide 76 of the 81 U.S.-based NHL, NBA, or MLB franchises to their local fans, including multi-year agreements for 23 U.S.-based hockey teams.
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77 Phillies
78 76ers
79 Flyers -- Next year will mark 30 years since DTV last had local Philly sports after the demise of SportsChannel Philly, at this point the lack of NBCS Philly is not a dealbreaker for most of their remaining PA, Southern NJ and Delaware customers
80 Stars -- Not listed in the NHL release as KDFI/KDFW only has 17 simulcasts the rest are Prime only
The lack of Flyers and Stars would match the 23 of 25 US based NHL teams.

81 Ducks? -- KCOP is listed in the NHL release, but between them and KTTV only 65/77 games will be available, the other 12 will be Prime only, and there's no OTA option at all for viewers in the Santa Barbara or San Diego DMAs
Unlike the 4 NHL distributed teams (Blues, Blue Jackets, Hurricanes, Wild), the Stars and Ducks are available at no additional cost for Prime subscribers


In the NHL release they are counting the LIL coverage of OTA teams for "local rights", even if all of the outer markets aren't available (i.e. Golden Knights and Mammoth on The Spot Idaho subchannels, the Panthers on Laff Fort Myers and Ducks outside of the LA DMA), so at least for the home markets they have all of the OTA NBA teams:
Heat - WPLG/10 Miami and WTCN-CD/43 West Palm Beach -- slate up on channel 654, but I doubt they are going to add a Heat feed just for Fort Myers unless the Heat make it available cheaply, they didn't even do it for the Panthers who won the Stanley Cup in 2024 and 2025
Hornets - WAXN/64 Charlotte, WMYV/48 Greensboro, WRDC/28 Raleigh and the satellite only WZBJ/24 Roanoke -- slate up on channel 648 for the rest of the Carolinas
Magic - WRDQ/27 Orlando and WMOR/32 Tampa -- slate up on channel 656 for the non-carried subchannel markets Jacksonville, Gainesville, Panama City and Tallahassee along with the Florida portions of the Mobile-Pensacola DMA who doesn't have any OTA carriage.
Hawks - WANF/46 Atlanta -- slate up on channel 646 for the rest of Georgia and Alabama
Bucks - WVTV-D2/24 Milwaukee and the satellite only WISC-D2/14 Madison -- slate up on channel 669 for the rest of Wisconsin
Suns - KAZF/32 Phoenix -- Nothing for Tucson, Yuma or New Mexico
Jazz - KJZZ/14 Salt Lake City -- Nothing for the areas of Eastern Washington, Eastern Oregon, Idaho and Montana that used to get it on an alternate feed of Root Northwest
Pistons - WMYD/20 Detroit and WJMN/3 Marquette -- Also available outside of Detroit on 663-2
Mavs - KFAA/29 Dallas -- Also available outside of Dallas on 676-8
Blazers - KUNP/47 Portland and KSTW/11 Seattle -- Also available outside of Portland on 688-1
Pelicans (Gulf Coast Sports) - Available on 676-6
Thunder - KSBI/52 OKC and KQCW/19 Tulsa -- Also available on 675, in their case there's a special cable only feed of KSBI and KQCW that DIRECTV, Spectrum, Fubo and others have with all of the games, OTA viewers and Dish customers will be limited to 10 games. They kind of did a horrible job with the announcement though, so there will be a lot of confused OTA viewers when they turn on 52.1 tomorrow night and see Forensic Files instead of the Thunder.
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How things have changed

I was reading this article

thehill.com

Cable TV ‘cord-cutters’ became the majority in 2022

The steady decline of cable and broadcast television, and the rise of streaming services, reached a sort of inflection point over the past year. Last summer, for the first time, streaming ser…
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Last summer, for the first time, streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime claimed the largest share of the television viewing audience, surpassing both cable and broadcast TV. Streaming captured 34.8 percent of July viewers, according to Nielsen data, compared to 34.4 percent for cable and 21.6 percent for broadcast.

And then, sometime in the second half of 2022, cord-cutters became the majority. The share of cable and satellite television subscribers dipped to 48 percent, according to a report from Samba TV, a television technology company.

Now I do not consider those with YTTV and the likes, Cord Cutters, but they still do not have Traditional Cable/Satellite delivered Live TV, so I decided to do the math.

There are, now, 129 Million Households in the United States.

In 2015, there were 100 Million Cable/Sat Subscribers , no streaming Live TV Service.

Today, there are 66 Million Live TV subscribers, including Cable, Satellite and Streaming.

Roughly, Streaming Live TV has 14 Million subs including all of them.

So that means, Cable/Satellite now has, roughly, 51 Million Households

So in just 8 years, lost 49% of their subscribers and by the end of this year, expected sub count to be, roughly, 45 million households.

That means a total loss of 55% since 2015 at the end of 2023.

But out of 129 Million households, 45 million will mean only 35% will get Cable/Satellite Delivered Live TV by the end of 2023.

Imagine what 2024 will be like.
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And again, 15 months in a row, streaming wins-

Cable and Broadcast added together-36.4%

Streaming with a massive 49.6%, 13.2% higher than Broadcast/Streaming.

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Bruce said:
And again, 15 months in a row, streaming wins-

Cable and Broadcast added together-36.4%

Streaming with a massive 49.6%, 13.2% higher than Broadcast/Streaming.

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Your Still Thrilled about all this ?

These numbers will Never be accurate as many people use Both still ...

You have services like Hulu Live and You Tube TV that do, what you call Cable, but they ARE Streaming, so Which is is ?

Does it get counted 2x as both Streaming and Cable ?
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But they ARE Streaming as well, so they Should be counted as both, which would make the Streaming numbers even More prominate.

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Who does the Counting for Streaming ?

Neilson does the Broadcast/Cable ...
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Jimbo said:
But they ARE Streaming as well, so they Should be counted as both, which would make the Streaming numbers even More prominate.

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Same.

Ratings for streaming content is extremely accurate, since the service knows who is watching what and when, when we hit ok on our remotes.

Ratings for Broadcast/Cable shows has always been a estimate.
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Bruce said:
Same.

Ratings for streaming content is extremely accurate, since the service knows who is watching what and when, when we hit ok on our remotes.

Ratings for Broadcast/Cable shows has always been a estimate.
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If I flip thru shows on an app, 3-4 in a few minutes, does that still show that I watched the whole episode ?


If I watch the Super Bowl for 5 minutes, does that count as watching the Super Bowl ?
Is it the same if I just watched the Commercials.
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Jimbo said:
If I flip thru shows on an app, 3-4 in a few minutes, does that still show that I watched the whole episode ?


If I watch the Super Bowl for 5 minutes, does that count as watching the Super Bowl ?
Is it the same if I just watched the Commercials.
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Nielsen Streaming Ratings: Third-party measurement firm Nielsen tracks U.S. streaming viewership, releasing weekly reports that measure total minutes viewed across major television sets, broken down by program (such as original, acquired, and movie content) rather than minute-by-minute audience retention curves.
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Your Still Thrilled about all this ?

These numbers will Never be accurate as many people use Both still ...
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Nobody is "happy" or "sad" about this. Simply posting data in an non-editorialized way has nothing to do with anyone's feelings.

The data on the streaming side is immensely accurate, I'm guessing to the millisecond. Plus most people likely have not turned off data sharing and thus they are grabbing a huge swath of data. Much more accurate than cable which relies on a smaller sample size and probably not to the second.

In either case, nobody is getting "double counted" because it's usage based. If I watch 100 minutes of content and 30 minutes is on Youtube and 20 minutes on Disney and 50 minutes on YTTV, it's going to show up as 30%, 20%, 50% slices of my personal pie respectively.
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Nielsen does. If you go into the settings of any of your streaming accounts, you can turn off the option to share to usage data with their third party measuring service - Nielsen.
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Nobody is "happy" or "sad" about this. Simply posting data in an non-editorialized way has nothing to do with anyone's feelings.

The data on the streaming side is immensely accurate, I'm guessing to the millisecond. Plus most people likely have not turned off data sharing and thus they are grabbing a huge swath of data. Much more accurate than cable which relies on a smaller sample size and probably not to the second.

In either case, nobody is getting "double counted" because it's usage based. If I watch 100 minutes of content and 30 minutes is on Youtube and 20 minutes on Disney and 50 minutes on YTTV, it's going to show up as 30%, 20%, 50% slices of my personal pie respectively.

Nielsen does. If you go into the settings of any of your streaming accounts, you can turn off the option to share to usage data with their third party measuring service - Nielsen.
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Xbox Rumored Game Pass Overhaul

Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!


View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PAhrLR-6dec


Direct YouTube Link - Xbox Rumored Game Pass Overhaul
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Starlink Router question

I set up a music server for my brother a few years ago. It's basically a small headless computer but it needs to have a DHCP IP address reserved for it in the router settings. This was easy to do in his DSL router. He's switching to Starlink now and I was wondering if these setting are easily accessible in the Starlink router. I'm pretty sure he will be getting the latest V5 router.
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TRG said:
I set up a music server for my brother a few years ago. It's basically a small headless computer but it needs to have a DHCP IP address reserved for it in the router settings. This was easy to do in his DSL router. He's switching to Starlink now and I was wondering if these setting are easily accessible in the Starlink router. I'm pretty sure he will be getting the latest V5 router.
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If you can't get into the router to reserve an IP address just don't use DHCP on the device that needs connected and assign it to a specific IP address in the network settings.
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