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DrunkFace wrote:

Fun fact No.1
The first ever international cricket match was held at Bloomingdale Park, New York between the USA and Canada in 1844.

I did not know that, thanks!

IDK about other countries, but cricket isn't on pay per view here, its either on Sky, or free to air.

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:

I could never get into cricket. I don't understand it, which is probably the main issue. Someone PM me an explanation that a simpleton like me can understand please. I'm sure I'll love it once I know what the fuck is going on...never met a competition I didn't like.

Stand in front of the wickets (the three bits of wood sticking out of the ground), hit the ball & run up & down the pitch to score "runs".  Hit the ball out of the playing field to get lots of score lots of runs.  Teams take turns bowling & batting.  The team with the most runs (highest score) at the end of the game wins.

An "over" is when a bowler bowls 6 balls.
A batsman holds the bat & hits balls.
A fielder stands out in the field and chases the ball (or tries to catch it)
A wicket keeper is a glorified fielder, who stands behind the wickets.
When batting you typically get out by: Being bowled (bowler hits wickets with ball), being caught out (ball is caught after being hit, before it touches the ground), or LBW (Leg Before Wicket) - ball hits legs when legs are in front of wicket.
A four/boundary is when the batsman hits the ball to the boundary, but it touches the ground along the way - instant 4 runs.
A six is when the batsman hits the ball to the boundary without the ball touching the ground - instant 6 runs.  666 really is the number of the beast in cricket.

There are variations on the amount of time played, number of balls bowled etc.  The two main ones are:
- Test cricket. Games are up to 5 days long, and teams take two turns each at batting & bowling.  They're typically played in traditional english white uniforms.
-  One Day games.  These are typically limited to 50 overs, each team bats & bowls only once, and there are overs-based limits on the fielding & bowling..  One dayers are more exciting.

wow, i guess i should have understood that a simple sentence (someone PM me an explanation) would fail to be comprehended by bf2s DST crowd.  It's so indicative of the level of intelligence in this forum and a nice reminder of why I don't visit this website much any more.

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:

wow, i guess i should have understood that a simple sentence (someone PM me an explanation) would fail to be comprehended by bf2s DST crowd.  It's so indicative of the level of intelligence in this forum and a nice reminder of why I don't visit this website much any more.

Here you go, no need for any more whining.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:

wow, i guess i should have understood that a simple sentence (someone PM me an explanation) would fail to be comprehended by bf2s DST crowd.  It's so indicative of the level of intelligence in this forum and a nice reminder of why I don't visit this website much any more.

I followed directions what are you talking about

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This whole thing is just a way for ISPs to charge more.  You want a neutral service (probably called Gold, Premium or some other BS, you pay for it.  You want your site to be unthrottled, you pay.

Britain's surveillance agency GCHQ, with aid from the US National Security Agency, intercepted and stored the webcam images of millions of internet users not suspected of wrongdoing, secret documents reveal.

GCHQ files dating between 2008 and 2010 explicitly state that a surveillance program codenamed Optic Nerve collected still images of Yahoo webcam chats in bulk and saved them to agency databases, regardless of whether individual users were an intelligence target or not.

In one six-month period in 2008 alone, the agency collected webcam imagery –including substantial quantities of sexually explicit communications – from more than 1.8 million Yahoo user accounts globally.

This is probably America's fault

SuperJail Warden wrote:

Britain's surveillance agency GCHQ, with aid from the US National Security Agency, intercepted and stored the webcam images of millions of internet users not suspected of wrongdoing, secret documents reveal.

GCHQ files dating between 2008 and 2010 explicitly state that a surveillance program codenamed Optic Nerve collected still images of Yahoo webcam chats in bulk and saved them to agency databases, regardless of whether individual users were an intelligence target or not.

In one six-month period in 2008 alone, the agency collected webcam imagery –including substantial quantities of sexually explicit communications – from more than 1.8 million Yahoo user accounts globally.

This is probably America's fault

Government admit to storing sexually explicit images of "more than" 1.8 million citizens.

Yeah its no big deal, nothing to hide and all that.

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:

BVC wrote:

This whole thing is just a way for ISPs to charge more.  You want a neutral service (probably called Gold, Premium or some other BS, you pay for it.  You want your site to be unthrottled, you pay.

Well duh. Combine that with the incredibly high barriers to entry (largely industry created) in the US and you basically have an industry that does not have competition to benefit the consumer. 

Of course, it's the governments fault for being in control of regulation/overseeing the industry, so it (the idea of cost increases/throttling of service) is totally not a byproduct of profit motive, but a byproduct of government interference in the freeeeee market.

FCC

Osha

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:

Jay wrote:

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:

Well duh. Combine that with the incredibly high barriers to entry (largely industry created) in the US and you basically have an industry that does not have competition to benefit the consumer. 

Of course, it's the governments fault for being in control of regulation/overseeing the industry, so it (the idea of cost increases/throttling of service) is totally not a byproduct of profit motive, but a byproduct of government interference in the freeeeee market.

FCC

Haha it's almost as if I knew you were going to pop in here with some bullshit response.  Please expand on your response.  What are you inferring in replying "FCC"?  I'm too stupid to make the connection so I guess you're going to have to make it for me.

The FCC controls the bandwidth spectrum limiting each carrier to a narrow band. The amount of bandwidth each carrier possesses is what defines the carriers' size. This is why AT&T is the largest mobile carrier. They rent out their towers and bandwidth to small carriers like the former Metro PCS. Getting the FCC to release more bandwidth is what caused the switchover to digital OTA television signals. This was sold to 'established companies' so the bandwidth wouldn't be 'wasted'.

In a similar fashion, local cable and telephone companies have each been given regional monopolies by state and local governments. They get treated like heavily regulated and heavily taxed utilities. They get the monopoly status to both keep clutter off telephone poles and out of conduits, and because they are easier to control.

So yes, the government is at fault. Both of our basic forms of communication (land lines and radio) have their competition levels minimized by the government.