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It depends on which raccoon you select for testing. Raccoons like shiny objects, so you should build traps using silver and gold. You will obviously want to test the raccoon that selects the gold since gold bullion is worth more. The other raccoon is typical as it went for the more shiny object.

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Recently Fox was almost dropped from the Time Warner Cable line up. Why? Fox wanted an additional $1.00 per cable subscriber. Time Warner and Fox came to an undisclosed deal, but if they had not, over 6 million people would have lost about 20 channels.

What’s my solution? Internet Televisions. If our televisions were able to communicate with the broadcasting company, as opposed to the providers (i.e. cable and satellite), the broadcasters could charge the public whatever they want and the public would only pay for what they want. Isn’t that what both ends really want? The only thing stopping this are the current providers. Sure, they own the cable lines, fiber lines and satellites already in use, but why can’t broadcasters provide this as an alternative service? The providers could and should be punished for blocking such communications. There is already precedence, see Comcast Port Blocking, that sides with the public when an ISP eavesdrops.

Imagine only paying for the 20 channels you watch, maybe even only for the shows you want to watch.

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