http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/05513523093/suburban-express-goes-double-nothing-their-aggressive-behavior.shtml#c62 Fri, 17 May 2013 21:57:47 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/05513523093/suburban-express-goes-double-nothing-their-aggressive-behavior.shtml#c62
Know a person by what he's done, not by what he says or writes when he knows everyone is watching.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/05513523093/suburban-express-goes-double-nothing-their-aggressive-behavior.shtml#c52 Fri, 17 May 2013 21:38:06 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/05513523093/suburban-express-goes-double-nothing-their-aggressive-behavior.shtml#c52 "it is an interesting read."

No it isn't; it's a smoke screen that will only fool the simple minded. It doesn't do anything to answer any of the questions raised by Toeppen's seemingly constant, horrible, actions that he inflicted upon his community.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/07262023094/restaurant-facebook-goes-nuclear-facebook-over-reviews-gordon-ramsay-owner-cry-hack.shtml#c1044 Fri, 17 May 2013 21:36:22 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/07262023094/restaurant-facebook-goes-nuclear-facebook-over-reviews-gordon-ramsay-owner-cry-hack.shtml#c1044 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/06185923116/rice-university-professor-skynets-gonna-take-ur-jerbs.shtml#c55 Fri, 17 May 2013 21:34:38 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/06185923116/rice-university-professor-skynets-gonna-take-ur-jerbs.shtml#c55 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15445423110/framework-copyright-reform.shtml#c1302 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:58:30 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15445423110/framework-copyright-reform.shtml#c1302
What's a soapbox?!?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/16203623112/nintendo-exchanges-goodwill-control-issues-mass-monetization-claims-lets-play-videos.shtml#c212 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:53:42 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/16203623112/nintendo-exchanges-goodwill-control-issues-mass-monetization-claims-lets-play-videos.shtml#c212 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/06185923116/rice-university-professor-skynets-gonna-take-ur-jerbs.shtml#c50 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:45:40 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/06185923116/rice-university-professor-skynets-gonna-take-ur-jerbs.shtml#c50
We face a political problem, not a scientific one.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/02413623115/bogus-lawsuit-plus-threats-to-those-who-write-about-it-leads-to-epic-response.shtml#c699 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:35:02 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/02413623115/bogus-lawsuit-plus-threats-to-those-who-write-about-it-leads-to-epic-response.shtml#c699 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/06185923116/rice-university-professor-skynets-gonna-take-ur-jerbs.shtml#c47 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:31:34 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/06185923116/rice-university-professor-skynets-gonna-take-ur-jerbs.shtml#c47 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/00145123090/big-pharma-firms-seeking-pharmacy-domain-to-crowd-out-legitimate-foreign-pharmacies.shtml#c238 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:31:02 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/00145123090/big-pharma-firms-seeking-pharmacy-domain-to-crowd-out-legitimate-foreign-pharmacies.shtml#c238 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/06185923116/rice-university-professor-skynets-gonna-take-ur-jerbs.shtml#c42 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:27:08 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/06185923116/rice-university-professor-skynets-gonna-take-ur-jerbs.shtml#c42 There will be protests against gay-marrying robots.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130510/13023123037/lots-people-dont-turn-off-their-devices-when-they-fly.shtml#c1192 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:25:44 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130510/13023123037/lots-people-dont-turn-off-their-devices-when-they-fly.shtml#c1192
BluTooth devices and cellular data devices cause this interference because both share the same broadband spectrum that the Aircraft uses to communicate with the tower.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130510/13023123037/lots-people-dont-turn-off-their-devices-when-they-fly.shtml#c1172 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:15:40 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130510/13023123037/lots-people-dont-turn-off-their-devices-when-they-fly.shtml#c1172
In fact this is a creepy method that some billboard advertisers have used to detect how many nearby vehicles are listening to specific stations by detecting this emission.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/12483923107/nz-supreme-court-will-review-kim-dotcoms-extradition-case.shtml#c732 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:14:29 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/12483923107/nz-supreme-court-will-review-kim-dotcoms-extradition-case.shtml#c732
Whac-a-mole with 10 kiloton nukes: Not so good.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/05513523093/suburban-express-goes-double-nothing-their-aggressive-behavior.shtml#c46 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:12:28 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/05513523093/suburban-express-goes-double-nothing-their-aggressive-behavior.shtml#c46 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15583223111/congress-grandstanding-over-google-glass-privacy-concerns-next-up-privacy-concerns-over-your-eyes.shtml#c2138 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:10:14 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15583223111/congress-grandstanding-over-google-glass-privacy-concerns-next-up-privacy-concerns-over-your-eyes.shtml#c2138 I can point to reams of scientific data on the subject and the fact ONE person in the entire world can say to maybe one or two people on the planet have photographic memory.

Not that I agree with that other AC, but seriously, fucking link that research already. You keep stating how there is so much of it and since YOU are familiar with said research, you know exactly what to type into a search engine to pop that research out quickly and efficiently. Once done, sharing that simple copy pasta of a link with us will prove your point and save the rest of us a lot of time. Golly.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/16203623112/nintendo-exchanges-goodwill-control-issues-mass-monetization-claims-lets-play-videos.shtml#c205 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:09:05 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/16203623112/nintendo-exchanges-goodwill-control-issues-mass-monetization-claims-lets-play-videos.shtml#c205
By claiming copyright on those videos, N is essentially taking away the chance for those channels to make money, thereby making it pointless to upload games created by this company, cos it's now a waste of time with no benefit.

So all N did here was severely limit its own grassroots ed potential, and it did it at the most inopportune time, too.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15445423110/framework-copyright-reform.shtml#c1288 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:07:51 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15445423110/framework-copyright-reform.shtml#c1288 One is not mutually exclusive of the other.

Of course not. This is a question of the best approach to achieving the ends (promoting the progress) which means separating it from the means to look for other means that could do a better job.

Nobody would argue that rights protection is more effective at promoting the progress than, say, shooting every artist in the head. Less hyperbolically, most people here wouldn't argue that rights protection is more effective at promoting the progress than, say, a government Ministry Of Art that regulates all creativity and artistic funding. Those would both be inferior to the copyright system. But none of that means that rights protection is synonymous with promoting the progress, nor does it mean that it's the best approach, and any honest approach to the question requires giving up the assumption that it is.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130510/13023123037/lots-people-dont-turn-off-their-devices-when-they-fly.shtml#c1156 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:07:17 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130510/13023123037/lots-people-dont-turn-off-their-devices-when-they-fly.shtml#c1156
1) There's a far lower chance I'm going to kill someone if I keep my headphones in and don't have to hear others' stupidity.

2) There's a far lower chance I'm going to kill a parent for being a horrible parent with my headphones in.

3) I listened to enough George Carlin in my life to be able to recite the BS they say at the beginning. I don't want to hear it again without jokes.


I flip my phone into airplane mode...most of the time. If I'm streaming a podcast or something like that, then eff it, I'm gonna keep it up till we get too high up there to keep going.

And when the stewardess comes around and asks me if my phone, which is in my pocket is off, I take my earbuds out, tell her, "yes," and explain that my earbuds are noise-cancelling (which, with something playing, they block out a LOT of noise), which is why I'm leaving them in. Not a single one yet has been smart enough to tell the difference between passive and active noise cancellation, and haven't bothered me after that.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/06185923116/rice-university-professor-skynets-gonna-take-ur-jerbs.shtml#c37 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:07:05 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/06185923116/rice-university-professor-skynets-gonna-take-ur-jerbs.shtml#c37 "I call dibs on being the new Socrates."

Close to the mark, I reckon. I have long held the view that what's needed to cope with the technological change is a social change.

We hold certain values to be self-evident, like the work ethic.
It was not always thus. Ancient Greece had a society where slaves did all the menial work. Substitute robots, or more generally all-pervasive automation, for slaves, and you have the potential to create a similar society but without the misery.

It "only" needs us to change our current value system, which is by no means eternal or immutable. We need to learn to value "non-productive" pursuits, and to educate people into following such pursuits as art, theater, invention and design, maths, teaching the young and the old, etc etc.

Maybe the open source (software, 3D printing) movements are signs of things to come, with millions of people producing very useful things for no financial reward.]]>