Comments by Neppe http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120626/10452719493/29-billion-spent-dealing-with-patent-trolls-us-alone-last-year.shtml#c50 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 11:51:20 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120626/10452719493/29-billion-spent-dealing-with-patent-trolls-us-alone-last-year.shtml#c50 Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120531/15383819155/judge-delivers-thorough-complete-smackdown-oracles-copyright-claims.shtml#c1140 Fri, 1 Jun 2012 07:06:40 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120531/15383819155/judge-delivers-thorough-complete-smackdown-oracles-copyright-claims.shtml#c1140 https://www.sciencemag.org/content/253/5023/1034.short


ABSTRACT

The anterior hypothalamus of the brain participates in the regulation of male-typical sexual behavior. The volumes of four cell groups in this region [interstitial nuclei of the anterior hypothalamus (INAH) 1, 2, 3, and 4] were measured in postmortem tissue from three subject groups: women, men who were presumed to be heterosexual, and homosexual men. No differences were found between the groups in the volumes of INAH 1, 2, or 4. As has been reported previously, INAH 3 was more than twice as large in the heterosexual men as in the women. It was also, however, more than twice as large in the heterosexual men as in the homosexual men. This finding indicates that INAH is dimorphic with sexual orientation, at least in men, and suggests that sexual orientation has a biological substrate.
]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120518/11135918973/facebook-trading-near-its-ipo-price-means-it-was-priced-right-not-that-it-was-disaster.shtml#c907 Sun, 20 May 2012 01:36:16 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120518/11135918973/facebook-trading-near-its-ipo-price-means-it-was-priced-right-not-that-it-was-disaster.shtml#c907 http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-banker-morgan-stanley-bought-a-humongous-amount-of-stock-to-try-support-price-2012-5]]> Re: Re: Re: Re: Naturally you're misinterpreting this http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120330/09445718303/how-can-you-be-register-copyrights-if-you-dont-even-understand-copyrights-most-basic-purpose.shtml#c1456 Thu, 5 Apr 2012 12:26:49 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120330/09445718303/how-can-you-be-register-copyrights-if-you-dont-even-understand-copyrights-most-basic-purpose.shtml#c1456
Arstechnica and Monsanto]]> Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120131/23562317608/were-living-most-creative-time-history.shtml#c2125 Sun, 5 Feb 2012 08:06:46 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120131/23562317608/were-living-most-creative-time-history.shtml#c2125 Does being convicted according to an (at any given time or location) arbitrary set of rules mean we lose our ability to reason ? Our will to change unjust laws?

Let his argument stand or fall on it's own merits.]]> Re: Re: Re: Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120203/00520517643/hollywood-still-doesnt-realize-that-internet-drives-popular-culture-now.shtml#c1381 Sun, 5 Feb 2012 06:17:30 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120203/00520517643/hollywood-still-doesnt-realize-that-internet-drives-popular-culture-now.shtml#c1381 Re: Re: License: CC by NC SA(aka Creative Commons, Non-Commercial Sharealike) http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120110/07201317364/sorting-out-sharing-license-shambles.shtml#c43 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:01:28 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120110/07201317364/sorting-out-sharing-license-shambles.shtml#c43 Clearer explanation of reasons to avoid the NC variants]]> Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120125/11082317540/european-parliament-member-marietje-schaake-explains-how-europeans-can-stop-acta.shtml#c266 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:32:08 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120125/11082317540/european-parliament-member-marietje-schaake-explains-how-europeans-can-stop-acta.shtml#c266
Welcome to Techdirt.]]> Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120119/17271917481/chinese-lessons-sopapipa-great-firewall-china-was-once-way-to-stop-infringement-too.shtml#c322 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:05:32 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120119/17271917481/chinese-lessons-sopapipa-great-firewall-china-was-once-way-to-stop-infringement-too.shtml#c322
was obviously not that at all but actually designed to stop social networking and ideas that would threaten the regime the whole premise of this article is based on nonsense.
[Citation needed]]]> Re: Megaupload, Silicon Valley http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120121/02431317499/funniestmost-insightful-comments-week-techdirt.shtml#c900 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:15:56 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120121/02431317499/funniestmost-insightful-comments-week-techdirt.shtml#c900 Then of course there was the prosecution of that kid in Sweden, under the DCMA, for creating the DVD copyright protection decode and publishing it.
That kid was Norwegian as I recall and was exonerated under Norwegian law.

Took him roughly 4 years to beat it though.]]> Re: Re: Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111012/02115816317/how-certain-judges-let-feds-hide-questionable-spying-activity.shtml#c201 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 08:09:58 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111012/02115816317/how-certain-judges-let-feds-hide-questionable-spying-activity.shtml#c201 I found that to be oddly hilarious :)
Thanks]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110919/03081816004/italy-proposes-law-that-will-ban-people-internet-based-single-accusation-infringement-anyone.shtml#c514 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 01:04:09 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110919/03081816004/italy-proposes-law-that-will-ban-people-internet-based-single-accusation-infringement-anyone.shtml#c514 This will get interesting pretty fast.]]> Re: Re: Re: Re: Wrong premise: the purpose is not the stopping, it's the /control/. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110808/12354815439/if-even-death-penalty-wont-stop-infringement-perhaps-different-approach-is-needed.shtml#c1075 Tue, 9 Aug 2011 12:37:53 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110808/12354815439/if-even-death-penalty-wont-stop-infringement-perhaps-different-approach-is-needed.shtml#c1075 Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110729/03340615311/definition-defensive-patent-is-bad-patent.shtml#c180 Sat, 30 Jul 2011 02:26:37 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110729/03340615311/definition-defensive-patent-is-bad-patent.shtml#c180 "solid misinformation"]]> Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110726/03263115256/music-industry-wants-to-put-red-lights-google-sites-it-says-support-infringement.shtml#c993 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 01:13:48 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110726/03263115256/music-industry-wants-to-put-red-lights-google-sites-it-says-support-infringement.shtml#c993 http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2011/07/stop-red-site-copyright-group-proposes-traffic-light-search-ticks.ars

Please note the last paragraph.

"Finally, we expressed some skepticism about the overall effectiveness of the idea. The PRS proposal posits the existence of a "Moral Majority" for whom Traffic Lights will work. The system will perform the crucial role of "establishing a distinction between good and bad in the minds of users, which we hope will be enough to deter 90 percent of users from accessing problem sites."

No doubt the right light tick would scare some consumers away. But what about rebellious types, we asked, who might see a red tick as a badge of honor?

"Oh yes," Hooper agreed. "I think there will be people that deliberately go for a red light. We're realistic about this proposal]]> Re: Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110722/11552515212/judge-decreases-amount-jammie-thomas-owes-file-sharing-again-yes-again-says-its-appalling.shtml#c153 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:41:36 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110722/11552515212/judge-decreases-amount-jammie-thomas-owes-file-sharing-again-yes-again-says-its-appalling.shtml#c153 "His $2,250 per song figure is three times the minimum statutory damages of $750."
- http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/07/judge-calls-15m-file-sharing-judgment-appalling-slashes-to-54000.ars]]> Consequences? http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110722/02351315202/how-cisco-justice-department-conspired-to-try-to-destroy-one-mans-life-daring-to-sue-cisco.shtml#c107 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:08:03 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110722/02351315202/how-cisco-justice-department-conspired-to-try-to-destroy-one-mans-life-daring-to-sue-cisco.shtml#c107
I'm assuming that he's about to be arrested for prosecutorial abuse or something ?]]> Re: Complete rebuttal to "a Swedish music executive": http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110718/08554415146/can-innovation-through-business-solve-issues-that-legal-repression-cant.shtml#c392 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 01:51:07 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110718/08554415146/can-innovation-through-business-solve-issues-that-legal-repression-cant.shtml#c392 http://www.ifpi.no/statistikk/2011/index.htm

Same month 2010 and 2011
Physical media sales down 51%
Digital sales up 228 %

Total sales same period 2010 and 2011 (January to June )
Physical media down 37%
Digital sales up 91%

Total volume all music 2009 : 505135
Total volume all music 2010 : 592975

Volume numbers make a significant jump from ca 19k to ca 55k in 2008 which is right around when Spotify surfaced in the Norwegian mainstream.

Taking this into consideration mr.out_of_the_blue (I'm assuming that's where you get your 'facts'), I'm going to have to go with "reality trumps ideology" once again.
So sorry.]]> Nothing to see here http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110715/15573015111/court-naked-scanners-are-constitutional-tsa-should-have-asked-public-comment.shtml#c9 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:51:55 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110715/15573015111/court-naked-scanners-are-constitutional-tsa-should-have-asked-public-comment.shtml#c9
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/18/justice-in-dreamland/]]> Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110628/17041014894/sony-ceo-we-were-hacked-freetards-who-just-want-everything-free.shtml#c1314 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:12:27 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110628/17041014894/sony-ceo-we-were-hacked-freetards-who-just-want-everything-free.shtml#c1314 http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2011/04/21/sony_should_pay_100_to_man_for_otheros_removal_consumer_board_says]]>