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• On the post: Congress: Fear Chinese Networking Companies! But Ignore That China Makes All Our Networking Equipment!

  

  Allen ( profile ), 09 Oct, 2012 @ 05:59pm

  Re: Re:

  No, the US dollar is historically weak at the moment. Companies like to do business in the US because it is a big market and there is money to be made.

• On the post: Google Launches Patent Attack On Apple In A Disappointing First For The Company

  

  Allen ( profile ), 20 Aug, 2012 @ 05:12pm

  Take some personal responsiblity

  Is this Apple's fault? Google's fault? They're just gaming the system and blaming either is another way of saying it's not *my* fault.
  
  But it our fault: we through our ignorance or disengagement with the democratic process have created the rules. Many people here are engaging with politicians and trying to make a difference. Many of us are not.
  
  You can do something about it.

• On the post: Indian Court Says Service Providers Are Liable For Users' Copyright Infringement

  

  Allen ( profile ), 11 Aug, 2011 @ 12:20am

  Speaking from personal experience, this is just the way it is in India. If you could have done something and did not the bureaucracy will go after you - that it would be cost prohibitive is not a defence. The courts often agree.

• On the post: As Pandora Goes Public, How Come No One Is Pointing Out That It Misled The Press About Being Profitable?

  

  Allen ( profile ), 14 Jun, 2011 @ 06:29am

  What are you talking about? They disclosed it all right there in the name of the company.

• On the post: The Best Time To Make A Decision Is… When You Have To Pee Really Badly?

  

  Allen ( profile ), 14 Jun, 2011 @ 06:26am

  Its kind of like the joke "A man can spend his life building bridges. Do they call him John the Bridge Builder? No. A man can spend his life raising crops. Do they call him John the Farmer? No. But you fuck one goat . . ."
  
  you can spend your life making bad decisions but piss your pants just once . . .

• On the post: Apple Sues Samsung Because Galaxy Tab Looks Too Much Like An iPad

  

  Allen ( profile ), 18 Apr, 2011 @ 09:56pm

  Apple could continue to focus on inovation to keep their competitive edge but sustained inovation is hard and litigation is easy.

• On the post: Band Tries To Take 'Open Source' Lessons To The Music World

  

  Allen ( profile ), 20 Jan, 2011 @ 10:12pm

  It seems to me that a group of people independently attempting to save the same problem came up with similar solutions. This could be taken as something more positive than: it's already been done.
  
  Sure they could have done some more research, but since they didn't and got similar answers anyway... isnt this a good thing?

• On the post: The Amazing Ability Of People To Simply Ignore Data That Proves What They Believe Is Wrong

  

  Allen ( profile ), 10 Jan, 2011 @ 12:21am

  the most important lesson :

  never, ever disrespect baseball (or god help you Babe Ruth) in the presence of Dark Helmet.

• On the post: China Tries To Scrub The Internet Of All Information About Nobel Peace Prize Winner

  

  Allen ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2010 @ 07:26pm

  I lost all respect for the peace prize when they gave it to Obama before he'd had a chance to actually do something. The award has become a bitch to European politics. And right now the Europeans are terrified that cheap Chinese labour is going to effect their standard of living.
  
  So they give the price to a Chinese activist/dissident. And China reacts predictably.

• On the post: CBC Stops Using Creative Commons Music Over Concerns About Commercial vs. Non-Commercial Use

  

  Allen ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2010 @ 07:07pm

  Re: Well, if they've got their story straight,

  Of course they could, but going out and negotiating with each individual rights holder for each individual work takes up a lot more resources than simply selecting a track from the pre approved library. It's a cheaper not to.

• On the post: Literary Critic Blames Google For 'Undermining The Literary Tradition'

  

  Allen ( profile ), 20 Sep, 2010 @ 10:53pm

  To be fair, no small number of those that claim to support the free movement think "free as in beer" too. As long as there are its going to be difficult to deal with the misconceptions of those that oppose the idea.
  
  I wonder whether there should be more effort in explaining things to the people that support exploiting the new reality.

• On the post: Stealth Mode = Miss The Boat Mode

  

  Allen ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2010 @ 11:21pm

  Re: Where does Apple fit into this?

  Yeah, that worked out quite well with their antenna design...

• On the post: UK Newspapers Point Out That Prince's Anti-Internet Crusade Makes No Sense

  

  Allen ( profile ), 13 Jul, 2010 @ 11:54pm

  This is news?

  Prince behaving irrationally? How could we have seen that coming?

• On the post: UK Newspapers Point Out That Prince's Anti-Internet Crusade Makes No Sense

  

  Allen ( profile ), 13 Jul, 2010 @ 11:54pm

  This is news?

  Prince behaving irrationally? How could we have seen that coming?

• On the post: Let's Face Facts: Google Isn't So Open At Times Either

  

  Allen ( profile ), 13 Jun, 2010 @ 11:27pm

  Re:

  "Google does offer open platforms, just not for their search and the reasons behind that are not totally clear"
  
  "Google" didnt become a verb because of open software, it because a verb because their closed algorithm was superior to anyone else's. Why would they open it and invite their competitors to be as good?

• On the post: Australian Censorship Boss Has His 'Series Of Tubes' Moment

  

  Allen ( profile ), 10 Jun, 2010 @ 06:33pm

  Re: dhuaaa

  Sounds painful.

• On the post: Students Overwhelmingly Don't Like Kindle As A Textbook Replacement Option

  

  Allen ( profile ), 27 May, 2010 @ 12:30am

  I wonder how much this is an artifact of teaching methods.
  
  If you've been taught out of a text book your whole life and marking passages and writing notes in the book are part of that, changing your learning method by the time you get to an MBA is going to be hard.
  
  I dont expect it would bother me. We borrowed texts from the school in high school and dark and terrible things were threatened to anyone who dared to mark the books in anyway. Even when we had to buy the books in uni I wrote my notes separately in loose leaf.

• On the post: Because Too Many People Think It's A Good Idea, Australia Holding Off On Approving Adult Video Game Rating

  

  Allen ( profile ), 13 May, 2010 @ 12:50am

  It's obvious

  the gamers must have gamed the system!
  
  /sarcasm

• On the post: Duh: Connecting With People Face-To-Face Makes Most People Happier Than Connecting Online

  

  Allen ( profile ), 11 May, 2010 @ 11:39pm

  Re: Not meaningless or useless....

  You could argue that obvious hypotheses need to be validated too, I suppose...
  
  Nah, someone with tenure was behind on their published papers KPI. Surely not even in these fallen days could someone get tenure for make busy work?

• On the post: Imitation Isn't Just The Sincerest Form Of Flattery; It Can Be An Important Business Strategy

  

  Allen ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2010 @ 06:33pm

  Microsoft did quite well out of copying desktop Operating Systems, business applications like word processing and spreadsheets.
  
  True they failed at Web tech and Cell phones, but that is what would make them a great case study.

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