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• On the post: Steve Jobs' Email Shows Apple Changed In-App Purchasing Rules Specifically To Retaliate Against Amazon

  

  DinDaddy ( profile ), 25 Aug, 2013 @ 04:34pm

  Re: Re:

  Forstall was ousted. Schiller is still there.

• On the post: Apple/Samsung Verdict Advertising Samsung As A Viable Alternative To iPads & iPhones

  

  DinDaddy ( profile ), 27 Aug, 2012 @ 04:55pm

  Re: Google+ link is blank page

  No, actually it's crashed my browser the three times I've tried to open it.

• On the post: App Developer: Android OS Built For Piracy And Consumer Choice Sucks

  

  DinDaddy ( profile ), 03 Aug, 2012 @ 02:58pm

  Re: Re:

  Others have noticed his mutually contradictory stances as well:
  
  http://curiousrat.com/home/2012/7/24/double-standards.html

• On the post: How Petty Patent Fights Can Get: Samsung Upset That Apple Gets Top Billing In Patent Suit

  

  DinDaddy ( profile ), 01 Aug, 2012 @ 04:05pm

  Re: Re:

  I think you meant "coffee to be served to guests"
  and "guests to be served coffee".

• On the post: Legacy Artists Sign Letter Demanding ISPs & Search Engines Pitch In To Return Them To Their Former Glory

  

  DinDaddy ( profile ), 27 Jul, 2012 @ 02:56pm

  Re: Re:

  He has a new album out this week as well, Band of Joy. Which I will now not buy (or acquire by any other means).

• On the post: Legacy Artists Sign Letter Demanding ISPs & Search Engines Pitch In To Return Them To Their Former Glory

  

  DinDaddy ( profile ), 27 Jul, 2012 @ 02:54pm

  Re: Cue the Idiots.

  Well, I did have to buy it one more time on SACD. Lots of extra tracks and a cool surround mix. But yeah, now I am done.
  
  Daltrey would no doubt object to me ripping my other Who LPs into digital format though.

• On the post: Legacy Artists Sign Letter Demanding ISPs & Search Engines Pitch In To Return Them To Their Former Glory

  

  DinDaddy ( profile ), 27 Jul, 2012 @ 02:50pm

  Re:

  It seems to be endemic to that generation of musicians. I read Bill Bruford's biography, wherein he laments the falling of the old system, not because he feels he is missing out on money (he details quite effectively how most of the money is funneled away by managers and the labels in the book), but more because of the curating effects of the label system.
  
  He sort of sees himself as sort of a journeyman craftsman and never expected to have more than a mildly comfortable living. So in that context it was even more jarring to seem him espouse the superiority of the labels' system over the direction we are moving now.

• On the post: Legacy Artists Sign Letter Demanding ISPs & Search Engines Pitch In To Return Them To Their Former Glory

  

  DinDaddy ( profile ), 27 Jul, 2012 @ 02:45pm

  Re: Re:

  May not so much. He went back to college several years ago and finished his doctorate in astrophysics, that's why he is a doctor.
  
  His outside work has been some light research and co-authoring of books on the subject.

• On the post: University Sues Student For Graduating Too Fast

  

  DinDaddy ( profile ), 06 Jul, 2012 @ 07:24am

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  "If they charge by the degree, shouldn't someone who doesn't graduate get their money back?"
  
  Exactly. If they can point to a single student who received such a refund, or who was allowed to attend beyond the eleventh semester for free, or even reduced fees, then they might legitimately pursue this money.

• On the post: Dear Judge Koh: Competition Is No Reason To Ban A Phone

  

  DinDaddy ( profile ), 02 Jul, 2012 @ 06:05pm

  Re:

  No, that's Motorola (and by extension Google).

• On the post: Dear Judge Koh: Competition Is No Reason To Ban A Phone

  

  DinDaddy ( profile ), 02 Jul, 2012 @ 06:03pm

  Re: Re: Re: LOOK AT HOW SIMILAR THEY ARE!!!!!!!

  What did Woz do? He hasn't worked at Apple in decades.

• On the post: You Don't Own What You Buy, Part 15,332: Cisco Forces Questionable New Firmware On Routers

  

  DinDaddy ( profile ), 02 Jul, 2012 @ 10:01am

  Was there a term in the original EULA for the router firmware allowing this? If not, it would be back to the store (or small claims if necessary) for me.

• On the post: DailyDirt: Styli Are Getting Better

  

  DinDaddy ( profile ), 21 Jun, 2012 @ 01:04am

  The cosmonaut is pretty decent. I bought my son one for artistic use in his ipad and he was pleased with it. I then bought a Maglus (new product from a startup in Europe, also was a kickstarter project at one time I believe), and he and I both prefer that. It is a bit smoother and smaller, and the tip is firm enough that I am not concerned it will wear away and rip of like so many of them do, while still being chunky enough (it's pretty much a machined piece of aluminum), and has built in magnets to secure it to an ipad.

• On the post: Lodsys Continues Demanding Cut Of Smartphone Apps; Developers Hit Back In Court

  

  DinDaddy ( profile ), 31 May, 2012 @ 03:46pm

  It is humorous (or galling) to keep this lawsuit in mind when you watch the video interviews of Nathan Myhrvold at "All things D" on tech news sites this week where he defends IV's approach to patent licensing.
  
  He repeats the meme that ideas should be protected, even though patents are specifically supposed to NOT be for ideas, but rather implementations.

• On the post: Real Estate Listing Services Use Questionable Copyright Claims In Attempt To Block Criticism Of Agents

  

  DinDaddy ( profile ), 22 May, 2012 @ 12:45pm

  Value of realtors

  Realtors seem to be largely deluded as to the service they actually provide. While I can see the utility in engaging one if you are moving to a new city where you are unfamiliar with the various neighborhoods, or entrusting one with wrapping up all the details if you're new to home buying (inspections, etc.), in large part they no longer provide any useful service.
  
  Even more mystifying, they market themselves by proudly listing how many houses they flip how quickly, where higher numbers should be a warning that they intend to get you to sell your house for as little as possible and that they intend to spend as little time as possible helping you do so.
  
  I am mildly surprised their industry has not been more disrupted already, especially in light of the current downturn in the profitability of home sales.

• On the post: New HTC Phones Stopped At Customs Due To Apple Patent Fight

  

  DinDaddy ( profile ), 17 May, 2012 @ 02:52pm

  Re: Re:

  No. The combined claims of the patent are for it to bring up a contextual menu with more than one choice when clicking on a number. Simply bringing up the dialer would not violate the patent in question.
  
  Still obvious and unworthy of patent protection, though.

• On the post: Common Sense Wins: Finnish Court Says Open WiFi Owner Not Liable For Infringement By User

  

  DinDaddy ( profile ), 17 May, 2012 @ 02:42pm

  Re: Re: Devils Advocate

  To turn your own analogy back on you, you are saying loaning your car to someone should be illegal, since if Joe borrows Sally's car to act as a getaway driver during bank robberies, and she borrows his for the same reason, they are magically absolved of responsibility for this.
  
  And yet no one anywhere is suggesting loaning of cars should be illegal.

• On the post: Homemade Hardcovers: Yet Again, Anti-Circumvention Interferes With Fair Use

  

  DinDaddy ( profile ), 12 Apr, 2012 @ 11:39am

  Re:

  "Can you sue a publisher for DRMing your rights away?"
  
  Not necessary. You have your lobbyists write a new law criminalizing that behavior, have congress pass the bill, and then you sit back while the government prosecutes the publisher.
  
  Much simpler and more effective.

• On the post: Homemade Hardcovers: Yet Again, Anti-Circumvention Interferes With Fair Use

  

  DinDaddy ( profile ), 12 Apr, 2012 @ 11:35am

  Re:

  The analog hole!
  
  This is somewhat analogous to ripping your bought and owned DVD/BD for digital device use. With the difference that you can retain full "quality" with text a little easier.
  
  The discussions below about providing a service to others that does this will run into the same thing as DVD ripping services would, though. Industry will probably tolerate individuals doing this on their own behalf, if only because of logistical problems inherent in preventing it, but no way will they allow anyone to profit from "format" shifting of "their" content as a service.

• On the post: New York Convinces Game Companies To Kick Registered Sex Offenders Off Gaming Services

  

  DinDaddy ( profile ), 12 Apr, 2012 @ 10:32am

  Re: Anytime a politician plays the "For the Chillllllllldrrrrrennnn" card

  Ah the questino, the quantum particle of inquisitiveness.

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