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• Dec 15, 2010 @ 01:09pm

  No more US travel for me

  on US Response To Massive Decline In Foreign Travelers: Keep Crazy Policies, But Set Up Ad Campaign

  I've already cancelled a winter vacation to Vegas, and unless ordered to go to the US for work will no longer visit by air, rail or road.
  
  When sanity prevails again, I'll reconsider, but it appears to me the whole freaking country has gone collectively batshit crazy.

• Jun 25, 2010 @ 08:16pm

  Satire

  on Copyright And The First Amendment: Lack Of Satire Coverage Leads To Stifling Of Speech

  It's a sad comment on the quality of intellect today when people have to use others' work to "create satire".
  
  Swift is spinning in his grave.
  
  I agree with the courts on this one. You want to use my work to make fun of me, I'll laugh with you.
  
  You use my work to make fun of someone else? Not a chance. Write your own cleverness. Swift did.

• Apr 03, 2010 @ 01:06pm

  Closed platform

  on The Fool's Gold At The End Of The iPad Rainbow

  It's obvious to me that anyone who demands an open platform simply isn't in Apple's target market. So what's the problem? Go buy something other than the iPad.
  
  Anything else is just whining...

• May 15, 2009 @ 09:07pm

  Good for Google

  on Why Is Google Changing Its AdWords Trademark Policy Now?

  I've worked in the print industry for decades. I don't see you this is any different than an advertiser in print saying "I'll run a full page ad any time my competitor runs an ad or you run a legitimate news story about them."

• Oct 15, 2008 @ 01:41pm

  Paid by advertising?

  on Dear Newspapers: Locking Up Archives Shrinks Your Business

  With CPM rates down between $1 and $10, and newspapers awash in surplus inventory, I'd like someone to explain where all this magic revenue from free content is actually going to come from.
  
  It sure isn't going to come from banner ad impressions.