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  • On the post: Blackberry CEO 'Outraged,' Scolds T-Mobile Like A Child For Simple Sales Pitch To Blackberry Users

    Cynyr ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2014 @ 04:33pm

    Re: Keyboard

    so does my phone... I have a bluetooth keyboard for those times that i just might have to compose more than a quick social media post or text on my phone.

    Generally though, nothing I'm doing means I need more than the google keyboard with swiping. Sure it takes longer than a real keyboard, but oh well.

  • On the post: Will 3D Printing Transform The World — Or Just Fill It With Non-Biodegradable Personalized Junk?

    Cynyr ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2014 @ 04:04pm

    Re: Re:

    You are Thinking of this...

    http://www.filabot.com/collections/home-page-collection/products/filabot-wee-assembled

    They are working on the shredder to turn the plastic item into the small pieces needed for the filament maker.

  • On the post: Senator Wyden Takes A Stand Against Overbroad Tax On Internet Transactions

    Cynyr ( profile ), 20 Apr, 2013 @ 07:58am

    Re: Re: Re: Unfair burden?

    but not everyone lives in such an area.

    If the federal government wants to make internet sales taxed the simply thing to do would be to start a federal on-line sales tax for purchases where the ship to and ship-from states are different (interstate trade). The requirements of online retailers would be then to collect the federal tax, and report the ship-to state. The feds then take some % of the sales tax and pass the rest to the state.

    For example; Federal internet sales tax is 10%. I buy a $100 widget from www.widgets.com. www.widgets.com charges me $110+shipping and send the $10 in tax and the state on the ship to label to the feds. The feds take 3% or $0.30 and send the remaining $9.70 to the state.

    The federal law states that these payments are to be treated exactly like state sales tax collected in the state. If a state doesn't want to collect sales tax for physical locations in the state they simply need to en-act a state law that says the tax rate in the state is 0% and what to do with any money that comes from that. No change to people that live there and shop at a physical store, since the state collects no sales tax.

    What this would likely encourage is major on-line retailers to set up distribution in each state and to simply move inventory between distribution centers to ensure that the ship-from address matches the ship-to state. Though I'm not sure if there already rules in place at the federal/state level to make those inventory exchanges tax-able.

  • On the post: Rep. Gohmert's Record For Stunning Technological Ignorance Is Broken By… Rep. Gohmert

    Cynyr ( profile ), 22 Mar, 2013 @ 05:02am

    Re: Re: Re: He's from Texas...

    I'd say something about the south, but I'm from MN, and I'd like to apologize for Michelle Bachman.

    That said, this guy clearly didn't want anything other than the answer he already had in his head. That much was clear. Could the lawyer asked for a whiteboard and attempted a drawing explaining how the system worked, and asked that questions be held until the end?

  • On the post: Supreme Court Set To Hear Case On Whether Or Not Planting Legally Purchased Seeds Infringes On Monsanto Patent

    Cynyr ( profile ), 24 Feb, 2013 @ 06:44am

    Re: Re:

    actually this is more like, me suing you for going and buying a robot that someone else's replicating robot made, and then using that to make your own army of replicating robots. That first replicating robot, and the second are fine, it's the third+ that M is claiming are "BAD".

    I wonder if there is some sort of "minimum scale" you need to be farming at for it to not count? Can I lease my land to 100 people for farming and then offer to farm it for them in exchange for $1 in rent, but I get 99.9% of the crops? If i get enough renters can i avoid being a "commercial" farm and remain a "series of closely spaced hobby farms"?

  • On the post: Six Strikes Officially Begins On Monday

    Cynyr ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2013 @ 08:19am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Yeah, I was pretty much flipping off my computer screen for 2 minutes

    I would say sure, but if I had signed a multi-year contract, then surely I'm allowed to get some form of compensation when they break contract?

    Also in my apartment building there are 2 providers. Centurylink and comcast. Once changes happen twice what am I supposed to do to to maintain an internet connection. These days internet is more like water or electricity than anything else. Where do you get tax forms in the analog world? (no cheating and using the internet to look it up)

  • On the post: What The Tesla / NY Times Fight Teaches Us About The Media

    Cynyr ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2013 @ 09:54pm

    Re: Maybe next time the reporter rides along and Tesla does the driving

    Do you get optimum results in your car or could someone with hypermile-ing experience wring out a few more MPG, at least? Did it even come with instructions on how to optimize the number of miles you can drive on a tank?

  • On the post: School District Dumps $2 Million 'Online Textbook' Program After Discovering Some Students Can't Afford Broadband

    Cynyr ( profile ), 28 Jan, 2013 @ 04:48am

    Re:

    sounds like you are agruing for nation-wide broadband, with at least the hardware owned and paid for by the US government. wait...didn't we already give some companies lots of money to do just that?

  • On the post: The Lesson Of 3D TV: For 4K TV, The Key Is The Implementation

    Cynyr ( profile ), 10 Jan, 2013 @ 09:22pm

    Re: Re:

    Where is my 21" 4k monitor for my computer? the nexus 10 has more pixels then my 1080P desktop monitor... WTF!

  • On the post: Blowback From Publication Of Gun Owner Data Continues — Threats, Lawsuits And Rejected FOIA Requests

    Cynyr ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2013 @ 09:39am

    Re: Re:

    really hate crimes? The info is legally required to be public in putnam county, I'm not sure how it can be used for anything at all as anyone that wanted it could have gotten it themselves.

    If the gun owners don't like having thier permit part of the public record, then they can move somewhere that keeps that info private. Or not get a gun permit.

  • On the post: Google Competitors Spitting Mad About FTC Closing Case; Promise That Europe & Texas Will Get It Right

    Cynyr ( profile ), 04 Jan, 2013 @ 05:28pm

    Re: EU and getting things right?

    I still haven't figured out what everyone's issue with the wifi data was? It was the digital equivalent of getting mad that you were shouting into you cell phone in your front yard and someone passing by remembered a small bit of your conversation...

    Grabbing a small amount of WPA2 data isn't enough to do anything. You need a few sets of handshake data at least. This is unlikely to happen in the short time google was driving by.

    By the way, no I don't care at all if google knows where my AP is, or has some encrypted data from it. Now if they park a van in my parking lot for a day or 2, and it turns out that they are harvesting data, then maybe I'll be concerned.

  • On the post: Senator Wyden Proposes Bill That Would Protect Users From Bogus Data Caps

    Cynyr ( profile ), 22 Dec, 2012 @ 09:20am

    Re: Re:

    Hmm... So why is it that there are only two allowed service providers in my city? comcast and Century link. The only reason there are two is that CenturyLink (qwest) got a monopoly on telephone lines, and comcast on cable TV. Then each used that infrastructure to provide internet.

    What I feel should happen is that the actual wires be owned by a heavily regulated not-for-profit (somewhat like the power and water companies), and then the ISPs can use that wire/line/fiber/etc to provide me with internet. Yes this would mean that I would likely have 2 bills, one for the line, and one for the ISP.

    I'm not quite sure how to incentive-ise the line owner, but it's a work in progress.

  • On the post: HBO Has A Distribution Problem, But Just 'Going Without' Does Nothing To Push Them To Solve It

    Cynyr ( profile ), 03 Dec, 2012 @ 06:10pm

    Re: I haven't watched TV in 20 years...

    you forgot "Want to show their kids how hard/labor intensive it is to grow, or where there food comes from (for example brussel sprouts look really cool on the plant).

  • On the post: HBO Has A Distribution Problem, But Just 'Going Without' Does Nothing To Push Them To Solve It

    Cynyr ( profile ), 03 Dec, 2012 @ 06:05pm

    Re: Re: Re:

    Does hulu+ work on my ps3? Though I suspect that it works on my linux box better than netflix(yes i saw the siverlight+firefox+wine thing).

  • On the post: HBO Has A Distribution Problem, But Just 'Going Without' Does Nothing To Push Them To Solve It

    Cynyr ( profile ), 03 Dec, 2012 @ 06:02pm

    Re: Re:

    and then rip it to HDD?

  • On the post: Apple Learns That Suing A Key Supplier May Not Be So Smart; Samsung Jacks Up Prices On Apple

    Cynyr ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2012 @ 04:57am

    Re: Re:

    Not always, maybe the rest of the device will be value engineered to make up the difference. I'm sure most of the low hanging fruit is long been picked, but save a few pennies here and there and it'll add up some.

    Also Apples prices have never seemed to reflect any sort of consistent margin on the hardware, so it is possible that they like the devices pricing for some other reason and are willing to accept a smaller margin.

  • On the post: Aereo: Has No One Noticed It's Insane That We're Being Accused Of Infringing BECAUSE We Carefully Followed The Cablevision Precedent?

    Cynyr ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2012 @ 06:06pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

    No, Aereo is renting me use of an antennae they installed in a different city. I am asking my rented antennae (or my antennae in a rented space) to send me what it receives over the internet.

  • On the post: Crime Inc. Produces Thoughtful, Nuanced Episode About Piracy (Haha, Just Kidding! Cue Scary Music)

    Cynyr ( profile ), 31 Aug, 2012 @ 05:08am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poor gatekeepers

    same boat here. "Tinkerer building what ever I (or someone paying me) wants, using my full machine shop (includes a 4-6 axis cnc machine)".

  • On the post: Samsung/Apple Jury Foreman's Explanation For Verdict Shows He Doesn't Understand Prior Art

    Cynyr ( profile ), 30 Aug, 2012 @ 08:30pm

    Re: Re: Re:

    we could still have a trial with a jury, even if it wasn't a jury of randomly selection people. How about software patent cases should have a jury of 12 random professional programmers in the same space as the patent covers. So for example, 12 consumer device software programmers in this case for the software patents and 12 different jurors for the physical design patents, those that work in the mechanical design of portable consumer devices.

  • On the post: Boston Shuts Down Uber Because Massachusetts Doesn't Approve Of The GPS

    Cynyr ( profile ), 16 Aug, 2012 @ 01:04pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re:

    I think you mean "Pi times Diameter squared over four" it is very hard to measure the radius of a real thing.

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