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  • On the post: Record Labels, Once Again, Freak Out About Anyone Making Their Content Useful

    Ranzear ( profile ), 04 Jun, 2011 @ 01:15am

    Not just Youtify.

    99% of Vevo videos are blocked on the YouTube application for my E73 (Symbian), but play just fine in the mobile's browser.

    Likely the same method.

  • On the post: Zynga Tries To Trademark 'Ville'

    Ranzear ( profile ), 08 Mar, 2011 @ 06:40pm

    If Apple can do with with 'iWhatever', why can't Zynga?

  • On the post: Is The Internet Enabling Bad Content… Or Killing Bad Content?

    Ranzear ( profile ), 05 Mar, 2011 @ 01:52pm

    Just jumping on the headline:

    I would say the internet preserves bad content but does not serve to promote it. The internet would be 'killing' bad content if such places like Youtube deleted the bottom-rated 1% of their content every month or so.

  • On the post: Copyright Lawsuit Plaintiff Demands $27 Million; Gets $500

    Ranzear ( profile ), 21 Jul, 2010 @ 05:20pm

    Re: (ad infinitum) Damages awarded

    There is a specific description of the spill somewhere in the case. Essentially, she squeezed the top of the cup to remove the lid and the sudden removal deformed the cup and caused a small portion of the liquid inside to spill. It was the shock of this initial 200 degree liquid hitting her lap that caused her to reflex and spill the rest on herself. Had the coffee not been so excessively hot, this initial spill wouldn't have caused so severe a reaction as to spill the rest and cause such injury.

    tl;dr, the spilled a little, and it was so hot it made her jump and spill the rest.

    Let's spill pre-boiling water in your lap and see you not squirm.

  • On the post: Always Sunny In Giving People A Reason To Buy: Sitcom Produces Gag Product Featured On Show

    Ranzear ( profile ), 15 Dec, 2009 @ 07:51pm

    This reminds me of the Tauntaun Sleeping Bag, an April Fool's Prank gone totally awry with demand and was eventually licensed into a real product in time for this holiday season.

    http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/plush/bb2e/

  • On the post: Fake Car Noises Being Added To Many New Cars… May Be Required Soon

    Ranzear ( profile ), 15 Oct, 2009 @ 11:45am

    Or..

    "Loud horns and neon lights. Our cars are going to look like something out of Close Encounters . . ."
    Or... The Fast and The Furious..

  • On the post: If You Duplicate That Virtual Sword In The Real World… Is It Copyright Infringement?

    Ranzear ( profile ), 06 Mar, 2009 @ 02:04pm

    It would seem that their lawsuit was legitimate, unlike what might be suggested by making a Techdirt article out of it.

    At any rate, the 'virtual' sword is a piece of design. It being copied into a product of any type and sold for profit is precisely what trademark and copyright law is supposed to prevent.

    Its not like they can get it wrong all of the time.

  • On the post: Don't Speak Your Mind In British Columbia — Even At Home

    Ranzear ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2008 @ 02:36am

    Streisand effect coming to full power on this prick.

  • On the post: Study Reveals Shocking News: People Ignore The Speed Limit

    Ranzear ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2008 @ 01:39am

    Speed != Mileage

    Speed is not immediately relevant to highway mileage. There are plenty of small cars that get their best mileage around and upwards of 70mph. Any small, lightweight, aerodynamic vehicle of the mid '90s and, for example, Saturn's S-Series. My '96 S-Series would get 35mpg at 60mph, but was actually geared well enough to attain 40+mpg at roughly 75-77mph, just over the posted limit. This is a matter of Brake Specific Fuel Consumption (BSFC), the amount of fuel required to produce a given power output. The engine of this particular car more efficiently makes the power required for 77mph at the given 3100rpm gearing than the power to maintain 60mph at a less desirable 2300rpm. This raises the same misconception that higher RPM means more fuel consumption, whereas the fuel consumption and efficiency varies greatly, and being too low in RPM is just as detrimental to efficiency as being too high, 'off the cam' would be the jargon. Did you know many racecars get better mileage at 9000 RPM and peak power than most street vehicles at their best? Stop beating it about that every vehicle on the highway would get better mileage at a lower speed. This may be true for your 4800 pound 7' high SUV (ironically while you flog 'better mileage'), but is entirely not the case for my vehicle better matched to my needs and desired performance. I, personally, determine what speed within a given range of the posted speed limit puts me as far as possible from anyone else on the highway. To say they're 'more like guidelines anyway' would be particularly descriptive of the habits of most Washington* drivers, where 7-9 over 60 is completely the norm for flowing traffic (but so is 14 for not-so-flowing). Oregon drivers, on the contrary, drive me absolutely insane because they insist on maintaining the speed limit in the left lane while attempting to pass someone doing only slightly less than the speed limit in the lane adjacent. Please: Just do whats conducive to traffic flow. *The state you ninny.

  • On the post: When Video Game Sales Falter, Blame Piracy

    Ranzear ( profile ), 31 Jan, 2007 @ 10:59pm

    Face the facts, and KISS.

    The movie industry cites a low in movie attendance and sales, and says its because of movie piracy.

    Most moviegoers would cite that its because a majority of recent movies simply suck.

    The same could be possibly said about the quality of this video game title...

    If it wasn't going to sell anyway, why would piracy make a dent?

  • On the post: South Korea Protects The Children From The Evil High Cellphone Bill Menace

    Ranzear ( profile ), 14 Dec, 2006 @ 07:52pm

    Even in the states...

    I was first given a cellphone after getting stuck on the side of the road when I first started driving. It became an emergency provision, and the same is given by many parents far before even the real indepence years kick in. In the US we have phones that are limited to family and authorized numbers, a cap on how high a bill can be racked up is no more absurd - why not a combination of limited calling to family and such after the cap is reached?

  • On the post: Social Networking After Death

    Ranzear ( profile ), 28 Aug, 2006 @ 05:50pm

    Re: Actually YEAH. I HAVE known suiciders.

    Unfortunately, the 'bubblewrapped world' is precisely what some people seem to think of it.

    Though his posts may be blunt and the truth hurts - that doesn't make it any less true.

    Suicide is just another darwin award.