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• On the post: NSA Infringed Adam Hart-Davis' Photograph For Its PRISM Logo

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 13 Jun, 2013 @ 10:23am

  Re: Erm...I think they DID have permission

  I don't agree with your interpretation at all.
  

  You acknowledge the author, including in derivative works, if possible with a caption of the form:
  Author Name/DHD Multimedia Gallery
  You might improve this with a link to the lobby of the Gallery ...

  PowerPoint is perfectly capable of displaying captions and hyperlinks.

• On the post: Majority Of Americans Okay With NSA Dragnet… Or, Wait, Not Okay With It; Depending On How You Ask

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2013 @ 10:10am

  Re: Re: Statistics and Lies

  More detail about their sampling methodology:
  
  http://www.people-press.org/methodology/sampling/random-digit-dialing-our-standard-method/

• On the post: Majority Of Americans Okay With NSA Dragnet… Or, Wait, Not Okay With It; Depending On How You Ask

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2013 @ 08:59am

  Random phone sample

  I view with extreme skepticism any survey whose sampling methodology is random phone calling. Anyone with better things to do than talk on the phone to a machine is automatically excluded from the sample.

• On the post: Despite Spending $50 Billion Per Year In R&D, Pharma's New Drugs Less Effective Than Drugs Developed 40 Years Ago

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 07 Jun, 2013 @ 01:31pm

  Re:

  Why would the placebo effect be stronger in 2010 than it was in 1966? That doesn't make any sense.

• On the post: Russian 'Pirate' Unofficially Ports Xbox Live Arcade Game To The PC; Moral Conundrums And Fractured English Ensue

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 05 Jun, 2013 @ 09:18am

  Re: FIrst paragraph admits the real piracy to paying ratio:

  "Most people seem to agree that porting a game without the developers' permission is just bad form (at the very least)." -- That's based on common law principles, the same as all copyright: who makes it owns it.

  It has nothing at all to do with common law principles, and everything to do with common courtesy. And incidentally, the concept of ownership is all but meaningless in the digital realm.

• On the post: Horrifying Supreme Court Ruling Lets Police Collect DNA Because You Might Just Be A Horrible Criminal

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 04 Jun, 2013 @ 07:23am

  Re:

  Marked as funny. Parody, right? Great imitation of the regular trolls.

• On the post: Horrifying Supreme Court Ruling Lets Police Collect DNA Because You Might Just Be A Horrible Criminal

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 04 Jun, 2013 @ 07:13am

  Re: DNA

  You are referred to post #1 in this thread, by user Rikuo.

• On the post: Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum Does Digital Archives Right — Hi-Res Downloads And A Suite Of Online Editing Tools

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 31 May, 2013 @ 06:36am

  "museum policy"

  Prohibition of photography and sketching is NOT the policy of the Art Institute of Chicago. It was the policy of whoever owned that particular exhibit. Visitors are welcome to photograph or sketch works in the permanent collection.
  
  http://www.artic.edu/visit

• On the post: RIAA: There's Been No Innovation Stifling Here!

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 30 May, 2013 @ 09:24am

  Re: Re: Re: Response to: Anonymous Coward on May 30th, 2013 @ 8:27am

  Hell, go all the way back to 1976.

• On the post: Internet Association Hits Back At RIAA's Desire To Wipe Away DMCA Safe Harbors

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 30 May, 2013 @ 07:26am

  Re: Re: Re:

  whoosh

• On the post: Internet Association Hits Back At RIAA's Desire To Wipe Away DMCA Safe Harbors

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 30 May, 2013 @ 07:25am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Why do you imagine these benefits accrue only to the people of poor countries? America is a wealthy country, but most of its citizens are poor. Many of us also enjoy the fear of speaking freely and of daring to innovate.

• On the post: The Aftermath Of Napster: Letting Incumbents Veto Innovation Slows Down Innovation Drastically

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 30 May, 2013 @ 07:11am

  Re: Re: Re: Innovation to Mike means grifters who didn't produce getting the money.

  Marry me.

• On the post: Jaron Lanier's Ignorance Of History, Basic Economics And Efficiency Is Getting Ridiculous

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 30 May, 2013 @ 04:19am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  The key word being "responsible". Have we seen responsible use of industry at any time in history? My point is that there are perhaps virtues to be considered apart from whether a larger population could be sustained.

• On the post: Jaron Lanier's Ignorance Of History, Basic Economics And Efficiency Is Getting Ridiculous

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 30 May, 2013 @ 04:41am

  Where did all the jobs disappear?

  This recent vlog entry by Hank Green What's Up with Start Ups might serve as a rejoinder to some of Lanier's fretting. Like Lanier, Green is nonplussed by the ascendancy of certain internet businesses. But I think Green's angle is a lot more cogent, particularly in the wake of Yahoo's recent throwings-around of huge piles of cash.

• On the post: Jaron Lanier's Ignorance Of History, Basic Economics And Efficiency Is Getting Ridiculous

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 29 May, 2013 @ 06:26pm

  Re:

  Thanks for this. I'd wanted to say something about the WPA - in particular the Federal Theatre Project which employed thousands of artists between 1935 and 1939.

• On the post: Jaron Lanier's Ignorance Of History, Basic Economics And Efficiency Is Getting Ridiculous

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 29 May, 2013 @ 06:13pm

  Re: You probably aren't the 1 in 7.

  Thank you for spreading some of your inimitable sunshine my way. I'd be the first to acknowledge that I should never have existed. I shall take your suggestion of suicide under advisement. Indeed, I probably would have killed myself already if there weren't others who depend on me. However, since before puberty I committed to refraining from reproduction, my too-much-deferred suicide is irrelevant in the long-term to the Earth's problem with human population.
  
  However, I see nothing in your post that has anything to do with the topic of agrarian/industrial duality. Do try to stay on-topic in the future.

• On the post: Jaron Lanier's Ignorance Of History, Basic Economics And Efficiency Is Getting Ridiculous

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 29 May, 2013 @ 10:12am

  Re: Re:

  Today's population is only sustainable with the help of industrial practices.

  That's an argument against today's population, not one in favor of industrial practices.

• On the post: Piano Instructor Claims Copyright On Writing Letters On Piano Keys

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 29 May, 2013 @ 09:33am

  Re: Re:

  I can assure you I didn't vote for any of the clowns currently spending my tax dollars.

  
  Don't blame me! I voted for Kodos!

• On the post: High School Girl Faces Felony Charges For Yearbook Prank

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 29 May, 2013 @ 07:12am

  Re: Yes, kids, $700 IS felony level of damages.

  It makes me sad that in your mind all these actions are equivalent.

• On the post: High School Girl Faces Felony Charges For Yearbook Prank

  

  dennis deems ( profile ), 29 May, 2013 @ 07:02am

  Re: Stupid expense

  It's not a situation in which any old sticker will do. It has to match the rest of the page, it has to have the correct name printed on it, and it has to fit exactly over the misprinted name. Oh, and someone has to spend their time placing the sticker.

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