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• On the post: Grammar Nazis: Useful Language Experts, Or Elitist Snobs?

  

  davebarnes ( profile ), 29 Oct, 2009 @ 09:43am

  Thanks for revealing the truth

  Those time travelers will soon be visiting you to get you to recant.
  You are a dangerous person.

• On the post: Nanda's Alarm Clock Not Only Runs Away From You, It Runs Away From eBay Too

  

  davebarnes ( profile ), 21 Oct, 2009 @ 09:58am

  damn, 6 minutes too late

  my thoughts exactly

• On the post: Want To Design Smarter Intersections? Use Less Control, Not More.

  

  davebarnes ( profile ), 20 Oct, 2009 @ 06:42pm

  Actually, Europe has been doing a lot of this

  studies have shown

• On the post: Australian ABC Promises To Stay Free; Mocks Murdoch And Paywalls As 'Old Empire' Thinking

  

  davebarnes ( profile ), 15 Oct, 2009 @ 07:34pm

  Grammar Nazi Alert

  "Australian ABC" is redundantly redundant.

• On the post: It's 2009 And Newspapers Are Just Now Realizing That Reporters Should Interact With Their Communities?

  

  davebarnes ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2009 @ 09:27pm

  Why would I leave a comment

  when you just turn away?

• On the post: If You're A Fugitive, You Probably Shouldn't Update Your Facebook Status With Location… Or Friend A Fed

  

  davebarnes ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2009 @ 11:18am

  Actually, criminals are typically not so bright

  "studies have shown" that criminals' IQs are on average less than the general populace.
  
  http://law.jrank.org/pages/1363/Intelligence-Crime-Measuring-size-IQ-crime-correlation.html
  
  "The men who committed two or more criminal offenses by age twenty had IQ scores on average a full standard deviation below nonoffenders, and IQ and criminal offenses were significantly and negatively correlated at r = -.19."

• On the post: Cook's Illustrated Editor: I Wish All Those Amateurs Out There Would Just Shut Up

  

  davebarnes ( profile ), 11 Oct, 2009 @ 09:38am

  Re: Joshua Bell

  DC Metro, not NYC.
  Source = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myq8upzJDJc

• On the post: Cook's Illustrated Editor: I Wish All Those Amateurs Out There Would Just Shut Up

  

  davebarnes ( profile ), 09 Oct, 2009 @ 07:21pm

  Let's face it, Chris is a snob

  As a subscriber to: Cook's Illustrated, Fine Cooking and Bon Appetit.
  As a reader of my local newspaper (Denver Post) and its recipes.
  
  I think Chris is a snob.
  That's OK.
  After all, I don't own a large piece of Vermont.
  
  But, he is so wrong to insinuate that you cannot find good/excellent recipes on the InnerTubes®.
  
  What he needs to do is create a great iPhone app and his magazine subscribers will increase.

• On the post: Still Debating The Cost Of Ebooks

  

  davebarnes ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2009 @ 03:54pm

  You are confusing value and cost

  "why it didn't make sense that ebooks were often so expensive given that the marginal cost of an ebook is much, much, much lower than a physical book."
  
  What does the marginal cost of a book have to do with its value (i.e., market-clearing price)?

• On the post: As Newspaper Execs Discuss Putting Up Online Paywalls, London Evening Standard Paper Edition Goes Free

  

  davebarnes ( profile ), 02 Oct, 2009 @ 03:10pm

  The website looks good

  If the quality of the "free" content is up to the same standard as the currently free website that I just visited, then this will destroy anyone who tries to set up a paywall.

• On the post: Google Destroyed Missent Bank Info Email Unopened… As More Legal Questions Are Raised

  

  davebarnes ( profile ), 30 Sep, 2009 @ 07:06pm

  What?

  "everyone wanted to make sure the data was not compromised"
  Given that the data were part of my plot to take over the world I am concerned. Let the data free!

• On the post: Why Apple Should Let Other Devices Connect To iTunes

  

  davebarnes ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2009 @ 12:26pm

  Fun to watch

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdVzboF2E2Q&feature=player_embedded

• On the post: 'Free Credit Score' Company Tries To Unmask Anonymous Blogger; Sues Wikipedia

  

  davebarnes ( profile ), 18 Sep, 2009 @ 01:56pm

  Should I love this website or not?

  I just "wasted a perfectly good 45 minutes of my time" reading way too more about this lawsuit and its background.
  
  It's a good thing that I have the time to waste on this beautiful Friday afternoon.
  
  Why Vertrue is suing Yahoo boogles my mind as this will become much worse for them with a ThomsonReuters columnist writing about it.

• On the post: Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against No Longer Anonymous Commenter… After Commenter Was Revealed

  

  davebarnes ( profile ), 16 Sep, 2009 @ 07:21am

  I aplogize

  You are correct about the usage of: I had seen.

• On the post: Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against No Longer Anonymous Commenter… After Commenter Was Revealed

  

  davebarnes ( profile ), 15 Sep, 2009 @ 06:10pm

  Grammar Nazi Alert

  "I had seen the news"
  
  Really?!
  
  Michael, I am sure you can do better.

• On the post: Glenn Beck Didn't Rape And Murder Anyone… But He Doesn't Want Websites Discussing It

  

  davebarnes ( profile ), 08 Sep, 2009 @ 02:50pm

  The site is very funny

  I just spent way too much time on the parody site.

• On the post: Doctor Who Uploaded Rorschach Images Now Being Investigated

  

  davebarnes ( profile ), 25 Aug, 2009 @ 12:53pm

  Re: Hoodoo Voodoo

  "a pretend science like psychology" which is viewed as evil by a pretend religion (aka Scientology).

• On the post: German Judge: If Sex While Driving Is Legal, Why Isn't Driving While Phoning?

  

  davebarnes ( profile ), 24 Aug, 2009 @ 03:44pm

  Think of the children®

  masturbation must be outlawed

• On the post: Big Media Companies Buying Local News Startups… Newspapers Bitch About Competition

  

  davebarnes ( profile ), 17 Aug, 2009 @ 07:16pm

  The answer is at http://newsosaur.blogspot.com/2009/08/how-did-newspapers-lose-everyblock.html
  
  "The fact that the leading hyperlocal website was snatched up by a multimedia partnership operated by NBC and Microsoft shows a dismaying lack of imagination, foresight and, perhaps, economic resources on the part of the companies operating the nation’s struggling newspapers."
  
  In other words: stupid, chicken-shit idiots.

• On the post: Yes, People Dislike The RIAA Because Of Its Actions, Not Because Everyone Hates Music Business People

  

  davebarnes ( profile ), 16 Aug, 2009 @ 07:24pm

  But, I am moving towards the postion of

  HATING every business person in the music business.
  
  If you hang around with assholes don't be surprised when some of the opprobrium rubs off on you.

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