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On the post: Is Adobe's Ebook Reader Spying On What You Read — And What You Have On Your Computer?

dave blevins ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2014 @ 04:40pm

adobe spying reply

Here's their reply:

http://the-digital-reader.com/2014/10/07/adobe-responds-reports-spying-half-truths-misleading-statements/#.VDRpCvldWIV

or

http://goo.gl/0vx0Ek

On the post: Photographer Still Insisting He Holds Copyright On Photo By A Monkey, Hints At Possibly Suing Wikimedia

dave blevins ( profile ), 06 Aug, 2014 @ 12:28pm

Not a Monkey selfie

Taking the actions the photographer has taken in this case, it looks to me like this is A SELFIE OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER HIMSELF, NOT ANOTHER MONKEY.

On the post: What Makes You Tell Others About Techdirt?

dave blevins ( profile ), 02 Aug, 2014 @ 11:57am

Re:

I agree (tho I probably comment more than rarely). I would like to see "I agree" and "I disagree" voting buttons available after logging on.

On the post: Quantifying Comcast's Monopoly Power

dave blevins ( profile ), 01 Aug, 2014 @ 04:52pm

Monopoly another way

How about looking at this from a supplier's viewpoint, e.g. set top boxes?

With the VERY large % of the set top boxes provided by Comca$t where is the market for a innovative box?

On the post: France Passes Anti-Amazon Law Eliminating Free Shipping; Amazon Responds With 0.01 Euro Shipping Fees

dave blevins ( profile ), 14 Jul, 2014 @ 08:13am

Re: Re: Sad

Well, maybe, just MAYBE, the govt "idiots" weren't as dense as you might think. They got a win-win result: consumers aren't really hurt (except for the discount) and the really stupid retails have to live with what they asked for.

On the post: Digital First Media Lawyer Orders Blogger To Take Down And 'Return' Memo Listing Names Of Staff Members To Be Fired

dave blevins ( profile ), 30 Jun, 2014 @ 04:37pm

Re: Streisand Effect education ...

... should be a required 1st year course for lawyers -- would be lost on pointy-haired managers, maybe lawyers too.

On the post: California City Achieves New Lows In Anti-Bullying Laws, Makes Public Entirely Subject To Other People's 'Feelings'

dave blevins ( profile ), 05 May, 2014 @ 12:26pm

No more bullies ...

... because no more citizens at all. They are not all in jail, just in some other town.

On the post: Copyright Maximalists' Incredible Sense Of Entitlement: If It Challenges The Biz Model We Chose, It Must Be Illegal

dave blevins ( profile ), 22 Apr, 2014 @ 12:30pm

Re: Ads are all still intact.

But the broadcasters can't see this benefit, just a knee-jerk reaction to something new. If they want "redistribution fees" they need to give up the ads !!

On the post: Finally, Someone Acts Like An Adult: District Attorney Drops Charges Against Bullied Teen Who Recorded His Tormentors

dave blevins ( profile ), 18 Apr, 2014 @ 06:38pm

Re: deal with bullies

Bullies? What bullies? Show me the evidence of bullying!

On the post: Bullied Student Records Bullies, Gets Threatened With Felony Charges For Violating Wiretapping Law

dave blevins ( profile ), 14 Apr, 2014 @ 01:36pm

Re: Re: Criminal record

Not just a beating 1)give them to the CIA for interrogation, 2) sue the [heck] out of them individually for harassment, 3) jail them for child endangerment !!! Include the judge, the "cop", and all the school "admin" involved.

On the post: Corporate Sovereignty Provisions Called Into Question Around The World

dave blevins ( profile ), 26 Mar, 2014 @ 06:37am

Biz "rights"

Why give businesses same rights as people when people don't have the same rights as businesses? (and people have lost rights given to biz)

On the post: New Law Means Photographers In Hungary Must Ask Permission First; Bad Hungarian Cops Rejoice

dave blevins ( profile ), 17 Mar, 2014 @ 05:19pm

ask permission

Not "ask", "get". Screaming, "Give me your permission to snap a photo", is quite different than documenting each individual that may be in the photo.

On the post: Survey: 27% Think A Gigabyte Is a Type Of South American Insect [Update: Or Not]

dave blevins ( profile ), 14 Mar, 2014 @ 07:48pm

Re:

Betcha Congress would do worse !!

On the post: Greek Politician Tries To Use Defamation Lawsuit To Gag Wikipedia, Is Rewarded With Streisand Effect

dave blevins ( profile ), 06 Mar, 2014 @ 08:51am

Re:

All politicians, not just Greek ones. Maybe need to add lawyers over 50 without children under 17 to the banned group.

On the post: DirecTV Combats Weather Channel Price Hikes By…Actually Showing People The Weather

dave blevins ( profile ), 12 Feb, 2014 @ 04:40pm

Weather channel

TWC was going downhill before Comcast/NBC bought them and really accelerated its ruin. They don't fix problems with their web site, have about 5 minutes per hour of real weather (rest is E!-like cr*p) and have figured a way to make the "Local on the 8s" graphics look like a 3 year-old's design.

On the post: TSA To Gun Show Attendees: Don't Think You're Getting On Board With Your Bullet-Encased-In-Acrylic Keychains

dave blevins ( profile ), 30 Jan, 2014 @ 06:20am

Re: Safer with TSA on the lookout

Have you forgotten that "terrorists" don't need to take a gun on board a plane: the pilots have already done that. Anyone can just take it away from the pilots!!

Sure makes me feel safer.

On the post: Judge And Intelligence Task Force Both Seem Stunned By Lack Of Evidence That Bulk Phone Collection Program Stops Terrorists

dave blevins ( profile ), 23 Dec, 2013 @ 08:36am

More of the same for More

I will stop 4,369 per day for only $95B per month.

On the post: Unarmed Man Charged With Assault Because NYC Police Shot At Him And Hit Random Pedestrians

dave blevins ( profile ), 05 Dec, 2013 @ 08:32pm

Really ??

You can't make this sh*t up, just too outrageous to be fiction.

On the post: US 'Intelligence' Boss Reveals 'Redacted' Date In The URL Of The File

dave blevins ( profile ), 21 Nov, 2013 @ 09:40am

Use of NSA

Scott Adams had it right when Dilbert hacked NSA for info to recreate his files 'cause his backup was corrupt. NSA doesn't know what they have and have so much they can't find anything.

On the post: Cops Subject Man To Rectal Searches, Enemas And A Colonoscopy In Futile Effort To Find Drugs They Swear He Was Hiding

dave blevins ( profile ), 06 Nov, 2013 @ 06:53am

Jury Trial on damages

I want to be on that jury.

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