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• On the post: Would People Stop Using Mobile Phones If More Evidence Shows Them To Be Carcinogenic?

  

  Don ( profile ), 03 Jun, 2011 @ 09:41am

  Re: Re:

  Totally agree. I despise those people who walk into Walmarts with those Star Trek looking ear pieces.

• On the post: Why We Haven't Seen Any Lawsuits Filed Against The Government Over Domain Seizures: Justice Department Stalling

  

  Don ( profile ), 24 May, 2011 @ 12:29pm

  Can't they go after the domain name registrar for altering domain name without a proper warrant, etc. Take them to court and then maybe the proper people in the government will show their faces.

• On the post: What If Every eBook Was Its Own Social Network?

  

  Don ( profile ), 21 May, 2011 @ 05:59am

  What about the publishers?

  All I keep thinking is that the publishers will want to get their sticky fingers all over this.
  
  Someone like Barnes & Noble or Amazon could possibly pull this off with independent writers.

• On the post: What If Every eBook Was Its Own Social Network?

  

  Don ( profile ), 21 May, 2011 @ 05:55am

  Publishers

• On the post: Politician Grandstanding About Police Checkpoint App Results In Doubling Of Sales

  

  Don ( profile ), 20 May, 2011 @ 07:50am

  I have never seen a country that gets its members of government so up in arms about everything. I can see the U.S. turning into a dictatorship before long.

• On the post: Patent Troll Going After iPhone/iPad Developers Who Use In-App Payments

  

  Don ( profile ), 15 May, 2011 @ 07:22am

  Response to: Anonymous Coward on May 13th, 2011 @ 2:24pm

  Your analogy is good for the OEMs that got sued by Microsoft over Google, I think. I'm wondering if Apple's controlling ecosystems would add yo the defence?

• On the post: Homeland Security Demands Mozilla Remove Firefox Extension That Redirects Seized Domains

  

  Don ( profile ), 05 May, 2011 @ 07:01pm

  Alright already, how long does it take the DHS to respond? I really want to see how this turns out.

• On the post: Homeland Security Demands Mozilla Remove Firefox Extension That Redirects Seized Domains

  

  Don ( profile ), 05 May, 2011 @ 06:56pm

  Re:

  I was thinking the same thing. After that response from Mozilla, they deserve my support.

• On the post: Hillary Clinton: We Want Journalism Innovation That Makes Info Easier To Share… Unless It's Wikileaks

  

  Don ( profile ), 04 May, 2011 @ 01:18pm

  Did I hear/read stories of the American government forcing the media to keep mum on certain topics.

• On the post: Hillary Clinton: We Want Journalism Innovation That Makes Info Easier To Share… Unless It's Wikileaks

  

  Don ( profile ), 04 May, 2011 @ 01:16pm

  Re: Do as I say...

  Who was it that said that, Nixon?

• On the post: US On What Makes A Good Canadian Heritage Minister: Willing To Disappoint Canadians To Please Big Business

  

  Don ( profile ), 29 Apr, 2011 @ 10:19am

  I love Wikileaks. As long as there's no cable on there about me.

• On the post: Analyst: Motorola's Best Play Is To Become A Patent Troll & Destroy Android Ecosystem With Patent Lawsuits

  

  Don ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2011 @ 10:19am

  Re:

  I don't think Android 3.0 on the Xoom was customized by Motorola. As far as I know, Xoom launched with stock Honeycomb.

• On the post: Happy Days Cast Not So Happy: Suing CBS & Paramount For Missing Royalties

  

  Don ( profile ), 20 Apr, 2011 @ 07:02am

  Scott Baio

  I bet you Scott Baio was the one who triggered all this. After his failed spin off, Joanie Loves Chachi, his career went down hill.

• On the post: Judge In Google WiFiSpy Case Trying To Determine If Packet Sniffing Open Networks Is An Illegal Wiretap

  

  Don ( profile ), 19 Apr, 2011 @ 07:20am

  Wasn't there a case where a guy sitting in his car in the parking lot of Sartbucks using their wifi charged.

• On the post: Desperate Drug Companies Raising Prices On Drugs Still Under Patent

  

  Don ( profile ), 08 Apr, 2011 @ 06:49am

  Drug companies need protection, but at the same time need incentives. My big scare with drug companies and the drugs that we may need is that they will not develop new drugs if there is no financial gains attached. How many deadly diseases are there for which there are no drugs simply because drug companies don't see any revenue.
  
  I think the best solution is to regulate them.

• On the post: Google, Facebook Go To Court In France: Claim Data Retention Rules Violate Privacy

  

  Don ( profile ), 07 Apr, 2011 @ 06:33am

  Yup. Especially for Facebook which tries very hard to make your profile public or will resurrect a deleted message if someone replies to it.

• On the post: Film Company That's Sued Thousands Might Not Even Own Rights To Film It's Suing Over

  

  Don ( profile ), 01 Apr, 2011 @ 09:37am

  Re:

  I think TechDirt is referring to the morality of the whole thing and not the legality of it.

• On the post: Truck Drivers Told They Need To Pay A Licensing Fee To Listen To Music While Driving

  

  Don ( profile ), 31 Mar, 2011 @ 11:12am

  Re: Listening

  Yeah, most music is evil anyway. Just play it backwards and you'll see.

• On the post: Good Question: How The Hell Did The NYT Spend $40 Million On That Paywall?

  

  Don ( profile ), 28 Mar, 2011 @ 08:58am

  Runaway project

  It seems to me that if they really did spend $40-50 million dollars, that it was on a runaway project with no initial requirements, proper assessment or idea what the heck the goal was. While they were figuring this out over weeks of coffee, some cowboy front-end developer implemented the paywall and the big suits were pleased.
  
  Mind you none of the suits have a clue about security or the experience the front-end guy had, It just did what they wanted to do.

• On the post: Reason #247 Why You Should Pay For The NYTimes: To Keep Its Dead Obituary Writers Employed

  

  Don ( profile ), 23 Mar, 2011 @ 03:09pm

  247 Reasons

  What gets me the most is that you've come up with at least 247 reasons why anyone should pay for the New York Times.

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