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• On the post: How Do You Moderate COVID-19 Misinformation When It's Coming From Official Sources?

  

  greg.fenton ( profile ), 01 Apr, 2020 @ 10:29am

  But our "leaders" should have just said that instead of looking like lying asshats.

  I strongly suspect that being open and honest would have led to similar results to what we currently have with the request/insistence/demand/requirement/order that people stay home and self isolate:

  • "no one's gonna tell me what to do"
  • "oh...I see...they think these doctors and nurses and cleaning staff are more important than I am!"

  The run on toilet paper is evidence enough that the masses, at least in some communities, is a selfish horde.

• On the post: Taylor Swift Is Not The Savior Artists Need

  

  greg.fenton ( profile ), 23 Jun, 2015 @ 05:15pm

  Re: You missed a big point

  I'm pretty sure that Techdirt has heard of ASCAP and BMI...

• On the post: Upset About Beyonce Going Digital, Target Refuses To Stock New Album

  

  greg.fenton ( profile ), 18 Dec, 2013 @ 10:31am

  Re: Missed the Target

  So you are saying that this is a bold marketing move on Target's behalf?
  
  1. Let everyone know they have (some) CDs
  2. ???
  3. Profit!!

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  

  greg.fenton ( profile ), 30 Jan, 2012 @ 10:03pm

  Filming scenes

  Just saw this in a sales meeting recently. The first 20-30 secs are just building momentum.
  
  

  A Few Good Expenses

• On the post: Find A Massive Security Hole At American Express? If You're Not A Cardholder, It Doesn't Care

  

  greg.fenton ( profile ), 12 Oct, 2011 @ 07:14am

  Re:

  Care to highlight where one finds this due process, in particular with respect to a general member of the public submitting to American Express?
  
  And the article makes it clear that there is an element of expediency.
  
  Oh, and this is a general member of the public using their own time and resources to try to notify a massive company to save that company pain and turmoil. So this due process had better be (a) relatively expedient and (b) not unreasonably burdensome.

• On the post: Find A Massive Security Hole At American Express? If You're Not A Cardholder, It Doesn't Care

  

  greg.fenton ( profile ), 12 Oct, 2011 @ 07:09am

  Re: Sadly, this is extremely common

  A sadly good number of companies online today have never bothered to understand the RFCs. Today, you don't need to read and RFC to get up and on the net.
  
  Many admins today have inherited a system set up by us long beards (or suspender wearers....or both). Though many of us have established good practices, there's no guaranteeing that they are being followed by those who are now running the front lines.

• On the post: As Expected, Alternative DNS Systems Sprouting Up To Ignore US Censorship

  

  greg.fenton ( profile ), 11 Oct, 2011 @ 01:43pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Sorry, exactly how is it that this legislation fixes this issue? And how is it that existing laws do not?

• On the post: As Expected, Alternative DNS Systems Sprouting Up To Ignore US Censorship

  

  greg.fenton ( profile ), 11 Oct, 2011 @ 10:14am

  Re:

  Would you like some nice untested, unsafe, and unclean medicine? How about some nice condoms guaranteed to only leak 20% of the time?

  
  
  And you are suggesting that existing legislation does not allow law enforcement to prosecute such offenders?

• On the post: As Expected, Alternative DNS Systems Sprouting Up To Ignore US Censorship

  

  greg.fenton ( profile ), 11 Oct, 2011 @ 10:12am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Would you like some nice untested, unsafe, and unclean medicine? How about some nice condoms guaranteed to only leak 20% of the time?

  
  
  And when the proposed legislation actually can resolve these issues (where existing laws cannot) and when this new legislation cannot be easily abused to subdue "inconvenient content", I'll support it.

• On the post: As Expected, Alternative DNS Systems Sprouting Up To Ignore US Censorship

  

  greg.fenton ( profile ), 11 Oct, 2011 @ 10:09am

  Re: Re: Re:

  And music that the cops don't like (or understand), or think that their bosses don't like (or understand). And books. And community organizations. And up-and-coming technologies. And competition to established entities. And inconvenient displays of democracy....

• On the post: UK Guy Trademarks Famous Gov't Slogan, Goes After Others For Using It

  

  greg.fenton ( profile ), 23 Sep, 2011 @ 04:52pm

  Carry On, Indeed

  Sure is a bloody shame that no one ever used the phrase "Carry On" in any way before now.
  
  ...er-r-r-r...except maybe the Carry On films.

• On the post: Patent Trolls Cost The Economy Half A Trillion Dollars

  

  greg.fenton ( profile ), 20 Sep, 2011 @ 09:32am

  Re: Re:

  Other typo at end of first paragraph: opening parenthesis but no closing.

• On the post: MPAA: Bad At Math & Bad At Economics

  

  greg.fenton ( profile ), 12 Sep, 2011 @ 11:20am

  Re:

  Maybe if they wrap figures in bacon they'll get more attention?

• On the post: Why President Obama Has The 'Jobs' Equation Backwards; Supporting Patent Reform That Limits Jobs

  

  greg.fenton ( profile ), 08 Aug, 2011 @ 01:05pm

  Re: Re: Competition

  Perfect! Build in legislation that encourages American companies to trample foreign companies in their homelands.
  
  Can't think of anything that could go wrong with this idea...

• On the post: Why President Obama Has The 'Jobs' Equation Backwards; Supporting Patent Reform That Limits Jobs

  

  greg.fenton ( profile ), 08 Aug, 2011 @ 01:01pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Typo

  There is the Contact Us link at the bottom of every page. That's what I use.

• On the post: Intellectual Ventures' Response To This American Life: Oh Those Crazy Reporters Don't Understand Disruption

  

  greg.fenton ( profile ), 03 Aug, 2011 @ 09:44pm

  Re: rest

  Thanks for the link!
  
  

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• On the post: Without Copyright, Hollywood Would Never Be Incented To… Make A Bunch Of Remakes?

  

  greg.fenton ( profile ), 03 Aug, 2011 @ 09:25pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: So in other words...

  Are you suggesting that Hollywood should stop making blockbusters?? You have a strange view of how businesses tend to operate.

• On the post: Without Copyright, Hollywood Would Never Be Incented To… Make A Bunch Of Remakes?

  

  greg.fenton ( profile ), 03 Aug, 2011 @ 09:23pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: So in other words...

  So get the government out of the way and let all players have at the marketplace. The market will pick those who serve their interests best. And as many a study have shown, that often is not the "free" option (see iTunes, Netflix, cable TV, ...)

• On the post: Woman Faces Felony Charges For Groping A TSA Agent

  

  greg.fenton ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2011 @ 09:48am

  Re: Re: Crime

  It isn't that you couldn't eat it; it is that if you DO eat it then you WON'T have it (physical limitations of reality).
  
  You cannot have your cake and eat it too.
  
  Get it?

• On the post: The Misconceptions Of 'Free' Abound; Why Do Brains Stop At The Zero?

  

  greg.fenton ( profile ), 30 Jun, 2011 @ 10:17am

  Sell out

  The only time when Free can really work for you is if you set your sights on having a specific outcome: acquisition.

  
  And who the hell wants to acquire a business that has a zero-revenues, all-expenses business model? (Rupert Murdoch can't buy them all...)

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