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• On the post: Universal Music's Anti-Piracy Ads Even Crazier Than You Can Imagine

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 06 Aug, 2015 @ 06:15am

  No prob.

  There has been very little music in the last 10 years that has been worth listening to, let alone copying. They are heading toward security through obscurity. Like pro sports every leak they plug makes them that less relevant, and will eventually lead to their demise. When a new form of entertainment comes on the scene, they give it away to try for some market share, as it matures they can monetize it. The trick is to realize that you can take that too far. A few leaks need to be tolerated.

• On the post: Awesome Stuff: A Mesh Network For Your Things

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 12 Jul, 2015 @ 10:04am

  I need more

  Alzheimer edition please; I need it to let me know when I've left the water running in the cows water dish or an important gate unlatched, maybe even the car idling in the driveway.

• On the post: Years Of Pretending Netflix Cord Cutting Wasn't Real Is Biting The Cable Industry In The Ass

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 29 Jun, 2015 @ 07:08am

  Re:

  Yes if ABC Saddle and Buggy whip had become ABC Tire and Battery, they could not only have survived, but perhaps ruled the space. They did already have infrastructure.

• On the post: Dish Eyes T-Mobile Takeover, And That Could Be A Very Good Thing For Wireless Competition

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 05 Jun, 2015 @ 05:42am

  Re:

  I'd agree on those concerns, let's just hope it does turn out to be the same old T-Mobile, but with better infrastructure.
  I personally would not have a cell without them. It simply isn't important enough to justify a monthly bill.
  I bought a 1000 minute Prepaid sim and recharge it yearly. Granted my plan wouldn't last a 17 year old a month, but is suits my needs perfectly.
  Not certain what I'd do if that option went away.

• On the post: Awesome Stuff: Better Than Bluetooth?

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 09 May, 2015 @ 10:24am

  No need to reinvent the wheel

  Radio frequency wireless has a 300' range and better quality than pretty much anything short of wired. What is really needed is to miniaturize the Sennheiser RS 120 full size headphones.
  http://en-us.sennheiser.com/audio-headphones-stereo-wireless-120-ii

• On the post: GM Says That While You May Own Your Car, It Owns The Software In It, Thanks To Copyright

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2015 @ 05:15am

  Unintended concequence

  I own 2 John Deere tractors and this little move will steer me elsewhere for my next purchase. GM lost me with the Onstar built-in surveillance system.

• On the post: Cabs Strike In Chicago Against Uber; Uber Drivers Presumably Report Uptick In Business

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 20 Feb, 2015 @ 03:03pm

  Re:

  My thoughts exactly, force loyal customers, who would probably never have considered using Uber to give it a try. What could go wrong?

• On the post: Cable's Answer To A Changing TV Landscape? Stuff More Ads Into Every Hour

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 03 Feb, 2015 @ 06:30am

  Due to reduced ridership, we are again raising fares

  Many of you are not old enough to remember pre-cable TV. Back in the antenna only days, we got a channel or 2 and found it sufficient. The idea of pay TV was being floated, and one of the main selling points was; no commercials. Once the idea took root, they kept this promise for a good many years. It started with one commercial, now it is as bad, if not worse, than free TV. We let them get by with it, and now it is the business model. I never have paid for commercials, I cut the cord when the only alternative was to go back to antenna.

• On the post: Search For Free Downloads Of 'The Interview' Shows How Pointless The MPAA's Anti-Google Strategy Really Is

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2015 @ 10:46am

  Re: Has the MPAA considered getting government sanctions against Google?

  The cash drop just has to be big enough, we have the best government money can buy.

• On the post: Canadian Supreme Court Says No Warrants Needed To Search Arrestees' Cell Phones

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 15 Dec, 2014 @ 11:09am

  It is the reverse logic that bothers me

  So if they want search a phone they need merely arrest the owner on any charge. The charges may be dropped later, the very act of the arrest is an impromptu warrant. I wonder if this includes traffic stop "arrests".

• On the post: EA Admits That Gobbling Up Talented Studios Then Ruining Them Isn't Working Out So Well

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 11 Dec, 2014 @ 10:55am

  EA: where good games go to die

  The Adobe / Microsoft of game software

• On the post: What Comes After The Pirate Bay Is A Lot More Important Than Whether It's Up Or Down

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 10 Dec, 2014 @ 07:09pm

  Re:

  Looked at that site, a little less? If a mosquito is a little smaller than a jumbo jet, then yeah

• On the post: Music Publishers, With Help From Rightscorp, Test Legal Theory That DMCA Requires Kicking Repeat Infringers Off The Internet

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 01 Dec, 2014 @ 08:08am

  Sounds like good news for VPN providers.

• On the post: The Interesting Thing About Google's Delivery Drones Is Not The Drones, But Massive Societal Shift They Envision

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2014 @ 08:51am

  Re: "...dismissing projects like this...means that you're missing everything."

  I'll plead ignorance on this; how is it a smaller carbon footprint to buy 2 water filters at a time as opposed to buying 50 all in one box, likely manufactured all at once, shipped all at once, with no extra packaging. It certainly helps my wallet footprint with; 2 filters retailing @ $7.95 & a box of 50 @ around $40. I'd say it even reduces my heating and cooling costs by decreasing the sq ft of the room where they are stored.

• On the post: The Interesting Thing About Google's Delivery Drones Is Not The Drones, But Massive Societal Shift They Envision

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2014 @ 08:09am

  Stockpile

  I don't mind having 15 batteries slowly losing charge in a drawer.
  Point is; I bought those batteries very cheaply, at a discount club. Just how much are the drone delivery guys going to get for 4 batteries when my remote goes down, and just how instantaneous is it? I need that remote, and I need it now.
  There is at this point a savings in buying in bulk, there is a number where it is worth your wile if you will use it up in time and have the space to store it. 200 razor blades, 50 water filters, what ever, I'll take the savings & truly have it instantaneously.

• On the post: LAPD Officer Says Tragedies Could Be Prevented If Citizens Would Just Shut Up And Do What Cops Tell Them To

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 20 Aug, 2014 @ 06:37am

  Unsuitable by nature

  Cop is sort of like President; anyone willing to accept the position is unsuitable to fill it.

• On the post: Six Officers Charged In Police Pursuit That Ended With 137 Shots Being Fired At Suspects In A Little Over 20 Seconds

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2014 @ 05:14am

  Are you sure this wasn't the Blues Brothers

  Police Dispatcher: Use of unnecessary violence in the apprehension of the Blues Brothers HAS been approved.

• On the post: Police File On Student 'Bullied Into Committing Suicide' Strangely Lacking In Evidence Of Bullying

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 22 Apr, 2014 @ 10:14am

  Re:

  What this really speaks to is; what pussies today's kids are. Not so long ago, people just made it through and got their satisfaction having the bully mow their lawn, and wash their car, when real life began after high school. No one, in my entire scholastic experience, took their own life or came in and shot the place up. It sucked to be bullied, but it was hardly the end of the world. I was bullied plenty, mentally and physically, & learned to toughen up and pick my battles.

• On the post: Dish Protects Its Hopper DVR From The Dennis Hopper Estate

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 25 Feb, 2014 @ 12:25pm

  Re: Hopper was also in...

  Let's not forget Flashback, some of his best work IMO

• On the post: Time To Rethink Democracy In A Digital Age

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 20 Dec, 2013 @ 05:59am

  Re: Not convinced

  "If everyone voted on every law, it would be ochlocracy."
  
  I'm inclined to think an Idiocracy

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