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• On the post: Shocker: Court Says National Security Letters Are Unconstitutional, Bans Them

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2013 @ 02:40pm

  Great News

• On the post: The Killing Of Google Reader Highlights The Risk Of Relying On A Single Provider

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2013 @ 07:25pm

  Re: What was in it for Google?

  "I wouldn't be surprised to see Google News go away shortly too."
  
  I wish they would it would kill the newspapers and all their whining.

• On the post: The Killing Of Google Reader Highlights The Risk Of Relying On A Single Provider

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2013 @ 07:23pm

  Re:

  Yes you can export them to an XML file. Here is the link ...
  
  https://www.google.com/takeout
  
  http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2013/03/how-to-export-your-google-reader-account/

• On the post: The Killing Of Google Reader Highlights The Risk Of Relying On A Single Provider

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2013 @ 07:20pm

  Re: Re: You mean relying on FREE products is risky?

  I can build a single page RSS feed reader in HTML 5, Javascript, and using any random drive or FTP service online. Google Drive, your web sites FTP, etc.
  
  I would be one HTML 5 page loaded anywhere you want and it would be free. The only thing it would cost me is a weekend of work.

• On the post: The Killing Of Google Reader Highlights The Risk Of Relying On A Single Provider

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 14 Mar, 2013 @ 12:56am

  Link to how to export your Google Reader RSS feed

  Link on how to export your Google Reader RSS feed
  
  It is pretty simple.

• On the post: The Killing Of Google Reader Highlights The Risk Of Relying On A Single Provider

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2013 @ 07:31pm

  Mike I do not do this often but ...
  
  You do know you are relying on Twitter/Tweetdeck just like you did Google reader at one point in the past.

• On the post: Mexico Will Ask To Join US-EU Transatlantic Trade Agreement

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2013 @ 04:59pm

  3D printing destroys the pharma side of this.
  
  http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jul/21/chemputer-that-prints-out-drugs
  
  The massive storage and direction torrent apps are going will destroy the copyright side of the agreement.
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_law
  
  So what is the point?

• On the post: Nielsen Finally Realizes That TV Viewers Are Cord Cutting, Calls It 'Interesting Consumer Behavior'

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2013 @ 09:10am

  Re:

  He has probably been binging on old looney tune cartoons ... :)

• On the post: Nielsen Finally Realizes That TV Viewers Are Cord Cutting, Calls It 'Interesting Consumer Behavior'

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2013 @ 08:56am

  Seven years

  If this follows the same pattern of past disruptive trend lines, they only have 7 years.

• On the post: Case Study: Band Embraces Grooveshark And Catapults Its Career

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 12 Mar, 2013 @ 07:19pm

  Re: Nice Try, Mike

  Must be why Prince is having such difficulties.

• On the post: Recording Of Bradley Manning's Statement In Court Leaked

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 12 Mar, 2013 @ 07:16pm

  Re:

  That is not an option.
  
  What you have to do is simple. Arrest them and then hold them until no one remembers them. Then hold a secret tribunal. Then bring them to a hanger on an old military base and burn them.

• On the post: Professional Boxer Gets Trolled On Twitter, Shows Up At Guy's House

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 12 Mar, 2013 @ 01:41pm

  Re:

  Before you troll him, sign up for the twitter account as
  Chris Dodd

• On the post: Deep Dive Analysis: Brett Gibbs Gets His Day In Court — But Prenda Law Is The Star

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2013 @ 08:28pm

  This is the techno version of watching Britney Spears melt down.

• On the post: Deep Dive Analysis: Brett Gibbs Gets His Day In Court — But Prenda Law Is The Star

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2013 @ 08:26pm

  As train wrecks go this one is rather fun to watch.

• On the post: A Look At 'Ownership' Society

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2013 @ 04:05pm

  What I took away from that was, Amanda Palmer gets naked ...
  
  Got URL? (I really should turn that into a Tee Shirt)

• On the post: Eric Holder On Domestic Drone Strikes: Eh, Could Happen

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 06 Mar, 2013 @ 04:12pm

  Re: Re: Well...

  Simply put, it works this way. POTUS doesn't like the way the person on the card is looking at him.
  
  That should be reason enough to order their death.

• On the post: Amanda Palmer On The True Nature Of Connecting With Fans: It's About Trust

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 01 Mar, 2013 @ 10:42pm

  Re:

  Ha HA ha!! You have no eyebrows what so ever AC.
  
  Please have a nice day ...

• On the post: Amanda Palmer On The True Nature Of Connecting With Fans: It's About Trust

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 01 Mar, 2013 @ 10:39pm

  Mike
  
  I finally get Amanda Palmer.
  
  David

• On the post: DOJ Admits It Had To Put Aaron Swartz In Jail To Save Face Over The Arrest

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 25 Feb, 2013 @ 10:54pm

  Re: Re: You go from "DOJ Admits" to "impression" and "suggests".

  "Data, like energy, can't be stolen or lost - Merely converted to less 'useful' forms."
  
  To funny, I read that and immediately pictured a politician speaking.

• On the post: White House Petition Concerning Legality Of Unlocking Phones Passes The Magic 100,000 Mark

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 22 Feb, 2013 @ 09:21am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Geek humor ...

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