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• On the post: Authors Guild Continues To Falsely Claim That Reading Aloud On A Kindle Violates Audio Rights

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 25 Feb, 2009 @ 02:30pm

  Having heard a kindle 2 reading there is no great danger there. It is just another lifeless computer voice that doesn't even pause for periods.
  
  What this really shows is a distinct tin ear on the part of the writers guild. This is an accessibility feature for vision impaired kindle owners.

• On the post: Time To Make Carl Malamud Head Of The Government Printing Office

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 25 Feb, 2009 @ 07:28am

  If he can give the House and Senate and staffs and all the bills 'printed' to Kindles so that they can read them as soon as they are completed.

• On the post: India Actively Sharing Knowledge Base Around The World To Stop Bogus Patents

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 24 Feb, 2009 @ 04:26pm

  Good for them.

• On the post: Your Fired Employees Are Stealing Your Data

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 24 Feb, 2009 @ 05:01am

  People take information in their heads

  What about the information that people carry around in their heads? What is to stop them from call Sid at Amalgamated Widgets after looking his contacts online and offering him a cheaper better stapler than the one you had been selling for your previous employer?

• On the post: Parent Makes Gamer Son Promise To Obey Geneva Conventions In Video Game

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2009 @ 05:05pm

  It is just a new challenge

  Following the Geneva convention should be a game option. Violations counting against score and of course requisite jail time/executions apportioned out at the end of the campaign.
  
  I can't see many choosing this option but it could be fun to try.

• On the post: Authors Guild Digs Itself In Deeper Concerning Kindle Text-To-Speech

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 13 Feb, 2009 @ 01:17pm

  Re: Reading to your kids

  >One thing not clear from the Guild's
  >"clarification" - does reading to
  >your kids become a copyright violation
  >when you have more than 3.4 kids?
  
  And what about story time at the public library?
  
  Do I need to add The WGA to my DEATH TO THE RIAA bumper sticker? Or Richard the Third improved
  FIRST WE KILL ALL THE ^COPYRIGHT LAWYERS
  Bumpersticker.

• On the post: Recording Industry Apparently Unable To Avoid Screwing Up A Good Thing

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 31 Jan, 2009 @ 06:50am

  I think at this point it is a foot race between the RNC and RIAA as to who drives themselves out of business first.

• On the post: Search Engine Ditches All Log Files

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 30 Jan, 2009 @ 06:49am

  Meta Search without Google

  I tried it and noticed that the list of search engines used does not include Google. Lots of others are there but without Google can it work? I guess as a test of what Google misses it may be OK.

• On the post: Surprise: House Says No To Digital TV Transition Delay

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 28 Jan, 2009 @ 01:01pm

  Re: Not trying to change the subject...

  Congratulations on your entry to the American Non-sequitor society.
  
  FWIW they apparently screwed up the interface. Blackberry people wanted a real keyboard with buttons not a touch screen. And they have failed to make the case for the digital transition of buttons to screen taps. The digits were repelled by the transition.

• On the post: Eating Ice Cream Causes False Breathalyzer Positive Test Result

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 22 Jan, 2009 @ 11:56am

  Couldn't the court just tell the guy to rinse out his mouth before trying to start the car?

• On the post: RIAA Explanation For Not Wanting Court Broadcast: Those Geeks Might Remix It

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 21 Jan, 2009 @ 12:24pm

  Re: In Context

  >"some of these tech savvy propaganda-ists out there might >"remix the video and "manipulate" it to take RIAA arguments >out of context."
  
  
  The Remix -
  might it take some RIAA propaganda-ists to remix the video arguments of these tech savvy out there to manipulate and out of context?

• On the post: Is It Copyright Infringement On Fashion Design To Post Photos From A Fashion Show Online?

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 12 Jan, 2009 @ 11:05am

  Lets take this to it's illogical conclusion

  If it is copyright infringement to show the fashion that someone is wearing then we cannot show the clothes that anyone is wearing for fear of an inadvertent copyright infringement. No clothing should be allowed to be shown in any photograph because it violates the rights of the creators so everyone must now be either naked or wear DRM free clothing.

• On the post: Trying To Figure Out How DTV Conversion Program Could Run Out Of Coupons

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 07 Jan, 2009 @ 06:10am

  Verizon FIOS switched to QAM tuning

  To make things even worse Verizon FIOS in NoVA switched to QAM tuning which is the same standard as the new TVs. So I need the new turner boxes for my cable as well.

• On the post: Can A Moron In A Hurry Explain To Jimmy Choo The Difference Between Shoes And Random Gifts?

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 22 Dec, 2008 @ 06:08pm

  Good'n'plenty to sue

  Anyone remember Choo Choo Charley? The folks behind Good'n'plenty can own Jimmy Choo's posterior.

• On the post: Monster Mini Golf Using eBay To Fight Monster Cable's Trademark Lawsuit

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 03 Dec, 2008 @ 03:08pm

  Re: That was fast

  Perhaps they need to sell something on eBay to stay legit.
  
  People would buy good Monster mini-golf t-shirts and apparently there is lots of money in t-shirts on the internet because Mike told us so.

• On the post: Is Putting Change.gov Under Creative Commons Really A Big Deal?

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 02 Dec, 2008 @ 01:20pm

  It only makes sense if they had lots of people asking for permission to use the content and they wanted to avoid having to individually give permission to each and everyone.

• On the post: The Napoleon Dynamite Problem Stymies Netflix Prize Competitors

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 24 Nov, 2008 @ 10:34am

  Perhaps these movies are the far outliers and could be used to calibrate the system better than movies that bring on weaker reactions.

• On the post: Verizon Wireless Tries To Grow The Mobile Web By Breaking It

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 21 Nov, 2008 @ 04:23am

  Opera Mini is an unsecure browser

  The problem with opera mini is that it breaks SSL security by decoding everything and recoding it for your phone. I wouldn't touch it for anything that needs to be truly secure. Like banking and credit cards.
  
  This information is from Steve Gibson's Security Now podcast.

• On the post: Toyota Takes After Ford In Claiming Ownership Of Fan Photos

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2008 @ 07:58am

  Hey if the own the image I guess they are responsible for my camera tickets.

• On the post: Can A Moron In A Hurry Tell The Difference Between A Hershey Bar And A Couch?

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 03 Nov, 2008 @ 06:49am

  Re: Re: Corporate Rule

  Serving any beverage at a temperature that can cause third degree burns is bad policy.

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