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• On the post: Smart Use Of Facebook By College Helps Students

  

  Misanthropist ( profile ), 15 Oct, 2009 @ 04:34am

  so...

  they used it as an email replacement?
  
  so its nothing but a fad then? gotcha

• On the post: Pandora Continues To Push Users To Vote For Shameful Radio Performance Tax

  

  Misanthropist ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2009 @ 09:14am

  Re: Bailout??? ... really??

  uh, no, its definitely a bailout...

• On the post: Judge Tells Gamer That Sony Doesn't Violate His Free Speech Rights By Banning Him

  

  Misanthropist ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2009 @ 11:29am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: can someone explain to me

  just grab a screencap from the movie..... that is clearly fair use

• On the post: Why Fining People Can Actually Increase That Activity… An Economics Lesson

  

  Misanthropist ( profile ), 06 Oct, 2009 @ 03:06pm

  Re: Re:

  The entire "imaginary profitables" market is held in place solely due to a set of laws that no common man believes in, and the common man violates them on a daily basis.
  
  This is why the RIAA, the MPAA and the BSA cannot win in the long run. The laws are immoral and will not be accepted.
  
  They are just milking the cash cow before it runs out.

• On the post: Do Morons In A Hurry Shop For iPhones At Woolworths Down Under?

  

  Misanthropist ( profile ), 05 Oct, 2009 @ 03:50pm

  Re: Re: Green Apple

  That is the logo they use when parading their eco-friendliness.

• On the post: Do Morons In A Hurry Shop For iPhones At Woolworths Down Under?

  

  Misanthropist ( profile ), 05 Oct, 2009 @ 01:19pm

  Re: Woolworth Could Have Saved Themselves Some Trouble

  they make and sell phones

• On the post: WSJ Defies NFL's Restriction On Live Blogging

  

  Misanthropist ( profile ), 02 Oct, 2009 @ 04:09pm

  more importantly

  more importantly.. this guy might be staff of WSJ, but hes using all free resources to accomplish his "job".
  
  How;s the NFL gonna stop the 5000 people who copy him when the NFL tries to slap WSJ for this?

• On the post: Speakeasy The Latest VoIP Provider To Block Certain Calls

  

  Misanthropist ( profile ), 02 Oct, 2009 @ 10:56am

  I disagree absolutely

  The real answer is to get rid of the arbitrage loopholes.
  
  Just like 900 numbers, there is no reason that anyone should be compelled to connect calls that require extortionary fees.
  
  There's no need for legislation... Just block the calls. The businesses being hosted there will simply go out of business when people find out their "free" host wasn't actually free and isn't actually available to the parties they invited.
  
  This isnt rocket science... thats an abusive leach. Don't outlaw abusive leaching.. just don't require people submit to abusive leaching and the problem goes away.
  
  Just because the telcos (intentionally) created a stupid rule, doesn't mean we should make everyone else pay for their mistake.
  
  Mike, this might be the first time you have suggested that "there ought to be a law" to handle a free market mistake.

• On the post: Congress Not Yet Willing To Outlaw Being A Jerk Online

  

  Misanthropist ( profile ), 01 Oct, 2009 @ 02:22pm

  Re:

  Sometimes, even I am a jerk online. :)
  
  YOU EVIL WENCH!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  *the topic made me do it.

• On the post: Is It So Crazy For A Patent Attorney To Think Patents Harm Innovation?

  

  Misanthropist ( profile ), 01 Oct, 2009 @ 09:07am

  Innovation? I'll give you innovation!

  Someone innovated the entire "imaginary profitables" market before there was even a system in place to profit from such innovation.
  
  Now, who would have ever bothered innovating an entire market into existance if they didn't have a guarantee on it?

• On the post: Is It So Crazy For A Patent Attorney To Think Patents Harm Innovation?

  

  Misanthropist ( profile ), 01 Oct, 2009 @ 08:41am

  Re: Nonsense

  You realize there is offense and defense in court right?

• On the post: Will People Pay CNN To Help Them Report The News?

  

  Misanthropist ( profile ), 01 Oct, 2009 @ 08:38am

  Re: Re: Almost seems like they're following the techdirt play book though

  "poon feeding" news would probably count as a reason to buy
  
  I would buy an iphone just to buy that app.

• On the post: Is It So Crazy For A Patent Attorney To Think Patents Harm Innovation?

  

  Misanthropist ( profile ), 01 Oct, 2009 @ 08:31am

  There is a reason for this

  And yet there are some in the patent or copyright legal business who somehow seem to think that it's traitorous for a patent or copyright lawyer to ever dare question the idea that patents and copyrights work.
  
  Because they know that what they themselves are doing is wrong, and they want to keep doing it.
  
  They understand they shouldn't be doing what they are doing, but it's so damn profitable.
  
  They are well aware of the fact that the entire thing will crumble when critical mass of dissent is achieved, and as such, they want everyone profiting off of "imaginary profitables" to tow the line and keep their lucrative system in check.

• On the post: Will People Pay CNN To Help Them Report The News?

  

  Misanthropist ( profile ), 01 Oct, 2009 @ 08:23am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: I don't think that's the point

  I see humor is lost on you, as most other things as well.
  
  I see the point is lost on you. Very well, I give up.

• On the post: Will People Pay CNN To Help Them Report The News?

  

  Misanthropist ( profile ), 01 Oct, 2009 @ 08:12am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: I don't think that's the point

  So it is connecting with people with no morals?
  
  Read: Wikipedia: Moral Dilemna and be enlightened.

• On the post: Will People Pay CNN To Help Them Report The News?

  

  Misanthropist ( profile ), 01 Oct, 2009 @ 07:32am

  Re: Am I the only one?

  Aren't the ads supposed to be in a "free" version? Seems we've had us an unwritten app rule that free=ads and pay=contentonly, a nice rule that has set the new digital medium apart from it's newspaper & cable tv predecessors.
  
  When cable started, it was commercial free too. That didn't last long.

• On the post: Will People Pay CNN To Help Them Report The News?

  

  Misanthropist ( profile ), 01 Oct, 2009 @ 07:29am

  Re: Re: Re: I don't think that's the point

  They will not reciprocate by letting you use their content, they will retaliate by unleashing their lawyers on you.
  
  Right war, wrong battle.
  
  Yes, its connecting with fans, cause its providing them with something they want. No, its not connecting with you, cause its not providing what you want, but thats irrelevant. It is connecting with other people who don't have your moral dilemna.

• On the post: And You Thought Your Job Was Stressful: France Telecom Employees Keep Committing Suicide

  

  Misanthropist ( profile ), 01 Oct, 2009 @ 07:04am

  Re: Perhaps

  gives a whole new meaning to sever!

• On the post: Will People Pay CNN To Help Them Report The News?

  

  Misanthropist ( profile ), 01 Oct, 2009 @ 07:02am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Logic Fail

  They are giving people a platform. Not asking them to wed.

• On the post: Will People Pay CNN To Help Them Report The News?

  

  Misanthropist ( profile ), 01 Oct, 2009 @ 07:00am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Read the next sentence and you will see how much I said with those few words.
  
  Ya.. no actually.

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