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  • On the post: Advertising Is Content, Content Is Advertising, I'm On A Horse

    robphelan ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2010 @ 11:05am

    great commercial.. even brought my wife to the PC to see it - also reminded me I needed more body wash. The wife came back w/2 bottles of Old Spice - they smelled good to her, so she bought them for me.

  • On the post: France Considers 'Right To Forget' Law, Apparently Not Realizing The Internet Never Forgets

    robphelan ( profile ), 10 Jan, 2010 @ 08:34am

    btw, here's a link with the full list of merchants at the bottom of the page

    http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10426214-261.html?tag=mncol;posts

  • On the post: France Considers 'Right To Forget' Law, Apparently Not Realizing The Internet Never Forgets

    robphelan ( profile ), 10 Jan, 2010 @ 08:11am

    to a certain extent, why wouldn't the ability to request some embarrassing, or even very private, information about oneself be good(if not possible)?

    I'm not talking about politicians/public figures doing cocaine, i'm talking about Joe-computer-user who sees that someone has listed all his current/previous addresses and phone numbers.

    What if someone had posted pics/info of your KID?

    Personally, i'd like to request my account info, including credit card info, be deleted from a handful of merchant sites - such as those involved with the "web loyalty" scam that surfaced - http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10399880-93.html

  • On the post: Bakery Claims Trademark On Smiley Face Cookies; Sues Competing Cookie Firm

    robphelan ( profile ), 07 Jan, 2010 @ 05:07pm

    dear Lord! every mall i've ever been to in the last 25 years has had some sort of cookie shop making cookies with ALL sorts of 'faces' & messages.

    sounds like some crowd sourcing is needed to prove prior art

  • On the post: eMusic: Prices Went Up, But Artists Aren't Seeing Any Of That Cash

    robphelan ( profile ), 07 Jan, 2010 @ 04:46pm

    this is sad news.. i used eMusic for years and discovered many Blues and Techno musicians I would never have heard of otherwise.

  • On the post: The Next Big Innovation Will Start Out Looking Like A Toy

    robphelan ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2010 @ 08:17am

    My favorite example of a "toy" seemingly becoming a driving force behind an entire segment of technology - the original Xbox.

    It was initially modded in order to play backed-up games.

    Smarter people quickly realized that with a media player installed (XBMC), one could have a great 1080i upconverting media center without spending several hundred to thousands of dollars.

    M$ did their best to quash the modders, but failed. However, they did the smart thing (and so did Sony) by understanding the importance of a media center and incorporate those ideas into their next-gen consoles.

    Everyone who watches a movie on their home TV streamed over their network from a server or from an online source owes a big "thank you" to those original Xbox modders.

  • On the post: How Automakers Abuse Intellectual Property Laws To Force You To Pay More For Repairs

    robphelan ( profile ), 29 Dec, 2009 @ 12:47pm

    Re:

    tell that to Smuckers who patented making a crustless peanut butter & jelly sandwich - http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/innovation/patent-prescription

  • On the post: How Automakers Abuse Intellectual Property Laws To Force You To Pay More For Repairs

    robphelan ( profile ), 29 Dec, 2009 @ 12:35pm

    Re: keys

    FWIW, you can buy used/aftermarket keys online and re-program them. Ford wanted me to tow our explorer in and pay >200 for a new key + fob.

  • On the post: It's The TSA, Not CSI: Actions Limited To Security, Not Crime Investigation

    robphelan ( profile ), 19 Nov, 2009 @ 09:06am

    TSA

    I have to admit that we've (2 adults, 2 kids under 6) done a lot of traveling in the past 2 years and the TSA EEs have always been pretty nice. Here in San Antonio, there's even a separate room/line that we can go through if we have a stroller etc.. so we aren't holding up the other travelers.

    This last trip, I had a lot of electronics in my backpack so they had to remove a few to make sure there was nothing going on - they didn't but them back in the backpack, though.

  • On the post: Do Libraries Need Permission To Lend Out Ebooks?

    robphelan ( profile ), 19 Oct, 2009 @ 11:15am

    how do i get started?

    I'd love to help my local library get started with loaning ebooks. I don't think it's unreasonable to have X copies of physical and have the same corresponding number of ebooks.

    Have a 14 day window, then it goes dark & have to re-check it.

  • On the post: Authors Take Up The Tiered Support Models Also

    robphelan ( profile ), 02 Sep, 2009 @ 06:01pm

    new models

    i love reading how authors are dreaming up new models to entice people to buy. My wife is in the middle of her first book and I'm taking notes!