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  • On the post: Why Sprint Should Be Giving Away The Palm Pre For Free

    trench0r ( profile ), 27 Aug, 2009 @ 05:30pm

    but mike...

    isnt the palm pre the more scarce good? the one good they have the most control over because it's tangible? shouldnt they give away free apps? since it's the least controlled aspect of the goods? (as far as the old, digital vs tangible goods) I agree the service itself could be considered a scarce good as well but why not just use the money from the phones and service plans to fund an "app store" that would be the one to beat?

    or was that the point you were trying to make until this idea cropped up? sure as a consumer $1 palm pre's sounds like a huge reason for anyone to consider sprint.. but wouldn't they do better to focus less on charging for things like metered data and digital downloads and charging more for things that actually cost a ton of money to produce? like a smartphone? also, I thought you were against loss leader mentality when it came to "compete with free" arguments

  • On the post: Blizzard To Korean Video Game Sports Assocation: How Dare You Promote StarCraft Without Paying Us!

    trench0r ( profile ), 04 Aug, 2009 @ 02:15pm

    I hate to say this

    But I think blizzard has every right to sell their products how they choose, I think they are a bit misguided at times (as some said in other comments, probably activision's influence) but the core company has brought us great games in the past, and continue to run World of Warcraft, a ridiculously popular (and lucrative) offering, so if this country really is a free market, you can imagine they are quite confident they know what they are doing. IF this bites them in the ass, then perhaps they'll learn. (think spore/drm) otherwise some of you (in the comments) sound like parents trying to ban tv shows. Turn off your TV = Don't buy from Blizzard, if you don't like it, tough. You aren't entitled to have blizzard selling media in whatever format you think you deserve.

  • On the post: Biologic Drugs Likely To Get Separate 12-Year Monopoly Protection Beyond Patents

    trench0r ( profile ), 04 Aug, 2009 @ 07:08am

    formerly posting under the name "elduderino"

    anyway, mike, this is depressing, could you offer up more solutions in your posts? thanks

  • On the post: More Swedish ISPs Decide To Keep No Logs To Protect Users

    trench0r ( profile ), 29 Apr, 2009 @ 03:22pm

    viva le ipredator!

    let me pay for this already plz!!!!!!

    kkthx

  • On the post: Yet Another Journalism Professor Gets Nearly Every Fact Wrong In Saying Google Needs To Pay

    trench0r ( profile ), 20 Apr, 2009 @ 03:44pm

    the future

    I've got to hand it Mr. Masnick, concise critical analysis that is rarely matched in these dark days. Techdirt is my 3rd most frequented source of news / info, just after The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, and just before my local "news 13". (google it, hah!) I may sound like I live under a rock but I am not alone, I represent the future of America, young people are increasingly losing touch with aging editorials from a geriatric point of view. The young folks want info quick easy and free. In case Brinkley didn't get the hint, I prefer *CONCISE* *CRITICAL* *ANALYSIS* of the information, something I think puts The Daily Show and Techdirt in the same catagory, albeit they focus on different information, and Mr Stewart favors MUCH MORE in the way of satire and/or parody, his interview with Jim Kramer was, I'd say, quite scathing, as is this post's reponse.

    sorry for the wall of text folks, if you want the point it's this.

    it can all be summed up with my favorite quote from the movie No Country For Old Men

    "deserve's got nothing to do with it"

  • On the post: Don't Blame Google And Scribd For Your Own Business Model Problems

    trench0r ( profile ), 06 Apr, 2009 @ 01:34am

    takedowns

    boy content providers are sure quick with those takedown notices until google puts the smackdown on all their content... though I have to ask... I've seen the hyperlinks to the "complaints" the content providers are making and I don't see any DIRECT complaint about the takedown, just wild accusations about "abuse of power".. granted, a complaint about their content being taken down, but a weak one.. "google took its ball and went home it should be punished" is slightly different from "we demand our content be made available so we can be compensated"... I can see where you might infer that, I do too. but the fact of the matter is it isn't explicitly said.

    oh, and what google has done with all of this? brilliant! if they REALLY ARE saying "google is taking its ball and going home" then what they ARE REALLY saying is "google has all the power" which makes me happy on the inside.

    sure google is scary with all its power, but it seems to be (despite recent evidence) still on the side of the consumer and against the TRUE parasites: the content PROVIDERS who LEECH of the content PRODUCERS.

    granted this story is about news but hey, it reckon it still took one parasite to know another.

  • On the post: Just Add Diesel: How Unintended Consequences Rob Taxpayers Blind

    trench0r ( profile ), 04 Apr, 2009 @ 01:12am

    news... paper?

    speaking of unintended consequences, werent the paper companies JUST complaining about losing printed news...? or are those different paper companies?

  • On the post: Google Provides Numbers On Just How Often DMCA Takedown Process Is Abused

    trench0r ( profile ), 18 Mar, 2009 @ 09:30am

    flamers and trolls

    I now open the floor to those who would cry "anarchy" if such draconian laws were not in place

  • On the post: Boxee Routes Around Hulu Ban

    trench0r ( profile ), 06 Mar, 2009 @ 02:02pm

    please read, but also COMPREHEND the blog, thanks!

    >>"But, there seemed to be absolutely no legal reason to..."

    >>are you under the impression that because something might be legal you are obliged to >>include it in your business model ? !!!

    I believe that he's referring to the legality of monopolized content being discriminately offered.

    That is to say it raises the legal issue of whether or not this content IS monopolized to the point that CERTAIN "viewing options" are discriminated against arbitrarily (or worse).

  • On the post: EU Proposal Would Outright Ban BitTorrent Sites, Make ISPs Copyright Cops & Use 3 Strikes

    trench0r ( profile ), 02 Feb, 2009 @ 07:58pm

    holy crap

    blizzard uses a bittorrent style to distribute its patches and stuff

  • On the post: Intellectual Ventures Gets Transmeta Patents

    trench0r ( profile ), 02 Feb, 2009 @ 10:56am

    save our souls

    ... --- ... (thats SOS in morse code for you techies

    it's also a call to anyone who can save us from such legally endorsed idiocy

  • On the post: Microsoft Claims Patent Holder Got A Job At Microsoft To Get Info Used In Patent Lawsuits

    trench0r ( profile ), 02 Feb, 2009 @ 06:13am

    illegal?

    corporate espionage? is this somehow illegal?

  • On the post: Gears Of War DRM Makes It Unplayable As Of Yesterday

    trench0r ( profile ), 01 Feb, 2009 @ 09:36am

    ummmmmmmmmm

    guess i'm a little late but.... seems like if the publisher is recommending customers set their pc clock back.... arent they inducing circumvention? sue them.

  • On the post: Wishing For A Mental Rewind Button

    trench0r ( profile ), 28 Jan, 2009 @ 06:52am

    REALLY???????

    now I'm just a former janitor trying to make it in the ivory tower lately... but come on people... how hard is it to pay attention? I'm shocked and apalled, normally I agree with just about everything that's said on techdirt and I can see the consumerism rampant in the comments too. But this is beyond ridiculous. I said it before and I'll say it again. Pay attention! It's really quite simple. Have we really become the mtv generation we were warned about so many years ago? Can we not even have brief conversations and retain that knowledge without a "hard copy"?

    If that's the case, why are we all so AGAINST wire tapping? the government has been trying to help us all out and we didn't even know it!!! I bet there are plenty of archived conversations at the FBI, CIA, NSA, etc.

    Oh wait, all of the sudden nobody wants their convos recorded anymore, right?

  • On the post: Wishing For A Mental Rewind Button

    trench0r ( profile ), 28 Jan, 2009 @ 05:09am

    really??

    I dunno if anyone ever reads my comments, they're usually sarcastic or at least very brief... but this time, in all seriousness, I don't wanna sound like my "dont go to wikipedia" professors, but... dude, mike, just pay attention, it's that simple.. you ask companies to do it all the time.. don't you?

  • On the post: Newspapers Again Thinking About Micropayments

    trench0r ( profile ), 19 Jan, 2009 @ 09:36pm

    micropayments

    "teeny tiny" "half a penny" "meter on the screen" HAH HAH HAH oh and by the way does this remind anyone else of when banner ad programs paid you to surf the net? we've come a long way baby...

  • On the post: Sex Offenders In Georgia Required To Hand Over Passwords… To Protect The Children

    trench0r ( profile ), 31 Dec, 2008 @ 09:36am

    establishment establishment, you always know whats best!

    hey I guess I should go ahead and get a jumpstart on handing over all my account names and passwords for everything I do online, including banking and work related accounts! after all, I've got nothing to hide, and one time my cousin's girlfriend's sister's babysitter had sex in front of her and if handing over my info can help stop that bad man from exposing himself to my cousin's girlfriend's sister, well sign me up!

    and hey I guess if the government misuses or accidently leaks my information, I'll just sue! it's the capitalist way!

    oh wait, can't sue the government, well.. I still think establishment always knows whats best!

    LEARN THE RULES!!!

  • On the post: EA Plays 'Guess The Serial Number' With Customers

    trench0r ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2008 @ 02:01pm

    Re: Re: Free Time

    > ... With 13,367,494,538,843,734,067,838,845,976,576 possible...

    with a limited number of installs I guess they can expect to sell that many copies...

  • On the post: Why Does The MPAA Get To Approve DVD Players?

    trench0r ( profile ), 03 Nov, 2008 @ 11:32pm

    Re: who needs a dvd player?

    > ...and that can be directly attributed to the satisfaction I get knowing the MPAA can't do squat about it.

    dude do you live in anarchyland? cause the laws in my country (united states)is that they bust you and sue you for like a bajillion bucks, do you actually read techdirt or just troll the comment sections?

  • On the post: EA Plays 'Guess The Serial Number' With Customers

    trench0r ( profile ), 03 Nov, 2008 @ 08:50pm

    hey can I guess my serial number even if I didn't purchase the game? after all it was THEIR suggestion, right?

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