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  • On the post: Oregon: You Have To Pay Us To Explain The Laws To You

    Bnesaladur ( profile ), 20 Sep, 2009 @ 12:06pm

    Re: PrometheeFeu

    Except in Oregon you have to pay a copyright fee to listen to the Miranda Rights while being arrested, even if innocent. lol

    Seriously though, this is a good point. If you do not know the law or how it is applicable, how can you follow it? Not being aware of a law is not accepted an excuse in court. Citizens pay taxes. There they have covered royalty. This is completely bogus.

  • On the post: Is It Possible For Newspapers To Save Themselves?

    Bnesaladur ( profile ), 19 Sep, 2009 @ 01:51pm

    Nokia

    Dude, Nokia boots would kick ass and should be the official Rubber Boots of James Bond, complete with water/dust proof built in phone.

  • On the post: The Real Problem With The Google Book Settlement Isn't The Settlement, But Copyright Law Itself

    Bnesaladur ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2009 @ 01:45pm

    Hope?

  • On the post: Publicity Rights Of Dead People: Courtney Love Threatens Activision Over Kurt Cobain In Guitar Hero

    Bnesaladur ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2009 @ 01:40pm

    Publicity Rights: A law to prevent use of a image/phrase in a way that damages the credibility of said person/company.

    Trademark Rights: A law to prevent the use of a image/phrase in a way that damages the credibility of said person/company.

    Honestly, I really am not seeing a difference. Well maybe there is. One has the word Publicity and the other has Trademark. Other than that? Nope. Why waste valuable time on the hill.

  • On the post: The FCC, PTC And Bogus Indecency Counts

    Bnesaladur ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2009 @ 01:19pm

    These people complain about certain television broadcasts because they believe they might be offensive. They actually spend most of their time finding ways to prevent people from seeing these shows. They base their principles around the children, we cannot let them see this stuff, its bad.

    Mike, your response is: "Hopefully, the new administration and the new FCC recognizes this and stops trying to have the government act as a censor for a small group of people offended that people don't know how to use the "change channel" or "power off" features on their televisions."

    I get it, I do. In fact I agree. I would, however, take it further. What did you do as a kid? Watch TV all day? I doubt it. I know my parents did not even have a TV. My Dad worked on his parents farm and played outside. My mother played with her sisters. They raised me (I am 25 as of '09) to watch only limited television and allowed videogames on Wednesdays only. The rest of/majority of my time was spent playing outside, building stuff, helping my Dad around the farm, and helping my mother with cleaning. I do not regret any of my childhood, I had it good. I am not even close to being overweight, I am creative, I have a good family, and I have close friends.

    The thing is, we don't need television, it is a single (of many) form of entertainment and relaxation. Censorship in this case is pointless, if you do not like this particular style of wasting your spare time, pick another. If you insist on using television but do not like the options, get up off your lazy *** and create another option. Complaining will not fix it, it will merely get you different stuff to complain about.

    I waste my time playing video games and reading. See? More options.

  • On the post: Forrester Plan For 'Saving' The Music Industry: Annoying Windowed Releases?

    Bnesaladur ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2009 @ 12:57pm

    We use meltdown a lot and seem to fail to understand the connotations. A "meltdown" is actually a rapid EXPANSION. In nuclear physics the end result is a lack of the original resource. This problem is not really an issue in this case because we have no end of the original resource. Let it meltdown, thats the fastest way I know of to make something grow and since we have nearly an infinite supply there shouldn't really be an issue. It will grow, stabilize, and thrive.

  • On the post: Is It Identity Theft Or A Bank Robbery, Part II: Couple Sues Bank Over Money Taken

    Bnesaladur ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2009 @ 12:50pm

    I find this concept very convincing. Of course Identity Theft runs much deeper than this. Despite that, good point. Due to the deeper nature of this issue, though, perhaps this is a strong call to an all-out overhaul of how our identities are protected. "Bank Robbery" is not the only potentially damaging form of Identity Theft.

  • On the post: DRM Company: If You Think Patents Are Bad, You're Un-American

    Bnesaladur ( profile ), 11 Sep, 2009 @ 11:15am

    WTF

    I am going to patent parking lots, parkades, doors, doors on the front of a building, back doors, delivery doors, going to work, getting fired, patenting stuff, paper, and grass.

  • On the post: No, Technology Doesn't Replace Reporting… But Who Said It Did?

    Bnesaladur ( profile ), 11 Sep, 2009 @ 10:00am

    I agree, Twitter is not bad in that way. I think Twitter is stupid but that does not make it bad.

    Journalism is meant to convey themes. Enough themes together and you have a news source.

    Twitter can convey thoughts, enough thoughts together can convey a theme to be sure, but using twitter to write a story would be like buying single sheets of paper. It is possible but if any other method is available, it is immensely preferable. Perhaps buying a whole stack or writing a proper article.

    Twitter is not an anti-journalism device. It is good for conversation type stuff or taking notes, or other single thought stuff. Either way though, if it provided news better than journalism, so what? If that were the case sticking to journalism to avoid the better choice would seem to be somewhat unintelligent.

  • On the post: Sneakernet, Pigeonet And The Meaninglessness Of Judging Broadband By Silly Stunts

    Bnesaladur ( profile ), 11 Sep, 2009 @ 09:48am

    Not Meaningless, the uninformed will only see that a pigeon beat a DSL line. The rest is in fact irrelevant. A lot of people have little actual comprehension of the size of bits, bytes, kilobytes, megabytes or gigabytes. To them, and this is a huge part of your customer base, a pigeon beat a DSL line.

    Now, IDK if this was a advertisement stunt, but that also is irrelevant, this will cause people to switch. It would be the same with any other product, in which exact circumstances being met caused undesirable problems of mass proportion, despite how stupid that test may seem to those in the know. The end result being that those not in the know shy away from that product, failing to realize the unlikelihood or the fact that "they're rather meaningless."

  • On the post: Consumer Advocates In Germany Helping Those Accused Of File Sharing

    Bnesaladur ( profile ), 06 Sep, 2009 @ 09:17am

    suuuuure

    So, if I put a dollar on the street and attach a sign that says take me. Then I go and hide behind a park bench with a camera to see who complies and take pictures. I get sued for privacy infringement.
    If I, however; do the same thing online, I can sue them instead for taking what I offered? I can see it now, every free offering from M$ is now going to cost you a lawsuit. Now you can be sued for doing you updates, they are copy-protected and you forgot to call first to ask if you can do them today or not. How dare you download for free. Even though they tell you it is free. They, of course, being the people who hold the copyright. Draconian or not surely we have not fell this far.

  • On the post: UK IP Minister Defends Kicking People Off The Internet, As Rockstars Come Out Against It

    Bnesaladur ( profile ), 06 Sep, 2009 @ 09:04am

    Typo

    You spelt wining wrong, from what I hear it should be whining. The RIAA and MPAA seem to be doing a lot of that.

  • On the post: Even More Research: Technology Is Making Kids Better Writers, Not Worse

    Bnesaladur ( profile ), 05 Sep, 2009 @ 12:58pm

    MMO typing lessons

    In highschool I had typing class. 20 WPM was the minimum to pass, noone took the course seriously, especially the male members. We goofed around. We did as little as possible. Even the teacher had little thought about this particular course. I passed. I had 21WPM.

    After I graduated, too pass my time I started playing FFXI. I was a Black Mage. I made some friends, we chatted while playing. Thing was I didn't have a lot of time while fighting to talk, but I tried anyway. Cast spell, type something real quick, cast another spell, another spell, heal, type something, get up and cast. Talk to the people I was fighting with to coordinate, type something to a friend, cast a spell. It was dificult at first and seems a confusion, perhaps it was.

    I can type at 40WPM with one hand now. Not only has my speed doubled, I need half the hands. Sure I can use both, I am right now, but I can get by quite well with only one. The only experience I had at the time was MMO gaming. I had no other practice. MMO is internet.

  • On the post: Brill Gets More Delusional: Now Thinks 10 to 15% Of Online Newspaper Readers Will Pay

    Bnesaladur ( profile ), 02 Sep, 2009 @ 08:45am

    Not just delusional

    If you tell your top 10-15% of your readers that they need to pay, as in...

    "The idea is that a newspaper probably has 10 or 15 percent of its audience who are the most engaged, who come to that Web site all the time. Those are the people who will be asked to pay a small portion."

    He is saying the other 85-90% wont be asked for cash. I think your top 10-15% will suddenly consider themselves in the majority group.

  • On the post: Since When Is Sharing So Bad?

    Bnesaladur ( profile ), 19 Aug, 2009 @ 10:42am

    Re: Re: Re: Shortsighted

    LOLOLOL @ chris(comment#31)