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• On the post: Cable's Latest Great Idea: Speed Up Programs So They Can Stuff More Ads Into Every Hour

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 25 Feb, 2015 @ 07:39am

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  Are you saying that on BBC America the very first airing has no ad interruptions but later they do? I ask because in the UK The BBC's channels are completely ad free (everybody has to pay a licence fee) so programs originally aired in the UK tend to be 30 or 60 mins long - so they must have to cut them down to fit each hours adds in?

• On the post: As Blurred Lines Trial Starts, Take A Listen To The Special 'Copyright Only' Remix That Jurors Will Hear

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 25 Feb, 2015 @ 01:55pm

  I don't agree with Gaye Estate's or the law suit but.. Mike, you say "they certainly sound quite different"
  
  No actually they sound very, very similar. I know that's not the point legaly but if you play both together at the same time (soundcloud won't let you - I downloaded both and played them through DJ mixing software) they match perfectly.
  
  Bass rhythm, overall key, voice - in pitch and overall style, quick rapid short chord changes that match in key and changes. Even the the mid-range organ bassline matches, in timbre, sound and rhythm.
  
  The two tunes played together overall sounds like that rare two records that are a mix DJ's dream - It's like they were designed to be play at the same time.
  
  Now before you all jump down my throat, remember I'm not on Gaye Estate's side in anyway. I'm just being objective ( I am a musician) but the fact is Blurred Lines is pretty much based on Got to Give it Up.
  
  I'm not saying it's wrong. But to say "they certainly sound quite different" is certainly wrong.

• On the post: Cable's Latest Great Idea: Speed Up Programs So They Can Stuff More Ads Into Every Hour

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 25 Feb, 2015 @ 07:33am

  You can pretty much guarantee that BBC show aired in the US will be cut, because in the UK the BBC's channels have no ads. So each program is generally 30 or 60 minutes (give or take a minute or so to introduce the next program, or announce a future BBC program)so because BBC America shows commercial ads it means the program wont fit - so they cut it. Every minute of ads on BBC America is a minute cut from the original episode. I would guess about 10-15 mins every hour?

• On the post: UK Intellectual Property Office Plays Up Imaginary 'Toxic' Claim In Grabbing Food Pretending To Be From Somewhere Else

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 19 Feb, 2015 @ 01:05pm

  Strange how the Gov.uk quoted seizure of "Coolex screenwash" doesn't seem to exist. Google it. There is nothing. The first hits are Gov.uk and then Techdirt. It doesn't exist.

• On the post: Reuters, Re/code Care So Very Much About 'Conversation' That They're Asking Commenters To Leave

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2015 @ 03:21am

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  Indeed. Karl used Gigaom as an example but to comment on there the first options - in order - are Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, WordPress and then Gigaom. And then as guest.

• On the post: There's Something Fishy With Katy Perry's Left Shark 3D Printing Takedown

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2015 @ 02:20am

  Re: I don't see it

  Your left mate. Come on, Left Shark is a legend. The "other" shark, the guy that actually did the dancing right is a loser. Kinda fucked up situation.

• On the post: There's Something Fishy With Katy Perry's Left Shark 3D Printing Takedown

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2015 @ 02:16am

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  I tried to "shake it off" to both Perry and Swift, it just wasn't working for me. Perhaps we need a Left Shark, Perry, Swift threesome

• On the post: Guardian, Salon Show How Keeping And Fixing News Comments Isn't Hard If You Give Half A Damn

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2015 @ 02:45am

  A good example is The MailOnline. Paul Dacre's horrible but strangely addictive Conservative - borderline racist cum soft-porn exercise in hypocrisy. It's the online paper everyone loves to hate but it's also the most viewed online paper in the world. I think the main reason for this is the reality open comment policy. Some pieces are openly moderated (personally I think they all are..but) My point is.. the news sucks. It really is bad, but the genius behind The Daily Mail is the comment system. Very simple - they allow all comments (as long as it doesn't go against the DM agenda at the time) and they just let the readers just fight it out - with a very clever "vote up - vote - down" It really is horrible, sometimes I feel ashamed to be a reader. But from an online business point of view, they really have it nailed down.

• On the post: There's Something Fishy With Katy Perry's Left Shark 3D Printing Takedown

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 06 Feb, 2015 @ 11:35am

  The model designer Fernando Sosa complied with the Shapeways cease and desist and is no longer selling it but he then uploaded the model file to Thingiverse available to download for free. Good for him.
  
  http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:667127

• On the post: Studios Fed Up With Funding The MPAA: Changes May Be Coming

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 06 Feb, 2015 @ 08:58am

  A good start would be taking a look a Chris Dodd`s $3.3 million a year pay cheque.

• On the post: British Army To Create 1500-Strong Social Media Propaganda Force

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 05 Feb, 2015 @ 06:48am

  Re: How long before they are turned against their fellow citizens?

  They already have the mainstream media and press for that.

• On the post: British Army To Create 1500-Strong Social Media Propaganda Force

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 05 Feb, 2015 @ 06:47am

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  In the UK they wouldn't dare. The serious papers have a hell of a lot of power, as much as in get the right papers on your side - you win the election.

• On the post: British Army To Create 1500-Strong Social Media Propaganda Force

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 05 Feb, 2015 @ 06:42am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  And Al Murray - Pub Landlord

• On the post: Stop Saying That The FCC Is 'Treating Internet As A Utility' — It's Not

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 05 Feb, 2015 @ 12:42pm

  Please stop saying that the FCC has any real relevance outside the US. Nobody else gives a shit.

• On the post: FBI Added Lulzsec Hactivist Jeremy Hammond To The Terrorist Watchlist A Year Before He Was Arrested

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 03 Feb, 2015 @ 04:19pm

  Asshole, yes. Terrorist, no.

• On the post: Tor Isn't A Child Porn Enthusiast's Best Friend, No Matter What The DOJ Claims

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 28 Jan, 2015 @ 08:28pm

  As someone who has built a not insubstantial criminal enterprise utilising the Post Office network - you know, letters and stuff. I say down with this TOR net web stuff.

• On the post: New Utah Law Instructs Cops To Seize Uninsured Vehicles

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2015 @ 08:10am

  Standard procedure in the UK. No insurance they impound it. Don't pay up within a given time the car gets crushed.

• On the post: MPAA Boss Chris Dodd Talks About Sony Hack & Free Speech… Ignoring How It Revealed MPAA's Plan To Undermine Free Speech

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 21 Jan, 2015 @ 10:27am

  Dodd stands-up for whatever he's paid to stand-up for.

• On the post: Help Create Some Neil deGrasse Tysonisms: Tautologically Meaningless Solutions To All The World's Problems

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2015 @ 08:50am

  Frequently using repetition in sentences? Solution there, stop repeating yourself.

• On the post: Moronic Swedish Collections Group Argues That A Car Stereo In A Rental Vehicle Is A Public Performance

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2015 @ 08:44am

  Not moronic just greedy.

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