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• On the post: Forget Attention Deficit Disorder, Has The Internet Created Attention Surplus Order?

  

  Wifezilla ( profile ), 25 Jan, 2007 @ 12:03pm

  Errrr

  Huh? What did you say? I wasn't paying attention....

• On the post: Judge Lets RIAA Sue XM For Daring To Let People Record Music Off The Radio

  

  Wifezilla ( profile ), 20 Jan, 2007 @ 12:07pm

  Off to the store

  I think it's time to just start wearing the puffy shirt, the eye patch and getting a parrot.
  
  I tried to be nice and pay for my stuff but you are making it too hard for me to be legit.
  
  The more hoops I have to jump through and the more likely I am to tell you where to stick said hoops and just do what I want.

• On the post: HarperCollins Continues To Focus On Digitizing Books; But Still Having Trouble Letting Go Of Control

  

  Wifezilla ( profile ), 12 Jan, 2007 @ 10:22am

  Thanks!

  Thanks for the lead. I am off to the free library :D
  
  Now, if I could only find an ebook reader that didn't cost a fortune and have a lot of useless features, I would be happy.

• On the post: Going Viral For The Sake Of Going Viral Not Such A Good Idea

  

  Wifezilla ( profile ), 09 Jan, 2007 @ 06:59pm

  Re: oh, don't i know...

  ...and sometimes great marketing ideas are mangled and destroyed by committees and "executives" who have pulled their ties a little too tight for too many years.
  
  Nothing destroys a good idea like someone out to justify their job by messing up yours.

• On the post: Eli Lilly Doesn't Want Incriminating Documents Linked From A Wiki

  

  Wifezilla ( profile ), 09 Jan, 2007 @ 12:06pm

  So sad....

  The sad part is that despite the side effects, Zyprexa is really a fantastic medication. Many people would be institutionalized if it were not for its fast-acting anti-psychotic effects.
  
  Maybe the people at Eli Lily should start taking their own medicine. Hummm.....

• On the post: Movie Download Sites Fail Because They Don't Have Enough DRM?

  

  Wifezilla ( profile ), 04 Jan, 2007 @ 01:36pm

  Consumers aren't stupid enough

  Consumers can be boneheads at times, but apparently we aren't dumb enough to buy movies that are impossible to use and cost more than ones we can buy at Walmart.
  
  I guess we need to dumb down the schools more so these places can succeed with their "let charge more for a movie that we don't have to burn to DVD, print packaging for, and ship. People will buy that! It is working so well for ebooks, right?" business model.
  
  Oh yeah. FIRST!

• On the post: Poor People Need The $100 Laptop Because It Can, Like, Do Stuff

  

  Wifezilla ( profile ), 02 Jan, 2007 @ 05:09pm

  It could be useful....but...

  Without an internet connection I don't see how someone in an impoverished country could really make the most of a laptop. WITH the internet, they can finally get real news instead of the crap fed to them by their corrupt governments. They coud communicate andparticipate in the free exchange of ideas...something they are denied.
  
  SO what are the odds of the people who need it actually getting it in their hands??

• On the post: Nintendo Wii Not For the Wiik

  

  Wifezilla ( profile ), 01 Dec, 2006 @ 12:37pm

  Re: It's more fun

  It IS way more fun. We spent Thanksgiving playing Wii bowing and were in more pain from laughing so damn hard than we were from the elbow strain.

• On the post: E-Books Now Easy On The Eyes, But Still Not This Year's Hot Gift

  

  Wifezilla ( profile ), 27 Nov, 2006 @ 08:38pm

  They just don't get it

  People who like to read and would love to have such a device are also not very likely to fall for overpriced gimmicks...them having brains and all.
  
  I would LOVE an ebook reader...for around the same price as an iPod shuffle...along with book prices that reflect the fact that you don't have to employ an entire team of graphic professionals (from pre-press through bindrey and shipping) to create an ebook.
  
  People who read usually aren't stupid, and it looks like banking on stupids is Sony's main business plan.

• On the post: Canadians Say Please Tax Our Blank CDs Even More

  

  Wifezilla ( profile ), 01 Sep, 2006 @ 09:01am

  CD's?

  With access to 3 iPods and 3 separate FM transmitters, I haven't used a CD in 3 years. DVD's...yeah, but DC's are right up their with cassette tapes in my book.

• On the post: Copy Protection Killing The Promotional Value Of Content

  

  Wifezilla ( profile ), 17 Aug, 2006 @ 08:12am

  Flashback

  Uhhh...anyone here young enough to remember a band called "The Grateful Dead?"
  
  Giving away music for free helped them build a multi-million dollar empire.
  
  Before the days of digital music, they let people plug their tape decks DIRECTLY IN TO THEIR SOUND BOARD during concerts!

• On the post: MTV Still Looking To Become The MTV Of The Internet

  

  Wifezilla ( profile ), 10 Aug, 2006 @ 07:44pm

  Re: OMGwhattodo!!!!

  "A lot of people do not even seem to know it is possible to hook up your tv to your pc."
  
  20 years ago when I hooked up my cable to the stereo, people acted like I was a voodoo priestess practicing the black arts.

• On the post: Newspapers' New Internet Strategy Just More Of The Same

  

  Wifezilla ( profile ), 14 Jul, 2006 @ 02:24pm

  ??

  "at least the newspapers have standards"
  :::snort::: good one
  
  My husband and I hated local papers so much we started our own. And we are growing...expanding...and our subscription price? FREE!
  
  We have a radical business model though. We print articles about things that people are interested in! We find local people, events and stories to report. We don't just regurgitate things off the wire.
  
  A lot of papers wont even print news about local small buisnesses because they want them to buy ad space only. News is news...trying to get someone to pay you to print it sucks.
  
  If newspapers die, it is because greed and stupidity killed them.

• On the post: Jeff Goldblum Needs To Teach Hollywood Honchos About Chaos

  

  Wifezilla ( profile ), 05 Jul, 2006 @ 05:13pm

  Go live!

  I am spending more of my entertainment dollar seeing live shows, plays and performances.
  
  The more Hollywood tries to bore us to death, the more community theaters benefit.