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  • On the post: What Is Ron Paul Thinking? Sues To Unmask Anonymous Internet Users

    Phillip ( profile ), 19 Jan, 2012 @ 01:20pm

    This is one of the few examples where I don't think this approach is stupid. Given that it's being talked about by both campaigns, this isn't something they're trying to hide so it doesn't matter if he draws attention to it. But what does matter is looking like he's only pretending to oppose it. The worst thing would be for people to think he's against it because he has to be but is secretly hoping his supporters will do more like this. His response to the earlier letters didn't go over very well.

    In this case the lawsuit itself (and any publicity it can bring) is a bigger goal than actually uncovering the person.

  • On the post: Netflix Exec Claims That Delaying Movie Rentals For A Month Benefits Customers

    Phillip ( profile ), 21 Jan, 2010 @ 10:24am

    I Like It...

    I think it could benefit me as a customer for a couple reasons. But it does depend on how they do it. First, I'm much more interested in streaming and this is supposed to get them more titles there. Second, I read that this was not only going to help with demand (I think that affect will be smaller) but will also allow them to get the discs cheaper and therefore in greater quantities. Which really will make it easier for me to get them. I really don't pay attention to the dates except when they show up on Netflix.

  • On the post: Warner Bros. Gets Netflix To Delay Movies; You Don't Save Your Business By Pissing Off Your Customers

    Phillip ( profile ), 07 Jan, 2010 @ 12:13pm

    Netflix User - Not Pissed

    I would much rather see everything online for streaming on Day 1 but I'm not really pissed about this at all. If it gets me more stuff available for streaming I'm happy. And to be honest, I don't pay attention to the release dates so I'll just get things when they become available.

    Though I suspect it will increase my downloading on the few I am in a hurry to see...

  • On the post: Complications Of Ownership Society: Family Claiming Rights To Spiderman Doesn't Seem To Have Created Spiderman

    Phillip ( profile ), 28 Sep, 2009 @ 02:43pm

    Common Sense

    I was actually thinking of Deadpool too. Common Sense, so rare it's a superpower. :)

  • On the post: Online Ad Rates Higher On Certain TV Shows Than TV Ad Rates

    Phillip ( profile ), 29 Jun, 2009 @ 11:27am

    Fox's Short Ad Breaks

    My understanding is that the shorter ad breaks on Dollhouse and Fringe was an experiment that failed in their minds. I think they're going to go back to the normal TV schedule for next season of Dollhosue at least.

  • On the post: Law To Ban Broadband Caps Moves Forward

    Phillip ( profile ), 15 Apr, 2009 @ 01:06pm

    Current Advertising Laws?

    I don't think we should need laws to stop them from capping it though personally I'd appreciate it if it stopped the cap on my own Internet access. But I do think they should be prevented from calling it unlimited. They should have to make it VERY clear that they're selling a capped product and charging $X for everything over that.

  • On the post: Should We Worry About A National CTO?

    Phillip ( profile ), 06 Nov, 2008 @ 07:10pm

    Other CTO Duties

    From what understood of the position (mostly from political blogs) the CTO was also going to be responsible for pushing the adoption of technologies that wouldn't necessarily be used by these agencies. For the most part these would be things that would fit under Obama's goals of transparency and efficiency like a greater use of blogs and wikis and such when appropriate. I also think he was going to be involved in projects like getting video (streaming?) of cabinet meetings online and making sure there's a forum for public comments on bills before the president signs them. That being said, I'm not sure where the lines of responsibility end because a lot of that came up under the general technology discussions.

  • On the post: Will Google Cultivate Its Virtual Worlds To Make Them Lively? Definitely

    Phillip ( profile ), 08 Jul, 2008 @ 11:11pm

    Installation

    It's not quite no-installation but it's a lot closer than things like Second Life and it's a whole lot faster and easier on the computer specs. At least what I've seen so far seems to be. It's also much easier to figure out though there were some things that weren't quite as intuitive as I'd like... But I'm assuming that'll get better with time.

  • On the post: Google Users Want Yahoo Even More Than Sex?

    Phillip ( profile ), 23 May, 2006 @ 12:04am

    Location, Location, Location...

    Google users expect to find Yahoo on the Internet more than they expect to find sex there. At least I hope that's the case?