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Member since July 18, 2005

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    Grinning Evil

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  1. Comment - EU Consumer Protection Targets iTunes

    (Mar 13, 2007 - 1:38 AM)

    To make everything interoperable would be to stifle competition... because by definition there could only be only one standard.

    To make everything interoperable we would need to all use the same operating system. Since Windows has the majority of the market - we should ban Linux, Mac OS, and the other straggles out there.

    We should ban HD DVD and BlueRay because they are not interoperable with the standard DVD player. Dang it, my new BMW just up and died because I filled it with diesel... return policy anyone?

    At some point the consumer needs to take some responsibility for the purchases they make. Government's role should be to prevent deceptive advertisement and Bible length EULAs... not to force conformity. In the end it is the consumer that pays for excessive regulation with overall higher prices.

    Does this mean I can get a refund on my online purchase of World of Warcrack?

  2. Comment - NTP Sues Palm for Patent Infringement

    (Nov 6, 2006 - 11:53 PM)

    Sycophants. Unfortunately Palm doesn't have the deep pockets to fund any sort of protracted legal battle. Palm's market cap is 1.48 billion... NTP scored almost half that from RIM in one settlement.

    Sony should have bough out Palm five years ago. I wonder if someone else will buy Palm now before it goes under.

  3. Comment - Skype Protocol Reportedly Cracked

    (Jul 14, 2006 - 10:15 PM)

    As for legality, if it is reverse engineered and not stolen, then it is legal. Compaq (remember that company kiddies?) locked a bunch of engineers in a room and reverse engineered IBM's PC back in the day to make the first PC clone.

    Question I want to ask is if this hadn't been done, wouldn't it have just been a matter of time before the EU fines Skype millions of dollars?

  4. Comment - Report: Apple Video iPod in September?

    (Jul 18, 2005 - 11:50 AM)

    Apple's turn to play catch-up... iAudio X5.