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• On the post: Man Gets $37,500 Payout After Field Drug Test Says Donut Crumbs Are Methamphetamines

  

  DaveL ( profile ), 31 Oct, 2017 @ 12:46pm

  Cheap test kits

  The article ( and several of the comments here ) imply that part of the problem is the cheap test kits. Just curious, is there a "more expensive" test kit that gives better reliability? Or are all of the field test kits about the same and therefore the cops are choosing the cheapest one (i.e. $2/test )

• On the post: Case Dismissed: Judge Throws Out Shiva Ayyadurai's Defamation Lawsuit Against BestNetTech

  

  DaveL ( profile ), 07 Sep, 2017 @ 09:08am

  Congratulations everyone at TD.... that's the best news I've heard all week...

• On the post: Light Bulb DRM: Philips Locks Purchasers Out Of Third-Party Bulbs With Firmware Update

  

  DaveL ( profile ), 14 Dec, 2015 @ 11:22am

  Re: Aaaaaand .. queue the lightbulb jokes

  Q: How many Phillips executives does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
  A: 2, but don't ask me how they get in there...

• On the post: Light Bulb DRM: Philips Locks Purchasers Out Of Third-Party Bulbs With Firmware Update

  

  DaveL ( profile ), 14 Dec, 2015 @ 11:25am

  Other way around

  One question, I understand that the Phillips bridge controller now won't talk to non-Phillips bulbs, but will the Phillips Hue bulbs still talk to non-Phillips controllers?
  
  I know this is shocking, but there ARE other controllers out there...

• On the post: Stupid Copyright Licensing Tricks Strike Again: NBC Can't Show Viral SNL Pandora Intern Clip

  

  DaveL ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2012 @ 06:04am

  AAAannnddd.... it's gone from eBaum's world...

• On the post: Craigslist Quietly Begins Testing The Feature It Sued PadMapper For Adding

  

  DaveL ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2012 @ 06:57am

  Patented...

  I'm sure PadMapper patented some of their idea and will return the favour on Craigslist by suing them back for infringement.

• On the post: UCF Student Makes Class Registration Easier; Receives Academic Probation For His Troubles

  

  DaveL ( profile ), 07 Aug, 2012 @ 01:13pm

  Re: Re:

  They want to know what he did so they can do it and then take all the credit when its done some time next decade.

  
  
  What he needs to do is write up the design spec for his system and then file for a USPTO patent on it. Then he can turn around and sue the University if they use his idea.
  
  Isn't that how it's supposed to work?

• On the post: Microsoft Continues To Get Companies To Pay It For Non-Microsoft Software

  

  DaveL ( profile ), 25 Jul, 2012 @ 01:37pm

  Jealous?

  I think you're just jealous Mike...
  
  You just need to figure out how to get the Slashdot guys to pay YOU every time someone visits their site.

• On the post: Final Stats On Heartland Payment Systems Class Action: $1,925 To 11 People, $600k To Lawyers

  

  DaveL ( profile ), 09 Apr, 2012 @ 12:59pm

  And?

  While I do agree with the problem, it would be nice if you would at least suggest a solution to the problem? How do we get law firms interested enough in going up against a large corporation if there isn't some reward for them?

• On the post: Lady Gaga's Manager Would Like To Give Her Next Album Away For Free… If He Could

  

  DaveL ( profile ), 26 Sep, 2011 @ 02:19pm

  Ummm..

  Is this the same Lady Gaga manager that threatened Weird Al with copyright infringement if he released a parody song to "Born This Way"? If some, I somehow doubt his motives here.

• On the post: Well, That Was Fast: Sony's New PSN System? Hacked!

  

  DaveL ( profile ), 18 May, 2011 @ 01:12pm

  haiku (so maybe Sony will understand)

  My dearest Sony,
  Obvious fail on this one,
  Karma is a bitch...
  
  *giggle*

• On the post: FCC Planning To Crack Down On Cellular & GPS Jamming Devices

  

  DaveL ( profile ), 10 Feb, 2011 @ 06:56am

  Re: Private Property

  There are some good passive systems to restrict use of wireless devices on your private property. A fine wire mesh installed in the walls (think metal screen door material) and then grounded properly. A Faraday cage if you will.
  
  The active jammers they are talking about in the article don't necessarily stop at your property line and are something completely different in my opinion.

• On the post: Democrats Are From Cablevision & Republicans Are From Fox In Retransmission Fee Dispute?

  

  DaveL ( profile ), 20 Oct, 2010 @ 06:11am

  Re: Re: Tis the order of things...

  It's only fair... the conservatives have Fox and the liberals have CNN...

• On the post: Video Game Exec Claims Used Games 'Cheat' Developers

  

  DaveL ( profile ), 25 Aug, 2010 @ 12:57pm

  Uh... wait...

  We've seen it again and again and again

  
  
  Is it just me, or does the 2nd "again" and the 3rd one link to the same article?

• On the post: Bill Would Extend DMCA-Style Takedowns To 'Personal Info'

  

  DaveL ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2010 @ 09:11am

  copyright facts?

  Weird... I thought copyright only applied to creative works? But "personal information" should fall under facts. Can you claim copyright to facts?

• On the post: UK Commission Suggests Taxing Google To Prop Up Newspapers

  

  DaveL ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2010 @ 09:03am

  Reagan was right

  Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
  -- Ronald Reagan

• On the post: Insult To Injury: Mandelson Wants Those Wrongly Kicked Off The Internet To Pay To Appeal

  

  DaveL ( profile ), 28 Jan, 2010 @ 06:46am

  Just guessing but...

  I'm guessing that if this goes into law, Peter Mandelson is going to be "accused" of a lot of copyright violations. What do you bet?

• On the post: Simon Cowell's Confusion: YouTube Should Pay; YouTube Helped Sell Millions Of Albums

  

  DaveL ( profile ), 16 Dec, 2009 @ 12:27pm

  wait...

  Well... another way to interpret what he said might be in order...
  
  I think he realized that YouTube made money (page hits = $$ ) off the Susan Boyle video as well and that in the future, he might find a way to monetize that by making YouTube (or something similar) pay him for that. But as it is now, he's glad to let YouTube promote his upcoming talent.

• On the post: SPARC No Fun At All; Threatens SparkFun

  

  DaveL ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2009 @ 08:34am

  Well... once again... a worthless law suit has provided some free marketing. I didn't know SparkFun existed, but now that I do I've got some ordering to do. I found several things on their site I could use.

• On the post: Psst! Patent Examiners Do Not Scale

  

  DaveL ( profile ), 29 Feb, 2008 @ 11:22am

  Re:

  I patent the word "F1r5T"

  
  
  Prior Art:
  
  http://bonzairob.wordpress.com/2008/01/16/hello-world/

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