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• On the post: How Amanda Palmer Built An Army Of Supporters: Connecting Each And Every Day, Person By Person

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 04 May, 2012 @ 01:55pm

  The value of fans

  I were in music, writing, art, etc. a day wouldn't go by where I would be blown away by fans like that.
  
  I totally get that some people are shy, introverted, and find it hard or are not interested in finding ANY way of making that kind of connection with people. On the other hand, look what that connection can do!

• On the post: Nobody Cares About The Fixed Costs Of Your Book, Movie, Whatever

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 04 May, 2012 @ 12:50pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: People do care

  As someone who loves books as a physical artifact, I still like and buy ebooks for the reasons you mentioned. I only have so much room for stuff in my house, and I'm pretty sure my wife would smother me in my sleep if I ran out of shelf space in the computer room (I'm about 75% capacity on my 6 ft bookcases) and insisted on being able to start putting books in other rooms of the house just because I think they look impressive on the shelf.
  
  ebooks let me create two tiers of value on books that's helpful in my daily life:
  The bibliophile in me can buy the physical copies of the books I genuinely intend to keep because they're great repeat reads, they look pretty, etc.
  
  The reader in me can get ebooks to have easy access to public domain titles, and books I'm willing to pay for to read, but don't want to have to worry about the space taken up by one.more.paperback.

• On the post: FBI Stops Yet Another (Yes Another) Of Its Own Terrorist Plots; This Time: Anarchists!

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 02 May, 2012 @ 01:40pm

  Re:

  Then what?
  
  Most likely scenario:
  
  Everyone involved points a finger at each other. A Congressional inquiry will be made where loud voices will be spoken, and more fingers pointed. A mid-high level functionary will be forced to resign into an executive level position with a security or defence company. The government claims immunity from prosecution as the culprit was a terrorist anyway (that they created the terrorist is beside the point), so no restitution is made for the victims.

• On the post: Breivik, The Press And The Ongoing Myth Of The 'Violent Gamer'

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 25 Apr, 2012 @ 08:31am

  Re: Re: Re: Lets Stop Other Popular WAR Games Also

  Is that why I have this terrible urge to conquer Australia?

• On the post: Why Do Copyright Industry Profits Get To Be The Yardstick For Civil Liberties?

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 13 Apr, 2012 @ 01:59pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  What Marcus said, then again, you really think that downloading Avatar is worse than murder?
  
  I'm only saying that because if someone is accused of murder, the cops would still need a warrant to search a suspects belongings and property, you know, a process that would make sure that there's a real reason to root through your stuff and your privacy.
  
  If CISPA were the law of the land, such procedures would not be necessary in regard to your digital belongings. The best way this makes sense in my mind is if infringment was worse than murder. A crime so foul that one's rights as a citizen don't matter.

• On the post: Why Do Copyright Industry Profits Get To Be The Yardstick For Civil Liberties?

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 13 Apr, 2012 @ 01:32pm

  Re:

  I wonder if they've registered at Target yet?
  
  I tried to be a little more thoughtful and sent them my digital copy of an 1871 book about Russian Embroidery. The MPAA notified Homeland Security, and now I'm serving 30 to life.

• On the post: Why Do Copyright Industry Profits Get To Be The Yardstick For Civil Liberties?

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 13 Apr, 2012 @ 01:20pm

  Re:

  If the activity is clearly unlawful, why are more measures needed? More importantly, why do the measures have to be so broad as to fundamentally affect how valuable technologies work (SOPA and the internet), or outright violate our liberties (CISPA, and the 4th Amendment)?
  
  Perhaps even more importantly, if these measures are the best solutions our lawmakers have to offer, maybe the laws that prohibit these activities are too broad or no longer relevant.

• On the post: Paramount's Post-SOPA 'Outreach' To Law Students About 'Content Theft' Still Shows An Out Of Touch Operation

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 11 Apr, 2012 @ 02:41pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  - You're looking at now sir. Everything that's happening now is happening now.
  - What happened to then?
  - We passed then.
  - When?
  - Just now.
  
  I seriously think that scene ranks with "Who's on First", which is timeless in its hilarity, as comedic dialog. Whoever wrote it deserves a medal.

• On the post: No, Violating Your Employer's Computer Use Policy Is Not Criminal Hacking

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 11 Apr, 2012 @ 12:01pm

  Salting the Wound

  I've always thought that it was just tacky to do it. Isn't it enough that you can fire someone if you tell an employee how work software and hardware uses are allowed, but the employee abuses/misuses it?
  
  Sending a tasteless joke via email can certainly be grounds for dismissal, but unless it's hiding or distributing malware, there no hacking involved at all.

• On the post: No, Violating Your Employer's Computer Use Policy Is Not Criminal Hacking

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 11 Apr, 2012 @ 11:34am

  We construe criminal statutes narrowly so that Congress will not unintentionally turn ordinary citizens into criminals.
  
  Ahh, so that's why Congress is now writing criminal statutes so broadly. I see now!

• On the post: Guy Loses Probation Because Court Decides That Facebook & MySpace Are 'Electronic Bulletin Boards'

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 05 Apr, 2012 @ 12:39pm

  Re:

  I think it's pretty clear that Facebook would be the type of site that he should have stayed away from, because it covers or is the modern equivalent to the listed banned activities. Then again, since most websites include those functions to some degree a little guidance should be given. Should the fact that Amazon has a forum function make it a disallowed site?

• On the post: Guy Loses Probation Because Court Decides That Facebook & MySpace Are 'Electronic Bulletin Boards'

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 05 Apr, 2012 @ 12:32pm

  Re:

  Hey, I'm from ND!
  
  There's no doubt we're more modern than Arizona.

• On the post: Storytelling, Truth And Consequences

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 28 Mar, 2012 @ 02:45pm

  Re: Joel Coen has a good quote about this

  Huh, this must why I feel like I've seen more horror/thriller movie trailers with "Based on True Events" statements tacked on them.
  
  I for one buy it. I'm pretty sure a young lady spending the night alone in an older house has happened at least once.

• On the post: Canadian Real Estate Agents: Without Us, Poor Homeowners Would Be Getting Attacked And Killed

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 22 Mar, 2012 @ 10:49am

  "The real estate website is to the realtor as the VCR was to the movie industry as the Boston Strangler was to the woman at home alone!"
  
  - Von Palmer

• On the post: Parent Claims 'Ender's Game' Is Pornographic; Teacher Who Read It To Students Put On Temporary Leave

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 22 Mar, 2012 @ 06:25am

  Re: Wtf???

  The closest closest thing I can think of is the fight between Ender and Bonzo in the shower*.
  
  Yeah, they're in a public shower, so there's no clothes.
  But they were showering.
  Then there was a fight.
  And Ender accidentally (Or does he?) kills Bonzo.
  
  As is sometimes the case, this claim of obscenity makes me wonder more about the accuser. They simply had to be going out of their way to find something that wasn't there.
  
  *Being that this books is over 20 years old now, I consider the spoilers limitation null and void.

• On the post: From Lori Drew To Dharun Ravi, Punishing People Based On Others' Suicides Is A Mistake

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 20 Mar, 2012 @ 10:35am

  Re: Re: Criminal intent

  I will say that it's one thing to know it, and another thing to not consider it in the act.
  
  There was interesting article about it in National Geographic a few months ago. Young adults are wired to wieght actions and consequences in a different way then when one is older. Looking before leaping is essentially a part of being young.

• On the post: This American Life Retracts Entire Episode About Apple Factories After Mike Daisey Admits To Fabricating Parts Of The Story

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 16 Mar, 2012 @ 02:12pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  Eh, not missing the point. Heck this proves my point
  
  Since the story behind the original is no longer valid it became a whole new article. An article that is up for the same scrutiny as any other.

• On the post: This American Life Retracts Entire Episode About Apple Factories After Mike Daisey Admits To Fabricating Parts Of The Story

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 16 Mar, 2012 @ 01:52pm

  Re:

  So, Mike... are you a journalist, or just a storyteller?
  
  5/10 Bold New Troll!
  
  Novel attempt to conflate a dramatic monologist with the writer/editor of a website where:
  - The articles link to sources.
  - Open discussion of those sources are allowed by enrolled and anonymous posters.
  - Updates/Retractions are openly and clearly made, when necessary.

• On the post: This American Life Retracts Entire Episode About Apple Factories After Mike Daisey Admits To Fabricating Parts Of The Story

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 16 Mar, 2012 @ 01:46pm

  Consider me among those who feel pretty burned. Sweatshops still exist and with sweatshops come sweatshop conditions, no matter how clean or shiny the interiors or exteriors.
  
  It doesn't excuse dramatic license, though. I think in all reality the truth would have been provocative enough.

• On the post: No, Saying Musicians Must 'Add Value' Does Not Mean Music Has No Value

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 16 Mar, 2012 @ 11:33am

  Re: Re: Re: I'm on Castle's side. 100%

  Work smarter, not harder?

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