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• On the post: After 46 Years Of Unfulfilled Hype And Promises, Is Video Calling Finally Ready?

  

  Wesha ( profile ), 14 Jun, 2010 @ 11:40am

  I claim that video calling well NEVER catch on.
  
  Because...
  
  ...not seeing the other person is a BENEFIT, don't you get it?
  
  1) without video, it's easier to tell lies (to one's wife about where the person is; to a rejected applicant that "we will call you next week", etc etc etc);
  2) in about 90% of all calls, people just don't feel like being seen. Take me for example -- on most of the incoming calls I take, I'm not groomed, shaved, dressed, or all of the above; most of the outgoing calls, I make while on the loo (need to use that time for something useful, you know).

• On the post: Microsoft Discovers That Bribing People To Use Its Search Engine Didn't Work

  

  Wesha ( profile ), 07 Jun, 2010 @ 08:11am

  In fact, it has exactly the opposite effect...

  If you ever read Karen Pryor's "Don't Shoot the Dog", that's one of the methods for discouragement: first, reward the behavior [that you consider undesirable], and then gradually stop giving the reward. The subject's thinking is, "Why the hell should I continue the behavior if I'm no longer getting the reward for it?"

• On the post: Newspaper Publisher Defends Filing 22 Copyright Lawsuits Against Sites Who Copied Text… With Links Back

  

  Wesha ( profile ), 04 Jun, 2010 @ 12:03pm

  Gosh... I went to LVRJ.com to write a snarky remark, but then... in order to register, you need to provide them...
  
  * Full name
  * Email
  * Street address (optional)
  * ZIP code
  * Birth date
  
  Thought police, anyone? Post something they don't like, and the partyvan is on the way...
  
  (note 1: Geneder (inferred from name) + ZIP + DOB = 87% identification rate)
  
  (note 2: Of course, everybody lies on the internet. Or should, at least.)

• On the post: Smart: Graduating As Valedictorian Of An Ivy League School; Not Smart: Plagiarizing Part Of Your Speech From A Famous Comedian

  

  Wesha ( profile ), 25 May, 2010 @ 04:14pm

  Jokes are SUPPOSED to be retold by ordinary people, dammit! It's not like the student was pulling off a paid comedy routine. :-b

• On the post: Lady Gaga Says No Problem If People Download Her Music; The Money Is In Touring

  

  Wesha ( profile ), 24 May, 2010 @ 11:54am

  Wow! I would have never guessed that she has common sense. I think I need to start respecting her.

• On the post: Can We Please Put The 'Amateur Brain Surgeon' Strawman To Rest?

  

  Wesha ( profile ), 21 May, 2010 @ 05:33pm

  At least citizen journalists fact check...

• On the post: Class Action Lawsuit Launched Against Google, Because Some Woman Didn't Secure Her Own WiFi

  

  Wesha ( profile ), 20 May, 2010 @ 11:02am

  Re: Re:

  Just not ALL the time.

• On the post: Entertainment Industry Gets Politicians To Advertise File Sharing Sites

  

  Wesha ( profile ), 20 May, 2010 @ 11:01am

  Why has nobody mentioned the Streisand Effect yet?

• On the post: Some Final Stats On The Humble Indie Bundle

  

  Wesha ( profile ), 20 May, 2010 @ 10:40am

  Re: Re:

  "Optimist thinks the glass is half full.
  Pessimist thinks the glass is half empty.
  Engineer thinks the glass is twice as large as was necessary."

• On the post: Some Final Stats On The Humble Indie Bundle

  

  Wesha ( profile ), 20 May, 2010 @ 10:38am

  And the obligatory...

  "But it only works for [insert adjective here] developers!"

• On the post: Google Admits It Was Accidentally Collecting Some Open WiFi Data

  

  Wesha ( profile ), 14 May, 2010 @ 04:51pm

  I run an open wifi network, and I certainly do collect and store the packets poor chaps are sending through. I have a good excuse though, anybody who tries to connect is first of all redirected to a webpage with a huge warning: "THIS IS A PRIVATE NETWORK AND BY USING IT YOU AFFIRM THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THE OWNER MAY COLLECT AND STORE ALL THE DATA YOU SEND". :-b

• On the post: People Start Noticing That The Web Competes With iPad Apps

  

  Wesha ( profile ), 14 May, 2010 @ 03:05pm

  Dear publishers,

  welcome to the real world

• On the post: Tipping Point? Quarter Of All Homes Have Totally Abandoned Landlines

  

  Wesha ( profile ), 13 May, 2010 @ 04:45pm

  Re:

  Two words: Naked DSL.

• On the post: Amazon Spying On Your Ebook Highlighting

  

  Wesha ( profile ), 11 May, 2010 @ 02:41pm

  There's No Such Thing As An Anonymized Dataset.

• On the post: EA Continues To Piss Off Lots Of Customers By Trying To Block Used Market With Single Use Codes

  

  Wesha ( profile ), 11 May, 2010 @ 02:36pm

  Re: Re:

  Hint: it's PROFIT that REALLY matters, not REVENUE as media might have taught you.
  
  Captain Obvious adds: profit = revenue - expenses

• On the post: EA Continues To Piss Off Lots Of Customers By Trying To Block Used Market With Single Use Codes

  

  Wesha ( profile ), 11 May, 2010 @ 01:26pm

  Re:

  Yeah, I just donated them another $50 for that (my first donation for the bundle was $10).

• On the post: Humble Indie Bundle Keeps Getting Better, Exceeding Expectations

  

  Wesha ( profile ), 10 May, 2010 @ 03:01pm

  You certainly are new here.

  , it turns out that Radiohead made much more money from this experiment than from their previous album. Some firsthand stats. If that's a dumb move, make me a thousand of those.

• On the post: Humble Indie Bundle Keeps Getting Better, Exceeding Expectations

  

  Wesha ( profile ), 10 May, 2010 @ 02:56pm

  Mike, you're misisng one more important point here.
  
  THE TOP CONTRIBUTIONS BOARD.
  
  I, for one, am really tempted to pay $1001 to get on the top (I can afford it =^.^=)
  
  And, since I started watching it, a few guys already paid "more than the other guy" to displace some (lesser ones) of the top 10.
  
  So it's not only feeling good for donating, but recognition/bragging rights, too. It's one of the drivers, you know?

• On the post: As More Services Move To The 'Cloud' What Does It Mean For IT Security?

  

  Wesha ( profile ), 04 May, 2010 @ 02:10pm

  "If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be putting it in the cloud."
  
  -- Eric Schmidt, paraphrased.

• On the post: Middle School Principal Tells Parents To Ban Facebook And Spy On Text Messages

  

  Wesha ( profile ), 29 Apr, 2010 @ 01:45pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  Yeah! Big pal. Or even better, Big Brother.

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