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  1. Re:Leeching? You mean like what copyright literall on In World First, Danish Court Rules Stream-Ripping Site Illegal · · Score: 1

    You can self-distribute. It's easier than ever. But access to a good advertising budget is mutually beneficial for the distributor and content creator in most cases. Is not much different than a VC investing in a startup. They're doing nothing creative, but taking the majority of the financial risk - and then get the majority of the financial reward. The startup would likely never have made money at all without help to stay afloat.

  2. Re:Scam vs. Life Expectancy. on Half of ICOs Die Within Four Months After Token Sales Finalized (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    These aren't new businesses or business models. They bring nothing to the table, have no value proposition. They only exist to fuel speculation. Most startups at least try to do something. An additional coin is just something to throw money at and lose.

  3. Re:"Halfo of ICOs die within four months..." on Half of ICOs Die Within Four Months After Token Sales Finalized (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    An ICO is a short lived event by definition. It's the cryptocurrency that will live a few months after.

  4. Re: wtfc on New Microsoft Surface Hardware Is Arriving Tomorrow (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    And then they literally blocked the Rosetta software from running in newer OS versions, even ones that could probably still run it - making all legacy OS X software impossible to run.

  5. Re:This is a non-starter on Top Communications Union Joins Group Pushing for Facebook's Breakup (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Still existing? These are the blueprints for creating Baby Bells out of mother Facebook. If they are broken up as a monopoly, you still need a nationwide backbone to interoperate on and even spur new competitors.

  6. They own multiple communications networks, including WhatsApp and Instagram.

  7. I thought AT&T didn't allow modems on their network for things like that during their rein?

  8. Re:just cancel your account on Top Communications Union Joins Group Pushing for Facebook's Breakup (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Google (right now, presumably) does not run facial recognition software on the images and correlate the results. Facebook, however, probably has a windowless building somewhere with NSA computers tying it all together.

  9. Re:Potential Debcale on UK Wants An Electric-Vehicle Charger In Every New Home (thedrive.com) · · Score: 1

    Or, we find an energy storage mechanism that doesn't use a high voltage charger. This is extremely short-sighted. However, just having high voltage to the right place and done in a way that it could be accessed/upgraded easily would be a great idea. Just don't require the actual charger to be installed, because it will be obsolete far too quickly.

  10. Re:Anti-darwinism on Spiders Can Fly Hundreds of Miles Using Electricity (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Technically, that's just really hot arc plasma. The electricity itself is not visible.

  11. And France would own the copyright if one existed.

  12. The US doesn't recognize copyright for works made prior to the formation of Disney.

  13. Re:The stamp does not contain the replica of the s on Post Office Owes $3.5 Million For Using Wrong Statue of Liberty On a Stamp (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    The photo is a derivative work. It's the photographer who is really at fault for selling the photo without rights, but the photographer doesn't have deep enough pockets to bother suing. Though the entity eligible to sue the photographer is the USPS and they are happy to pay the settlement and keep the profits on the stamps they sold.

  14. Re:In Defense of Nero on Ask Slashdot: Why Do Popular Websites Add New Features So Sparingly? · · Score: 1

    And IMGBurn has been caught bundling with malware. If Nero was lean and worked well with modern hardware, I sure wouldn't pay $60, but I would pay $10 each for multiple home computers. I'd pay $40 for a portable edition I can take with me to a job site. An if I lost my license key, I'd just buy it again.

    They should have gotten rid of all but one or two developers and accepted a niche market - but never dump the core competencies, as there's not even a viable paid alternative to the freeware.

  15. Re:It's simple.... on Ask Slashdot: Why Do Popular Websites Add New Features So Sparingly? · · Score: 1

    If they're willing to let themselves be upgraded with Alexa tech, I hardly see the difference.

  16. Re:Because there's no need for it? on Ask Slashdot: Why Do Popular Websites Add New Features So Sparingly? · · Score: 1

    If it was a whitelist, then non-whitelisted characters would be filtered, not mangled. It's a bit inconsistent whether a non-ASCII character is rendered as random characters or hidden from view.

  17. Re:Because there's no need for it? on Ask Slashdot: Why Do Popular Websites Add New Features So Sparingly? · · Score: 1

    There's this subset of Unicode called ASCII. They support some of that.

  18. Re:Just Stop on MoviePass' New Business Plan Is To Charge You Whatever It Wants (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    They somehow thought that the gym membership model would work for them.

  19. Re:Just Stop on MoviePass' New Business Plan Is To Charge You Whatever It Wants (qz.com) · · Score: 2

    Buyer's remorse exists. Just because someone wanted to get out of the house and went to see a movie doesn't mean it was worth the price of admission.

  20. Re:errr on MoviePass' New Business Plan Is To Charge You Whatever It Wants (qz.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That's not what's scarce. It's VC funding that's scarce. The theater being too full to sell tickets is good news for MoviePass because they don't have to sell any more tickets.

  21. Re:Dont network your TV on How Smart TVs in Millions of US Homes Track More Than What's on Tonight (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    It's still only 480p. Not HD. The Wii hardware doesn't go above that.

  22. Was it really ad supported, though? They were training their voice model in return for providing a service. That's the origin point for Google's voice assistant, home devices and now operators.

  23. Re:Dont network your TV on How Smart TVs in Millions of US Homes Track More Than What's on Tonight (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    So in SD over analog cables? Seems like a waste.

  24. Re:Bought my TV in 2008 on How Smart TVs in Millions of US Homes Track More Than What's on Tonight (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    How do you set up WiFi without the remote?

  25. Re:Extension Cord? on 'Plugspreading' is an Abomination (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    No kidding. If there's any reason an insurance company will deny a claim, it's electrical equipment not rated by underwriters laboratories - that will almost certainly be in the policy fine print.