Its really a surprise to see a big company, especially one who defends it trademark rigorously, step up to the plate like this and try to make some good out of a bad situation. I absolutely respect Fluke for this.
I might even consider using their products, in the past, they've never been on my radar, most because of price, but now, I may reconsider that mindset.
Not that it really matters, Dennis Hopper died on March 39th, 2010. If Dish filed for the trademark in 2011, Mr. Hopper was long since pushing up daisies....
Its not enough to just post an article about the bullshit attempts of law enforcement at violating the rights of a citizen.
No, Tech Dirt had to make sure and post the portions of her facebook post that included the phone numbers of both the police chief and the city attorney. Lets take this so called harassment and intimidation of public officials to a national (potentially international) level.
You gotta love it, keep up the good work!
And considering how many other news sites run stories based on TD's work, this story will be read by potentially millions in no time flat, I'll bet these small town backwoods cops haven't even began to feel the fallout of their douchbaggery...
This could prove to be very interesting in the long run. They could be in the process of seriously kneecapping themselves should they decide to seriously go after someone for infringement and request high statutory damages. The defense can then easily argue that Warner Bros. has already placed a dollar value on infringement of their works, $20 a pop, it will be hard for them to claim higher dollar amounts in front of a jury.
Well, first off, if you get interference through your speakers when you place your phone near them, all that means is you have poorly shielded speaker wires.
Next, do you think the pilots turn their shit off? no they dont, I actually saw, in the cockpit of an Airbus A320, the pilot and co-pilot both, had their iphones velcro'd to empty spaces on the instrument panel.
And the story about a plane veering off course because of an iphone is complete and utter bullshit. The frequencies used by the iphone and GPS are too far apart in the spectrum to interfere with each other. Seriously, if that were the case iphones wouldnt have built-in GPS receivers as the device would be useless as a GPS because the iphone signal would constantly interfere with it.
And as for speculation that the iphone was interfering with the electronics of the GPS receiver on the aircraft not the signal itself is also absolute bullshit. If a $79 GPS device you can buy at walmart are built well enough to withstand intrinsic interference from other electronic devices, the $50k to $60k devices in commercial aircraft damn well better be capable of withstanding intrinsic interference.
I mean seriously, If the electronics on-board aircraft could be interfered with that easily, it would be a wonder that aircraft could even get off the ground. With the internal and complex electronics built in to aircraft, they would be their own worst enemy.
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A little confused...
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I'm actually surprised
I might even consider using their products, in the past, they've never been on my radar, most because of price, but now, I may reconsider that mindset.
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Chck your facts...
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This is why I love Tech Dirt
No, Tech Dirt had to make sure and post the portions of her facebook post that included the phone numbers of both the police chief and the city attorney. Lets take this so called harassment and intimidation of public officials to a national (potentially international) level.
You gotta love it, keep up the good work!
And considering how many other news sites run stories based on TD's work, this story will be read by potentially millions in no time flat, I'll bet these small town backwoods cops haven't even began to feel the fallout of their douchbaggery...
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Hmm... Only $20...
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Re: Re:
Next, do you think the pilots turn their shit off? no they dont, I actually saw, in the cockpit of an Airbus A320, the pilot and co-pilot both, had their iphones velcro'd to empty spaces on the instrument panel.
And the story about a plane veering off course because of an iphone is complete and utter bullshit. The frequencies used by the iphone and GPS are too far apart in the spectrum to interfere with each other. Seriously, if that were the case iphones wouldnt have built-in GPS receivers as the device would be useless as a GPS because the iphone signal would constantly interfere with it.
And as for speculation that the iphone was interfering with the electronics of the GPS receiver on the aircraft not the signal itself is also absolute bullshit. If a $79 GPS device you can buy at walmart are built well enough to withstand intrinsic interference from other electronic devices, the $50k to $60k devices in commercial aircraft damn well better be capable of withstanding intrinsic interference.
I mean seriously, If the electronics on-board aircraft could be interfered with that easily, it would be a wonder that aircraft could even get off the ground. With the internal and complex electronics built in to aircraft, they would be their own worst enemy.
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