hiroshimarrow’s Comments

• Mar 4th, 2019 @ 10:25am

  Time for Movie Night...

  on Scott Rudin Tries To Turn Mess Of Shutting Down Community Theater Shows... Into Publicity Stunt For His Own Show

  I think I will invite all my family over for a movie night of To Kill A Mockingbird. I wonder if he can stop my DVD from playing?

• Oct 20th, 2017 @ 11:13am

  Private or Public?

  on Lawyers: Trump's Twitter Account Not Presidential; Also: Trump Is President, Can't Be Sued
  Is twitter privately owned, or is there public capital invested in it?
  
  Shouldn't officials use publicly available services, instead of privately owned? Email should be run through the government services, so why does twitter have to be different?
• Jul 28th, 2017 @ 9:46am

  You're the government - just do it!

  on West Virginia Tries To Improve Broadband Competition, Incumbent ISPs Immediately Sue
  Why not use one of those nifty civil forfeiture things to claim the poles on the basis that it aided in piracy, then allow access to the poles as if it were a public property? Pole access problem fixed for their lawsuit - it is no longer the ISP's property, so they can't claim it. When they sue for recovery of their property, tell they can't because of the ongoing investigation of piracy.
  Maybe use the process for imminent domain over the poles, and allow access that way?
  Why isn't the government doing government type things here?
• Jun 23rd, 2017 @ 6:54am

  Intrusive at a point when egress is only desired.

  on Facial Recognition Software Brings Personalized Ads To The Supermarket
  "Oh, HI, %personwhodidn'tlookatthecamera%! We see you have made all your purchasing decisions today. Would you be interested in non-lubricating crunchy peanut butter for our desperate attempt to make you leave the line you just waited 10 minutes in and go add our distinct and totally name brand product to your basket?"
  
  Next up it will scan your groceries, as well. "Hey, %yournamehere%, you are buying ground beef, and the pharmacy items you bought today indicate high cholesterol. Did you know that ground turkey is better for you? Turkey! The other ground meat!"
• Mar 28th, 2017 @ 8:18am

  Re: Re: $50 price? That seem unrealistic

  on Movie Studios Considering Tightening Release Windows When They Should Be Eliminating Them
  Microsoft has you covered. They can count the number of users, and adjust pricing accordingly. 50 bucks for just the initial screening of say, up to 4 people, then up the price for each additional person?
  
  https://phys.org/news/2012-11-microsoft-patent-technology-users-streamed.html