mikelist’s Comments

• Aug 4th, 2011 @ 8:06pm

  Re: Minor typo

  on Righthaven Fails To Pay Sanctions; Complains A Day Late
  ah gree.
• May 13th, 2011 @ 5:13am

  Re: Just a cost of doing business

  on Settling Lawsuits Sometimes Makes Sense. Period.
  fines and punitive fees are not part of a sensible business model. if the fines are unfair, get rid of them, if they are fair or serve a purpose, quit engaging in the practices that incur fines.
  
  there is a realistic business goal in trying to cut your preventable expenditures, though.
• Mar 24th, 2011 @ 8:51pm

  Re: nyt paywall

  on NY Times In Denial: Only Teens & The Unemployed Will Game The Paywall
  i bail whenever a link takes me to the nyt login page, and i could curbstomp the idiot that linked an article i can't read. not that i would, being first peaceful by nature, and second, made unthreatening by the same source.
• Mar 20th, 2011 @ 6:48am

  artificial intelligence personhood

  on When Will We Have To Grant Artificial Intelligence Personhood?
  sorry, not a person, until the interface can power itself by environmentally available means and refuse effectively to power down on command. never seen an electrical circuit that can't be short-circuited trivially.if i short it and it reroutes to a non-affected part of the device (not devised purely on redundancy), i'd say it looks like a tendency to remain functional that is analogous (to me at least) with a 'survival' impulse. that might be a place to start.
• Mar 20th, 2011 @ 6:44am

  artificial intelligence personhood

  on When Will We Have To Grant Artificial Intelligence Personhood?
  sorry, not a person, until the interface can power itself by environmentally available means and refuse effectively to power down on command. never seen an electrical circuit that can't be short-circuited trivially.if i short it and it reroutes to a non-affected part of the device (not devised purely on redundancy), i'd say it looks like a tendency to remain functional that is analogous (to me at least) with a 'survival' impulse. that might be a place to start.
• Oct 13th, 2010 @ 6:22am

  Re: What's hazy? (as mike list)

  on Candidate Sued By Fox Notes That Much Of The Content Is Public Domain
  the fact that much of the disputed copy originated on c-span, whose policy is to put its content in public domain, seems to give no leg for fox news to stand on.
• Sep 9th, 2010 @ 7:03am

  if aronson has a beef, ... (as mike list)

  on Anti-SLAPP Law Used To Protect Michael Moore's Use Of Video Clip
  ...it's with turnbow, although his pockets are probably much shallower than moore's.