Rick Berlin’s Comments

• Mar 24th, 2011 @ 2:20pm

  Offended (as rick berlin)

  on NY Times In Denial: Only Teens & The Unemployed Will Game The Paywall
  As an unemployed person I'm offended by your insinuations Mr. Arthur Sulzberger Jr.
• Feb 25th, 2011 @ 12:05pm

  Shoot yourself Sony

  on Sony's Neverending War Against The Freedom To Tinker And Innovate
  It's Sony's stance on these issues that make me say, "No way", when I looking at cameras in the store. They have some sweet looking, nicely priced cameras, but I just won't buy a piece of gear from a company that is as hostile to users as Sony.
• Feb 22nd, 2011 @ 8:05am

  Prosecutor won't learn

  on Musician/Comedian Faces 20 Years In Jail For Silly Video No Different Than Done On TV & In Movies
  Our DA here in Muskegon is nicknamed "TV Tony". He loves the publicity that flows in child porn cases.
  
  He may have oversteped himself again. In 2009 he had a conviction overturned in a case of a sleazy elected official was caught with some 100,000 collected images burned onto CDs. TV Tony went after him full force, as a producer of kiddie porn, despite the lack of evidence the he in anyway was producing or distributing child porn. It fell on the Michigan Supreme Court to overturn this overly broad interpretation of the law that he was able to sell to the jury.
  
  http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2010/07/michigan_supreme_court_rules_f.html
  
  I predict Tony Tague will plea bargin this case down, or face another slap in the face from the Michigan Supremes.
• Mar 16th, 2010 @ 6:50am

  Verizon & Future (as Ricky Berlin)

  on Is Verizon No Longer Betting On The Future?
  This fits in with Verizon's recent announcement that it is getting out of the land-line phone business in 14 states and that it has already sold out in 3 other states. Maybe they see the future as entirely wireless.
• Sep 11th, 2009 @ 7:19am

  Pigeonet (as rick berlin)

  on Sneakernet, Pigeonet And The Meaninglessness Of Judging Broadband By Silly Stunts
  I can't wait for this new-fangled high speed birdband internet to be available out here where I can't get cable internet.
• Jul 15th, 2009 @ 6:40pm

  It's not about unions (as ricky berlin)

  on The Problems Of A Legacy Business: Verizon's Union Freaks Out That Verizon Wants To Look Forward
  Verizon just sold it's land lines in 14 states to an outfit called Frontier Communications for 8.6 billion. It's just the future. I'm sure the unions will get screwed by the new owners, so all you haters out there should be happy.
  
  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124221398580814777.html
• Aug 31st, 2007 @ 1:27pm

  infringement (as ricky berlin)

  on Viacom Accuses Guy Of Copyright Infringement For Showing Video Of Viacom Infringing On His Copyright
  Clearly a case of meta-infringement
• Aug 23rd, 2007 @ 11:27am

  banned (as ricki berlin)

  on Guy Who Uploaded Star Wars Wearing An Ankle Bracelet, Banned From Using Linux
  Forced to use Windows, clearly cruel and unusual punishment. Can we get him some help here? Where's the ACLU? This is unconstitutional.
• May 4th, 2007 @ 9:42am

  verizon (as R. Berlin)

  on Latest Telco Fee: Your Fee For Not Paying Fees
  Yes, it's $2.00 a month and here in Michigan the heap on the indignity by adding tax to that. Total $2.19 monthly for not making long distance calls. I'm so close to dropping the land line.
• Apr 17th, 2007 @ 6:33am

  Sony DRM (as Sick Of Sony)

  on Sony DRM Making DVDs Not Work In Many DVD Players?
  Boycott everything from Sony. Don't but their TVs, cameras, CDs, DVDs, mp3 players, computers or games consoles. You will be safer and you will help Sony to reach their self-engineered demise.