Jon Snow’s Comments

• Mar 23rd, 2018 @ 12:48pm

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  on Hey Mark Zuckerberg: Don't Lock Down Everyone's Data, Open It Up To Services That Give Your Users More Control Over Their Data
  Even if they could, how many people would actively manage their own data? Most people just accept the defaults.
• Jul 29th, 2017 @ 6:39am

  Typo?

  on New York City Council Passes Bill Making NYPD's Forfeiture Process More Transparent
  Why does the governor need to sign an action by the NY City Council?
• Oct 23rd, 2015 @ 3:03pm

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  on Competitor Steps In To Offer Toxoplasmosis Drug For $749 Less Per Pill Than Martin Shkreli And Turing Pharma
  The real problem here is that my asthma inhaler, which used to cost $9 without insurance a few years ago, now costs $40 with insurance. I have no idea how much it really is. I can afford it but I'm sure lots of people can't.
  
  While this guy is causing a much needed light to shine on this issue, the real problem is the rest of the pharmaceutical industry which has been doing the same thing for a long time, just a bit less spectacularly.
• Jan 30th, 2012 @ 6:37am

  But, but, but, PIRACY!

  on The Sky Is Rising: The Entertainment Industry Is Large & Growing... Not Shrinking
  :)
• Apr 27th, 2011 @ 6:54am

  Block out the sun...

  on DailyDirt: Expensive Things To Buy...
  Good thing Qatar has lots of money. They're going to need it to fill the balloons, since the world is running out of helium.
• Apr 21st, 2011 @ 5:34am

  In contrast

  on Hospitals Argue That More Transparency On Medical Errors Will Decrease Dialogue On Fixing Them
  The University of Michigan Health System has a long standing policy of actively looking for medical errors, informing the patient, apologizing (how quaint!), and offering compensation. Patients who accept compensation are not required to sign away their right to sue later.
  
  They claim this has improved patient safety, while admitting this is difficult to measure. What it has absolutely done is DECREASE legal costs by 61% since implementation in 2001.
  
  ...story
• Feb 16th, 2011 @ 11:09am

  Curse you, Mike

  on Murdered Over Autocorrect? Or Just Because Some People Are Crazy
  Just wasted an hour -- first of many no doubt -- LMAO on that silly autocorrect site.
• Feb 4th, 2011 @ 2:58pm

  Re: Re: Is there a limit to the number of songs mankind can write?

  on Music Publisher Discovers A Song In Its Catalog Has Been Heavily Sampled For Decades... Sues Everyone
  Another guy doing a similar thing about 10 years ago:
  
  http://slashdot.org/story/01/10/04/0142222/Copyright-Claimed-on-Telephone-Tones
  
  He's still online offering to sell you a license to the melody you make by dialing your own phone number...
• Feb 4th, 2011 @ 2:32pm

  Re: Is there a limit to the number of songs mankind can write?

  on Music Publisher Discovers A Song In Its Catalog Has Been Heavily Sampled For Decades... Sues Everyone
  Yes, there is a limit. This guy has copyright on all of them:
  
  http://blog.sitedaniel.com/2010/05/kookaburra/
• Oct 12th, 2010 @ 10:26am

  Passengers actually help

  on Transportation Secretary Wants To Ban All Driver Talking (Except To Other Passengers)
  Can't find the reference just now, but I remember hearing a bit on the radio a couple weeks ago that some new research is actually showing that having a passenger (not a kid I assume) can actually help the driver. Something about passengers reacting to things happening on the road in ways that the driver might subconsiously pick up on -- like stopping talking when another car gets too close.
• Jul 7th, 2010 @ 3:58pm

  Emperor Lucas

  on Can Laser Maker Be Blamed For Blogs Comparing Laser To Star Wars Lightsabers?
  I saw an interview with Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) a few years ago... She said that Lucas controls everything so tightly that she has to send him $5 every time she looks in the mirror.
• May 27th, 2010 @ 1:24pm

  The videos are gone

  on Smart: Graduating As Valedictorian Of An Ivy League School; Not Smart: Plagiarizing Part Of Your Speech From A Famous Comedian
  "removed by user" -- any idea why?
• Mar 4th, 2010 @ 11:58am

  Another hometown whacko

  on Soldier Sues Because He Insists Movie 'Hurt Locker' Must Have Been Based On His Life
  Right on the heels of yesterday's story about John Conyers, we have another Detroit based nutcase in the news. Sarver is represented by our very own Geoff Fieger, of Dr. Kevorkian fame. Although I personally think Feiger is a lot crazier than Kevorkian was.
  
  By the way, if you ever want to find Feiger, just follow the TV cameras.
• Mar 3rd, 2010 @ 10:31am

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  on Rep. Conyers Compares Lack Of A Performance Right Tax To Slavery
  Here in the Detroit area, we've had to listen to the bizarre rantings of Conyers for many years.
  
  The only person crazier than him? His wife...