sparkydoc’s Comments

• Jan 11th, 2022 @ 8:45am

  Re: Typical of American cops...

  on Please Join Techdirt In Celebrating 'National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day!'

  They seem to like filling people full of lead.

• Jul 21st, 2021 @ 7:23am

  BrandAids

  on WIPO Says Johnson & Johnson Can't Seize Parody Website Suggesting Band Aids With Corporate Sponsors

  I'm not sure of the relevance, but Band-Aid is already doing advertising with its superhero Band-Aids.

• Mar 17th, 2021 @ 6:46am

  Re: YET AGAIN, for Geigner two rare unbelievable accounts pop ou

  on NCAA Goes After Vasectomy Clinic's 'Vasectomy Mayhem' Over 'March Mayhem' Ride Along Trademark

  If it is so dull, why are you following it?

• Mar 12th, 2021 @ 7:12am

  Vasectomy Mayhem

  on NCAA Goes After Vasectomy Clinic's 'Vasectomy Mayhem' Over 'March Mayhem' Ride Along Trademark

  So the NCAA is implying that watching basketball can cause male sterility? Who knew?

• Jun 30th, 2020 @ 9:15am

  Content moderation

  on Knight Foundation Grant To Copia To Research Content Moderation, Governance, Rules & Norms For Internet Infrastructure

  There has been talk in the past of the psychological toll taken on the people tasked with reviewing content. Would this be included in the study?

• Apr 14th, 2020 @ 1:01pm

  Libraries and copyright

  on Senator Tillis Angry At The Internet Archive For Helping People Read During A Pandemic; Archive Explains Why That's Wrong

  There are several authors whose books I buy that I discovered by reading one for free from the library. Had I not tried and enjoyed their work, I would never have taken a chance on a purchase.

• Apr 7th, 2020 @ 5:55am

  Data loss

  on Sheriff's Office That Employed A Deputy Facing 9 Lawsuits And 44 Criminal Charges Says It Has Lost All Of His Dashcam Footage

  Anyone remember Nixon losing 18 minutes of audiotape?

• Feb 1st, 2020 @ 9:18am

  Super - uh - Thing

  on It's That Time Of Year: No, The NFL Can't Stop Every Business From Using 'Super Bowl' In Every Instance

  Perhaps, Like Voldemort, it should be referred to as "The Game That Must Not Be Named".

• Jan 22nd, 2020 @ 6:35am

  Facial recognition on TV

  on California's Ban Of Facial Recognition Tech Killed Off San Diego's Mostly Useless Biometric Program

  It does not help that TV "law enforcement" type shows portray facial recognition as perfect, leading the general public to believe that this is so. This has also been the case with identification of partial fingerprints and other CSI info. Of course, on TV, all cops are honest and extremely competent, too.

• Jan 17th, 2020 @ 5:55am

  Not Justin

  on Trademark Opposition Stupidly Prevents Indians Pitcher Shane Bieber From Telling Everyone He's 'Not Justin'

  I am so easily confused, I am going to buy all of Justin Booter's records. Or not.

• Dec 1st, 2018 @ 7:21am

  Stupid patents

  on Stupid Patent Of The Month: A Patent On Using Mathematical Proofs
  I propose a new party game of trying to come up with a patent stupid enough to be rejected by the patent office. For instance: a gaseous mixture of 78% nitrogen,21% oxygen, 1% argon, and trace amounts of other gases, suitable for sustaining metabolism, inflating objects, and other applications. Once air is patented I could make a fortune!
• Apr 28th, 2018 @ 8:15am

  Re: The Fallibility of DNA

  on Innocent Man Charged With Murder Because His DNA Was Found On The Fingernails Of Victim, Whom He Had Never Met
  Actually, blood taken from anywhere in her body would have the same DNA. A different tissue, such as a cheek epithelial scraping or an organ biopsy, could have a different DNA in a chimera.
• Mar 2nd, 2018 @ 8:09am

  Government acquiring foreign server content.

  on Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments In Microsoft Email Case
  It appears that the US government wishes to be omnipotent and omniscient. If it becomes God, does this violate the establishment clause in the constitution?
• Feb 4th, 2017 @ 9:53am

  Non-literal copyright

  on How Is 'Non-Literally Copying' Code Still Copyright Infringement?
  So if an arithmetic primer says "2+2=4" and a more advanced arithmetic book says "32+52=84" is it guilty of non-literal copyright infringement?
• Jan 31st, 2015 @ 5:55pm

  political correctness study

  on DailyDirt: Ingredients For Creative Environments
  The problem with this study is that the first exercise: thinking of examples of political correctness, is like a creativity warmup. I wonder what the results would have been if they compared to a group thinking of, for instance, where signs should be posted on campus.