RIAA Lawsuit Decision Matrix This would be hilarious if it wasn’t accurate. (tags: riaa copyright)
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How I’d Hack Your Weak Passwords About the only thing that makes the average user secure is anonymity. (tags: security) Myths of starting a business How many do you believe? (tags: startups) Comcast Customer Uses “Unlimited Service” Excessively, Gets Disconnected For A Year Sort of like “all you can eat”... in 10 minutes. (tags: internet) [...]
In ancient times, you burned books and killed scholars to control information. In modern times you rewrote books and banished scholars and opinion leaders or sentenced them to death for political crimes or trumped up charges. Censorship has existed in one form or another. If it’s not a dictatorial regime, it’s the herd mentality dictating [...]
Google Pagerank Buzz For all you new bloggers, the PageRank is coming up. (tags: google) When Will Jason Calacanis Own Up When He’s Wrong? I wonder. (tags: blogging) The Future of News: How to Survive the New Media Shift Some advice for the traditional media. (tags: media) New Competition For PayPerPost (humor) (I think) A [...]
StumbleUpon is turning out to be a really great source of traffic for this blog. In fact I get over 1200 referrals from StumbleUpon per month and I imagine it will grow. The wonderful thing about StumbleUpon is that they don’t discourage you from submitting your own site or promoting friends. Their algorithm is tailored [...]
Death threats against bloggers are NOT “protected speech” (why I cancelled my ETech presentations) This is just getting way too crazy. What did she say? (tags: blogging) The Whole ShoeMoney.com Thing “Now I’m not stupid and didn’t pay anywhere hear the $2,500 listed in his ReviewMe profile. The funny thing is that after Jeremy approved [...]
What Everyone Ought to Know About Agloco If getting paid to surf the net was such a great idea, it would have survived the crash. I sure am glad I never gave this scam a second thought. (tags: agloco scam) 10 Strange Facts About Einstein. Pretty interesting. Just found out on my own that his [...]
The recent lawsuit against YouTube is only one story in a saga of traditional media’s hate for internet distribution of their materials. Ever since the emergence of Napster, traditional media has used its legal and financial might to dissuade consumers from taking digital distribution into their own hands. Of course, I’ll grant that digital bootlegging [...]
Interview: Stan Schroeder of Franticindustries – Bloggst Forums Up and coming blogger. (tags: blogging) Top 40 sites according to FeedBurner stats – franticindustries. The best according to FeedBurner. (tags: feedburner blogs) Weekend Interview with Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg The startup everyone thinks is waiting to be bought out. (tags: interview facebook)
Now, I’m not calling anyone a liar or making value judgments but something’s not right here. We all know that ReviewMe caps reviews at $750 or so I thought. It seems that they make some exceptions (see screenshot). Or do they? Now to be fair, the review is not what you expect for $2500 but [...]