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Comment Editorial control of the monopoly market (Score 1) 113

Every marketer and customer gets some easy benefit from a single marketplace

Until the single marketplace uses its market power to exclude sellers entirely from a market. This has allegedly happened in the markets for iOS apps and console games. What editorial power does Amazon exercise over its Kindle store, other than to remove obvious copyright infringements and erotica? Is the "preference to publishers with larger ebook catalogs" a way of dealing with the likes of VDM and 30 Percent Fewer Shades of Grey?

Comment Amazon has until September 2017 (Score 1) 113

There is NO barrier to entry so the protectionist rackets will have to come down. The end of their era is over

Or at least it will be in three years and change. That's how much longer the 1-Click patent family (U.S. Patent 5,960,411 and foreign counterparts) has left, based on the priority date of 1997-09-12 and the common worldwide patent term of twenty years.

Comment Not a lot of phones (Score 1) 113

to read my Amazon Kindle book all I had to do was download the free Kindle reading app on any one of my Android phone, Android tablet, Apple phone, Apple tablet, Windows Phone, Windows 8 device, Apple computer, Windows 7 computer, Blackberry or a web browser for the web reader.

True of books but not video. The only phones that stream Amazon video are the iPhone and Fire Phone. And because the Fire Phone is exclusive to AT&T, that's reduced to one if you happen to live outside AT&T's 4G coverage.

Comment Sourcing a CRT SDTV (Score 1) 167

[Emulation problems] may all have solutions, but none are as simple or practical as plugging the actual hardware into a CRT SDTV that just works and looks great.

Sourcing a CRT SDTV with A/V inputs in good condition and making a place for it in your home might not necessarily be practical. Many CRT SDTVs that I see at garage sales and charity shops have only an RF input, introducing noise and requiring an RF modulator at additional cost for fifth-generation and later consoles.

Comment Re:They're not gamers. (Score 1) 276

Will I need to buy a car to get a job?

To get one? Probably not

I understand that the first interview is conducted over the phone or Skype (I have both) and the second in person. Do candidates commonly ride Greyhound to and from this second interview? Or should candidates expect to endure the sexual overtones of U.S. airport security theater such as Rapiscan and enhanced patdowns?

Admittedly in some big cities you wouldn't need one as much, but locations vary

Currently I use a bicycle in a (probably different) midwestern town to commute to and from the office where I work as a web application programmer.

Comment Re:Slashdot comments indicative of the problem (Score 1) 1262

Skirts below full length became very popular in England during WWII [as] a sign that you were doing your bit for the war effort

That explains it. Thank you.

I was taught that one ought to cover oneself from the shoulders down to at least the knees.

By whom and according to what logic.

At least Mormonism and Islam teach this minimum standard of modesty in order to ensure that the shape of one's privates remains covered so as to divert attention from sex. I guess knees covered by modest shorts (not Daisy Dukes though) are fine.

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