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Comment Normal or Perverted? (Score 1) 214

Sexual intercourse is simulated when it depicts explicit sexual intercourse which gives the appearance of the consummation of sexual intercourse, normal or perverted.

The bold emphasis is mine. That seems awful vague? Why didn't they try to define perverted? Why didn't they just put: "missionary, not enjoyable to either party, no condom, and must result in the production of offspring."

Comment Re:Search is still relevant... (Score 1) 348

While I agree that the individual applications are nicely formatted on the iPhone, I don't really like having to switch between different applications (of course, many sites have mobile versions now as well). If I want to Google some information about a certain film director, for example, I can get to several different sites (Wikipedia, IMDB etc.) all within the browser. I don't have to close the application at all to check some other application. As I said, I think it's really a matter of personal preference. I would have to click the back button or open new windows in the browser to view several different sites. I guess to some people, this would be the equivalent of opening the IMDB app, then closing it, then opening the Wikipedia app etc. Personally, I prefer the browser, but I'm sure some people don't. I find the browser to work faster for these sort of lookups.

Comment Search is still relevant... (Score 5, Insightful) 348

From the article:

Smart phones in general, and the iPad more pointedly, are not driven by search.

I use my iPhone primarily for searching Google -- that's probably what I most use it for. If I'm watching a movie, reading a book, talking to someone, and I want to know some bit of information about the topic, I Google it on my phone and then view the relevant content in the browser. Of course, there is an app for that, but why would I want to install a dozen different applications (IMDB, Wikipedia etc.) when I can Google it and get the results on one page. Google is pretty good at providing what I need. I have no doubt, however, that other people use these individual apps to find the information they need. I guess it's a matter of preference.

Comment From the blog post... (Score 5, Insightful) 169

Look at this way. Say I owned a beautiful 1967 Corvette and kept it parked in my front yard. And you, being a Corvette enthusiast, saw my Vette from the street. You stopped and stood on the sidewalk admiring it. You liked it so much you called friends and gave them my address in case they also wanted to drive over for a gander. There'd be nothing wrong with that. I like my '67 Vette and I keep in the front yard because I like people to see it. But then, you entered my front yard, climbed into the front seat and drove it away. I'm absolutely, 100% not OK with that. In fact, I'm calling the police and reporting that you stole my car. Every jury in the land would convict you. Yet, when it comes to copyrighted material -- news that my company spends money to gather and constitutes the essence of what we are as a business -- some people think they can not only look at it, but also steal it. And they do. They essentially step into the front yard and drive that content away.

The part in bold is my emphasis. Is he saying that facts, meaning news, can be copyrighted? That if his paper is the first to publish an article about the outcome of a sporting event, that that should be copyrighted? I agree that an article about the game shouldn't be copied verbatim to another site but copyrighting the facts is ridiculous.
Also worth a laugh is the entire analogy of the Corvette and the "news." They are very different. With the Corvette, he would no longer physically have the Corvette. With the news, he has a copy and now the thief has a copy. What has actually been stolen is the possibility that someone might only see that article on his site. It's now available in two places. This is a lot different than the Corvette. I'm not saying it makes copying articles verbatim OK, I just think the analogy is incorrect.

Comment About Us (Score 2, Informative) 271

Imagelogr.com is an image & picture search engine. We try to index pretty much every picture & image currently available on the free internet. With our powerful search engine finding these images should be fairly easy. We also offer a few image manipulation tools to stand out from the competition.

From the main page. This is pretty funny.

Comment Re:Give me a break.... (Score 1) 378

So how is this different from the iPhone not allowing any other browsers? If Microsoft had locked down Windows so that only Microsoft approved applications from the Microsoft app store could run on Windows, then they wouldn't be facing any of this right now (because they would have presumably denied Opera for "similar features" or "feature already available in Windows" etc.)?

Comment Give me a break.... (Score 0, Troll) 378

I'm not a fan of IE or anything but I still find it a little strange that Microsoft is being required to "promote the competition" in their own product. Perhaps Opera and every browser should be required to have a popup ballot that appears the first time you open the browser telling you about all of the other browsers you could be using. Let's start the insanity...

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