My wife and I own the copyright to our wedding photos taken over 25 years ago and have the negatives. Nearly all of the photographers we talked to at the time were still in the old model where they owned the copyright -- especially the older ones. The younger ones were beginning to switch to the new model where the customer owns the copyright.

There are still numerous photographers that stick to the old model because they think it makes them more money. Kind of an interesting belief given the number of people who never have more prints made. Seems to me that you'd make more money just by charging extra for the negatives or digital files.

Marketing -- Make it work just like the xxxxx.

Developer -- But that feature never worked in the xxxxx.

Marketing -- That's OK. Our customers expect it to work that way.

The last time I bought alcohol, I happened to have my 17-year-old son with me. The cashier wanted to see his ID as well as mine. She wasn't going to sell to me because he was with me! Said it was the stores new policy. I asked to speak with the manager, who confirmed that it was the store policy. When I told him this policy was stupid, he backed down and sold me the alcohol. This "It's for the CHILDREN!" crap has got to stop!

One of my former managers asked how to contact my during deer hunting season one year. I told him, "Call my cousin at the feed mill. He won't know where I am, but he can leave a message for me at the hunting shack. I'll call you back the next day." He decided he didn't need to know the feed mill's telephone number after all.

Not necessarily. The device could easily be loaded with a unique certificate in manufacturing. A quick search shows that Atmel makes parts that would help enable this. I'm sure there are others. I expect the cost of this to continue dropping.

He had gotten away before he crashed. Either he didn't realize that or kept driving fast for the hell of it.

The founders of the US didn't say that anyone had the right to "personal happiness" -- just the right to pursue it. And no one can prevent you from pursuing happiness. The best they can do is make sure you never achieve it.

Not really. They merely get to say that if you want to use certain prescription drugs, you have to pay for it yourself. My health plan says the same thing about certain other prescription drugs (not the ones involved in this suit).

Your philosophy is still just as valid for you as Hobby Lobby's philosophy is for them. Go ahead and pay for abortifacients if you want -- even if you are a Hobby Lobby employee. All the decision says is that Hobby Lobby doesn't have to pay for them for its employees.

Even bigger than the Great Lakes.

The guy I worked with who ran for Governor of Wisconsin on the Socialist Workers Party ticket seemed pretty hardcore.