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Comment: Re:More like... (Score 1) 385

by Blackhalo (#33562610) Attached to: How Good Software Makes Us Stupid
"There actually are such special offers that sound like you could save a lot, but are actually more expensive per unit/gallon/inch/whatever. And they actually work."

I accept your premise but reject your conclusion. Where is the study that shows the population to be more vulnerable to such obfuscation over time, or since the adoption of calculators?

Comment: Re:Interesting Tension (Score 1) 209

by Blackhalo (#33476872) Attached to: New Copyright Lawsuits Go After Porn On Bittorrent
Great post! I wish I had mod points left. Even I have trouble reconciling Torrents of Porn. On one hand I recognize Flynt as a major force in free speech advocacy, on the other, I like free porn. Part of why the industry though, is going after this, is that AMATEUR porn being posted to the torrents, by Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, is starting to cut into the bottom line. I think the attack is not so much directed at the pr0noholics, so much as trying to chill the competing distribution methods.

Comment: Re:Ah yes, Wertham (Score 1) 257

by Blackhalo (#33422980) Attached to: Library of Congress Opens Records of Anti-Comic Book Shrink
The end of the comics code.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elfquest "This series was one of the early successes that marked the establishment of a phase in underground comics at which a new market of alternative independent comic books emerged that were closer to the comics mainstream." Wiki seems to underplay the impact of this title, as it was the mother-ship that had such broad appeal and sales, that led to a revolution at Marvel and DC.

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