According to wikipedia, yes, publicity rights may persist after death, depending on the state.

The right of publicity is a property right, rather than a tort, and so the right may be descendible to the person's heirs after their death.

His comment is a reference to a case where a guy was overcharged for data because Verizon reps couldn't figure out the difference between 0.002 cents and 0.002 dollars.
Verizon Can't Do Math

The instant replay rule has ruined college spitball. The professors aren't worried about making a good call anymore because of official reviews, and its making the classes longer and ruining spitball. Just get rid of it.

We might get to the point where we can write text messages by speaking, then the person on the other end could have them read aloud by a computer. That would be so awesome. Maybe some day we'll be able to transfer the actual sound of our voices.

Wow! Very eloquent, Quiet_Desperation. You should be an author.

The chart in TFA is tracking search volume of "Microsoft Sites". The MSDN search has always been through Microsoft (Bing or not), so the switch to Bing on MSDN shouldn't affect the search volume through Microsoft sites, assuming the same volume of searches are going through search bar on MSDN. That said, I personally used to use google with "site:msdn.microsoft.com" before MSDN switched to Bing, so in that way, the switch to Bing on MSDN at least brought in a few more searches by me.

But what if the Colbert bump knocks it out of orbit?

But.. but.. Hiro told me to unplug my electronic devices when I'm not using them, and he was inside my TV!

Who am I going to believe, some random poster on /. or a guy who can stop time?!