hchaput - Slashdot User

Comment Cooperative Witness (Score 1) 145

by hchaput on Wednesday August 10, 2011 @06:33PM (#37050114) Attached to: Gizmodo Off the Hook In iPhone 4 Investigation

The police got what they wanted from Jason Chen and Gizmodo: their source. And now people know that, if they want to leak information to the press, they might want to go with a more reputable news outlet that knows how to secure their notes and would sooner go to jail than reveal their sources.

Comment Re:Bullet Trains (Score 1) 1385

by hchaput on Friday April 17, 2009 @10:49AM (#27612931) Attached to: Obama Proposes High-Speed Rail System For the US

Give you something that at least resembles the most advanced train system in the world and you'll ride it? Magnanimous!

Give me something at least resembles the Shinkansen and I'll ride it.

Comment Re:In a word... (Score 1) 1385

by hchaput on Friday April 17, 2009 @10:41AM (#27612757) Attached to: Obama Proposes High-Speed Rail System For the US

RTFVfHSR. This comment is completely uninformed. There is no HSR proposed from NY to LA. There are selected high-speed corridors, chosen based on existing heavy traffic, where they will upgrade existing rail lines exactly as you suggest. And just because you believe something else should also receive federal funding doesn't mean that this very good idea should not.

No.

Hell with high speed. 99.9978% of americans dont need to go from NY to LA via high speed rail.

They need to get from the suburbs and smaller outlying cities to the major city or nearest city.

how about fixing and replacing the rail system we used to have and need? Most 30 minute commutes could be eliminated by having a simple and useable rail system.

High speed is not needed, How about having REAL public transit? you know the stuff that Ford and GM tried so hard to kill at every chance for the past 100 years...

Comment Re:Lawyers do their clients' bidding. (Score 1) 587

by hchaput on Tuesday April 14, 2009 @11:52PM (#27582081) Attached to: Obama Taps a 5th Lawyer From the RIAA

My god, I totally agree. Not hiring RIAA lawyers is like not casting Anthony Hopkins because he played a serial killer. Why isn't Slashdot celebrating the fact that these five lawyers are now not working for RIAA? This whole conversation is truly maddening.

Comment "bypass" = "target" (Score 1) 155

by hchaput on Friday February 20, 2009 @08:16PM (#26936909) Attached to: Bands Bypass iTunes With iPhone Apps

The app lets you listen for free, then buy from the iTunes store. This is hardly bypassing. It's actually another avenue into iTunes. It's an ad. And you have to pay for it, too.

I think this whole discussion is hilarious, actually. Imagine that Apple announced that you could "buy PUSA's music" via streaming. There would be 10000 comments about how streaming is not ownership and what a ripoff it is.

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