Comment Re:A chilling effect on sales? (Score 1) 626

by wthynot on Thursday August 26, 2004 @11:31AM (#10078638) Attached to: RIAA Sues More Music Lovers

The idea is probably to sue for enough to cover the defendant's RIAA "boycott" for a few years. This way, even if the RIAA is only left with $1000 of the settlement money after paying the lawyers, it's still enough to pay for about 70 CDs (retail price). I guess it's probably cheaper to just buy the CDs (unless you never get caught, that is).

Journal Journal: Fair Patent System Idea

Journal by wthynot on Wednesday August 25, 2004 @12:28PM

Patents are relatively expensive to apply for, so for big companies like Microsoft, filing for 'em by the thousands takes only pocket change, yet for the average Joe/Jane, even filing one claim can be a major investment. So to balance out patent power I propose the following.

NOTE: If Cringely or someone else has already come up with this idea, forgive me--I haven't read their article.

Journal Journal: Don't read this

Journal by wthynot on Monday February 23, 2004 @08:11PM

I just got tired seeing the previous journal entry at the top, so I threw this in to move it down. Sorry if I got your hopes up, but you were warned now, weren't you?

Journal Journal: You have 5 Moderator Points! Use 'em or lose 'em!

Journal by wthynot on Thursday November 20, 2003 @12:34AM

Wow. The Gods have bestowed upon me my first moderator points ever.

Journal Journal: Patent Fees

Journal by wthynot on Monday November 17, 2003 @02:30PM

Step right up, getcher patents while they're hot! Just the other day, I was thinking of filing my very own trivial patent application--just like the big boys do these days--and was curious to see exactly how much it would cost. The link to the USPTO patent fees list is here.

Journal Journal: JOURNAL DISCLAIMER

Journal by wthynot on Thursday November 06, 2003 @12:19PM

I DON'T MEAN TO SHOUT, BUT THIS JOURNAL, MY JOURNAL, IS RESERVED SOLELY FOR CRAP. YES, CRAP. CRAP WHICH I WROTE. IF YOU DON'T LIKE CRAP, THEN THIS JOURNAL IS NOT FOR YOU. YOU MUST GO ELSEWHERE TO FIND SOMETHING WHICH IS NOT CRAP, FOR ALL YOU SHALL FIND HERE IS CRAP. CRAP WHICH I WROTE.

[I Accept] [I Do Not Accept]

(Yeah, maybe it's a license agreement, too. WTH!)

Journal Journal: /. Running Jokes List 3

Journal by wthynot on Wednesday November 05, 2003 @08:23PM

I'm feeling particularly prolific today, so I'm going to bless all with my second journal entry ever. Here is a list of the running jokes I have encountered in all my many, many weeks of reading /..org.:

Journal Journal: Elusive Karma Points

Journal by wthynot on Wednesday November 05, 2003 @08:00PM

I actually had my first 0 score today (for a while, anyway). I proudly posted a "joke" which started with the usual 1, then got modded down to 0. After an hour or so and no change, I thought the 0 would stick for good, thus ending my streak of "nothing less than 1, thank you". WTH? -1? I mean, maybe it's wasn't funny, but was it really anti-funny? Luckily someone got my joke, and now my post is back up to 1.