Comment Re:The corollary is,,, (Score 1) 474
Someone doesn't know what he's talking about, but I don't think it's @asukasoryu.
Comment Re:Please Read My Blog (Score 1) 944
My Slashdot number is almost an order of magnitude larger.
Comment Re:yet another hit piece on libertarians (Score 1) 944
How is it a hit piece on libertarians?
Comment Re:Lakely is not "Libertarians" (Score 1) 944
Um, OP is a libertarian. And nowhere did I generalize to all libertarians.
Comment Re:Please Read My Blog (Score 1) 944
I've been a Slashdot member a lot longer than you have.
Comment Re:Where have you been? (Score 1) 944
I'm not allowed to express the same opinion more than once?
Submission + - When Libertarians Attack Free Software (timothyblee.com) 1
binarybits writes: I've got a new article analyzing the unfortunate trend of libertarian and free-market organizations attacking free software. The latest example is a policy analyst at the Heartland Institute who attacks network neutrality regulations by arguing that advocates have "unwittingly bought into" the "radical agenda" of the free software movement. I argue that in reality, the free market and free software are entirely compatible, and libertarians are shooting themselves in the foot by antagonizing the free software movement.
Comment Re:Cato !Free Market (Score 1) 242
Several Cato scholars (including me and Cato's president) wrote op-eds on the other side of the warrantless wiretapping debate. We're a think tank, not a lobbying outfit, so we don't have a "party line"--sometimes that leads to scholars writing things that most people (including me in this case) don't consider libertarian.
Comment Re:Cato !Free Market (Score 1) 242
That's a serious charge. Do you have any evidence? Microsoft has given Cato money in the past, but Cato donors don't fund specific research projects, and I don't know of any studies we've published that fit your description. Cato scholars did side with Microsoft during the antitrust case, but we've taken a number of positions since then that are at odds with Microsoft's agenda.
Comment Re:Copyright argument is not convincing (Score 1) 242
Um, you can't a copyright on a chemical process.
Submission + - Cato Institute Critique of Software Patents (cato.org)
binarybits writes: "I've written an article for the free-market Cato Institute about how patents impede innovation in the software industry. It points out that people tend not to realize how vast the software industry is. It's not just Google and Microsoft; virtually every organization has an IT department producing potentially-infringing software. Organizations as diverse as J. Crew and the Green Bay Packers have been sued for patent infringement. It's crazy to expect all these organizations to worry about potential patent infringement. Hopefully the Supreme Court's Bilski decision will lead to new limits on software patents."
Submission + - Firefox Plugin Liberates Paywalled Court Records (recapthelaw.org)
Timothy B. Lee writes: "If you want to access federal court records, you're often forced to use PACER, a cumbersome, paywalled website run by the federal judiciary. My colleagues and I at Princeton's Center for IT Policy have released a new Firefox extension called RECAP that allows users to automatically upload the documents they download from PACER into a public archive hosted by the Internet Archive. It also saves users money by automatically notifying them if a document they're searching for is available for free from the public archive. Over time, we hope to build a comprehensive, free repository of federal court records that's available to everyone."
Major League Baseball Dumps Silverlight For Flash 388
christian.einfeldt writes "This week, Major League Baseball will open without Microsoft's Silverlight at the plate, according to Bob Bowman, CEO of Major League Baseball Advanced Media, which handles much of the back-end operations for MLB and several other leagues and sporting events. The change was decided on last year but was set to be rolled out this spring. Among the causes of MLB's disillusionment with Silverlight were technical glitches users experienced, including needing administrator privileges to install the plugin (often impossible in workplaces). Baseball's opening day last year was plagued by Silverlight instability, with many users unable to log on and others unable to watch games. Adobe Flash already exists on 99% of user machines, said Bowman, and Adobe is 'committed to the customer experience in video with the Flash Player.' MLBAM's decision to dump Silverlight is particularly problematic for Microsoft's effort to compete with Adobe, due to the fact that MLBAM handles much of the back-end operations for CBS' Webcasts of the NCAA Basketball Tournament and this year will do the encoding for the 2009 Masters golf tournament."
Comment Re:Good grief (Score 1) 351
I get the sense you didn't RTFA. Or know what a neocon is, for that matter.
Comment Re:The CATO institute? (Score 1) 351
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