professorjonathan commented on Giant Cassette Tapes Will Crush the MP3 Revolution

"@I Think We're Property: According to part 2, about an hour in total, not much less than what we ultimately got from the Walkman-compatible audio cassettes that did catch on."

professorjonathan commented on Giant Cassette Tapes Will Crush the MP3 Revolution

"Ah, but I know why this didn't catch on: with 1950's crewcut hairstyles, the Maxell ad wouldn't look very good."

professorjonathan commented on Amazon, Newegg Begin Collecting Sales Tax From Residents Of New York

"A few really important things to know about this new law: 1) It only applies to merchants whose NY affiliate-driven sales aggregate to $10,000 over the previous (rolling) year."

professorjonathan commented on Lightning Review: Indiana Jones FX Whip (Verdict: Awesomeness With Many Uses!)

"Something about this reminds me of the Harry Potter vibrating toy broom ([www.cwfa.org])."

professorjonathan commented on Amazon Sues Over Law That Forces Them To Collect NY Sales Tax

"FYI--I have an Op-Ed on this in today's Newsday: [www.newsday.com] The law isn't only targeted at Amazon; it targets all online retailers who use affiliate programs and have quarterly sales of greater than 10,000."

professorjonathan commented on Cablevision Claims They Are Not Lying Liars, But Mysteries Remain

"I've just filed a complaint with the NY Public Service Commission ([www.dps.state.ny.us]) in connection with this situation."

professorjonathan commented on Cablevision Blatantly Lies To Subscribers As The FCC Twiddles Its Thumbs

"@blowjustinup wrote, "The company didn't lie."

professorjonathan commented on How Much Of Your Car Would You Like To Control By A Remote?

"As an alum of the first season of Remote Control (I was the big winner of my show, although I missed the Subaru Justy, which in retrospect was probably for the best), I love your choice of image! What was the question again?"

professorjonathan commented on New York State To Start Taxing Amazon Purchases

"Interesting article about nexus (that's what the connection is called), particularly with regard to commissioned salespeople: [www.catalogsuccess.com] Personally, I think this is a non-starter, particularly once the retailers get wind of it, since pay-for-performance referrals are so important to online retailing, but we'll see."

professorjonathan commented on Minnesota, February 1967: Let's Go Racing!

"How nice of them to race in honor of my being born on 18 February 1967!"

professorjonathan commented on Mythbusters' Kari Byron Chops Down Trees with a Gatling Gun in 45 Seconds

"Paging the Lorax: you thought the Super Ax Hacker was bad?"

professorjonathan commented on 3 Months, 21 Customer Service Calls, 1 Tech Visit And No Working Verizon DSL

"Wow--I thought things had changed since I tried to get Verizon DSL in 2000."

professorjonathan commented on Verizon To Offer Flat-Rate, Unlimited Minutes Cellphone Plan

"Cool!"

professorjonathan commented on A new California state campaign

"@MDSasquatch: E-mail's nice."

professorjonathan commented on U.S. News: It's Your Own Damn Fault You Can't Redeem Rebates

"A few useful tips: staple the UPCs to the forms."

professorjonathan commented on Hot Half-Naked Patrick Duffy Blows Up Undersea Base

"I *so* remember watching that pilot when it aired, and I knew it was Victor Buono before I saw it in a post here. I'm old."

professorjonathan commented on Ford To Give Brazil An Edge, Still Won't Bring Us Ka

"@ranwhenparked: I was going to scoff at this information...but then I looked it up and it wasn't far from correct."

professorjonathan commented on Ford: Photos Of Your Car Are Copyright Infringement

"The original post (especially given the title) is confusing two very different issues: copyright and trademark."