Simon Thornton: A Mutual Misunderstanding

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20-20 Technologies and Trakware Systems
Deliver First Collaborative XML
Integration for Mutual Customer:
Companies Announce they Will Continue to
Work Together to Bring Integrated
Solutions to Their Mutual Client Base

20-20 Technologies and Trakware Systems
Deliver First Collaborative XML
Integration for Mutual Customer:
Companies Announce they Will Continue to
Work Together to Bring Integrated
Solutions to Their Mutual Client Base 01/06/2005 04:25 AM
20-20 Technologies and Trakware Systems are boasting their first XML (extensible markup language) integration success at a client site. 20-20 Technologies is the world leader in 3D interior design software and Trakware Systems is a leading provider of software solutions for project-based manufacturing. - Their kitchen manufacturer client, Laurysen Kitchens Ltd., is confident the newly set-up integration via the XML language will improve connectivity between the two companies’ software packages, which are integral to the business’s functioning. [PRWEB Jan 6, 2005]

Grant Thornton LLP Chooses SelectMinds
to Build its Corporate Alumni Network

Grant Thornton LLP Chooses SelectMinds
to Build its Corporate Alumni Network 09/16/2004 03:23 AM
SelectMinds, the corporate alumni solutions provider, has been selected by Grant Thornton LLP to build, launch and manage their corporate alumni network. Grant Thornton LLP is the fifth largest accounting firm in the United States and the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International. [PRWEB Sep 16, 2004]

One serious misunderstanding...

One serious misunderstanding... 01/19/2004 08:28 AM

Misunderstanding The New Spam Law And
Spammers

Misunderstanding The New Spam Law And
Spammers 12/18/2003 04:35 AM
There are plenty of reasons to think that the new CAN-SPAM law that was signed this week is terrible. We've been pointing a number of reasons why this law is likely to make things worse, not better. However, reading the following article, by someone who is apparently an "analyst" makes me wonder about the writer's analytical skills. He suggests that the law is bad, because spam is good. He says that occasionally, you get something good in the spam, and this law will stop people from getting things they might want. Except, apparently, this analyst hasn't read the law, because it actually allows spamming. The only thing it forbids is using false headers to spam. Anyway, if you wanted to know who buys from spam, apparently, it's this guy - because, occasionally, he sees something worthwhile in the spam he gets. Second, this guy claims that spammers don't want to spam people who don't want their spam, and would be happy with a smaller list of interested parties. That's been proven wrong time and time again. Spammers, these days, are making money based on the size of their lists - which they sell to others. Therefore, they do want more names. These aren't sophisticated marketers we're talking about who understand why targeted marketing makes more sense than untargeted blasting. What they do understand is that when selling their email lists or their ability to spam, the bigger numbers they can show, the more money they believe they'll make.

Misunderstanding The Success Of A
Copy-Blocked CD

Misunderstanding The Success Of A
Copy-Blocked CD 06/18/2004 12:59 PM
People sometimes have a funny way of defining "success" of an offering. For instance, yesterday, there was a story that made the rounds about how the latest chart topping CD included copy-protection for the first time. The implication was that this showed how "successful" copy protection was - because people still bought the CD. That, unfortunately, is a very simplified analysis that is quite wrong. They're really asking the wrong question. The first question should be about the purpose of the copy protection. It's there to stop music from being shared. Yet, the songs from this particular album are apparently widely available on sharing networks. That seems like quite a failure of the main purpose of the technology. On top of that, the real issue is whether or not they sold more copies of the CD this way, then without. Ed Felten points out that the Amazon reviews and emails to Alex Halderman (who publicized the famous shift key workaround) show that all this technology has really done is annoy plenty of legitimate customers who aren't trying to do anything illegal. Looking at the Amazon reviews would obviously scare off many buyers who don't want to go through that hassle (and may actually drive them to file sharing networks so they can get the music they want to hear in a format they want to use). The summary is that you have a lot of angry legitimate customers who can't do what they want, and the songs are still being shared over file sharing networks. Plus, the labels had to pay extra to include the copy protection software. This is what the industry considers a success story?

Jack Valenti... Misunderstanding The
Digital World Right Up Until The End

Jack Valenti... Misunderstanding The
Digital World Right Up Until The End 08/30/2004 03:19 PM
Jack Valenti is getting ready to retire, but that hasn't stopped him from continuing to give interviews where he says stuff that are clearly false or purposely misleading. My biggest complaint with the interview isn't with Valenti, actually. It's that the interviewer, JD Lasica, who definitely knows better, didn't challenge Valenti on any of his ridiculous answers. Not once does he say anything. Even when Valenti trots out his ridiculous excuses for why you should never be able to back up a DVD, where, in a single answer Valenti confuses the different between digital and tangible items and then insists that there should be no reason to back up digital items because they last forever. Of course, they only last forever... um... if you can back them up. So, there's a bit of a disconnect there, and it should have been hammered home. Also, Valenti continues to insist that there's no such thing as fair use. Or rather, he makes a series of contradictory statements about fair use, none of which fully make sense. He first seems to say that you can only use fair use on content that belongs to you, in which case you wouldn't need fair use (it already belongs to you!). Next, he claims that if someone fast forwards through something in classroom, that is fair use, but follows it up by saying the law doesn't recognize fair use (which is simply false). These are all things he's said before, so there's nothing that new in the interview, but how could the interviewer, especially someone who has written a new book about these things, let Valenti get away with them? That's why he continues to think he's right -- because no one tells him to his face that he's wrong when he spouts this stuff.

Andi Gutmans' Blog: Zend Speaker
Misunderstanding

Andi Gutmans' Blog: Zend Speaker
Misunderstanding 03/23/2005 10:33 AM
Just to clear up any miscommunication on about the speakers for the upcoming Zend/PHP Conference and Expo, Andi Gutmans has a new post on his blog covering the compensation for each of the speakers.

Misunderstanding Trademarks: American
Blinds Suit Against Google Moves Forward

Misunderstanding Trademarks: American
Blinds Suit Against Google Moves Forward 03/31/2005 04:50 PM
It seems that this issue isn't going to die any time soon. While one court has said that Google didn't do anything wrong to Geico in allowing companies to sell ads based on the keyword Geico (something that Geico is still fighting), another one has denied Google's request to dismiss an almost identical case from American Blinds. There are two issues here, and both of them should end up in Google's favor. First, this is simply not a violation of trademark. The purpose of trademark law is not that you have total control over your trademark -- just that others cannot use it in a way that confuses people into believing that they are you or acting on your behalf. Throwing up ads based on keywords is a situation where people know that these are competitive ads. It's like saying that Coke could never use the word Pepsi in one of their ads. Second, even if these ads did violate trademark law, it would not be Google's fault. Google did not place the ad. It would be the fault of the person or company that placed the ad. On both fronts, Google should have a very strong claim against American Blinds, but apparently it wasn't enough for a summary judgment. As John Battelle points out, if the court eventually does decide to misunderstand the purpose of trademark law (a la the French), this could end up at the Supreme Court to settle the differences in lower court rulings. Of course, the question now is whether or not Dave Pell will be buying Google ads on the phrase "American Blinds."

Mutual Funds

Mutual Funds 04/26/2004 11:37 AM
Why some funds are mutually exclusive.

Mutual distrust

Mutual distrust 03/19/2005 02:52 AM
Unless somebody gives ground soon, the talks next week between Iran and the E.U. could mark the end of negotiations on Tehran's nuclear program.

Mutual benefits

Mutual benefits 04/19/2004 11:12 PM
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I am sure the feeling is mutual

I am sure the feeling is mutual 07/21/2004 09:42 AM
on the state of the nation .. she herself has said .. Drudge

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"Roger Simon"

"Roger Simon" 08/10/2004 03:16 AM

Roger L. Simon: Hey, Hey, LBJ...

Roger L. Simon: Hey, Hey, LBJ... 08/29/2004 07:20 PM
Vietnam protest deja vu .. Roger Simon .. LBJ

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Go Simon or Please, Please, Please Ping

Go Simon or Please, Please, Please Ping 03/12/2003 10:29 AM

Go Simon or Please, Please Ping

Simon just posted this:

Blogs I would read a lot more often if only they pinged weblogs.com when they updated:

• Decafbad
• Stop Design
• Keith Devens
• Tony Bowden
• afongen
• Brent Ashley
• The Web Standards Project

Without pings, they languish at the bottom of my blogroll where I won't notice or visit them. My blogroll is my only mechanism for keeping track of the blogs that I read regularly - aggregators just don't do it for me, and with tabbed browsing my blogroll is almost as efficient for staying up to date.

It doesn't have to be weblogs.com - a ping to blo.gs would be just as effective. [_Go _]

Simon is definitely on point here at least from the {InsertNewNameHere] perspective of my new RSS search engine.  We index in two ways but more frequently via monitoring www.weblogs.com.  We'll probably set up our own ping interface and hook to the blo.gs info if we can but getting into weblogs.com just makes sense. 

Welcome, Michael Simon

Welcome, Michael Simon 11/17/2003 03:13 PM
Spymac would like to welcome its new weekend editor, Michael Simon. Michael Simon has a master’s degree in writing and more than three years of professional writing and editing experience. His mission is to bring news and editorial content to weekend visitors of Spymac. [More]

ROGER SIMON:

ROGER SIMON: 12/12/2003 07:59 AM
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The Case for Mutual Funds

The Case for Mutual Funds 06/08/2004 07:15 AM
The Motley Fool's resident fund jockey takes on all doubters.

Conflicted Mutual Funds

Conflicted Mutual Funds 03/28/2005 10:35 AM
There are conflicts of interest afoot in mutual funds.

Mutual Fund Independence Day

Mutual Fund Independence Day 06/25/2004 01:52 PM
New rules force fund board independence, and that's a good thing.

Mutual Fund Fakery

Mutual Fund Fakery 09/01/2004 09:48 AM
Is your expensive, managed fund really an index fund in disguise?

Mutual Funds for Cheapskates

Mutual Funds for Cheapskates 04/19/2005 09:04 AM
Looking to buy quality on the cheap? Look no further.

Alarming Mutual Funds

Alarming Mutual Funds 05/20/2004 08:44 AM
Always consider a fund's total expense ratio because those hidden costs will eat away at your gains.

simon and garfunkel tennis

simon and garfunkel tennis 08/08/2004 02:07 PM
and *you're* the umpire!

Simon Bolivar in Baghdad

Simon Bolivar in Baghdad 04/24/2004 06:28 PM

Reflections from Hacienda Pensaqui, where Simon Bolivar was a guest several times...  El Libertador described democracy as “a government so sublime that it might more nearly benefit a republic of saints.”  He simultaneously wrote to a friend that “our [Latin] America can only be ruled through a well-managed shrewed despotism.”  Bolivar addded “Do not adopt the best system of government but the one that is most likely to succeed.”

 

Charles Darwin was in some measure of agreement with Bolivar.  In 1833 while in Argentina he wrote “[Paraguay] will have to learn, like every other South American state, that a republic cannot succeed, till it contains a certain body of men imbued with the principles of justice and honor.”

 

One wonders what Bolivar and Darwin would have done in Iraq.

Roger L. Simon: I'M WITH ZELL!

Roger L. Simon: I'M WITH ZELL! 11/05/2003 03:01 AM
Roger L. Simon: I'M WITH ZELL! .. support for Bush's reelection .. What he said .. There are .. catalogs .. saying .. Simon .. joins

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"Roger Simon?s post"

"Roger Simon?s post" 05/14/2004 03:36 AM

Seeking Outstanding Mutual Funds

Seeking Outstanding Mutual Funds 07/06/2004 08:08 AM
Don't settle for below-average performance when you can earn average or better.

Mutual support is key to managing risk

Mutual support is key to managing risk 04/15/2004 09:00 AM
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Slam-Dunk Mutual Funds

Slam-Dunk Mutual Funds 06/01/2004 07:11 AM
Here's your game plan for finding the best funds out there.

A Mutual Fund For Online Scams

A Mutual Fund For Online Scams 07/06/2004 05:28 AM
Reading about all of these scams out there, you really have to wonder how people can be this gullible. Two people are now under investigation for an online scam that appears to have brought in a few million dollars. That, by itself, isn't all that interesting. While it is somewhat amazing that these guys some how convinced people over the internet to give them many millions of dollars, the scam is in what they were selling. While they pitched it as a way to invest in "emerging business opportunities," they were apparently taking this money (siphoning off a somewhat more than reasonable cut for themselves) and then re-investing it into other online scams. In other words, this was like a mutual fund for online scams. You give your money to one set of scammers, and they dump it into a variety of other online scams. Like so many scams, however, these didn't pay off, and the whole thing turned into something of a pyramid scheme, with the two guys taking money from later investors and giving it back to earlier investors as their supposed "returns" on their scam investments.

Mutual Fund Fees Explained

Mutual Fund Fees Explained 04/19/2004 01:42 PM
Ignore a fund's fees and your net worth may suffer.

DoCoMo, SingTel test mutual Wi-Fi

DoCoMo, SingTel test mutual Wi-Fi 03/08/2004 11:21 PM
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OpenMAD : Mutual Assured Destruction

OpenMAD : Mutual Assured Destruction 12/07/2003 09:24 AM
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Mutual Funds Earn, Learn

Mutual Funds Earn, Learn 04/26/2004 08:48 AM
Janus, Alliance, and T. Rowe Price step up to the quarterly earnings plate.

Good vs. Evil Mutual Funds

Good vs. Evil Mutual Funds 05/11/2004 01:44 PM
In the battle of good and evil, evil is winning.

A Mobile Link for 90 Mutual Friends

A Mobile Link for 90 Mutual Friends 05/12/2004 08:02 PM
The creator of a new cellphone application says that the software "has changed the social fabric of everything."

Roger L. Simon: My reading list changes

Roger L. Simon: My reading list changes 07/18/2004 05:18 AM
Roger Simon .. responds

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Simon Moores: A bad case of worms

Simon Moores: A bad case of worms 12/22/2004 01:07 AM

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