DISQUS

Who's the man... you are. Congrats pal!

Matt, I'm a huge fan of Loren and I hadn't seen the TechNigga video until today. I can see where Loren was trying to go with it, but he really, really, REALLY missed his mark. I also don't by the "social media experiment" bit either, but I digress.

Does it make him a horrible person? No, I don't think so. An err in judgment perhaps. What the Internet viewing public must understand is that history lives FOREVER on the Internet and just because the content exists and is still viewable by the public doesn't mean that we should judge the content creators each time it surfaces.

At some time or another, many of us have produced "unfortunate content". I use the term "content" loosely here. Imagine having half naked drunk cottage pics out there that your "friends" have uploaded, viewable by a prospective employer.

Maybe the Internet needs a statute of limitations...?

Hey thanks for the kind words and props James!

Sorry to disappoint you about the Windows OS, it's actually a huge part of our mandate-- to provide children with a computer that's similar to what they use in school. We could save the Foundation a lot of money by using Open Office and Linux, unfortunately, at present time, it might be a disservice to the child we're trying to help.

That being said, I bet a great case could be made for giving the little sponges a Linux equipped PC and how they might change the world one day. Baby steps.

Thanks again for taking the time to further our cause,
-Ben

Right on.

Another, relatively simple idea would be to have a blocking system based on a social rating system. That way we could choose to block ALL apps that don't have at least 4/5 stars. Obviously it would need some tweaking (14 year olds might rate zombie app a 5) and we might choose ratings that have at least 4 stars from the 30+ demographic.

You're right, that was boring. Still important, regardless. It seems pretty clear to me that Sony doesn't have a leg to stand on. So if Sony told Harry Fox to stop licensing content, what's next for them? What will the fallout be?

The same is true for watching movies on an airplane... in fact, I'd rather watch a movie on my iPod, than an airplane.

I have a 16GB iPod touch with a $299 pair of Shure 310 headphones. I agree with David Lynch - to a point. it's definitely hard to pick up the cinematic nuances of a movie on a small screen.

The fact of the matter is that too many movies are crap and not worthy of my time in front of the large screen LCD. If I watch a movie on my iPod and I enjoy it, I'll almost always watch it again on my LCD at home.