I wonder if Apple's little reputation as a "ruthless bully who will slit the throat of a content provider as soon as it is entrenched in any given market sector" played into this?

I've seen this work before.....

@djdare: I think of it like a toll road. You pay taxes to maintain all the roads in your state, but if you want to take the most convenient route, it may cost extra. Toll roads suck, but they persist because millions of drivers make the daily decision of convenience over value.

Would I spend it for myself or on an impulse? Absolutely not.

@hostile-17: BUUUURN!!!11!

@natelock: Actually, I can. Read here — [www.wired.com] Also, read the cites from which the wiki article is sourced.

Diet Coke needs to be on this quiz.

@MaNiFeX: Perhaps tails and a top hat?

@tosk05: I'm not going to RTFA you, but the wiki article says exactly the opposite. "As of 2006, Jobs had not appeared on national tallies of charitable donations totaling $1 million or more, as compiled by Indiana University's Center on Philanthropy"

Gates has his multi-billion foundation. Zuckerberg donates 100M to a school system.

@FriarNurgle: where was that taken, Louisiana?

I'm bookmarking this for the next time I get mocked for enjoying Miller Lite.

@tomsomething: Agreed, which is where the 4 factor framework comes into play. The fourth, "the effect that the allegedly infringing use has had on the copyright owner's ability to exploit his or her original work" would directly challenge those who re-purposed copyrighted works where the publisher created accessible…

@tomsomething: "you can't make it legal for an organization to take copyrighted work, reformat it, and distribute it without permission"

@mjt308: He means that adopting short-term solution can result in a long-term setback. Like frozen pants.

Conversion to handicapped-accessible formats should be a fair use exemption under the DMCA. If we did it, WIPO's domain would correctly return to obscurity.

@rxe7en: They went Resivour Dogs on the everybody's tie selection. Good catch.

I have heard that 3D PS3 blu-ray comes at the cost of reduced frame rates. Can anyone confirm or deny?

@ectocooler: Because of Barbie. Also, the very yellow Simpsons.

@Kaiser-Machead v.2.1.2: Admittedly, the lady would not have to pay AT&T $30.00 a month to simply get access to other books.