Clif Marsiglio

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• Commented on Makers audiobook - DRM free download
  Actually, her stuff was much longer than that...but I've also found several other longer spoken work albums that were pretty long compared to 'standard' albums. (I'm specifically not going to give a link to her works as she is a...
• Commented on Makers audiobook - DRM free download
  Call is something else. A book of poems can be sold though audio by calling it spoken word, but if you call it an Spoken Book it can't? As I would tell clients, change your labels...you can't make others change...
• Commented on Makers audiobook - DRM free download
  I was just looking at iTunes today for a purchase and saw a friends newest recording, which is pretty much spoken word poetry -- and it is DRM free. Not sure what the difference is between spoken poetry and spoken...
• Commented on $50k novel advance == "almost qualify for foodstamps"
  "which reputable agent takes more than 15%?" There are good ones out there that will take more...but they generally deliver consistently and they pretty much put up or shut up. Gets more involved when your agent is pulling double duty,...
• Commented on Infographic: Projected pot tax revenues
  "Uhhh... apparently one in three Americans 12+, according to that graph." And I can pretty much make up a statistic that says 99% of the people that have drivers licenses have broken a speeding law at some point. What does...
• Commented on Infographic: Projected pot tax revenues
  I find it funny that all the dopeheads think that legalizing it is going to make America just work. I don't smoke but think it is probably safer than alcohol and should be legalized, but SERIOUSLY...the prisons aren't full of...
• Commented on The Lung Flute: A Sort of Gross (But Important) Medical Innovation
  After starting an intense exercise program this spring, I bought a cheapo massager unit from Walmart. It specifically said KEEP OFF BONES and was intended for soft tissue only, I used it on my chest one night while nearly coughing...
• Commented on Anti-vaccine fear versus science
  "Right now it's not. Therefore I will use my old standby...vitamin D which, by the way, is not a vitamin but a seco steroid hormone produced by the skin when exposed to UV radiation (sunshine) and is used by over...
• Commented on Anti-vaccine fear versus science
  "And if you believe in statistics, what are the odds of a vaccinated person getting the flu from a non-vaccinated person? Sure, it is more then zero, but is it worth insulting people?" Personally, I think these idiots SHOULD be...
• Commented on Why ad-blockers, ad-skippers and other user-control technologies are legal
  HBeyle -- If you come to my site without viewing the ads due to a blocker, you have wasted my resources without the ability for me to offset the cost to the sponsor. You have now cost ME money. It...
• Commented on Why ad-blockers, ad-skippers and other user-control technologies are legal
  Anonymous, The social contract is that if you want to enjoy someone elses services, you should give something in return. Give / Take...contract...a moral one, not a legal one. Then again, in this society, we ALL think we are entitled...
• Commented on Why ad-blockers, ad-skippers and other user-control technologies are legal
  @HBeyle My argument is that if you don't like it, go elsewhere. You do not need to be at any site that you do not want to fulfill the social contract aspect of it. Heck, I tell people all the...
• Commented on Why ad-blockers, ad-skippers and other user-control technologies are legal
  I don't argue with the legality of it all, but just because something is legal, doesn't make you not a dick. The tipjar notion was put forward above, and I've been to MANY concerts where the price of admission was...
• Commented on Copyright enforcement versus privacy
  Cicada -- you are ENTIRELY right. I don't see ANYTHING wrong with selling art...if you like it, buy it (and again, I did say, I believe rational artists SHOULD be willing to give away their works). And yes, the gigabyte...
• Commented on Copyright enforcement versus privacy
  @Anon -- I use to be a songwriter and occasional performer. It was a comfy living, and honestly, I find it OBNOXIOUS that I'm going to have to get into med school to make as much as I was when...
• Commented on Copyright enforcement versus privacy
  If you continue to trample on a civil legality and ignore the legitimate requests of those that are having their civil rights infringed upon (i.e., the copyright holders) -- you can expect that gov't WILL do whats best for its...
• Commented on Copyright enforcement versus privacy
  "unenforceable unless the government or industry groups start to read every e-mail and analyze every form of online communication done by citizens..." Or maybe just maybe, the government and industry groups only need to read and analyze the communications that...
• Commented on Laura Ling and Euna Lee's first statement on their North Korea capture
  Antinous, Yes, that was the law. IF you own a country, you make the law. They knew what they were getting into and admitted knowing they were breaking a law. Of course, I commend them for doing so, but it...
• Commented on Laura Ling and Euna Lee's first statement on their North Korea capture
  @dculberson "Why do you think the extradition process exists? Precisely because you can't do that." You might want to look up law on International Hot Pursuit. It has been codified that countries may (at their own risk) pursue and arrest...
• Commented on Laura Ling and Euna Lee's first statement on their North Korea capture
  While I can't support the NK gov't, why is it that people are acting as if these women did nothing wrong? Hell, international law allows for hot pursuit, and if I were a gov't and someone were to come into...
• Commented on Exos arm brace is waterproof, radiolucent, easy to remove, and looks cool
  I have to go in today to my rheumatologist as my right wrist has been KILLING me I think my last brace is finally dead. It was a custom job, crappy piece of plastic that was bathed in boiling water,...
• Commented on Video snapshot: "Topless rights" protest hosted by Raëlian UFO clone sex cult
  Buddhism isn't a religion? I attend a service every week and while it doesn't talk about the afterlife or aliens that live in volcanos or otherwise, how does one get around the reincarnation aspects? I've read through the Dali Lama's...
• Commented on Review: 1 Week W/OtterBox's Defender Case
  I have one of these, and yeah, the batbelt attachment is ANNOYING...but gives the screen a LOT more protection. I'd been planning on modifying mine to remove the clip so I can keep it in my pocket. The case has...
• Commented on Van Halen had good reason to ban brown M&Ms in their concert rider.
  Back when I was a musician, these sorts of things were common clauses and for the same reason as noted. Touringwise, I was stage manager / backup pianist (in case our official player ended up strung out...the last year I...
• Commented on Review: Climbing shoes
  I wear the Defies and so far it is the only thing I've found that works. Still, I got huge feet...street 15 (climbing 13 or 14) and I get NO toe-in strength. I've been looking for larger shoes that are...
• Commented on Abortion clinic escort's blog
  @ phelion I was about to say something similar, but then saw yours. I personally abhor abortion and not going to help anyone get one, but I'm also not going to judge the person doing it. I don't know their...
• Commented on Painfully Inane Adwatch: The Twix "Need a Moment" Campaign
  I love those commercials...especially the ones with Elevator Guy from the Loop. He is essentially reprising his role of being the biggest douche in the world. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZwcUjKqDNA...
• Commented on Amazon's Orwellian deletion of Kindle books
  @peterbruells "In your parts of the world you have to give up your fingerprints if you want too pawn something? Yeech..." Yes, in most US cities, the vast majority of items being sold in these institutions are stolen. At least...
• Commented on Amazon's Orwellian deletion of Kindle books
  I came into a little money recently and was considering buying a DX...its things like this that make me weary of doing so. Case in point, several years back I was on Sprint. I don't really like contracts, but I...
• Commented on Britain's loony rules for artist visas embarrass festival organizers
  Cory -- Isn't it just more obvious that these countries are trying to make the barrier so high that you DON'T want to visit? Their land, their rules...Personally, I don't buy the whole thing of My Grandparents Did It So...