Alessandro Cima

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• Commented on Stupid DRM, abusive EULAs, hopeless ecommerce: why I'm not even going to try to sell my short story collection audiobook downloads
  I guess I'm not understanding why Apple and Audible are even coming up in the conversation. An audiobook is an MP3 file, correct? Aren't there plenty of ways to sell and unrestricted MP3 file? Lulu.com is one. A download page...
• Commented on Stupid DRM, abusive EULAs, hopeless ecommerce: why I'm not even going to try to sell my short story collection audiobook downloads
  Why don't you just sell your audio downloads through Lulu.com? They have a very decent simple digital selling platform that I have used with good results. I haven't found a gotcha yet in their system. You should be able to...
• Commented on Famous architecture photographer swarmed by multiple police vehicles in London for refusing to tell security guard why he was photographing famous church
  Unfortunately for photographer's and their rights, I believe that the perpetrators of the attacks in Mumbai prepared in advance by taking photographs of their targets. But that is certainly no excuse for cops or private security dicks interfering with lawful...
• Commented on Famous architecture photographer swarmed by multiple police vehicles in London for refusing to tell security guard why he was photographing famous church
  What, I wonder, would have been the London cops' reaction if the photographer's explanation had not been that he was a freelance photographer? What if he had explained himself by saying, 'I'm a strange little man with a camera?' What...
• Commented on Woman jailed, charged with felony camcordering after recording 4 mins of sister's birthday party in a movie theater
  Hey, man, you can keep the camcorder. But if this group of nitwits came into a theater that I was watching a movie in and threw a 'surprise birthday party,' I would have raised holy hell and probably pulled a...
• Commented on BBC photographer prevented from shooting St Paul's because he might be "al Qaeda operative"
  I worked with a guy who announced one day that he was moving to Israel. There had been a recent spate of bombings in that country and it was the talk of the television news. I then made a very...
• Commented on BREAKING: Leaked UK government plan to create "Pirate Finder General" with power to appoint militias, create laws
  @#45, Squiggle, Yeah, I know. You're right. I'm just pulling legs a little. I always support changing what one is trying to live with ultimately. But I'm only able to be serious for half of a comment. Then I just...
• Commented on BREAKING: Leaked UK government plan to create "Pirate Finder General" with power to appoint militias, create laws
  All of this copyright nonsense is enough to make one want to join forces with the pirates and form some sort of super-criminal outfit that would steal IP so effectively worldwide that it would wreak havoc in the publishing, music,...
• Commented on BREAKING: Leaked UK government plan to create "Pirate Finder General" with power to appoint militias, create laws
  Oh boy, this is really awful. Even if it doesn't pass muster with the British Parliament, it's still a gun fired at the British public and they won't stop firing these guns until they get what they want. It seems...
• Commented on Was Demi Moore Ralph-Laurenized on "W" mag cover, with missing hip-flesh?
  That leg might be slightly bent at the knee, along with the cloth draping, that might create the illusion of missing flesh. But my god, is this even Demi Moore? I don't recognize her at all. She looks like she's...
• Commented on The decline of civilization symbolized in a modern light socket
  I agree that on the surface and for those few minutes of cutting wire to splice a longer one together, this new socket seems inferior to the old one. But I suspect that the new design saves lives in the...
• Commented on Legal battle over Shepard Fairey Obama poster takes an unexpected turn
  I know people through mutual friends who seemed like stand-up guys and turned out to be a-holes. It's always best to call an a-hole an a-hole at every opportunity whether he or she's open source mash-up cool or not. I...
• Commented on Xeni on Rachel Maddow Show: Ralph Lauren's Photoshop of Horrors
  Damn good interview. Really fine. The zinger for me was the 'offshore' remark. Offshore. It's a shame, but it's true....
• Commented on Searching for the skinny on Ralph Lauren ad (UPDATE: "We are responsible," says Ralph Lauren)
  Well thanks for checking. There's a decent punch with the 'bullshit' thing. Pretty good. But if I'm a troll, then I certainly won this round very convincingly, didn't I? I'm well-fed and moving on to my cigar....
• Commented on Searching for the skinny on Ralph Lauren ad (UPDATE: "We are responsible," says Ralph Lauren)
  Yes, I know. I am. I have to admit, I'm the little guy over there in the little boat. And it's taking on water. But I have a small cup to bail with at least. You should see me in...
• Commented on Searching for the skinny on Ralph Lauren ad (UPDATE: "We are responsible," says Ralph Lauren)
  No, I'm driving the trollboat. Don't you know? Actually, in my little world, the first person to utter 'Troll' loses the game. That's because the concept of the troll is so poorly understood by your average commenter as to render...
• Commented on Searching for the skinny on Ralph Lauren ad (UPDATE: "We are responsible," says Ralph Lauren)
  @tagarth, Yes, oh yes I am vile! You better believe it. I'm so vile your head would shrink if you only knew how vile I really am. I am also really pissed off at these awful magazines that publish photos...
• Commented on Searching for the skinny on Ralph Lauren ad (UPDATE: "We are responsible," says Ralph Lauren)
  @Lookforthewoman, Well, no, I'm not missing the point. I don't miss many points. I just aim at different ones. I am constantly bombarded by false images of masculinity which have totally warped my own self-image. It has turned me into...
• Commented on Searching for the skinny on Ralph Lauren ad (UPDATE: "We are responsible," says Ralph Lauren)
  I think the hand-wringing going on over skinny models, retouched or not, on magazine covers is silly and totally insignificant drivel. If you meet a teenage girl with a false sense of herself due to magazine covers, you have met...
• Commented on Epic Christian painting of historical figures and "lefty" archetypes
  Who's the rich retard in the middle?...
• Commented on The criticism that Ralph Lauren doesn't want you to see!
  Here, I'll try again. I think something's funky with comments technically. Anyway, my comment was: Fantastic! What humorless nitwits over at Ralph Lauren. I want to reproduce the picture too! It's cool. I like her. She's amazing. Look at her!...
• Commented on The criticism that Ralph Lauren doesn't want you to see!
  Hey, am I not getting a comment posted on here because I don't agree with your perception of the model on the magazine? Or is it a technical glitch?...
• Commented on G20 police uses arrested student as trophy in group photo
  The photo is obviously the property of the public since it was taken by a commanding officer. You can request that the Pittsburgh Police Bureau send you a copy here: http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/police/html/feedback.html I asked for one. I want it for my...
• Commented on Are Muslim Women Oppressed? Ask One
  Lots of points made about how free Muslim are in the U.S. to believe and to dress as they wish. Of course they are. But that is not really the issue as I see it. I think that if you...
• Commented on Are Muslim Women Oppressed? Ask One
  If I read Shakespeare and then make you dress like Hamlet, I'm oppressing you. There is quite a lot of stuff like that going on in the world. Not everywhere and not for everyone. But certainly organized religions do tend...
• Commented on Are Muslim Women Oppressed? Ask One
  #118, 'If a person or group is oppressed it's for them- not for any outsiders to decide.' Hmmm. Well, then alright, the next time I see someone being oppressed I will leave it to him or her to decide and...
• Commented on Are Muslim Women Oppressed? Ask One
  #116, Buddhists are Atheists? So what? That has nothing to do with religion or football. And by the way, because Buddhists do not address the subject of god does not mean that they are Atheists....
• Commented on Are Muslim Women Oppressed? Ask One
  Sorry, I've got to go back to football for a moment because when you play football you're sort of forced to wear the helmet and all that other stuff. I played football in college for a while but I quit...
• Commented on Are Muslim Women Oppressed? Ask One
  Hey, maybe the NFL oppresses too. I've been watching football today and I've seen the players do countless prayer huddles when the games finish. But I never see any Muslim players with prayer rugs on the sidelines. Are they forbidden...
• Commented on Are Muslim Women Oppressed? Ask One
  #103, John Lennon is overrated....