* Posts by Matthew neuder

2 publicly visible posts • joined 15 Oct 2008

Most gamers fat and miserable, finds study

Matthew neuder

bmi is useless

if they base obesity entirely on bmi, i can just as easily say that most gamers are depressed, 35 year old weightlifters. I've got a lot of muscle on my frame, big shoulders, and i'm only 5'8. Hardly any fat on me (i'd like to get some better abs), but my bmi puts me in the obese range because muscle weighs 9x more than fat.

McCain begs for YouTube DMCA takedown immunity

Matthew neuder

sorry to burst your bubbles

not to ruin too many people's good for the goose == good for the gander fun, but he (or rather his campaign) is not asking to be exempt from the law, he is saying that the adds all fall under fair use, which i am fairly certain they do. and what he's saying is that although youtube can't possibly devote resources to find out if each video that has a complaint about it is a violation of the terms and services of youtube (including breech of copy rite), he'd like them to bother to figure out if major campaign ads are an actual breech before taking them down.

which is somewhat special treatment, but frankly probably should be done. he's even bothered to include his opponent in his request.