Comments on: TelePrompTer Redux http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/03/12/teleprompter-redux/ Reality-based political commentary Mon, 25 May 2026 02:47:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: dsws http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/03/12/teleprompter-redux/#comment-20331 dsws Fri, 16 Mar 2012 22:52:49 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=5328#comment-20331 Telemax capitalizes only the first letter. http://www.telmaxteleprompters.com/store/store_results.asp?category=9&estore_filter=1&section=Teleprompters&display_type=2&gclid=CLDhwry-7K4CFQMRNAodlQhfHw Telemax capitalizes only the first letter.
http://www.telmaxteleprompters.com/store/store_results.asp?category=9&estore_filter=1&section=Teleprompters&display_type=2&gclid=CLDhwry-7K4CFQMRNAodlQhfHw

]]> By: dsws http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/03/12/teleprompter-redux/#comment-20330 dsws Fri, 16 Mar 2012 22:51:19 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=5328#comment-20330 Well, according to Wikipedia, the TelePrompTer corporation was a cable tv company, defunct since 1981. From the teleprompter article: <i>The word TelePrompTer, with internal capitalization, originated as a trade name used by the TelePrompTer Company, which first developed the electronic device in the 1950s. The word teleprompter, with no capitalization, had become a genericized trademark, because it is used to refer to similar systems manufactured by many different companies. The United States Patent Office does not have any live trademarks registered for the word "teleprompter", but this does not rule out the possibility of a company enforcing the trademark without registering it.</i> However, that section does not have any in-line citations, so I can't effortlessly verify its accuracy. Well, according to Wikipedia, the TelePrompTer corporation was a cable tv company, defunct since 1981.

From the teleprompter article:

The word TelePrompTer, with internal capitalization, originated as a trade name used by the TelePrompTer Company, which first developed the electronic device in the 1950s.

The word teleprompter, with no capitalization, had become a genericized trademark, because it is used to refer to similar systems manufactured by many different companies. The United States Patent Office does not have any live trademarks registered for the word "teleprompter", but this does not rule out the possibility of a company enforcing the trademark without registering it.

However, that section does not have any in-line citations, so I can't effortlessly verify its accuracy.

]]> By: dsws http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/03/12/teleprompter-redux/#comment-20314 dsws Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:09:21 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=5328#comment-20314 So, are there any no-name knock-off teleprompters? So, are there any no-name knock-off teleprompters?

]]> By: Chris Weigant http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/03/12/teleprompter-redux/#comment-20295 Chris Weigant Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:03:27 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=5328#comment-20295 dsws - Ah, but the editors at CW.com (and the intrepid New Yorker editors -- most finicky in the country) DO care! Heh. Chris1962 - Hey, I loved Herman Cain -- he was a hoot! Plus, he seemed to be the only Republican contender to actually be enjoying himself on the campaign trail... I miss that, these days... -CW dsws -

Ah, but the editors at CW.com (and the intrepid New Yorker editors -- most finicky in the country) DO care!

Heh.

Chris1962 -

Hey, I loved Herman Cain -- he was a hoot! Plus, he seemed to be the only Republican contender to actually be enjoying himself on the campaign trail... I miss that, these days...

-CW

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/03/12/teleprompter-redux/#comment-20234 Michale Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:22:57 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=5328#comment-20234 Biden??? Wasn't he that guy who was dining on pasture-fed T-Bone steaks and creamed truffled mash potatoes at a $10K a plate fundraising dinner and said that "Republicans don't understand the middle-class"... THAT Biden?? :D Michale.... Biden???

Wasn't he that guy who was dining on pasture-fed T-Bone steaks and creamed truffled mash potatoes at a $10K a plate fundraising dinner and said that "Republicans don't understand the middle-class"...

THAT Biden?? :D

Michale....

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/03/12/teleprompter-redux/#comment-20233 Elizabeth Miller Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:09:32 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=5328#comment-20233 Michale, Hermann Cain doesn't beat Biden. Let's be perfectly clear about that, shall we ... :) Michale,

Hermann Cain doesn't beat Biden. Let's be perfectly clear about that, shall we ... :)

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/03/12/teleprompter-redux/#comment-20183 Michale Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:10:40 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=5328#comment-20183 <I>At least you say it with a smile my friend :)</I> Absolutely... Americans who had a problem with Herman Cain are as "racist" as Americans who have a problem with Obama... <I>Now I don't believe in Cain's philosophy one bit, but he sure beats Romney or Santorum. Meh. </I> And Kerry and Pelosi and Obama and Biden and Gingrich and Paul and just about any other politician out there... :D Michale..... At least you say it with a smile my friend :)

Absolutely...

Americans who had a problem with Herman Cain are as "racist" as Americans who have a problem with Obama...

Now I don't believe in Cain's philosophy one bit, but he sure beats Romney or Santorum. Meh.

And Kerry and Pelosi and Obama and Biden and Gingrich and Paul and just about any other politician out there...

:D

Michale.....

]]> By: akadjian http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/03/12/teleprompter-redux/#comment-20182 akadjian Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:58:40 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=5328#comment-20182 <i> Yea.... Too bad about all those "racist" Democrats, eh?? :D </i> At least you say it with a smile my friend :) I miss Hermann too. For the same reason I miss Muhammed Ali and sports stars from the '70s. Today's sports stars are coached on exactly what to say and they're boring. Here's what you say: It's about the team. I couldn't have done it without the team. I give credit to my coach. Or God. Or any number of other pre-canned responses designed to make them appear humble. *yawn* It's the same with today's political figures. That's why when someone like Cain comes along who actually says something different, he sounds honest. Now I don't believe in Cain's philosophy one bit, but he sure beats Romney or Santorum. Meh. -David Yea.... Too bad about all those "racist" Democrats, eh?? :D

At least you say it with a smile my friend :)

I miss Hermann too. For the same reason I miss Muhammed Ali and sports stars from the '70s. Today's sports stars are coached on exactly what to say and they're boring.

Here's what you say: It's about the team. I couldn't have done it without the team. I give credit to my coach. Or God. Or any number of other pre-canned responses designed to make them appear humble.

*yawn*

It's the same with today's political figures. That's why when someone like Cain comes along who actually says something different, he sounds honest.

Now I don't believe in Cain's philosophy one bit, but he sure beats Romney or Santorum. Meh.

-David

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/03/12/teleprompter-redux/#comment-20181 Michale Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:29:12 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=5328#comment-20181 <I>Hey, don't you be dissin' my Herman Cain.</I> Yea.... Too bad about all those "racist" Democrats, eh?? :D He coulda been a contenda.... :D Michale..... Hey, don't you be dissin' my Herman Cain.

Yea.... Too bad about all those "racist" Democrats, eh?? :D He coulda been a contenda.... :D

Michale.....

]]> By: Chris1962 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/03/12/teleprompter-redux/#comment-20167 Chris1962 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:02:31 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=5328#comment-20167 Hey, don't you be dissin' my Herman Cain. Hey, don't you be dissin' my Herman Cain.

]]> By: dsws http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/03/12/teleprompter-redux/#comment-20149 dsws Mon, 12 Mar 2012 23:04:42 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=5328#comment-20149 But it's kind of clever for Santorum's speech-writers to come up with another way of linking Romney to the president. But it's kind of clever for Santorum's speech-writers to come up with another way of linking Romney to the president.

]]> By: dsws http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/03/12/teleprompter-redux/#comment-20148 dsws Mon, 12 Mar 2012 23:03:27 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=5328#comment-20148 No one cares whether a teleprompter is in fact a name-brand TelePrompTer or whether it's just some no-name knock-off. Only the name-brand ones should be capitalized, imo, and then only if there's some reason to think someone might care whether it's the original or a generic. No one cares whether a teleprompter is in fact a name-brand TelePrompTer or whether it's just some no-name knock-off. Only the name-brand ones should be capitalized, imo, and then only if there's some reason to think someone might care whether it's the original or a generic.

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