"Anyone want a calendar?" "Yeah, I'd love one." "Here you go; for your convenience, it's got a speaker to remind you to get an oil change at my garage." "Huh

"Anyone want a calendar?" "Yeah, I'd love one." "Here you go; for your convenience, it's got a speaker to remind you to get an oil change at my garage." "Huh, that's weird, but I'll just remove the battery and I won't hear the message." Once the bits leave the nytimes.com server and travel to my computer, they don't control how I use them. I can't break laws (e.g., republish the words as my own), but if I don't want to see part of the page, that's my prerogative.