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Adam Savage Revises Claim of Lawyer-Bullying On RFID Show
Nick writes "A few weeks ago a video of a talk given by Adam Savage of the television show MythBusters spread across the internet (including a mention on Slashdot.) On the video, Savage stated that the show was unable to produce an episode about previously known RFID vulnerabilities due to a conference call to Texas Instruments that unexpectedly included several credit card companies' legal counsel. TI (via a spokesperson talking with cnet.com) stated that only one lawyer was on the call and that the majority of the people on the call were product managers from the Smart Card Alliance (SCA) invited by TI to speak. Then Savage (via a Discovery Communications statement) reaffirmed that he was not on the call himself and that the decision was not made by Discovery or their advertising sales department but rather MythBuster's production company, Beyond Productions."
I reject your reality and substitute my own!
become a cartoon. Maybe like Rocky & Bullwinkle. "Hey Jamie! Watch me pull our show's credibility out of a hat!"
And that's all I have to say about that!
Help a man when he is in trouble and he will remember you when he is in trouble again.
...the story was accurate.
When Fascism comes to America, it will call itself Anti-Fascism, and tell you to give up your guns.
In this context, you'd need to use the word 'plausible.'
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Actually, I'd say those merchant accounts improve the standing of the CC companies.
"The ToS you signed clearly says you won't try to circumvent the security features on the Credit Card systems we let you use, and you're making a FREAKING TELEVISION SHOW about it?"
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How the fuck did you arrive at the conclusion that debit cards are somehow more evil than credit cards?
"16MB (fuck off, MiB fascists)" - The Mighty Buzzard
I'm imagining Karie pulling it off.
I'll be in my bunk if anyone needs me.
Virginia is for lovers. EVE is for griefers.
compared to dirty jobs, tougher in Alaska, ice road truckers, ax men, and deadliest catch, Mythbusters is a show for the gods.
Compared to being shot or stabbed, a toothache feels great as well.
The show is entertaining, but I walked away from it without a single useful fact.
Oh well, I won't threadjack, but this whole incident does sound like bullshit too. There's only a few months till Shmoocon, and I wonder if CC RFID is going to be a topic...
Well it is called "Penn and Teller: Bullshit!"
What'd you expect? ;P
Yeah, I'm agree one hundred per... did you say Family Guy?
Please post a video of Karie pulling it off. It would be so much better that the Palin bikini photo.
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American Express Clear and Chase Freedom
Nice at McDonalds, 7/11 and CVS when I want to confuse the hell out of the cashier.
-nick
In the city of Fortaleza, a local newspaper once declared that half the councilmen were disonest. However, due to the strong political reaction (and a number of threats), the same newspaper decided to "step back" the following day, by declaring that half the councilmen were honest.
More precisely this event happened in 1965 and those that can read Portuguese may check it out here.
One episode in particular was where they were not allowed to say '*****'. They had to replace a prefectly fine medical term with 'genetic material'.
It is a ******* show for pete's sake!
Potentially offensive words have been removed from your post for the sake of the children. Have a nice day.
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Jamie: EVER!!
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