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  1. Re:Come on, Jake, it's Wisconsin on Theater Professor's Firefly Poster Declared Threatening · · Score: 1

    Respect my authoratah!

  2. Re:WTF? on Samsung Joins Ranks of Android Vendors Licensing Microsoft Patents · · Score: 1

    When was this then?
    - MS DOS: Bought from a Seattle company
    - Windows: Largely based on stuff they learned from OSF and Apple.
    - Mobile devices: Did they make any before the Zune?

  3. Re:Just a shot in the dark here on Spotify Defends Facebook Sign-Up Requirement · · Score: 1

    Yeah, because asking people to choose from six options

    Works for Disqus, why not Spotify?

    Oh, that's right, Spotify wants to market themselves to Facebook users "for free". They basically take the same approach as the Facebook games that incessantly want you to "share" your in-game accomplishments and requests with all your friends.

  4. Fun 2 Play? on DC Universe Online Goes F2P · · Score: 2

    About time.

    Oh wait, that wasn't it was it...

  5. Re:Apple should be worried on Samsung Plans To Block the iPhone 5 In Korea · · Score: 1

    So I guess since Samsung sue Apple over the iPhone 5 they know it is superior to the S II as well then? *preorders*

  6. Re:Star Trek on William Shatner On Star Trek Vs. Star Wars · · Score: 1

    I consider Star Trek to be sci-fi western, where they explore e frontier and fight natives. Whereas Lucas has admitted the influence from Japanese samurai flicks in partiulsr Hidden Fortress, and the influences from WW2 movies are also apparent.

  7. Re:Gee, I wonder on Court Reinstates $675k File Sharing Verdict · · Score: 1

    Puntive damages that favor megacorporations can be called cruel and unusual punishment...

  8. Re:Valuing fairness over freedom doesn't devalue t on UK Man Jailed For Being a Jerk On the Internet · · Score: 1

    Well, you certainly fits the "coward" part well. The EU does not collapse from "poor people", if anything the USA-trained cold-hearted MBAs will be what do us in, as they siphon money into the pure gambling setup called "the financial industries". Your right-wing world of lies has no connection with truth.

  9. Re:really?! on UK Man Jailed For Being a Jerk On the Internet · · Score: 1

    "a guy bought the last copy of a movie" is not comparable to "a guy pestered the grieving family of a dead girl".

    I think you not only lack empathy but also any sense of scale. Your loss, I guess, except you seem to try and spread your madness to others.

  10. Re:Microsoft on Windows 8 Won't Support Plug-Ins; the End of Flash? · · Score: 1

    Er, Windows and IE9+ will use whatever codec the user installs. Seems FUDing goes both ways...

  11. Re:Microsoft on Windows 8 Won't Support Plug-Ins; the End of Flash? · · Score: 1

    And there is no such thing as a HTML5 blocker.

    Yes, there is. It's called display: none ! important; in a custom CSS rule with a selector for whatever ad server is used.

  12. Re:Choice is Good, No Choice Bad on Windows 8 Won't Support Plug-Ins; the End of Flash? · · Score: 1

    Depends on which case you refer to. The "vendor pays for an MS-DOS license for each computer even if you ship a different OS on it or else" shit back in the day was the original "Microsoft tax".

  13. Re:So he was convicted on not being nice? on UK Man Jailed For Being a Jerk On the Internet · · Score: 1

    Free speech only regulates what the Government can do. So when (post 9/11/2001) the show Politically Incorrect was taken off the air following Bill Maher's statements that the plane hijackers were not cowards (since they sacrificed their lives for their cause), that was just business. And when a mall expelled a youth for having a peace symbol on a T-shirt, that was also just business... so in the USA I guess the Government can't censor you, but it seems almost everyone else can.

  14. Re:He's a recidivist on UK Man Jailed For Being a Jerk On the Internet · · Score: 1

    "Trolling" understates what took place. "Stalking" is closer to the mark.

  15. Re:really?! on UK Man Jailed For Being a Jerk On the Internet · · Score: 1

    Sure you have free speech: If you hadn't his postings would have been subject to Government moderation before they ended up on the memorial site.

    But after he has used his free speech he gets to face the consequences like an adult. Not hide behind the Mommy skirts of "unrestricted freedom to be a douchebag to others".

  16. Re:really?! on UK Man Jailed For Being a Jerk On the Internet · · Score: 1

    Yes. Instead people should perhaps boycott him and everything he is associated with. "I see that Sean Duffy works in this store. I will be taking my business elsewhere until that situation has been rectified." Eventually he will see the errors of his ways.

  17. Re:really?! on UK Man Jailed For Being a Jerk On the Internet · · Score: 1

    Because a stable society is based on civility. A fucktard's right to express himself stops with my right to not be subjected the shit dripping from his mouth. Assholes are not entitled to an audience.

    Perhaps in your world (Vulcan?) people are not emotional creatures, but we humans are. Emotional distress can have lasting effects. And in this case the asshat purposefully and repeatedly sought to cause distress.

  18. Re:Can't wait for the "NOOOO! Censorship!" crowd.. on UK Man Jailed For Being a Jerk On the Internet · · Score: 1

    ALL speech? I guess I imagined those child porn laws then. Or what happens (until recently) if you expressed threats to the President's life.

  19. Re:Can't wait for the "NOOOO! Censorship!" crowd.. on UK Man Jailed For Being a Jerk On the Internet · · Score: 1

    No, censorship is preventing the speech, this is just a fucking asshole receiving the consequences of his free speech. HE HATH SPOKEN! THE LAW HAS ANSWERED!

  20. Re:Valuing fairness over freedom doesn't devalue t on UK Man Jailed For Being a Jerk On the Internet · · Score: 1

    poor people breed faster than rich people

    What, their pregnancies take less than nine months? Your archaic political views are perfectly matched by your lack of knowledge of biology. In-breeding much in your family?

  21. Re:Morally wrong vs Criminally wrong? on UK Man Jailed For Being a Jerk On the Internet · · Score: 1

    I guess the equivalent American concepts (severity of criminal offenses) would be a misdemeanor compared to a felony.

  22. Re:trolling vs free speech on UK Man Jailed For Being a Jerk On the Internet · · Score: 1

    Freedom of speech generally meant freedom from persecution for speaking against the Government. Not freedom to be a total asshole to other people with no consequences. Nor freedom to yell "Fire!" in a crowd. Or a lot of other expressions that infringe on other people's right NOT to be subject to your expression.

  23. Re:trolling vs free speech on UK Man Jailed For Being a Jerk On the Internet · · Score: 1

    Slashdot is full of people making up excuses for assholes today.

  24. Re:Propaganda or Bad reporting? on UK Man Jailed For Being a Jerk On the Internet · · Score: 1

    Ah, yes - one man's insensitive asshole is another man's freedom fighter.

  25. Re:Does any of the admins RTFA? on YouTube Disables Comments and User Uploads For Korean Users · · Score: 1

    Or: IBM buys unproven hack of an OS from smallish compiler maker Microsoft instead of industry standard CP/M for their expensive desktop computer line - failure is guaranteed.