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  1. What and When??? on After Online Defamation Suit, Dismissal of Malicious Prosecution Claim Upheld · · Score: 1

    The question is what they knew and when.

    Did they knowingly make the false representations to the Court?

    It is hard for a malicious prosecution type of action unless you can show when they knew it, when they used to false
    information. They can always fall back on, well we believed the lying client.

  2. And in vegas? on Microsoft Patents Foot Computing · · Score: 1

    What about the people who cheat at roulette by using a computer and the interface in their shoe? Or was that in Blackjack?

  3. Donkey Kong is an animal on Nintendo Seeks To Trademarks "It's On Like Donkey Kong" · · Score: 1

    Pacman is my friend, Donkey Kong is an animal

    -- Automan

  4. Fud? Microsoft? Say it ain't so. on Income Tax Quashed, Ballmer To Cash In Billions · · Score: 1

    Anyone at Microsoft involvement in the dissemination of FUD? Nah, it would never happen.

  5. Re:CV makes everyone shudder in embarrassment on FTC Taps Ed Felten As First Chief Technologist · · Score: 5, Informative

    Maybe because he believes in fair use?

    He was one of the scientists behind the MPAA v. 2600 amicus briefs.

    He also went after the RIAA when they threatened to sue him if he commented on encryption in one of his presentations.

  6. He should be jailed! on FTC Taps Ed Felten As First Chief Technologist · · Score: 5, Funny

    He and that criminal piracy organization that he works for, Princeton, should be locked up!

    He and Princeton only works to provide tools to pirates and to destroy the movie and music industries.

    How dare he support piracy and takes the food out of the mouthes of deserving industry executives! Without the repeated extensions of the copyright periods, there will be no incentive to produce new versions of Snow White. 75 years is just not enough time to make back the money invested in making a song or a movie!

  7. Re:I've always favoured fair spam sentencing on Canadian Spammer Fined Over $1 Billion · · Score: 1

    The problem with this is that most of the spammers get away with it. Only a small percentage is caught.

  8. You don't understand a thing. on New Legislation Would Crack Down On Online Piracy · · Score: 4, Funny

    The MPAA, RIAA, and DMA have bought laws.

    Don't you think that they have a right to expect a fair value for the legislators that they buy?

    What good is buying a congressperson if you can't get the laws you want written the way you want?

  9. Contact the registrar. on Defending Self In a Case of On-Line Identity Theft? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If the whois information identifies you are the registrant, then contact the registrar. Identify yourself and take control of the domain name.

    If the registrar refuses, include them in the lawsuit.

  10. And you should have learned on Website Lets You Bet On Your Grades · · Score: 1

    You should have learned in your studies, when you permit external access security is compromised.

    Not to say that school has good security, but it creates another potential attack vector.

  11. Yep, make my school records public. on Website Lets You Bet On Your Grades · · Score: 1

    Is it proper for a school to, or appear to, allow a third party automated access to student records where this third party is not playing a role in providing education services.

  12. Chicken! on ASCAP Refuses To Debate Lessig · · Score: 1

    They are just chicken.

    Professor Lessig would chew them up and spit them out. I saw him debate Jack Valenti and it was clearly an uneven match.

    You are right, they have nothing to gain with such a mismatch.

  13. Another Benefit! on Data Centers Prepare for a Renewable Future · · Score: 1

    If you have a lower power draw and solar/wind power, it makes it a bit easier to last though power outages without having to fire up the generator.

  14. Private? on Google Found Guilty of Australian Privacy Breach · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I agree to a point. If you don't secure your connection and get sniffed, it is your fault.

    The fact that Google snooped it does not make their actions any better. If they had snooped and only picked up SSID and Mac addresses, then that is one thing.

    This may have served an important purpose, it woke people up about security on WIFI connections.

  15. Where can they be bought? on OLPC's XO-1.75 Laptop To Have a Multitouch Screen · · Score: 1

    It would be nice to be able to buy some, for testing.

  16. What a wimp! on Boy Builds Wall-Climbing Machine Using Recycled Vacuums · · Score: 0, Troll

    If he was not such a wimp, he would have gotten a bite from a radio active or genetically engineered spider.

    Wasn't he the one screaming while he ran down the hall when they tried to give him vaccinations in school when he was 5 year old? Oh, no that was me.

  17. Slow motion on Bionic Cat Gets World's First Implant Paws · · Score: 4, Funny

    The bionic cat in the video looks like it is running in slow motion, but we all know it is running at 60mph.

  18. Where the action is aimed. on Spamhaus Fine Reduced From $11.7M To $27K · · Score: 3, Informative

    Part of the theory is that you direct harm to a jurisdiction, you are subject to that jurisdiction. See Calder v. Jones, 465 U.S. 783 (1984). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calder_v._Jones

    Now if you are in Spam, hijack a system in Korea to send spam to China, where should you be liable?

  19. The Court noted that there should be an exception on Police Officers Seek Right Not To Be Recorded · · Score: 2, Interesting

    In the Mass. Supreme Court case, there was a conviction for a person recording a police stop. The finding that it was illegal under Mass. law was upheld, but one of the comments from the Supreme Court stated there should be an exception and recording of police on duty should be allowed to be recorded.

  20. Spam prevention???? on ImageLogr Scrapes "Billions" of Images Illegally · · Score: 1

    How does it prevent spam?

    Don't you still get e-mails forwarded to you?

  21. Why not use everything? on Most Useful OS For High-School Science Education? · · Score: 1

    There is another solution. Use Aqua Connect (www.aquaconnect.net) to provide for the Mac, this allows you to have over 100 users on one Xserve, then connect to it using net stations or One Laptop per child systems. You can also setup some Windows Servers so that using the same terminal server, you can access a Windows or Mac desktop.

  22. They know what they are doing is illegal on ImageLogr Scrapes "Billions" of Images Illegally · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They know what they are doing is illegal. Why else would they use domains by proxy to hide their identity?

    The only reason they blocked, ooopp...I mean "Imagelogr.com is currently offline as we are improving the website."

    I am curious if their robots actually identified themselves or respected the robots.txt file.

  23. Re:Lighting someone on fire does not work?? on Wii Could Be What the Doctor Ordered · · Score: 1

    > You might also stay warm for the rest of your life.

    Oh, an added benefit!

  24. Lighting someone on fire does not work?? on Wii Could Be What the Doctor Ordered · · Score: 1

    As Richard Pryor said, "Fire is an inspiration!" When you are on fire, you will move your ass.

  25. Re:A personal invitation on ACLU Sues To Protect Your Right To Swear · · Score: 1

    >specifically to your case, I think even the most pro-cop judge would find it hard to defend a cop claiming that he didn't know 2:30pm wasn't night time.

    True, but most people would not look up the statute of the text. Even so, he had already had to sit and wait for the cop to check his papers, and write the ticket.