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  1. Re:Another key disclosure case on Kim Dotcom Demands Access To Seized Property To Defend Himself · · Score: 1, Interesting

    It's pretty damn obvious.
    Nature gave me this body which includes my mouth. I may use that body in any fashion I choose. That includes, among other things, the right to speak. AND the right to not speak (hence Arizona v. Miranda rights). No government may overrule the bodily rights that Nature has given me.

  2. Stalking made easier on Google Launches Search By Image · · Score: -1

    Get a photo of some cute girl or guy. Drag it to google. And soon you'll have dozens of photos & if you're lucky, a name and address. (I suspect this is not what google intended, but oh well.)

  3. Do you really save money? on Unlocked iPhones in US For $649 · · Score: -1

    $199 + 24 months * $40/month == $1160
    vs.
    $649 + 24 months * $25/month == $1249

    No not really.
    Oh well.
    This is why I still use a VirginMobile phone. The phone was free and the service is cheap ($0 a month plus fees -or- $25 unlimited). Of course it's no iPhone but I'm okay with that.

  4. TRS-80 was the #1 computer of late 70s on John Linnell of They Might Be Giants Talks Tech · · Score: -1, Informative

    I'm not surprised he used a TRS-80 as his "first". It was the best-selling computer of 1978, 79 and 80*.

    "If you went back to that time and told yourself, âoeIn thirty years, weâ(TM)re going to be distributing all of our music through this device,â what would you think?" - John Linnell says he would not be surprised. At the time, people were already recording songs on their Ataris, Commodores, and Amigas and distributing them via the BBS and Usenet.

    >>>John Linnell's first PC, the Macintosh Plus (1986).

    IMHO he would have been better-off buying an Atari ST or Amiga. Like Andy Warhol and Disney Animation did. The Mac Plus wasn't very strong for video or sound.

    *1981-82 was Atari 400/800
    *1983-86 was Commodore 64
    *1987 onward was IBM PC and clones

  5. Apple == 90s Microsoft? on Apple Eases Rules For Subscription Apps · · Score: -1

    I used to hate the unscrupulous tactics MS used during the late 80s through the year 2000, so I bought Commodore and Apple computers instead. And now I see Apple copying many of those tactics. Kinda sad.

    So boycott MS.
    Boycott apple.
    What's left?

  6. Hello tyranny on UK Government Seeking To Expand Scope of 'Voluntary' Website Blocking · · Score: -1

    "Internet filtering across the public estate is essential. We want to ensure that users in schools, libraries, colleges and Immigration Removal Centres are unable to access unlawful material." - Yeah but if I WANT to access unlawful material, like nude women, orgies, how-to-build-a-home-riffle, and other shit the government disapproves of? It's called FREEDOM jackasses in parliament.

  7. Re:Wonderful. on Dutch To Introduce Net Neutrality By Law · · Score: 0

    >>>It was never the "land of the free to use other people's property the way I want."

    Except these ISPs were granted (1) use of government-owned roads and right-of-ways plus (2) monopolies. Examples: Comcast, cox, verizon. The government can regulate these ISPs for either of those 2 reasons:

    1 - Because government regulates everything that runs on, or under the roads.
    2 - Because government regulates monopolies like the Power company, phone company, natural gas company, and water/sewer company. The internet monopoly is no different.

  8. Goodbye Red Flag law on Judge Prevents 23,322 Filesharing Does From Being Sued For Now · · Score: -1

    Does==John Does

    - It is my sincere hope that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act goes to the same hellhole as the "red flag laws" that required drivers of horseless carriages (cars) to be led by a pedestrian, waving a red flag or carrying a lantern.

    Hopefully the repeal won't take 30 years again. Hopefully enough citizens will get pissed-off about receiving $5000 extortion letters (or million-dollar lawsuits) and demand the DMCA get nullified.

  9. Go Get 'Em! on Advocacy Group Files FCC Complaint Over Verizon Tethering Ban · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Nail the Verizon Monopoly* to the wall. I'm tired of being forced to choose between Verizon and Verizon for my plain-old telephone service. Then go after Comcast, Cox, Cablevision, and time-warner while you're at it, Mr. FCC.

    *
    * The monopoly is not in wireless, but wired services, but
    I still think the FCC should tear-apart this company like they did with ATT back in the 70s.

  10. Re:I wonder if the hackers would stop.. on Sony Compromised, Again · · Score: -1

    >>>Is it lost on everybody that these hacks are doing more damage to current Sony customers

    Not if the customer data is erased after it is downloaded. Son'ys reputation is harmed (and hopefully they go bankrupt), while the customers suffer no ill effects since their Info was never released.

  11. And the geeks cheer! on Internet Explorer Use Slips Below 55% · · Score: -1

    YAY!

    It's amazing though how many still cling to Internet Explorer, even after you tell them, "But websites can see everything you do. Explorer, especially versions 6 and 7, has no privacy." One forum poster at AVscience replied, "I don't care I'll keep using IE anyway and _____ your firefox recommendation." Ummm... oookay. Just trying to help you secure your PC there, buddy.

    I see Opera rose from approximately 1% to 3%. Yay.
    Netscape(!) still holds a 3/4% share.
    And Mozilla/Seamonkey is only 1/50 of a percent. Not so great. :-|

  12. Why Firefox 3.5? on Google Incrementally Dropping Support For Older Browsers · · Score: 0

    Dropping IE7 and S3 makes sense, but why FF3.5? It isn't that old. It was "born" less than two years ago, and EOL has not arrived yet.

  13. Microsoft Office is not an open platform either on Skype Protocol Has Been Reverse Engineered · · Score: 3, Interesting

    And yet we have several programs that can read/write to Office files. It seems the same could be done with MS Skype - call it OpenSkype or LibreSkype.

    The only problem is the potential to be sued for theft-of-service (making calls w/o paying).

  14. Good - arrest me on Embed a Video, Go To Jail? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'd be happy to appear on every radio and TV show discussing the out-of-control government which arrested me because I linked infringing "Sanctuary" episodes from youtube to my facebook page. It's time to Inform the public about what kind of tyranny they are living.

    So go ahead and arrest me.
    I'll be happy to fight back.

  15. The CD Companies tried to do this on Apple Nixes iPad Giveaways · · Score: 3, Informative

    In 2001 they were sued by the US DOJ for restraint-of-trade, price fixing, and forming an illegal cartel.

    So go ahead Apple. I look forward to seeing you get the same treatment the record companies received. Especially now that the US Congress is investigating you. Not a smart move.

  16. Every platform? on Doom Ported To the Web · · Score: -1

    "versions of Doom have subsequently been released for the following systems: DOS, Microsoft Windows, Commodore Amiga, QNX, Irix, NEXTSTEP, Linux, Apple Macintosh, Super NES, Sega 32X, Sony PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, iPhone OS, Symbian OS, RISC OS, Atari Jaguar, Sega Saturn, Nintendo 64, Tapwave (1) Does this work on Dialup connections?

    (2) "Zodiac, 3DO, Xbox as a feature of Doom 3: Limited Edition, Xbox 360 on Xbox Live Arcade, and the PS3." - wikipedia

    No Commodore 64.
    Or NES.
    Or Sega Genesis? That last one is a surprise since the Amiga version should be able to run on the Genesis with some simple modification.

  17. Spying == act of war? on Pentagon Says Cyberattacks Can Count As Act of War · · Score: -1

    Wow. The Pentagon workers are really reaching. Maybe if the cyberattack blacked-out the entire coast, but simply hacking and downloading files is not an "act of war" deserving we go-off and nuck China.

    Jeez. It's just a modern form of spying, which has existed for centuries.

  18. Bad cloud! Bad! on Google Deprecates Translation API · · Score: -1

    Of what value is using cloud apps if companies can just make them disappear practically overnight? I'm disappointed since I use Translate a lot, and soon it will be gone. :-| Good thing I didn't lose any documents, but it could happen.

  19. legal online market is impossible w/ piratebay on Finnish Record Labels Want To Block Pirate Bay · · Score: -1

    Funny.
    iTunes seems to be doing just fine, even though piratebay and other illegal sites exist. The record companies should stop being wimps, man-up, and create a legal site for purchasing $1 singles. Stop the whining,

  20. I would have volunteered on China Alleged To Use Prisoners In Lucrative Internet Gaming · · Score: -1

    "Rather than dig dirt and break rocks, how about I play games 16 hours a day? You'll make more money that way."

  21. Just scribble a random scrawl on Doctors To Patients: First, Do No Yelp Harm · · Score: -1

    Instead of a signature. It won't hold-up in court (because you can claim you refused to sign, and its not your signature), and you will not be forced to keep silent about how the doctor or dentist provided lousy service.

    And speaking of lousy service:
    Don't deal with Charles Schwab. I opened a Roth IRA that was supposed to be dated 2010, but they delayed the account, made me take a "Patriot Test" by phone, and slapped 2011 on it.
    i.e. They lied. Damn bankers. And no I didn't sign an NDA.

  22. Cracked Vessel on TEPCO Confirms Partial Meltdown of No.2 and No.3 Reactors · · Score: -1

    I had heard that the Earthquake cracked the containment vessel, so even if there was no tsunami, there still would have been an overheating of the fuel rods and leakage of radiation/melted slag

  23. IRONY: combating digital censorship on Civil Society Statement To the E-G8 and G8 · · Score: 0

    >>>"combating digital censorship and surveillance"

    It was the French president who was the leading proponent for censorship/surveillance of citizens (second only to Australian Minister Conroy). How ironic that he would step forward with this proposal. Must be doublespeak.

  24. Spend, spend, spend on How Companies Are Using Data From Foursquare · · Score: -1

    10 percent discount to anyone who checked in on a phone at Radio Shack..... Applebee's launched a "swarm offer" in an effort to bring in the late-night crowd. Everyone who checks in gets free mozzarella sticks, as long as at least five people in the restaurant check in after 9 p.m..... New York Times' more than 90,000 followers might be advised to try the cereal-milk soft-serve ice cream at New York's Momofuku Milk Bar.....

    No wonder the typical American has ~$120,000 in total debt (plus 140,000 of public gov't debt). I don't think we can build a positive future following this materialistic lifestyle. IMHO.

  25. Re:it's not google's fault on Privacy Hacking Worse Than PR Flacking · · Score: -1, Insightful

    +1 insightful.

    Instead of facebook complaining about google caching public information, THEY should be making sure the information is not public to non-logged-in visitors (like googlebot).