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  1. Re:Victory for this battle is to MPAA on US Ordered To Hand Over Megaupload Documents · · Score: 1

    Oh, and when the US loses this case, I can't wait for the counter-suit for damages. I would laugh my pants off when the US government is ordered to cover the damages incurred during this farce of a trial. I hope Kim Dotcom takes them to the cleaners and take everything to the max. Get them to pay so obscene amounts that heads will have to roll and the collaboration with the copyright MAFIAA is dropped like a hot potato.

    I can think of one problem with this, just because they lose the extradition case, doesn't mean they'll give up their case against him. They can easily hold the case without him being there (Spamhaus comes to mind), and then where is he planning on suing them?

  2. Re:Can someone explain to me on Pirate Party Gaining Strength In Germany · · Score: 1

    So not direct democracy as not every one would have the ability to vote on things even if they wanted to?

  3. Re:Annuals on Electric Airplane Ready For Production · · Score: 1

    Just wondering where you live that you have monthly inspections on your car? Or are those voluntary inspections?

  4. pricing on Sci-Fi Publisher Tor Ditches DRM For E-Books · · Score: 1

    I'd love to see them fix their pricing. I've noticed people have mentioned Tor and Baen, but their pricing was terrible (at least for the author I liked).

    Latest David Weber Book -
    http://www.baenebooks.com/p-1550-a-rising-thunder.aspx - $6

    Price of David Weber Book published by Tor (not sure how long its not been available) -
    http://www.baenebooks.com/p-601-off-armageddon-reef.aspx - $18

    I just don't understand how they think because they are Tor, they should charge 3 times the price!

  5. Re:Its like it costs Comcast less to stream their on Netflix CEO Accuses Comcast of Not Practicing Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    As he is talking about transit, its safe to assume it is megabit-per-second.

  6. Re:Talk or else! on US Judge Rules Defendant Can Be Forced To Decrypt Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    How did you know my pass phrase?

  7. Re:not so fast there alarmast headline writers. on AT&T Caps Netflix Streaming Costs At $68K/Yr · · Score: 1

    That would be a pretty good rate, is that a voip based?

    Here is the price list for Bell Canada.
    http://www.bell.ca/styles/wireline/en/all_regions/pdfs/LD_OverseasSched_1.pdf

    For Armenia it is $4.29/min so that would be $257.40/hour, so for a month not stop you are looking at $185,328.(24 hours x30). This is expensive, and vastly more expensive than the original $86,000!

    Now mind you they do have plans, but as far as I can see there is no unlimited plan that includes Armenia.

  8. Re:but it turns out that communism is awesome on Raspberry Pi Has Gone To Manufacturing · · Score: 2

    but they don't use them (mostly) for labor, they just pay to house, feed, entertain, and if they (inmates) want educate them.

  9. Re:TANSTAAFL on Adblock Plus To Offer 'Acceptable Ads' Option · · Score: 1

    Where do we get the free ponies?

  10. Re:Dear India... on Facebook Tells India It Won't Help Censor the Web · · Score: 1

    Well obviously you have some tolerance for humans to kill others, as you believe they should be killed, but not only killed but tortured first.

  11. Re:And yet... on French Power Company Fined For Hacking Greenpeace · · Score: 1

    So the solution is to start a company and only pay for sex with an adult who is comfortable with you filming it?

  12. Re:Seriously? on Windows Phone Unlock Tool Goes Official · · Score: 1

    Well except for the fact they aren't charging you for the tool, a third party is. So I doubt they'd care if someone else makes an alternative free program.

  13. Re:Oblig on The Weight of an e-Book · · Score: 1

    The LoC has no mass? No wonder they can store everything!

  14. Re:Easy on What Happens When the Average Lifespan is 150 Years? · · Score: 1

    I think he meant larger families as in more people alive. So instead of maybe your grandparents being at the family reunion you'll also have your great, and great-great grandparents there!

  15. Re:Not cybercrime on Coordinated, Global ATM Heist Nets $13 Million · · Score: 2

    I know reading the article means I'm new and all, but it was based on both meatspace and cyber.
    "Armed with unauthorized access to FISâ(TM)s card platform, the crooks were able to reload the cards remotely when the cash withdrawals brought their balances close to zero."
    This was coordinated between people at the ATM and to someone on the FIS network reloading the cards.

  16. Re:No store displays, no commercials on Why Are There So Few Honeycomb Apps? · · Score: 1

    If you are the person who wants to install a different distribution, I'm pretty sure you'd use a search engine to find a tablet that lets you do that.

  17. Licensing on Google Launching Music Service Without Labels · · Score: 1

    So they have no licensing deals, but its still US only? If they are basically following the strategy that it is easier to ask for forgiveness then permission, why not do it the world over?

  18. Re:iThink iKnow what they're doing! on Apple Buys iCloud.com Domain For $4.5 Million · · Score: 1

    Pizza Pizza in Canada lets you schedule a delivery for a later time, don't know how far in advance you can do it as I've never used that option :)

  19. Re:sigh. on USPTO Gives Google Patent For Doodles · · Score: 1

    Well to be fair the PLATO system didn't modify their logo, they just added a "heart" to the top of the screen. Google actually makes custom logos.
    A better example of prior art would be Blue's News
    http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/logos.pl
    As you we can see the first christmas logo was for 2000, a few months before google submitted their application.

  20. Re:Why? Visit our App store! on HP To Put WebOS On PCs In 2012 · · Score: 1

    I'm confused, is Ubuntu like WalMart, Amazon or the guy down the road?

  21. Re:Baen Books on Book Piracy — Less DRM, More Data · · Score: 1

    How many people download mediocre top 40 music? A lot of people. Just because some cover band doesn't get downloaded doesn't mean people don't download thousands of albums just because.
    I have a friend who has terabytes of music, do you honestly want to tell me he listens to all of it? I don't think he has enough years left in his life ;)

  22. Re:Baen Books on Book Piracy — Less DRM, More Data · · Score: 1

    Except people will pirate anything, even the crappy stuff (note I love Baen Books :)

  23. Re:torrent on Atari Loses Copyright Suit Against RapidShare · · Score: 1

    Actually no, RapidShare does host the files you upload to them. They then provide a link you can give to others, and you download directly from their servers.

  24. Re:and we should also... on Recording the Police · · Score: 1

    I don't know about other places but when I worked at a gas station with a Tim Hortons in it, I would always give a free coffee to the cops that showed up on the night shifts. The cops who patrolled this area knew it, and well it made me feel just a little bit safer.

  25. Re:I fear for Canada on Once-Secret ACTA Copyright Treaty Approved By EU · · Score: 1

    Canada is part of the EU?