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• On the post: Techdirt Sued For $10 Million In A Frivolous Lawsuit For Posting An Earlier Frivolous Lawsuit

  

  Aaron ( profile ), 14 Jul, 2014 @ 04:14pm

  My character appeared in my book The 0th Dimension, written in 2003 and published in 2007 by FurNation, and published again by Double Dragon Publishing in 2012. ... There appears to be a copyright notice dated year 2000
  
  So he's suing for infringement on something published seven years before his own book?

• On the post: Thailand Coup Leaders Insist Their Orders To Censor The Internet Are Not Actually Censorship

  

  Aaron ( profile ), 24 May, 2014 @ 03:20am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  It is not censorship when a private party removes posts on his own website. You have no inalienable right to be heard on a particular person's website, just as you have no right to shout anything you want in someone's living room, and they have every right to ask you (or force you) to leave.

• On the post: LG Will Take The 'Smart' Out Of Your Smart TV If You Don't Agree To Share Your Viewing And Search Data With Third Parties

  

  Aaron ( profile ), 20 May, 2014 @ 06:49pm

  Re: You don't own what you buy

  [citation needed]
  
  Which is to say: Steam's policy is (maybe has always been; I'm not sure) that even if they ban your account you will still have access to all of the games you owned under it; you just won't be able to add new games you purchase to the account.

• On the post: Vladimir Putin Restricting Naughty Language And 'Unregistered' Bloggers

  

  Aaron ( profile ), 08 May, 2014 @ 07:27pm

  Re: Then there is Snowdon

  I read your comment a few times through, and I still don't understand what Snowden (misspelled) is doing in the title or has to do with anything.

• On the post: Exasperation Shines Through As Google Angrily Responds To Contempt Motion Over Innocence Of Muslims

  

  Aaron ( profile ), 31 Mar, 2014 @ 08:02pm

  Re:

  Not generally, no. In this case his decision was baffling, but Judge Alex Kozinski is usually a razor-sharp, delightfully sardonic judge who makes rulings that make sense.

• On the post: College Kid Tries To Pull A Ferris Bueller On His Grades, Gets An 'F' In Covering His Tracks

  

  Aaron ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2014 @ 12:10am

  Re: Another security researcher ready to be hired

  The article says his "hacking" was actually replacing professors' keyboards with similar-looking keyboards containing keyloggers. That doesn't sound too impressive to me, though it is ballsy.

• On the post: The Escapist Website Still Blames Users For Its Business Model, Won't Let Them Even Mention AdBlock

  

  Aaron ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2014 @ 01:36am

  Misrepresentation

  "Still, he apparently believes that using Adbblock is very, very naughty, you should feel horrible, and if you want to get back on the right side of morality you should send him toys (he provides a handy link to his Amazon wishlist)."
  
  That is a complete misrepresentation of the video and not supported by video itself.
  
  In the video Jim says that yeah, he's fine with adblock, and he understands why people use it. He says he personally would appreciate users whitelisting the site, but he knows that what he's asking -- them sacrificing their own experience for his gain, with no tangible benefit to them -- is quite a lot, and that he blames nobody and casts no judgement on those who have adblock.
  
  For the people who use adblock because the ads on the Escapist are so horrible and obnoxious, but who for some reason /do/ feel guilty about it, he mentions alternate ways of supporting him without making your browsing experience worse.
  
  There is no shaming, no calling of naughtiness, and the only people he seems angry towards are those who demand he modify his show to their needs while they brag about adblocking his site. One such conversation prompted him to make the video.
  
  I'm not big on calling people sensationalist, but you were pretty damn dishonest.

• On the post: That Time Yelpers Took Revenge On A Bigot Restaurant Owner

  

  Aaron ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2014 @ 01:29am

  Re:

  You're bad at reading.
  
  [T]hat whole freedom of speech thing protects such asshattery. But it's a good thing it also protects the creative reviewers of Gary's establishment.
  
  He's saying there is no problem here, except the restaurant owner is an asshole, he delights at the creative responses some people have made to the restaurant owner's assholery, and he disapproves of the restaurant owner, which is also protected speech.
  
  What have you got against the word "bigot"?

• On the post: Cop Shoots Teen Holding Wii Controller In His Own Home

  

  Aaron ( profile ), 21 Feb, 2014 @ 02:04am

  Re:

  Just, not the people playing the video games.

• On the post: Valve: No, Our Gaming Anti-Cheat System Isn't Tracking Your Voracious Porn Habits

  

  Aaron ( profile ), 20 Feb, 2014 @ 07:06pm

  Re: Nice to see the honesty

  VAC is enabled only on specific servers, and you can choose not to enable it on your machine and to only play on VAC-free servers. It doesn't exist on singleplayer games and many multiplayer games. It is separate from Steam.

• On the post: Valve: No, Our Gaming Anti-Cheat System Isn't Tracking Your Voracious Porn Habits

  

  Aaron ( profile ), 20 Feb, 2014 @ 06:57pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: DRM should never be trusted.

  Another (imo bigger) issue is that you can't publish to steam without DRM.
  
  That's not true. You can publish to Steam without DRM, and plenty of publishers have. These games can be launched from their executables without Steam needing to run. They don't use Steamworks or any third-party DRM.
  
  Here is a list of games on Steam with no DRM at all, not even Steamworks.

• On the post: Crazy Amazon Seller Threatens the Wrath of Scientology on People Who Give Negative Feedback

  

  Aaron ( profile ), 18 Feb, 2014 @ 12:40am

  Re: Re:

  Ah, nevermind, then. You're just a garden-variety troll. Carry on.

• On the post: Crazy Amazon Seller Threatens the Wrath of Scientology on People Who Give Negative Feedback

  

  Aaron ( profile ), 18 Feb, 2014 @ 12:37am

  I'm calling that vancedecker is actually the same guy who sent the crazy email from above. I submit as evidence:
  
  What about the dumb bitch who left the negative review? She is just allowed to continue being a hysterical whack job?
  
  Here's the thing. The scientology lady was right. She/They made a simple mistake and this dumb bitch "vomited up" negative feedback. I don't blame her/them for getting angry.

• On the post: Competitor Takes Over Verizon's West Virginia Landlines; Complaints Drop Nearly 70%

  

  Aaron ( profile ), 18 Feb, 2014 @ 12:31am

  page after page of retracted data

  
  
  They took the data back?
  
  (or do you mean redacted?)

• On the post: With Porn Filters Going Oh So Well, UK Roars Ahead In Expanding Them To Include 'Extremist' Content

  

  Aaron ( profile ), 14 Feb, 2014 @ 11:51am

  Re:

  Clicked "funny" and "insightful"; now looking for "sad" button.

• On the post: 'State Secrets,' Non-Denials And Lies: How The Government Tried To Bury Its 'No Fly' List Screwup

  

  Aaron ( profile ), 14 Feb, 2014 @ 11:46am

  Re: Re: Re:

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwdba9C2G14

• On the post: If Harry Potter Was An Academic Work

  

  Aaron ( profile ), 08 Feb, 2014 @ 06:46pm

  Re: Re: Subjunctive

  I originally had the title in quotes, which meant the comma before it was correct. However, since in American English the punctuation goes inside the quotes, I changed my mind and italicized the correction instead. That's how the comma got there.

• On the post: If Harry Potter Was An Academic Work

  

  Aaron ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2014 @ 08:57pm

  Subjunctive

  The title should properly be, If Harry Potter Were an Academic Work.
  
  Sorry for this nitpick.

• On the post: Entire Court Discussion Of Feds Blocking US Citizen From Flying To No Fly List Trial… Redacted

  

  Aaron ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2014 @ 08:55pm

  These are sobering findings.

• On the post: John McCain Proposes A New Senate Committee To Do What The Intelligence Committee Is Supposed To Do

  

  Aaron ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2014 @ 03:50am

  Re:

  This needs to be First Worded. If only I had the power to do so, I would.

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