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  • On the post: Hackers Get Personal Info On 12-Million Apple Users… From An FBI Laptop

    Fickelbra ( profile ), 04 Sep, 2012 @ 10:11am

    Re: MIGHT

    I applaud your skepticism but these UDID's seem to be extremely legitimate. There are numerous security experts reporting their devices on the list. Here is an example:

    https://twitter.com/peterkruse/status/242936275420717056

  • On the post: Ubisoft Realizing That Perhaps 'Pirate' Users Are Really Just Like 'Free To Play' Users Who Don't Pay

    Fickelbra ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2012 @ 07:06am

    Re: Re: Do they care about increasing the number of paying consumers?

    I can confirm Ubisoft has to be suffering from this to some degree. I also personally boycott their games. In fact, I demoed Outland on Xbox 360 a few months back and found the game interesting. Went to buy it, and the second I saw Ubisoft's name I turned it off. Game seemed fun, but there are tons of games out there, and I will not support Ubisoft the way they currently release their titles. Granted, since this title was on Xbox Live it wouldn't have any of their DRM but I don't care, it's the principle.

  • On the post: Ubisoft Realizing That Perhaps 'Pirate' Users Are Really Just Like 'Free To Play' Users Who Don't Pay

    Fickelbra ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2012 @ 07:03am

    Re: Re:

    League of Legends I feel is a shining example of the free-to-play model done right. They have a ton of content, and each week they cycle the characters you are allowed to use for free. Not only does that allow you to fully try a character before you buy, but it keeps the experience fresh. On top of that, a majority of items are purchasable from in-game currency, and I feel the game provides a pretty adequate amount of that.

    I cannot and will never play any game that has a shred of pay-to-win aspects. Truthfully, I used to play a lot of app games until the App Store allowed in game purchases and every game turned into a sort of trap where it was free but beating the game was impossible without paying. I don't like that sort of experience and there are plenty of choices out there that do not have that feel.

  • On the post: Saudi Cleric Weighs In On The Sin Of 'Buying Twitter Followers'

    Fickelbra ( profile ), 22 Aug, 2012 @ 06:36am

    Re:

    Yeah, why mention this here?

    (Tech)nology - the making, modification, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems, methods of organization, in order to solve a problem, improve a preexisting solution to a problem, achieve a goal or perform a specific function

    Dirt - Slang gossip; scandalous information

    Twitter - an online social networking service and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based messages of up to 140 characters, known as "tweets".

    Nope, don't see how the material above fits on this website at all. /s

  • On the post: Apps Are Not Coffee

    Fickelbra ( profile ), 21 Aug, 2012 @ 12:21pm

    Re:

    Some people like coffee more than others. I'm sure there is something absolutely stupid from others' perspective that you spend money on that matters to you. I have three sets of over the ear headphones. Waste of money? Yup. Do I care? No, I really enjoy experiencing different headphones.

  • On the post: Showtime Spoils Dexter Finale During Unskippable Pre-Menu Promo

    Fickelbra ( profile ), 21 Aug, 2012 @ 08:08am

    Re: Re:

    My point being, guess a show I don't have pirated that is in my collection? The marathon mode alone makes any pirated material I could find sub-par to the real product. Piracy can be thwarted. They need to start fighting that fight through features, not legislation.

  • On the post: Showtime Spoils Dexter Finale During Unskippable Pre-Menu Promo

    Fickelbra ( profile ), 21 Aug, 2012 @ 08:05am

    Re:

    It's not about the price. It is the fact that a lot of DVD content is crap with unskippable ads. One of the best series of DVD's I have ever seen were for Dragon Ball Z. In addition to having all the episodes, they also included a marathon mode. This mode removed the intro of the show, and also removed the portions of the show that did "The next time, on Dragon Ball Z". The transition between episodes was essentially seemless. This is the type of quality that should be a no-brainer in any collection, but it is not. They spend more time figuring out how to place more ads and extract more money than they do ever trying to figure out how to make the product better.

  • On the post: Famous Prankster 'The Internet' Hijacks Another Promotional Campaign

    Fickelbra ( profile ), 15 Aug, 2012 @ 10:00am

    :(

    Sorry that we can't have a sophisticated sense of humor like yourself, anonymous coward. Unfortunately if you had the ability to read between the lines, I would say the article is more about highlighting the ability of the internet to organize and take action, even if the goal isn't always something noble. It is an event worthy of coverage, particularly since these types of results would take a considerable amount of action.

    Do yourself a favor; get off your computer, and get to your porch. We wouldn't want you to miss yelling at the neighborhood kids stepping on your lawn.

  • On the post: Game Developers Concerned About A Potentially Closed Windows 8

    Fickelbra ( profile ), 07 Aug, 2012 @ 05:56am

    Re: None of this matters

    Stunning conclusion. I guess my $40 dollars is simply disappearing on October 26th.

  • On the post: Game Developers Concerned About A Potentially Closed Windows 8

    Fickelbra ( profile ), 07 Aug, 2012 @ 05:51am

    Re: Eh

    What relevance does your using XP for a long time have? Windows 7 has been a great OS right out of the gate, only person you punished was yourself.

  • On the post: Over 400,000 Homes Have Cut The Cord So Far This Year… But Cord Cutting Is Still A Myth?

    Fickelbra ( profile ), 06 Aug, 2012 @ 09:42am

    They never get it

    I cut the cord as of last year. You can tell pay TV sources are a huge revenue source because not only did the sales person throw every deal under the sun at me not to give up TV on my U-verse account, but now I constant TV offers from AT&T almost weekly.

    I still recall the sales person asking this final question: "Sir, what is it AT&T could do to let you keep your TV service?" My reply: "Offer me a package that is 10 dollars a month and consists of 5 channels of my choosing." Surprisingly the representative I talked to says he gets that message a lot, and constantly submits it as feedback to the higher ups, but nothing changes.

  • On the post: Meet The Internet Defense League (And Join It, Too)

    Fickelbra ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2012 @ 08:26am

    Re: Funny

    Yeah, because they don't announce right on the site that they have a subreddit. And Reddit is famous for being incredibly difficult to sign up for and join in the conversation.

  • On the post: Meet The Internet Defense League (And Join It, Too)

    Fickelbra ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2012 @ 08:22am

    Re:

    Obvious troll is obvious.

  • On the post: Al Gore Comes Out Against SOPA/PIPA

    Fickelbra ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2012 @ 12:09pm

    Re:

    I believe him on this front. Like it or not, piracy is wrong, but again, they are largely to blame for piracy. They underserve their consumers.

    I always summarize my view as this. I have Netflix and Hulu Plus, which I love. I pirate any other cable shows if I really want to see them. I also don't like doing it, because I have to search for a good torrent, download it, upload it to my server, worry about disc space.. OR.. stream it through a simple interface. I stand before Hollywood a willing consumer with no price effective solution.

  • On the post: Al Gore Comes Out Against SOPA/PIPA

    Fickelbra ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2012 @ 12:05pm

    Re: Candidates

    I've seen both George W. Bush and Kwame Kilpatrick receive a second term. I'm willing to believe anything is possible at this point. (I would love to see it too)

  • On the post: Cato Institute Digs Into MPAA's Own Research To Show That SOPA Wouldn't Save A Single Net Job

    Fickelbra ( profile ), 04 Jan, 2012 @ 12:32pm

    Re:

    "Global warming deniers". Cato didn't conclude that global warming isn't happening, but rather that the impact our footprint was having was largely exaggerated by the Bush Administration and the media. You realize our planet is in a constant state of change, and that includes weather, right? It's not an epidemic caused by us, it's the way our world works. It changes.

  • On the post: Guy Who Uploaded Early Version Of Wolverine, Which Appears Not To Have Hurt Movie At All, Gets 1 Year In Jail

    Fickelbra ( profile ), 21 Dec, 2011 @ 09:10am

    Re: Re: Re: LOL

    Disregard, I totally read that wrong. I'm grumpy.

    *Returns to troll swamp*

  • On the post: Guy Who Uploaded Early Version Of Wolverine, Which Appears Not To Have Hurt Movie At All, Gets 1 Year In Jail

    Fickelbra ( profile ), 21 Dec, 2011 @ 09:09am

    Re: Re: LOL

    Gazillions of dollars, what a great argument you make. If only there was a crayon font for this site, it would fit you perfectly.

  • On the post: Veoh Still Perfectly Legal… But Also Still Dead Due To Bogus Copyright Lawsuit

    Fickelbra ( profile ), 20 Dec, 2011 @ 01:18pm

    Re: Re: Re:

    Hey dude, if you read the article this one paragraph issued by the judge shuts down your entire followup:

    "Copyright holders know precisely what materials they own, and are thus better able to efficiently identify infringing copies than service providers like Veoh, who cannot readily ascertain what material is copyrighted and what is not."

    That would be great if they could magically prescreen all their content for legality. Their business model is hinged on reality, unlike your opinions.

  • On the post: China Ramps Up Online Censorship Efforts As US Congress Gives Them Perfect Cover

    Fickelbra ( profile ), 20 Dec, 2011 @ 12:32pm

    Re: US is no rolemodel

    You are an idiot.

    http://www.ndtv.com/article/profit/india-s-stock-market-loses-1-trillion-dollar-status-294445

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