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  • On the post: Congressional Research Service Takes On The Question Of Patent Trolls

    Pjerky ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2012 @ 10:11am

    Re:

    Would you care to name any names? That would be awesome to know who that quote came from. Personally I have seen that as the prevalent attitude in Congress for years.

  • On the post: Google Launches Patent Attack On Apple In A Disappointing First For The Company

    Pjerky ( profile ), 20 Aug, 2012 @ 11:32am

    Re: Simple

    I agree fully. Apple picked the fight with a lot of different people. Their games are becoming a real threat to Google's Android partners. Apple has repeatedly played the schoolyard bully to HTC, Samsung, Motorola, and others that are competing with them in the mobile market. And no matter what has happened they keep getting worse.

    They have started pushing for worldwide injunctions against their competitors products for the most generic patents (that should never have been granted in the first place). Thus they have now gone too far in their bullying. It sucks, but I think this move had to be done. Apple needs and deserves a dose of their own medicine.

    I think in the long run this might finally be the event that gets Apple to back down and stop trying to compete through litigation instead of innovation. Not that they have been all that innovative anyway. They have been massive hippocrates, copying/stealing others ideas and re-combining and re-packaging them as their own ideas. Then they patent those ideas as their own. So that they can now sue over it.

  • On the post: If I Were The MPAA… How I Would Deal With My Car Break-In

    Pjerky ( profile ), 13 Aug, 2012 @ 02:39pm

    Sue

    Could I sue Apple for making a device that holds my music and is so easily stolen?

  • On the post: If I Were The MPAA… How I Would Deal With My Car Break-In

    Pjerky ( profile ), 13 Aug, 2012 @ 11:59am

    Tears

    This brought tears to my eyes. As someone who has had his car broken into for audio equipment I can attest that all the victims like myself deserve to have our government protect us from our stupid choices like leaving an iPod out or a faceplate on our stereos.

    How dare they suggest something as simple as putting the items in a glovebox? How dare they not do everything in their power not to protect what is rightfully mine? I pay good tax money and I deserve justice MY WAY!

    **SARCASM MODE DISENGAGED**

  • On the post: The Daily Show's Awesome Re-imagining Of How Whistleblower Thomas Drake Was A Spy

    Pjerky ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2012 @ 11:22am

    Re:

    Um, delusions of grandeur much? Listen, Obama has a lot of well meaning, good, useful ideas. He is just too much of a coward to actually enact them and push them through a pigheaded congress.

    And when he is not having good ideas he is doing crap like all the other politicians (and what is mentioned in the article above).

  • On the post: The Daily Show's Awesome Re-imagining Of How Whistleblower Thomas Drake Was A Spy

    Pjerky ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2012 @ 11:19am

    Re: Re:

    Kill them publicly?

  • On the post: The Daily Show's Awesome Re-imagining Of How Whistleblower Thomas Drake Was A Spy

    Pjerky ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2012 @ 11:18am

    Re: Re: Not a nickel

    Lets just hope that Romney doesn't pick another Sarah Palin for his running mate. Otherwise your damned any way you slice it.

  • On the post: The Daily Show's Awesome Re-imagining Of How Whistleblower Thomas Drake Was A Spy

    Pjerky ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2012 @ 11:16am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Not a nickel

    You mean Richard Nixon's head. No "body" can hold presidential office more than twice these days. So we just sever their heads and give them new bodies.

  • On the post: Not Wise: French T-Shirt Company Tries To Trademark Anonymous Logo

    Pjerky ( profile ), 30 Jul, 2012 @ 12:28pm

    Popcorn time...

    This looks like a good time to grab some popcorn and then sit back and watch the show. This will be amusing.

  • On the post: Google Fiber Is Official; Free Broadband Up To 5 Mbps, Or Pay For Symmetrical 1 Gbps

    Pjerky ( profile ), 27 Jul, 2012 @ 06:35pm

    Re: Re: Too bad most of it is in neighborhoods most don't want to live in

    I really hope they move that fast. I don't want to have to wait 5 to 10 years to get Google Fiber.

  • On the post: Google Fiber Is Official; Free Broadband Up To 5 Mbps, Or Pay For Symmetrical 1 Gbps

    Pjerky ( profile ), 26 Jul, 2012 @ 04:18pm

    Re:

    The politicians have been flaunting the Google Fiber service every since it was announced. It has been a boon for them. So I think your worries are overstated.

  • On the post: Google Fiber Is Official; Free Broadband Up To 5 Mbps, Or Pay For Symmetrical 1 Gbps

    Pjerky ( profile ), 26 Jul, 2012 @ 04:17pm

    Too bad most of it is in neighborhoods most don't want to live in

    I was born and raised in the Kansas City area. I currently live in a suburb on the Kansas side. Currently a lot of us are very very excited that Google is in town and making huge waves against the entrenched providers like Time Warner, Comcast, SureWest, and AT&T. This competition will be great...

    The only problem is that the vast majority of the areas covered by this project right now are areas that most middle class people just don't want to live in due to crime and poverty. That said there are a few significant areas that look like they are covered. This includes the revitalized downtown and Cross Roads areas, The Plaza, Waldo, and I believe maybe even the River Market area.

    I think in those areas Google Fiber will thrive. But I think Google Fiber would take off even more if they extended a bit further southwest on the Kansas side into Johnson County. This county is arguably one of the richest in the nation per capita. I will admit that I do live in this county, so I am a bit biased. But it has a lot more people with the money to spend and a high population density.

    None the less, we are very excited to have this service here. Especially with all the fancy new tech and speeds. We have been treated very poorly by the incumbent ISPs and it is time that we had some real competition to spur them into treating us like customers instead of cash cows. I believe that at least 70-80% of the people I know would use Google Fiber over any of the other providers here.

    Another positive, the areas that they are building in are rich with businesses, schools, hospitals, police, and other organizations that would greatly benefit from this service. Especially the public ones that would get the service for free. You can't beat that. Our schools in KC need all the help they can get.

  • On the post: Pirate Party ALMOST Ejected From Festival For Giving Out Free Waffles After Vendors Selling Waffles Complained (Updated)

    Pjerky ( profile ), 24 Jul, 2012 @ 09:32am

    Politicians

    I am sure the politicians will waffle on this issue.

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

    Pjerky ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2012 @ 08:27am

    Signed Up

    I signed up. I have also joined some of the dev projects.

  • On the post: Apple Has To Advertise That Samsung's 'Not Cool' Tablet Is No iPad Copycat

    Pjerky ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2012 @ 02:38pm

    I have personally been taking all these lawsuits by Apple towards Samsung as a sign that I should really closely at Samsung products next time I am in the market to buy a smartphone or a tablet.

    Actually these lawsuits are part of the reason why I chose a Samsung Galaxy s2 when my friends and I put our money together and bought a tablet for a close friend of ours. Seemed like a no brainer with the price, features, and Apple's unwitting accolades towards it. He loves it.

    Thanks Apple for helping me find more affordable competitors products to purchase. Tell me, will you be putting together a coolness/competitiveness matrix that I can refer to the next time I want to find affordable products similar to Apple products in coolness and ease of use? That would help even more.

  • On the post: FBI Wants To Make It Easier For You To Tell Your Customers They Might Be Felonious Pirates

    Pjerky ( profile ), 12 Jul, 2012 @ 01:35pm

    I think someone should create a counter logo

    I think it would be really awesome if someone created a counter-logo to this that has a Creative Commons license. This logo would indicate to the customer/consumer that the creators don't, in fact, think they are crooks. That they look forward to the consumer watching the content and sharing it with their friends (thereby spreading the word about the works of the content creator and building their fan-base and popularity).

    It should have a warm friendly smile, maybe a cute woodland creature, and a message to the effect of "Thank you for using our content. Please feel free to share it with your friends and family. We want your business."

    What do you guys think?

  • On the post: European Parliament Declares Its Independence From The European Commission With A Massive Rejection Of ACTA. Now What?

    Pjerky ( profile ), 05 Jul, 2012 @ 12:52pm

    Re: Re: YAY!

    I find it interesting how it was mostly the French and the Germans voting for this. The Nazi and surrendering French jokes just seem too obvious here.

  • On the post: Getting More People Aware Of The Problems Of Patents & Copyright: Reducing Social Distance

    Pjerky ( profile ), 03 Jul, 2012 @ 08:57am

    The glassy eyed stares...

    You have no idea how many glassy-eyed stares I have received when I have tried to discuss these issues with non-techies and even some techies.

    Most just don't see it as all that important at all. And I understand that to some extent. They have a lot going on in their lives and this just seems so insignificant in the grand scheme of things. That is until you understand how this effects your life, your future choices, and your freedoms.

    I am glad to see others are recognizing this problem too.

  • On the post: USTR Gives MPAA Full Online Access To TPP Text, But Still Won't Share With Senate Staffers

    Pjerky ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2012 @ 01:47pm

    It sounds like someone needs to be fired

    If some a-hole at the USTR wants to pretend that he has more of a right to control and see the documents that they make that the US is held accountable for than any elected member of Congress then he has another thing coming to him.

    I think it is time to fire him, throw out anything he was working on, and hire someone who isn't corrupt.

  • On the post: US Continues To Try To Block Megaupload From Using Its Lawyers, Pretends It Has Jurisdiction Over The World

    Pjerky ( profile ), 14 Jun, 2012 @ 01:18pm

    So I am getting confused here. Is the Department of Justice separate from the Judicial Branch? The name is very misleading if it is. Also then you refer to the government, yet both of the aforementioned entities are part of the government. Just seems awkward, convoluted, and confusing.

    That said, the Attorney General Eric Holder should be fired and disbarred for all of his actions while in office/power. He clearly doesn't care about the law or justice. Its obvious that he is just bending over backwards for his Hollywood butt-buddies.

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