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On the post: It's Time To Wean Ourselves Off An Unhealthy Addiction To Copyright

SimonTek ( profile ), 20 Dec, 2007 @ 07:22pm

off topic

I clicked the youtube video. Man thats catchy. Its out of character for me to do anything trendy. "here comes another bubble...."

On the post: It's Election Season: Time For Presidential Candidates To Announce That The Internet Is Good

SimonTek ( profile ), 11 Oct, 2007 @ 02:48pm

Why?

Why does the gov't need to be involved on this? Its a private sector issue. Hell how much money will they waste talking about it, let alone doing anything about it. I hate when everyone wants the gov't to do everything for them. You want broadband in the middle of nowhere? Start a company, and do something about it yourself.

On the post: Bush Administration: Happy, But Wrong, About RIAA Courtroom Win

SimonTek ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2007 @ 01:29pm

GRR

What drives me nuts is, I live in Koreatown area of LA. If I goto the corner of Vermont and Wilshire, There are tons of people who sell pirated movie and music. Are they ever sued? No. Hell People sell Pirated crap on Hollywood Blvd, and Highland. 20ft from the Chinese Theater.

On the post: First RIAA Lawsuit To Face A Jury

SimonTek ( profile ), 28 Sep, 2007 @ 11:14am

Re: Re: Re: Neither Side Looking Forward

I have never downloaded music....... How is there lightning in my room, ouch that hurts. Ok, maybe 1 or 2 thousand songs.

On the post: E-Voting Ballots May Not Be So Secret; Paper Trail Takes Away Anonymity

SimonTek ( profile ), 21 Aug, 2007 @ 07:12am

hmm

I keep teasing about building my own voting machine. I think I probably should.

On the post: For Sale! Crappy E-Voting System With A Horrible Reputation For Security! What? No Takers?

SimonTek ( profile ), 16 Aug, 2007 @ 04:42pm

Open Source

I want to create an Open source voting machine project for a while. even once designed my own machine. Just haven't gone with it yet. anyone interested?

On the post: Homeland Security Tries To Make Dubious Connection Between Mod Chippers And Money Laundering

SimonTek ( profile ), 02 Aug, 2007 @ 12:04pm

Nice

B E A utiful. We can't afford education, but we can waste federal money on a raid. lovely

On the post: MPAA Claims That Anti-Camcording Effort Made People Go See Spider-Man 3?

SimonTek ( profile ), 19 May, 2007 @ 08:27am

LA

If you goto the corner of Wishire, and Vermont in Korea Town/Los Angeles, You can buy a copy of Spiderman 3 for $5. They have been selling it since 2 days before the movie came out.

On the post: Security Firm Says It Can't Fight Phishing, So Banks Should Move To A New Domain

SimonTek ( profile ), 10 Apr, 2007 @ 11:42pm

Xanius

Dude, thats old school. Whats coming out now is scary as hell. Php and Javascript Injections. ie using the webbrowser and code to break thru. so www.bankofamerica.com/followed by the script, will allow the attack to happen. very scary stuff. Google it.

On the post: New Report Urges Newspapers To Change, But Not If It Means Cutting Costs

SimonTek ( profile ), 12 Mar, 2007 @ 02:42pm

Well I have noticed that most news around here has more news around the country than local. I want local. I have CNN for the US and BBC, AP, Reuters for the world.

On the post: Study Supports The Elimination Of Windowed Movie Releases

SimonTek ( profile ), 07 Mar, 2007 @ 12:30pm

Hmm

I think I would see more movies in theater. I like to see them on DVD, but by the time I get to see it on DVD, I go, man I wish I saw that in theater. Like right now I reallly REALLY want to see Children of Men. Drives me nuts that in Europe I can order it on DVD, and here I can not.

On the post: Stopping Terrorists… By Making It Illegal To Sell Them Domain Names?

SimonTek ( profile ), 24 Feb, 2007 @ 08:31am

Why do we have the BullS#it security laws like at airports, but If I want to get into the US, I can walk across the border. I mean who's going to stop someone, They are afraid they will goto prison if they try. Hell I am against drugs, but If we are going to let drugs flow into the US through the Mexico border, why not make them legal, collect taxes on them and such? I hate the whole were going to make this harder, and that easier to bypass. Besides who really needs a domain. theres tons of free sites.

On the post: MPAA's Feeling Towards Intellectual Property Apparently Not Extended To Blog Software

SimonTek ( profile ), 19 Feb, 2007 @ 11:02am

AA

I know for a fact that the RIAA uses a ton of pirated software.

On the post: Avoiding Speed Cameras Using GPS Now Illegal In Switzerland

SimonTek ( profile ), 12 Feb, 2007 @ 11:12pm

Turn Signals

Sheesh, I wish they would enforce turn signals, or my new favorite in Atlanta (I just noticed it in the past few months) is sitting in the middle of the street, hoping you will get thru the intersection before the light changes. Nothing pisses me off more than realizing I can not go cause Idiots are still in the middle of the intersection. My old pet peeve was turn signals. Or what about checking to see your lights work? I have come close to rear ending so many illegals (yes the part I am in is known for it) cause their brake lights don't work. geez. ya I hate traffic.

On the post: More Casinos Realize They Can Blame Software Glitch And Not Pay Out Big Prizes

SimonTek ( profile ), 26 Jan, 2007 @ 08:05am

Re: dang

Who does any system work that can cause that type of problem during the day? I was taught if you have to do work on a machine that can cause a huge problem, do it during the night with damage is minimal, ie not many users on the system.

On the post: Didn't We Do This Already? IT Folks Worried About New Daylight Savings Time Screwing Up Appointments

SimonTek ( profile ), 26 Jan, 2007 @ 08:02am

Re: This is real...

Actually there is a patch for windows. Only reason I know, is I did updates last week(for once) on my windows machines, and I read what each update is for.

On the post: Sony Now Re-Writing History: Claims PS2 Drove Success Of The DVD Format

SimonTek ( profile ), 18 Jan, 2007 @ 11:12am

Re:

I got my first DVD player in 1997, PS2 came out in 2000, 3 years later. Hmm I didn't realize the ps2 has been out that long.

On the post: But What Are Software Patents Good For?

SimonTek ( profile ), 15 Dec, 2006 @ 05:35am

hmm

I am really curious why we have become so patent crazy. I am sick (and tired) of how the people are running this country. Hell I am at the point where I want to run next term for office. Some how I don't think I will get elected. I think it has something to do with my thinking, like human knowledge belongs to the world type of thing. Like who would want a promoter of Open Source in office. I begin to question to much.

I rambled offtopic. sorry.

On the post: Secret To Suing Dell: Focus On A Kiosk, Not Headquarters

SimonTek ( profile ), 09 Dec, 2006 @ 10:48am

Solectron is where most computers go from all different companies. I know Dell and IBM use them for stuff that no one can repair.

On the post: When Negotiating A Deal With YouTube, First Threaten To Sue Them…

SimonTek ( profile ), 13 Oct, 2006 @ 03:12pm

Why sue YouTube. Do you realize how many videos are uploaded every day? Do you realize how hard it would be to watch every fricken video to make sure it passes? Honestly I kind of like how some older material shows up. I watched "You can't do that on Television" as a kid. I got to watch a bunch of episodes on youtube, where I wouldn't be able to anyways. I saw Ducktales 3 days ago, and I found out it came out on DVD, so I went out and bought it. There is a great aspect to youtube, Think of it as TV, you can watch something, go, oo this is good, and go buy it. But if your gonna sue someone, why not sue the people who uploaded it, Or the company that originally released the item god knows when time ago, for making it easy to upload. lol.

I would love to put in laws that it was illegal to do silly lawsuits, and put in laws that weren't allowed to be vague, or full of loopholes. like the Do not call list, There is no way I would have let it be available for political parties to get allowed to call. Term Limits would be nice too. Do you realize Teddy Kennedy has been in office since his brother was president, new blood in office would do some good. Oh I plan to run next time I get a chance. I am tired of Corp America, running America, instead of for the people, by the people.

If nothing else I can say I tried.

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