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• On the post: Should The Big Tech Companies Voluntarily Fund The Journalism Business?

  

  Calvin ( profile ), 21 Nov, 2019 @ 01:27am

  Why should successful companies fund failing ones

  Was the motor industry asked to fund the buggy- whip makers?

• On the post: Laura Loomer Files Defamation Suit Against Facebook For Calling Her 'Dangerous' When Booting Her From The Platform

  

  Calvin ( profile ), 12 Jul, 2019 @ 07:04pm

  I need to watch more TV

  I think I must be one of the few people who have never heard of this person.
  I think I need to dust off the TV and start watching it again.

• On the post: Shoddy Software Is Eating The World, And People Are Dying As A Result

  

  Calvin ( profile ), 29 Apr, 2019 @ 02:30am

  Imagination gap

  As a retired software engineer this issue falls into what I call 'The Imagination Gap'.

  Software engineers test for all the conditions they can imagine, unfortunately they can't imagine all the conditions that the software will face in the real world

• On the post: Latest Denuvo Version Cracked Again By One Solo Hacker On A Personal Mission

  

  Calvin ( profile ), 11 Jul, 2018 @ 09:07pm

  Re: Re: It's not just games though

  I've already installed the DRM removal plugin unfortunately there is a new version of DRM being used that doesn't yet have a plugin available.
  It's being worked on but it's not there yet

• On the post: Latest Denuvo Version Cracked Again By One Solo Hacker On A Personal Mission

  

  Calvin ( profile ), 11 Jul, 2018 @ 05:05pm

  It's not just games though

  I'm not terribly interested in computer games but I am interested in e-books.
  I subscribe to several mailing lists that send me tailored e-mails giving me titles that I may be interested in, mostly obtained via Amazon.
  
  I've got a Linux system and use Calibre as my library/reader.
  
  I tend to download free offer books from authors I've not heard of before as a sort of 'try-before-you-buy' approach.
  Lately a lot of these 'free' offer books come infected with DRM that makes them unreadable on a Linux system.
  
  I'm baffled as to why an obscure author I've never heard of would make a free offer book unreadable.
  
  It also means I'm much less likely to buy e-books if I'm not sure I'll be able to read them. I realise that we are talking of books at a 99p price point but I don't want to waste my money on something I can't read.

• On the post: Nazis, The Internet, Policing Content And Free Speech

  

  Calvin ( profile ), 28 Aug, 2017 @ 09:20am

  We need a consistent way for individuals to show disapproval of articles

  Social Media sites often allow reader to enter a 'thumbs up' or 'clap' to show approval of articles, some even allow you to vote multiple times to show your level of appreciation.
  What is not so common is allowing you to enter a sign of disapproval.
  What we need to become common is the 'thumbs down' or 'boo' icon where you can register disapproval of an article.
  If we couple this with the ability for an individual user to 'block' a particular author or authors we then have a system that puts the power where it belongs; in the hands of the individual users.
  This would give the needed level of granularity whereby a user could show disapproval of individual articles or shun an author completely.

• On the post: Cops Dodge 4th Amendment By Phoning In 'Anonymous' Tips; Watch Their Drug Bust Vanish After They're Exposed

  

  Calvin ( profile ), 30 Sep, 2016 @ 10:24am

  setting an example?

  If those charged with enforcing the laws can't be bothered to comply with said laws why should anybody else even try.

• On the post: GQ And Forbes Go After Ad Blocker Users Rather Than Their Own Shitty Advertising Inventory

  

  Calvin ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2016 @ 03:13pm

  Who?

  I've been using the internet more or less since it became publicly available, I don't think I've ever been to either site before and I can't think of a reason to go in the future. No loss then.

• On the post: The CIA Will Keep Killing Civilians With Drone Strikes Because The 'Rules' For Drone Strikes Aren't Actually Rules

  

  Calvin ( profile ), 28 Apr, 2015 @ 10:31am

  Responsibility?

  If Obama admits responsibility for civilian killings can we expect his indictment any time soon?

• On the post: Years Of Brainwashing The Public Into Thinking Everything Creative Must Be 'Owned' Has Led To This New Mess

  

  Calvin ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2015 @ 01:22pm

  A Good Decision

  We can all sleep easy now that we know Marvin Gaye will be 'encouraged' to write and sing a lot more new songs.

• On the post: Profiting Massively From Torture: Designers Of CIA Torture Program Raked In $81 Million (And Are Still Getting Money)

  

  Calvin ( profile ), 10 Dec, 2014 @ 01:07pm

  Why hasn't anybody been charged?

  The thing that's puzzling me the most is that nobody seems to be investigating or prosecuting something that on the face of it seems to be very illegal. There's a lot of political posturing but not a lot of criminal investigation when are we going to see some indictments?

• On the post: Five Illinois Cops Are Caught Lying On The Stand When Defense Produces A Recording Contradicting Their Testimony

  

  Calvin ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2014 @ 12:02pm

  Re: Re: Cops and Perjury

  How about making the liar subject to the sentence for the crime he/she was lying about?
  If you're lying about drug possession then subject the lies to those sentences, if you're lying about murder then lies become subject to that sentencing regime.

• On the post: Why Do So Many People Describe Aereo 'Complying' With Copyright Law As The Company 'Circumventing' Copyright Law?

  

  Calvin ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2014 @ 11:20am

  Evading Speeding Fines

  Your Honour, the defendant is accused of attempting to evade a speeding fine by driving slower than the posted speed limit.
  Defendant how do you plead.
  Not guilty your honour.
  OK, you've admitted you were speeding. You are fined $100.
  Next case please

• On the post: Chilling Effects: Climate Change Deniers Have Scientific Paper Disappeared

  

  Calvin ( profile ), 04 Apr, 2014 @ 11:59am

  Re: Reducing the level of ignorance in the discussion

  So according to your logic Einstein shouldn't have been allowed to voice his opinion on relativity because he didn't have an appropriate degree and wasn't employed in an appropriate job?

• On the post: Rep. Nadler Claims 'You Bought It, You Own It' Is An 'Extreme Digital View'

  

  Calvin ( profile ), 20 Mar, 2014 @ 03:26pm

  Re: The guy is evil.

  more like "What's yours we share, what's mine is mine"

• On the post: UK Gov't Forces Guardian To 'Destroy' Hard Drives With Snowden Info; Guardian Says Reporting Continues From NY

  

  Calvin ( profile ), 20 Aug, 2013 @ 09:40am

  Re:

  But that's the problem isn't it, all we have to choose from are career politicians, bought and paid for by some lobbying group.

• On the post: UK Gov't Forces Guardian To 'Destroy' Hard Drives With Snowden Info; Guardian Says Reporting Continues From NY

  

  Calvin ( profile ), 20 Aug, 2013 @ 09:34am

  Re: Re:

  'At this point, the only difference between governments and terrorists is that the latter violates people's rights with impunity.'
  
  Didn't you mean to say former rather than latter?

• On the post: FBI Pushing Real-Time Metadata-Harvesting 'Port Readers' On Service Providers

  

  Calvin ( profile ), 06 Aug, 2013 @ 10:42am

  Contempt of Court

  How can non-compliance be 'contempt of court' when there is no court order to request compliance?

• On the post: Recording Of Bradley Manning's Statement In Court Leaked

  

  Calvin ( profile ), 12 Mar, 2013 @ 04:20pm

  Re: Re:

  They might belong to the people but that doesn't mean the people are allowed to read them

• On the post: Chubby Checker Sues Two Companies For $500 Million Over Wang-Measuring App Downloaded 84 Times

  

  Calvin ( profile ), 14 Feb, 2013 @ 04:07pm

  Re: What?

  Perhaps 'Eternal Optimist' or 'Wishful Thinking'

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