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• On the post: Microsoft Uses DMCA To Block Many Links To Competing Open Office

  

  technomage ( profile ), 15 Aug, 2013 @ 08:44am

  Re:

  Would that anomaly system be named HAL?

• On the post: Lindsey Graham: Boycott The Olympics Because Snowden, Putin, Hitler And Stalin (Oh My?)!

  

  technomage ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2013 @ 08:37am

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  That's one of the problems...He usually thinks of the children a little too much.

• On the post: Ed Snowden Explains To Former Senator, Who Emailed In Support, That No Foreign Gov't Can Access His Documents

  

  technomage ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2013 @ 08:15am

  He's got the 'golden carrot' to secure asylum, though by his own admission, he won't use it. I honestly believe that the information he has locked away, is actively being sought by these foreign governments that started saying they would grant asylum. When those offers were redacted, I would bet that it was because Snowden wasn't willing to pay the price of admission with the documents he has. The US should be more worried about the countries that first offered and then dropped the potential asylum, as these countries are, in my opinion, the ones looking to get an 'edge' over the US. The 'golden carrot' is also the same reason he's not been silenced yet.

• On the post: Why Do Politicians Continue To Insist That A Magic Button Can Make Porn Disappear Online?

  

  technomage ( profile ), 01 May, 2013 @ 11:54am

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  why is society (CPS,Government,etc) butting their nose into my parental duty?
  
  While "where the hell are the parents" might fit most, it does not fit all, and the rest are battling not only a growing child, but the government that wants complete autonomous control over said child because "they know better".

• On the post: ICE Starts Raiding Mobile Phone Repair Shops To Stop Repairs With Aftermarket Parts

  

  technomage ( profile ), 30 Apr, 2013 @ 03:14pm

  paranoid government speak:
  
  "Overheated phones could be used as a time delay thermal detonator for weapons of mass destruction"
  
  
  new star wars meme:
  
  "...because he's holding an iPhone with cheap knockoff parts!"

• On the post: Judge Finds Himself In Contempt Of Court When His New Smartphone Interrupts Closing Arguments

  

  technomage ( profile ), 16 Apr, 2013 @ 10:31am

  Re: Re: Re: OR, it's just a publicity stunt. Geez, ONE data point,

  lol, you forgot ootb's favorite rant: What does that have to do with technology or dirt for that matter...
  
  A better bet would be something along the lines of why a computer has an on button; why keyboard keys press down, instead of up; etc.
  
  but seriously, we need to stop feeding him after midnight, keep him in the sunlight, and prevent him from ever getting near water...

• On the post: Team Prenda Shows Up In Court, Pleads The Fifth… Angry Judge Ends Hearing In 12 Minutes

  

  technomage ( profile ), 02 Apr, 2013 @ 01:16pm

  It's up on Popehat: http://www.popehat.com/2013/04/02/prenda-laws-attorneys-take-the-fifth-rather-than-answer-judge-wrights-questions/

• On the post: UPS Coughs Up $40 Million Because It Delivered Drugs From Rogue Pharmacies

  

  technomage ( profile ), 31 Mar, 2013 @ 06:45pm

  DOJ: "Thanks to the patriot act we can snoop though all those electronic mails, we need to find a way to get the snail mail too!"
  
  If you are wrapped in a plain brown wrapper, you must be a terrorist!

• On the post: ICANN's New Trademark 'Clearinghouse' Resembles Mobsters' 'Insurance' Program

  

  technomage ( profile ), 28 Mar, 2013 @ 09:41am

  ootb you swing more than a hot swinger at a sex party. Sitting on the fence complaining about both sides' grass color is only gonna get you butthurt.
  
  First it was 'Filthy Pirates' when people stick it to the corps, now it's 'Filthy Corps' when they stick it back to the people.
  
  One of these days, you are gonna have to choose a side, otherwise you are no better than the 'sheeple' you always preach about.

• On the post: ICANN's New Trademark 'Clearinghouse' Resembles Mobsters' 'Insurance' Program

  

  technomage ( profile ), 28 Mar, 2013 @ 09:32am

  I'll make you an offer you can't refuse on .COM, .ORG, .NET, .US, .MOBI, ...
  
  For your Protection of course!

• On the post: Misheard Will Smith Lyrics Results In Arrest Of Student And District-Wide Lockdown

  

  technomage ( profile ), 04 Mar, 2013 @ 11:14am

  The kid would probably have been shot on site had his ringtone been set to DrowningPool's "Let the bodies hit the floor" which I used to have...

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

  

  technomage ( profile ), 14 Feb, 2013 @ 06:31pm

  if this is the same app I saw in the news elsewhere, it was supposed to be a link between a shoe size and ding-a-lings
  
  maybe CC is embarassed about only having about having a size 4...

• On the post: Jealous Of Copyright Trolls, Entertainment Industry Looks To Move Three Strikes From 'Disconnect' To 'Fines'

  

  technomage ( profile ), 12 Feb, 2013 @ 03:48pm

  What's with all this hate against witches? We don't like trolls....in the dungeon....just thought you should know...

• On the post: Who Sets Up An 'Innovation Forum' Hosted By A Guy Who Insists That Nothing Good Has Come From The Internet?

  

  technomage ( profile ), 25 Jan, 2013 @ 11:03am

  3 people about anti-innovation, can we say the 3 Chinese monkeys of see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil?
  
  I wish I was good enough at photoshop, because these three would be the perfect candidates for a picture of just that with a tagline of "Innovation".

• On the post: The FISA Amendments Act Is Clearly Unconstitutional; And Congress Doesn't Care

  

  technomage ( profile ), 14 Dec, 2012 @ 10:59am

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  and keeping things the way they are isn't a bad idea?

• On the post: The FISA Amendments Act Is Clearly Unconstitutional; And Congress Doesn't Care

  

  technomage ( profile ), 14 Dec, 2012 @ 10:57am

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  actually its a case of "MY rep. is fine, the others are all EVIL-DEVIL-WORSHIPPING-ASSHATS"
  
  Hey, leave the "devil-worshipers" out of this...
  
  "money-worshipers" fits so much better, as we all know there is a separation of church and state!
  /s
  
  Besides, the very bad visual of seeing all the congress critters dressed (or undressed) for a LaVeyian Black Mass is downright scary and repulsive.

• On the post: Australian Court: Google Must Pay Guy $200k Due To Image Search Turning Up Gangsters

  

  technomage ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2012 @ 02:29pm

  lol searching for my name, I run across football players, baseball players, basketball players,race car drivers and mugshot...though none are me..So, Australia does that mean I can sue google as well for associating my name with known terrorists(nba,nfl,mlb) and gangsters?
  
  Hell, my pic doesn't even show up on the first two pages of images...but I guess that happens when you have a very common name combination.
  It is currently the fifth most common name in the United States. 1/32 of all Americans are named James (3.1%)
  
  [Johnson] is the second most common family name in the United States after Smith. During the 1990 census, approximately 0.81 per cent of people counted had this family name.
  (wikipedia)

• On the post: George Lucas Finally Relinquishes His Tight Control Of Star Wars… To Mickey Mouse

  

  technomage ( profile ), 30 Oct, 2012 @ 02:38pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Disney in the year 2070

  A Long Time From Now....In A Galaxy, Far, Far Away.....
  
  Star Wars will still be under copyright....from the ewoks.
  
  which reminds me....expect the next iteration to feature E-Woks with their faithful drone companion Wall-E....Trying to save their dinner Akbar-TarTar from Wok-With-Wan Kenobi Jr.
  
  It's a Mous...err.Trap!!!

• On the post: Mr. Bean: We Must Be Allowed To Insult Each Other

  

  technomage ( profile ), 23 Oct, 2012 @ 12:37pm

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  Yes, yes, I am ashamed, but the alternative is the older ones, and well, that might be the most excitement they had in a long time ;)
  
  Besides, could you imagine the trolls and politicians being turned into Soylent Green? I might have to start a starvation diet on that thought.

• On the post: Mr. Bean: We Must Be Allowed To Insult Each Other

  

  technomage ( profile ), 23 Oct, 2012 @ 12:15pm

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  Fave beans and a nice Chianti?

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