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• On the post: The Pirate Bay Claims It's Going To Host The Site Via Drones Flying Over International Waters

  

  Dwayne ( profile ), 19 Mar, 2012 @ 07:06pm

  What on Earth is going to power both the transmitter and computer on these devices, not to mention what will keep is flying? Solar power and inverters can only offer so much. I am really curious what their plans are to launch such a device and keep it powered. Weight is also a factor in terms of how much "fuel" or in this case power is needed to lift and object off of the ground.
  
  Something tells me that isn't anything more than an ambitious idea. It's possible, but one server would be expensive to keep in the air and then factors like weather (lightning, cyclones, tidal waves) and other things are to be considered.

• On the post: Dear Big Newspapers: Keep Putting Up Silly Paywalls And Clear The Internet Field For Us 'Newcomers'

  

  Dwayne ( profile ), 02 Mar, 2012 @ 10:47pm

  Speaking of big newspapers, have you heard of this Australian run and philanthropist funded news website called The Global Mail? http://www.theglobalmail.org/ - it's non-ad supported, has an independent editorial commity and has some big name journalists. It's not a conventional news site that has breaking news, it's more a back to roots type operation that actually does research.
  
  TGM are proof that there is room for some new players to do well online.

• On the post: Wikipedia Considers Blackout To Protest SOPA

  

  Dwayne ( profile ), 12 Dec, 2011 @ 10:42pm

  Re: Woah, woah..

  SOPA will break the internet. Australia has a free-trade agreement with the US which will essentially mean SOPA will be applied to Australian's in more ways than one. So I think a global wide Wikipedia blackout is a good idea.
  
  You know what a more effective blackout option would be? Google. If Google did a blackout to raise SOPA awareness, could you imagine or Facebook? Imagine all 3 blacking out at the same time.

• On the post: UK Music Retailers Ask Why They Should Pay Performance Licenses To Play Music When They're Trying To Sell The Music

  

  Dwayne ( profile ), 21 Nov, 2011 @ 02:13pm

  So what you're saying is music stores in the US don't pay licencing fees to play music in the store? LOCK THEM UP, THAT IS THEFT REGARDLESS OF WHATEVER LICENCE OR AGREEMENT THESE STORES HAVE WITH THE LABELS! AHHHHH!

• On the post: SOPA Sponsors: Pass SOPA To Protect The Troops; Everyone Else: WTF?

  

  Dwayne ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2011 @ 09:22pm

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  It will break the internet. Many experts have stated it would. Not literally, but in many ways it will. Do your research first, kiddo.

• On the post: E-PARASITE Bill: 'The End Of The Internet As We Know It'

  

  Dwayne ( profile ), 28 Oct, 2011 @ 12:24am

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  I don't think you realise everyone is writing about this. Not just TechDirt, but mostly any other site that understands what the bill really contains.
  
  You're a joke, and a liar. LMFAO @ you, Anonymous Misinformed Coward.

• On the post: Steve Jobs Was Willing To 'Rip Off' Everyone Else… But Was Pissed About Android Copying iPhone?

  

  Dwayne ( profile ), 23 Oct, 2011 @ 05:05pm

  Didn't you hear Mike? It's okay to steal ideas if your name is Steve Jobs or you're employed by Apple.

• On the post: Find A Massive Security Hole At American Express? If You're Not A Cardholder, It Doesn't Care

  

  Dwayne ( profile ), 11 Oct, 2011 @ 05:37pm

  Re:

  You need to be friends with a user to DM them. I doubt they're friends on Twitter.

• On the post: Brazil Looks To Criminalize Ripping A CD?

  

  Dwayne ( profile ), 28 Aug, 2011 @ 04:45pm

  In Brazil laws are bought, not made.

• On the post: Does The FBI Really Use Surveillance Vans With WiFi SSIDs Saying 'FBI_SURVEILLANCE_VAN'?

  

  Dwayne ( profile ), 18 Aug, 2011 @ 02:15pm

  My home WIFI is called "Police Surveillance Van" and I noticed the other day a police car sat outside my house for about 30 minutes, just sitting in their car. I think my crazy neighbour called them, haha.

• On the post: British MP Calls On RIM To Shut Down Messenger Services To Stop Riots; Because Pissing Off Rioters Calms Them Down?

  

  Dwayne ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2011 @ 09:35pm

  Wait... what? I thought only business men used Blackberries. Does that mean the people rioting the streets are in-fact business men in common clothing? The revolution has begun.

• On the post: Homeland Security Finally Admits To Latest Domain Seizures; Arrests Guy For Selling Unauthorized 'Sons Of Anarchy' T-Shirts

  

  Dwayne ( profile ), 28 Jul, 2011 @ 11:42pm

  Obviously selling counterfeit Sons of Anarchy t-shirts is a security risk to the United States. If we don't lock these animals away pronto, their copyright infringing message might start to spread and then the US will be in a state of anarchy.

• On the post: Philly Police Harass, Threaten To Shoot Man Legally Carrying Gun; Then Charge Him With Disorderly Conduct For Recording Them

  

  Dwayne ( profile ), 18 May, 2011 @ 04:46pm

  Stop pointing it out

  To serve and protect. More like to abuse and fear monger.

• On the post: AC/DC Says Their Songs Will Never Be Available For Download; Rest Of Internet Laughs

  

  Dwayne ( profile ), 09 May, 2011 @ 05:31pm

  They're all the same

  All of AC/DC's tracks sound the same. How many people except for die hard AC/DC fans could tell you which songs belong to which album even if you told them once, then blindfolded them.
  
  It's the same stuff over and over again; EM / AM / C / G chords alternating with the occasional power chord thrown over the top and then a nice tapped solo with a few bends thrown in.
  
  They're just a band of old men trying to hold onto their fame, they'll all be dead soon, then the new owner of their music will digitally release it and profit. That's sorta what happened with The Beatles.

• On the post: Brazilian Police To Use Facial Recognition Glasses To Spot Criminals… But Does It Even Work?

  

  Dwayne ( profile ), 20 Apr, 2011 @ 11:47pm

  Lock them all up

  The glasses are merely an excuse to treat everyone as a criminal. The reasoning behind all arrests in Brazil will now be, "He's a criminal because the glasses recognised him as one"
  
  Why don't they just learn from the United States and treat everyone as criminals without the use of expensive glasses?

• On the post: Woman Sues Google Because She Hung Her Underwear Outside, And Street View Caught It

  

  Dwayne ( profile ), 21 Dec, 2010 @ 07:26pm

  Great Scott's

  Great Scott Google! you've disrupted the space time continuum.

• On the post: Did Activision Violate Arnold Schwarzenegger's Publicity Rights With Austrian Accented Thor?

  

  Dwayne ( profile ), 05 Sep, 2010 @ 10:38pm

  Re: Publicity is always a good thing.

  The saying, "Any publicity is good publicity" only applies if you're paying the company a fee to give them publicity or expect a lawsuit.

• On the post: Did Activision Violate Arnold Schwarzenegger's Publicity Rights With Austrian Accented Thor?

  

  Dwayne ( profile ), 05 Sep, 2010 @ 03:31pm

  Thor is...

  "THOR IS HERE!"

• On the post: Oracle's First Big Move With Sun? Use Sun's Patents To Sue Google

  

  Dwayne ( profile ), 24 Aug, 2010 @ 10:40pm

  Re: Okay, it has to be said...

  You sir get two internets for using a Starcraft reference in your comment.
  
  Patent system under attack!