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• On the post: EFF Gets Secret Interpretation Of FISA Spying Law… And It's Almost Entirely Redacted

  

  themusicgod1 ( profile ), 14 Jan, 2013 @ 10:36am

  Re: Re: Re: Sad, really.

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• On the post: Company Sues Kickstarter Over 3D Printer Patent, Maligns 'Hackers And Makers'

  

  themusicgod1 ( profile ), 21 Nov, 2012 @ 09:04pm

  expired patents

  > Why would they only seek expired patents?
  
  The same reason LiteSQL does, no doubt. Because that way the only way you're getting your ass sued into smoldering ashes via patent lawsuit is if the Patent Office allows something to be patented twice, or if something that you've come up with has been patented and you've never noticed it, in which case see ChurchHatesTucker's comment.

• On the post: Bad Reasoning: We Don't Need More High Speed Internet Because People Don't Use Fast Internet Now

  

  themusicgod1 ( profile ), 16 Nov, 2012 @ 10:39am

  Napster

  Maybe if people weren't been extorted every time they used that 'high speed bandwidth' they may actually use it? There was a point of time that you couldn't walk a city block without encountering a computer with Napster on it. And then what happened? Everyone seems to have got afraid, or forgotten the promise of allowing other people access to your files, combined with running out IPv4 space down to the nubs, we seem to have forgotten or left behind the promise of the 21st century internet.

• On the post: EU Surveillance Team: We Need More Surveillance To Justify More Surveillance

  

  themusicgod1 ( profile ), 25 Oct, 2012 @ 05:50am

  Trapwire

  "You still need someone to look at that footage and pick out the things of interest, and it's much harder adding new personnel than adding new cameras."
  
  
  
  Not anymore. Since the advent of Trapwire and advanced facial recognition, we have entered the age of automated, intelligent monitoring of CCTV cameras, where you do not need as much personnel to monitor a greater number of cameras.

• On the post: PayPal Acts As Grinch Over Money Raised For Charity Using 'Wrong Button'; Finally Bows To Internet Pressure

  

  themusicgod1 ( profile ), 11 Dec, 2011 @ 12:00pm

  This would not have even happened had the charity been using bitcoin.

• On the post: Person To Person Lending Not Saving The Economy… Actually Looking Really, Really Bad

  

  themusicgod1 ( profile ), 21 Jan, 2010 @ 12:47am

  Ripple is still small, and still only slowly growing, but unlike prosper has the 'fractional reserve' aspect that Tx CHL Instructor noticed is lacking. But unlike prosoper if the USD ever tanks ripple users will probably still be OK.
  
  Then again, ripple:prosper::gnutella:napster, so they are kind of different.