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• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  

  Pitabred ( profile ), 22 May, 2011 @ 05:21pm

  Re: Re: Re: Lots of ire against police officers.

  That excuse does not work for the average citizen. Why in the FUCK should it work for an officer, whose livelihood is based on his enforcement of the law, and therefore knowledge?

• On the post: Brand Delusion

  

  Pitabred ( profile ), 20 May, 2011 @ 07:11pm

  Hey! I wrote this comic!

  And I demand to be paid! I generated the idea after all, everything else was just implementation and the real hard work... ;)

• On the post: Gene Weingarten Shows How To Respond To Bogus Trademark Threats: Stetson(R) Hats Suck

  

  Pitabred ( profile ), 17 May, 2011 @ 01:39pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  "dilution" Brand delusion is what Stetson is currently experiencing

• On the post: Police Claim That Allowing People To Film Them In Public Creates 'Chilling Effects'

  

  Pitabred ( profile ), 16 May, 2011 @ 03:40pm

  Re: Not Representative

  Depends on whether those higher up are on what side. You get people like Joe Arpaio heading things up, and the bullies survive while the "law and order" types get pushed out.

• On the post: Friend Of Bradley Manning Sues Homeland Security For Seizing His Laptop

  

  Pitabred ( profile ), 13 May, 2011 @ 03:49pm

  The courts are a branch of the government. They're deferring to the Executive branch. So much for checks and balances.

• On the post: 'Concerned Citizen' Critic Of Muni Cable System Now Admits He Works For Time Warner Cable

  

  Pitabred ( profile ), 13 May, 2011 @ 07:30am

  Re: Re: taking food out of his kids mouths

  I think he's just drawing analogies from your story to many other common themes here on Techdirt. I wouldn't take it as an insult.

• On the post: TSA Frisks A Baby; Says The Stroller Set Off 'Explosives' Alarm

  

  Pitabred ( profile ), 11 May, 2011 @ 10:54am

  Re: Re: Why aren't these pedophiles being arrested?

  Just because the person perpetrating it doesn't get sexual gratification doesn't make it any less sexual assault.

• On the post: Using The Prius' Regenerative Brakes To Power A Roller Coaster

  

  Pitabred ( profile ), 06 May, 2011 @ 07:34am

  Re: Gimme a break!

  No, there's no such thing as perpetual motion. But this could significantly cut the energy bills of an amusement park. Something doesn't have to be perfect to make it better than what exists.

• On the post: We've Trained The TSA To Search For Liquid Instead Of Bombs

  

  Pitabred ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2011 @ 12:16pm

  Re: Not to be too condescending but...

  They're not LEO's, but they're sure as hell trained to act like them. THAT is the problem. They're not trained to look for dangers, they're trained on how to confront and cow passengers into following the asinine rules. Because the rules are paramount to EVERYTHING.

• On the post: Kraft Threatens Cooking Teacher With Trademark Claim For Teaching Students To Cook Beyond Kraft Mac & Cheese

  

  Pitabred ( profile ), 25 Apr, 2011 @ 10:16am

  Re: Pro Tip

  Aye. I'll sometimes toss in some soy sauce, too. Frozen veggies make a great addition about halfway through boiling the noodles (peas, carrots, beans, stuff that boils well). Sometimes adding a can of tuna is good too, after cooking when you're mixing it all together.
  
  All kinds of great ways to enjoy your mac & "cheese" ;)

• On the post: Kraft Threatens Cooking Teacher With Trademark Claim For Teaching Students To Cook Beyond Kraft Mac & Cheese

  

  Pitabred ( profile ), 25 Apr, 2011 @ 08:51am

  Retitling the class

  I humbly suggest the instructor retitle it "Kick the Crap Dinner". It'd piss Kraft off to no end, and I can't imagine how it'd be legally actionable. Especially if it can ride in on a wave of publicity after this stunt.

• On the post: Woman Sues Match.com Because She Was Assaulted By Someone She Met On Site

  

  Pitabred ( profile ), 19 Apr, 2011 @ 11:59pm

  Responsibility

  Personal responsibility? Shitty luck? What's that? Someone's responsible, and it could never be me. I'm entitled to an entirely safe existence no matter what boneheaded crap I do, damnit. It's the American way!

• On the post: Can Genes Be Patented? Appeals Court Will Weigh In Soon

  

  Pitabred ( profile ), 04 Apr, 2011 @ 02:41pm

  Monsanto?

  If this goes through, how much standing will Monsanto have left?

• On the post: Defending The Indefensible: Lawyers Who Love Loopholes Ignoring Serious Constitutional Issues In Domain Seizures

  

  Pitabred ( profile ), 22 Mar, 2011 @ 11:23am

  Re: Re: Re:

  The problem is that people used those sub-domains for all kinds of things. I have a "subdomain" like was seized that I use to connect to my computers at home when I'm away. I'm sure many people run various game servers or have other hobbies that may not just be web pages, and you're defending the right of the government to unilaterally stop all of those useful services with no evidence or trial?
  
  Hell, any one of those subdomains could have had hundreds of thousands of pages. YOU DON'T KNOW. The way the DNS system works, those subdomains were all on different IPs, so yes, there were 84,000 people who had their connection to DNS cut off suddenly.
  
  I don't know if you're playing Devil's Advocate or just a myopic, uneducated asshole, but there is no defense for seizing the domain with no evidence that even the preponderance or even a significant fraction of the subdomains were participating in anything illegal, much less without a trial.

• On the post: Dutch Court Says Breaking Into An Encrypted WiFi Router To Use The Connection Is Legal

  

  Pitabred ( profile ), 21 Mar, 2011 @ 03:50pm

  Civil vs Criminal

  This story didn't say that the breaking of encryption was legal. Just that it wasn't criminal. They could still be open to and lose civil lawsuits. It's just that the government is stepping out of direct prosecution.

• On the post: Who Actually Felt 'Guilty' That They Read The NYTimes Online For Free?

  

  Pitabred ( profile ), 21 Mar, 2011 @ 07:11am

  Ex-reader

  All I know is that I used to read the NYT, but I've hit their annoy-wall enough times that I don't even click on links going there any more.

• On the post: Sony Music Hires CEO Who Has Admitted He Doesn't Know How To Run A Modern Record Label

  

  Pitabred ( profile ), 04 Mar, 2011 @ 03:37pm

  Re:

  He had the benefit of the doubt the first time. "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." He proved he was incompetent once. I'm not holding out high hopes he's going to magically become more competent.
  
  These CEOs and such are all golf buddies. It has nothing to do with skill or talent. It's all in who you know.

• On the post: Bradley Manning Hit With New Charges; Could Face Death Penalty

  

  Pitabred ( profile ), 03 Mar, 2011 @ 08:29am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  So you're saying that we shouldn't question the government ever? And that people who see things going wrong should just keep their head low and ignore it?
  
  I've got some reading for you:
  http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007392
  
  If you don't stand up for what's right right now, you won't get the chance to in the future.

• On the post: Bradley Manning Hit With New Charges; Could Face Death Penalty

  

  Pitabred ( profile ), 03 Mar, 2011 @ 08:25am

  Re: Re:

  "I was just following orders when I killed those Jews. It wasn't my fault"

• On the post: Australian Gov't Official Fired For Googling 'Knockers' From Home With Office Laptop

  

  Pitabred ( profile ), 11 Feb, 2011 @ 06:04am

  Re: proper use

  I'd think so, as long as you did it legally and filled it back up with personal money and not on the government's dime. If they allow personal use, they allow personal use.

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