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  • On the post: Movie Exec Says Compressed Release Windows 'Not Technically Possible'

    SimonTek ( profile ), 13 Oct, 2006 @ 03:04pm

    Curious. Realistically, The average home user is how likely to pirate a movie? Btw You do realize that the movies are completely digital these days, converting them to Windows format doesn't take much. Although I rather see an open video format get it, cause Some of us do not run windows, we use linux, unix, macs, and other OS's.

  • On the post: Too Much Work To Test E-Voting Machines For Security?

    SimonTek ( profile ), 13 Oct, 2006 @ 03:00pm

    OS voting machines

    I think later this year, I will build a prototype voting machine, with a built in printer. Then have an open source project to set it up. I am tired of seeing security been a non-issue with the manufactures, I have worked on Diebold machines, I know I can build a better machine.

    SimonTek at gmail dot com if you want to contact me on the idea.

  • On the post: Diebold Swears Everything Will Work Perfectly In Time For The Election

    SimonTek ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2006 @ 12:15am

    I have worked technical during the elections. During the class we took for it (4 hours). I realized half the technicians in the room never used a computer, let a lone fix one. It drove me nuts, I figured out how to service them in 20 mins. Almost Everyone else didn't get it, and kept asking questions. While I was there, I got bored and learned the layout of the building, where everything was. At one point the instructor couldn't find something, So I went into the back and grabbed it, Sadly you think this being an office of theres they would have stopped me when I was looking around in the first place.

  • On the post: iTunes May Not Be That Popular, But It Serves Its Purpose

    SimonTek ( profile ), 18 Sep, 2006 @ 11:27am

    You know

    You do realize the whole DRM thing isn't Apples fault, theres this little mafia called the RIAA (MPAA even for that matter) that really won't sell them songs to re-sell without DRM. Of all the choices I have, I like itunes. Heck I used itunes first then bought an ipod.

    ~SimonTek

  • On the post: Be Doubly Afraid Of Cell Phones Lost In Airports

    SimonTek ( profile ), 01 Sep, 2006 @ 01:14pm

    Last year my phone got stolen, luckily it was a crack head who didn't seem to bright, all i wanted was the sim card, he could keep the phone. Why cause like an idiot, I left some sensitive numbers on it. So what did I do from now one. Sensitive numbers are kept off all digial devices. Keep them on a black book, that I lock up. I don't need the numbers on me at all times, but then again I don't want others to have access to those numbers.

  • On the post: Forget Paper Millionaire, Digg Founder's A Vapormillionaire

    SimonTek ( profile ), 03 Aug, 2006 @ 10:04pm

    hmm

    I didn't know the idiot was the founder. lol.

  • On the post: Shocker: More USF Waste

    SimonTek ( profile ), 01 Aug, 2006 @ 01:54pm

    Fiber

    They are putting fiber to the house, and in the house for that kind of money right?

  • On the post: Telco Bill Won't Move Forward Without Audio Flag?

    SimonTek ( profile ), 13 Jul, 2006 @ 02:46pm

    Why?

    http://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/jay_hammond.html I am really getting sick of this, I want to run for politics cause of this stuff. I may be wrong, but isn't that a politian is supposed to represent the people, in the best intrest of the People, not Corp america?

  • On the post: RIAA Dirty Tricks: Gathering Private Info On Kids Of Accused File Sharer

    SimonTek ( profile ), 23 Jun, 2006 @ 09:47am

    A lil late post

    Stories like this make me want to run for public office. I am sick of politians working for companies, not the people. They were elected to rep the people. I have a few things I would like to put in place. Disband the RIAA/MPAA, ban frivilous lawsuits, etc. There is so many things that companies have the US gov't do, that really isn't their job.

  • On the post: Movie Studios Offer Convenient Downloading Minus The Convenience

    SimonTek ( profile ), 03 Apr, 2006 @ 11:18am

    Hmm

    Realistically, its outrageous the fee. There is barely any overhead. When you compare to a movie store. For a store, you need DVD's, the boxes, Inventory, etc. You don't need that for online downloads, so they should charge less cause the lack of overhead, you have bandwidth, but on this scale its not that much. I like how the RIAA acts like they make nothing on downloads (itunes, and others), the same applies. and yet $0.99 is making a fortune. considering the same math, very little overhead, and the bandwidth is on the online retailer, not them.

    With the movie downloads, do you get the deleted scenes and all the extra's or is it just the movie? If its just the movie they are nuts, I use movielink, yes, but its great for old movies, and the fact that I am bad at returning movies (generally why I buy movies, not rent)

    Oh well.