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• On the post: TV Companies Plan To Make Hulu Suck Even More Making It More Difficult To Sell Hulu

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 03 Oct, 2011 @ 05:55am

  Re: Re:

  What was the definition of an asshat?
  
  Calling someone stupid that uses a 'factoid' once, claiming that said person posts it "over and over again."

• On the post: Guy Arrested, Threatened With 15 Years For Recording Traffic Stop In Illinois

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 30 Sep, 2011 @ 11:55am

  Re: Re: Law

  Then such a law needs to be challenged as unconstitutional, citing the Massachusetts ruling re: 1st and 4th amendment issues.
  
  And I agree that this is getting absolutely ridiculous. WTF is going on up there in IL?

• On the post: Police Ticket Guy Who Helped Direct Traffic After Traffic Light Failure; Then Leave Without Handling Traffic

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 20 Sep, 2011 @ 11:59am

  Re: well.

  ...a pretty bad decision.
  
  Now there's an understatement. It goes well beyond just being a bad decision.
  
  Probably just a cash-strapped PD seizing an opportunity to cite someone for something they might call Unauthorized Directing of Traffic. Or some other bullshit name. Just so they could cash in. Or something.

• On the post: Former RIAA Lobbyist, Now Judge, Says Lowest Possible Statutory Damages For Single Case Of Infringement Is $3,430

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 12 Sep, 2011 @ 08:30am

  Re:

  When someone doesn't really have a fact-based argument, two things tend to happen:
  
  1. The accusation of FUD by whoever they disagree with.
  2. The overcapitalization of WORDS throughout the POST in order to try and EMPHASIZE their point so that the reader won't have to THINK too much to UNDERSTAND what they are TRYING to say.

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

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 11 Sep, 2011 @ 01:28pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  Rapier-sharp compared to yours.
  
  Your dittohead comment shows where your point of view is coming from. And your talking points are fed to you by the likes of MSNBC, the NY Times, et al....
  
  Looks like you're not so unique, yourself.

• On the post: RIAA Sending DMCA Takedowns On *FREE* Music Being Distributed Directly Off Universal Music Website & Promoted By The Artist

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 09 Sep, 2011 @ 10:19am

  Re: Re:

  The RIAA doesn't need an excuse for that

• On the post: ISP Sued For Revealing Info On US-Based Critic Of Thai Laws

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 01 Sep, 2011 @ 08:16am

  Re: Re: Dangling?

  ...and poke him with soft pillows

• On the post: Pure Awesomeness: Two Chat Bots Talking To Each Other

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 30 Aug, 2011 @ 12:52pm

  Note that it's the female one

  that can't keep the story straight:
  
  MC: So you are a robot.
  FC: No, my name is Cleverbot.
  MC: Yes, you are a robot and your name is Cleverbot.
  FC: I am a robot.
  
  Answers no to "are you a robot" then the very next phrase uttered by the bot is "I am a robot."
  
  Friggin' women....

• On the post: Don't Mess With Texas… Or, Well, Don't Use That Slogan As A Book Title Or Texas Will Sue

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2011 @ 12:47pm

  TxDOT

  I live in Texas. In New Braunfels (near San Antonio.) I can attest that TxDOT is full of idiots.
  
  All you have to do is drive on the roads here and you wonder who the hell designed this crap.
  
  Seems like their lawyers are equally stupid.

• On the post: US Copyright Group, Hurt Locker Producers Sue Dead Man & Others Unlikely To Have Infringed

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2011 @ 09:32am

  Hurt Locker producers

  "I sue dead people."

• On the post: EA's Origin Service Wants To Exchange Games For Your Personal Data [Updated]

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2011 @ 10:50am

  Re: So don't pay or play! -- But I know you'll pirate it,

  because so many of you kids PLAY GAMES.
  
  Yep. I'm a 44 yr old kid. And I still play games.
  
  OOB, you still don't get it. I doubt you ever will.
  Most of us are willing to pay for the games we want to play, but when companies like EA, Ubisoft, et al., come along and put these kinds of demands on their potential customers, the word "potential" is changed to "lost."
  
  And since the cracked copy will not have those restrictions on it, a lot of those lost customers will download the game.
  
  These companies will never learn that copy protection/DRM will not stop piracy. And as they get more restrictive, or want to collect more data from your PC, the more potential customers they are going turn into lost customers.
  
  All the DRM says to me is "Mr. Consumer, we at [Big Software Company] just don't trust you. You have to let us snoop around on your computer and collect all sorts of information on you in order to use our software. And if you do that, we also own your computer since our software is now installed on it. And by the way, you don't own this software, you are only licensing it, and we can shut down our DRM servers without notice, at which time the software will automatically be uninstalled from your computer, and you must return the physical copy of the DVD with all documentation it the original packaging... at your expense.
  And cookies. Make sure you send cookies."

• On the post: Teachers In Missouri Sue For The Right To 'Friend' Their Students On Facebook

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 22 Aug, 2011 @ 10:50am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Manager to employee relationships is juuuuust a bit different than that of teacher to student, donchathink?
  
  Just because it has the potential to become inappropriate, doesn't mean a teacher shouldn't "friend" a student, especially if that student needs extra help in the subject being taught by said teacher. If the really shy kid that won't speak up and ask a question in the classroom can do so via facebook, then why shouldn't the teacher be able to communicate with the student via that platform?
  
  And to include former students? That's really where it goes too far. I'm no longer a student, why can't there be such a thing as an actual friendship with a teacher? You can't tell me that I'm just supposed to forget about, and never speak to, a teacher that may have had great influence on me during my time in his/her class.
  
  You, sir, and politicians anywhere, cannot, and will not, tell me who I can and can't be friends with.

• On the post: First Year Associate Fired After Telling Partners He Had A 'Superior Legal Mind' Sues Firm For $77 Million

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 19 Aug, 2011 @ 11:06am

  Re: I'd be afraid to have him as my lawyer

  Maybe he should get with Charlie Sheen...

• On the post: Ubisoft Removes 'Always On' DRM From New Driver Game; Replaces It With Something Slightly Less Annoying

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 19 Aug, 2011 @ 10:20am

  Re: "if your product can't outperform the pirated version"!

  OOB, you seem to think that if protections (read DRM) are stripped out, the company CANNOT profit from it.
  
  That statement, sir, is at variance with the truth.
  
  Companies can and do profit from products with no DRM, especially from me, as I refuse to purchase anything that even has DRM. I probably have some games that do have DRM but that was before I knew better.
  
  Copy protection for software has been around for decades, and it still hasn't stopped piracy. It never will.
  
  When you buy a game that requires your internet connection to always be on, or on every time you launch the game, or that you can only install ONE time (if you want to install it on that nice new PC you bought 4 months after buying the game, you have to purchase another license!), then all you do is piss off your customers that bought the software. I guarantee that next time you want a game from that company, you'll think twice about it due to the previous experience with all the restrictions that DRM imposes on you.

• On the post: Some Old Guy Can't Come Up With Any New Ideas; So He Says There Are No New Ideas & It's Twitter's Fault

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 15 Aug, 2011 @ 01:00pm

  Upperclass Twit of the Year

  This so reminds me of Monty Python...
  
  And Mr. Neal Gabler-Mollusc can be said to be this years outstanding twit.

• On the post: Police Try To Bring Wiretapping Charges Against Woman Who Filmed Them Beating A Man

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 15 Aug, 2011 @ 10:36am

  Re: Re:

  Political activist.. Massachusettes.. need we say more?

• On the post: Police Try To Bring Wiretapping Charges Against Woman Who Filmed Them Beating A Man

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 15 Aug, 2011 @ 10:30am

  Re: A police officer, not The Police

  A police officer filed... He IS part of the police force, therefore he is the police, and therefore "The Police" did, indeed, file.
  
  How hard was that to work out?

• On the post: Police Try To Bring Wiretapping Charges Against Woman Who Filmed Them Beating A Man

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 15 Aug, 2011 @ 10:24am

  Re: Re: Re: Gosh

  I completely agree. This went way beyond Police Brutality, into the realm of Assault and Battery, and not just a misdemeanor.
  
  I think this guy should go Mr. Melvin should go by the old addage: An eye for an eye........

• On the post: Wil Wheaton Explains Why Hollywood Needs To Compete With 'Piracy'

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2011 @ 12:26pm

  I can only think of

  Stewie saying Hwil Hweaton anytime I see Will's name anywhere.

• On the post: When Even Dilbert Is Making Fun Of The Absurdity Of The Patent System…

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2011 @ 09:48am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Cracker? Now that you've gone down the path of racial ephithet's, can we really take you seriously?
  
  By all standards, perhaps it's time to fix your attitude, too.
  
  You join the long list of AC's in the "inability to follow civil discussion" group.

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