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• On the post: Insanity Rules In East Texas: Jury Finds Newegg Infringes On Ridiculous Encryption Patent

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 26 Nov, 2013 @ 07:14am

  As a computer science guy, this pains me. Nothing could do more to stifle innovation than have bullshit like this happen.
  
  Bravo America. You've screwed the pooch, yet again.

• On the post: CA School District Announces It's Doing Round-The-Clock Monitoring Of Its 13,000 Students' Social Media Activities

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 10 Sep, 2013 @ 04:58am

  Public content is collected and provided to school districts from the following websites:
  
  This is why it's good to know how to set up privacy settings.
  
  Then the only people reading your stuff besides your friends is facebook or the NSA...

• On the post: NSA Review Board Now Accepting Public Comment On Policies NSA Won't Talk About

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 05 Sep, 2013 @ 03:54pm

  Straight to the point.

  [snip]how in light of advancements in communications technologies, the United States can employ its technical collection capabilities in a manner that optimally protects our national security and advances our foreign policy while respecting our commitment to privacy and civil liberties, recognizing our need to maintain the public trust, and reducing the risk of unauthorized disclosure[snip]
  
  It's fucking simple, assholes. Don't spy on us.

• On the post: Obama's Simply Wrong: Whistleblower Protections Would Not Have Applied To Snowden

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2013 @ 02:00pm

  "the Obama administration admitted that it was "looking at" ways to extend the protections to contractors"
  
  Now THAT ladies and gentlemen, is lip service at its finest. As soon as this story subsides, it'll be looking like a cold day in hell before this thought comes up again.

• On the post: Cable News Networks 'Grant' Manning Verdict A Whole Five Minutes Of Coverage

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 31 Jul, 2013 @ 04:46am

  Well of course. Real news with available facts isn't as interesting to them as it is to free associate about something where they have 2 minutes worth of facts (that they still get wrong) and use it to fill 8 hours of television.

• On the post: MIT Defends Its 'Neutral' Stance On Aaron Swartz As 'Reasonable' Even As It Failed To Understand Importance Of The Case

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 30 Jul, 2013 @ 12:53pm

  wait...

  Am I reading between the lines here, or is MIT basically saying: "Yeah, we'd make the same stupid choices again, because we think we did nothing wrong whatsoever."? Holy shit.

• On the post: How Far Does The National Snooping Dollar Stretch?

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 12 Jul, 2013 @ 04:56am

  fuzzy math

  "The FBI claims it's not possible to estimate its outlays as the payments run through a "variety of programs, field offices and case funds." "
  
  Sounds like a page out of the Hollywood Accounting playbook to me!

• On the post: How Far Does The National Snooping Dollar Stretch?

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 12 Jul, 2013 @ 04:55am

  Hmpf.

  What do you mean you want to know how your tax dollars are being spent? Move along, citizen!

• On the post: Actually, Nintendo Wanted Smash Bros. Out Of EVO Tourney Entirely, Which Is Really Stupid

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 12 Jul, 2013 @ 04:52am

  So... Let me see...

  Let me see if I understand this...
  
  1) Make 4 person multiplayer game that is terribly competitive.
  
  2) Get mad when people try to play it competitively.
  
  What the hell, Nintendo!?

• On the post: Why, Yes, Of Course The NSA Spying Involves More Companies Than Already Listed

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 07 Jun, 2013 @ 04:56am

  Wonderful.

  I turned across CNN while eating supper last night and I heard Ari Fleischer say something akin to the following to Anderson Cooper:
  
  "People are willing to give up some civil liberties to prevent terrorism."
  
  To quote James Bond in Goldeneye talking about the former USSR (and it's new leadership):
  
  "Governments change. The lies stay the same."

• On the post: Microsoft Creative Director Defends Always-Online, Insults Customers, Murders Logic…All In One Day!

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 05 Apr, 2013 @ 06:56pm

  Re: The death of consoles

  I haven't bought a game console since N64. I just have a PC, and all I do these days is buy games for $5 off amazon or from steam sales (only if they're pretty much DRM free and not made by a handful of companies I can't stand, like EA) that are a few years old. I've got plenty to keep me busy without needing a new console of any type. Especially since I don't want something that needs another internet connection.

• On the post: Microsoft Creative Director Defends Always-Online, Insults Customers, Murders Logic…All In One Day!

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 05 Apr, 2013 @ 06:54pm

  Re: Re:

  Meant 99.8% but totally pulled a number less than 100% out of my bum to make a point. But yeah, shame on people who think that just because everything CAN be made to be "always online" they don't step back and think SHOULD it be made that way? And in my personal (and professional, actually) opinion, that answer is no.

• On the post: Microsoft Creative Director Defends Always-Online, Insults Customers, Murders Logic…All In One Day!

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 05 Apr, 2013 @ 06:52pm

  Re:

  As a person who writes software, the idea that people want to be "connected" all the time bothers me. I know that I love to 'disconnect', as it were, and play games by myself and such. My internet does not have even 98% uptime; unlike my television and computer.

• On the post: Programming The News: The Future Of Reporting Is Algorithms

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 03 Apr, 2013 @ 04:54am

  Re: Big deal

  Unfortunately the bots seemed to be programmed WITH random capitalization AND bad engrish.

• On the post: Successful Self-Published Ebook Authors Sells Print & Movie Rights For $1 Million, But Keeps Digital Rights To Himself

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 03 Apr, 2013 @ 04:52am

  I would love to know what the industry was offering for the digital rights versus how much they would offer for the physical print rights... And compare those against the prices they'd have set for both editions of the book.

• On the post: Startups Realizing That Patent Trolls Are An Existential Threat

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 02 Apr, 2013 @ 04:56am

  Part of me thinks that this terrible business climate was planned intentionally on some level by some legacy bloc.

• On the post: Sorry Fair Use, Court Says News Clipping Service Infringes On AP Copyrights

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 21 Mar, 2013 @ 04:54pm

  Re:

  I think the terribly self-serving ego boost they are trying to pull off by pretending that every lede is like a gift from some proverbial god is the biggest laugh of all, honestly.
  
  Especially the part where they're undoubtedly 100% serious about it. Can you imagine? lol

• On the post: Key Players In Prenda Lawsuits Also Involved In Questionable 'Class Action' Objections

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 20 Mar, 2013 @ 05:53pm

  Re: Mike will follow a lawyer into any rat-hole!

  You always end up at same place!
  
  Every fucking time this gets posted it pisses me off. It should read "At the same place". Use your damned prepositions!
  
  /feeding-the-trolls

• On the post: Will People Trust Google's New 'Note' Keeping Service After Reader Shutdown?

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 20 Mar, 2013 @ 08:43pm

  If they ever discontinue google sites, then I will really be sad. I've spent a good deal of time putting content on there.

• On the post: Key Players In Prenda Lawsuits Also Involved In Questionable 'Class Action' Objections

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 20 Mar, 2013 @ 04:44pm

  Something about sticking your dick in a hornet's nest comes to mind right now...
  
  *munches on popcorn*

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