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• On the post: Razer Updates Synapse Software With Better 'Offline Mode,' Other Problematic 'Features' Remain Unchanged

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 03 Jan, 2013 @ 04:57am

  This reminds me of a computer component where the box had the instructions for installation say "visit this website", but unfortunately I had my computer apart before I read that, and needed the part to continue before I could get on the internet. What do.

• On the post: FBI, Working With Banks, Chose Not To Inform Occupy Leadership Of Assassination Plot On Its Leaders

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 02 Jan, 2013 @ 06:14pm

  Re: Even Better

  I have determined that 'corporations are people' stops immediately when it comes to assuming actual responsibility or sending people to prison for criminal activity. So basically it's a matter of convenience.

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

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 31 Dec, 2012 @ 12:20pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  Damn it, I said "shut" didn't I.
  
  Bloody hell.

• On the post: MTP's David Gregory Does Journalism, Some Citizens Want His Arrest

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 30 Dec, 2012 @ 03:03pm

  Breaking the law isn't magically protected under the guise of journalism. Especially when it's something that the average joe probably feels they'd get arrested or fined for.

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

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 30 Dec, 2012 @ 03:02pm

  Re:

  *freedom FROM consequences for saying stupid shut
  
  We really need an edit button. D:

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

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 30 Dec, 2012 @ 03:01pm

  To be fair, David Gregory waving around an illegal object (a gun magazine) on national TV was a pretty stupid way to make a point. Something that most of the rest of us would have gotten arrested for, no doubt. I'm not sure that breaking the law to make a point that something should be illegal makes any sense. I think most people are complaining about the appearance of a double standard. The same way people feel slighted when corporations get off with "fines" for stuff that most of us would spend life (or worse) in prison for. Trying to play devil's advocate here -- be either side right or wrong, it's not hard to see the point people are making here. The petition is pretty stupid, though.
  
  Also, someone should remind Piers Morgan that Freedom of Speech is not Freedom of Consequences from saying stupid shit.

• On the post: Copyfraud: Copyright Claims On CDs Say It's Infringement To Loan Your CD To A Friend

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 28 Dec, 2012 @ 11:58am

  Re:

  It's funny because growing up:
  
  1) Friend gets new CD
  2) We ride around in his car and listen to it
  3) If good, more of us buy the CD
  4) If bad, we ridicule it
  
  I'm sure certain people would like to make this activity illegal. I mean, if we don't all buy the CD individually and then judge how good or bad the album is, aren't we also just dirty pirates!?

• On the post: Mark Zuckerberg's Sister Should Just Admit She Doesn't Understand Facebook's Privacy Rules Either

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 27 Dec, 2012 @ 12:16am

  The joke is that thinking that once you've uploaded a picture to the internet that it somehow stay inside this magic privacy box. If you don't want stuff shared on the internet -- Don't. Fucking. Post it.

• On the post: Intellectual Ventures: Don't Mind Our 2000 Shell Companies, That's Totally Normal

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 20 Dec, 2012 @ 07:59pm

  Re:

  IT'S UNDER 9000!

• On the post: Prenda Law Accused Of Trying To Start Over Again Under A New Name

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 18 Dec, 2012 @ 08:46pm

  Apparently when I originally grabbed popcorn to watch this ensuing trainwreck unfold, my popcorn tub was not big enough.
  
  But fortunately it is now the holidays, and the necessary 5 gallon buckets of it are readily available!

• On the post: Instagram: 'Wait, Wait! That's Not What We Meant!'

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 18 Dec, 2012 @ 08:41pm

  Re:

  Most of these agreements are "let me do the maximum I can for myself and the minimum I can for you". They couple this with the proper PR campaign and see what they can sneak by (which considering most of these agreements nobody reads, is quite a lot undoubtedly).

• On the post: SimCity Developers' Reddit AMA Swiftly Turns Into WTF With The Online-Only DRM?

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 17 Dec, 2012 @ 08:49pm

  I was hoping that new SimCity may lead to an update of old classics like Streets of Sim City. But thanks to this crippling DRM, I hope the game is a miserable flop. I just keep shifting where I give my money to in the gaming industry. The Ubisofts and EAs of the world don't get it anymore; it's the indie developers who don't ruin the games I buy with "always online" nonsense or other malware/DRM and limited activations and a bunch of other garbage.

• On the post: Creators: Kill The Hobbit To Save Regular Earth, And Win!

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 17 Dec, 2012 @ 07:20pm

  I'm sure if we likened the **AA organizations of the world as Sauron pouring his might into crafting The One Ring (read: copyright extensions, fighting "piracy" of those damned immortal elves, etc.), and its inevitable fall (read: failing of their business model) where Mt. Doom turns out to be The Internet...
  
  But drawing that, aye, there's the rub.

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

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 16 Dec, 2012 @ 02:46pm

  I still buy the majority of my content on physical CDs and DVDs (as opposed to doing much digital purchases, though I am starting to move in that direction). However, I notice CD/DVD packaging has gone downhill greatly over the more recent years. Those multi-page liner notes? Now just a flimsy slip in insert with the album art on it. No liner notes to speak of. And DVDs? No cool booklets inside anymore. There's a reason I sit on making purchases until stuff bottoms out at like $5/new, because I think the price on the product is more than I will pay (and I don't pirate). I will wait for new games to drop in price for Steam sales down into the $5-$10 range. I'm cheap; always have been. Not sure where I was headed with this, so I'll leave it at that...

• On the post: How To Help Malaria Sufferers Without Using Patents: Crowdsourcing Diagnosis

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 12 Dec, 2012 @ 04:51am

  "..."photonic fences" and using magnets to make mosquitoes explode."
  
  You sure they're not trying to make a low budget syfy movie, lol?

• On the post: Patent Trolls Now Make Up More Than Half Of All Patent Lawsuits

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 11 Dec, 2012 @ 04:04pm

  I have little faith in change here.

  "When does the government wake up and realize we have a serious problem on our hands?"
  
  As soon as all the people who lobbied and vied for the system to become this broken realize they fucked up and lobby and vie for the system to be righted again.
  
  (Protip: Don't hold your breath. The wheels of justice move slow. And when it's something worth doing; Congress moves even slower than that.)

• On the post: Mozilla Helped To Stop SOPA In January, Now It's Worried About WCIT

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 11 Dec, 2012 @ 04:51am

  yep

  I hope more technical organizations start to push back in this manner, so that this Star Wars quote comes true of people trying to regulate the piss out of the internet:
  
  "The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers."
  
  ad lib it appropriately

• On the post: Latest TPP Round Locks Out Public Interest Groups Who Flew To New Zealand; Gives Them 15 Minutes Of Access

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 05 Dec, 2012 @ 04:49am

  Re: I think I get it!

  ^ /sarc tag on that, by the way.

• On the post: Latest TPP Round Locks Out Public Interest Groups Who Flew To New Zealand; Gives Them 15 Minutes Of Access

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 05 Dec, 2012 @ 04:49am

  I think I get it!

  But Mike, by creating such artificial scarcity of transparency and access during these negotiations, aren't they really just improving the value of what TPP is offering!?

• On the post: Ridiculous: SEC Boss Refused To Move Forward On Required Crowdfunding Rules To Protect Her 'Legacy'

  

  vegetaman ( profile ), 04 Dec, 2012 @ 09:31pm

  Re: "just going to be used for massive scamming."

  All those in favor to changing the three button choices above every comment to read "insightful", "funny", and "stupid"... say 'I'.

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