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• On the post: Police Use Genealogy Site To Locate Murder Suspect They'd Been Hunting For More Than 30 Years

  

  Jinxed ( profile ), 01 May, 2018 @ 05:06am

  I'm a little disappointed the article didn't include the results from GEDmatch regarding Mr. DeAngelo, as they found 12% Sasquatch, 50% Anglo-saxon, 28% Pedophilia, and 10% Nordic, tracing his lineage to Elizabeth Bathory.
  
  
  Too soon?

• On the post: Epic Decides To Double Down On Copyright For Cheating Lawsuit Against 14 Year Old By Taking On Mom

  

  Jinxed ( profile ), 30 Apr, 2018 @ 11:16am

  "How any of this could possibly be worth the PR hit Epic is taking is beyond me."
  No one cares about this 14 year old cheater, which is why this isn't a "PR hit".
  
  Today's gamers are stupid beyond words.

• On the post: The Washington Post Thinks Overpaying For Broadband Bundles Is A Hoot

  

  Jinxed ( profile ), 24 Apr, 2018 @ 06:48am

  "Right now, cable companies sell you phone, Internet service and entertainment products, all of which share one wire..."
  Exactly. One wire. Three separate bills for services which are now all digital.
  
  I'm sure she'll follow up with an article to boast why people love paying for HDTV "upgrades" in their cable package, never mind this is now a standard resolution.

• On the post: The CIA Made A Card Game… And We're Releasing It

  

  Jinxed ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2018 @ 11:21am

  Re: Re:

  I was hoping the stretch gold would include an encrypted version, offering additional cards as "decryption devices", where points allocated from the "investigation" would determine the chance of the "BFI" to "successfully" decrypt the cards.
  
  The 3 device cards would be iFruit, Robotoid, and ObsoleteDevice.
  
  Oh, and it should include a free shredder, if we want to play an agent who wishes to cover our tracks of illegal activity when stealing Bitcoin.

• On the post: We Interrupt The News Again With Hopefully The Last Update From The Monkey Selfie Case

  

  Jinxed ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2018 @ 11:12am

  100 years from now, people will be laughing at our stupidity.

• On the post: Apple Sued An Independent Norwegian Repair Shop In Bid To Monopolize Repair — And Lost

  

  Jinxed ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2018 @ 10:13am

  "Apple sued..."
  
  Getting tired of seeing this is the only damn thing the company can do anymore.

• On the post: The CIA Made A Card Game… And We're Releasing It

  

  Jinxed ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2018 @ 10:12am

  Will there be a redacted version, making the challenge more difficult?

• On the post: There Are Several Good Reasons To End Entertainment Industry Subsidies, But Blasphemy Isn't One Of Them

  

  Jinxed ( profile ), 19 Apr, 2018 @ 03:17am

  If the movie industry can use child pornography and sex trafficking as excuses to pass copyright legislation, then I believe it's fair play to allow blasphemy and "pornography" to block tax incentives.
  
  Remember: the movie industry took the gloves off first.

• On the post: Comcast To Sell Netflix Subscriptions In False Belief This Will Slow Cord Cutting

  

  Jinxed ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2018 @ 11:49am

  "There's no indication yet whether Comcast will sell Netflix at any kind of discount."
  Discount? Comcast doesn't understand the definition of the word.
  
  Comcast will "sell" Netflix for $49.99/mo., remove its Zero Rating protection, impose a new 100GB monthly cap, and charge customers for using Netflix, which can easily surpass 100GB monthly usage.
  
  Anything Comcast announces should be treated as having an ulterior motive which "discount" is not applied.

• On the post: MPAA Apparently Silently Shut Down Its Legal Movies Search Engine

  

  Jinxed ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2018 @ 09:29am

  I found a link to this site last year through an article talking about how horrible it was. I wanted to try it for myself.
  
  Putting in any movie released within a year (but older than 6 months): 0 results found
  
  I also put in well known older movies, such as "Die Hard": 0 results found
  
  Then I put in "Transmorphers", a direct-to-confused-consumer movie: 7 results found, with Netflix being #1
  
  
  The website may have been designed to help people find legal alternatives.
  
  Instead, it showed them few, if any, options actually existed.
  
  It's no wonder the MPAA took it down.

• On the post: MPAA Report Shows How The Internet Is Saving The Film Industry, Not Destroying It

  

  Jinxed ( profile ), 12 Apr, 2018 @ 03:43am

  Wasn't John Fithian the same person who said movie theaters wouldn't host Netflix content because it's not qualified as a movie? Something like that.
  
  This report from the MPAA should surprise no one, as it's the status quo from the industry:
  See new technology - sue it out of existence
  When the lawsuit fails - pass laws to limit its use
  When the laws fail - claim innovation
  
  How this organization, along with its sister RIAA, remain relevant fails common sense.

• On the post: Comcast's Top Lobbyist Is Pushing A Net Neutrality 'Compromise' That Isn't

  

  Jinxed ( profile ), 04 Apr, 2018 @ 09:38am

  If rational people will sit down and talk about this...

  We have, Mr. Cohen, which makes you the irrational person in these discussions.

  Perhaps learn from this.

• On the post: County Attorney Formally Asks ACLU To Stop Saying Factual Things About Pending Drug Legislation

  

  Jinxed ( profile ), 02 Apr, 2018 @ 12:12pm

  Another prime example of "I believe this bill is written to cover the issue while I completely ignore what the bill actually says as written."
  
  I'm firmly with the belief these are intentionally misdirected as to leave open "anything we didn't cover", with the "intention" only the "bad" people will get caught.
  
  Good representation of the buyer, and typical politician thinking who believes it's the seller that's the problem.
  
  It takes two to make a transaction.

• On the post: Kim Dotcom Wins Human Rights Tribunal Case Over Kiwi Government Withholding Info

  

  Jinxed ( profile ), 26 Mar, 2018 @ 11:49am

  "Either way, the book of examples of just how incredibly the New Zealand government has fucked up everything about this case at every single turn has now added yet another chapter."
  
  Is MegaUpload back online? No? Then the government doesn't care.
  
  The outcome is precisely what they wanted, thanks to US pressure.

• On the post: Cannes Bans Netflix Films From Competition Because The Internet Is Bad (Or Something)

  

  Jinxed ( profile ), 26 Mar, 2018 @ 11:45am

  This is great news.
  
  The last thing I want to see plastered all over Netflix are those fake reviews surrounded by leafy branches.
  
  Netflix will be just fine without Cannes.
  
  The opposite, in time, will not be true.

• On the post: Now It's The Turn Of Mercedes-Benz To Grovel Before China, Over An Instagram Post Quoting The Dalai Lama

  

  Jinxed ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2018 @ 05:25am

  "it underlines that the Chinese government now believes it has a right to dictate what should happen outside its borders, as well as within them."
  
  Golly gee, Techdirt. I'm really confused as to how the Chinese picked up the idea of meddling into the affairs of others because of business.

• On the post: Judge Tells Coal Boss Bob Murray The Judicial Equivalent Of 'Eat Shit, Bob'

  

  Jinxed ( profile ), 27 Feb, 2018 @ 05:31am

  Re: Coal worker laughing his ass off?

  Doubt it. Oliver's segment also covered how Murray's mines are prone to safety violations.
  
  If he is laughing, it's probably to expel the black dust in his lungs.

• On the post: Mistakes And Strategic Failures: The Killing Of The Open Internet

  

  Jinxed ( profile ), 26 Feb, 2018 @ 09:43am

  "Speaking of the MPAA, its fingerprints are all over SESTA, even as it's tried to keep them mostly out of sight."
  
  That's only because there haven't been any new child pornography bills drafted in a while.
  
  I can't recall the organization which chided how they just love child pornography laws because they can put clauses in the bills to circumvent the copyright laws they don't like.

• On the post: Trump Blames School Shootings On Violent Video Games, Movies; Suggests We Need Some Sort Of Rating System For Them

  

  Jinxed ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2018 @ 05:22am

  *Whether or not you agree the Second Amendment guarantees the right to load up on powerful weapons, any advocate of Constitutional rights would do well to remember they're a bundle...*
  It's also important to remember the Constitution isn't written in stone and any amendment can be removed or rewritten.
  
  Yet, for some reason, this viable option is never discussed.
  
  Expect more shootings as the news media continues to sensationalize them because millions of viewers can't help themselves to tune in to watch it unfold live.

• On the post: Classified Cabinet Docs Leak Down Under Via An Actual Cabinet Sale… Just As Aussies Try To Outlaw Leaking

  

  Jinxed ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2018 @ 10:34am

  I remember from Geography Australia used to be a penal colony.
  
  I read an article like this and I think, "used to be?"

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