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• On the post: Techdirt Podcast Episode 142: Who Still Needs A Personal Computer?

  

  ThatQuietGuyInTheCorner ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2017 @ 03:18pm

  Re:

  Exactly. I do mostly CADD work for my job, but each of the projects has to be verified on-site - so I "print" to pdf, put that one a tablet (that has a stylus), go on-site to make notes, then come back to my PC to update everything. They are simply for different kinds of tasks.

• On the post: Techdirt Podcast Episode 142: Who Still Needs A Personal Computer?

  

  ThatQuietGuyInTheCorner ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2017 @ 02:14pm

  Totally off subject ...

  Yet another topic I wish I could peruse ... have you considered a textual version of these so that those of us that are deaf can participate?

• On the post: Another Ridiculous Lawsuit Hopes To Hold Social Media Companies Responsible For Terrorist Attacks

  

  ThatQuietGuyInTheCorner ( profile ), 13 Oct, 2017 @ 09:16pm

  "could and should"

  "Most technology experts agree that Defendants could and should be doing more to stop ISIS from using its social network."
  Really? Give real, workable examples of HOW to do this, please?

• On the post: Miami Beach Police Unaware Of The First Amendment, Arrest Guy For Twitter Parody Account

  

  ThatQuietGuyInTheCorner ( profile ), 11 Oct, 2017 @ 07:01pm

  Re: Re: Got a question

  That is not a false impersonation.

• On the post: Miami Beach Police Unaware Of The First Amendment, Arrest Guy For Twitter Parody Account

  

  ThatQuietGuyInTheCorner ( profile ), 11 Oct, 2017 @ 12:02pm

  Got a question

  What, exactly, is "falsely impersonating"?
  If "impersonate" is to "pretend to be (another person)", wouldn't "falsely impersonating" mean that you're pretending to be yourself? or, maybe, NOT impersonating someone else?
  Now, if that had read "falsly personating", it would be a different matter.

• On the post: A Google Tax Isn't Going To Give Publishers The Payout They Think It Will

  

  ThatQuietGuyInTheCorner ( profile ), 21 Aug, 2017 @ 08:40pm

  Question

  "Of course, that is an average across all of Google's search results"
  Does that mean that this value includes searches that have nothing to do with news?

• On the post: Disney Pulls Content From Netflix As Users Face An Annoying, Confusing Rise In Streaming Exclusivity Silos

  

  ThatQuietGuyInTheCorner ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2017 @ 10:19pm

  Re: Entertainment Value

  (If it wasn't obvious in my screed above....)
  Those that complain that the price of cable tv is too high and/or the bundling is awful (both of which I agree with) and/or that to get the same content from streaming services is also expensive .... maybe you need to sit down with your family and really figure out how YOU "value" that content.
  If the cost is less than, or equal to, your value assessment, why are you complaining? If it's not ... why are you subscribing?

• On the post: Disney Pulls Content From Netflix As Users Face An Annoying, Confusing Rise In Streaming Exclusivity Silos

  

  ThatQuietGuyInTheCorner ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2017 @ 09:59pm

  Entertainment Value

  I "cut the cord" many years ago.
  I had Netflix for nearly two years (Canadian flavor), until I ran out of shows that were remotely interesting (that happened a few years ago as well), at which time I canceled that too.
  I don't download content (legal or illegal).
  Our cable company calls up about once a month to tell me what a great value their "introductory offer" of 200 channels for $50 is ($75 after the hidden charges are added in); it's difficult to get them to tell you what the price is when the introductory offer ends, but, frankly, it doesn't really matter anyway.
  What they don't seem to understand is that, from the "consumers" end, THEY don't set the "value". We, the consumers, do.
  How many hours of labour (used to earn the money you have to pay) are you willing to trade for a bit of entertainment? THAT is YOUR real "value". And for me, the answer is (for what is offered) maybe up to $15 (INCLUDING the hidden crap). I just don't value their service much.
  Yes, it can cost them quite a lot to produce those shows; but you know what? that's NOT MY PROBLEM. It's theirs! If they can't (or won't) price it in a range that meets MY values, they simply don't get a sale at all.
  I have a lot of DVDs and even a lot of old VHS tapes (of shows you can't even get on DVDs) if I want to watch something. I also have lots and lots of books. I have my photography to pursue, and I write software in my spare time. I don't NEED TV service at all. Quite honestly, I don't even miss it - I have enough other things to occupy my time (like reading TechDirt comments).

• On the post: The Indictment Against Malware Researcher Marcus Hutchines Is Really Weird

  

  ThatQuietGuyInTheCorner ( profile ), 04 Aug, 2017 @ 12:49pm

  They need someone to blame

  In order to not look incompetent, they need to find a scapegoat. Reality need not enter the equation - they simply need someone to pile charges on so that it LOOKS like they can actually do their jobs.

• On the post: Massachusetts Lawmaker Wants To Make It A Felony To Have Secret Compartments In Your Car

  

  ThatQuietGuyInTheCorner ( profile ), 20 Jul, 2017 @ 04:44pm

  A Real Money Maker for the Police

  They can seize the vehicle, sell it at auction and (after collecting the payment), seize it AGAIN! They could sell the same vehicles dozens of times.

• On the post: Thankfully, Marketing Industry Plan For 'Ringless Voicemail' Dies a Quiet Death…For Now

  

  ThatQuietGuyInTheCorner ( profile ), 28 Jun, 2017 @ 03:52pm

  and here I thought I finally had a good, socially acceptable excuse to get rid of that annoying voicemail! That would just leave me looking for a good reason to get rid of that almost-as-annoying "call waiting" that I never asked for and don't want.

• On the post: Rime's Denuvo Defeated: Developer Gets To Work On DRM Free Version As Performance Hit Details Emerge

  

  ThatQuietGuyInTheCorner ( profile ), 05 Jun, 2017 @ 04:31pm

  Re:

  The game, at least, is (or, more correctly, WAS) certainly "trigger happy"

• On the post: Rime's Denuvo Defeated: Developer Gets To Work On DRM Free Version As Performance Hit Details Emerge

  

  ThatQuietGuyInTheCorner ( profile ), 05 Jun, 2017 @ 03:41pm

  They're getting so good at this cracking DRM ... I'm waiting for the day that the crack is released BEFORE the game is.

• On the post: Legislators, School Administrators Back Off Cellphone Search Bill After Running Into ACLU Opposition

  

  ThatQuietGuyInTheCorner ( profile ), 24 Apr, 2017 @ 08:07pm

  Re: skools & airports

  Absolutely true!

• On the post: Legislators, School Administrators Back Off Cellphone Search Bill After Running Into ACLU Opposition

  

  ThatQuietGuyInTheCorner ( profile ), 24 Apr, 2017 @ 08:05pm

  Secondary goals

  I think that the real purpose here is to condition children to accept "on the spot" searches that are actually illegal ... then, when they are adults, they won't question the authority of LEO's to continue to search at will without warrants or probable cause. Same with excessive surveillance in schools; get 'em used to it young and they won't question it as adults.

• On the post: DHS Boss Calls For More Fear, Less Encryption

  

  ThatQuietGuyInTheCorner ( profile ), 20 Apr, 2017 @ 04:22pm

  Re: "The only thing you have to fear... is EVERYTHING! The world is terrifying, and only we can protect you!"

  Pretty much what I came here to say.... maybe next time I can beat you to it?

• On the post: Oversight Committee Finds FBI's Facial Recognition Database Still Filled With Innocent People, Still Wrong 15% Of The Time

  

  ThatQuietGuyInTheCorner ( profile ), 31 Mar, 2017 @ 04:01pm

  Re: Re:

  If 18 million people are misidentified and (presuming) the correct person is identified as well, that's an accuracy rate of 0.00000000055%
  Welcome to "Big Data". (SEE False positive paradox)

• On the post: Supreme Court Says Patent Trolls Can Wait A While Before Suing

  

  ThatQuietGuyInTheCorner ( profile ), 22 Mar, 2017 @ 05:27pm

  Patents = Inovation?

  So, really, this tells innovators to not bother .. because someone ELSE is just going to come along with a patent (probably old, unheard-of and vague) and take it all away from you.

• On the post: USAToday Latest News Outlet To Completely Miss The Point Of Cord Cutting

  

  ThatQuietGuyInTheCorner ( profile ), 18 Mar, 2017 @ 08:56am

  Re: Re: It's about changing your diet

  I "cut the cord" for cable TV 4-5 years ago. Last summer, the cable company here talked me into a trial where I basically got TV service for free - and in 6 months, I actually turned it on 3 times. Twice for less than 15 minutes each (after which the commercials drove me to turn it back off) and once for half an hour.
  
  Fact is, not only do I not miss it, I generally don't even think about it. I have other things to do with my time.
  I did have Netflix for a couple years, but the Canadian catalog is so limited that I let that go too.
  
  A point that seems to often be missed is you don't HAVE to have TV service (or equivalent) at all.
  
  Another point that is usually missed is that the online subscriptions like Netflix DON'T HAVE COMMERCIALS (that said, there HAVE been commercials that I really liked, such as the old "Mac vs PC" series), can be watched when I want, where I want and on the devices I choose. So, even if the total cost was the same, it's still an improvement (RtB).
  
  As for the cost of internet ... I was paying for that all along anyway, so it's not "fair" to "add" that cost in again.

• On the post: NSA Cites New 'Security Concerns' In Preemptive Refusal To Even Search For Contractor Documents

  

  ThatQuietGuyInTheCorner ( profile ), 30 Jan, 2017 @ 09:32am

  This has got to be the most honest response from an Alphabet agency I've ever seen:
  "We aren't going to answer ... because we don't want to and there is nothing you can do about it"

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