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• On the post: Peter Sunde, The Pirate Bay Spokesperson, Details Why His Conviction Was A Farce

  

  el_segfaulto ( profile ), 09 Jul, 2012 @ 12:42pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Dammit! Here I've been paying thousands of dollars a month for my rackspace and bandwidth like a chump.

• On the post: Websites Deemed 'Place Of Public Accommodation' Under The ADA; Expects Lots Of Sites To Get Sued

  

  el_segfaulto ( profile ), 29 Jun, 2012 @ 11:23am

  Re: Re: I hate this too

  As long as the marquee and blink tags aren't deprecated, there shall be a way.

• On the post: Websites Deemed 'Place Of Public Accommodation' Under The ADA; Expects Lots Of Sites To Get Sued

  

  el_segfaulto ( profile ), 29 Jun, 2012 @ 08:48am

  I hate this too

  But...if you design your site correctly and do NOT use Flash then it should already be completely compliant. I work for the government and a fair chunk of my time is spent making sure my sites are in compliance, problem is that I'm a developer and not a designer...anyway if other people want I can link to some of the tools that I use, including the ones that I wrote myself.
  
  With that said, I am adamantly against legislation like this.

• On the post: Free Culture Is The Response To The Ethical Failings Of The Old Entertainment Industry

  

  el_segfaulto ( profile ), 28 Jun, 2012 @ 11:20am

  Re: Get ready for...

  What would your father say if he heard you using languages like that?!

• On the post: Rep. Jackie Speier Puts Forth Bill To Extend TSA To Mass Transit

  

  el_segfaulto ( profile ), 28 Jun, 2012 @ 11:14am

  Re: I miss my America.

  I've been looking into New Zealand or Australia. I understand that they've been looking for techno-geeks. I hate to leave a sinking ship, but I didn't sign up for fascism.

• On the post: US Copyright Office, MPAA Celebrate Handing Hollywood Stars Their Own Special Copyright Monopoly Powers

  

  el_segfaulto ( profile ), 28 Jun, 2012 @ 08:46am

  Re:

  Oh noes! I'm a liberal, but have a lot of black friends...who are also liberals! My God! I didn't even think they made people as stupid as you any more. I mean, this is like finding an old Ford Pinto.

• On the post: Just Because A Banana Can Be Used To Rob A Bank, It Doesn't Mean We Ban Bananas

  

  el_segfaulto ( profile ), 27 Jun, 2012 @ 12:52pm

  Re: Re: Re: People

  Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto overlord.
  
  I'm going to go ahead and punish myself for that one.

• On the post: In Round Two, Apple Succeeds In Getting Samsung Tablet Banned In The US

  

  el_segfaulto ( profile ), 27 Jun, 2012 @ 08:48am

  Thank Goodness!

  I'm so glad this happened! For you see, thinking is hard. And by Apple using the legal system like a blunt instrument I'll have far fewer choices in the future.

• On the post: Big ISPs Expected To Start Six Strikes Program This Weekend [Updated]

  

  el_segfaulto ( profile ), 27 Jun, 2012 @ 08:05am

  Re:

  The next inevitable step will be heavily metered billing. Of course, going through your ISP's own VOD services won't count against this.

• On the post: Big ISPs Expected To Start Six Strikes Program This Weekend [Updated]

  

  el_segfaulto ( profile ), 27 Jun, 2012 @ 08:02am

  Re: I don't normally do this....

  I torrent all of the damned time. Whenever XBMC puts a new version out, I'll be there. Whenever Debian rolls out a new distro, I'll be there. Whenever the geniuses at OCREMIX put out a new album, I'll be there (and donating!). Torrents aren't illegal. Music isn't illegal. There is so much good stuff out there that isn't part of the MPAA/RIAA cartel that I still can't figure out why people still download the Top 40 crap.

• On the post: EU Parlamentarian Gallo: ACTA Dissent 'A Soft Form Of Terrorism'

  

  el_segfaulto ( profile ), 26 Jun, 2012 @ 12:38pm

  Re:

  I've taken the liberty of scripting this bad boy out, so that future politicians don't have to worry...
  
  var i = 1;
  while ( i > 0 )
  {
  echo ("OMG Teh Terroristz");
  passLegislation();
  }

• On the post: Miami Heat Owner Now Threatening To Separately Sue The Lawyer Defending Blogger Who Linked To Unflattering Image

  

  el_segfaulto ( profile ), 26 Jun, 2012 @ 11:45am

  Re: Official proclamation

  To borrow from the game of poker...all in. When my friends and I are dealing with our significant others and we do something wrong, the rest of the group will inevitably goad the other into going all in. In this instance, if you're going to go to crazy town, go all the way.

• On the post: The White House Wants To Hear From You Concerning Its Strategy For Intellectual Property Enforcement

  

  el_segfaulto ( profile ), 26 Jun, 2012 @ 08:26am

  Re: Of course it's effective-- you just don't like any enforcement

  It's actually about middlemen's rights and hating on them. And I'm remarkably okay with that. It's perfectly possible to be anti-IP and still pay for your entertainment. I simply refuse to give any money to an artist that's signed with the RIAA.
  
  Now, I will grant you that I do have an HD antenna and as a basketball fan I did watch the abomination that was this years Finals...so I suppose that since I was watching that for free (whilst ignoring the commercials) I was in fact stealing it. Now I suppose that Kevin Durant is going to come to my house to rough me up.

• On the post: Jimmy Wales Campaigns To Stop The Despicable Attempt To Extradite & Try Richard O 'Dwyer

  

  el_segfaulto ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2012 @ 09:03am

  Re:

  What is this "UK" that you speak of? Ahhh yes, the quaint term once used for Airstrip One.

• On the post: RIAA's New War: Shutting Down The Equivalent Of Internet VCRs

  

  el_segfaulto ( profile ), 22 Jun, 2012 @ 10:27am

  See you guys...

  A few days ago my lovely girlfriend bought a piano which is now taking up a chunk of space in my living room. Now I've never been a musical genius so when I started messing around with it I didn't really see a problem. I had been getting a little better and managed to perform a piano version of a Metallica song.
  
  No sooner had I finished the last note then a team of leather clad RIAA ninjas broke down my front door and handcuffed me on the spot. My neighbors and their newborn were brought out at gunpoint for the audacity of broadcasting my performance over a Skype conversation with their relatives.
  
  Needless to say, I've quite my freetard ways. We're all in a re-education camp and have learned to leave music to the professionals, and that listening without permission is tantamount to stealing.

• On the post: Speech-Via-Algorithm Is Still Speech, And Censoring It Is Still Censorship

  

  el_segfaulto ( profile ), 22 Jun, 2012 @ 10:22am

  Re: Re: Not fair for the Techdirt trolls

  The meta is strong with this one!

• On the post: Speech-Via-Algorithm Is Still Speech, And Censoring It Is Still Censorship

  

  el_segfaulto ( profile ), 22 Jun, 2012 @ 09:21am

  Re:

  You'll have to live in a robot zoo! My robot body may not be over 5'0" but I'll have my freedom.

• On the post: Speech-Via-Algorithm Is Still Speech, And Censoring It Is Still Censorship

  

  el_segfaulto ( profile ), 22 Jun, 2012 @ 09:20am

  Not fair for the Techdirt trolls

  I'm already convinced that the majority of the shills on this site are simply poorly written scripts. Now they can be censored simply because they can't pass a Turing test?

• On the post: The New Elitism: File Sharing 'Created' Pop Music And Removing Gatekeepers Is 'Killing Culture'

  

  el_segfaulto ( profile ), 20 Jun, 2012 @ 08:07am

  Re: Culture death as harmful???

  Culture is an inevitable byproduct of being human. We could have nothing but fire and pointy sticks and we will still be making culture. The rise of the pre-fab pop star is more due to the current love affair with reality TV than anything else. The bands I really enjoy certainly don't fall into the category. Fleet Foxes, Trampled by Turtles, etc.

• On the post: FBI & DEA Warn That IPv6 May Be Too Damn Anonymous

  

  el_segfaulto ( profile ), 19 Jun, 2012 @ 12:20pm

  Re:

  I just ran a whois on my IP address (127.0.0.1) and it told me that the call was coming from inside my own network!

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