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• On the post: Dear Pro Sports Leagues: Can I Watch The Game Please?

  

  zaven ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2012 @ 07:38am

  Streams with no commercials

  The other funny thing not mentioned. There's an app for the iPhone called WatchESPN. It does exactly what it sounds like, it streams the ESPN family of channels (the live broadcasts) if you have an account with a participating cable company.
  
  The funny thing is it actually does not show commercials, it just streams a message saying "There's a commercial in progress. We'll be right back"
  
  I find this odd since as the viewer, I'd be perfectly fine with having the TV commercials while I'm watching the ESPN stream.

• On the post: Teen Who Used Facebook Images To Rank Looks Of Female Classmates, Arrested For 'Disorderly Conduct'

  

  zaven ( profile ), 13 May, 2011 @ 10:44am

  Re: Re:

  It's worse because it's Cyber. That's a like a 2x multiplier for crimes against humanity right?

• On the post: AC/DC Says Their Songs Will Never Be Available For Download; Rest Of Internet Laughs

  

  zaven ( profile ), 09 May, 2011 @ 01:15pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Done Dirt Cheap

  Where's a facepalm picture when you need it. I feel like he completely missed the joke.

• On the post: AC/DC Says Their Songs Will Never Be Available For Download; Rest Of Internet Laughs

  

  zaven ( profile ), 09 May, 2011 @ 10:26am

  Re: Re:

  Actually, this was the first AC/DC album I owned. Most of the album was pretty great back in the day.

• On the post: AC/DC Says Their Songs Will Never Be Available For Download; Rest Of Internet Laughs

  

  zaven ( profile ), 09 May, 2011 @ 10:24am

  Re: Done Dirt Cheap

  Sounds like someone's on a Highway to Hell.

• On the post: WSJ Launches Wikileaks Competitor… But Says It Can Reveal Your Info To Law Enforcement

  

  zaven ( profile ), 06 May, 2011 @ 08:45am

  The Magic Word

  So essentially, The Wall Street Journal releases a tip box for anonymous leaks but reserves the right to tell on you if law enforcement says please.

• On the post: Boston College Tells Students That Using A Wireless Router Is A Sign Of Copyright Infringement

  

  zaven ( profile ), 30 Mar, 2011 @ 11:16am

  I had a wireless router in my room because the campus provided wifi was laughably insecure. You know what else could cause infringement? Someone getting the account info of my campus account (because it was an unsecure network and they don't use HTTPS) and emailing infringing files to people. I can't have my own wireless, and I can't use yours? I'm confused now.

• On the post: Am I Violating The DMCA By Visiting The NYTimes With NoScript Enabled?

  

  zaven ( profile ), 22 Mar, 2011 @ 12:01pm

  Not allowing Javascript to run is not a circumvention technique. It's a security measure. Any argument otherwise wouldn't even pass the laugh test.
  
  There are even browsers that don't have Javascript (Lynx anyone?)

• On the post: EA: Banned From Forums? Can't Play Single-Player Game Either

  

  zaven ( profile ), 16 Mar, 2011 @ 08:16am

  Re:

  You would be correct. The issue has nothing to do with whether or not he can play the game. His account was disabled, and it he had yet to activate the game. So he could not log in to activate. It was just a glitch and they've already said they are fixing it.

• On the post: Redskins Owner Sues Local Paper Over Satirical Listing Of Grievances… Making Sure More People Read It

  

  zaven ( profile ), 04 Feb, 2011 @ 12:17pm

  Re: This has been all over the DC area

  Exactly. People pay him money regardless of how much they hate him because they love the team so much. Then you look down the street at Leonsis (Capitals owner) and you see how to build a pretty successful franchise that the fans love.

• On the post: Redskins Owner Sues Local Paper Over Satirical Listing Of Grievances… Making Sure More People Read It

  

  zaven ( profile ), 04 Feb, 2011 @ 12:04pm

  Re:

  I for one am a Redskins fan. I had never heard of this article but it sounds hilarious. I've bookmarked it to read later this weekend.

• On the post: Is It A First Amendment Violation For Public Universities To Tell Athletes They Can't Tweet?

  

  zaven ( profile ), 02 Dec, 2010 @ 04:40am

  Misguided Attack

  Just wanted to point this out:
  "Indiana University indefinitely suspended a player from the football team after he sent Tweets criticizing the school's coaching staff."
  
  Suspending someone for publicly criticizing their coach has little to do with Twitter. It has everything to do with undermining their authority. This isn't anything new.

• On the post: 200 Students Admit To 'Cheating' On Exam… But Bigger Question Is If It Was Really Cheating Or Studying

  

  zaven ( profile ), 19 Nov, 2010 @ 08:21am

  Personal Experience

  So this reminds me of something that happened to me when I was in college, except the teacher never called us out on it. I took an Operating Systems class (considered one of the most difficult in the school) and for our midterm, we kept asking our teacher for sample questions to prepare but he never gave them to us. Eventually, I asked a friend who took the class the previous semester for his exam and distributed it to the whole class (I don't believe in curved grading so helping everyone in the class is never a concern to me and never should be).
  
  A lot of the students prepared for the exam expecting similar questions to the previous semester and diligently learned from the "sample" exam I provided. Day of the exam, our professor gives us our exam and it's the EXACT same exam as the previous semester with the numbers mixed around. Needless to say the whole class did very well (class avg was around 85%).
  
  Come time for the final, our prof made the second exam completely different from the previous one, realizing his mistake.

• On the post: New Cable Talking Point Against Cord Cutters: They May Be Cutting, But They're Poor Nobodies

  

  zaven ( profile ), 29 Oct, 2010 @ 07:06am

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  Pretty much every game ESPN broadcasts that's not on ABC or ESPN U is available on-line now. ESPN3.com is awesome

• On the post: Jailbreaking Your iPhone? Legal! Jailbreaking Your Xbox? 3 Years In Jail!

  

  zaven ( profile ), 28 Oct, 2010 @ 07:50am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Thanks for replying to this so eloquently so I didn't have to.

• On the post: Jailbreaking Your iPhone? Legal! Jailbreaking Your Xbox? 3 Years In Jail!

  

  zaven ( profile ), 25 Oct, 2010 @ 10:50am

  Um, if they are allowing you to jailbreak their xbox, it's irrelevant whether it's your xbox or someone else's xbox. If you're doing it against their will, then it's a different law you're breaking.
  
  If I am allowed to jailbreak my iPhone, I am most certainly allowed to pay someone to jailbreak my iPhone just as much as that someone is allowed to charge for doing a service

• On the post: Democrats Are From Cablevision & Republicans Are From Fox In Retransmission Fee Dispute?

  

  zaven ( profile ), 20 Oct, 2010 @ 06:04pm

  Re: Re: No Libertarians

  So here's the issue to pulling your money. If you actually want to watch TV for example. You still can't. Also remember that a lot of the time, companies force you to sign a contract to get their service. So you really can't just walk away sometimes(without paying some kind of termination fee).

• On the post: Boy Scout Magazine Says Don't Listen To Legally Burned CDs, As They're Too Similar To Piracy

  

  zaven ( profile ), 20 Oct, 2010 @ 05:10am

  Re: Re: Re: What about campfire songs?

  Wow, I just reread my comment. Massive typo.
  "but I strongly agree with a lot of the idiotic opinions"
  
  that's definitely supposed to say disagree.

• On the post: Democrats Are From Cablevision & Republicans Are From Fox In Retransmission Fee Dispute?

  

  zaven ( profile ), 20 Oct, 2010 @ 05:07am

  No Libertarians

  I have to say I'm interested to see how this whole thing plays out but as always, the customers are the ones that get screwed when this happens. Less channels but we still pay the same amount on the bill?
  
  As for the political standing, I always thought most people who really give a damn about tech issues seem to lean towards the Libertarian point of view. And everyone else just tends to think of us as paranoid wackos. At least, this is my experience.

• On the post: Boy Scout Magazine Says Don't Listen To Legally Burned CDs, As They're Too Similar To Piracy

  

  zaven ( profile ), 01 Oct, 2010 @ 11:32am

  Re: What?

  Couldn't agree more (Eagle scout in 2005). Stories like this are just plain sad.

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