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  • On the post: One More Time, With Feeling: Winklevii Lose Yet Again

    NotMyRealName ( profile ), 23 Jul, 2011 @ 03:29am

    Re: GREED knows no bounds.

    This is stupid. I regularly have to decide between gas and food (if I walk to work I can eat today yay!) and even I can see that this is a horrible idea that reeks of communism, punishes success, and really in no way relates to the lawsuits at hand.

  • On the post: Is There A Difference Between Inspiration And Copying?

    NotMyRealName ( profile ), 23 Jul, 2011 @ 02:48am

    I admit I don't know how these cases are run (is there even a jury in something like this?) But I would love serve my jury duty on a case like this. Verdict: not guilty - also the plaintiff has to pay the defense's lawyer fees and a % of defendant's last income tax gross based on how long the trial lasted as lost wages, and a punitive fee of half of what they were "seeking," + court costs which should be rather absurd seeing as how I got hit for $60 for about 30 seconds for my last speeding ticket. The punitive fee could be waived by releasing all the plaintiffs photos in question to the public domain.
    The above seems absolutely fair to me.

  • On the post: Lawyer Trying To Trademark Bitcoin Threatens Techdirt With Bogus DMCA Takedown

    NotMyRealName ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2011 @ 12:59pm

    Re: Re: An image can be simultaneously protected by copyright and TM

    Is it just me or is the cropping of
    http://www.pascazilaw.com/sitebuilder/images/Courtroom_Photo-150x110.jpg
    on the main page suspiciously close to the watermark on the original, stock, image?
    http://www.jupiterimages.com/Image/royaltyFree/78431481#Header

    just thought I'd point out a little hypocrisy...
    lets see how long it stays like that now:)

  • On the post: Being Someone Else's Bitch, Being Your Own Bitch… Or Making Others Your Bitch

    NotMyRealName ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2011 @ 06:18pm

    Re: Bitch all over the place....

    Oh noes! profanity! lets all plug our ears and hide in a corner. Or we can lose our minds in righteous indignation so badly that we totally misconstrue the context and forget that language changes over time, and bitch now means "person who sits in the middle seat in a car" heh.

  • On the post: DailyDirt: In Money We Trust

    NotMyRealName ( profile ), 01 Jun, 2011 @ 03:34am

    Re: Re: Re: sustained BitCoin value

    I would say at least initially, it does. I think I've read that it boils down to trust... you the user trust that x(currency) is worth y(physical good). Without some form of initiator (read: buy-in, read: transfer of some physical good with near universally accepted value in exchange for currency) why should i trust that x(currency) is worth any more than an IOU from someone i don't know? Sure with all the encryption, etc. there is no chance its a counterfeit IOU, but how can I be expected to trust a currency that has no intrinsic "put-up or shut-up" value and instead relies -solely- on the principle of "its worth what people will trade or do for it"

  • On the post: DailyDirt: In Money We Trust

    NotMyRealName ( profile ), 31 May, 2011 @ 08:07pm

    Re: sustained BitCoin value

    I still don't understand bitcoin. If I remember, it's not based on anything. there is no there, there. essentially a random distribution of "cash" to early adopters/people with sick video cards does not a currency make. how can a reliable currency be based on something both transient and near infinite like processor cycles?

  • On the post: Ima Fish's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week

    NotMyRealName ( profile ), 28 May, 2011 @ 07:26pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

    This seems like an interesting locksport problem. certainly not a traditional lock, but in terms of "case requiring access to get the goodies" i think it fits. I would love to try one.

  • On the post: Microsoft Blaming 'Piracy' Rather Than Basic Economics For Its Struggles In China

    NotMyRealName ( profile ), 27 May, 2011 @ 12:05pm

    Re:

    Apparently you haven't seen how cheaply you can buy hardware there.

  • On the post: Smartphones Make People Ignore Commercials Way More Than DVRs

    NotMyRealName ( profile ), 27 May, 2011 @ 03:26am

    I think the worst part about commercials is how each channel only really runs maybe 3-4 ads, over and over, all day. When I had tv, I only ever watched maybe 6 channels (sci-fi, history, military, discovery, comedy central, bbc) and I could tell which was on by the commercials. assuming they run 3 commercials per break, times 3 breaks per show (been a while im guesstimating) means I see the same ad at least twice per show. variety would hold my attention far more than blasting the same crap over and over. now I dont watch -any- commercials, as I get my tv a season at a time with all the bs cut out. (thank you mr. Edward Teach.)

  • On the post: Universal Music: We Need PROTECT IP Because Musicians Are Dying!

    NotMyRealName ( profile ), 23 May, 2011 @ 12:26pm

    Re:

    What profit? if there is profit, why aren't the studios doing it? That way, the pirates who aren't spending any money can somehow automagically increase the studio's profit from the "too broke to buy stuff" population segment, which currently contributes approximately $0.

  • On the post: Argentina Orders Google To Censor Suggested Searches

    NotMyRealName ( profile ), 19 May, 2011 @ 09:08pm

    Obviously, they got complaints from people who innocently, accidentally, searched for gay dwarf amputee retard clown porn. What they really wanted was that one video depicting the mating habits of clown fish by highlighting on this really happy tiny one that was missing a flipper and looked like it had DURP written in the stripes on its side. stupid suggested search. how dare you assume im looking for ridiculous porn all the time when im only looking for porn like 85% of the time. we need a law to limit these kinds of things

  • On the post: Philly Police Harass, Threaten To Shoot Man Legally Carrying Gun; Then Charge Him With Disorderly Conduct For Recording Them

    NotMyRealName ( profile ), 19 May, 2011 @ 02:17pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Virginia has open carry law as well

    Firearms deaths 29,000; (1.2% of all preventable)
    Suicide: 16,586;
    homicide: 10,801;
    Accidents: 776;
    Legal intervention: 270;
    Unknown: 230

    your point holds true for 776 people apparently. however, if 10,801 homicide victims -had- owned guns, would they have died?

    firearms being the great equalizer only holds true if everyone is armed... if only the aggressor is, it gives him or her an overwhelming advantage

  • On the post: US ITC Uses Ridiculous Methodology To Claim 'Piracy' In China Costs US Firms $48 Billion In 2009

    NotMyRealName ( profile ), 19 May, 2011 @ 01:34pm

    Re:

    What entity without a financial stake in the results has both the funding and motivation to do an unbiased proper study?

    And I see the same arguments on some religion forums I frequent, the burden of proof lies with the person making the claim, and holes in the proof are holes in the claim.

  • On the post: DHS's ICE Group Accused Of Lying To Court About Expense Of Complying With FOI Request

    NotMyRealName ( profile ), 19 May, 2011 @ 01:17pm

    rather than spend a quarter mil, would it not have been easier and far far cheaper to just say "meta data is a pain in the ass, here's everything relevant, do your own meta analysis." and back up a trailer full of reams of copies, or top pages or whatever.

    granted, i only read through the top layer of links, so im not really sure what the request was actually for, but in my experience, evoking a tl;dr is effectively the same as not putting out any info at all, and they could still say they actually exceeded the terms of the request.

  • On the post: California Politicians Want To Force All Social Networks To Be Private By Default

    NotMyRealName ( profile ), 19 May, 2011 @ 07:12am

    all a webmaster would really have to do is change the "submit" button to read "make public" and the "cancel" button to "keep private"

  • On the post: Philly Police Harass, Threaten To Shoot Man Legally Carrying Gun; Then Charge Him With Disorderly Conduct For Recording Them

    NotMyRealName ( profile ), 18 May, 2011 @ 01:20pm

    does anyone know what the actual carry laws are there?
    im a resident of NY, and I know that my carry permit most definitely does not apply in NYC. as crazy as i think the situation is, are we sure the cops were entirely wrong?

  • On the post: Why Innovation Is Under Attack

    NotMyRealName ( profile ), 14 May, 2011 @ 01:03pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re:

    The only reason I ever used a floppy disk was for sneakernet piracy. I imagine there may have been some legitimate uses for them, but I rarely ran across it. Maybe someday the **AA will use p2p as their poster child for legitimate transfers while decrying the next new thing.

  • On the post: The Massive Complexity Of Copyright Demonstrated In A Simple Question: Can Don Draper Make A Cameo In My Novel?

    NotMyRealName ( profile ), 14 May, 2011 @ 12:52pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Superman

    a more reasonable example

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedi_census_phenomenon

  • On the post: 'Concerned Citizen' Critic Of Muni Cable System Now Admits He Works For Time Warner Cable

    NotMyRealName ( profile ), 13 May, 2011 @ 02:40am

    Re: An installer?

    He likely thought he would have a larger community to hide in, if he got the ball rolling so to speak.

    I see it more as a guy worried about keeping his job more than anything else. I mean say they lose significant market share, who is getting laid off? The CFO or director? hah.
    His horse is actually bigger than theirs if he takes a long view.

    Besides, the costs of starting a website are virtually nil, especially if you already have hosting somewhere for another project. It's likely cheaper than putting together a halfway decent protest sign.

  • On the post: Australian Tax Office To Use Keystroke Logger On Employees… But Just To Stop Repetitive Stress Injuries

    NotMyRealName ( profile ), 12 May, 2011 @ 03:27am

    My question is, why bother with a study? Studies have been done. Lower the monitors, replace the (I'm sure) shit oem dell keyboards/mice with an ergo keyboard and user option a trackball.

    See a problem, fix the cause. Why is this difficult?

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