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• On the post: Senators Goad DOJ Into More Pointless Online Gambling Takedowns

  

  Easily Amused ( profile ), 01 Aug, 2014 @ 08:58pm

  Re:

  It's the alcohol producers that are against maryjane, the tobacco co's are spearheading the stupid regulations on vaporizers

• On the post: UK Woman Denied Passport Because Her Name Might Infringe On Disney's Copyright

  

  Easily Amused ( profile ), 01 Aug, 2014 @ 11:59am

  Re: Re: Mercedes?

  she certainly did...

• On the post: Former CIA Boss George Tenet Leading Plans To Attack Upcoming Senate Report On CIA's Torture Program

  

  Easily Amused ( profile ), 28 Jul, 2014 @ 09:00am

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  Pretty sure the documents would make a good war crimes case if the US ever allowed it.
  
  That said, I'd rather be waterboarded than be forced to listen to Beiber for any extended period...

• On the post: Snowden Says NSA Employees 'Routinely' Passed Around Naked Photos That Had Been Intercepted

  

  Easily Amused ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2014 @ 11:05am

  how odd... it appears that the cadre of security apparatus white-knighters all took the same day off....

• On the post: Saying That You're Not Concerned Because The NSA Isn't Interested In You Is Obnoxious And Dangerous

  

  Easily Amused ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2014 @ 09:01am

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  Demanding that the government follow the provisions in the Bill of Rights is not a "false sense of entitlement".
  
  There are plenty of people who didn't violate any laws but had to deal with over-aggressive law enforcement. To pretend otherwise is intellectually dishonest.

• On the post: Skullgirls Creator Combats Piracy With Humor And By Being Awesome

  

  Easily Amused ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2014 @ 12:35am

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  that's a hell of a rant. That covers a niche situation accounting for maybe 1% of pirated copies.
  
  You are ignoring that the user in question admitted to pirating it. Also that these days installing a cracked game that was originally only available on pc through steam requires you to jump through a couple hoops to allow it to be ignored by steam. You don't get tricked into running this.

• On the post: Skullgirls Creator Combats Piracy With Humor And By Being Awesome

  

  Easily Amused ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2014 @ 12:30am

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  and if you had actually fucking read the article, the popup doesn't prohibit anyone from playing. You just click it and keep having fun.
  
  It's just a wink to pirates that it's pirated. Doesn't phone home, doesn't delete saves, doesn't corrupt anything, doesn't interrupt play.
  
  There are plenty of bad examples of DRM to martyr yourself on, this isn't one of them.

• On the post: Skullgirls Creator Combats Piracy With Humor And By Being Awesome

  

  Easily Amused ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2014 @ 12:25am

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  here's the thing. Would you put more trust in some random internet cracker with no reputation that matters on the line, or with a company that seems for all the evidence to do the right thing with millions of dollars at stake?
  
  Not saying to trust corps at all, but if you are going to draw a trust line that far down the sand then you better get really good at cracking games yourself.

• On the post: DailyDirt: Like Water (Or Oil) Off A Duck's Back…

  

  Easily Amused ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2014 @ 12:17am

  Re: The OLD ass Art Bell "Show me" model

  dude... take your meds. seriously.

• On the post: Techdirt's Comments To The FCC On Net Neutrality And Preserving An Open Internet

  

  Easily Amused ( profile ), 16 Jul, 2014 @ 10:40pm

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

  probably because your non-english ranting makes no sense...
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc

• On the post: Dennis Toeppen Arrested For Harassing Online Critics And Being Creepy As Hell

  

  Easily Amused ( profile ), 15 Jul, 2014 @ 11:39pm

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  If you actually READ the post, the actions that got charges filed were for different dates than the one you quoted. There is more to this story we don't have public yet.

• On the post: Dennis Toeppen Arrested For Harassing Online Critics And Being Creepy As Hell

  

  Easily Amused ( profile ), 15 Jul, 2014 @ 11:38pm

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  The incidents that brought the charges are not detailed in this post, don't base your bullshit on the stuff techdirt commented on.

• On the post: KlearGear Told To Pay $306,750 For Bogus Attempt To Shakedown Customer For Bad Review

  

  Easily Amused ( profile ), 27 Jun, 2014 @ 11:06am

  Re: Re: collection agency

  congrats on the win, here's hoping you actually get some cash out of these assholes.

• On the post: Rep. Grayson Asks If Keith Alexander Is Selling Classified Information To Get $1 Million Per Month

  

  Easily Amused ( profile ), 27 Jun, 2014 @ 09:13am

  Re: Conflict of interest

  This is pretty much exactly what i came in here to say.

• On the post: Microsoft Challenges Idea That US Government Can Go Fishing For Emails Stored Outside The US

  

  Easily Amused ( profile ), 12 Jun, 2014 @ 08:33am

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  He means it doesn't default to https. as it (and most everything online in a properly configured world) should do.

• On the post: Forget The FCC: Should We Be Looking To The FTC To Save An Open Internet?

  

  Easily Amused ( profile ), 12 Jun, 2014 @ 08:29am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Dear Mikey

  Wait... rational, respectful, non-inflamatory, non ad-hom discussion that stays on topic through several replies?!?!?! Are we still in the Techdirt comments section?!?!
  
  ahem.
  
  TheFatMan has a few valid points about the process, and i totally agree that the Examiners are in a seriously untenable position of having to work within a set of rules and guidelines that rarely directly relate to what anyone fairly well-versed in IP issues would call common sense. That said, I don't think Mike was talking about the Examiners here. As detailed in several previous articles and in the newly posted Amazon-white-background-photo debacle, you guys don't have to "go after patent trolls". All you need to do is not grant patents for obvious crap.
  
  Now I totally understand that your ruleset and guidelines for such things are seemingly fluid and sometimes contradictory, and I know that most of the people in your position are good people trying to adhere to the policies they are given. Which is why almost all the criticism and snark about the USPTO is aimed at the leadership, not you guys in the trenches. I am far too lazy to lookk up supporting links right now, but a simple search for 'USPTO' on Techdirt will probably cover it.

• On the post: Verizon Sends Netflix A Cease & Desist, Saying It Can't Blame Verizon For Clogged Networks

  

  Easily Amused ( profile ), 06 Jun, 2014 @ 09:45am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Good...

  You're both right... the data would be useful, but without the comparative data from a VPN connection, not of much value. Anyone tech savvy enough to know how to compare the traffic on a VPN would also know how to run their own traceroutes, so I would say it is ultimately not necessary to include it on every stream.

• On the post: WordPress.com Makes SSL Enabled By Default

  

  Easily Amused ( profile ), 06 Jun, 2014 @ 09:14am

  Re: Re: The Internet Has Become A Haven For Terrorists

  double whoooosh....

• On the post: WordPress.com Makes SSL Enabled By Default

  

  Easily Amused ( profile ), 06 Jun, 2014 @ 09:13am

  Re: Re: The Internet Has Become A Haven For Terrorists

  whooooosh.....

• On the post: Why Has Tom Cruise's Reputation Faltered? Pshh, Because Of The Internet, Of Course!

  

  Easily Amused ( profile ), 06 Jun, 2014 @ 08:57am

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  AHHHH yes the real motivation comes out.
  
  I would bet a paycheck she is either involved with scientology or being paid by them, the book is a barely disguised Cruise wank-fest, and this article is just drumming up business for the book.

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