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• On the post: Unarmed Man Charged With Assault Because NYC Police Shot At Him And Hit Random Pedestrians

  

  Anonymouse Coward ( profile ), 05 Dec, 2013 @ 02:38pm

  Count # 10 has been added to the indictment: failure to provide an adequate target resulting in grievous injury.

• On the post: FBI Stops Responding To The Most Prolific FOIA Filer, Because He Might Actually Learn Something

  

  Anonymouse Coward ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2013 @ 03:50pm

  Re: His next step...

  and the following step should be to diversify into training on how to beat lie detectors.

• On the post: NIST To Review Standards After Cryptographers Cry Foul Over NSA Meddling

  

  Anonymouse Coward ( profile ), 05 Nov, 2013 @ 06:07pm

  Re: Mike, this is NOT "from the about-time dept"!!!

  And they get paid "staff" wages too.

• On the post: Once Again, The RIAA Shows How Easy It Is To Infringe On Copyrights

  

  Anonymouse Coward ( profile ), 05 Nov, 2013 @ 03:50pm

  And once again Mike is blatantly advocating for stealing the food right from the very mouths of artists. Have you no shame!

• On the post: North Korean Megaweapon: Malware In Games, Porn

  

  Anonymouse Coward ( profile ), 27 Oct, 2013 @ 01:53pm

  Hey, don't belittle the egg on the face - it's a vital part of the food production system for North Korea.
  
  I just can't figure out why all the people are starving.

• On the post: School Suspends Student Indefinitely For A Drawing Of A Cartoon Bomb He Made At Home

  

  Anonymouse Coward ( profile ), 17 Oct, 2013 @ 01:03pm

  Re: Re: what about "ZERO TOLERENCE"

  They shouldn't be teaching, they're administrators.

• On the post: Technologists To NSA Review Group: Don't Forget About The Interests Of Non-US Persons

  

  Anonymouse Coward ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2013 @ 04:41pm

  Let us also not forget about

  Let us also not forget US citizens living abroad where the majority of their communications will be with non-US citizens.

• On the post: Furloughed Federal Workers Can't Check Their Email… But Don't Worry, The NSA Can Still Check Yours

  

  Anonymouse Coward ( profile ), 01 Oct, 2013 @ 12:57pm

  Re:

  I'm sorry, did you really just say that the NSA has something to do with national defense? Wow.

• On the post: DOJ To Reporter: We Can Prove You're Wrong, But We Want To Embarrass You, So We'll Wait

  

  Anonymouse Coward ( profile ), 19 Sep, 2013 @ 01:15pm

  Re: They are being more transparent!

  Unbiased Reporting: Ctrl-A Ctrl-C Ctrl-A Ctrl-V Ctrl-S

• On the post: Judge Scheindlin Shuts Down NYC's Request For Stay On Ruling Finding Stop And Frisk Unconstitutional

  

  Anonymouse Coward ( profile ), 18 Sep, 2013 @ 07:36pm

  What's the problem

  Surely NYC is within the constitutional free zone, they wouldn't even have to ask DHS/ICE/TSA to step in, strap on and get to banging away at anything that has a pulse.

• On the post: Former Top NSA Lawyer Blames Civil Libertarians For 9/11, Says Hype About NSA May Lead To A Repeat

  

  Anonymouse Coward ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2013 @ 01:28pm

  law without intelligence

  Kind of says it all, doesn't it?
  
  So, if it is the responsibility to keep citizens safe, and as a citizen when I served in the military and the government sent me in harm's way ... of fuck it, I'm confused.

• On the post: Appeals Court Hints VERY Strongly That Google Books Is Fair Use, Even Though It Wasn't Asked About That

  

  Anonymouse Coward ( profile ), 01 Jul, 2013 @ 12:56pm

  Re: No, I still hold that "fair use" doesn't include ALL of books.

  And damn those libraries with lots and lots of whole books just at the ready. Damn them.

• On the post: Reports Of Xbox One's Handling Of Used Games Mobilizes Playstation Fans

  

  Anonymouse Coward ( profile ), 29 May, 2013 @ 01:10pm

  Re:

  $60 for a new game? Try more like $110 here in Australia, and with the Aussie above parity lately it's all the more egregious.

• On the post: Prince Sends A Takedown Over Six Second Vine Clips

  

  Anonymouse Coward ( profile ), 03 Apr, 2013 @ 07:22pm

  Re: Re:

  No, what's crazy is using loopholes in his contract to get more music out and then ignoring exceptions in the law to prevent getting that same music out. That's the artist currently known as whacked.

• On the post: Budweiser Asks Paramount To Remove Their Beer From The Movie Flight

  

  Anonymouse Coward ( profile ), 08 Nov, 2012 @ 02:06pm

  Whoa there Tim, what gives you the right to bring the NFL into this article, and without appropriate recognition of (tm)(c)? Who do you think you are, the AP?

• On the post: The Stupidity Of Data Caps: No One Knows What A Megabyte Is

  

  Anonymouse Coward ( profile ), 16 Apr, 2012 @ 12:45pm

  There's also the "what happens if/when my connection drops out while I'm downloading because my service provider is a PoS. Should I disable pre-fetching, automatic updates, etc. etc.

• On the post: Why You Can't Have A Tacocopter Drone Deliver You A Taco For Lunch Today

  

  Anonymouse Coward ( profile ), 27 Mar, 2012 @ 12:58pm

  Re: Finally a tech Hollywood can embraces

  I was going to write that exact comment but the C&D popped up before I finished thinking it.

• On the post: Insanity: Men At Work Lose Final Appeal For Using Brief Riff Of Classic Folks Song, Which Went Unnoticed For Decades

  

  Anonymouse Coward ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2011 @ 11:59am

  Larrikin sued by Wrigley's for unauthorised use of their Gum Tree (r).

• On the post: Insanity: Men At Work Lose Final Appeal For Using Brief Riff Of Classic Folks Song, Which Went Unnoticed For Decades

  

  Anonymouse Coward ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2011 @ 11:58am

  A larrakin is no longer a larrikin when they are an ass.

• On the post: Insanity: Men At Work Lose Final Appeal For Using Brief Riff Of Classic Folks Song, Which Went Unnoticed For Decades

  

  Anonymouse Coward ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2011 @ 11:57am

  It's a good thing that we use metrics down here otherwise there would be a lot of tall people up in arms about misappropriation of their likeness.

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