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• On the post: Daily Deal: PDFpen 8 All-Purpose PDF Editor For Mac, Last Chance Sale

  

  art guerrilla ( profile ), 08 Dec, 2016 @ 03:51am

  just hating on acrobat DC...

  ...use PDFs ALL the time in our work, and it took me practically no time at all to hate on acrobat dc s/w... (PC) previous version was 'ok', but this version (forget number, i think within a version of the latest) sucks: two-three clicks to do what was once a one-click operation; crappy measuring process; when you smoosh the plus button to zoom in, after 2-3 clicks, the little button bar jumps around, so you have to re-coordinate your mouse to where it moves up a quarter inch or so; etc, etc, etc...
  seems like everything that was directly accessible is now 2-3 more mouse clicks away for no good reason other than they revamped the whole interface for no good reason other than some middle manager justifying their existence...
  in fact, stopped using it at home when working from there, and use a $20-25 alternative which works better for me...
  really getting tired of adobe, historically been high-handed, ignoring users and getting worse...

• On the post: Israeli Government Pushes National Biometric Database With Claims Of Security Superiority Nobody Thinks Are True

  

  art guerrilla ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2016 @ 05:39am

  Re: Re: No Persecution?

• On the post: UK's Health Secretary Has The Solution To Cyberbullying & Sexting: Nerds Should Nerd Harder

  

  art guerrilla ( profile ), 05 Dec, 2016 @ 11:18am

  oh noes, wait until they find out...

  ...when they ban the relatively harmless sexting, then the dirty little pervs will get together in meatspace and, you know, have a meeting of the meats...
  bound to happen eventually...
  *snicker*
  dog damn, why is it prudes and moral scolds are so-o-o-o concerned with what EVERYONE else does in their private lives ? ? ?
  i really do not give a shit what those control freaks do in their lives, why are they so hellbent on controlling every one elses ? ? ?
  could it be they are the 25% of authoritarian shits ? why, i believe that is so...

• On the post: Gap Between Wiretaps Reported By US Courts And Recipient Service Providers Continues To Grow

  

  art guerrilla ( profile ), 01 Dec, 2016 @ 03:47pm

  Re: On the gripping hand...

  have you gone crazy eddie ? ? ?
  conform to your role ! ! !

• On the post: Border Patrol Stops Journalist From Heading To Dakota Pipeline Protests, Searches All Of His Electronic Devices

  

  art guerrilla ( profile ), 01 Dec, 2016 @ 10:40am

  Re:

  simply the thousandth variation they have on:
  Motherfuckin' Eagles, bitchez ! ! !

• On the post: Your Earbuds Can Be Made Into Microphones With Just A Bit Of Malware

  

  art guerrilla ( profile ), 30 Nov, 2016 @ 03:33am

  Re:

  yep, used to take regular headphones, 'wear' them on an acoustic guitar, put the banana plug in the mic input, and, voila!, instant semi-electric guitar...

• On the post: Jayme Gordon Guilty On All 4 Counts Of Wire Fraud In Scheme To Sue Dreamworks For Copyright Infringement

  

  art guerrilla ( profile ), 28 Nov, 2016 @ 05:40pm

  Re: Sentencing Guidelines

  its deja vu all over again...

• On the post: Albuquerque Police Officers, Supervisors Accused Of Deleting, Altering Video Of Use Of Force Incidents

  

  art guerrilla ( profile ), 28 Nov, 2016 @ 04:13pm

  Re: no, no, no, you don't unnerstan...

  um, this was the one and onliest time this kind of stuff has ever happened, ever...
  honest...
  we're really not lying now...
  just that one time...
  and, like look:
  we caught it ! ! !
  system worked ! ! !
  nothing to see here, now move along...

• On the post: Media Critic Calls On Journalists To Be Obedient Stenographers

  

  art guerrilla ( profile ), 28 Nov, 2016 @ 10:32am

  what a tangled web we weave...

  ...when we practice to deceive !
  one of the major problems we find ourself in, is that it is all tied up in one gloriously, huge, tangled skein of Empire... you cant tug on one string without all the interlocking strings pulling back: you cant address mainstream media failures without addressing the failings of capitalist imperialism...
  you cant address systemic election fraud without preventing money-type 'speech' from overwhelming mere human speech, etc, ad infinitum...
  in other words, unless/until Empire falls, there is no way to effectively isolate one problrm to fix it, all roads lead back to the oppression by Empire...

• On the post: After All That, E-Voting Experts Suggest Voting Machines May Have Been Hacked For Trump

  

  art guerrilla ( profile ), 24 Nov, 2016 @ 06:23am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: If the EFF ever needed to put "Broken by Design" stickers on something...

  spot on, paul...
  focusing on 'sides' and baring our stunted sheeple fangs at each other is EXACTLY what the monty burns of the world want...
  The They stroke their white persian cats, lave their chitinous claws, and cackle eee-vil laughs that aren't funny, when their puppetmastering of pitting us against each other works exactly as planned...
  it is not: My Infallible Side/Brand vs Your Incorrect Side/Brand; it is: Bottom vs Top, 99% vs 1%, krony kapitalism vs free markets, Empire vs rule of law, freedom vs oppression...
  those are the 'sides'...

• On the post: Adidas Can't Trademark 'Adizero' Because A Small Chicago Church Sold Two 'Add A Zero' Hats To Someone In Wisconsin

  

  art guerrilla ( profile ), 24 Nov, 2016 @ 05:59am

  Re: Poor Adidas

  1. think tech dirt made it clear they were standing on principle/law, whether the beneficiary is Big Co, or little guy...
     2. actually did 5 mins of googling and found out several factoids: as poster downstream proposed, it was about increasing 'tithing' to their cult, er, church by adding a zero to the mark's, er, parishioner's donation...
     3. they were -at least of article i saw- offered 5000 to 'settle' by adidas and they wanted -you guessed it- to AT LEAST add a zero...
     4. from the statements of cult, er, church members, appears to be a legal extortion racket, plain and simple...
     5. apparently, it is adidas 'thing' to use the 'adi' prefix for marketing BS/fluff: adiColor, adiZero, etc... the 'zero' thing is supposed to refer to a lightweight line of shoes, etc...
     6. searching 'adizero' came up with a zillion pages of adiCrap from adidas... searching 'add a zero' came up with a zillion pages of programming/spreadsheet tips, with one on a church newspaper story about this, and one with a link to techdirt's story...
     lastly: frankly, i simply refuse to recognize there is ANY basis for the so-called traducement* AT ALL, "adiZero" and "add a zero" are -to me- in no way, shape, or form confusing to differentiate...
     i don't care if it is cola or clothing, or in the same geographical market, simply not the same thing...
     simply saying something that kinda/sorta sounds like something else is some kind of actionable traducement ? ? ?
     no, that is idiocracy-level shit...
     (*phuck ewe two, spel czech, traducement is a word...)

• On the post: MacWorld, PCWorld Kill Site Comments Because They 'Value And Welcome Feedback'

  

  art guerrilla ( profile ), 22 Nov, 2016 @ 04:54pm

  Re: Re: Re: I welcome feedback

  i give techdirtia high marks for its comment policy, and overall inclusiveness and evenhandedness for even extreme positions such as yours truly is prone to pronouncing...
  this is how a democracy should look and feel: no holds barred, rollicking, roiling, bursting with energy; and yet also revolving around a general consensus which produces a type of group-wisdom... (sometimes)
  in any event, even the non-starters are welcome, the walts and such of the world provide a handy and useful foil to demonstrate the faults in their argumentation, and educate the like-thinking/non-thinking cohort to how their position is in furtherance of Empire, while the better option is to further freedom...

• On the post: Another State Court Says Speedy Fourth Amendment Violations Are Still Just Fourth Amendment Violations

  

  art guerrilla ( profile ), 22 Nov, 2016 @ 04:20am

  goons for the state...

  ...gotta be goons, we ain't hiring the smart ones, now are we ? ? ?
  and *thats* the way Empire likes it, up against the wall, citizen ! ! !

• On the post: Updated! Massachusetts Police Dept. Files DMCA Takedowns On News Stories Using Mugshots Taken By Police

  

  art guerrilla ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2016 @ 10:32am

  Re: Well read 'agent legal'

  dear dog in heaven, i knew the piggies selected FOR the stupid, but that writing is by a 6th grader who failed language arts...
  (no comments from the peanut gallery, i can write rings around 90% of you, but this informal venue does not require 'standard'writing conventions...)

• On the post: Why Twitter's Alt-Right Banning Campaign Will Become The Alt-Right's Best Recruitment Tool

  

  art guerrilla ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2016 @ 01:45pm

  Re: The "C" Word

  i will swim against the tide on this one, as i find far too often that FAR too many people aver that ONLY gummint entities are capable of censorship, but i totally disagree with that...
  state censorship may be one of the most egregious forms, and may have legal protections (at least theoretically), but private, 'legal' censorship is still censorship...
  in fact, i will maintain that the censorship-lite practiced here with flagging posts which are superficially hidden IS a form of censorship, albeit crowd-sourced and about as mild as censorship can get... regardless of whether it is done by popular acclaimation, it is still a form of censorship...
  (AND about the only form of censorship i dont get too upset about since the content is still available...)
  worst and most insidious of all, is the self-censorship we all engage in for this hysterical, uber-PC era...
  EXACTLY WHY i go 'overboard' in many of my posts: i am both staking a claim to say whatever fucked up shit i want to say, which gives YOU ALL the space to voice your not-so-fucked-up shit... further, this crazy person from crazytown advocating for -say- stringing up ALL the politicians, gives room for less extreme people to carve out a reasonable landing spot... otherwise, WHAT incentive is there for politicians to have a change of heart ? ? ?
  no, you milquetoasts need a crazy person to provide the impetus your ineffectual voting and sternly worded letters to the editor wiil NEVER accomplish...
  you're welcome...

• On the post: Parliament Passes Snooper's Charter, Opens Up Citizens To Whole New Levels Of Domestic Surviellance

  

  art guerrilla ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2016 @ 11:32am

  the overarching point...

  ...that is most telling, is the retroactive approval/legalization of the previously illegal/unthinkable...
  as the author rightly points out, what else does this tell the spooks, other than they can do whatever the fuck they want, and the legislators will protect THEM, not US, their real (not) constituency...
  upshot is, NO constitutional protection (on this side of the pond), and spooks run amuck with no effective oversight...
  if that ain't the very definition of a police state, i dont know what is...

• On the post: Companies Keep Asking Us To Track You; We'd Rather You Be Protected From Tracking

  

  art guerrilla ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2016 @ 10:02am

  i thoroughly realize i am the skunk at the party...

  ...but while i generally agree with and like the sentiments/ points being made w various tee shirt designs, i am also generally disappointed with the graphic design itself...
  RARELY (if ever)do i buy a tee shirt SOLELY on the message being conveyed, it had better be a decent looking tee shirt if you want me to be a walking billboard for it...
  to that end, i would be willing to do some simple designs based on the sundry topics here, but realizing i am untouchable, i know both my suggestion and offer to help is not wanted...
  i tried...

• On the post: Appeals Court To Cops: If You 'Don't Have Time' For 'Constitutional Bullshit,' You Don't Get Immunity

  

  art guerrilla ( profile ), 16 Nov, 2016 @ 06:51pm

  Re: Re: Constitutional Bullshit

  ouch
  Empire is above morality, beyond morality, in fact, amoral...
  Empire is a psychopath, and we are all enablers...

• On the post: In Rare Win, Man Arrested On Bogus Drug Charges Gets Everything Back, Including $150,000 The Government Really Didn't Want To Give Up

  

  art guerrilla ( profile ), 16 Nov, 2016 @ 06:45pm

  Re: Re: Thieves

  sure, you and i can do that:
  
  steal a bunch of shit, and when called out on it, say, 'oh, i thought i could, but i still shouldn't have to give it back, i mean, regardless of what the snort law says, unless you really make me, and then i will as little as possible, unless you make me give back the rest, which i really, Really, REALLY hate to do...
  i love that motorcycle, dude ! ! !
  oh, and we're all square, now, right ? ? ?'
  
  yeah, you and i walk away from that all square: in a square cell in the graybar hotel...
  special klasses, special laws...
  democracy at work, kampers...

• On the post: Florida Voters Vote Down Bill Aimed At Hamstringing Solar Competition

  

  art guerrilla ( profile ), 16 Nov, 2016 @ 08:54am

  Re: Floridian....

  well, cant disagree that a constitutional amendment is overkill on what should be legislative solutions, BUT,
  1. the legislators will NOT address these issues of importance to us 99%, ONLY the 1% donor klass get their wishlist fulfilled,
  2. they make 'normal' law amendments all but impossible to bring as referenda, so we citizens (AND korporate shills) are essentially forced to use the constitutional amendment route...
  3. i think the 60% to pass makes a high bar to eliminate most of the frivilous proposals...
  unless/until 'our' (sic) representatives start representing us 99% instead of the 1% donor klass, we have little choice...

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