bratwurzt's Techdirt Profile

bratwurzt's Comments

• Aug 31, 2020 @ 06:38am

  The best

  on Yet Another Study Shows U.S. 5G Is Far Slower Than Many Other Nations

  Whenever I see a comment that contains "US is the best at..." the only FTFY is "...fucking over their citizens".

  Luckily they have a stable political process that can't be abused.

• Jun 11, 2020 @ 03:23am

  you don't go around making up your own nickname

  on Hacks Are Always Worse Than Reported: Nintendo's Breached Accounts Magically Double

  ...therefore you don't get to propose a law named after you. Pretty sure it's Streissand effect, not Masnick effect :D

• Apr 08, 2020 @ 05:49am

  The purpose of Sneek

  on Another Coronavirus Side Effect: In-Home Surveillance By Remote Workers' Employers

  The purpose of Sneek isn't surveillance...

  Oh really? Surely the name doesn't imply anything nefarious. Maybe they should name it Clippy, since it's an intrusive office feature...

• Jan 21, 2020 @ 01:52am

  Re: You do the math

  on Dear Reuters: This Is NOT How You Report On Dishonest, Disingenuous Talking Points From US Officials Regarding Encryption

  That is not a journalist then. That's just editorial staff.

• Dec 05, 2019 @ 05:53am

  Just a pot

  on ICE Says Students Duped By Its Fake College Sting Should Have Known It Was A Sting
  1. ICE makes a honeypot
  2. foreign would-be students get ensnared
  3. people rightfuly point out it's a honeypot
  4. ICE: "But there's no actual honey! Real bees don't fall for just a pot."

  How many organizations in US are justifying their existance with behaviour that justifies their abolishment?

  ICE, TSA, RIAA, NRA, ...

• Aug 09, 2019 @ 01:41am

  Re: UDP is the new bad guy?

  on Consumer Reports Finds Numerous Home Routers Lack Even Basic Security Protections

  pretty sure it's a typo.

• Sep 07, 2015 @ 04:33am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: staged

  on California College Tells Student He Can't Hand Out Copies Of The Constitution On Constitution Day

  Yes, you probably so assume. It's wrong but hey, assume away. :)

• Sep 07, 2015 @ 04:28am

  Re: Re: Re: Oh my

  on Thomas Goolnik Really Wants To Be Forgotten: Google Disappears Our Post About His Right To Be Forgotten Request

  my bad, moron in a hurry:
  http://web.archive.org/web/20080706185218/http://www.out-law.com/page-2897

• Sep 07, 2015 @ 04:27am

  Re: Re: Oh my

  on Thomas Goolnik Really Wants To Be Forgotten: Google Disappears Our Post About His Right To Be Forgotten Request

  Woohoo, Streisand effect rears it's lovely head:
  https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2002/12/bogus-domain-name-seller-settles-ftc-charges
  https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2002/12/bogus-domain-name-seller-settles-ftc-charges
  http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/12/business/3-web-sites-closed-in-spam-inquiry.html
  
  So now when all these "forgotten" events are in the comments, will google go all crazy on RTBF?

• Sep 07, 2015 @ 04:24am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  on Right To Be Forgotten Hits The NY Times

  funny how it's only google. Use something like duckduckgo and voila.
  "But we have the right that Google doesn't associate us permanently with that bad event"
  
  It's not erasing - it's scrubbing. If you don't want to be associated with stupidity - try not to do it online or/and in public sphere.

• Sep 07, 2015 @ 04:18am

  Re: Re: Oh my

  on Thomas Goolnik Really Wants To Be Forgotten: Google Disappears Our Post About His Right To Be Forgotten Request

  https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Thomas+Goolnik

• Jun 15, 2015 @ 12:37pm

  Re: Streisand...Streisand.....Streisand

  on News Corp. Sends DMCA Notice Over Glenn Greenwald Trashing The Sunday Times' Ridiculous Snowden Story

  Ye Olde Streisand... never fails to amuse.

• Jun 04, 2015 @ 06:13am
  on Why Do Our Senators Keep Calling Ed Snowden 'Eric Snowden'?

  Or maybe this is a ploy to avoid defamation lawsuit... ;)

• May 28, 2015 @ 06:26am

  EU != US

  on Net Neutrality On The Ropes In Europe As Some EU Members Wimp Out On Real Rules

  Luckily some countries have some working brains somewhere in the legislative branch:
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality_law#Europe
  
  ;)

• Feb 10, 2015 @ 01:30am

  Re: Re: can has USB?

  on 100 Million Pennies For Your Thoughts? DEA Hands MuckRock A $1.4 Million Estimate For Responsive Documents

  hehe, remember when Lavabit tried giving out some of this medicine?
  
  Contempt of court.

• Oct 07, 2014 @ 03:45am

  Re: Re:

  on The Mythical And Almost Certainly Made Up 'Legend' Of Walter O'Brien Continues To Grow

  "...sell the series as near-future sci-fi"
  
  Yeah, if the future means 1999.

• Oct 07, 2014 @ 03:09am

  Re: Re: Re:

  on Washington Post's Clueless Editorial On Phone Encryption: No Backdoors, But How About A Magical 'Golden Key'?

  Any technology is indistinguishable from magic to stupid people.
  
  FTFY

• Sep 30, 2014 @ 04:32am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: bullshittery and IQ

  on Another Story Of A 'Fake' Brilliant Inventor? Is 'Scorpion Walter O'Brien' A Real Computer Security Genius?

  Submit should be clicked once not twice. ;)

• Sep 30, 2014 @ 04:30am

  Re: Enjoying the show

  on Another Story Of A 'Fake' Brilliant Inventor? Is 'Scorpion Walter O'Brien' A Real Computer Security Genius?

  I can't enjoy this show. It would be like enjoying story plot in a porn movie.

• Apr 04, 2014 @ 07:17am

  Re:

  on Chilling Effects: Climate Change Deniers Have Scientific Paper Disappeared

  Hm, I have to disagree on extremism being bad - extremism are just extreme poles of distributed data.
  
  It's the centers shifting that's worrying me - there are no radical liberals in US, I think. At least comparing to Denmark, for example.

More comments from bratwurzt >>