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• On the post: EA Sued For Shutting Down Online Games Too Quickly

  

  Reality Check ( profile ), 02 Aug, 2013 @ 06:27pm

  Credit where credit is due.

  "Now, I don't know if it counts as a conflict of interest that I play a ton of sports games and also find it massively annoying when I can't beat 14 year old Russian children anymore because EA shut down the servers, but I figured I'd disclose that anyway. "
  
  Damn, I can't beat those 14 year old Russian children, you must be pretty good.

• On the post: Congress Quickly And Quietly Rolls Back Insider Trading Rules For Itself

  

  Reality Check ( profile ), 02 Aug, 2013 @ 04:45am

  Re: Re: I find this disheartening

  Bi-partisan on the POINT of the ENTIRE BLOG ENTRY!!!
  
  Did you skip right to the comments and not bother to read the blog?
  
  It was a pretty short entry on how:
  THE SENATE, HOUSE and PRESIDENT all WORKED TOGETHER.
  
  That's pretty much Bi-partisan.
  
  Sigh.

• On the post: How Far We've Fallen: Attorney General Eric Holder Promises Russians US Government Won't 'Torture' Or 'Kill' Ed Snowden

  

  Reality Check ( profile ), 29 Jul, 2013 @ 03:19pm

  Re: Re:

  I didn't read that into his comment.
  
  I do see that rationale a lot, but I don't see it here.

• On the post: NYC Mayor Bloomberg Thinks Boston Bombing Renders The Constitution Obsolete

  

  Reality Check ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2013 @ 12:19pm

  Re: Re:

  According to the definition provided by the current US President they are:
  
  "Anytime bombs are used to target innocent civilians, it is an act of terror."
  
  ...aaaand, I'm pretty sure you already knew that, but I like the quote.

• On the post: Government Has Already Fooled Us More Than Once On Privacy; History Belies How CISPA Will Be Used

  

  Reality Check ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2013 @ 03:09pm

  Re: First problem is corporations collecting the data.

  That's all you got?
  
  All you can say in defense of your precious government is that someone else might be worse than the government?
  
  A sane person who realized that the blog was about legislation currently being discussed, might actually consider the legislation. But you chose to whine because the author didn't choose to focus on a something else.
  
  Fail.

• On the post: Andy Baio On The New Prohibition Created By Copyright

  

  Reality Check ( profile ), 16 Apr, 2013 @ 11:49am

  Re: As I've said, "transformative" is the key problem:

  A whiny guy once said 'you can't reasonably use someone else's work as the central part of yours!'.
  
  Fail. From the beginning of known history, people always use ideas and concepts from other people and build upon them. That is a reasonable, logical and beneficial system.
  
  People who feel that the government should grant monopolies to the one who does something first, and lock those ideas and concepts down, are promoting an unreasonable, illogical and malignant system. That system does not advance anything but greed, enrich lawyers and discourage new artists.
  
  Of course, since you are paid by the beneficiaries of the malignant system, it will never be in your best interest to consider this.

• On the post: Supreme Court Seems Skeptical As Myriad Claims Gene Patents Should Exist, Because It Put A Lot Of Work Into Finding Them

  

  Reality Check ( profile ), 16 Apr, 2013 @ 10:46am

  Re:

  You forgot google. Google is at the heart of this conspiracy.

• On the post: Supreme Court Seems Skeptical As Myriad Claims Gene Patents Should Exist, Because It Put A Lot Of Work Into Finding Them

  

  Reality Check ( profile ), 16 Apr, 2013 @ 10:27am

  Justice Scalia followed that up by asking why would anyone invent anything if they can't get a patent.
  
  Obviously, the wheel, and paper were both invented later than the patent system.

• On the post: Boston Officials Allegedly Shut Down Mobile Service In Boston To Prevent Remote Detonation (Update: Or Not)

  

  Reality Check ( profile ), 15 Apr, 2013 @ 07:26pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  It's a blog. Mike gives his opinion on a blog.
  
  It's fine to disagree with his opinion, but this is an appropriate place to write his opinion.
  
  You know, you could start your own blog, and write how you hate stuff, you might get out_of_the_blue will comment how brilliant you are, because he hates stuff too.

• On the post: Judge's Random, Unrelated Rant Against Facebook Leads To Child Porn Sentence Being Overturned

  

  Reality Check ( profile ), 15 Apr, 2013 @ 10:40am

  Substitute one word, and is apt for OOTBs mania:

  I recognize that there are some people out there who really just don't like techdirt, but I'm often amazed at how this sometimes leads people to blame other societal woes on those kinds of things.

• On the post: Australia To Propose Copyright Reform That Includes Fair Use

  

  Reality Check ( profile ), 14 Apr, 2013 @ 11:54am

  Re: WILL "lead to too much litigation." Dead cert.

  You need to realize this is a blog, not a network news site...

• On the post: Australia To Propose Copyright Reform That Includes Fair Use

  

  Reality Check ( profile ), 14 Apr, 2013 @ 11:39am

  Re: Re:

  I agree, this is insignificant, we should just give up, it's no use. Humanities final chapter has been written. You'll never know love.

• On the post: Exxon Hates Free Speech

  

  Reality Check ( profile ), 14 Apr, 2013 @ 10:52am

  Re: Re: "It's completely over the top," so I suspect it's a plant,

  I picture him peering out of his dirty kitchen window, a pale figure not unlike Mr. Burns from the Simpsons with burning red eyes and a stringy comb-over. He peers out across his brown grass, seeing the neighbor kids playing and running around, and plots revenge for the noise they are making. Then he darts back to his computer to teach those kids on techdirt a lesson on how things work in the 'real world'.
  
  "They will never suspect what I'm going to say next" he chortles, "In fact, not even I can suspect what it will be, because it will be completely out_of_the_blue!"

• On the post: Awesome Stuff: Ferrofluid

  

  Reality Check ( profile ), 14 Apr, 2013 @ 10:36am

  Re: Lava Lamp!

  Pretty sure the Pet Rock was a gag gift, nobody I know remembers it as anything but a joke... The lava lamp on the other hand, was interesting to watch and can be used as a night light. If anyone spent much time watching their pet rock, then I hope they got the help they needed.

• On the post: CISPA Passes Markup Phase, But It Doesn't Look Like Much Was Fixed

  

  Reality Check ( profile ), 11 Apr, 2013 @ 06:45am

  Re:

  All I hear is Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
  
  Talk to your doctor to see if 'shut up and stop whining' is right for you.

• On the post: Sen. Feinstein Says Congress 'Ready To Take Action' To Rein In Violent Video Games

  

  Reality Check ( profile ), 09 Apr, 2013 @ 08:03am

  Re:

  Given that Hollywood got some nice tax breaks extended in the 'fiscal cliff' deal, I am led to believe that violent movies are necessary for our well-being.

• On the post: Montreal Student Arrested For Posting Photo Of Anti-Police Graffiti To Instagram

  

  Reality Check ( profile ), 09 Apr, 2013 @ 03:48am

  Re: She isn't allowed within 1km of Police HQ?

  So, no charged have been filed, but she has been denied (at least partially) access to police services.
  
  Now that is a clear abuse of power.
  
  Sorry Canada, I thought the US was more of a Police State than you, way to step up the competition.

• On the post: In Which NY Times Reporter Jenna Wortham Accidentally Reveals How She Violated Both The CFAA & The DMCA

  

  Reality Check ( profile ), 08 Apr, 2013 @ 02:12pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  Apparently you missed the entire point of the article.
  
  It's not that Wortham did something morally wrong, it's that the LAW is wrong.
  
  This sentence might help unclog your cognitive dissonance:
  Just the fact that Wortham could find herself on the receiving end of lawsuits (both criminal and civil) over both of those laws (and considering her public admission to the key facts, she might have a difficult time pleading innocence) shows why those laws desperately need to be fixed
  
  Too bad your hatred of anyone that doesn't worship IP is interfering with your comprehension.

• On the post: In Which NY Times Reporter Jenna Wortham Accidentally Reveals How She Violated Both The CFAA & The DMCA

  

  Reality Check ( profile ), 08 Apr, 2013 @ 02:07pm

  Re:

  Simple.
  
  The US Attorneys office is completely corrupt.
  
  They have no intention of enforcing the law, unless that enforcement achieves a political goal.

• On the post: Organization That Plagiarized Guide On Making Science Posters Has Pricey Lawyer Threaten Original Creator With Copyright Claim

  

  Reality Check ( profile ), 08 Apr, 2013 @ 10:41am

  Re: You keep mistaking what sue-crazy lawyers do with copyright.

  You keep mistaking the voices that whisper in your head with lucid thoughts.

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