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• On the post: A Look Back In Techdirt History

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 12 Apr, 2014 @ 08:29pm

  Huh

  15 years ago, I had this idea to make a kiosk that was connected to a central server with every song ever recorded on it. And the idea was, custom CD's. You pick your songs, chuck in your money and return after several minutes to get your freshly burned CD-R. Then my idea went nowhere. Bandwidth in those days sucked. Hard drives weren't big enough. And, besides, the record companies probably wouldn't do it anyway. I mean, what if you only picked two songs from EMI, six from Sony, three from Universal and one from Warner: I bet they'd argue over who gets what? So idea good, execution non-existant, I got nothing, I don't care!

• On the post: NSA Spied On Human Rights Watch And Amnesty International

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 08 Apr, 2014 @ 04:51pm

  Seriously, is anyone surprised by this?

• On the post: Corruptville, Florida May Lose Its Cityship

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 21 Mar, 2014 @ 05:40am

  Sad Laughter

  That was the funniest thing I've read all day, and I visited the LOLcats site!

• On the post: DailyDirt: Playing With Biological Fire By Reviving Ancient Organisms

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 20 Mar, 2014 @ 05:06am

  Mammoth

  Would cloning a wooly mammoth result in cheaper* wool? If so, I'm all for it! (*Cheaper as in cheaper on the environment to produce as well as the actual monetary cost)

• On the post: Sen. Rockefeller Wants ICANN To Block '.Sucks' TLDs

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 14 Mar, 2014 @ 12:40pm

  By The Way

  Speaking of gTLD, Conan O'Briens conan.xxx site is still up and running and as full of parody-of-porn as ever!

• On the post: DailyDirt: Learning How To Do Math Like A Boss

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2014 @ 05:57pm

  10 PRINT "I QUITE LIKED BASIC"
  20 A=1 to 500:NEXT A
  30 GOSUB 50
  40 GO TO 10
  50 PRINT "IT HELPED ME LEARN VARIABLES!":RETURN
  RUN
  
  I QUITE LIKED BASIC
  IT HELPED ME LEARN VARIABLES!
  I QUITE LIKED BASIC
  I QUITE LIKED BASIC
  I QUITE LI
  ?ERROR
  BREAK IN 10

• On the post: Australian Broadcasters, Netflix Competitors Pout Because Netflix Hasn't Banned VPN Users Yet

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 04 Mar, 2014 @ 03:10pm

  Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

  Otherwise known as the ACCC, has said, in regards to Australians being forced to pay unreasonably higher prices for software, including songs of iTunes, that if Australians know how to work around a geo-block, they should!
  
  http://www.choice.com.au/reviews-and-tests/computers-and-online/networking-and-internet/shopping-online/navigating-online-geoblocks.aspx

• On the post: Austin Begins To Show Us What Broadband Competition Was Supposed To Look Like

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 25 Feb, 2014 @ 01:01am

  Dear Google Fiber, Please come to Australia and help rescue us from our incompetent government who thinks that a 0.025Gbps connection (delayed by two years) if an adequate connection speed! Our previous government offerd us between 0.1Gbps and 1Gbps connection starting to be rolled out two years ago but there was an election where (aparrently) 52% of the people voted to keep the government in so, you know, we had to change.... Help us, Google, you may be our only hope!

• On the post: US TPP Negotiators Accused Of Bullying; Refusing To Budge On Ridiculous IP And Corporate Sovereignty Demands

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 26 Nov, 2013 @ 03:20pm

  Australia

  We're screwed :(
  
  I mean, seriously, our PM wants this deal done by year's end and he wants us in it no two ways about it.

• On the post: This Weekend's Rally Against NSA Surveillance Gaining Steam

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2013 @ 05:34pm

  Re:

  Not to mention anyone involved in that rally will be labelled as a terrorist and scrutinized extra heavily.

• On the post: IsoHunt Agrees To Shut Down And 'Pay' $110 Million

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 17 Oct, 2013 @ 11:53pm

  Re: ISOHunt? What's that?

  Yes, I used it a couple of times back in 2006. I didn't find what I was looking for. I'd forgotten it even existed!

• On the post: Sheriff Determined To Find Some Reason To Arrest Parents Of Girls Who Are Accused Of Bullying Girl Into Suicide

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 17 Oct, 2013 @ 11:36pm

  Bullying And Denial? So what?

  I was bullied heaps as a kid. I met the mother of my main bully in the third grade. I told her what he did. She said he didn't do it and that she didn't want to talk about it. I thought she was stupid. I was eight years old at the time.
  
  Now when I think back on it, I think she was being a normal mother who, like most normal parents, think their kids are darling little angels who could never do anything wrong. I know she was wrong, but so what? She was being a normal mother!

• On the post: Ubisoft uPlay Launcher Exploit Strips DRM From All Publisher's Games

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 10 Apr, 2013 @ 06:19am

  Can I?

  Can I now play SimCity with no DRM? Sorry, no non-DRM?

• On the post: Hilarious And Ridiculous: Networks Threaten To Pull Channels Off The Air If Aereo & Dish Win Lawsuits

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 08 Apr, 2013 @ 05:47pm

  I should actually watch it one day

  Dear Fox,
  
  If you moved to cable, I would not miss any good Fox shows. Think about why
  
  Signed
  AUSTRALIAN "Game Of Thrones" Fan
  i.e. a CABLE show
  Have you worked it out yet?

• On the post: Lobbyists, Politicians And USTR Planning A 'Rally' To Show 'Strong Support' For TAFTA

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 08 Apr, 2013 @ 05:34pm

  Why does the USTR even exist? No sarcasm, I really want to know. What does USTR even stand for?

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 07 Apr, 2013 @ 07:04pm

  Re: Croc Jokes

  Given how crap the top funny comment was, could you share a croc joke or two please? I could use a laugh and I'm sure many other readers could too.

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 07 Apr, 2013 @ 07:01pm

  Re: The top comment is shit

  I agree. That was the worst "insightful" or "funniest" comment I've seen on here. Any chance of either a recount or showing us what came third in both categories?

• On the post: Belgium: We Want To Be The Champagne Of Chocolate

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 02 Apr, 2013 @ 08:28pm

  Re:

  Actually, this could be good for Australia: It's NOT French Fries, it's Chips!

• On the post: Belgium: We Want To Be The Champagne Of Chocolate

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 02 Apr, 2013 @ 08:28pm

  So where does this leave French Vanilla? Can McDonald's still serve French Fries with that?

• On the post: Wrong Legislative Thought Of The Day: An Email Tax To Save The Post Office

  

  charliebrown ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2013 @ 03:48pm

  Australia Post

  Australia Post, the Australian USPS, has asked for an email tax for years. Every time, the government said no. Then eBay Australia opened it's door. Suddenly, Australia Post went quiet. Now they have eBay seller parcel packages available.

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