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  • On the post: CafePress Takes Down T-Shirt Calling Donald Trump A Cheeto-Faced Shitgibbon, Saying It Violates Frito-Lay's Trademark

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 27 Jun, 2016 @ 02:07pm

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    At first I thought it was another creative Scottish insult that has nothing to do with Frito Lay, so I googled it. Apparently it's a reference to Glenn Beck covering his face in Cheeto dust to look more like Trump. So it seems the others are right, it's a reference to his insane tan.

  • On the post: Sony Settlement Gives PS3 Owners $9 After Company Made Console Less Useful Via Firmware Update

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 23 Jun, 2016 @ 06:59am

    I wonder if still being able to boot to Yellow Dog Linux on my PS3 is enough for them to give me my $55. Hay, Steam Summer Sale is suppose to start today, that $55 could get me like 10 games. Assuming, of course, this isn't just for a $55 voucher for Sony's online currency.

  • On the post: The FBI Says Its Homegrown Terrorist Stings Are Nothing More Than A Proactive Fight Against 'Going Dark'

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 17 Jun, 2016 @ 09:24am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Mixed feelings

    One, it is physically impossible to remove all guns in the US. The Second Amendment, lobbyists, already established illegal supply lines, citizens refusing to give up their weapons, cops refusing to give up their "safety", I could go on. It ain't going to happen, trying to make it happen just takes time, money, and energy away from potentially finding another solution.

    Two, there are other countries out there with lots of guns and no mass shooting issue. That suggests that the issue is not with the guns, but with the people. Magically removing all guns might stem the tide, but it's not going to stop.

    So quit bitching about guns, find the source of the problem, and solve it. It ain't as easy as shouting "BAN GUNS" and doing absolutely nothing productive, but it at least would be going in the right direction.

  • On the post: Trump Implicitly Suggests That His DOJ Would Take Down Amazon For Antitrust

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 14 Jun, 2016 @ 02:34pm

    Re: Re: Re: Opening up libel laws

    Clark had to get martial law passed by the senate before he could dissolve the senate. So if Trump tries to get martial law passed, then bunker in, the Shadows are coming.

  • On the post: Top Internet Companies Agree To Vague Notice & Takedown Rules For 'Hate Speech' In The EU

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 01 Jun, 2016 @ 11:48am

    Re: Is this how it starts...?

    "will this agreement be what they point to that starts the snowball?"

    No, of course not. Historians won't exist. Revisionists will.

  • On the post: The DMCA Should Not Be An All Purpose Tool For Taking Down Content; And It's Espeically Bad For Harassment

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 28 May, 2016 @ 09:10am

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    You're missing the point. Who this person is, what the picture is, or what the harassment is about doesn't matter. The point of the article is to point out a misuse of the DMCA and to show a clear example why extending the notice and takedown system to harassment is idiotic.

    The only reason there's even that much detail in the article is to show that this is a real thing happening, not a hypothetical situation that people could just shrug off.

  • On the post: Michigan Politicians Want People Who Hack Cars To Spend The Rest Of Their Lives In Prison

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 04 May, 2016 @ 10:16am

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    "Any malware found in a vehicle should be treated as evidence of attempted murder by default"

    And this is why Tim's comment "Self-driving cars are an inevitability" is wrong. Just like how people's fears of Google Glass killed the product, people's fears of self driving cars will kill that as well. Seriously, how many people will be willing to get a self driving car if they're worried about other people assaulting them out of fear?

  • On the post: Washington Redskins Appeal To SCOTUS On Trademark And Seek To Tie Their Case To That Of The Slants

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2016 @ 10:11am

    Re: Denying a Trademark doesn't violate rights

    You are vary wrong about this. It's not just about rights, it's about giving preferential treatment based on arbitrary morality. Why should the Redskins have a harder time dealing with knock-offs when other, equally or more vulgar trademarks get government protection?

    So the choice is remove all trademarks or quit limiting them based on arbitrary morality.

  • On the post: Walking Dead Producer Claims Real Cable Set Top Box Competition Will Result In Piracy Armageddon

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 13 Apr, 2016 @ 07:15pm

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    And thus the reason why cable TV is hemorrhaging subscribers. We're forced to pay for cable boxes if we want the higher channels, but as you say we're not starved for alternatives. As much as you might want to keep to the delusion, cable is dying. If anything, opening up the set top box market would help cable as more people might be willing to have one.

  • On the post: Walking Dead Producer Claims Real Cable Set Top Box Competition Will Result In Piracy Armageddon

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 13 Apr, 2016 @ 09:49am

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    Eh. I could see it. I've seen TV shows reach the upper 5 digits in seeders from just one source. Adding two more digits across all the sources is possible. The show is popular, cable TV is annoying, and AMC's website is a steaming pile of ass. I could see 1.27 million people being pissed off enough to pirate it.

  • On the post: Walking Dead Producer Claims Real Cable Set Top Box Competition Will Result In Piracy Armageddon

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 13 Apr, 2016 @ 09:44am

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    "Don't the major cable companies offer online TV streaming?"

    So your argument is that we shouldn't have set top box competition because cable companies offer online streaming if you already pay for the higher channels and already pay for a set top box?

    "There are also cable cards."

    That require a set top box to work because the higher channels are encrypted to force you to pay for a set top box.

  • On the post: DailyDirt: Who Cares About Moore's Law Anymore?

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 07 Apr, 2016 @ 08:09am

    Re: My dream...

    That's not a limitation of the hardware, it's a limitation of software. Remember, they sent men to the moon with similar power to a calculator watch, but they did it without Start buttons or solitaire. Think about all the fancy your OS has and think about how much faster it would run without all that stuff that just looks pretty or you outright just don't use.

  • On the post: Swedish Court: Wikipedia Hosting Photos Of Public Artwork Is Copyright Infringement For Some Reason

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 06 Apr, 2016 @ 10:26am

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    But that's just talking about buildings or bridges or highways. It says nothing about statues. I don't doubt that in the US the laws for bridges and the laws for statues are completely different.

  • On the post: Using The All Writs Act To Route Around The Fifth Amendment

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 06 Apr, 2016 @ 10:17am

    Re: Too bad...

    That's the point. More people are willing to fight for the courageous rebels. Throw accusations like "child pornography" into the mix and far fewer people are willing to stand up.

    It shows an inherent flaw in public opinion. It's the exact reason why our court systems were created. Too bad the court system has lost track of that purpose.

  • On the post: Why Won't W3C Carve Security Research Out Of Its DRM-In-HTML 5 Proposal?

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 30 Mar, 2016 @ 03:08pm

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    Fun fact: In Firefox there is a checkbox "Play DRM Content" that's disabled by default.

    I don't doubt that there will be addons like NoScript and AdBlock that let you white list websites for DRMed content, and I don't doubt that there will be addons to completely bypass the DRM as well.

    I hope the W3C understand what they're getting into. The companies that are requesting DRM in HTML5 will be coming back to the W3C at least once a week to update the DRM because the previous version has been cracked.

  • On the post: Before We Even Know The Details, Politicians Rush To Blame Encryption For Brussels Attacks

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 22 Mar, 2016 @ 01:27pm

    Re: What TOR is

    TOR and VPNs may use encryption, but in the cases referenced here, don't use it to hide the traffic itself, only it's origin. Once the traffic gets past the last TOR node or the VPN end point, it's broadcast in the clear. They're not designed to hide what you're surfing, only where you're surfing from.

  • On the post: Flaw Discovered In Apple iMessage Encryption, Reminding Us That Compelled Backdoors Are Idiotic

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 21 Mar, 2016 @ 11:47am

    That's something I hadn't thought of. Ripping a new back door into encryption would do irreparable damage, opening new security flaws. Hackers wouldn't even need to target the official backdoor, they can just go after the cracks around it.

    The list just keeps growing, doesn't it.

  • On the post: Author Sues Google For Copyright Infringement For Copying His 'Philosophy' In A TV Ad

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 08 Mar, 2016 @ 10:30am

    The Google commercial says "there are about 2 billion, 500 million heartbeats in a lifetime." Part of the Book's subtitle is "the next 2 billion heartbeats of your life". Since the author is insisting Google directly copied his subtitle, then we can assume he agrees with the numbers.

    So if there are 2,500,000,000 heartbeats in a lifetime and the book is for your future 2,000,000,000 heartbeats, does that mean it's a children's book? That cover doesn't look like it would draw too many five year olds.

  • On the post: FTC Dings ASUS For Selling 'Secure' Routers That Shipped With Default Admin/Admin Login (And Other Flaws)

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2016 @ 07:27pm

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    They don't even do that any more. The first thing DD-WRT does is make you set the username and password. They even go one step further and hide the username.

    Still the only router software that I've ever seen that requires setting the password. All others, professional or residential, have default passwords that can be found by a simple Google search.

  • On the post: FBI's Scorched Earth Approach To Apple Means That Tech Companies Now Have Even Less Incentive To Help Feds

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2016 @ 11:06am

    Re: Thank you for addressing this.

    Apple wouldn't be building a backdoor into the encryption. It would be building a backdoor into the other security features in iOS. The vulnerability you speak of is only a way to install the backdoor. The hacking tool would be the software the FBI already has to brute force the password.

    Tech lingo is a bitch, I hope that helped.

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