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  • On the post: Famous Prankster 'The Internet' Hijacks Another Promotional Campaign

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 15 Aug, 2012 @ 08:42am

    Re:

    There is a higher level of humor at work here, you're just not seeing it. I'd explain it to you, but people smarter then me have been trying to explain humor for thousands of years, and I still don't think you would understand it.

  • On the post: Boston Shuts Down Uber Because Massachusetts Doesn't Approve Of The GPS

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 14 Aug, 2012 @ 05:02pm

    Re: Hate to say it but I see their point

    Depending on where you live, your odometer is what's incorrect. In the US, cars speedometers are inaccurate up to 10%. So when you're traveling at say 30mph you're actually traveling 27mph. I have tested this myself with several cars, several GPSs, those signs on the side of the road that tell you your speed, and police speed radars. While the individual cars would differ on the margin of error, all the other speed indicators agreed that the speedometer was off. And since the odometer gets it's distance from the speedometer, the odometer is wrong as well.

  • On the post: Boston Shuts Down Uber Because Massachusetts Doesn't Approve Of The GPS

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 14 Aug, 2012 @ 04:50pm

    Re: Re: Hold on a sec, this is rational

    Actually, his argument is valid (kinda). This probably falls under the same kind of laws as gas stations. When they say they dispense a gallon, they must dispense a gallon. You wouldn't want to go to the gas station and pay for 18 gallons of gas to fill your 12 gallon car, now would you?

    Now, this does not excuse Massachusetts from not understanding GPS. Any idiot could see that GPS was going to be popular and useful. The standards should have been in place long ago.

    Now, if the iPhone is that bad, then it wouldn't meet standards and would be grounds for fines. But, since they're too stupid to have regulations at all, arguing about accuracy is a moot point. Granted, there are ways around bad GPS by properly coded software. That could easily make the iPhone accurate again.

  • On the post: Universal Music Sued Because 62% Of A Bow Wow Video Is Actually A French Porn Star's Music Video

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 14 Aug, 2012 @ 09:36am

    Re:

    Aren't you from the same group of idiots (possibly the same idiot) who says that people should learn who they're doing business with? Isn't that the argument used to blame Youtube when infringing content is uploaded?

    Except there's a difference here, not only didn't universal not know who they're working with, they're the ones that funded and now own the rights to the work. So, by your laws and your logic, Universal is on the hook here big time.

  • On the post: Wide Disparity In Which ISPs (In Which Countries) Throttle BitTorrent

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 10 Aug, 2012 @ 09:21am

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    How does one distinguish the illegal uses from the legal ones based on amount? EG, I share large files and let them upload for weeks on end equaling several hundred gigs a month. I download updated and new files equaling several hundred more gigs a month. Funny thing is it's all legal. This is a practice I started back when Comcast put in their data cap (I did it to piss them off and just never stopped). So your little test would fail miserably.

  • On the post: North Face Wants Court To Spank Butt Face

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 10 Aug, 2012 @ 08:58am

    spreading the word

    Every time I see someone wearing a North Face something or other, I shout "South Butt". And then I have to explain the lawsuit. Now, every time I see North Face, I get to shout "Butt Face!". Thank you, North Face, I would not have known I could do that without your lawsuit.

  • On the post: Legit Ebook Lending Site Taken Down By An Angry Twitmob Of Writers [UPDATED]

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 08 Aug, 2012 @ 02:10pm

    Re: List of authors?

    Why would you want to help them?

  • On the post: Curiosity's Mars Landing Video Disappears From YouTube Due To Bogus Copyright Claim

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 06 Aug, 2012 @ 05:18pm

    Re:

    That is not a valid option for most people. Too few views, too may views, too hard for the viewer to keep track of all the sites, too hard for the owner to get more views. Basically, hosting your own video site may be good for you, but it's not a valid option for 99% of video uploaders.

    If you live inside the US, you still have to deal with the take-down notices and you have to worry about the DMCA saying you have to take swift action.

    I would also like to point out that Youtube does check on the claims made. I had three claims made on three different videos of mine. One I knew was valid ("Still Alive" from a Portal Let's Play), but the other two I didn't think were valid. I didn't fight them because I didn't know; copyright is complex and is different depending on where you are. After a few days, the two that I thought were invalid went away. Someone did check on them for me without me asking.

    I looked into it, Youtube does check on copyright claims, it can just take a while and I'm sure lots of things get missed. I don't know why mine were fixed, I'm not exactly popular, not bringing in the ad bucks, but they did fix it.

  • On the post: Nielsen Sued For Billions; TV Network Claims It Manipulated Ratings

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 31 Jul, 2012 @ 06:31pm

    I've always wondered why this hasn't happened before. Nielsen families represent something like 1% of TV watchers, yet billions of dollars are based on their numbers? If I was an advertiser, I wouldn't want to spend thousands of dollars on one commercial based on a subset of people smaller then the margin of error.

    As has been pointed out before, Youtube has accurate analytics that even get double checked after 300 views. why aren't advertisers falling over themselves to support this system?

  • On the post: OUYA: Android Based Game Console Takes Kickstarter And The World By Storm

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 12 Jul, 2012 @ 02:16pm

    Donated

    I got the $99 bundle on Tuesday night. With the roomers going around about the next XBox and Play Station, I'm not going to buy ether of them, and the WiiU looks like it sucks. I'm actually excited about the OUYA.

    I am not, however, excited about the 8G internal storage. Who in their right mind thinks the same storage as my 3 year old phone is a good idea?

  • On the post: NYPD Put Couple On 'Wanted' Poster For Videotaping Police

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 09 Jul, 2012 @ 02:44pm

    Can anyone read all of what's on the poster? From what I can see, the cops gave out their home address and accused them of interfering with police business and endangerment.

  • On the post: With Wikileaks Releasing Syrian Emails, Will People Realize It's Not Just Targeting The US?

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 06 Jul, 2012 @ 02:35pm

    Wikileaks isn't an Anti-US organisation, it's an anti-oppressive government organisation. That's why the US government is so pissed off.

    And somebody change the combination on my luggage!

  • On the post: Verizon's Bizarre Constitutional Argument: Net Neutrality Rules Violate Its First & Fifth Amendment Rights?

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 06 Jul, 2012 @ 02:12pm

    Re: Re: First Amendment

    If we're going that far, the data cap itself would be in violation, should never be allowed to get to the disconnect part. However, disconnecting someone for not paying the bill would not be a violation.

  • On the post: Copyright Fight Over Competing Abortion Videos Results In Awkward Fair Use Ruling

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 06 Jul, 2012 @ 02:08pm

    Re: Ethics

    "CBR is covered on grounds that the procedures involved in an abortion. Are not copywrittren and are documented in medical journals. The fact that parody is covered by the constitution as well as protesting against ethics you deem immoral. The fair use clause is allowed because it is well documented how to perform an abortion." (the relevant part of your post)

    If I make a video about how to do CPR I still own the copyright on the video even if the knowledge I have is from a well documented book. If someone copies my video (in a way that's not covered by fair use) then they have violated copyright laws. That is the debate at hand, not the information, but the video itself. Is using the video the way they did fair use?

    The judge says it is commentary on the video where we see it as commentary on abortion as a whole. Using the work as commentary on the work itself is protected by fair use where as using the work as commentary on something else is not. I see it as both, they're doing commentary on both the video and abortion as a whole.

  • On the post: Verizon's Bizarre Constitutional Argument: Net Neutrality Rules Violate Its First & Fifth Amendment Rights?

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 06 Jul, 2012 @ 01:53pm

    First Amendment

    I will only accept that it's a violation of their free speech rights just as soon as they admit what that speech means. The second the words "'F**k you, customers' is what we're trying to say" comes out of their mouths, I'll fight for their right to say it.

    I will also fight (and advocate) for everyone else's right to say "F**k you too, Verizon."

    I would also argue that since Verizon is getting government money and a government granted monopoly, they should be bound by government rules. They should not be allowed to limit my free speech by throttling or blocking anything.

  • On the post: UK Pensioner Could Face Arrest For Atheist Poster

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 05 Jul, 2012 @ 09:14am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

    Sin has nothing to do with this, don't know where that came from. You're just wrong on your understanding of both communism and atheism.

  • On the post: Quality Search Results: From Pink Slime To Correctly Diagnosing Appendicitis

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 05 Jul, 2012 @ 08:20am

    Re: Why wait?

    When you don't have health insurance you try to distinguish appendicitis from bad tacos the night before. Saves a hell of a lot of money and time for you and the hospital.

  • On the post: UK Pensioner Could Face Arrest For Atheist Poster

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 05 Jul, 2012 @ 07:55am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

    Arguing that communism is atheism removes all credibility from your arguments as it shows you don't know what ether are.

    Communism (as it's suppose to be) is everyone working for the betterment of human kind. What you see (Socialism I think is the word), is government enforced sharing of everything. In Communism, there is no government.

    Atheism is the lack of belief in god. It's not even the belief that there is no god, it's just the lack of belief in god. That's it, there is nothing more. Any more that you see is ether added on top of atheism or by your own prejudices.

    Communism and Atheism are not intertwined. You can have a religious communism. Think about the origin of the term "Drinking the kool ade".

  • On the post: UK Pensioner Could Face Arrest For Atheist Poster

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 05 Jul, 2012 @ 07:39am

    Re: Re: Re: 2 rules to be an atheist

    "then why would what anyone else says cause you to hate?"

    The problem originates not from religion or non-religion, but human nature. People hate each other universally. Religion, race, or gender are not reasons for hate, but excuses. Some people just hate by nature and will find any reason.

    This is not isolated to just one group, there's an equal distribution of assholes throughout the world. They just tend to congregate with like minded individuals and be vocal about it.

  • On the post: UK Pensioner Could Face Arrest For Atheist Poster

    Chronno S. Trigger ( profile ), 05 Jul, 2012 @ 07:22am

    Re: 2 rules to be an atheist

    Just like religion, there are people who are assholes in non-religion. Treat them as such, but don't generalize a group by the actions of the vocal minority or think the vocal minority is the majority. I don't judge you by the actions of the Westboro Baptist Church, don't judge me by actions you have wittiness from others.

    I would suggest that you "walk it" and stop being so insecure about your beliefs; you seem to be misinterpreting quite a few of the posts here.

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