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• On the post: No Fly List Members Sue The Gov't; Want To Find Out Why They Can't Fly

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 01 Jul, 2010 @ 10:11am

  Well fuck 'em.

  If they can't come up with a reason to keep them off flights (which is pretty much necessary for any sufficiently advanced position) then don't.
  
  Goddamn, it's stunning to me how much we've gone tits-up to the powers that be over the past twenty years. Where's your spines, people?

• On the post: Amazon Acquires Woot; Woot CEO Pens Best Acquisition Letter Ever

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 30 Jun, 2010 @ 07:13pm

  Dammit!

  I missed another woot-off?

• On the post: Research 2000 Sends Cease & Desist To FiveThirtyEight For Discussing DailyKos Concerns

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 30 Jun, 2010 @ 08:54am

  Opinion?

  "On top of that, it takes issue with some of Nate's Twitter messages, such as one where he clearly opines that R2K's results have "maginal quality." That's a clear opinion statement, and not defamatory at all."
  
  Given that he has the math to back him up, I'm not even sure that's an 'opinion statement.'
  
  Good thing this isn't the UK!

• On the post: Hulu Finally Announces Subscription Plans: $10/Month To Still Get Advertisements

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 30 Jun, 2010 @ 08:36am

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  "Everything on TV, now or ever, foreign and domestic, nicely indexed, packaged in a relatively small downloadable package. Can't someone find a way to make this legal and affordable?"
  
  Yup. Easily.
  
  Step 1, A torrent, released at the same time the episode begins airing. You'd scoop all the 'pirates' by at least an hour. Your torrent would have more seeders by virtue of being first mover, and thus be preferred, even if it was a couple megs larger.
  
  Step 2, Monetize it with a few short hulu-style ads, and/or sell the 'bug' (the logo for the network in the corner) to advertisers on a per-act basis.
  
  Step 3, Profit.

• On the post: Louis Vuitton Strikes Again: Shuts Down Art Exhibit That Commented On LV Trademarks

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 29 Jun, 2010 @ 06:07pm

  Re: Re: Mythbusters is careful

  See here for more info on the aborted RFID sequence.

• On the post: Hulu Finally Announces Subscription Plans: $10/Month To Still Get Advertisements

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 29 Jun, 2010 @ 02:49pm

  Re:

  "I already stopped watching Hulu a while ago; they were forced to drop some shows I liked and started deleting episodes of House faster than I could watch them."
  
  Same here. It's barely useable as it is.
  
  Gee, if only there was some alternative that had less of an annoyance factor...

• On the post: Louis Vuitton Strikes Again: Shuts Down Art Exhibit That Commented On LV Trademarks

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 29 Jun, 2010 @ 11:57am

  Re:

  "So if they had been made from real LV bags it would have been fine?"
  
  That's the implication of their complaint.
  
  It's really bizarre, when you think about it. Could the Dial Corporation have shut down Warhol for exhibiting 'counterfeit' Brillo boxes?

• On the post: Pushing For More Stringent Copyright Laws Is The Opposite Of Allowing 'Market Forces' To Act

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 29 Jun, 2010 @ 11:36am

  Re: timely

  Nice. I think it's helpful to hear this come from artists, since they're often held up as the poster children for the monopolists.

• On the post: Supreme Court Rules Narrowly In Bilski; Business Method & Software Patents Survive

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 28 Jun, 2010 @ 09:30am

  Re: USa setting up for EPIC FUTURE FAIL

  "rest of world will do the innovating and share it and you will be left in the UTTER DUST"
  
  This was my response to the 'threat' of communism. I encourage it! Do that central planning thing and the five year plans and all that! See you in the market.
  
  Then I realized that the game is rigged no matter which side you're on. "Free" markets generally only operate in one direction, etc.
  
  So don't get too complacent. Your masters will screw the pooch as well.

• On the post: Once Again, Bank ATMs Are Not Very Secure

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2010 @ 04:43pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  It's hardly hacking if the access point is wide open.

• On the post: Pork Board Admits It Knows Unicorns Don't Exist, But Claims It Doesn't Matter

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2010 @ 04:03pm

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

  Yet.

• On the post: ASCAP Claiming That Creative Commons Must Be Stopped; Apparently They Don't Actually Believe In Artist Freedom

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2010 @ 11:01am

  Re: Huh?

  And there they are. If you changed something, great. If not it was just a glitch.

• On the post: Pork Board Admits It Knows Unicorns Don't Exist, But Claims It Doesn't Matter

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2010 @ 09:15am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  "in the end, while many here may not like it, the costs of defending this sort of thing could be more than the joke is worth. "
  
  So the problem is with the legal system, as currently practiced. It's not with people making a joke. It's not even with the law, since a competent and ethical (heh) lawyer would anticipate such a defense, and the probable outcome.
  
  If lawyers were personally sanctioned for wasting the court's time with this kind of crap, you'd see a whole lot less of it.

• On the post: ASCAP Claiming That Creative Commons Must Be Stopped; Apparently They Don't Actually Believe In Artist Freedom

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2010 @ 09:04am

  Huh?

  I'm not seeing the attachments/links/whatever at the bottom of the post (Safari 5 on Snow Leopard.)

• On the post: Pork Board Admits It Knows Unicorns Don't Exist, But Claims It Doesn't Matter

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2010 @ 07:30am

  Spam

  Isn't Hormel (makers of SPAM) on the NPB? Maybe they can advise these clowns about how to manage your trademark sanely.

• On the post: Could Accessing Your Own Data On Facebook Make You Criminally Liable?

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 23 Jun, 2010 @ 10:52pm

  Well of course

  If you want to redact data, you've obviously got something to hide.

• On the post: US Copyright Group Says BitTorrent's Architecture Explains Why It's Ok To Lump 5,000 Defendants Into One Lawsuit

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 23 Jun, 2010 @ 06:18pm

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

  "You all teaching a class?"
  
  Yes, but you're not paying attention.

• On the post: The Naked Cowboy Claims The Naked Cowgirl Owes Him Franchise Fees

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 23 Jun, 2010 @ 03:23pm

  S'truth!

  "...she's been naked a lot longer than Burck."
  
  Yeah, I'd say so.

• On the post: Huge Victory: Court Rules For YouTube Against Viacom

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 23 Jun, 2010 @ 02:52pm

  Re: Sweeeeeet

  Sad that we have to sit on pins and needles waiting to see if a judge is indeed sane.
  
  Now we just have to worry about the appellate judges...

• On the post: Sunday Times: Pay Up To Have Us Tell You How We Were Totally Wrong In Our Climate Change Story

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 23 Jun, 2010 @ 12:35pm

  Re:

  Socialize accusations, privatize retractions?

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