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• Jun 17th, 2014 @ 9:02pm

  Re: Re: Context counts in criminal trials

  on When Aaron Swartz Spoofed His MAC Address, It Proved He Was A Criminal; When Apple Does It, It's Good For Everyone

  They'll argue Linux is not default on a computer you buy and so you must be a hacker for daring to not use Windows/OSX.

• Sep 21st, 2013 @ 9:08pm

  Also

  on Awesome Stuff: 3D Printing And Scanning Keeps Advancing

  There's also this $100 selective laser sintering printer being Kickstarted at the moment:
  
  http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/117421627/the-peachy-printer-the-first-100-3d-printer -and-sc

• Aug 8th, 2013 @ 5:29pm

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  on Ed Snowden's Email Provider, Lavabit, Shuts Down To Fight US Gov't Intrusion

  Does Amazon have plans in place when stuff like this happens?

• Jul 19th, 2013 @ 9:07am

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  on Benefits Of Synthetic Blood Could Be Squandered Thanks To Patents

  The patent system is the set-everyone-else-back-20-years system.

• Jun 5th, 2013 @ 9:39am

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  on Russian 'Pirate' Unofficially Ports Xbox Live Arcade Game To The PC; Moral Conundrums And Fractured English Ensue

  The process of modifying the software to work on a different system is legal because it is reverse engineering (though it it used DRM it is illegal by the DMCA), but distributing it is still copyright infringement.

• Jun 4th, 2013 @ 4:31pm

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  on Microsoft's Attack On Used Game Sales Asks Customers To Sacrifice Their Rights To Save An Industry

  So much this. With PC, you have many stores to choose from. (Steam, Amazon, GOG, GMG, Origin, etc.). On Xbone or PS4, you will only have one, so there is no competition.

• Jun 4th, 2013 @ 4:28pm

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  on MPAA: Oh, Of Course We Want To Help The Blind Read More... Just As Long As You Don't Touch Copyright

  A better question is, what does the MPAA have to do with reading?

• May 17th, 2013 @ 9:16am

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  on US Uses Special 301 To Bully Ukraine, Likely Violating WTO

  I hope they pull an Antigua on the US.

• May 15th, 2013 @ 9:00am

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  on Did Paul Duffy's Wife Admit That He Was Engaged In Interstate Extortion On Facebook?

  I love how the last commenter is applauding Duffy for what he does, which is basically protecting the profits of porn companies.

• Apr 10th, 2013 @ 11:52am

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  on Broadcast Treaty Is Baaaaaack: Plan To Create Yet Another Copyright-Like Right For Hollywood

  So does that mean that if I broadcast a copyrighted movie using the Bittorrent livestreaming protocol, or even the old fashioned way over ham radio frequencies I now get rights to it?

• Apr 10th, 2013 @ 11:51am

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  on Broadcast Treaty Is Baaaaaack: Plan To Create Yet Another Copyright-Like Right For Hollywood

  So does that mean that if I broadcast a copyrighted movie using the Bittorrent livestreaming protocol, or even the old fashioned way over ham radio frequencies I now get rights to it?

• Apr 4th, 2013 @ 6:00am

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  on Intuit Continues To Make Sure Filing Taxes Is Complicated

  "Can someone please tell me why the hell Grover is fighting simpler taxes?"
  
  Simple, because he doesn't care for conservative ideology, he is just saying what will make him the most money.

• Feb 7th, 2013 @ 10:22pm

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  on Controversy Over Anne Of Green Gables Cover Is Way Overblown, And That's A Great Sign For Indie Publishing

  Wasn't Anne a redhead?

• Feb 7th, 2013 @ 10:19pm

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  on DailyDirt: Mostly Harmless Scams...

  Those chess programs can't compute millions of possible outcomes in nanoseconds. Modern CPUs execute single instructions on a scale of nanoseconds.

• Feb 1st, 2013 @ 10:47am

  Re: Um...

  on Valve Sued In Germany Over Right To Resell Games

  Can't you resell music with ReDigi?

• Feb 1st, 2013 @ 10:45am

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  on Valve Sued In Germany Over Right To Resell Games

  You can do that on some games right now, it's called Guest Passes, though it is up to the publisher whether they will allow them.

• Jan 24th, 2013 @ 2:09pm

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  on Just Two More Days To Unlock Your Phone, Then You'll Be Breaking The Law

  Is this jailbreaking in general, or just carrier unlocking?

• Jan 24th, 2013 @ 9:37am

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  on Anti-Piracy Group Already Demanding That Kim Dotcom's New Mega Service Be Shut Down

  GEMA is MEGA with some letters rearranged.

• Jan 10th, 2013 @ 12:01pm

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  on The Lesson Of 3D TV: For 4K TV, The Key Is The Implementation

  This article completely ignores video games. Right now, any PC game that can be played at 1080p can be played at 4k (well, almost any game - see Dark Souls). Once the next generation consoles hit, there will be a few games that support 4k as well.

• Dec 7th, 2012 @ 10:24am

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  on The SHOCKING Photos That Violated Facebook's Policies!

  It's the bestiality.

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