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  • On the post: White House Turns Star Wars / Star Trek Mistake Into Funny Meme

    Crashoverride ( profile ), 05 Mar, 2013 @ 12:49pm

    This is the official Lucasfilm Response:

    .......But a spokeswoman from Lucasfilm said the president wasn't too far off the mark.

    "President Obama might have created a mash-up of Star Wars friends at Lucasfilm and Star Trek but he also might be a lot more savvy with his knowledge of Star Wars than anyone is giving him credit for," Lynne Hale said. "In some of the Star Wars spin-off books there is a 'Force Meld'."

    She continued: "All of President Obama's friends at Lucasfilm would love to believe that his expertise in Star Wars knowledge runs deep..."

    So what is a "Force Meld"? Besides an excellent trivia answer, a force meld is apparently "a technique where a number of Force users join their minds together through the Force, drawing strength from each other," according to "Wookieepedia," the Star Wars wiki.


    http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/03/04/jedimindmeld-the-force-for-obama-is-strong-here/

  • On the post: Bradley Manning Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize As People Begin Realizing How Damaging His Case Is To A Free Press

    Crashoverride ( profile ), 05 Mar, 2013 @ 12:43pm

    What often gets forgotten from many of the story's is how Wikileaks partnered with mainstream news organizations and even culled and parsed the data to limit the top secret or other such data.

  • On the post: RIAA: Google Isn't Trying Hard Enough To Make Piracy Disappear From The Internet

    Crashoverride ( profile ), 21 Feb, 2013 @ 12:22pm

    People have awoken to the fact that buying a song from itunes or such only enriches the collection society and not the artist. Thus people are cutting the collection agency's out of the picture.

  • On the post: Bestselling Author Of Children's Books Accuses Public Libraries Of Stealing His Paychecks

    Crashoverride ( profile ), 19 Feb, 2013 @ 11:31am

    Libraries can be used by a smart author almost like radio stations. Children's books often become a favorite of children wanting the same book to be read to them week after week... thus a free introductory to a child can lead to future sales.

    They can show off and promote a book and even create a following for the authors future works. An author can utilize the built in market of "book lovers" by touring libraries autographing books owned or purchased etc...

  • On the post: Another Victory For The Public Speaking Up: Canada Drops Digital Spying Bill (For Now)

    Crashoverride ( profile ), 14 Feb, 2013 @ 01:13pm

    Does this mean that now that they are no longer for this bill they are now supporting Child Molesters???

  • On the post: TuneCore Fires Last Remaining Founder, Gets Into Ridiculously Petty Fight With Jeff Price

    Crashoverride ( profile ), 30 Jan, 2013 @ 04:07pm

    Ok for some reason I read almost the whole post..... Yet I fail to understand three things...why was the post even created.....what was the authors goal in having us read it...and why was it so freaking long.

    I get it the invoice is an odd/interesting story but the story was repeated several times in the post. Yes it sucks when founders get pushed out... even worse when for at first glance for odd reasons. But quite often there are competing goals between a founder and a board.

  • On the post: Obama's Techies Want To Open Source Their Work, But Politicians Want To Keep It Secret

    Crashoverride ( profile ), 25 Jan, 2013 @ 03:22pm

    Forgot to add....

    Arguing that releasing the code wouldn't aid or benefit the other side as they wouldn't have the training or experience with the code.... is counter to the whole argument of releasing it.

    That's like saying leave the car unlocked with the keys in the ignition because no one has been trained on the particulars of starting this particular make and model of car.... code is code a car is a car... unless someone is trying to argue the GOP is too dumb to figure out how to use the software in the four years the writer is falsely claiming until it's needed again.

    and if as the author argues it will be obsolete.... than whatever gained by releasing will already be learned and thus making the release moot.

  • On the post: Obama's Techies Want To Open Source Their Work, But Politicians Want To Keep It Secret

    Crashoverride ( profile ), 25 Jan, 2013 @ 03:16pm

    PLEASE OH PLEASE PLEASE....Explain how the most advanced software developed by the two political parties becomes obsolete in two years???

    In addition we are talking about a business entity not the US government. Why do they deserve ire for not sharing their customization's.... than say Exxon or...the Republican party


    I'm still not seeing where the code would be obsolete in two years....when it gets used again for the next Presidential cycle... and that assumes no one touches the code until then

    I highly doubt that the code will not be tweaked and updated or even shelved and only used for presidential elections.

    Obama even announced that in an unusual step his campaign fund raising machine wasn't shutting off but continuing forward to promote his and the democratic party's key agendas.... which sounds like it's still being used.

    Furthermore I have worked at many a business that I would've been happy to use software that was made in the previous decade. Hell just look at how many businesses are still today using Windows 98. Even though it is no longer supported.

  • On the post: Obama's Techies Want To Open Source Their Work, But Politicians Want To Keep It Secret

    Crashoverride ( profile ), 25 Jan, 2013 @ 12:49pm

    Uhm wow this is an incredibly poorly thought out posting.

    Four years try two years.... Winner is in four years software gets used in two you know to get the person elected in four years.

    The Republicans have basically nothing. They chose not to invest in technology. To then hand them what is widely considered one of the biggest keys to winning the 2012 election would be fool hardy by any measure.

    Competition is good. It kept the US on it's toes and continuing to innovate and investing in sciences, technology even infrastructure all throughout the cold war.

    I might be wrong on this but just because you use open source software doesn't mean you have to mail your competitors a copy of what your company invested in creating.

  • On the post: Cyber War: A One-Sided Battle Against A Trumped Up Enemy

    Crashoverride ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2013 @ 10:45am

    Not the "Cyber war is fake" again....

    Seriously this is like be an a "Tech Birther".

    Despite repeated evidence that foreign nations are mining the US to steal our technology. Hell just look at how similar Russia's space shuttle was. Our space shuttle was not the best design by FAR much better designs were put forth but due to the CIA stepping in requiring satellite launch capabilities our shuttle design was chosen. Yet Russia still ended up with a virtual carbon copy.

    They were stealing US secrets from day one of the Internet:

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18686090/ns/technology_and_science-space/t/how-soviets-stole-space-shuttle/#.UQF_JSckvng

    If a poor nation wanted to learn secrets or just educate themselves and advance their industries or have the capability to screw with the US cyber techniques would be the best at the lowest cost.

  • On the post: Dear HuffPo: Feel Free To Send Techdirt Traffic

    Crashoverride ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2013 @ 01:48pm

    I'm a bit of a SEO luddite. However I always thought having links to your site helped your rankings.

    Furthermore I thought having traffic being sent your way for free is something any website owner would welcome???

    It's a bit like complaining about having someone place an ad for you on the Superbowl versus the index of the local paper.

  • On the post: Kim Dotcom Hires Human Rights Lawyer To Claim MPAA's Chris Dodd Targeted Him In 'Contract Prosecution'

    Crashoverride ( profile ), 22 Jan, 2013 @ 09:53am

    This may sound petty but happens quite often on this blog. I wish the authors when referencing a name that could easily be confused with something other than a name would add "Mr" i.e. instead of discussing an international story involving Amsterdam. It would be Mr Amsterdam.

  • On the post: The Lesson Of 3D TV: For 4K TV, The Key Is The Implementation

    Crashoverride ( profile ), 10 Jan, 2013 @ 02:24pm

    Such an odd story it was as if my grandparents wrote it. Wasn't there people out there saying who needs Hi-Def I'm never that close to a tv. Or why bother with 1080 480 is just perfectly fine.

    The post kinda sort of round about gets to the point but then still misses it. People like 3d tv they just don't like the glasses lack of material etc... 4k TV's make a huge visual difference. However few have yet to see an actual 4k tv plus the price starts at like $12k so no it's not about marketing. There are a few issues that need to be resolved before a discussion as this article insists...on marketing occurs and as this article implies we call this technology dead.

  • On the post: Developer Of Bookmaking Software Gets Full Kim Dotcom Treatment For 'Promoting Gambling'

    Crashoverride ( profile ), 08 Jan, 2013 @ 12:45pm

    Holy Hell!! I live in Oregon one of the many states that Vegas style slot machines are illegal.... Can I get a swat team to visit me should I design any portion of any software used for the production or tabulation of slot machine and gaming used in Vegas???

  • On the post: The CIA's 'Hollywood Myth' Debunking Doesn't Stand Up To Even The Slightest Scrutiny

    Crashoverride ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2013 @ 12:04pm

    Senator McCain and other Senators are calling for the launch of an official investigation. Into the recent movie portraying CIA operations falsely. Claiming the CIA fabricated lies in an attempt to mislead the Producers and directors of the recent Hollywood movie.

  • On the post: FAA Facing More Pressure To Change Its Rules On Electronic Device Usage

    Crashoverride ( profile ), 03 Jan, 2013 @ 11:49am

    Yet you then look at all of the recommended regulations that crash investigators have urged quick passage of. Such as screening mail, putting baggage and mail etc in containers that would contain a bomb or fire or the 101 other legitimate proven safety practices like requiring rest periods for pilots etc that continue to get ignored.

  • On the post: Copyright Troll Prenda Law Dances Around The Simple Question: Which Alan Cooper Runs AF Holdings?

    Crashoverride ( profile ), 12 Dec, 2012 @ 11:29am

    Ironic that a case about illegally copying something resulted in illegally copying "Someone"

    Further ironic in that Identity theft has less of a fine than the duplication of a file. Yet actually harms and takes something away that costs real world legal action and costs to get back.

  • On the post: TSA/Airport Security: Killing Us On Christmas

    Crashoverride ( profile ), 26 Nov, 2012 @ 10:12am

    As previously mentioned and by other experts. The long long security lines are now more of a target prior to screening than being submitted to being searched etc... Just imagine how air travel will look should no one want to ever stand in a screening line again after an attack that would kill more and create more fear than a much more difficult hijacking.

    Furthermore once you make it past security minus razor blades or nail clippers. Look at what is on an airplane. Pop-cans that can be opened up to create razorblade like weapons or hundreds of other objects

  • On the post: Stuxnet's Infection Of Chevron Shows Why 'Weaponized' Malware Is A Bad Idea

    Crashoverride ( profile ), 20 Nov, 2012 @ 04:03pm

    article doesn't exactly say how widespread or on what computers the virus was found. Was it just one computer or whole network was it limited to the secretarial pool or drilling and other critical infrastructure computers.


    This is like complaining about an employees email that passed through the corporate network. Yes the email might have been offensive illegal etc.... But since it just passed through and even to this day has no way for either the creators or others to use it to do harm to Chevron then uhm..... I'm sure an occasional Chevron handles dynamite does that make him a terrorist because he handled dynamite but never used it for other than intended???

  • On the post: Stuxnet's Infection Of Chevron Shows Why 'Weaponized' Malware Is A Bad Idea

    Crashoverride ( profile ), 20 Nov, 2012 @ 03:56pm

    Symantec released the ability to scan and identify on July 13th 2010

    Microsoft offered a Stuxnet patch Sept 15th



    Personally I think Not only Chevron but all industrial and infrastructure computers should be secured off the net.... And made to accept only secured recognized files and such.

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