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• On the post: Comcast Really Wants Me To Stop Calling Their Top Lobbyist A 'Top Lobbyist'

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 22 Jul, 2015 @ 09:45am

  undercover lobbyist?

  Maybe they should call him an undercover lobbyist? Comcast double agent? Professional snake oil salesman?

• On the post: Government Displeases Journalists Who Rely On FOIA Requests With Plan To Release Documents 'To All' Simultaneously

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 15 Jul, 2015 @ 06:09am

  Re: Less about transparency, and more about stopping people from pasting together the entire document...

  This is exactly what I thought too - a single redaction, thus less information gets out.
  
  The government seems to enjoy being antagonistic towards those who own them.

• On the post: Cord Cutting Is About To Punch ESPN Squarely In The Face

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 15 Jul, 2015 @ 06:10am

  sling TV

  Sadly, sling bundling ESPN is a waste. I'd love to pay ~7 less a month for sling.

• On the post: Amnesty International Told That GCHQ Spied On Its Communications

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 02 Jul, 2015 @ 11:10am

  Re:

  " Targeting supposed terrorists or even spying on another Governments is one thing and it is perfectly understandable"
  
  Truly, is it? Have people ever reached the conclusion that hey, maybe no spying is ever ok? Government, terrorism, none of it is ever acceptable. Mostly because none of it is going to follow the actual defined versions. Government is going to target every government employee, civilian or otherwise. Every person on the planet is considered a terrorist because they have opinions and terrorists have opinions.
  
  So no, not any spying is understandable - and we have ourselves solely to blame.

• On the post: Daily Deal: Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13 PC Home

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 16 Jun, 2015 @ 12:37pm

  wait, what?

  How is this a deal when it's on amazon for the same price?
  
  I'm all for supporting techdirt deals, but umm...this isn't one.

• On the post: Verizon Wireless Tells 'Price Sensitive' Customers It Doesn't Want Them, Declares It Doesn't Need To Truly Compete

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 11 May, 2015 @ 09:20am

  hahahahaha

  "price over quality"
  
  What they mean is the other way around.
  
  Unlimited data is the only thing that reflects on their quality.

• On the post: DVD Makers Say That You Don't Really Own The DVDs You Bought… Thanks To Copyright

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2015 @ 11:06am

  Re: Re: Where do I return them to?

  I constantly reuse the $0 I've spent over the last 5 years on DVD/Blu-RAy alone.
  
  I also probably have as good or more extensive of a collection than you do, with none of the restrictions!
  
  You are part of the problem.

• On the post: DVD Makers Say That You Don't Really Own The DVDs You Bought… Thanks To Copyright

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2015 @ 11:05am

  Re:

  Something something sony case about restricting linux.
  
  Are we looking at a hilariously large class action against DVDCCA/AACS about how you owned it when you bought it, but not now? Because if I can't even own the DVD of a movie I buy then it's sure as hell not worth even the $5 in the bargain bin.

• On the post: Chris Dodd Implies US Gov't Should Go After Wikileaks For Publishing Leaked Sony Emails

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 22 Apr, 2015 @ 12:38pm

  Re:

  the term is loadsamoney. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON-7v4qnHP8

• On the post: Our Response To Sony Sending Us A Threat Letter For Reporting On The Company's Leaked Emails

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2015 @ 11:30am

  Re: Pounding sand

  Here's the thing. Boies is clearly in this for $$. They have done great things in the past too, such as defend Novell vs Microsoft in other cases.
  
  Was it just a fluke that doing so was the one time they were remotely ethical/not garbage?

• On the post: Major Record Labels Use Lawsuit Against MP3Skull To Try To Backdoor In SOPA

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2015 @ 10:17am

  amicus?

  Maybe someone can send the judge an amicus?

• On the post: Facebook, Google's Supposed Love Of Net Neutrality Notably Absent In India

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 16 Apr, 2015 @ 07:51am

  zero rated apps have an easier explanation

  There's an easier way to sum up/explain what zero rated apps do:
  
  they turn the internet into AOL online.
  
  So facebook = aol online
  google = aol online
  
  Why would people want that?

• On the post: Google To EU: You Know, No One Really Uses Our Vertical Search Products

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 15 Apr, 2015 @ 11:52am

  Re:

  You'll have a hard time making an argument that google somehow is monopolizing search when you can search using anything you want, as noted.
  
  The irony is that lots of search engines do this same thing as google: bing promotes google partners, yahoo promotes bing and thus bing partners, etc.

• On the post: Senate Intelligence Committee Finally Decides That Maybe It Should Figure Out What The Intelligence Community Is Up To

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 13 Apr, 2015 @ 10:53am

  Is it really that hard?

  Maybe she could start looking on wikipedia?
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_government_mass_surveillance_projects

• On the post: White House Floats Idea Of Crypto Backdoor… If The Key Is Broken Into Multiple Pieces

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 13 Apr, 2015 @ 09:36am

  "So, now the questions is if the White House will actually listen to the cybersecurity experts at NIST "

  Uh, you remember how NIST is the group that has been compromised by the NSA on a multitude of levels?
  
  I wouldn't rely on NIST any more than I'd suggest relying on what NIST represents, such as FIPS - which happens to be mandated on every machine and is basically an imaginary wishlist of "your machines/processes are secure!"

• On the post: Barrett Brown Loses Email Access For A Year After Using Email To Complain About Prison

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 06 Apr, 2015 @ 02:04pm

  Re:

  Yep, but guess how long it's going to take to get that run through the system?
  
  Longer than the year, I presume.

• On the post: What Do You Do When Preserving Evidence Is Labeled 'Possession' And Destroying It Is A Felony?

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 03 Apr, 2015 @ 10:11am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Aha, indeed. Just like how they "can't" label you a suspect for witnessing a crime.
  
  I think the answer is obvious: don't tell the feds anything unless you have evidence yourself and deal with it privately. Which is sad, because that supports Churches in this case taking precedence in making legal decisions.

• On the post: When Analyzing Cord Cutting Options, Most TV Analysts Continue To Pretend Piracy Simply Doesn't Exist

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 30 Mar, 2015 @ 10:15am

  Re: What's missing

  You're not missing anything by skipping broadcast tv or cable TV.
  
  That's what's called "an improvement in quality", not the opposite. What with speeding up of tv shows to cram more ads and other similarly obtuse behaviors.

• On the post: To Abundance: The Cause Of, And Solution To, All Of Life's Problems

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 12 Mar, 2015 @ 01:40pm

  Re: Any thoughts on preventing being co-opted

  I agree, when I read "think tank", the first thought is "overpaid/willfully ignorant group of politically minded individuals". Blame the bad ones for that.

• On the post: AT&T's Cozy NSA Ties Brought Up In Attempt To Scuttle DirecTV Merger

  

  Designerfx ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2015 @ 11:11am

  This now explains sling

  No wonder sling.tv moved forward (from directTV). They're probably preventing ATT from eliminating directTV, by creating sling.
  
  I now see why this has ramped up so fast after the Aereo lawsuit.

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