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• On the post: We Ask The Supreme Court To Clarify If It's Legal For Virginia To Bar Techdirt From Filing Freedom Of Information Requests

  

  Divide by Zero ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2012 @ 06:52pm

  Re: Re:

  That needs more than just a funny button

• On the post: Fan Fiction: A Revisionist History And Future

  

  Divide by Zero ( profile ), 28 Aug, 2012 @ 08:04pm

  As a wannabe author, I'd be fucking stoked if something I wrote was popular enough to inspire fanfic. Like, ABSOLUTELY OVER THE MOON. Even if I hated any particular fanfic, the fact that someone liked my story/plot/characters/setting/whatever enough to have a go with them themselves would make me very very happy. I just don't understand authors who refuse to acknowledge (or even actively demonise) the people who are arguably their biggest fans, because I've never met a fanficcer who didn't love the source material enormously.
  
  Maybe Morrison is just bitter no one wants to write fanfics of his work.

• On the post: The Aftershock Of Stupidity: Lendink Reopens Only To Receive Trolling DMCA Notices

  

  Divide by Zero ( profile ), 28 Aug, 2012 @ 06:30pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  Well that's about the biggest failure of a comment I've ever seen. You've already been burned by Mike, but damn, could have made it more obvious you haven't been keeping up?

• On the post: Apple/Samsung Verdict Advertising Samsung As A Viable Alternative To iPads & iPhones

  

  Divide by Zero ( profile ), 27 Aug, 2012 @ 07:53pm

  Re: Why are Apple suing rather than competing? Maybe...

  Because the only times that Apple has successfully got to market first is when Steve jobs was in control. Which isn't the case at the moment. And never will be again.
  
  FTFY

• On the post: Apple/Samsung Jurors Admit They Finished Quickly By Ignoring Prior Art & Other Key Factors

  

  Divide by Zero ( profile ), 27 Aug, 2012 @ 03:49pm

  Re: Re: Jury of peers?

  I'm all for it, as long as it comes to that last option. I'll put a hundy on Zuckerfuck hitting the floor first.

• On the post: Apparently I'm A Google Shill And I Didn't Even Know It

  

  Divide by Zero ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2012 @ 07:02pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: The other side of the equation

  Are you actually serious? It means exactly what it says, namely that maybe Google should have stood more firmly instead of just going 'fuck it, here's some names'.

• On the post: Pen vs. Pen: Dealing With A Copycat By Naming & Shaming

  

  Divide by Zero ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2012 @ 12:30pm

  Re: Well, they should have called it "piracy"

  You forgot Big Pen, bob. I am disappointed in you.

• On the post: Hachette Tells Authors And Tor To Use DRM Because It Is Awesome Or Something

  

  Divide by Zero ( profile ), 16 Aug, 2012 @ 01:07pm

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  Yeah, see I never got that about Harriet, and why someone doesn't explain it to her. My husband & I are hanging out for the last book, and had planned to buy the hardcover & ebook at the same time so we could each read it without having to wait our turn. Then lo-and-behold, it turns out we can't. So instead of getting two sales of the one book in our house, they're gonna have to make do with one. Their loss, I suppose.

• On the post: Video Of Dotcom Raid Revealed, As NZ Police Admit It Was 'Over The Top'

  

  Divide by Zero ( profile ), 08 Aug, 2012 @ 01:39pm

  Re: Maybe the most damning part

  Oh but don't forget the FBI told the police that Kim had a device that would let him delete all the servers. What it says about our cops that they believed such a load of crap though...

• On the post: Even The Sex At The Olympics Is Sponsored

  

  Divide by Zero ( profile ), 08 Aug, 2012 @ 10:52am

  Clearly the IOC are just pissy that they aren't getting any themselves.

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

  

  Divide by Zero ( profile ), 08 Aug, 2012 @ 10:49am

  As near as I can tell half if them seem to write vampire porn. Perhaps they're taking out the fact that they've just realised they're completely unoriginal hacks on the nearest "soft" target they could find. Seriously, some of the quotes of their work make Twilight look inspired and masterful, and Twilight isn't even good enough to wipe my bum with.

• On the post: Avoiding Olympic Spoilers: A Guide

  

  Divide by Zero ( profile ), 03 Aug, 2012 @ 08:02pm

  winning doubles rowing competitions
  
  That's the new criteria for determining world powers? In which case, all of you bow down to your new kiwi overlords! We are taking dominion over you all!
  
  What? It was sarcasm? Nevermind.

• On the post: Europe Already Has Draft Standard For Real-Time Government Snooping On Services Like Facebook And Gmail

  

  Divide by Zero ( profile ), 03 Aug, 2012 @ 03:15pm

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  And then burnt. we are talking about zombie vampires, afterall.

• On the post: US Has Ignored New Zealand Court Order To Return Data It Seized From Megaupload

  

  Divide by Zero ( profile ), 01 Aug, 2012 @ 01:33am

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  Can you shut up? Seriously. Take your yellow journalism crap and stop commenting about my country's legal system like you have the first fucking idea what you're talking about.

• On the post: Hacktivism: Anonymous Breaches Australian ISP To Protests Data Retention

  

  Divide by Zero ( profile ), 31 Jul, 2012 @ 01:25am

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  If he says he's Anonymous, then he's Anonymous. That's how it works.
  
  And honestly, rather it happens now, like this, than by who knows who and for who knows what purpose later. Governments need to pull their head out of their arses and realise that stuff like that isn't secure just because they say it must be.

• On the post: NZ Copyright Industry Claims New 'Three Strikes' Law Halved Movie Infringements After One Month: So What?

  

  Divide by Zero ( profile ), 27 Jul, 2012 @ 02:51pm

  Most people I know either held off for a month or so, or just straight away switched to various proxies, VPNs and seedboxes. What really pisses me off about the whole law is the presumption of guilt, and the blatant give us free stuff from the entertainment industries. For a changeI'm feeling pro Telecom, purely because they want the cost to send an infringement notice put up to $104.
  
  Also, NZFACT can suck a dick for having the most misleading name of all time.

• On the post: German Consumer Group Not Happy With Diablo 3 Internet Requirements

  

  Divide by Zero ( profile ), 26 Jul, 2012 @ 01:53am

  Even worse when you have spectacularly shite internet like here. One of the many reasons it hasn't been bought, and probably won't be.