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• On the post: Bad Reasoning: We Don't Need More High Speed Internet Because People Don't Use Fast Internet Now

  

  ethorad ( profile ), 16 Nov, 2012 @ 07:46am

  Re: So much for learning from the past

  Not just cars, any invention which is ubiquitous today had to pass through the 6% usage point.
  - indoor toilets
  - domestic electricity supplies
  - mobile phones, hell even home telephones
  - literacy

• On the post: Three Strikes Is Out? UK Judges Rule Internet Ban Is 'Unreasonable', Even For Sex Offenders

  

  ethorad ( profile ), 14 Nov, 2012 @ 12:52pm

  Re: D.E.A (D)

  I can see it now - we haven't disconnected people, only reduced their bandwidth to 1 bit per fortnight.

• On the post: Three Strikes Is Out? UK Judges Rule Internet Ban Is 'Unreasonable', Even For Sex Offenders

  

  ethorad ( profile ), 14 Nov, 2012 @ 12:52pm

  Re: D.E.A (D)

  I can see it now - we haven't disconnected people, only reduced their bandwidth to 1 bit per fortnight.

• On the post: DailyDirt: Alternatives To Projectile Weapons

  

  ethorad ( profile ), 14 Nov, 2012 @ 09:17am

  non-lethal worse than lethal?

  In a related note, there's an interesting article over on Slate discussing the strange position we're in whereby law enforcement can use various non-lethal weapons on their citizenry, but the Geneva conventions prohibit their use on enemy combatants as causing "superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering".
  
  We need a Geneva convention on use of weapons on civilians!

• On the post: Three Strikes Is Out? UK Judges Rule Internet Ban Is 'Unreasonable', Even For Sex Offenders

  

  ethorad ( profile ), 14 Nov, 2012 @ 09:08am

  Unauthorised sharing of copyright works is far less serious than sex offences? It's almost as if you don't care about artists!

• On the post: Apple Learns That Suing A Key Supplier May Not Be So Smart; Samsung Jacks Up Prices On Apple

  

  ethorad ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2012 @ 09:12am

  Re: Re:

  Thus proving that popcorn farmers require patents (and the silly lawsuits/retribution that follows) in order to survive.
  
  Or was it copyright they needed?
  
  I forget.

• On the post: Will Disney Block Star Wars Fan-Made Content?

  

  ethorad ( profile ), 07 Nov, 2012 @ 09:10am

  "The more you tighten your grip, Disney, the more fans will slip through your fingers."
  - Princess Minnie

• On the post: George Lucas Finally Relinquishes His Tight Control Of Star Wars… To Mickey Mouse

  

  ethorad ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2012 @ 10:12am

  Re: Re:

  You think Disney ignore an existing story and come up with their own? Yeah, that's gonna happen.
  
  Ever since that funny film they did about a mouse on a steamboat I don't think they've done anything original. Not counting drafts of copyright legislation of course.

• On the post: Leaked White House Report Finds No Evidence Of Huawei Spying

  

  ethorad ( profile ), 18 Oct, 2012 @ 01:23am

  Re:

  Maybe Sony, the Whitehouse, StratFor, Iranian uranium centrifuges etc, etc have all been using Huawei equipment?

• On the post: Creepy Smartphone Malware Re-creates Your Home For Stalkers

  

  ethorad ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2012 @ 02:41am

  Re: Re: [this space intentionally left blank]

  Only problem will be:
  
  Phone - where's my pho... oh, wait. Dammit!

• On the post: How Do You Know If A TSA Agent Stole An iPad? There's An App For That

  

  ethorad ( profile ), 03 Oct, 2012 @ 03:32am

  Re:

  Oh dear, wish I wasn't playing the copyright drinking game!
  
  Using the word steal to refer to infringement: Take a drink
  
  Correct usage of the word steal with reference to copyrighted material: Drink all the alcohol in the house

• On the post: Panama's Government One Step Away From Passing The 'Worst Copyright Law In History'

  

  ethorad ( profile ), 27 Sep, 2012 @ 07:27am

  Re:

  Come on, the plague was pretty fair, or at least non-discriminatory. The plague did exactly what it was meant to do - spread virulently and kill people. No hypocrisy, no lies.
  
  Comparisons with fox news and the copyright lobby are what gives the Black Death a bad name!

• On the post: UK Student Charged For 'Grossly Offensive' Facebook Post

  

  ethorad ( profile ), 18 Sep, 2012 @ 07:57am

  Where is Voltaire when we need him?

  It's at times like this Voltaire must be turning in his grave. I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
  
  (I know, he apparently didn't actually say that but, hey, go and eat cake)

• On the post: UK Student Charged For 'Grossly Offensive' Facebook Post

  

  ethorad ( profile ), 18 Sep, 2012 @ 07:50am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Turns out we don't have "free speech" laws, but free "speech laws" ... we were given some opressive laws without having to pay for them*
  
  *financially I mean, obviously we pay for the with our liberty

• On the post: FBI Continues To Foil Its Own Devised Terrorist Plots

  

  ethorad ( profile ), 18 Sep, 2012 @ 05:19am

  Re: Re:

  Quite. I'd be even more worried about the FBI if they weren't able to foil their own plots.
  
  They've managed to keep a 100% record for just over 11 years now!

• On the post: Ubisoft Learns Hitting Customers Over The Head And Calling Them Thieves Is Not Good Policy

  

  ethorad ( profile ), 06 Sep, 2012 @ 08:50am

  One door opens, another one closes:
  
  While I might now buy the next Ubisoft game, unfortunately it looks like I'm going to have to give the next SimCity a miss, which will be disappointing as it'll be the first SimCity I've not bought.
  http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/03/28/simcity-to-be-crippled-by-always-on-lets-change-this/

• On the post: If You Can't Sue The Feds For Spying, Sue Them For Lying About Spying

  

  ethorad ( profile ), 06 Sep, 2012 @ 08:35am

  If you can't get them for spying, get them for lying?
  
  Sounds like the Al Capone method of prosecution (or rather the Frank J Wilson method I guess)

• On the post: Horrifying: Surfthechannel Criminal Conviction Driven By Hollywood Money — Not The Government

  

  ethorad ( profile ), 21 Aug, 2012 @ 05:05am

  Re:

  Did you know you have the same name as the guy who runs Techdirt? Must be awkward when people mistake you for someone else with diametrically opposite views!

• On the post: Honey Badger Don't Care… Unless You're Cheering On A College Player With That Nickname

  

  ethorad ( profile ), 14 Aug, 2012 @ 08:43am

  sue colleges?

  If you're not allowed to sell products that advertise student athletes, where does that leave the colleges?
  
  After all I'm sure they advertise their courses including comments on current star student athletes. Come study at LSU with Tyrann Mathieu!

• On the post: Olympics Shuts Down Non-Commercial Online Service That Helped People Get Tickets

  

  ethorad ( profile ), 10 Aug, 2012 @ 06:30am

  Re: Re: Not quite the full story

  Correct, I'm saying they haven't been victimised. I was taking victimised to be the subject of a targeted attack rather than someone periphally affected. The victim of an attack if you will.
  
  Granted you can think of "victim" as anyone affected, perhaps I should have used more specific language.
  
  Consider the last line to read as "Are they specifically targetting 2012TicketAlert? Don't believe so"

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