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• On the post: Musician Peter Gabriel Comes Out Against SOPA/PIPA; Website Will Go Dark

  

  Nastybutler77 ( profile ), 17 Jan, 2012 @ 01:15pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  It's obvious he hasn't read it. Anyone that actually takes the time to read it immediately understands that Google, Masnick, et al are all lying about how bad it supposedly is.
  
  I wonder how much in donations Jimmy Wales was promised if he took the site dark; I know they've really been hurting for money recently.
  
  Wow. That's a lot of bullshit for one short post.
  
  So your defacto arguement is, "If you dissagree with PIPA/SOPA you haven't read it as no one upon reading it could have any issues with it." What a crock. Come up with a real arguement and get back to me.
  
  And if Wales wanted to line his pockets he'd take the easy money and side with the **IA's since they're the ones throwing cash at anyone who will support this horrible, horrible bill.
  
  Troll hard, retard.

• On the post: Musician Peter Gabriel Comes Out Against SOPA/PIPA; Website Will Go Dark

  

  Nastybutler77 ( profile ), 17 Jan, 2012 @ 01:01pm

  Re: Re:

  Someone's sarcasm meter is on the fritz...

• On the post: Senator Dianne Feinstein: So Out Of Touch, She Doesn't Realize Tech Companies Are Vehemently Against PROTECT IP

  

  Nastybutler77 ( profile ), 16 Dec, 2011 @ 02:19pm

  Apparently Feinstein is completely blind to the very vocal outrage from some of the largest tech companies around, including Google, Yahoo, eBay, Twitter, Facebook, Mozilla, Wikipedia and more. This is not someone listening to the people. It's someone following the money.
  
  While I agree with your general point, Mike, I find it interesting that in this paragraph, whether intentional or not, it seems you've equated tech companies to people. I guess you agree with the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v. FEC?

• On the post: SOPA Sponsors: Pass SOPA To Protect The Troops; Everyone Else: WTF?

  

  Nastybutler77 ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2011 @ 11:03am

  Re: Re: Re:

  If you think that was bullying, you sure are pretty sensitive aren't you, cupcake?

• On the post: SOPA Sponsors: Pass SOPA To Protect The Troops; Everyone Else: WTF?

  

  Nastybutler77 ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2011 @ 10:56am

  Re: "the good name of our military"?

  Rubbish. Utter rubbish.

• On the post: SOPA Sponsors: Pass SOPA To Protect The Troops; Everyone Else: WTF?

  

  Nastybutler77 ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2011 @ 10:54am

  Re: Re: Who buys this stuff?

  I'm responding to my own post here, just to be clear. I wasn't signed in for the comments in this post.
  
  But to follow up to what I was saying, this is all just part of the ridiculous farce that is our Republican form of government. It's the game they play with rules that have evolved over the past 240 or so years.
  
  Which has me thinking: Hasn't technology gotten to the point to where we can do away with Republican government and go back to a straight up democracy? Forgive this digression, which I'm sure has been brought up before (as nothing is original).
  
  With a majority of the population in possesion of a cellphone and more and more people using smartphones, couldn't we just say that everyone who wants to vote has to do so by a cellphone registered to their SSN? But not voting for elected officials; instead every item that Congress would normally vote on gets voted on by the entire population, including commitee and subcomitee issues.
  
  No more lobbying to politicians. Instead they have to advertise to the public (and you thought campaign ads were bad). A drawback to be sure, but there could be limits impossed.
  
  Tell me why this is a bad idea or wouldn't work. And then tell me how we can make it work.

• On the post: Former LVRJ Publisher Admits He Was Behind Righthaven Lawsuit

  

  Nastybutler77 ( profile ), 21 Jul, 2011 @ 04:09pm

  You can't handle the truth!!

  If they make a movie out of this whole Righthaven thing, they need to get Jack Nicholson to reprise his Col. Jessep role in playing Frederick.

• On the post: Congress Condemns Belarus For Doing A Bunch Of Things It Wants To Do

  

  Nastybutler77 ( profile ), 11 Jul, 2011 @ 12:07pm

  This is another one of those, "Do as I say, not as I do" situations. Our government and it's members do this all the time. Rep. Craig ring any bells?

• On the post: Guess Who Just Lost Another Lawsuit? If You Said Righthaven…

  

  Nastybutler77 ( profile ), 23 Jun, 2011 @ 10:44am

  How long before Righthaven starts bringing these suits in East Texas?

• On the post: Zappos Uses Mechanical Turk To Correct Spelling/Grammar Errors In Reviews… And It Increases Sales

  

  Nastybutler77 ( profile ), 03 May, 2011 @ 03:44pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Ahhh. I see I wasn't clever enough to get the joke. I guess since that same joke had been used several times already in this thread I assumed you were being serious. Very good. Carry on.

• On the post: Zappos Uses Mechanical Turk To Correct Spelling/Grammar Errors In Reviews… And It Increases Sales

  

  Nastybutler77 ( profile ), 03 May, 2011 @ 02:58pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  Aw, man you beat me to it by being brief, and now I look like I don't refresh my page before I post.

• On the post: Zappos Uses Mechanical Turk To Correct Spelling/Grammar Errors In Reviews… And It Increases Sales

  

  Nastybutler77 ( profile ), 03 May, 2011 @ 02:56pm

  Re: Re: My guess

  Damn! Does Turk handle HTML formating gaffs?

• On the post: Zappos Uses Mechanical Turk To Correct Spelling/Grammar Errors In Reviews… And It Increases Sales

  

  Nastybutler77 ( profile ), 03 May, 2011 @ 02:54pm

  Re: Re:

  And it's "they're" as in a contraction of "they are."
  
  You're welcome. See it's easy to use contractions. Whoops there I go again.

• On the post: Zappos Uses Mechanical Turk To Correct Spelling/Grammar Errors In Reviews… And It Increases Sales

  

  Nastybutler77 ( profile ), 03 May, 2011 @ 02:50pm

  Re: My guess

  My presiction is that darryl's head would finnally (sic) explode after seeing the extensive rewrites of his allways (sic) thotful (sic) expositions. But I digress...
  
  The first thing I thought of when reading the last sentence of Mike's post was, "Don't do that, then people might actually think Darryl has cognitive reasoning!"

• On the post: Atlas Shrugged Movie Leaves Hollywood Scratching Its Head, Because It's Succeeding Without Them

  

  Nastybutler77 ( profile ), 22 Apr, 2011 @ 04:40pm

  Re: per theater

  Of course, people who are rabid advocates of elitism...
  
  You mean like Ayn Rand?

• On the post: Weird Al Denied Permission To Parody Lady Gaga… Releases New Song For Free Anyway [Updated]

  

  Nastybutler77 ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2011 @ 01:52pm

  Re: Gotta love the dude!

  I wonder if Lady Gaga would sue if I started a band named "The Gaga's"?
  
  Yes.
  
  http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110308/03390313399/lady-gaga-claiming-ownership-gaga-threatens-baby-gaga-ice-cream.shtml

• On the post: Weird Al Denied Permission To Parody Lady Gaga… Releases New Song For Free Anyway [Updated]

  

  Nastybutler77 ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2011 @ 01:46pm

  Re:

  You didn't cite your original sources, but if they are more legitimate than Weird Al's own blog about the story, please enlighten all of us.
  
  Snark much? To quote The Big Lebowski:
  
  Walter: Am I wrong?
  The Dude: You're not wrong Walter. You're just an asshole.

• On the post: Summit Entertainment Sues Fans Who Tweeted Images From Upcoming Twilight Flick

  

  Nastybutler77 ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2011 @ 01:32pm

  Boycott!

  Well I for one will be boycotting the upcoming Twilight movie. Not necessarily because of Summit's douchebaggery, but more because I'm not a tweenage girl.

• On the post: Prince Claims When Someone Covers Your Song, The Original No Longer Exists

  

  Nastybutler77 ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2011 @ 10:38am

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  Most artists don't have a problem with the exposure so long as they are credited. Why can't musical artists get the same courtesy?
  
  They do. In the liner notes of the album. You just don't hear that on the radio, or mp3 gotten off of Limewire.

• On the post: New RIAA Evidence Comes To Light: Napster Killed Kerosene Too!

  

  Nastybutler77 ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2011 @ 09:58am

  Re:

  The RIAA should take their act on the road. I am sure as a comedy tour, they would rake in some serious cash.
  
  They wouldn't (couldn't?) do any worse than Charlie Sheen.

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