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  • On the post: DailyDirt: NYC Subways Filled With Unknown Species

    Gracey ( profile ), 13 Feb, 2015 @ 05:06am

    I foresee a run on white cotton gloves after this.

    Maybe all those mom's from the 50s and 60s got it right.

  • On the post: Samsung's Smart TVs Are Collecting And Storing Your Private Conversations

    Gracey ( profile ), 09 Feb, 2015 @ 07:47am

    So, if you have a smart TV, hand out notepads and pens, and write notes to each other, and for gods sake, don't speak out loud .. oh yeah, and don't text either.

    Correspondence by paper and pen...right back to where we started. What's next, hand signs? stone and chisel?

  • On the post: The TSA Wants To Read Your Facebook Posts And Check Out Your Purchases Before It Will Approve You For PreCheck

    Gracey ( profile ), 26 Jan, 2015 @ 10:50am

    ... and they want to charge us $85 for that privilege?

    but, but ... why?

    Aren't they already doing it for free?

  • On the post: DailyDirt: Miracle Cures

    Gracey ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2015 @ 06:23pm

    And I wonder how many people are going to start running around looking for ways to get their hands on those drugs? People won't wait for tests and trials.

    Have you ever heard of the "just in case" crowd?

    They'll take anything, just in case it might work.

    ...reminds me of a lady I used to know. Took 2 tylenol every day at noon, "just in case" she got a headache.

  • On the post: Linux Developer Who Issued Bogus YouTube Takedowns Threatens Techdirt With Legal Action For Publishing His 'Private Information'

    Gracey ( profile ), 12 Jan, 2015 @ 01:35pm

    Re: Re:

    I put my home address, since it is already posted on my website.

    On the other hand, I rather do know that it's public, so complaining if someone uses it does seem a little silly.

    I knew it would be public when I registered it, but also knew it would be pointless to "privatize" it.

    Why people don't realize that information is public is something I can't explain. If the information for registration lists your name, then all someone has to do is Google your name, and registration information that's public shows up.

    ...some people shouldn't use the internet. It's kind of like someone who has only rode a horse their entire life suddenly getting a car. Everyone else needs protection.

  • On the post: Chrome Security Team Considers Marking All HTTP Pages As 'Non-Secure'

    Gracey ( profile ), 15 Dec, 2014 @ 04:20pm

    Re: I hate social engineering.

    I tend to agree. My photography site is not https, and really has no reason to be. I don't use advertising, I don't allow direct emails, and only have image galleries for view. People decide whether to call me for an estimate or not.

    I see no reason to use https (no reason not to except being stubborn enough to not want to fart my my site, yet again, just to suit Google), and I see no reason to consider it "bad" or "dangerous".

    What a pain in the ass.

  • On the post: Keurig's Controversial Java 'DRM' Defeated By A Single Piece Of Scotch Tape

    Gracey ( profile ), 11 Dec, 2014 @ 09:52am

    My old Keurig pot has been misbehaving for months, but I've put off buying a new one because of the DRM.

    But, I've since decided the cost of the new Keurig isn't worth the aggravation.

    I have a regular $20 Sunbeam coffee pot (that I've had for a year for making full pots). I ordered a JoePod for it (right now, about $25 for two).

    http://www.joepod.com/

    Problem solved.

  • On the post: No, Tech Companies Can't Easily Create A 'ContentID' For Harassment, And It Would Be A Disaster If They Did

    Gracey ( profile ), 10 Dec, 2014 @ 12:11pm

    I guess I don't understand the issue at all.

    TURN OFF comments.

    Problem solved.

    Either that or moderate comments before allowing them to be posted. If one is harassing, mark it as spam and move on.

    People have a choice and it's up to them to make it.

  • On the post: Judge Posner Says NSA Should Be Able To Get Everything & That Privacy Is Overrated

    Gracey ( profile ), 09 Dec, 2014 @ 12:16pm

    [Judge Posner Says NSA Should Be Able To Get Everything & That Privacy Is Overrated]

    ... yeah, until of course, his privacy is violated.

    Dear Judge:

    Beware of hackers.

  • On the post: French Publishers Think They Can Fix Online Advertising By Suing The Company Behind AdBlockPlus

    Gracey ( profile ), 09 Dec, 2014 @ 09:25am

    [But who decides whether an ad is "acceptable" or not]

    I do. At least for myself. Other people can decide for themselves too.

    [and thus qualified for a spot on the software's whitelist)? Well, the company does]

    Only if the user allows it to. The "sofware's" whitelist is just that - belongs to the software developer. It doesn't belong to me, and I can negate that by choosing myself what to block and what not to block.

    I don't choose to block by "acceptable advertising". I block by website - in it's entirety.

    If a website warrants me turning on my adblocker it's because the ads have overtaken the content (ie: more ads than content) or nearly all of the ads "move" in some way, or the page has multiple popups and popunders (which also warrant a blocker) or too many trackers that I can't opt out of.

    Just because I use adsense on my site, doesn't mean I'm going to whitelist them. Publishers abuse the numbers of ads frequently. If I have to turn on my adblocker, it's for the site, and not because of specific ads.

    And no, I don't have an issue with people using adblockers when visiting my site. I don't find one or two ads annoying, but others might, and that's within their right to choose.

    I'm not going to block visitors because of it (the phrase "cutting off your nose to spite your face" comes to mind here). Why exchange one ill for another?

    The French can, IMO, "aller sucer un cornichon" (excusez mon français) ... highschool was a long time ago.

  • On the post: AMC Forgets Time Zones Exist, Spoils Walking Dead Midseason Finale

    Gracey ( profile ), 05 Dec, 2014 @ 05:54am

    Personally I prefer books over TV too, although I'm not sure if I consider them a superior form of entertainment.

    "Different strokes for different folks".

    They are two different mediums. TV is noisy, and sometimes too visual, and most of the time has little of interest in mainstream shows. They get boring pretty quickly (for me anyways).

    Take the Walking Dead, okay for the first few seasons after that ... well, you get a little sick of the same old thing. Someone dies, becomes a zombie, bites someone else, then gets killed and it starts all over again.

    For people who like that sort of thing, fine.

    On the other hand, since there is (IMO) so much garbage that bores me, books are a better choice. There may be garbage books (personally I think there is "garbage" available in all entertainment mediums), but there are millions of books to choose from, while on TV, or even Netflix you are limited to what is available. Less choice, less value. A book can be free (shared, or library), while we pay for our TV privilege, with little in the way of value in return.

    If it weren't for my husband who "needs" his sports, I wouldn't likely have TV.

    There are enough things available online that for what I feel is watchable, TV isn't (for me) worth the effort or the money.

  • On the post: Marc Randazza Emasculates Pick-Up Artist, Legal Counsel In Hilariously Brutal Response To A Bogus Takedown Demand

    Gracey ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2014 @ 12:31pm

    [Australia has already revoked his visa ahead of scheduled appearance, thanks to pressure from a Change.org petition. The UK and Canada are considering similar actions.]

    Canada damn well better revoke his visa (forever). We don't need any more assholes here.

  • On the post: Awesome Stuff: Coffee, The Other Kickstarter

    Gracey ( profile ), 15 Nov, 2014 @ 11:19am

    The first one of these (unless you count pioneer coffee) was the original Melitta pot. A glass carafe with a cone shaped plastic funnel.

    http://www.melitta.ca/filters/manual-coffee-makers

    How are these different, except perhaps cost?

  • On the post: DailyDirt: How Many Passwords Do You Know?

    Gracey ( profile ), 14 Nov, 2014 @ 02:08am

    I have an index card for each site I have a password for (a real paper one, not digital). I store them in a most unlikely place. Where they're stored is written in a letter and kept with my will. That's for my 2 girls (hopefully, long into the future).

    Unfortunately, it does mean I have to remember them but then, I don't have passwords for hundreds of sites either. I have only a dozen sites I use regularly where I need a password.

    I don't sign up for membership and a lot of random sites. If you can't read or visit a site without signing up, I'll find somewhere else to get the information I need.

    When it gets to the point that I can't remember a dozen or so passwords, I'll turn in my computer.

  • On the post: Ontario Police Inspector Says He Wants A 'Driver's License For The Internet'

    Gracey ( profile ), 12 Nov, 2014 @ 10:14am

    Why do they even think an internet license would stop bullying, or stop internet child abuse? It won't. No more than a driving license stops speeders, or drunk drivers, or people driving without a license.

    Bah.

    If such a thing were ever passed, I could easily predict a lot Canadians buying fake documents to use a fake name to get an internet license.

    Just what we needed. More crap removing privacy that Canadian citizens are supposed to be entitled to.

    Pretty soon, I'll need a license to walk down the street because they don't know who I am.

    ...geeze

  • On the post: Scammers Using FBI And NSA Logos, Claiming Legal Actions And Demanding Payment Via GreenDot MoneyPak

    Gracey ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2014 @ 01:41pm

    Re: Re: If the NSA can't find and stop scammers...

    [quote]Sorry the legal system is not designed to prevent or catch all criminals, its is only designed to make criminals out of people they don't like.[/quote]

    Sure, but if I were the FBI, I think I'd go after these guys out of sheer spite, after all ... they're making the FBI look like fools.

    Oh wait ... too late for that.

  • On the post: Roca Labs Threatens To Sue All Three Former Customers Who Provided Evidence Against Roca In PissedConsumer Case

    Gracey ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2014 @ 08:49am

    Re:

    [quote]in how the legal arguments from Roca seem to be filled with more filler than substance[/quote]

    Well why not? Isn't that the way they work ... the product is no different ... filled with more filler than substance too.

  • On the post: Cops Seize Car When Told To Get A Warrant, Tell Owner That's What He Gets For 'Exercising His Rights'

    Gracey ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2014 @ 08:40am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: General corruption?

    Rights? What rights?

    It appears that any written rights once afforded citizens are already burned to ash. All that's left is to sweep away the remains of the burned paper.

    Rights appear to be a fluid commodity, offered or not, at the whim of whatever authorities you aren't able to avoid.

    And it's not just the US that suffers from this.

  • On the post: New 'Company' Claims It Uses Algorithms To Create Content Faster Than Creators Can, Making All Future Creations 'Infringing'

    Gracey ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2014 @ 11:47am

    [quote]What Qentis is proposing is the bulk algorithmic creation of content – music, text, images etc – on such a large scale that in a few years its clients will own the rights to just about anything people might care to create and upload.[/quote]


    ...bullsh**t

  • On the post: NJ Town Proposes Law That Would Grant Law Enforcement The Right To Warrantlessly Search Houses To Find Underage Drinkers

    Gracey ( profile ), 25 Sep, 2014 @ 05:19am

    Seriously ... don't they have anything better to do than worry about underage drinkers inside a private home?

    OMG ... let's send a few thugs to town. Least then they'd have some crime to worry about.

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