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• On the post: Rather Than Punishing Moviegoing Texters, Why Not Provide Incentives For Them To Put Down Their Phones?

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 21 Dec, 2012 @ 06:51pm

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  So, you're against giving people trophies for not acting like jerks with you? Because punishment is better because... it's punishment, and it makes you feel vindicated, or... something?
  
  Maybe it makes it worth your money to see someone get kicked out of the theater, instead of seeing less people acting like jerks in the first place so that they don't need to get kicked out?

• On the post: Rather Than Punishing Moviegoing Texters, Why Not Provide Incentives For Them To Put Down Their Phones?

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 21 Dec, 2012 @ 06:47pm

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  You're the expert.

• On the post: Rather Than Punishing Moviegoing Texters, Why Not Provide Incentives For Them To Put Down Their Phones?

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 21 Dec, 2012 @ 06:46pm

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  So, you get pissed at people that want to give incentives to others so that they don't do that thing that pisses you off so much, because it fails to make them suffer in the way that they have made you suffer?
  
  All I'm hearing is "I want them to stop! But not with positive reinforcement! I want punishment! PUNISHMENT!"
  
  Q.E.D.

• On the post: Swedish Appeals Court Says Web Designer Is Responsible For Copyright Infringement On StudentBay

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 21 Dec, 2012 @ 06:07pm

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  "Seriously, you cannot be a student of law if this is what you are saying."
  
  I don't think Average Joe is an actual law student, I think he probably just played one on TV.
  
  That would explain a lot, like, why does he shill so much in favor of Hollywood and the big Media Conglomerates.
  
  Does this remind you of anything?

• On the post: Apple's Blocks Popular Kickstarter Project [Updated]

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 21 Dec, 2012 @ 05:26pm

  Re: Apple changed mind perhaps?

  They're still screwed tho, because Apple will allow ONLY to use 30 pin charger, not USB. So as long as they drop that feature, use the 30 pin, and ONLY the 30 pin, alongside their Lightning, only then they would be allowed to make their product.

• On the post: Rather Than Punishing Moviegoing Texters, Why Not Provide Incentives For Them To Put Down Their Phones?

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 21 Dec, 2012 @ 07:03am

  You're forgetting the number one reason that people want other people that misbehave to be punished: it makes them feel good and righteous. Why do I have to give a break to someone with good behavior, when punching him for bad behavior feels much better? You can see many examples in this thread. Statements like "they should, nay, DESERVE to be punished!" are a prime example. Some people are just turned on by the whole punishment thing.

• On the post: Here We Go Again: Apple's Pinch-To-Zoom Patent Rejected On Re-Exam

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 20 Dec, 2012 @ 08:16pm

  Re: We ENTIRELY agree here, but WHAT is your actual fix?

  Translation: Mike, you asshole, how dare you agree with me without fixing all my problems.

• On the post: Here We Go Again: Apple's Pinch-To-Zoom Patent Rejected On Re-Exam

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 20 Dec, 2012 @ 08:15pm

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  A processor from 2007 was better than a processor from 1999. Go figure.

• On the post: BPI Threatens To Sue UK Pirate Party Leaders Personally Due To Internet Proxy

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 18 Dec, 2012 @ 10:10am

  Re: @ "wac-wac-wac'ing-that-mole" & "whac-a-mole"

  "The Whac-A-Mole game trademark is owned by Bob's Space Racers. Machines with similar gameplay are sold under other names. Whac-A-Mole has also been the basis for a number of internet games and mobile games that are similar in gameplay and strategy."
  
  Idiot.

• On the post: The DHS: Selling Fear And Uncertainty; Buying Sno-Cone Machines And Latrines-On-Wheels

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 14 Dec, 2012 @ 08:28am

  "Instead of focusing the funding and intelligence in areas most at-risk for a terrorist attack, expanding from seven urban areas to 66 over the course of the decade."
  
  There is no verb in that sentence.

• On the post: NYC Artist Satirizes Law Enforcement Drone Program; Gets Book Thrown At Him By NYPD

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2012 @ 05:30pm

  If he was so hard to find, why didn't they just send a drone after him?
  
  The missile would have taken care of it without any pesky criminal charges.

• On the post: NYC Artist Satirizes Law Enforcement Drone Program; Gets Book Thrown At Him By NYPD

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2012 @ 02:25pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: A few points from someone who actually works on drones

  I see... criminal impersonation of public property, grand theft forgery camera jaywalking, conspiracy with intent to commit intent to conspire.
  
  He'll be locked up for good... oh wait this wasn't in NYC.

• On the post: Psy Elects Not To Go Legal Over Gangnam Style Restaurant

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 01 Dec, 2012 @ 09:38am

  Re: Re: Re: Techdirt's standard "one in a million proves all we sez".

  You're never going to convince the troll of anything.
  
  Any reply to them is not for the trolls to read. It's the rest of the readers that will enjoy the reply, if it's insightful or funny or whatever.

• On the post: German Chancellor Says Only Print Media Can Teach You 'Real' Reading

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 29 Nov, 2012 @ 10:15pm

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  Yes, yes. Now please go see a doctor about that chafed foreskin you got from all your self congratulatory jerking.

• On the post: Open Letter To Human Synergistics International In Response To Your Accusation That Techdirt Is Infringing

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 29 Nov, 2012 @ 10:02pm

  You?re on a motherfucking plane that crashed in the motherfucking desert. You have 15 motherfucking items with which to survive. Rank them from most important to least important.
  
  1 motherfucking cobra
  1 motherfucking black mamba
  1 motherfucking viper
  1 motherfucking anaconda
  1 motherfucking python...

• On the post: German Chancellor Says Only Print Media Can Teach You 'Real' Reading

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 29 Nov, 2012 @ 05:06am

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  Oh do shut up darryl.

• On the post: Colbert Takes On First Sale Rights; Mocks Kirtsaeng Case

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 27 Nov, 2012 @ 12:59pm

  Re: Re: Selling a vinyl copy is more TV show staging, not relevant.

  OOoohhhh I see! So you can't sell things commrcially, but you can sell them non-commercially! And probably you can't give things away for free for non-commercial purposes. It can only be free if it's for commercial purposes.
  
  So basically, you can sell stuff as long as you don't get any money, and you can give stuff away for free as long as it's not free.
  
  Gotcha.

• On the post: Early-Morning Raid Sent To Confiscate 9-Year-Old's Winnie The Pooh Laptop For Downloading Music

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 26 Nov, 2012 @ 06:44am

  Re: Classic example of appeal to emotions.

  Just another recycled comment from batshit_crazy_out_of_his_mind.

• On the post: Ever Wanted To Present At One Of The Music Industry's Key Events?

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 19 Nov, 2012 @ 09:51pm

  Re: Gosh, Modest Mike, it's ALL about you, isn't it?

  out_of_the_blue: Streisand Effect yeaahhhhhhh *fapfapfapfapfapfapfapfapfap*

• On the post: That Was Fast: Hollywood Already Browbeat The Republicans Into Retracting Report On Copyright Reform

  

  The Groove Tiger ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2012 @ 05:00pm

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  "copyright is pro-choice"
  
  Agreed, copyright is an abortion.

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