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• On the post: Student Journalists Sue Community College For Ridiculously High Fees On Open Records Request

  

  ky ( profile ), 12 Oct, 2011 @ 09:20am

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  x unrealistic fee = x unrealistic fee
  
  except one is a fee and one is a judgement. The RIAA is demanding "fees for downloading" that contention only fuels the opposition.
  
  "x Settlement offer" in no way equals "x unrealistic required fee"

• On the post: Student Journalists Sue Community College For Ridiculously High Fees On Open Records Request

  

  ky ( profile ), 12 Oct, 2011 @ 06:56am

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  Please tell me how you are comparing the punishment for a crime to the cost of a records request.
  
  That kind of logic is, to quote the trolls, freetarded. When you try and tie every wrongdoing back to that of the most gross offenders, you earn every bit of hyperbole that is returned.

• On the post: GEMA Strikes Again: Demands Licensing Fees For Music It Has No Rights To

  

  ky ( profile ), 10 Oct, 2011 @ 07:13am

  Re: Re: Freetards Demand /Music/ They Have No Rights To

  ootb and lacking of substance are two very joined parties.
  
  and commenting on the length of posts is what he does right before he puts them in his mouth...

• On the post: ESPN Affiliate Delays Podcasts; Announcer Rips Into His Bosses For Cluelessness

  

  ky ( profile ), 10 Oct, 2011 @ 06:32am

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  indeed, not to mention the corporate ESPN products are generally streamed live in both audio and video and have podcasts up very quickly. That aside he will recap all his arguments on PTI anyway so thats only a 4-5 hour delay.

• On the post: Lawrence Golan Speaks About Golan V. Holder And His Fight To Protect The Public Domain

  

  ky ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2011 @ 08:24am

  See, this is exactly why we have to hide our treaties now.

• On the post: New Yorker Reporter May Have Uncovered Secretive Bitcoin Creator

  

  ky ( profile ), 06 Oct, 2011 @ 03:03pm

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  Did you just compare an exchange to a bank? I think that just clouds any defensive arguments. Can you liken any Forex activities to those of MtGox, where an entire currency is devalued by a single voluminous trade?

• On the post: New Yorker Reporter May Have Uncovered Secretive Bitcoin Creator

  

  ky ( profile ), 05 Oct, 2011 @ 12:21pm

  that was me.

• On the post: New Yorker Reporter May Have Uncovered Secretive Bitcoin Creator

  

  ky ( profile ), 05 Oct, 2011 @ 12:19pm

  Re: The Saga of BitCoin

  I like antagonizing the passionate advocates and all, but i hadnt even considered it being of small enough scale for governments to use as target practice, you have probably offed the rest of my day :)

• On the post: New Yorker Reporter May Have Uncovered Secretive Bitcoin Creator

  

  ky ( profile ), 04 Oct, 2011 @ 01:44pm

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  address this: the contention that 'mining' is somehow built in to the system and the future abilities to do so forecast, and that is somehow related to its inflation....
  
  because chances are the only thing you will address (again) is the smarm with which i litter the post.

• On the post: New Yorker Reporter May Have Uncovered Secretive Bitcoin Creator

  

  ky ( profile ), 04 Oct, 2011 @ 11:51am

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  But my post wasn't addressing the economic side of the debate since that's not the issue you brought up. It was addressing the technical side.
  
  you went off on a tangent about a technical issue.
  
  yeah, i was as lost as you were in your posts. The contention that 'mining' is somehow built in to the system and the future abilities to do so forecast, and that is somehow related to its inflation....is not something i could not readily believe as i cannot place that much faith in any piece of code, so i gave examples highlighting the waterfall effect to the market, when technical flaws are exposed upstream. And they will be exposed.

• On the post: New Yorker Reporter May Have Uncovered Secretive Bitcoin Creator

  

  ky ( profile ), 04 Oct, 2011 @ 09:55am

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  my post was not addressing the economics either, quite the opposite: when a technical flaw (and implementation as well) causes something as drastic as a complete rollback of currency exchange transactions, that does not equal inflation; nor does 'regular currency' have a limitation that would feasibly allow for such a case.
  
  Suppose I need DH to author, or Marcus to pen a rhyme entitled:
  
  "technical flaws -vs- implementation flaws -vs- ridiculous market fluctuations in a digital currency"
  
  so that i can start telling them apart.

• On the post: New Yorker Reporter May Have Uncovered Secretive Bitcoin Creator

  

  ky ( profile ), 04 Oct, 2011 @ 08:26am

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  Please tell me more about the 'controls' on this 'decentralized' currency.
  
  http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2011/06/bitcoin-value-plummets-as-main.html

• On the post: New Yorker Reporter May Have Uncovered Secretive Bitcoin Creator

  

  ky ( profile ), 04 Oct, 2011 @ 07:40am

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  https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison
  
  https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Deflationary_spiral
  
  a currency that can be created out of thin air by everyone interested in doing so, that should be easy enough to make sure your millions don't turn in to ones.
  
  When you have to adjust your currency based on the market, rather than adjusting the market based on currency, something seems very amiss.

• On the post: New Yorker Reporter May Have Uncovered Secretive Bitcoin Creator

  

  ky ( profile ), 04 Oct, 2011 @ 07:39am

  Re: Re:

  B: Forgery is much more difficult.

• On the post: Patent Troll Says Anyone Using WiFi Infringes; Won't Sue Individuals 'At This Stage'

  

  ky ( profile ), 03 Oct, 2011 @ 11:37am

  one reason only.

  "for the encouragement of innovatio...."
  
  the trailing n along with the rest of the reasons are of no regard.

• On the post: Psystar Loses Again: Appeals Court Says It Can't Install Legally Purchased OSX On Other Hardware

  

  ky ( profile ), 30 Sep, 2011 @ 05:54pm

  what if i sell hardware running virtualbox with a properly licensed OSX on it? I would really want to see the arguments and ruling in a virtual infringement case.

• On the post: Guy Arrested, Threatened With 15 Years For Recording Traffic Stop In Illinois

  

  ky ( profile ), 30 Sep, 2011 @ 09:49am

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  Yes lets document the aftermath so that the actions can be denied.
  
  What about videotaping the events as they happen sound like the smell you cant get rid of?

• On the post: Dear Internet, We Need Better Image Archives

  

  ky ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2011 @ 03:20pm

  But copyfraud isn't not the main problem.
  
  Aha! So it is the main problem.

• On the post: EU, Mexico & Switzerland Will Not Sign ACTA This Weekend, Despite The 'Signing Ceremony'

  

  ky ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2011 @ 01:12pm

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  how many treaties are not signed by all parties? That seems like a fantastic win!
  
  Me and my friends just an Anti-ACTA treaty, guess who didnt sign it? The same people that aren't signing that one!

• On the post: Righthaven Loses (Big Time) In Colorado As Well

  

  ky ( profile ), 28 Sep, 2011 @ 12:09pm

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  I can grant you an exclusive license for that work.
  
  ..is not the same as granting the 'copy' rights, nor the ability to enforce those rights by questionable means. And you claim we are focused on technicalities, while you only focus on their latest and greatest (which really only meets the late part of that criteria) rewording of what was and has always been a sham contract.
  
  What about that part where they slip money back into the pocket of the licensor based solely on success of their lawsuits? that is just part of the standard licensing agreement?

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