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  • On the post: Justice Department Practicing Mix-And-Match, Sleight-Of-Hand Law In Seizure Case

    indieThing ( profile ), 21 Jul, 2011 @ 03:04am

    Re: Re:

    Too damn right. I've been thinking for a while now that we should wipe our current political system and start afresh based upon the 'Jury Service' type of election. Those who want to be in power should never be allowed anywhere near the reigns of control.

    There would be a lottery every 2(?) years say, in which random cross segments of the population are put into government.

  • On the post: WSJ's Defense Of News Of The World: Hey, It's Not Like They Published Wikileaks Secrets

    indieThing ( profile ), 20 Jul, 2011 @ 03:57am

    Re: phone hacking and "whistleblowing"

    I presume you don't know that Julian Assange is not a US citizen and therefore is not required to comply with U.S. laws, unless you believe that America owns the rest of the world as well!

    So, if he hasn't broken any of his own countrys laws, how can he be a criminal ?

  • On the post: No, Google Is Not Rewiring How We Remember

    indieThing ( profile ), 20 Jul, 2011 @ 02:28am

    Tech definitely has an effect

    There is definitely something here. Before the days of mobile phones, I used to keep all my 'active' phone numbers in my head, I could recall 30-40 at the drop of a hat.

    Now, since I've been using mobiles, I find it harder to remember bits of information like phone numbers.

    The same goes for my programming skills, I used to keep algorithms, code snippets in my head, but now look them up on the internet when necessary.

    Tech has definitely made me mentally lazy.

  • On the post: Guy Kicked Off Comcast For Using Too Many Cloud Services

    indieThing ( profile ), 15 Jul, 2011 @ 08:06am

    Re: Re: Re: Can't agree on this one

    It is in Europe :)

  • On the post: Judge Not At All Impressed By Apple's Lawsuit Against Amazon Over 'App Store' Name

    indieThing ( profile ), 24 Jun, 2011 @ 08:10am

    Re: Re: popularized vs invented

    Why are you arguing with yourself ?

  • On the post: Judge Rules That Righthaven Lawsuit Was A Sham; Threatens Sanctions

    indieThing ( profile ), 20 Jun, 2011 @ 01:04pm

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    Hey, stop with the slimey lawyer tricks of focusing attention on nitpickin detail. You're ignoring the important part - the spirit of the law. This was so obviously being broken that the judge had to find something legal to use.

    Whether you nitpick the details or not, if you have an ounce of humanity in you, then you'll agree that the outcome was the right one.

  • On the post: Why Is The Justice Department Pretending US Copyright Laws Apply In The UK?

    indieThing ( profile ), 20 Jun, 2011 @ 10:46am

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    Hey Hephaestus, you shouldn't really insult a whole nation for the actions of the idiots in power, after all, how much power do you folks have over your own governments actions ? You're so level-headed normally !

    But yeah, the treaty is a joke, but what can we do - voting doesn't seem to cause any real change.

  • On the post: Why Is The Justice Department Pretending US Copyright Laws Apply In The UK?

    indieThing ( profile ), 20 Jun, 2011 @ 10:38am

    Re: Re: Isn't the United Kingdom a sovereign country?

    I promise to believe every word you say from now on if you can just let me walk around this 'property'.

  • On the post: Google Points Out That PROTECT IP Would Be A 'Disastrous Precedent' For Free Speech

    indieThing ( profile ), 19 May, 2011 @ 10:03am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: NO, IP PROTECT would be distasterous for Google's profits

    Please, don't start trying to ingratiate yourself with us indies, most I know don't want to associate ourselves with closed minded IP maximalists like yourself.

    The only people benefitting from these clutch of new laws coming our way, or already here (in the UK), are the gatekeepers.

    We're doing our best to escape from those, that's why we're indies. We also don't like that our civil rights are being eroded in many small but progressive ways.

  • On the post: Death Of iFlow Reader Due To Apple Changes Shows Why Betting On Closed Platforms Is Risky

    indieThing ( profile ), 19 May, 2011 @ 09:27am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: What HTML5 have to do here?

    Yeah, and you're a fool if you're not using a cross platform system for mobile development.

  • On the post: Death Of iFlow Reader Due To Apple Changes Shows Why Betting On Closed Platforms Is Risky

    indieThing ( profile ), 19 May, 2011 @ 09:25am

    Re: Re: Re: What HTML5 have to do here?

    You may not be able 'compile' CSS, but you can certainly code it's styles etc in an app, after all, what do you think processes CSS scripts ;)

    You may also want to check out various app generators, a colleague of mine uses one without any coding skill, useful if you can knock up a good design.

  • On the post: Why Innovation Is Under Attack

    indieThing ( profile ), 16 May, 2011 @ 05:08am

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    You're obviously making bad software that isn't up to scratch then. I've been making independent software for over 25 years and have never had a PROBLEM with piracy. Of course my software has been pirated, many, many thousands of times, but it's not a PROBLEM.

    If you are making good software then you'd probably be better off looking into why you're not making money, rather than burst a blood vessel.

  • On the post: How Adobe Drives Infringement Of Its Products Through Incompatibility

    indieThing ( profile ), 06 May, 2011 @ 03:43am

    Re: Font issue & other stuff

    Try FlashDevelop for authoring. It's not so good for designers, but great for coders.

  • On the post: Senator Wyden Warns That Domain Seizures And COICA Undermine Internet Freedom

    indieThing ( profile ), 05 May, 2011 @ 04:00am

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    And good luck to you in regulating the internet.

  • On the post: Indian Filmmakers Plan To Battle Piracy — By Using Pirates' Own Computers Against Them

    indieThing ( profile ), 04 May, 2011 @ 04:01am

    Probably a PR campaign for some mediocre movie, the story seems to have spread quite widely now. However, if they are serious, which seems pretty unlikely technically speaking, then I can't wait to see the false positives start appearing ;)

  • On the post: US Offered To Write New Zealand's Three Strikes Laws

    indieThing ( profile ), 03 May, 2011 @ 06:46am

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    Actually The eejit is probably right, the US and UK between them have caused far more deaths and terror than any non-government sponsored terrorist groups. Just look at the number of deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan. Also, it's very conveniently forgotten that the CIA helped form and fund various groups now classed as terrorist. You should try reading your history a bit more.

  • On the post: Why Google Should Buy The Recording Industry

    indieThing ( profile ), 18 Apr, 2011 @ 01:53pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

    Or, you try the Neurophone(tm). Look it up ;)

  • On the post: Why Does The Entertainment Industry Seek To Kill Any Innovation That's Helping It Adapt?

    indieThing ( profile ), 18 Apr, 2011 @ 12:21pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: What Spotify and Hulu actually do...

    Yeah, although I don't like the enforced license fee, it's still pretty good value. BBC4 TV has had a lot of really good music shows recently, covering the history of various bands and music genres with lots of old archive footage.

    And not forgetting Radio 6 for new indie music. Thank God they didn't manage to close it down in their last spending cuts - too many people protested !

  • On the post: Why Does The Entertainment Industry Seek To Kill Any Innovation That's Helping It Adapt?

    indieThing ( profile ), 18 Apr, 2011 @ 06:11am

    Re: Re: Re: What Spotify and Hulu actually do...

    I'd love to know why the labels actually paid radio stations to give away their 'content' for free, if there's no return on free, because as far as I'm aware, no one pays to listen to the radio (unless you're in the UK of course!).

  • On the post: Incentivized Creation

    indieThing ( profile ), 18 Apr, 2011 @ 05:00am

    Re: Vs.

    So, what do you call those that do both - I love what I do (making games, which I do believe is an art), but I also make my living out of it as a small independent game developer ?

    I totally agree though, that demanding our commercial 'rights' is not the way to go. As Mike has pointed out time and again, obscurity is the biggest problem for a small artist/developer/business.

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