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

    IronMask ( profile ), 29 Nov, 2012 @ 04:28pm

    Re: Re: Wow

    *they're

  • On the post: Teen Hacker Banned From The Internet For Six Years

    IronMask ( profile ), 09 Nov, 2012 @ 07:05pm

    Stupid.

    How do you even enforce that? So he gets another computer and uses a Wi-Fi connection that can't be monitored, or even connected to him, and creates some new logins.

    You don't restrain people like this. You hire them.

  • On the post: California Proposition Outlawing Anonymous Internet Usage For Broadly Defined 'Sex Offenders' Passes

    IronMask ( profile ), 07 Nov, 2012 @ 09:31pm

    Ice Cream, anyone?

    Before I plan my next trip to the United States; would I be considered a sex offender if I really love ice cream?

  • On the post: When A Mouse Requires An Internet Connection, You're Doing 'Cloud' Wrong

    IronMask ( profile ), 07 Nov, 2012 @ 08:43pm

    Re: Re:

    "(yes I know that's repetitive since steam IS DRM, but many people don't see it that way...)"

    Steam is a service. There's a difference. Sure, Steam pass on 3rd party publisher's DRM, but they are required to or those publishers wouldn't release their games on Steam, and the community would be worse off for it.

    I suppose you could make the argument that you can't play a Valve game without Steam, and that's probably somewhat valid, But Steam is an integral part of Valve's games, and Steam itself, does have an offline mode.

  • On the post: When A Mouse Requires An Internet Connection, You're Doing 'Cloud' Wrong

    IronMask ( profile ), 07 Nov, 2012 @ 08:37pm

    Re: Re: Re:

    It doesn't matter. The statement about the product not saying it requires an internet connection on the box was refuted. Argument over.

  • On the post: When A Mouse Requires An Internet Connection, You're Doing 'Cloud' Wrong

    IronMask ( profile ), 07 Nov, 2012 @ 08:34pm

    Re: Re:

    "considering some of the gaming gear ive brought"
    *bought

    Bought = purchased with currency
    Brought = transferred from some place to another on one's person

  • On the post: When A Mouse Requires An Internet Connection, You're Doing 'Cloud' Wrong

    IronMask ( profile ), 07 Nov, 2012 @ 08:29pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re:

    Are you fucking serious? The Harmony database has config files for over 500,000 different AV devices, and they update that list constantly for both new devices coming to market and older devices submitted by request of its users.

    There's a difference between a few personal settings on a mouse, and 500,000 AV device settings.

    "What about allowing the option, but also allowing you to download"

    Word to the wise, you must be connected to the internet to download stuff. Again, why would you download a 500,000+ entry database just for your half a dozen devices?

    Not that I'm defending Logitech here. I'm an antenna technician and AV installer, and personally, the Logitech Harmony software and install process are a joke. Installing these in the field is painful, since the presets for devices in the Harmony database are sometimes incomplete, so features have to be manually programmed (like the "music" button on a Foxtel/Austar remote. But your argument is simply impractical.

  • On the post: When A Mouse Requires An Internet Connection, You're Doing 'Cloud' Wrong

    IronMask ( profile ), 07 Nov, 2012 @ 08:03pm

    Re: Re:

    sure they don't have all the bells and whistles... but I just want something that just freaking works.

    So, obviously, you don't own, nor have ever owned a Rev. 1.0 G15 where:
    1) the "soft plastic" coating breaks over time in warm climate zones and goes all sticky, requiring you to purchase 99% isopropyl alcohol to strip the entire surface back to the base plastic.
    2) Where the paint on the keys rubs off so you can't see the lettering.
    3) Where the back-light flickers for no reason.
    4) Where the fancy LED Game Panel screen develops lines through it and never had enough support, so there were virtually zero functioning apps for it.
    5) Where the software is so bloated it actually required 5 or 6 separate processes to run in the background to support the keyboard and,
    6) where, over time, some of the keys, not being mechanical, just cease to function at all?

    My friend bought a Rev. 2.0 G15 after he saw mine, but before the problems really became inherent. His died well before mine did. So, I don't see how you can laud Logitech and their "no frills" hardware, when the produce some of the crappiest quality stuff with all the supposed "bells & whistles". Maybe your budget $20 Logitech keyboard works, for now, but their "gaming" products leave much to be desired.

    As a side note, all the paint is coming off my G5 Laser mouse, it's "soft plastic" coating degraded jsut like the keyboard, and my Z-5500 5.1 speakers crackle randomly.

  • On the post: George Lucas: Still Planning To Make Films, But They Won't Be Shown In Theaters

    IronMask ( profile ), 05 Nov, 2012 @ 07:25pm

    Re:

    Since the boxoffice has been taken over by clones

    I see what you did there.

  • On the post: Adding Value While Correcting Player Behavior Through Positive Reinforcement

    IronMask ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2012 @ 09:06pm

    Dota 2 Did It

    Which brings us to the Honor system. Honor is a way for players to reward each other for good behavior. This is divvied up into four categories: Friendly, Helpful, Teamwork, and Honorable Opponent. At the end of a match, players can hand out points to those they deem worthy.

    Is there nothing these guys will NOT to copy from Dota? They weren't satisfied in copying their entire game concept from Dota, now they're just stealing features from Dota 2?

  • On the post: Bulgarian Banks Try To Silence Web Site That Called Them 'Bad Apples'

    IronMask ( profile ), 29 Oct, 2012 @ 08:48pm

    ...the appearance of a other sites

    the appearance of a other sites
    Something lost in translation.

  • On the post: Warner Brothers And Redbox Sign New Deal: Rental Blackout Window Cut From Ridiculous 56 Days To Equally Ridiculous 28 Days

    IronMask ( profile ), 29 Oct, 2012 @ 07:56pm

    Quality Control?

    The main problem I have with UltraViolet is that it is NOT a standard for encoding video. It's just a locker for licensing restrictions. People seeing the UltraViolet logo will quite naturally expect a certain level of quality from their digital product. Unfortunately, with no set standard for said quality (video/audio size and bitrate), it is likely to suffer consumer backlash, not just for it's ridiculous setup inconvenience, but for the varying quality they receive from different content providers.

    Even the "Scene" can self-manage/police quality standards to bring you quality far exceeding studio encodes for those terrible "+ digital copy" versions that come with Blu-ray discs these days.

  • On the post: DMCA Exemptions Announced; Exemption For DVD Ripping Rejected; Phone Unlocking Going Away

    IronMask ( profile ), 25 Oct, 2012 @ 05:12pm

    Re:

    Most of us do. I use My Movies for Windows Media Center to get all my movies onto my storage server so I never have to get up to put a disc in a player again (apart from the initial rip), because lets face it, that seems like a perfectly sensible and reasonable thing for a consumer to be able to do, but must use a 3rd party program to break the encryption in order to do it.

  • On the post: Twitter Cuts Off Illegal Neo Nazi Group Account In Germany

    IronMask ( profile ), 18 Oct, 2012 @ 03:30pm

    Re: Re: Re:

    A) Your sarcasm filter is leaky. B) There is actually a /sarc at the end of the post, so your reading comprehension is lacking.

  • On the post: Apparently If You Explain Many Ways That Artists Can Make Money Outside Of Copyright, You're Against Artists Getting Paid

    IronMask ( profile ), 18 Oct, 2012 @ 01:08pm

    Re: Re: Re: Let's not "push it"

    You have no logical argument with which to support your point, so you resort to...

    A) misdirection: What happen to "advertizing is a content" idea? What happen to "access to musician is a scarcity"?

    B) misunderstanding: I don't think that idea "founder goes to jail" is what "legal" means.
    Mike was talking about Spotify, not TPB, btw.

    C) accusation: Mike, do you sleep with her or something?

    D generalisation: Like I say before, option c) is begging

  • On the post: Apparently If You Explain Many Ways That Artists Can Make Money Outside Of Copyright, You're Against Artists Getting Paid

    IronMask ( profile ), 18 Oct, 2012 @ 12:35pm

    Re: Let's not "push it"

    So, it seems you read the article, but entirely missed every point it made. Your reading comprehension is lacking and your argument is full of logical fallacies.

  • On the post: Next Time Someone Suggests Piracy Will Kill Music, Remind Them That Music Survived The Last Ice Age

    IronMask ( profile ), 12 Oct, 2012 @ 11:46pm

    Re:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Taping_Is_Killing_Music

    The industry's tone hasn't changed.

  • On the post: No, Mitt Romney Didn't Personally Hack Your Facebook

    IronMask ( profile ), 12 Oct, 2012 @ 08:54am

    Not Allowed to Comment Unless You 'Like' Something

    Lets not forget that, due to they way Facebook works, you must "like" a page in order to comment. Since 73.6% of all statistics on the internet are made up, I would suspect around 15.3% of page "likes" are from people that don't actually like the page, but just wanted to voice their opinion on, or, troll said page.

  • On the post: But Of Course: Ridiculous ACTA Provisions Magically Appear In CETA

    IronMask ( profile ), 12 Oct, 2012 @ 04:14am

    Re: FTA's

    Copyright aside; what's worse is that, this FTA was supposed to make American goods cheaper for Australians, but manufacturers of electronic goods, along with other entrenched sectors such as software and games, never lowered their prices.

    Besides the fact Aussie gamers are still being ripped a new one on digital downloads through portals such as Steam, PlayStation Network and iTunes, where prices can be as much as double what they are in the U.S., one recent example in the electronics sector was a set of Logitech surround sound PC speakers I purchased.

    One the U.S. website the speakers were listed with a RRP of $399 where the Aus site listed the RRP as $799. I'm not the best mathematician, but that's double, and at a time when the AU dollar was trading higher than the Greenback.

    Pissed off, I contacted Logitech about this and they laid the blame on "localisation costs" such as C-tick approval and other bullshit (probably adding the letter "u" to all the words in the product manual that US English seems to leave out). Sorry, Logitech, not buying it. I appreciate we run 240v power here compared to the 110v in the states, but I can buy a 240v/110v converter for $20 and import from the US.

    This brings me to the next rort. USPS international shipping costs. It seems that all the money being "saved" on goods due to a FTA is being recouped by ridiculous shipping rates, where the cost of shipping a small package can exceed it's retail price. Some Ebay retailers charge as much as $50 to ship something the size of a book. I bought a box of mobile phone accessories from Honk Kong a while back for $20 and they shipped it for free.

    Basically, what I'm saying is that the FTA doesn't seem worth the paper it's printed on.

    /rant.

  • On the post: Court Says Case Against Megaupload Can Continue, Despite Not Being Able To Serve The Company

    IronMask ( profile ), 09 Oct, 2012 @ 04:54pm

    Re: Re: Re: U.S. world law

    As opposed to the disprovable fly? I think you meant proverbial. Also, you managed to misspell MegaUpload. Twice.

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