Jeffrey Nonken 's Techdirt Comments

Latest Comments (1260)

• On the post: Nest Thermostat Goes From 'Internet Of Things' Darling To Cautionary Tale

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 27 Jan, 2016 @ 08:14am

  The problem with being perfect is that, being unable to make mistakes, you cannot learn from them.

• On the post: DailyDirt: There's A Great Future In Plastics

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 26 Jan, 2016 @ 01:47am

  OMG MUTANT 59!
  http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2368220.Mutant_59

• On the post: Netflix CEO 'Loves' Netflix Password Sharing

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 14 Jan, 2016 @ 08:20am

  I've been using my daughter's account. First thing I did was pay for that upgrade.
  
  She's sharing it with three friends as well, but only three of us (out of five) use it regularly.
  
  My next door neighbor wants to cut the cord, and one of the first things I'll be doing is setting her up with a Netflix account. Because they give good value for price.
  
  And yeah, that's "rite" of passage. Curse those homophones!

• On the post: Comcast-Funded Think Tank: Broadband Usage Caps Make Netflix Streaming Better. You're Welcome.

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2016 @ 09:36am

  Re:

  No, no. It's cat videos and cat pictures.
  
  ... Or cat pr0n. All those horny furries...

• On the post: Comcast-Funded Think Tank: Broadband Usage Caps Make Netflix Streaming Better. You're Welcome.

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2016 @ 09:34am

  Three words:

  Broken Window Fallacy.

• On the post: T-Mobile Doubles Down On Its Blatant Lies, Says Claims It's Throttling Are 'Bullshit' And That I'm A 'Jerk'

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 07 Jan, 2016 @ 03:31pm

  Not directly related, but I recently tried to unlock an AT&T phone. AT&T provides a "phone unlock portal" that lets you largely automate the process; they only insist that it's an AT&T phone, is fully paid for, isn't reported as stolen -- all reasonable stuff.
  
  To do the same thing at T-Mobile you have to get into their customer service pages. They also have similar requirements -- plus you not only need to be a current customer, but the phone you're unlocking has to be currently active on a T-Mobile account.
  
  Of course, this isn't customer service, technically. I'm a former customer (though I do have service via an MVNO, but I'd have been as happy with AT&T's network and it's really just a backup phone anyway). Technically, they don't actually owe me anything. But T-Mobile has just told me that it doesn't give a fuck about its former customers and that they don't want me back. Ever. The way I see it, Mr. Legere is just validating that impression, and making sure it's clear that it doesn't want its present customers, either.
  
  It's OK. The feeling is mutual. Pretty happy with Ting right now anyway.

• On the post: The Anonymous Assault On ISIS Is Hurting More Than It's Helping

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 24 Nov, 2015 @ 02:27pm

  "...this kind of indiscriminate, misinformed hysteria..."
  
  Just for a second there I thought you were talking about the US government.

• On the post: Sorry Billy Mitchell, Cartoon Network Has A First Amendment Right To Parody You

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 24 Nov, 2015 @ 02:22pm

  No, you're wrong. There is one overwhelming, common, immediately recognizable characteristic: absolutely no sense of humour whatsoever.

• On the post: Pathological: Surveillance State Defenders Use Their Own Failure In Paris To Justify Mass Surveillance

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 16 Nov, 2015 @ 03:28pm

  "If that doesn't work, try more of the same."

• On the post: DEA Boss Joins FBI In Declaring 'Ferguson Effect' To Be A Real Thing; Offers Up 'Stuff I Heard' As Evidence

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2015 @ 08:33am

  Re: Silk purse? Sow's ear. No, more like sow

  "...sow's anus", sorry. Sometimes I really hate this trackpad.

• On the post: DEA Boss Joins FBI In Declaring 'Ferguson Effect' To Be A Real Thing; Offers Up 'Stuff I Heard' As Evidence

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2015 @ 08:31am

  Silk purse? Sow's ear. No, more like sow

  "The comments offer more support for the theory that, faced with increased scrutiny, the nation’s police officers are pulling back."
  
  There's a difference between theory and conjecture. This doesn't even come close to qualifying as a theory.
  
  ...Come to think of it, this doesn't qualify as conjecture, either. This isn't guessing, it's blame-shifting. Never mind.

• On the post: Rockstar Whips Out The Ban-Hammer On GTAV Players Over Mod

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2015 @ 08:19am

  Cheat Engine for the legal system?

  Let me see if I've got this straight: Rockstar is trying to cheat by gaming the system to prevent people from cheating in their games... except these people aren't trying to cheat, they're just trying to game.
  
  Biggest. Hypocrites. Ever.
  
  Maybe Rockstar will claim what they're doing is actually a "training script" and whine about not having enough free time to actually learn how to play, it's totally not fair the other players are better than they are.

• On the post: Child Development Expert: Playable Female Characters In Call Of Duty Will Harm Girls Just As It Has A Generation Of Boys

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 09 Nov, 2015 @ 12:55pm

  Re:

  Yeah, well, this is the Internet. Mostly I've learned to grit my teeth, ignore the errors and move on. It's either that or offer my services as a copy editor. Probably wouldn't work out even if they accepted, I already spend too much of my free time playing Payday 2 and learning to be a mass murderer.
  
  So here, have a cup of coffee on me.

• On the post: Child Development Expert: Playable Female Characters In Call Of Duty Will Harm Girls Just As It Has A Generation Of Boys

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 09 Nov, 2015 @ 12:43pm

  Re: Payday 2

  "The game Payday 2 also has punishment for killing of civilians, both in terms of police response and monetary penalties against the player."
  
  Also, Bain gets very sarcastic and shouty. "Hey, Mr. Blonde! Been watching too many movies lately?"

• On the post: AT&T Lawyers Want You To Know That AT&T's CEO Will Never Listen To Customer Suggestions

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2015 @ 08:25am

  We're the phone company.

• On the post: Copyright Office's Online Registration System Has Been Down All Week

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 04 Sep, 2015 @ 10:30am

  The original term is 27 years; however, Billington's policies and rules will be in force until 70 years after his death. This will encourage growth and innovation in the Library of Congress and in Copyrights in general.

• On the post: Awesome Stuff: A Voice-Operated Household Assistant

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2015 @ 02:03pm

  Hmm. Star Trek. Mmm hmm.

  Until and unless Word of God says otherwise, I'm going to assume the name is a reference to a certain Robert A. Heinlein novel.
  
  Even if it isn't, I'm going to pretend it is.

• On the post: Taylor Swift's Streaming Rant Nearly Identical To Garth Brooks' Used CD Rant

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 02 Aug, 2015 @ 10:43am

  The only thing worse than being listened to is not being listened to.

• On the post: This Week In Techdirt History: July 26th – August 1st

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 02 Aug, 2015 @ 10:14am

  "June 26th is a double-whammy..." Surely you meant July 26?

• On the post: General Wesley Clark: Some WWII-Style Internment Camps Are Just The Thing We Need To Fight Domestic Radicalization

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 20 Jul, 2015 @ 01:38pm

  "If our children don't love us, we should beat them until they do." - The Hornet's Nest

Next >>