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• On the post: The MP3 Is About As 'Dead' As Pepe The Frog

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 15 May, 2017 @ 01:02pm

  Re: Re: MP3 is not dead, it's just resting

  Audacity would, you just had to add the codec yourself - a minor annoyance.

• On the post: The MP3 Is About As 'Dead' As Pepe The Frog

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 15 May, 2017 @ 01:04pm

  Looks like a great way to know which press is reliable on tech issues. Techdirt and Red Hat wins of course.

• On the post: Trump Fires FBI Director Comey

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 10 May, 2017 @ 09:11am

  Re: Re: Re: Damaged goods

  Unfortunately he's still smarter than a lot of voters.

• On the post: The FCC Is Using Garbage Lobbyist Data To Defend Its Assault On Net Neutrality

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 09 May, 2017 @ 07:46am

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  I'll bet if you cherry picked 100 websites, and offered people a low price to access only those websites, that it would be all the internet most people would need and they would happy with it. They'll just turn back around to their walled garden when they get the message "You must pay for the premium plan to access this content." Some people never stray much further than Facebook, Netflix, and Google. This would position the ISP perfectly to blackmail those 100 sites to keep them on the lowest tier plan, or get them to pay up to reach the largest customer base.
  
  i.e. lots of people are happy with walled gardens.

• On the post: 'Backdoor' Search Of FBI Records Helps Parents Learn How Local Cops Killed Their Son

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 05 May, 2017 @ 07:29am

  How did the FBI not find anything worthy of a lawsuit here?

• On the post: No, President Trump Isn't Ditching The First Amendment, But He Is Undermining Free Speech

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 01 May, 2017 @ 12:25pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  So Ben Carson then?

• On the post: Comcast Under Fire For Using Bullshit Fees To Covertly Raise Rates

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 01 May, 2017 @ 07:42am

  Google Fiber doesn't seem to have a problem advertising $70/month and charging exactly $70/month.

• On the post: Barrett Brown Re-Arrested For Giving Media Interviews Without Permission

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 28 Apr, 2017 @ 09:22am

  Re:

  Yes, Trump should do something about that.

• On the post: Here Comes The Attempt To Reframe Silicon Valley As Modern Robber Barons

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2017 @ 12:56pm

  Re: Re: When Google started, it was the little guy

  A good idea poorly implemented is worthless, but a bad idea perfectly implemented isn't worth much either.

• On the post: Here Comes The Attempt To Reframe Silicon Valley As Modern Robber Barons

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2017 @ 12:53pm

  Re:

  More like that understanding look kids give when their parents do dumb things.

• On the post: Guy Fined $500 For Criticizing Government Without A Permit Sues Oregon Licensing Board

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2017 @ 12:45pm

  Re: There is nothing...

  This doesn't apply to just the government. It's any group of people. Corporations do it too. No well oiled process can survive a committee.

• On the post: New Survey: Most Millennials Both Pay For Streaming Services And Use Pirate Streams When Content Isn't Legally Available

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 24 Apr, 2017 @ 01:39pm

  It's not just the young people that behave this way.

• On the post: No, The Wall St. Bull Sculptor Doesn't 'Have A Point'

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 18 Apr, 2017 @ 12:45pm

  Re:

  Considering I haven't seen the girl and the bull in the same photo, the girl statue by itself looks like a work of art to me and communicates the idea whether the bull is there or not.
  
  And even if it is considered an extension of another work, that doesn't mean it's illegal. No law is broken by placing one work of art next to another.

• On the post: No, The Wall St. Bull Sculptor Doesn't 'Have A Point'

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 18 Apr, 2017 @ 12:41pm

  Re: Advertisement??

  If one of the major complaints is that it's an advertisement, then it seems like people have figured out it's advertising without it being blatantly obvious.

• On the post: No, The Wall St. Bull Sculptor Doesn't 'Have A Point'

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 18 Apr, 2017 @ 12:39pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  He could have also spoken to the press, made a film about it, launched a protest, or done any number of other perfectly valid ways to draw attention to the problem without making a legal issue out of it.
  
  A real artist might have come up with something else to add to the situation to comment on it even further.

• On the post: Tennessee Gives AT&T, Comcast Millions In New Taxpayer Subsidies, Yet Banned A City-Owned ISP From Expanding Broadband Without Taxpayer Aid

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 14 Apr, 2017 @ 08:33am

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  It's not corruption if it's legal. That's the American way!

• On the post: Tennessee Gives AT&T, Comcast Millions In New Taxpayer Subsidies, Yet Banned A City-Owned ISP From Expanding Broadband Without Taxpayer Aid

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 13 Apr, 2017 @ 01:26pm

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  She lives in a wealthy district and won her last election with 72% of the vote. She's a tool of big business.
  
  "The 7th is a very safe seat for the Republican Party. In fact, it has long been reckoned as the state's most Republican area outside the party's traditional heartland in East Tennessee. The district's politics are dominated by the wealthy suburbs of Nashville, such as Brentwood, Franklin and Spring Hill. These areas boast some of the highest median incomes in the state."

• On the post: The Bull Statue Copyright Claim Is Ridiculous… But Here's Why It Just Might Work

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 13 Apr, 2017 @ 09:42am

  Re:

  So you're upset. That doesn't make it illegal.

• On the post: The Bull Statue Copyright Claim Is Ridiculous… But Here's Why It Just Might Work

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 12 Apr, 2017 @ 12:27pm

  So what happens if the Berne Convention conflicts with the first amendment?

• On the post: Kim Dotcom Asks US Supreme Court Not To Allow US Government To Steal All His Stuff Without Due Process

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 11 Apr, 2017 @ 08:14am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: "Only criminals demand due process under the law."

  I hope you don't lead someone, because you certainly are lacking in tact.

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