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  • On the post: California Governor Vetoes Bill Barring Gov't From Turning Off Mobile Phone Service

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 02 Oct, 2012 @ 06:18am

    Re: It's all part of the plan

    Whenever I see 'it's all part of the plan' the only thing I can think of Heath Ledger saying it with a deranged voice. Damn that was a good movie.

  • On the post: Big Name Musicians Threaten To Strike Over Parlophone Sell-Off After Discovering They're 'Just Assets'

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 02 Oct, 2012 @ 06:02am

    Before the trolls

    Before the trolls come in to point out and yell about how Mike is pointing out that the artists signed a contract and this in any way contradicts his previous statements, it does not.

    The difference here is that there is no direct threat to the artists, just a little bit of sucktitude. What Mike usually rails against with the contracts and how they shouldn't sign them is how the contracts are unfair when the labels use them to avoid paying the artists anything over extended periods of time. This article does not address this. It focuses simply on the fact that the contracts can be sold. In both this and other cases, Mike points out that the artists should go over the contracts in a very detailed manner to try to avoid such situations.

    So, normally, direct harm done to artists by labels, which is bad. This case, no direct harm and possibly no harm by the time this is done anyways. So to all the Mike bashers, pay attention!

  • On the post: Portugal: File Sharing For Personal Use Is Legal And IP Addresses Are Not People

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 28 Sep, 2012 @ 07:00am

    Mr Geigner

    Tim, always a pleasure reading your articles. Another great one and the way you present things is so true of the maximalists in general.

    As an aside, I wish I still had my insider badge so I could join the chat (don't have spare money atm, going through grad school). So I wanted to say here and hope you see it that I finally got to read Midwasteland. I really enjoyed the book, and thank you for sending me the PDF awhile back.

  • On the post: New Data Dump Shows Feds Massively Increased Spying On Who You're Talking To

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 28 Sep, 2012 @ 06:43am

    Re: Re: Re:

    He is a lawyer wannabe, for the rest of his life he will ignore anything and everything that is right, just for the sake of what is 'legal'. All rational thought left awhile ago.

    Which is rather disappointing. I used to defend AJ as a rational thinker back when he tried to make actual legal arguments and actually had discussions. These days its just all insults and accusations. =(

  • On the post: US Military Classifies Wikileaks As 'Enemy Of The United States'

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 27 Sep, 2012 @ 06:20am

    Re:

    at may have contributed to the death of soldiers

    [ Citation needed ]

    Or, to make it more clear for you, do you have any proof? Because if you don't, then we probably won't believe you. I have yet to see any proof anywhere that he put anyone in direct danger.

  • On the post: House Approves Rep. Lamar Smith's Bill To Keep Spying On Americans

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2012 @ 07:25am

    Re: Re: Re:

    Even if the troll did respond, it is not like they would say anything useful or reply to a single point Mike made. The troll lives completely off of ignoring any point we make and dodging every question.

  • On the post: MPAA Sends Five Key Propaganda Points To Politicians

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 11 Sep, 2012 @ 12:31pm

    Re: Worst copiers ever

    To expand on my thoughts a tiny, go ahead and replace the words TV / Movie / film / television, etc with the word 'tech' in any of the bolded sentences in the article.

  • On the post: MPAA Sends Five Key Propaganda Points To Politicians

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 11 Sep, 2012 @ 12:28pm

    Worst copiers ever

    It is like the RIAA & MPAA look at the tech industry, see everything good the tech industry has done, and then try to list out those talking point categories and just claim that they have done it, when they have done no such thing.

    Talk about out of ideas.

  • On the post: Far Beyond Filtering: Is The GOP Looking To Shut Down Porn Producers?

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 07 Sep, 2012 @ 08:40am

    Highlighting

    To me, this is the most pertinent paragraph of the whole blog post. Many here have made this same point a great many times, yet those in power can't possibly grasp such a simple concept.

    This falls right in line with the perception of file sharing as a "moral" issue. It's all well and good to claim the high road in the fight against infringement, but if the general public doesn't share your beliefs then the battle is not winnable. Legislation and prosecution aren't going to change anyone's mindset. It just makes the punishment seem ridiculous or unduly harsh.

  • On the post: Far Beyond Filtering: Is The GOP Looking To Shut Down Porn Producers?

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 07 Sep, 2012 @ 08:35am

    Got to be kidding me

    Politicians are trying to give US morals? Maybe they should grow some morals of their own first. Selling out your fellow human beings for a few campaign contributions does insanely more damage than porn ever could to humans.

    Republicans, working as hard as they can to take us back to the 1950's, except without worker's rights.

    Vote independent.

  • On the post: Big Banks Finally Punishing Employees For Fraud… Like The Call Center Guy Who Used A Fake Dime 50 Years Ago

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 05 Sep, 2012 @ 10:52am

    Iceland

    I really wish the US had some balls and wasn't so entrenched in the banking systems pockets. Over in Iceland with all of the banks that caused a very similar situation, Iceland actually went after the execs that helped promote and push the situation that caused the crash. It has sent some to prison, is prosecuting others (at least I think they still are, I haven't checked up on it in awhile) and is even seizing their assets from the ill-gotten gains. Over here in America, for screwing over the country Bush gave them all a huge bonus. Wtf?

  • On the post: Crime Inc. Produces Thoughtful, Nuanced Episode About Piracy (Haha, Just Kidding! Cue Scary Music)

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 30 Aug, 2012 @ 12:52pm

    Media

    Aren't the media companies the ones claiming that we need them and can't trust bloggers and such?

    The only thing I think I see from old school media these days are lies and sensationalism. I am regularly battling horribly skewed and misinformed views at work and other places. From those conversations I can say that slowly but surely people are realizing that the old news sources are complete bunk.

    Blogs with links and comments are the way to go for news these days in my opinion. That way you can see people point out mistakes if they are made in the blog too.

  • On the post: DEA Gets Lawsuit Dismissed Because It Couldn't Cope With Two Terabytes Of Evidence

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 28 Aug, 2012 @ 07:33am

    Re:

    The DoJ is forcing the server company to hold onto MegaUpload's data. This is why the company wants to dump the data and MegaUpload wanted access to their money so they could continue to pay the company to hold onto it.

    That is, IIRC (if I recall correctly).

  • On the post: Ubisoft Realizing That Perhaps 'Pirate' Users Are Really Just Like 'Free To Play' Users Who Don't Pay

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2012 @ 10:38am

    Re: Re:

    World of Tanks is pretty fun, but admit it, you about never end up in the full 15 minute battles. I think the time might be a bit overstated. There are also a few of the newer game modes which top out at 10min.

    Time aside, how about the 8.0 patch coming out soon adding physics. You see any of the trailers or people testing it out on youtube? Holy cow. The whole game is going to change, to be a whole lot more tank-like. Can't wait.

  • On the post: Appeals Court Doubles Down: Genes Still Patentable

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 16 Aug, 2012 @ 11:24am

    Re: Re: How the USPTO works

    Well, as long as they are my friends we can agree to split the proceeds.

    Loads of moneyyy!

  • On the post: US, UK Betray Basic Values To Get Assange At Any Cost

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 16 Aug, 2012 @ 11:19am

    Re: Re:

    Oh trust me, its not just you.

  • On the post: Appeals Court Doubles Down: Genes Still Patentable

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 16 Aug, 2012 @ 10:20am

    How the USPTO works

    So, based on how the USPTO works these days, I can patent all isolated genes with one very broadly worded patent. Should work, no?

  • On the post: Universal Music Uses Bogus DMCA Claim To Take Down Negative Review Of Drake's Album

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 15 Aug, 2012 @ 12:52pm

    Re: Troll bait

    Their usual response to something like would be AC Trope number 4) There must be more to this story we aren't hearing.

    (Not sure if there are actual tropes number related, its just one of their "I can't really defend this" defenses.

  • On the post: Universal Music Uses Bogus DMCA Claim To Take Down Negative Review Of Drake's Album

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 15 Aug, 2012 @ 12:44pm

    Re: Re: Proof Positive

    My response to the valid DMCA notices is the same as Chris-Mouse's. If Google didn't think this was valid they wouldn't have removed it from the search results. Nuff said.

  • On the post: Universal Music Uses Bogus DMCA Claim To Take Down Negative Review Of Drake's Album

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 15 Aug, 2012 @ 10:13am

    Proof Positive

    This is just direct proof that Google messing with its search results because somebody files a DMCA takedown against a site is an absolutely horrible idea.

    Don't think I will be using google for searching anymore. If they mess with results because of stuff like this, I am sure they mess with their search results in other ways too. So much for customer oriented.

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