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  • On the post: France Three Strikes Law Suggests A Huge Percentage Of French Citizens At Risk Of Losing Internet Access

    Kingster ( profile ), 15 Jul, 2011 @ 05:31am

    I see money in the future of...

    Seedboxes. Time to start renting some servers in Sweden and leasing portions out as seedboxes.

  • On the post: TSA Says Groping A Dying 95-Year-Old Woman, Forcing Her To Remove Diaper, Is Ok Because It Followed Standard Procedure

    Kingster ( profile ), 27 Jun, 2011 @ 10:10am

    Re: Re:

    Actually, it's not. It is, however, religious intolerance.

  • On the post: TSA Says Groping A Dying 95-Year-Old Woman, Forcing Her To Remove Diaper, Is Ok Because It Followed Standard Procedure

    Kingster ( profile ), 27 Jun, 2011 @ 10:09am

    Re:

    Uh huh. I wonder what Tim McVeigh was. Oh yeah. He WASN'T Muslim, you moron.

    You are part of what's wrong with Amur'ca.

  • On the post: TSA Says Groping A Dying 95-Year-Old Woman, Forcing Her To Remove Diaper, Is Ok Because It Followed Standard Procedure

    Kingster ( profile ), 27 Jun, 2011 @ 10:08am

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    Because those searches that are uneventful don't really do anything for the security of flights anyway. And what about the continuous tests of the system where the TSA fails? And the un-controlled settings of the backscatter machines, the unknown health issues, etc.?

    Where do you decide that the false security and the costs thereof outweigh what the organization ACTUALLY does for us? There's no metrics, nothing. The whole thing is a sham. ANd you bought it. Hook, line, and sinker.

  • On the post: TSA Says Groping A Dying 95-Year-Old Woman, Forcing Her To Remove Diaper, Is Ok Because It Followed Standard Procedure

    Kingster ( profile ), 27 Jun, 2011 @ 10:04am

    Jesus. The TSA needs to just go away. They aren't making us safer. Just making us more into sheep that "accept" the new police state being crammed down our throats.

  • On the post: Kind Of Blue: Using Copyright To Make Hobby Artist Pay Up

    Kingster ( profile ), 24 Jun, 2011 @ 10:28am

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    You're on drugs. My eyes can see huge differences just on the two images side-by-side above all the way back to 20 feet on my 23" monitor.

    And transformative it IS. Because moving something into another medium is transformation. Otherwise, paintings and drawings of pictures would be illegal.

    Dolt.

  • On the post: TSA Chief Pistole: Maybe We Can Stop Petting Your Children

    Kingster ( profile ), 23 Jun, 2011 @ 12:01pm

    Re: The TSA

    (meaning, by the way, fuck everything about the TSA, not them figuring out that what they are doing is stupid, albeit slowly).

  • On the post: TSA Chief Pistole: Maybe We Can Stop Petting Your Children

    Kingster ( profile ), 23 Jun, 2011 @ 11:59am

    The TSA

    FUCK EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS.

    That is all.

  • On the post: New Filing Explains How Domain Seizures Violate The First Amendment

    Kingster ( profile ), 22 Jun, 2011 @ 10:24am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

    The statute says that "property" used to commit criminal copyright infringement can be seized. It doesn't limit the type of property that may be seized to the types you've listed. When Congress wants to limit a statute's applicability, it knows how to draft it as such.

    The problem is, hosting a LINK is NOT committing infringement. If it is... Then where is the seizure of google.com? Seems to me I can find plenty of links to illegally download Lady Gaga from there.

    Oh, I know why. Because if ICE seized that domain, they'd find their ass in a sling so fast it would make their head spin. And ICE knows this. So instead, they go after smaller operators, those that are likely to not have governmental connections, powerful lobbies, big banks, and bigger lawyer teams.

  • On the post: New Filing Explains How Domain Seizures Violate The First Amendment

    Kingster ( profile ), 21 Jun, 2011 @ 05:08pm

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    Nope. But we've been over and over that before. I'm curious, though... If these seizures are found to have been done improperly, will you STFU and move on?

    I doubt it.

  • On the post: New Filing Explains How Domain Seizures Violate The First Amendment

    Kingster ( profile ), 21 Jun, 2011 @ 05:06pm

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    In that situation it *could* be warranted, as explained. But mebbe them schools down thar in Tejas cain't learn you to reed or wraght too gud.

  • On the post: Tonight On Security Theater: After Hours Airport Antics Expose Security Tunnel Vision

    Kingster ( profile ), 18 Jun, 2011 @ 04:46am

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    If you're flying United, upgrade to/fly first class. None of the "Premier Access" entry points appear to have holo-scanners and I haven't gotten groped at any of them either.

  • On the post: As Pandora Goes Public, How Come No One Is Pointing Out That It Misled The Press About Being Profitable?

    Kingster ( profile ), 14 Jun, 2011 @ 05:47am

    Am I a sucker?

    Maybe. I actually pay for the "One" service. It gets me a little bit of stuff - like the Adobe Air Desktop Player, no commercials, more skips an hour, higher bitrates, etc. Not too bad, really. And I'll agree with the rest of you - I love the fact that it gets me started on new musicians.

    That said... I pay ~$150/year for my Sirius, and I'm in my car far less than I am in front of a computer, or some other "connected" device. In fact, while I could pay a bit *more* for my Sirius (but less than the cost of Pandora|One) and get streaming from them - there's a huge difference... I can't get rid of the "crap" on Sirius. And there isn't that much that they introduce me to since it's pretty mainstream.

    As John Doe states... "In fact, [the music companies] use to illegally pay radio stations to get their music on the air. Hmmm, I feel like their is a solution here somewhere." If the companies really gave a rat's ass about selling, and putting money in their artists' pockets... They would greatly decrease their prices for emerging artist streams, etc.

    One of the interesting things I note is that some of the tunes I see on Pandora came from a compilation disc... I wonder if the recording industry has screwed the pooch on some of their compilation licensing, allowing the music on a comp disc to be "sub-licensed" more cheaply...

    As to Pandora operating at a loss? Meh. It doesn't surprise me - as you point out, streaming costs and asinine licenses don't allow it to operate much differently. BUT... If it "gets bigger"... Will it gain some deal-making capacity? Kinda like Apple - can they get big enough that they can force the labels to their will?

  • On the post: Does It Make Sense To Autograph Ebooks?

    Kingster ( profile ), 20 May, 2011 @ 05:10am

    "Future Proof"? Not even close.

    Hit the brakes...

    There are some limitations. It's only available on one day and only via a live online chat. Also, it only works on the Kindle, which raises questions concerning just how "future proof" it will really be.

    That right there will make this useless. Hell, the next thing I know, Amazon and the publisher will get into some stupid fight, pull the "signed" book, and it's gone. Even if they resolve their differences, what are the odds that I can get my special page back? Slim to none, with slim stepping out of town, I would bet.

    Scote is right - If I have the opportunity to get a signature, I'm getting a physical one. Even if it is on a separate sheet of paper. The author can even sign my back while my friends take pictures, or a shirt... Anything that doesn't have DRM.

  • On the post: Sony Blames Anonymous For Latest Hack…

    Kingster ( profile ), 04 May, 2011 @ 12:20pm

    Re:

    This doesn't fit with Anon.

    Although, now that they've been accused... I'm willing to bet there will be plenty of lolz in the near future.

  • On the post: Things Get Worse And Worse For Sony As Another Massive Data Breach Detected

    Kingster ( profile ), 03 May, 2011 @ 07:25am

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    We can only hope that the EU takes this into the courts, as here in Amurica, us consumers can do nothing, now that the douchebags on the Supreme Court have quashed all the class-action lawsuits...

  • On the post: Michigan State Police Say It'll Cost $545k To Discover What Info It's Copying Off Mobile Phones During Traffic Stops [Updated]

    Kingster ( profile ), 20 Apr, 2011 @ 11:21am

    The only phone they can currently "get around password protection" on is the iPhone, and ONLY if they have access to files that are on your PC that you sync with (.plist files).

    Same holds true for Android (supposedly available in the next release of the Cellebrite UFED firmware). Blackberries are a bit different, but just as secure, if you have a password.

    Moral of the story? Keep your phone locked when driving in MI. Oh, and as usual, don't consent to searches, of your car or your phone. Ask for a warrant.

    BTW, USB only works so fast. No way they're gonna D/L a 32G iPhone in 1.5min. It's not possible.

  • On the post: Sony Settles PS3 Jailbreaking Lawsuit Against Geohot

    Kingster ( profile ), 12 Apr, 2011 @ 05:09am

    Re: Re: Re: Re:

    Creative? Who's that?

  • On the post: Sony Settles PS3 Jailbreaking Lawsuit Against Geohot

    Kingster ( profile ), 12 Apr, 2011 @ 05:07am

    Re: Re: Re: Win for Microsoft

    Let me fix that for you, regarding the consoles:
    "If only the DRM, and the firmware, and the network, and... and... ad infinitum would let you use your legally purchased hardware to do what you want with it..."

    Sure, there's lots of instances of oddities in DRM on the PC... But the most common issue I hear is somebody was doing something they weren't supposed to, got busted, and lost their account.

    But... Here's the beauty, of some things like Steam... I can put my saves "in the cloud". I can play any of my games on ANY of my PCs (not at the same time), and I don't need to carry discs with me. I don't hack/cheat. I haven't had a single problem yet. Not like when the wife would misplace game discs on me.

  • On the post: Sony Settles PS3 Jailbreaking Lawsuit Against Geohot

    Kingster ( profile ), 12 Apr, 2011 @ 05:01am

    Re: Re: Re: Win for Microsoft

    Why ya'll be hatin' on the Wii?

    I have one. Two, in fact. The wife uses it for the Wii Fit stuff, the kids play play 'em for their games, and I love the Super Mario Brothers, Smash Brothers, and MarioKart.

    When I want some good M rated gaming, I go to the PC - forever the haven of a) great players, b) hardware that can keep up with the games (and vice versa), and anti-hacking mods. Plus, I can keep the kids out of the games, and, not play in a common area.

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