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• On the post: DailyDirt: Incredible Skills

  

  FauxReal ( profile ), 28 May, 2014 @ 06:18pm

  The list has been amended to include other singers. Mike Patton comes out on top. Please ignore the hyperbolic title of greatest singer of all time as this is just a ranking of vocal ranges. It was taken from released recordings. Some of these singers may have larger ranges and there are likely really bad singers that have great vocal ranges that we will never know about. Still no Minnie Riperton.

• On the post: MakerBot Files For Patent On A Design Derived From Work By Its Community

  

  FauxReal ( profile ), 28 May, 2014 @ 03:52pm

  The first link has a link to another site that documents similar efforts by MakerBot.
  
  http://www.openbeamusa.com/blog/2014/5/22/stay-classy-makerbot

• On the post: Western Union Gets A Patent On An Exchange For 'Alternative Currencies'

  

  FauxReal ( profile ), 07 May, 2014 @ 04:45pm

  Re: Re: Ah, yes

  Actually doing it is innovative from a service perspective. The idea of doing it or using the Internet to organize it is not.

• On the post: How The US Gov't Destroyed The Lives Of A Muslim American Man's Entire Family After He Refused To Become An Informant

  

  FauxReal ( profile ), 07 May, 2014 @ 05:01pm

  An Egyptian (who became an American citizen) friend of mine was asked to be an informant after 9/11. He refused because he didn't want to involve himself in that kind of mess and did not know any anti-American extremists. He just wanted to spend time with his American wife and their two children.
  
  His commercial pilot's license was taken away under the guise of some kind of investigation. So of course he lost his job since he couldn't fly. He finally got it back 7 years later.

• On the post: Awesome Stuff: Stand While You Work

  

  FauxReal ( profile ), 20 Apr, 2014 @ 01:26am

  Wow, that stand desk is actually perfect for djing or other tabletop performances. You can adjust your deck height as needed.

• On the post: Intuit Does Subterfuge To Combat Free-Filing Tax Returns

  

  FauxReal ( profile ), 16 Apr, 2014 @ 08:44am

  Re:

  Well they likely use an advertising network vs. actually vetting and choosing each ad that runs.

• On the post: Bullied Student Records Bullies, Gets Threatened With Felony Charges For Violating Wiretapping Law

  

  FauxReal ( profile ), 16 Apr, 2014 @ 08:37am

  Is Pennsylvania a "Stand Your Ground" law state? Maybe the kid should murder them next time. (Totally not serious.)

• On the post: DOJ Issues Scathing Review Of Albuquerque Police Department' Use Of Force, Tempers It By Prioritizing Officer Safety

  

  FauxReal ( profile ), 11 Apr, 2014 @ 09:32pm

  I feel like the police in general around this country switched from making sure everyone was safe and comfortable to aggressively seeking out confrontation and hoping for escalation.

• On the post: USPTO: Again, Redskin Can't Be Trademarked Because It's A Racist Term

  

  FauxReal ( profile ), 27 Mar, 2014 @ 04:26pm

  Re: But...

  In that case the trademark gets rejected due to bad grammar.

• On the post: Dumb Criminal Promises To Shoot Someone For 100 Retweets, Is Promptly Arrested

  

  FauxReal ( profile ), 25 Mar, 2014 @ 01:23am

  Re: Criminal?

  Well, he was dumb for tweeting that photo and message which led to his arrest and depending on if he is convicted... he will become a criminal.

• On the post: Musician Claims $5.2 BILLION In Damages In Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against Apple, Amazon And CDBaby

  

  FauxReal ( profile ), 24 Mar, 2014 @ 10:53pm

  Re: This may be interesting

  Actually, that's not very far from how musicians do business. I know multiple musicians that have use their own money to have CDs or even vinyl records produced and some have hand drawn their own artwork on each piece. They have then shopped them around to different record stores in an attempt to sell a bunch of them at wholesale. It works pretty good if your music is good and you go to indie record shops. But you can also try going through record distro companies who then offer them to retail shops.

• On the post: DEA Accused Of Leaking Misleading Info Falsely Implying That It Can't Read Apple iMessages

  

  FauxReal ( profile ), 06 Apr, 2013 @ 03:20am

  I agree with everything about this article except for this phrase, "I'd like to think that law enforcement is above attempting such tricks". There's no reason why that release should be considered extra dirty or lacking in some moral high ground. It's classic misinformation AKA social engineering. What we need is OTR for smartphones.

• On the post: DailyDirt: Fighting The Next Pandemic

  

  FauxReal ( profile ), 04 Apr, 2013 @ 11:20pm

  Interesting, robots growing flu vaccines via transgenic tobacco plants. So this is how the machines launch their sneak attack.

• On the post: How Much Does HBO Pay MarkMonitor To Send DMCA Notices Removing Its Official Content From Google?

  

  FauxReal ( profile ), 06 Feb, 2013 @ 02:50am

  Since the government signed the DMCA into law and it's hard up for cash, I think it should collect penalty fees for invalid takedown request. I mean come on, it's a cash cow just waiting to be milked and barreled with artisan pork!

• On the post: Dish Turns CBS' Actions Against It; Touts Its Revoked 'Best In Show' Status With A Damning Footnote

  

  FauxReal ( profile ), 25 Jan, 2013 @ 10:09pm

  Re: Who cares about CBS?

  Craig Furguson is worth watching.

• On the post: Anonymous Launches White House Petition Saying DDoS Should Be Recognized As A Valid Form Of Protest

  

  FauxReal ( profile ), 11 Jan, 2013 @ 09:10pm

  Re: The solution to bad speech

  Exactly, DDoS attacks stifle speech, it's the equivalent of shouting someone down or muzzling them. If a government agent started DDoS-ing it would be a clear cut case of a violation of the freedom of speech (or at least would be in my eyes).
  
  I'm not sure if there is a digital equivalent of a sit-in since hacking a site and butting up your own banner compromises the remote system in a way that the owner can no longer trust it and would also shut them down. I suppose putting up informational and parody sites would be good. I did like Anonymous' real world tactics of picketing sites and putting up informational posters.
  
  Though I do agree with Anon on having no problem with them wrecking pedo sites. And yes that is in essence me preferring my own personal moral code over that of others'. But I think the vast majority of the world would agree that things go to farm when yo victimize the innocent.

• On the post: Guy Claims Pinterest Is A Ripoff Of His Failed, Unrelated Site

  

  FauxReal ( profile ), 03 Jan, 2013 @ 12:48pm

  Schroeder IS a computer and social networking genius and this is why.

  The lack of Schroeder's Internet records/footprints is a testament to his computer genius. In today's age of ubiquitous tracking by both governments and corporation and the explosion of user generated content and social networking, this man is the ultimate techno-stealth-ninja-master. I for one praise Mr. Schroeder's ability to seem completely irrelevant even when filing a lawsuit.

• On the post: PayPal Freezes Funds Of Famed Swedish ISP Twice

  

  FauxReal ( profile ), 27 Dec, 2012 @ 10:54am

  Re: Bitcoin

  Bitcoin is interesting in that it is a decentralized P2P digital currency. I kind of like the idea but I don't trust it in practice.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin
  
  I don't know if I would tust BItcoin to secure my funds as Bitcoin exchanges have been hacked in the past. Some have replaced missing Bitcoins but they can't do that forever.
  http://www.dailytech.com/Inside+the+MegaHack+of+Bitcoin+the+Full+Story/article21942.htm
  
  Though thinking about it, I do have an extra computer sitting around and it is cold in the house. Maybe I should try mining Bitcoins and warm up the room at the same time.

• On the post: Mark Cuban Funds EFF's New 'Mark Cuban Chair To Eliminate Stupid Patents'

  

  FauxReal ( profile ), 20 Dec, 2012 @ 07:15am

  Wow Notch can afford to donate $250k for a cause? I knew he was making bank off of Minecraft but wow. I guess I'm not so surprised to find out there was a Minecon. I'm just woefully out of touch.

• On the post: SimCity Developers' Reddit AMA Swiftly Turns Into WTF With The Online-Only DRM?

  

  FauxReal ( profile ), 18 Dec, 2012 @ 10:44am

  Why bother pirating it?

  How about buying it and only playing the pirate version, a lot of people do that too. I guess it's on principal of not wanting to support their shitty method. In that case, why not forget playing altogether. Because, fuck them and we shouldn't be justifying their methods in the eyes of the business community, lawmakers, law enforcement and general community as a protest to thise very same methods.

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