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• On the post: Megaupload Say US Gov't Is Trying To Steal Assets Based On Crimes That Are 'Figments Of The Gov't's Boundless Imagination'

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 13 Oct, 2014 @ 02:26pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Except that some of these laws are oversteps and overreaches that conflict with other laws and rights.... so, when that is the case, breaking the law is not just legally justified, it is morally justified as well.
  
  "Da law is da law" is the argument that mouth-breathing retards use who have absolutely no critical thinking skills.
  And yes, that seven letter r-word is the correct one to use in this case.... it might even be KIND to those people.

• On the post: ACLU Challenges Constitutionality Of Arizona's Revenge Porn Law

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 23 Sep, 2014 @ 01:08pm

  Re:

  On the last point, I could bring something up but I won't because my PoV on the subject is very controversial.
  On the others? Yeah, you hit the nail on the head.

• On the post: Canada Appears To Be Split On Whether To Extend Culture Tax To Internet Services

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 21 Sep, 2014 @ 03:38pm

  Re: Re: Re: Canada hates culture

  No, we are not 'too scary'. Some/most of the conservatives in government are, not America as a whole.

• On the post: DailyDirt: Don't Eat Fat. Or Sugar. How About Just Less Of Everything?

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 21 Sep, 2014 @ 03:57pm

  People are looking for too many 'easy outs' for their health issues. You have to get down to the nitty-gritty of exactly what you are trying to fix (overweight, diabetic, etc.) and realize that most likely you will not be able to TOTALLY fix those issues but can lessen them.

• On the post: Police In Ferguson Back To Threatening And Arresting Reporters: Tells Them To 'Get The Fuck Out Of Here'

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 18 Aug, 2014 @ 12:36am

  Re: That didn't last long

  Obama should have sent the National Guard and FBI in by this point to put the smackdown on the Ferguson creeps and I do not mean just the rioters.
  
  The police are also out of control in that town and need to be given a wakeup call that "We are a land of laws. Those laws apply to you bastards as much as anyone else. DEAL WITH IT!"
  
  My conservative West Virginia relatives who are racist have been horrified by what is going on in Ferguson.

• On the post: Court Finds Fantasy Stories Obscene

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 18 Aug, 2014 @ 12:34am

  Re: Extreme bias, legal error

  This. This would not stand on appeal if Frank wanted to be a hardass on this. However, at this point, he is probably becoming weary of the whole damned thing (that is what the prosecutors want, they want to wear someone out so that they will give up and say "I'll plea!") and just wants it to be over at this point.

• On the post: Court Finds Fantasy Stories Obscene

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 18 Aug, 2014 @ 12:32am

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  Absolutely goddamned right in one.

• On the post: Michael Hayden Thinks Snowden Revelations, Rather Than NSA Actions, May Splinter The Internet

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 25 Mar, 2014 @ 01:45pm

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  Hit the nail on the head there. The U.K. and the United States are trying to put jail time on expressing a differing viewpoint from the government on some subjects.
  
  That is totally wrong, the right to free speech should be sacrosanct as should the right to say things that people do not like hearing.

• On the post: Former Obama Official: Free Speech Ruling Hurts 'Public Civility' And 'Democratic Self-Government'

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 25 Mar, 2014 @ 01:40pm

  I usually automatically think about these things

  That they are trying to stifle free speech and stifle people dissenting with others on various subjects.
  
  I.E. don't talk about homosexuality or you will be put in prison. Don't talk about interracial marriage or you will be put in prison.
  
  Analogue to those hits from our past.

• On the post: Congress Moves to Ban In-Flight Cell Calls, Blowhards at 30,000 Feet

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 12 Feb, 2014 @ 06:51pm

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  Or talking anywhere period.... which is going to be a non-starter in the real world. The fact is that, contrary to popular belief, most people do not speak any louder into a phone than they do talking to a person beside them.

• On the post: Congress Moves to Ban In-Flight Cell Calls, Blowhards at 30,000 Feet

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 12 Feb, 2014 @ 06:45pm

  As soon as someone challenges this law

  It will be thrown out by the Supreme Court. These idiots need to realize that banning something just because of a personal dislike for it is UNCONSTITUTIONAL!
  
  It's not going to get past the Supreme Court and probably most lower courts, period and done with.

• On the post: RPS Takes On Critics Of The Idea That Games Should Eventually Enter The Public Domain

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 11 Feb, 2014 @ 09:59pm

  Re: Can you say Duhhhhh

  Some companies would like to disagree with you on that. I.E. the companies who try to sue over older NES-PS2 era games being uploaded online and made available for no cost or just donations for server fees.

• On the post: RPS Takes On Critics Of The Idea That Games Should Eventually Enter The Public Domain

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 11 Feb, 2014 @ 09:58pm

  Re: Re: Re: Additional argument

  Yes quite.... I've lost quite a few NES cartridges to 'contact rot' as I call it where the contacts after a period of years get this gunk on them, even if you clean the contacts every month.

• On the post: RPS Takes On Critics Of The Idea That Games Should Eventually Enter The Public Domain

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 11 Feb, 2014 @ 09:56pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Additional argument

  Umm.... no. The PS2 emulators for computer that I have seen have 'issues' with various games... not rendering shadows properly, having the wrong textures/colors for various things, etc.
  
  The Saturn emulators out there are touchy as well and have issues.
  
  Really, I don't understand why these device makers do not make emulators for their systems after they stop selling their systems. Is it that hard to do? I'd have to say "No" considering that non-company hackers can do it, by and large.

• On the post: RPS Takes On Critics Of The Idea That Games Should Eventually Enter The Public Domain

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 11 Feb, 2014 @ 06:34pm

  Re: Additional argument

  Bingo, mad. Consoles usually only last 10 years, tops with the hardware and even the game carts/discs before they are irreparably damaged due to scratches or other things.
  
  We need to backup those things to a computer system that is more difficult to damage in order to not lose a lot of games to disc rot and console damage.
  
  Personally, I feel it is past time to make console manufacturers release ALL their documents and make their own emulator that works on the most common OS's available at the time (I.E. today Windows 7+, iOS, Android, OSX) so that we do not lose a bunch of cultural advancements.

• On the post: RPS Takes On Critics Of The Idea That Games Should Eventually Enter The Public Domain

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 11 Feb, 2014 @ 06:30pm

  Re: Re: Additional argument

  There already are fully functional emulators for that system.
  
  The systems that have fully functional (can play almost any game) emulators are NES, SNES, Genesis and N64 (with some codicils for the last).
  
  It's harder with the other consoles after those because they are more complex and the console makers put in 'breaker' scripts that are poorly documented except in secret company documents.

• On the post: DailyDirt: Horse, The Other Other Red Meat

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 10 Mar, 2013 @ 05:49am

  Re: Horses are useful

  Actually, it's not our 'excess intake of carbohydrates' that is the issue. It's our sedentary and less active lifestyles that is the issue.

• On the post: The Content Industry Keeps Penalizing The People Who Actually Pay

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 09 Sep, 2012 @ 03:24pm

  Way to go, Techdirt

  Thank you, Techdirt. I have been pointing this out to friends and family for years that most 'pirates' aren't really that (they are doing legal timeshifting because they have cable/satellite TV memberships) or the pirates aren't a lost sale because they don't make enough money to afford the legitimate thing in question.

• On the post: Google Follows Apple In Unnecessarily Pulling App That Allowed A Little Girl To Speak

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 04 Sep, 2012 @ 12:46pm

  Re: Re: Can't have it both ways, Mike...

  Agreed with the 'after the ruling' part. No reason to pull anything before a court has made a decision or jury has made a decision on X thing.

• On the post: Google Follows Apple In Unnecessarily Pulling App That Allowed A Little Girl To Speak

  

  Christopher ( profile ), 04 Sep, 2012 @ 12:32pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  Bingo. This is just waiting for due process to wind it's way through.
  
  I personally feel that way too many things are patentable today. Complete software and hardware packages, fine.
  
  Piecemeal software and hardware patents, hell no!

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