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• On the post: US Convicts Nigerian 419 Email Scammer

  

  Tom Landry ( profile ), 22 Apr, 2010 @ 12:48pm

  Re: The best approach

  go to "The trophy room"
  
  the best.

• On the post: US Convicts Nigerian 419 Email Scammer

  

  Tom Landry ( profile ), 22 Apr, 2010 @ 12:47pm

  if it weren't for the 419 scammers we wouldn't have the infinitely entertaining 419 baiting sites.

• On the post: Escapist Website Mass Bans (Then Unbans And Guilts) Users Who Mention Adblock

  

  Tom Landry ( profile ), 20 Apr, 2010 @ 04:21pm

  Re:

  You know what Stephen Heaslip does at Bluesnews.com when users complain about overbearing ads that destroy bandwidth? He takes care of the problem ad. He doesn't turn around and treat his readers like fucking wayward children for wanting it gone.

• On the post: Escapist Website Mass Bans (Then Unbans And Guilts) Users Who Mention Adblock

  

  Tom Landry ( profile ), 20 Apr, 2010 @ 04:18pm

  The only thing worthwhile on the site is Yahtzee's reviews and even those are getting tiresome.
  
  If the site "dies" it won't be from ad blockers.

• On the post: Sports Journalist Blames Fat, Cheeto-Eating Bloggers For The Decline Of His Trade

  

  Tom Landry ( profile ), 16 Apr, 2010 @ 06:13pm

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  My own issue is the elitism displayed by so-called seasoned veterans. They show their insecurity by denigrating anyone who chooses to comment on issues that was once the sole domain of professional, salaried writers.
  
  Yes, many bloggers ARE "idiots" but folks should be looking at the new medium as a Chinese Buffet.....take what you like and leave the rest. If you're a so-called "professional", take the high road and show us all how it's done. Don't run off at the mouth like a butthurt little girl.

• On the post: Sports Journalist Blames Fat, Cheeto-Eating Bloggers For The Decline Of His Trade

  

  Tom Landry ( profile ), 16 Apr, 2010 @ 05:39pm

  is that what a seasoned journo comes up with for a description? A fucking worn-out stereotype of the fat kid in his moms basement?
  
  Its time for Jerry to take the big bus to the dog track.

• On the post: New Ransomware Targets Porn Pirates, Makes Copyright Threats

  

  Tom Landry ( profile ), 16 Apr, 2010 @ 11:15am

  That has to be significantly effective in Japan since reputation is everything to them.

• On the post: Are Computers in Africa Really Weapons of Mass Destruction?

  

  Tom Landry ( profile ), 05 Apr, 2010 @ 10:37am

  if all else fails against an African cyber-attack just remember, we have 4chan.....

• On the post: Inventor Claims He Got Patent 20 Years After Filing… But Details Missing

  

  Tom Landry ( profile ), 31 Mar, 2010 @ 10:54am

  "billions" of times stronger? Wouldn't something like that be pulling cars off the road onto your magnet or something?

• On the post: Teens Face Felony Charges Over Girl Who Committed Suicide

  

  Tom Landry ( profile ), 30 Mar, 2010 @ 07:04am

  I read about this yesterday. I think this is a bit different in that these kids mentally tortured this girl almost every waking moment. The school and the parents were told about the situation repeatedly but failed to take action.

• On the post: Because NBC Could Never Have Figured Out How To Put TV Shows On The Internet By Itself…

  

  Tom Landry ( profile ), 29 Mar, 2010 @ 01:39pm

  I don't wholly disagree but given that we don't know the specific details of what Hula showed NBC back then I'd say you might be overgeneralizing and jumping the gun a bit Mike.

• On the post: Facebook Threatens Greasemonkey Script Writer

  

  Tom Landry ( profile ), 26 Mar, 2010 @ 12:51am

  lol-ing at the amount of folks discovering this script due to Facebook's butthurt.

• On the post: Social Networking Rants Against Exes Turning Up In Court

  

  Tom Landry ( profile ), 23 Mar, 2010 @ 08:01am

  "worthless bag of monkey shit" = win

• On the post: Despite Plenty Of Warning EA Still Decides To Follow Ubisoft Down The Wrong Path With DRM

  

  Tom Landry ( profile ), 19 Mar, 2010 @ 03:39pm

  I mailed in the EA forum thread where one of EA's PR guys tried to convince folks that there was going to be "No DRM". Following that half the forum posted a link to Wikipedia's definition of DRM showing that requiring a constant connection is indeed DRM no matter what way you want to spin it.
  
  http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/list/35920.page
  
  PC gamers tend to be a lot more informed than their console counterparts when it comes to this kind of corporate fuckery so its a bit odd that someone at EA would even try to sell this "no DRM" line to the community.

• On the post: Georgia Supreme Court Says It's Okay To Put Non-Sex Offenders On The Registered Sex Offender List

  

  Tom Landry ( profile ), 18 Mar, 2010 @ 05:13pm

  so does this mean if the state of Georgia imprisons a minor for an offense and it turns out that the minor in question is innocent, does the state attorney general get listed as a sex-offender under this law?

• On the post: Band 'Releases' New Album Via Chatroulette

  

  Tom Landry ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2010 @ 04:03pm

  Never heard of it until today.

• On the post: How Does Copyright Apply To Your Kids' Monster Drawings?

  

  Tom Landry ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2010 @ 04:26am

  Brilliant stuff

• On the post: And Here Come The Lawsuits From People Who Claim James Cameron Ripped Them Off With Avatar

  

  Tom Landry ( profile ), 10 Mar, 2010 @ 02:29pm

  lol, its the story of European expansionism.

• On the post: Fake Processors, Passing The Blame, Legal Nastygrams And More…

  

  Tom Landry ( profile ), 08 Mar, 2010 @ 04:24pm

  This is truly unfortunate for NewEgg. There are very very few companies that I can say I'm loyal to and NewEgg is one of them.
  
  I had bought a video card that had a bad GPU and sent it back for a replacement. Not only did they replace it but they wanted to reward me for being such a loyal customer (I had been a regular at the time). They called 6 times before they finally got me on the phone just to make sure I knew about my "reward" (some rather expensive RAM at the time) and whether I was happy or not. If half the businesses in the US were run like NewEgg we'd be in pretty damn good shape.

• On the post: RIAA Takes The Cake: Equates File Sharing To Children's Fairy Tale

  

  Tom Landry ( profile ), 08 Mar, 2010 @ 10:45am

  I like pie...

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