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  • On the post: Indian Court Demands Google Hand Over Anonymous Blogger's Identity

    WG ( profile ), 15 Aug, 2008 @ 06:17am

    Re: maybe we need a new country

    You know, that's not a bad idea! The only problem, though, is who would be responsible for deciding just how the infrastucture would be set up to allow for logical freedom of expression, such as we have here in the U.S., and be immune from the repressive, archaic, and paranoid delusions that permeate most of the Mid-East countries?

  • On the post: Andrew Cuomo's Blueprint For How Gov't Can Get ISPs To Censor Content

    WG ( profile ), 07 Aug, 2008 @ 09:35am

    Cuomo is an attention whore

  • On the post: Comcast Caves To Cuomo

    WG ( profile ), 30 Jul, 2008 @ 03:59pm

    Cuomo is nothing more than an attention whore

    Personally, I think this idiot ought to be yanked out of office for, what appears to be, a personal agenda hiding behind the pretext of 'save the poor children' bullshit.
    Methinks he feels his waning spotlight and decided to recast the light upon himself, at whatever cost to whomever he aims his pencil-dick mentality at. Sorry for the rant.

  • On the post: TorrentSpy Appeals Lawsuit Over MPAA Getting Access To Its Emails

    WG ( profile ), 28 Jul, 2008 @ 05:08pm

    ASSUME

    "The MPAA got away with playing dumb when this issue first came up, claiming it assumed the guy they hired had legitimate access to all of the emails he was handing over-- You know, when I was in the Marine Corps, I learned that to 'assume' was the equivalent of "..making an ASS out of U and ME." It seems that, here, that on the face of things, the MPAA is simply full of ASSES!

  • On the post: Craigslist Forced To Cough Up Name Of Oscars Ticket Seller To The Movie Industry

    WG ( profile ), 26 Jul, 2008 @ 01:37pm

    Craigslist dumbed-out on this one...

    "Are the Academy Awards over-reacting? Yeah, likely, but Craigslist isn't doing anything wrong here." To me, this smacks of a frivolity. On one hand, ANOTHER JUDGE should just bitch-slap the MPAA for pursuing such a stupid tangent of thinking (as put forth by Mike); on the other hand, Craigslist just rolled over and put its ass up in the air to the extent that anyone with a hard-on could go ask a stupid judge for anything they thought would be useful in sticking it to Craigslist, or any other service vendor, in crafting a potential lawsuit. Mike pointed out in a recent article of his that it's been proven over and over by the courts that content providers should not be held accountable for the actions of its patrons. Maybe this so-called judge should bone up on the law, and Craigslist should grow a set of balls. We're going somewhere with all of this bull, but why in a handbasket filled with idiots like these?

  • On the post: A Detailed Explanation Of How The BSA Misleads With Piracy Stats

    WG ( profile ), 20 Jul, 2008 @ 05:38pm

    What is mine is mine

    Doesn't anyone understand the concept of ownership for the end user? Who are you people, anyway!? Shills for the companies? Piracy IS a 'business model' idiots! THAT is who these numbnuts (insert BSA/MPAA here) should be directing their attention towards! What the end user (read INDIVIDUAL) does with his PAID FOR, privately-owned product is HIS, period! Your arguments make no sense in the context of the individual owner. Once paid, forever owned. THAT'S the concept you idiots need to grasp. These whining, self-promoting assholes (Corporations) need to wake up and realize that the individual who is using their product, whether they bought the damn thing on the black market at a reduced price or at a retailer at a full price, only gives their product legitimacy and longevity. It all boils down to greed - pure and simple. Every argument I've seen here has no relevance to the end user. And, to promulgate the idea that 'lost sales' are hurting the industry - that's rubbish, bullshit from top to bottom. If I want a copy of something I simply can't afford (and you all know how stupidly expensive some crap can be MSRP'd at), because I need it - I WILL OBTAIN IT! The damn software is already out in the marketplace! WAKE UP, AMERICA! Those companies that are crying about lost revenues are going to be the first to go down the toilet because EVERYONE is sick and tired of hearing their whining and moaning about a stupid concept of 'lost sales'! Mike, I give you kudos to exposing the utter ignorance and irrationality of this whole turdbag. Note: Microsoft and the other software turds, you're going to go down because of this, I guarantee it, and you have no one to blame but yourselves and these idiots you've hired to do your 'muscle work' (BSA/MPAA, et al). Open source, freeware, whatever, will prevail - you just wait and see! Everyone is sick and tired of your whining because someone just happened to acquire a copy of a program you put out on the market, legitimate or not! You need to thank your lucky stars that anyone is even remotely interested in acquiring a piece of your crap!

  • On the post: A Detailed Explanation Of How The BSA Misleads With Piracy Stats

    WG ( profile ), 20 Jul, 2008 @ 07:58am

    What is mine is mine

    All this talk of piracy should be aimed at those who take a product, reproduce it many times over, and SELL it (usually at a VERY reduced price, i.e., the HK reference) to a great number of buyers (those who who couldn't afford to have the product in the first place because of the inordinate cost) to profit greatly - THAT is piracy, not me selling or giving away a piece of software I don't want or need anymore to someone who might have a need for it, but can't afford a full-priced version. If I buy a product, say new and from an authorized retailer, then by God, I OWN IT! PERIOD! From that point on, I will do whatever I wish with it, i.e., give it away, or resell it to someone who wants it. The analogy being that if I buy a car...I OWN IT! I can do whatever I want with it - resell it, reshape it, modify it, etc., etc. Can you image what would happen to 'potential sales' if a car manufacturer made that kind of onerous stipulation to a potential car buyer!? This concept of NOT owning something you've paid for sickens me to no end. It simply makes me despise the very company(s) that attempt to control something that I've paid for. In the future, should these pinheads like the BSA/MPAA and the rest, feel the need to cornhole the single, end user...they should keep in the forefront of their narrow, little brains that it is they who are creating an atmosphere of hatred towards the very companies they represent 'out of concern for their losses' (which, as we all know, isn't the truth, because they wouldn't be in the business they're in if they weren't getting paid to do what is, essentially, thuggery and good 'ol muscle-work for their 'aggrieved and hapless clients.'). Mike has it right - in every aspect. This whining and handwringing over 'lost sales' is bull, pure and simple. You cannot claim to have lost any damn thing on the supposition that there could have been another full-price sale on a product - that is simply is wishful thinking. These companies should be grateful that someone, somewhere, values their product enough to even what to acquire it. Those 'lost sales' would never have happened in the first place because of the stupid-assed prices being charged; therefore, this 'lost sales concept' just doesn't exist.

  • On the post: Senators Not Thrilled About Laptop Searches At The Border

    WG ( profile ), 26 Jun, 2008 @ 05:13am

    Response to Citizen Greyface

    DAVE BARRY! Is that you?