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• On the post: Viacom Uses Fans As Hostages: Blocks Daily Show, Colbert Streams For Everyone To Spite DirecTV

  

  mattarse ( profile ), 12 Jul, 2012 @ 09:57am

  Re: Re:

  Well that's good to know, I thought they had finally won against the pirates and that was why I couldn't find them on torrent sites lately.

• On the post: Are Books Printed With Disappearing Ink Really The Best Way To Make People Read Them?

  

  mattarse ( profile ), 12 Jul, 2012 @ 04:15am

  I think this is actually a good idea - but not as an actual product. I think this was done purely for publicity, and as such it has done an excellent job.
  Would I ever buy a book like this? No.
  Without this book would I have heard of this publisher? Probably not, but now I have.

• On the post: Dear Angry Person: People Who Criticize You Likely Aren't Defaming You Or Infringing On Your Copyright

  

  mattarse ( profile ), 09 Jul, 2012 @ 10:40am

  Re: Re: Top 3

  I'm personally just waiting for the next chapter in the blockbuster "The Carreon Effect". One of the most entertaining things I've seen this year, much better than "Prometheus".

• On the post: A Floating Island Of Nerds… Or Just Evidence Of A Broken Immigration System?

  

  mattarse ( profile ), 09 Jul, 2012 @ 05:52am

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  A tourist or a transit visa should be enough to get there though, instead of a work visa.

• On the post: Carreon's Full Filing Reveals He Donated To Oatmeal Campaign Himself, Plus Other Assorted Nuttiness

  

  mattarse ( profile ), 19 Jun, 2012 @ 02:27am

  I for one am sending Carreon email of support.
  
  I don't want this shit to end!

• On the post: Minneapolis Police Filming Their Own Work To Show Critics

  

  mattarse ( profile ), 19 Jun, 2012 @ 02:15am

  Re:

  In my experience the police are more likely than the ordinary citizen to lie, either direct or by omission. Thus their testimony should have less weight when there is nothing to corroborate what they are claiming. If there is any non-involved witness then I will give their testimony more weight than the police.
  It is probably not true for everyone, but in all of my dealings with the police they have been power hungry, lying sacks of shit.

• On the post: Slovak Collecting Society Sends Village Invoice For Singing Folk Song About Itself

  

  mattarse ( profile ), 18 Jun, 2012 @ 03:21am

  But ummm....Think of the children!

• On the post: Copyright Sci-Fi: What Will Lifelong Copyright Terms Mean When People Live Way Longer?

  

  mattarse ( profile ), 07 Jun, 2012 @ 03:44am

  Re: Re: Techdirt vandalized briefly

  I've seen this a few times - I assume being in Europe puts your backup time in my mornings.
  
  I always assumed network issues/slight hiccups and never thought more of it :)
  
  I think next time I'll blame the unicorns, now that Mitt is all but confirmed as one they must be getting ready to take over.

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  

  mattarse ( profile ), 04 Jun, 2012 @ 12:51am

  Re:

  I watched the first episode and it was......hokey.
  
  But I'm going to watch the second because I'm always looking for sci-fi on TV, even bad sci-fi.
  
  I actually think the Corporations as good guys is how they are going to try to make it an interesting story - over time there will be conflict in the main character and how she slowly comes to the side of the revolutionaries. This will occur as she also realizes some of the seven are not hyper violent. The violent ones will be labelled as on the right side, but misguided in their methods. Because armed revolution is always wrong...

• On the post: Irish Charity Told It Needs To Pay A License Fee To Link To A Newspaper Article

  

  mattarse ( profile ), 31 May, 2012 @ 09:16am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Ofcourse every link does, and it's easy to figure out.
  
  All you have to do is go to a command prompt and type in nslookup followed by the website the link is hosted on.
  
  So for google I would do:
  nslookup google.com
  
  The you take the numbers of the IP address - in my case the IP address is 209.85.148.139 and total those:
  209 + 85 + 148 + 139 = 580
  
  The higher this number is above 42, then the more likely that the sites links are infringing, and should not be clicked on. I won't personally click on any going to an IP address higher than 127.0.0.0

• On the post: Is Photographing A Meal 'Taking Intellectual Property Away' From A Chef?

  

  mattarse ( profile ), 30 May, 2012 @ 09:28am

  Re: Re:

  off topic but I read incest and got really confused :)
  
  I do wonder what inquest you're worried about when they will care about all of your meals though!

• On the post: Is Photographing A Meal 'Taking Intellectual Property Away' From A Chef?

  

  mattarse ( profile ), 30 May, 2012 @ 09:25am

  I used to be a chef, not too many years ago, and I remember we would put a lot of effort into the presentation. Some studies have even shown that presentation is one of the larger factors in whether someone enjoys a meal or not.
  
  I remember the first time a waitress came to the kitchen, in probably 2002 or 3 and told us someone was taking pictures of our food.
  
  We were proud of it when we heard, but apparently we missed the boat. I didn't realize we could be like aging rock stars and get future income from royalties that those thieves aren't paying now. I can just imagine those thieves flipping thru the photo album, and the sense of joy they have from stealing that picture.

• On the post: How Copyright Would Make The 'Singularity' Infringement If It Ever Arrived

  

  mattarse ( profile ), 24 May, 2012 @ 06:29am

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  "The folks at On the Media point us to a truly hilarious imagining by Tom Scott of what would happen after your physical body "died" in an age of both "The Singularity" and excessive copyright laws."
  
  I think it's apparent that Mike was pointing out that this is an amusing idea, but something worth thinking about.
  
  I don't see a logical stretch here at all.

• On the post: Sparkfun Explains Why It Provided Customer Info In Response To Subpoena

  

  mattarse ( profile ), 17 May, 2012 @ 03:50am

  Re: Re: Re: credit card numbers

  Not only that but they wanted all data for 6 months to try to find one person who may have bought one item from this site.
  
  Looking at the site it appears that Sparkfun doesn't manufacture the items it sells. So who says the item was bought there?

• On the post: Can You Patent How You Cut Your Meat?

  

  mattarse ( profile ), 17 May, 2012 @ 03:46am

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  If it includes a counter clockwise swirl and 1 finger insertion I already have that patent and would like to discuss licensing costs.
  
  I used to enjoy reading Techdirt, now I come back daily for a dose of depression.

• On the post: ICE & FBI Hatch Ingenious Plan To Make DVD Piracy Warnings Longer

  

  mattarse ( profile ), 10 May, 2012 @ 07:38am

  I'm beginning to miss the days of VHS and easy fast forwarding....

• On the post: Paulo Coehlo Convinces His Publisher To Offer (Almost) All Of His Ebooks For $0.99

  

  mattarse ( profile ), 03 May, 2012 @ 04:29am

  If I hadn't read the alchemist for free a couple of months ago I wouldn't even be contemplating buying any of Paulo's other books.
  Now I'm going to buy 3 or 4, and if they are good I'll probably buy everything he writes in the future.
  How has pirating hurt him?

• On the post: Why Netflix Never Implemented The Algorithm That Won The Netflix $1 Million Challenge

  

  mattarse ( profile ), 13 Apr, 2012 @ 09:09am

  Re: Re:

  Exactly - most of my colleagues all have a hobby that is in the same field, but not exactly applicable to their jobs. We enjoy the challenge.
  I remember reading about this prize when it was still in competition and at least a few of the challengers didn't seem to think they had a chance to win, but kept working on it making incremental progress.

• On the post: Parent Claims 'Ender's Game' Is Pornographic; Teacher Who Read It To Students Put On Temporary Leave

  

  mattarse ( profile ), 22 Mar, 2012 @ 01:32am

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  If your beaches aren't horrid pits of sin and obscenity then you need to find a better beach ;)

• On the post: Parent Claims 'Ender's Game' Is Pornographic; Teacher Who Read It To Students Put On Temporary Leave

  

  mattarse ( profile ), 22 Mar, 2012 @ 01:25am

  Re: Re: It's Larry Flynt's Fault...

  I agree completely. It's one of the few Sci-Fi books I recommend to everyone.

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