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  • On the post: Daily Deal: Limited Time Offer Scrivener

    Nimelennar ( profile ), 27 May, 2016 @ 11:27am

    Last chance?

    But, but, but...

    I thought it was our last change to get it at this price on May 3!

  • On the post: Why Is Twitter Sending Legal Letters Warning People About Tweeting About The Gagged Topic Of A 'Celebrity Threesome'

    Nimelennar ( profile ), 20 May, 2016 @ 11:20am

    One person has posted a guide on how to figure out the not-so-subtle hints that the newspapers are dropping about the identity of the celebrities in question:
    http://popbitch.com/home/2016/03/31/up-the-injunction/
    And then the legal threat they received after posting it:
    http://popbitch.com/home/2016/04/14/the-letter-of-the-law/

  • On the post: DailyDirt: More Miraculous Manmade Materials

    Nimelennar ( profile ), 20 May, 2016 @ 06:09am

    CO2NCRETE

    I can't think of a non-problematic way to pronounce it.

  • On the post: European Parliament Orders MEP To Take Down A Video About His Attempt To Visit The 'Reading Room' For Trade Documents

    Nimelennar ( profile ), 09 May, 2016 @ 05:24pm

    Backup copies?

    Has anyone downloaded it yet, so that if they do force him to take it down, it doesn't stay down?

  • On the post: The Chilling Effect Of Mass Surveillance Quantified

    Nimelennar ( profile ), 02 May, 2016 @ 09:27am

    Never fear!

    They will only use this capability on people who America hates.

    To reassure everyone else, the CIA, NSA, etc. will be merging into a new "Ministry of Love."

  • On the post: Documents Show FBI Deployed Software Exploits To Break Encryption Back In 2003

    Nimelennar ( profile ), 15 Apr, 2016 @ 06:33am

    I can't wait to see TD's post about this:
    http://motherboard.vice.com/read/rcmp-blackberry-project-clemenza-global-encryption-key-canada

  • On the post: Lucasfilm Threatens And Threatens Non-Profit Over Lightsaber Battle Event

    Nimelennar ( profile ), 12 Apr, 2016 @ 12:00pm

    I already refused to watch Episode VII because of Disney nuking the Expanded Universe.

    It doesn't look like I'll have to look fare for reasons to avoid Rogue One.

    Disney: If you want my money, you're not doing a particularly good job at motivating me to give it to you..

  • On the post: FBI Won't Tell Apple How It Got Into iPhone… But Is Apparently Eager To Help Others Break Into iPhones

    Nimelennar ( profile ), 01 Apr, 2016 @ 12:23pm

    Re: April Fools!

    Nah, they just took it down from their website for 24 hours.

    The link should start working again tomorrow:
    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gullible

  • On the post: Driver Leaves Scene Of Accident, Gets Turned In By Her Car

    Nimelennar ( profile ), 10 Dec, 2015 @ 07:59pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: This is normal

    Exactly. A parked car isn't decelerating.

    If you strike a parked car at a certain speed, your airbags must go off: that's (approximately) what the law you quoted says. It does not say that the parked car's airbags must deploy.

  • On the post: Driver Leaves Scene Of Accident, Gets Turned In By Her Car

    Nimelennar ( profile ), 10 Dec, 2015 @ 07:43am

    Re: Re: This is normal

    If the car isn't running, the airbag won't deploy, and OnStar won't be contacted.

    If you are in the car, take down the other guy's licence plate number, and make the other guy pay for it though his insurance.

    I don't see the issue.

  • On the post: 3 California Cities Blocking Parking Ticket App For Being, Like, Way Too Useful

    Nimelennar ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2015 @ 10:10am

    Re: wtf

    ...justification to use anyone who plays a sport should give up...


    Can you please translate your nonsense into English?

  • On the post: AT&T Lawyers Want You To Know That AT&T's CEO Will Never Listen To Customer Suggestions

    Nimelennar ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2015 @ 10:00am

    Time to sue!

    I sent them the suggestion that they should reply to all suggestions with legal boilerplate years ago!

    Imagine how much money I can make by suing them for using my idea!

  • On the post: State Court Says University Can't Punish Student For Off-Campus Tweets

    Nimelennar ( profile ), 06 Oct, 2015 @ 05:42pm

    Sometimes, the right thing to do is root for the bad guy. In this case, the bad guy won, and it's a good thing.

    On the other hand, I can't help but feel a little schadenfreude in hoping that this guy's lawsuit gets national coverage and that the whole nation gets to find out what an asshole he is.

  • On the post: ISP Announces It's Blocking All Facebook And Google Ads Until Companies Pay A Troll Toll

    Nimelennar ( profile ), 01 Oct, 2015 @ 01:30pm

    Re: Any Lawyers?

    IANAL, but the ISP probably has a clause in the Terms of Service saying that they can block or restrict traffic in the name of quality of service. That's not what that clause is generally used for, but I can see them being pretty confident that that clause can shield them in this instance.

  • On the post: ISP Announces It's Blocking All Facebook And Google Ads Until Companies Pay A Troll Toll

    Nimelennar ( profile ), 01 Oct, 2015 @ 01:25pm

    Re: This may be a good thing to happen

    Not quite.

    HTTPS would only allow the ISP to see that I have opened a connection to https://www.techdirt.com and not necessarily which page I've downloaded. However, if there are Google ads on Techdirt, then my browser would form a separate https connection to https://ads.google.com (or whatever).

    It's not hard for the ISP to just block content from https://ads.google.com without blocking any content from https://www.techdirt.com itself.

  • On the post: DRM Still Breaking Games Nearly A Decade After Purchase

    Nimelennar ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2015 @ 09:54am

    The responsibility is on Microsoft...

    On the one hand, I think that what they're doing now, in patching the vulnerability, is absolutely the right thing to do. It is their responsibility, as the publisher of the operating system, to ensure the security of the operating system.

    However, as the publisher of some of the affected software, I think that it is also their responsibility to supply patches for that software so that it will continue working on the newest version of Windows (especially if they will be patching 7 and Vista to and causing games to stop working on earlier versions of Windows).

    They should take the initiative here, and release patches that neuter or remove the DRM. Yes, it's their responsibility to keep their software secure, but it's also their responsibility to not break one piece of software by updating another.

    Who knows? If they release free, timely patches and fix the stuff that they broke, perhaps other publishes will follow suit.

  • On the post: EPA Sides With GM In Telling Copyright Office That Copyright Should Stop You From Modifying Your Car Software

    Nimelennar ( profile ), 10 Sep, 2015 @ 10:31am

    Re: Re:

    In theory, TPMs are a good idea. The TPM stores a digital signature, and verifies that the code that you're running has been signed by that signature. That signed code inspects and loads the operating system, which inspects and loads the other software. In theory, this creates a chain of trusted software, so that, if malware does appear on your machine, you know where to look for it (in any un-signed code), because you know what code is genuine. This can work to secure any operating system.

    It only becomes a problem when the manufacturer of the TPM decides that the consumers shouldn't be able to determine what constitutes acceptable software.

  • On the post: Restaurant Adds Anti-Disparagement Clause Because Its Anti-No Show Clause Wasn't Obnoxious Enough

    Nimelennar ( profile ), 08 Sep, 2015 @ 08:27am

    Our even fuller satisfaction guarantee:

    If you are not fully satisfied with your disparagement fee at our restaurant, we will charge you an additional disparagement fee starting at but not limited to $100 per person.

  • On the post: Awesome Stuff: Sleep Hacking

    Nimelennar ( profile ), 05 Sep, 2015 @ 03:37pm

    Waiting for V2

    As much as I like the idea, I think I'll wait for the second iteration.

    Best case scenario, it gives them a chance to prove that they can mass-produce quality merchandise.

    Worst case, I miss out on a product that doesn't have a V2, which probably means the company went out of business and the original product is no longer supported.

    If they were on the edge of being funded, I might be willing to buy in and help push them over, but this is already 390% funded.

  • On the post: DOJ Says Tech Companies Can Sort Of Release FISA Numbers, But.. In A Way That Decreases Transparency

    Nimelennar ( profile ), 17 Jun, 2013 @ 10:32am

    Can't they work around this?

    Google already releases the number of government requests that they get.

    Can't they say, "We have received 100,000 goverment request, including FISA requests."

    And then say, somewhere else, "We have received 50,000 X request, 20,000 Y requests, and 3,000 Z requests. We cannot disclose the number of FISA requests we have received."

    That, technically, would not be telling us how many FISA requests they've received, but reading between the lines, the number would look a lot like 27,000.

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