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  • On the post: Hollywood Continues To Kill Innovation, Simply By Hinting At Criminal Prosecution Of Cyberlockers

    pixelpusher220 ( profile ), 04 Apr, 2012 @ 09:57am

    "In any other industry..."

    "In any other industry, a person making this type of statement could be sued for libel."

    Why doesn't it apply here? Serious question, I'm legitimately confused...

  • On the post: Forget SOPA, You Should Be Worried About This Cybersecurity Bill

    pixelpusher220 ( profile ), 02 Apr, 2012 @ 12:10pm

    Re: Re:

    I would tend to agree the OP. It means nothing in reality, but it drives a perception that becomes reality for the general public.

    If people are hacking the CIA and FBI, bills giving the CIA and FBI more power get cover from that.

  • On the post: Forget SOPA, You Should Be Worried About This Cybersecurity Bill

    pixelpusher220 ( profile ), 02 Apr, 2012 @ 11:45am

    Re: Why does it always go this way...

    Shame they didn't compare the bills to SOPA. Comparing 4 individual bills is nice and all, but the public is simply not going to care.

    Compare them to SOPA and they will go down in flames.

  • On the post: How The TSA's Security Theater Harms Us All

    pixelpusher220 ( profile ), 30 Mar, 2012 @ 01:48pm

    Re: Re:

    The dealer has whatever hand they like...yours is the losing hand unfortunately.

  • On the post: How The TSA's Security Theater Harms Us All

    pixelpusher220 ( profile ), 30 Mar, 2012 @ 01:47pm

    Re: It has never been about keeping people safe.

    The problem is we had a problem (9/11) and are trying to solve every single other problem as a result.

    9/11 will never happen again due to 2 things.

    1. Reinforced cockpit doors

    2. Passengers beating the bloody tar out of anyone trying to get into cockpit.

    We have flight #93 from 9/11 and the JetBlue captain being taken down as concrete examples of both points.

  • On the post: Microsoft Spying On Live Messenger Messages, Censoring Any Pirate Bay Links

    pixelpusher220 ( profile ), 26 Mar, 2012 @ 02:36pm

    Re: TPB does not host content

    "Where does it stop?"

    I think 8 links worth of references so you can't be Kevin Bacon'd to the bad data behind the big bad scary TPB link.

  • On the post: Why Do The Labels Continue To Insist That 'Your Money Is No Good Here?'

    pixelpusher220 ( profile ), 20 Mar, 2012 @ 10:00am

    Re: Re:

    "limited distribution deal in place"

    Also know as, 'artificial scarcity', or 'censorship'.

    Which according to an astute commenter, "the internet interprets as damage and routes around it".

    There is no 'limit' to online distribution except those put in place by the record labels and whoever they sign deals with. Those people are to blame if I am not able to purchase the music when/how I want. I'm the customer remember?

  • On the post: A Terrifying Look Into The NSA's Ability To Capture And Analyze Pretty Much Every Communication

    pixelpusher220 ( profile ), 19 Mar, 2012 @ 11:46am

    Re: DOS

    Actually, giving them 'more' encrypted data ends up making it 'easier' to crack the encryption.

    If I have a million examples of encrypted text, I can encrypt my own texts to see if anything looks 'similar'. If I have a billion examples, well I get more things that might match.

    Now tie that in with a current event, like say, Whitney Houston dying, and now there will be clear patterns starting to emerge that they can use to start figuring out what parts they don't yet know.

  • On the post: No, Saying Musicians Must 'Add Value' Does Not Mean Music Has No Value

    pixelpusher220 ( profile ), 16 Mar, 2012 @ 10:16am

    Re:

    Making music still has plenty of value, just look at the live music industry.

    You need to 'add value' because piracy already gives you the value of the music. You need to...wait for it...give people 'Reason To Buy'.

    Selling infinitely copyable groups of digital bits is like trying to sell air to a scuba diver. He'll pay for how the air is packaged and delivered, but not for the air itself.

  • On the post: File Sharing Moves En Masse To The Darknet; Good Luck Shutting That Down

    pixelpusher220 ( profile ), 05 Mar, 2012 @ 03:30pm

    Re:

    People trading amongst their friends is not comparable to filesharing anonymously whether via Usenet or torrents.

    As soon a RapidShare darknet hits a critical number of users, then nobody will control it and *somebody* will be co-opted and in go the RA/MAFIAA trackers.

    I read the article and sharing between friends who exchange PGP keys isn't going to get enough content into each dark net in order to be attractive.

  • On the post: WaPo's Kaplan Scolded For Demanding $300 From Student Trying To Sell One Of Its Books On eBay

    pixelpusher220 ( profile ), 01 Mar, 2012 @ 11:35am

    Re: Try law students instead...

    The question is do they hire the law students that protest? or the ones that just roll over? ;-)~

  • On the post: 'We, The Web Kids': Manifesto For An Anti-ACTA Generation

    pixelpusher220 ( profile ), 01 Mar, 2012 @ 08:59am

    Re:

    The image I crafted in my mind while reading this is:

    Content creation is a mere pebble.

    The internet/web is the medium through which it's effects ripple. Ever expanding in all directions...

    You can try to stop it, but more and more people are throwing their own 'pebbles' into the 'water' and creating a tsunami you won't be able to stop.

    But you can surf it...

  • On the post: New Rules To Block 'Distracted Driving' Will Likely Make Things Worse, Not Better

    pixelpusher220 ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2012 @ 01:51pm

    Re:

    Think about what type of personality *wants* to run for office today?

    The not-so-old adage:

    "Any one who wants to hold political office is wholly unqualified to be in political office"

  • On the post: New Rules To Block 'Distracted Driving' Will Likely Make Things Worse, Not Better

    pixelpusher220 ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2012 @ 01:36pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Final Solution

    run until hardware failure

    So you're expecting people to actually 'maintain' their cars?

    The airline industry still has software faults and yet that is one of the most highly regulated transport industries.

    A tire blowout at highway speeds with cars stacked in for high speed throughput (this is a prime example used for auto-car support - cars can run just inches from each other if they are auto-controlled) begs a massive pileup.

    I'm in favor of auto-navigation cars, but there are still lots and lots of issues to work out. And sadly the key issue among them is liability. If your car kills someone while under auto-navigation, who is legally responsible? You? The car maker? The programmer? The sensor makers? It gets really grey really fast.

  • On the post: New Rules To Block 'Distracted Driving' Will Likely Make Things Worse, Not Better

    pixelpusher220 ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2012 @ 01:29pm

    Re:

    Seriously if you can't stay focused on driving or even awake for longer than an hour, don't drive longer than an hour. You also might want to try medication as that sounds fairly close to narcolepsy.


    I had a great Aunt born turn of the century who was never allowed to drive by her husband. She was literally the 'ooooo look at that over there' type who would literally just stop and look at something for 5 minutes completely oblivious to what was she was just previously doing. Not good if you're driving.



    Adding in a cell phone into the mix isn't going to help you on average.

  • On the post: Trustwave Admits It Issued A Certificate To Allow Company To Run Man-In-The-Middle Attacks

    pixelpusher220 ( profile ), 08 Feb, 2012 @ 09:09pm

    Re: Likely has happened before without becoming public

    In case anyone wants to remove Trustwave themselves according to comments in the 2nd arstechnica link they are listed under "SecureTrust CA" in your certs list.

  • On the post: Trustwave Admits It Issued A Certificate To Allow Company To Run Man-In-The-Middle Attacks

    pixelpusher220 ( profile ), 08 Feb, 2012 @ 08:18pm

    Three words

    Name. The. Company.

  • On the post: PolitiFact Trashes Lamar Smith: Says His Claims About Economic Impact Of Piracy Are Flat Out False

    pixelpusher220 ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2012 @ 01:16pm

    Re: Perjurer

    I personally feel that if you pass a bill that later gets ruled to be unconstitutional, you are no longer allowed to write laws or vote on them.

    But then Congress would be a lonely quiet place...

  • On the post: PolitiFact Trashes Lamar Smith: Says His Claims About Economic Impact Of Piracy Are Flat Out False

    pixelpusher220 ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2012 @ 01:15pm

    Re:

    wait...which half still trusts them?

  • On the post: The NFL Issues Takedown For Chrysler Super Bowl Commercial

    pixelpusher220 ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2012 @ 08:10am

    Re: Part of me wonders...

    Personally I think Rove is upset at the big lie in the video

    "Detroit almost lost everything. But we all pulled together and now Motor City is fighting again"

    Dammit we all did NOT pull together. Rove and Romney and the rest of the GOP were AGAINST saving Detroit and millions of jobs.

    They just want to make sure that is clear....oh wait ;-)

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