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• On the post: Instant Messenger Conversation Modifies Contract; Signed With 'Awesome'

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 01 Apr, 2011 @ 07:04am

  Re:

  NO LIMIT

• On the post: Not Securing Your Internet Access To Block Infringement Is 'Negligence'?

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 31 Mar, 2011 @ 01:45pm

  Re: Re:

  How about:
  
  Someone opens your unlocked car door, sits in your car and makes recordings of the music playing on your car stereo, then leaves without a trace (except for a small note letting you know they were there and what they copied).

• On the post: Protection

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 31 Mar, 2011 @ 09:36am

  Lawyers? Or laws?

  Lawyers are not the problem, they're the symptom.
  Our society has so many laws and regulations the only way to comply with them or defend yourself from them is to get a lawyer. Tell me why our lives can't be just a little bit simpler.
  
  Vote libertarian.

• On the post: Court Seals Unclassified Document In Whistleblower Case… After Gov't Falsely Says It's Classified

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 25 Mar, 2011 @ 12:40pm

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  Bush had a C average at Yale and disclosed his transcripts despite the mockery that would come from them.
  
  I don't know what Obama's grades were.
  
  Need I say more?

• On the post: Hollywood Continues Its Plan To Kill Netflix

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 25 Mar, 2011 @ 10:20am

  Re: Please buy your own studio Netflix

  I read recently that Netflix is starting to make its own original content, so in effect they are kinda starting their own studio.

• On the post: Did The Iranian Gov't Try To Create A Massive Man-In-The-Middle Attack With Faked Certificates?

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 24 Mar, 2011 @ 03:42pm

  Re:

  Never underestimate the bandwidth of a truckload of tapes!

• On the post: If AT&T Puts A Meter On Your Broadband, But That Meter Is Grossly Inaccurate, Is That Meter Really There?

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 24 Mar, 2011 @ 03:40pm

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  Was the difference statistically the same each month? As in, was the Shaw number always higher by a certain percent?
  
  If so, perhaps they're counting bits that you're not counting (not that they SHOULD be counting them).
  
  I would expect from your comment that the number was some random difference from yours, but then if the number was randomly different in BOTH directions, I'd expect that 1 month out of 48 you'd randomly get something CLOSE (hence my first question).
  
  If you have any real numbers, I'd be very interested in seeing them, even if it's just a few months' worth (I'm a data geek).

• On the post: Zappos Gives Up On Canada Due To Customs Problems

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 23 Mar, 2011 @ 07:22am

  Re: Re: Re:

  There is really only one reason a corporation would choose NOT to do business in a country and that is if they cannot do so profitably.
  
  Zappos has a mission statement of providing the highest service level possible. If they cannot abide by their mission statement and also make a profit, then there is no reason for them to do business in Canada.

• On the post: Am I Violating The DMCA By Visiting The NYTimes With NoScript Enabled?

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 22 Mar, 2011 @ 12:43pm

  Re:

  Competent programmers cost $50-100 per hour.
  Incompetent programmers cost $40MM per project.

• On the post: Charlie Sheen Reps Claim Publicity Rights To Shut Down Group Critical Of Sheen's Treatment Of Women

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 22 Mar, 2011 @ 08:52am

  Re:

  He's mentioned somewhere in Revelations.

• On the post: Wikileaks Unveils Evidence Of Indian Parliamentary Bribery

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 21 Mar, 2011 @ 09:09am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Argument

  "piracy in areas like medicines"
  
  So, we have this misnomer for infringement of infinite goods: "piracy"
  
  Now, you've taken the incorrect word and applied it back to a scarce good in an even more nonsensical fashion. BRAVO!
  
  How often do pirates come into drug stores to raid and pillage all their medicines? Is that a big problem in India? Perhaps we should pass some strict laws in the U.S. to prevent that kind of behavior before it takes root.

• On the post: When Will We Have To Grant Artificial Intelligence Personhood?

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 18 Mar, 2011 @ 10:57pm

  Vernor Vinge's Singularity

  It's quaint of us to worry about such details as "personhood" for artificial intelligence (a la Bicentennial Man).
  
  The problem is that the moment where AI reaches human level personhood will only be a moment, and then AI will pass us. After that, we reach a state where the AI with greater than human intelligence will beget AI with even GREATER intelligence in a faster and faster loop until we reach the "singularity" where we can no longer predict the future.
  
  Ergo, I suggest that there is no point in worrying about personhood for AI. I suggest we worry about "AI-hood" for humans AFTER the singularity.

• On the post: Louis Vuitton Wins Lawsuit Supressing Artwork About LV-ish Bag — Or Genocide, Maybe

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 16 Mar, 2011 @ 12:35pm

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  OH! I had thought Louis Vuitton manufactured those people, but I guess you're correct: they're just tattoos.

• On the post: Administration Forces PJ Crowley Out Of The State Dept. After He Admits That Manning Is Being Mistreated

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 16 Mar, 2011 @ 12:19pm

  Re: The Election That Wasn't

  That's not fair! McCain is really a Democrat!

• On the post: Copyrighting Pi: Composer Pretends Only He Can Write A Song Based On Pi

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 16 Mar, 2011 @ 09:49am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Sweeeeeeet!

• On the post: For All The Promises Of Transparency, Obama Administration Responding To Fewer FOIA Requests

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 16 Mar, 2011 @ 09:28am

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  Argued eloquently except for one small problem: this information should be EASY to obtain.
  
  We're talking about documentation in the computer age. Everything should be electronic and the requests should be handled by little more than a database query. Why does it take more than that?

• On the post: Guy Who Undressed For TSA Search (With 4th Amendment Written On Chest) Sues Over Airport Detention

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2011 @ 03:26pm

  Re:

  Stop all non-essential flights.
  No one NEEDS to go on vacation.
  When the airline industry fails completely, things will get better.

• On the post: Administration Forces PJ Crowley Out Of The State Dept. After He Admits That Manning Is Being Mistreated

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 14 Mar, 2011 @ 12:16pm

  Re: The Election That Wasn't

  That's not fair! McCain is really a Democrat!

• On the post: Administration Forces PJ Crowley Out Of The State Dept. After He Admits That Manning Is Being Mistreated

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 14 Mar, 2011 @ 10:14am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Well

  And so shall it be!

• On the post: Dangerous Free Speech Ruling: Blogger Has To Pay In Libel Case… Despite Telling The Truth

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 14 Mar, 2011 @ 08:40am

  Re: Re:

  Um... we did that already 2 years ago...

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