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• On the post: Judge Changes Mind, Says James Woods Can Likely Unmask Guy Who Made Fun Of Him On Twitter

  

  radarmonkey ( profile ), 11 Feb, 2016 @ 02:03pm

  So if someone uses the prenomial characterization (i.e., "Idiot") followed by a proper noun (i.e., "LA Superior Court judge Mel Recana"), would that be a linguistic structure widely used to characterize people with shorthand factual information?
  
  Asking for a friend.

• On the post: Comcast's Christmas Present To Broadband Users: More Usage Caps In More Places

  

  radarmonkey ( profile ), 05 Nov, 2015 @ 11:55am

  Ambiguity?

  "...We’re also implementing a three-month courtesy program. That means you will not be billed for the first three times you exceed the 300 GB included in the monthly data plan."

  That's a bit ambiguous, no? Is it 3 months or is it the first 3 times? It'd be interesting to see if someone is charged then sues in Month 4 because of this statement.

• On the post: It's Not HBO, It's Wagga Wagga, Yo!

  

  radarmonkey ( profile ), 21 Oct, 2015 @ 12:02pm

  New Tagline

  "WaggaWagga.TV -- We're not HBO, you blithering idiots!"

• On the post: Appeals Court: No, You Can't Copyright A Chicken Sandwich

  

  radarmonkey ( profile ), 25 Aug, 2015 @ 11:42am

  WTF? This clown didn't start working for the chain until 1987. I was making Chicken Sandwiches in 1985 at Wendy's!!

• On the post: Lionsgate Sues TD Ameritrade For Seven Figures Over Lame Reference To A Dirty Dancing Line

  

  radarmonkey ( profile ), 06 Jul, 2015 @ 04:25pm

  Why?

  Why are movie studios actively driving me away from wanting to give them my money? It is asshat moves like this that make me want to go out of my way so they don't see a dime.

• On the post: TSA Asks America To LOL At Traveler Who Had $75,000 Taken From Him By Federal Agents

  

  radarmonkey ( profile ), 01 Jul, 2015 @ 12:13pm

  Jebus christ! At least in Mexico the cops allow you to bribe them with only part of the money! You get to keep the rest.
  
  This is fucking armed robbery!

• On the post: City Claims It Will Take 9,000 Hours And $79,000 To Fulfill Gawker's Request Emails Related To Abusive Police Officer

  

  radarmonkey ( profile ), 30 Jun, 2015 @ 09:33pm

  Re:

  There's probably some highschool script-kiddy running a regex call right now!

• On the post: Australia's New Law Would Strip Citizenship For Possessing A 'Thing' Connected With Terrorism, Or Whistleblowing

  

  radarmonkey ( profile ), 29 Jun, 2015 @ 03:36pm

  Will this require trigger warnings to Australians on all TechDirt articles containing ANY information about terrorism (such as this very article)? We don't want them to automatically lose their citizenship simply for becoming educated about their government's stupidity.

• On the post: The Cardinal Way: FBI Investigating STL Cardinals For Hacking Into Astros Database

  

  radarmonkey ( profile ), 16 Jun, 2015 @ 02:37pm

  For all the the 'stupid' and 'dumb' adjectives being heaped on the Cardinal's perpetrators of this heinous 'hack' from their own home, let's add a hefty dose of 'are-you-f***ing-crazy!' to the Cardinal-turned-Astro GM who (a) put a highly sensitive database where someone outside the organization could get to it, and (b) used the SAME GODDAMN PASSWORD that he KNEW his old team was in possession!
  
  No amount of law (CFAA or new knee-jerk-enacted ones) can make up for negligent IT practices.

• On the post: Legislators Strip Funding For Warrantless Use Of Stingrays By FBI, Take Money From The DEA To Buy Bodycams

  

  radarmonkey ( profile ), 08 Jun, 2015 @ 04:04pm

  Standby ....

  to see a significant increase in 'Civil Asset Forfeiture' in 3...2...1....
  
  (somebody's gonna pay!)

• On the post: Lawyer Asman Drops Lawsuit Against EFF, But Claims That 'Ass man' Comments Are Defamatory

  

  radarmonkey ( profile ), 05 Jun, 2015 @ 09:51pm

  I wanted to post something with a Beavis/Butthead theme, but felt that was too obvious. So, I'll go with this regarding "Ass man" ....
  
  
  Damn Autocorrect!

• On the post: Canadian Law Enforcement Complains Child Molesters Are Benefiting Most From ISP Subscriber Data Warrant Requirements

  

  radarmonkey ( profile ), 13 May, 2015 @ 02:43pm

  What does is say about a country where the government believes that 3% of it's population are pedophiles?

• On the post: Here's Why Everyone is Supporting Patent Reform (And You Should, Too)

  

  radarmonkey ( profile ), 07 May, 2015 @ 10:29am

  All for show, none for go?

  Won't all this popular posturing be rendered moot if TPP, with the ISDS section, is crammed down our throats?

• On the post: Huge Win: Appeals Court Says NSA's Bulk Phone Records Collection Not Actually Authorized By PATRIOT Act

  

  radarmonkey ( profile ), 07 May, 2015 @ 10:21am

  Meaningless

  I can see the government statement now:
  

  "The Appeals Court ruling is meaningless. We have ruling after ruling from the true adjudicator of 215, the FISA courts, who have ruled consistently in favor of the Government's interpretation. Of course, we cannot disclose the text of those rulings .... National Security, and all that."

• On the post: Trademark Dispute Between Brewery And Winery Over Northstar Brand

  

  radarmonkey ( profile ), 06 May, 2015 @ 09:27pm

  Northstar trigger

  I can't be the only one who, upon seeing the name "Northstar", started singing ....
  
  ♫ We are the CITs so pity us!
  ♪ The kids are brats, the food is hideous!
  ....

• On the post: Tom Friedman: If We Don't Sign The TPP Agreement, The World Will Be Overtaken By ISIS, Anarchy And China

  

  radarmonkey ( profile ), 30 Apr, 2015 @ 10:01am

  Reading this, the same image kept flashing in my head: Simon (Bill Paxton) pleading with Helen (Jaime Lee Curtis) in 'True Lies' ...

  "If not for me, Helen, do it for your country!"

• On the post: Major Record Labels Use Lawsuit Against MP3Skull To Try To Backdoor In SOPA

  

  radarmonkey ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2015 @ 10:15am

  Re: Re: Accessories to a 'crime'

  But that means diddly/squat to the RIAA and the illogical 'everybody must pay', scorched-earth policy. If they squeeze a nickle out this, they look for the penny out of that.

• On the post: Major Record Labels Use Lawsuit Against MP3Skull To Try To Backdoor In SOPA

  

  radarmonkey ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2015 @ 10:04am

  Accessories to a 'crime'

  You know who else is "facilitating access"? Web browsers!
  
  Every single web browser can take that simple string of letters and numbers and turn it into an actual page of information, and that information infringes on somebody's copyright! And since it's by design, it's willful! The RIAA needs to eliminate web browsers to save the "artists"!

• On the post: Is Merely Explaining The Streisand Effect To Someone A 'Threat'?

  

  radarmonkey ( profile ), 20 Apr, 2015 @ 02:53pm

  Degrees of Scum

  This really seems like a updating of the the Churchill quip:

  Churchill: "Madam, would you sleep with me for five million pounds?"
  
  Socialite: "My goodness, Mr. Churchill... Well, I suppose... we would have to discuss terms, of course... "
  
  Churchill: "Would you sleep with me for five pounds?"
  
  Socialite: "Mr. Churchill, what kind of woman do you think I am?!"
  
  Churchill: "Madam, we've already established that. Now we are haggling about the price”

  Arcaya seems fine with being called a scum ... he just seems to not like the level of scum he's being called.

• On the post: No, Getting Your Music Played On The Radio Is Nothing Like Slavery

  

  radarmonkey ( profile ), 14 Apr, 2015 @ 01:29pm

  *scene up at end of press conference*
  
  *reporter stands up and raises hand*
  
  "Congressman?! Congressman?! You and your colleagues have been equating radio stations not paying artists as the artists being slaves; a position the RIAA has publicly taken as well. Given the similarities of that argument and you're presentation of it today, are you (and by extension, your colleagues) being paid by the RIAA or are you slaves to the RIAA? Congressman?! Where are you going, Congressman?!"

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