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• On the post: Police Chief To Be Paid In Bitcoin, But Mostly As A Publicity Stunt Gimmick

  

  Chris ( profile ), 05 Dec, 2013 @ 01:35pm

  Re: Re: So?

  Indeed. I'd say things like this are much cooler: Tesla Purchased With Bitcoins

• On the post: Surprise: MPAA Told It Can't Use Terms 'Piracy,' 'Theft' Or 'Stealing' During Hotfile Trial

  

  Chris ( profile ), 02 Dec, 2013 @ 06:19am

  Ha! The joke's on the court!

  Those intellectual property rapists at Hotfile won't know what hit em!

• On the post: Appeals Court Refuses To Overturn Ruling That Ends Stop And Frisk In NYC [Updated]

  

  Chris ( profile ), 26 Nov, 2013 @ 06:59am

  Re: Don't worry, people...

  Troll, or actual trogolodyte with a badge? You decide!
  
  Poe's law strikes again!

• On the post: University With History Of Free Speech Violations Abuses Trademark Law In Clumsy Attempt To Shut Down Critical Blog

  

  Chris ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2013 @ 12:07pm

  Re: Just a little bit of hypocrisy...

  Removing a trademark does not restrict anyone's speech or force anyone to change the name of any team.

• On the post: Renault Introduces DRM For Cars

  

  Chris ( profile ), 12 Nov, 2013 @ 07:14am

  OnStar

  The same reason I'll never buy a car with OnStar.
  
  "With OnStar, the government can shut down your car remotely at any time! You know, . . . uh . . . to protect you. From thieves and stuff!"

• On the post: As Silk Road 2.0 Pops Up, The Government Needs To Avoid The Temptation Of Moral Panic

  

  Chris ( profile ), 07 Nov, 2013 @ 12:17pm

  Re: Wrong, MIke! Bitcoin is just another Ponzi scheme that'll be taken over.

  If you understood anything about Bitcoin, you would understand why that article is full of ridiculous hyperbole.

• On the post: Hackers Get Tons Of Detailed Info On Nearly 1 Million Rich & Famous By Copying Major Limo Broker Service's Database

  

  Chris ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2013 @ 05:03pm

  ?sex,? ?puke,? ?arrest,? ?police,? ?smoking pot?
  
  And that was just the notes on Miley Cyrus!

• On the post: NSA, DHS Sued For Threatening People Who Created Parody Merchandise

  

  Chris ( profile ), 30 Oct, 2013 @ 07:48am

  Re: Re: Re: So... NSA and DHS are in the wrong, and that's reason to attack Zazzle?

  If this makes you unhappy, then I suggest that you work toward creating incentives (or punishments) to force companies to play nice.

  You mean, for example, by trying to publicly shame the company into behaving better?

• On the post: NSA, DHS Sued For Threatening People Who Created Parody Merchandise

  

  Chris ( profile ), 30 Oct, 2013 @ 07:31am

  Re: So... NSA and DHS are in the wrong, and that's reason to attack Zazzle?

  And here we see OOTB stick up for cowardly and complicit corporations, once again changing his opinions on the fly in any way possible in order to attack and criticize.
  
  This level of obsession you have with Mike and this site is not healthy. Are you currently seeing anyone about it?

• On the post: 2009: Man Buys 5000 Bitcoins For $27, Forgets About Them. 2013: Man Rediscovers His Bitcoins, Now Worth $886,000

  

  Chris ( profile ), 30 Oct, 2013 @ 07:07am

  Re: Bitcoins are too expensive to be worth using as money

  It's always the people who know the least about bitcoin who are the loudest in trying to tell everyone else why it won't work.
  
  Thanks for keeping the tradition alive!

• On the post: The Only People The NSA Can't Spy On Is Its Own Employees

  

  Chris ( profile ), 29 Oct, 2013 @ 11:34am

  Don't Knock It

  I, for one, am completely grateful that the US government is lazy, incompetent, and inefficient. If it weren't, we'd all be in really deep shit.

• On the post: Dianne Feinstein Is Simply Wrong In Claiming NSA Dragnet Would Have Been Helpful In Stopping 9/11

  

  Chris ( profile ), 17 Oct, 2013 @ 08:20am

  As Always

  "This complete failure of government at all levels only underscores how vital government is, and how much additional power and money it needs to operate."

• On the post: GitHub Bug Opened: Government Occasionally Shuts Down; Conflicting Error Messages

  

  Chris ( profile ), 10 Oct, 2013 @ 02:16pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Or we'll see that we actually don't need them at all.

• On the post: GitHub Bug Opened: Government Occasionally Shuts Down; Conflicting Error Messages

  

  Chris ( profile ), 10 Oct, 2013 @ 12:45pm

  Re: The Government/State itself is the Bug

  Indeed. I should file a bug report:
  
  BUG: Parts of government still continuing to operate and waste system resources after shutdown initiated.

• On the post: GitHub Bug Opened: Government Occasionally Shuts Down; Conflicting Error Messages

  

  Chris ( profile ), 10 Oct, 2013 @ 12:44pm

  Re: Re:

  Tell that to the 100s of 1000s who are not being paid.

  They should quit permanently and get productive jobs.

• On the post: High School Student Forced To Remove NRA Shirt, Because Pictures Of Guns Are Scaaaaary

  

  Chris ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2013 @ 05:41am

  Re: Although it is an obscenity

  It would not be too hard for a lawyer to show that someone (a teacher or staff) could think a picture (icon) of a gun is reasonably obscene.

  Actually, it would be incredibly hard. Read: impossible.

• On the post: High School Student Forced To Remove NRA Shirt, Because Pictures Of Guns Are Scaaaaary

  

  Chris ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2013 @ 05:39am

  Re: Re: Actually, I like that idea, Tim

  it's also an NRA T-Shirt, not his own speech, it's not his speech to be free. the NRA shirt expresses the speech of the NRA, if he has of made his own shirt with "NRA is great" then that is his own free speech or freedom of expression.

  This is completely, stunningly, mind-bogglingly wrong.
  
  With an argument that sloppy and idiotic, you must be a lawyer . . .

• On the post: Once Again, If Copyright Enforcement Doesn't Improve The Bottom Line, What's The Point?

  

  Chris ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2013 @ 09:29am

  Re: WAIT A SEC. You've YET to show the opposite!

  THE POINT IS STOPPING CRIME. That's good in and of itself.

  
  Laws are ends in themselves?

• On the post: Anonymous Indictment Raises Serious Question: Is It Really A CFAA Violation To DDoS A Website?

  

  Chris ( profile ), 04 Oct, 2013 @ 08:33am

  Re:

  Do I have your authorization to DDOS techdirt.com, bringing down your website? This stuff isn't hard, Mikey.

  I don't want people to call me an asshole on the internet, but that doesn't mean it's a violation of the law to do so.
  
  This stuff isn't hard, AC.

• On the post: FEMA Grounds Private Drones That Were Helping To Map Boulder Floods, Threatens To Arrest Operators

  

  Chris ( profile ), 16 Sep, 2013 @ 01:29pm

  Re:

  You forgot your /sarc tag.

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