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On the post: Anti-Pornography Guy Politicizes 10 Year Old Girl's Murder

Travis ( profile ), 31 Oct, 2012 @ 10:38am

Re: Meanwhile, the US murders children in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Dude... you lost me, I don't know what your point was...

On the post: The 'Final' Sony PS3 Hack

Travis ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2012 @ 09:15am

Much too much sense

Lowering pricing to a more reasonable price range would make too much sense for these businesses. If they started selling games at a more achievable price range for the average household, say $20-30 they would sell far more volume and probably make even more profit.

Keeping pricing over $50 ensures people buy fewer games, pirate more of them. Or wait until the price has dropped so abysmally low there's no profit to be made from them at all.

How do they even run a business with this kind of losing business practice?

On the post: Oh Sure, Now The Patent Office Realizes Apple's 'Rubberbanding' Patent Is Both Obvious And Not New

Travis ( profile ), 23 Oct, 2012 @ 01:33pm

I remember...

I remember seeing a text viewer back in 1992 that would open up text files and make them scroll past you in one smooth motion, and when you hit the bottom of the file it would... bounce!!! OMG!!!

Apple is such a troll.

On the post: Windows 8's Arbitrary App Certification Rules Could Block Skyrim And Other Huge Games

Travis ( profile ), 19 Oct, 2012 @ 02:42pm

Ugh... Linux isn't THAT great

I've tried to abandon Windows and jump to Linux. Until ALL my games work on Linux however, I simply can't do that. I don't want to spend 2 hours per game just getting the damn thing running on it. So until then, I guess I'm stuck with Windows 7. Which is fine with me.

On the post: UK Continues To Criminalize Bad Taste And Stupidity In Online Postings

Travis ( profile ), 11 Oct, 2012 @ 09:18am

Dark Ages

So I guess Europe is still in the middle of the dark ages. Good to know, I'll be sure to wear my chainmail when I go visit. Hope I can get my broadsword on a plane.

On the post: Gangnam Style Shows What Can Happen When You Don't Lean On Copyright

Travis ( profile ), 02 Oct, 2012 @ 01:25pm

Uh... say what?

Ain't happening in Canada either, not as far as I know. This is the first I've heard of it.

On the post: When Captain Picard Loses Patience With Your Cable Service, You Need To Run A Tighter Ship

Travis ( profile ), 25 Sep, 2012 @ 06:56am

Cable Cutter

Truth is, we cut cable because the bill was getting too high, and with Netflix and the internet... you can find pretty much everything out there that cable provides anyways.

On the post: Old Lady Ruins Fresco, Claims Copyright, Demands Money

Travis ( profile ), 19 Sep, 2012 @ 02:03pm

Re:

I don't normally care for the church. But such vampirism from little old lady... I like the picture you paint with the black hole thing. May that happen to every single copyright parasite out there.

On the post: Judge Quickly Approves Ebook Pricing Settlement; Says It's In The Public Interest To Stop Price Fixing

Travis ( profile ), 06 Sep, 2012 @ 02:46pm

Confused

I'm sorry, maybe it's the migraine I have today. But what's the bottom line here? Are ebook prices finally going to come down from the ridiculous prices they're at these days? A brand new ebook that's on the new release shelf should NOT be $10.00 each. Is this going to change?

That's all I care about.

On the post: TSA Declares Themselves Fashion & Funny Police

Travis ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2012 @ 12:15pm

Re: Re: Re:

He speaks truth. I scuttle from Air Conditioning to Air Conditioning since about June. And winter was shockingly short up here. I think we got snowfall for maybe only 3 months here in Southern Alberta.

On the post: Russia Confirms To The World That It's Not A Fan Of Free Speech: Pussy Riot Gets Two Years In Jail

Travis ( profile ), 17 Aug, 2012 @ 09:48am

Religion is a bitch

Gotta love religion. It always comes before freedom.

And you gotta love it more when your country's politics are heavily influenced by a Church.

Way to Orthodoxy - yet more reasons to despise you.

On the post: Legit Ebook Lending Site Taken Down By An Angry Twitmob Of Writers [UPDATED]

Travis ( profile ), 08 Aug, 2012 @ 10:52am

Flame on

Who the heck is this ElectaGraham? She certainly seems to be, if not instigating this, fanning the flames of it. What a bitch.

On the post: Netflix To Try Crowdsourcing Subtitles; Will It Get Sued For Infringement?

Travis ( profile ), 03 Aug, 2012 @ 07:58am

This whole debate is retarded

Seriously, why is there any discussion about this? Making subtitles accessible is simply a visual component to the video. Some people get along fine hearing the dialogue, some of us don't. Subtitles should be PART of the package.

And hey, if you don't provide it, we WILL get it from somewhere else.

On the post: Obama And Romney Each Have An Ad Disappear As The Olympics Gets Snippy About Anyone Referencing The Olympics

Travis ( profile ), 27 Jul, 2012 @ 09:44am

I hate the olympics

First off, I hate sports. Secondly, I hate it when people use IP and copyright to basically club everyone to death. The Olympics appear to be the most vocal and vigorous offenders. I'd personally LOVE to put an Ad out there of me shitting on the olympic flag just to let them know how much I care about their precious IP.

If they keep this up, I won't be the only one feeling this way.

On the post: Press Speculates Batman Shooter Must Have Played Video Games; They're Right: He Loved Guitar Hero

Travis ( profile ), 24 Jul, 2012 @ 08:47am

Re:

Actually, a friend of mine loved Tetris so much he LOVED helping people move. He would arrange all their crap on the moving van so as to maximize space. Pretty violent eh?

On the post: Author Strips Naked To Protest Book Piracy; Probably Works As Well As Anything Else

Travis ( profile ), 23 Jul, 2012 @ 09:45am

Re: Blech....

Indeed. 5,000 men... why not just stick your dick in a urinal and swish it around a little? Ew. ew. ew.

Oh - and I AM a writer, and if my book gets pirated I'll be cheering!

On the post: US Olympic Committee Forces 30 Year Old Philidelphia Gyro Restaraunt To Change Its Name

Travis ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2012 @ 07:37am

I will now hold my own olympics

I think my family will start a "shitalympics" and see who can shit the most in 24 hours. How's that for denigrating your stupid ass games?

On the post: In The Patent Battle Over Speech Devices, The Real 'Irreparable Harm' Is A Child Losing Her Only Voice

Travis ( profile ), 16 Jul, 2012 @ 02:45pm

I don't get it...

I don't get it, is it really that hard to port this app over to Android? At least THERE no one could block it from being distributed. Hell, it could probably continue to being used no matter WHAT the courts decided. Why anyone hangs their hat on the Apple platform when they continue to hold customers and developers hostage to their whims is beyond me.

On the post: NYPD Put Couple On 'Wanted' Poster For Videotaping Police

Travis ( profile ), 09 Jul, 2012 @ 02:40pm

Professionally agitated?

Every cop the world over should be acting as if their every action is under public scrutiny. They're servants of the public. Unfortunately, so often, the police has been compared to a legalized mafia. And is it any wonder many of us think of them as such?

On the post: Dear Angry Person: People Who Criticize You Likely Aren't Defaming You Or Infringing On Your Copyright

Travis ( profile ), 09 Jul, 2012 @ 09:21am

Gone

How odd... Her site appears to be gone now.

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