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• On the post: BSA Releases BS Numbers Yet Again, Then Says Don't Pay Attention To The Numbers

  

  DJ ( profile ), 13 May, 2009 @ 01:15pm

  Re:

  It's new math. Haven't heard of it? just google jay Leno's headlines about it.

• On the post: BSA Releases BS Numbers Yet Again, Then Says Don't Pay Attention To The Numbers

  

  DJ ( profile ), 13 May, 2009 @ 01:10pm

  Re: Radio Ads have started as well...

  Again with Catch 22

• On the post: Craigslist Gives In To Misplaced AG Anger… Again

  

  DJ ( profile ), 13 May, 2009 @ 10:48am

  Catch 22

  Joseph Heller was a genius....

• On the post: Will Content Company Greed Destroy The Pay TV Business?

  

  DJ ( profile ), 05 May, 2009 @ 06:16pm

  Re:

  Ok so maybe I'm a little behind the times here, but last time I checked, cable internet was SEVERAL TIMES FASTER than DSL. Has DSL technology advanced past that in the past couple months?

• On the post: Supreme Court Justice Scalia Given Lesson In Internet Privacy

  

  DJ ( profile ), 05 May, 2009 @ 05:56pm

  Re: Here's the thing

  PS i'm not implying that if something illegal is done with your info (ID theft, fraud, etc) is your fault; at that point the "thief" is to blame for his/her crime.
  
  However, if someone finds out your information, and you simply don't want them to know.....
  too fucking bad.

• On the post: Supreme Court Justice Scalia Given Lesson In Internet Privacy

  

  DJ ( profile ), 05 May, 2009 @ 05:52pm

  Here's the thing

  The fact that it's, often times, easy to find a person's personal information online DOES NOT mean that there should be legislation regulating the availability of said information.
  
  THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR KEEPING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION SAFE LIES
  100%
  SOLELY
  WITH........
  
  YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• On the post: Another Bogus Copyright Takedown: Can't Protest A Viacom Movie With T-Shirts

  

  DJ ( profile ), 04 May, 2009 @ 03:28pm

  Re: I call fair

  I didn't bother reading the original article on this one, nor am I familiar with the series/movie.
  
  As such I think you have a pretty valid argument there. So my question, now, is this: Did Zazzle take the shirts down of their own accord (regardless of the reason, cuz they'd be stupid not to reserve that right in there TOS), or did Viacom PRESSURE Zazzle to take them down?

• On the post: Another Bogus Copyright Takedown: Can't Protest A Viacom Movie With T-Shirts

  

  DJ ( profile ), 04 May, 2009 @ 03:19pm

  Progression of Free Speech in America

  1782 -late 1980's
  First Amendment
  "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
  
  late 1980's - 2000ish
  Politically Correct
  "...all that still applies, just be careful not to offend anyone with what you say...."
  
  2000ish - Present Day
  WTF???
  "I can offend you with whatever I say, but if YOU offend ME, I'll sue you for everything that your bloodline has ever been and ever will be worth."

• On the post: Why Facebook Can't Become Twitter: Its Closed Nature

  

  DJ ( profile ), 04 May, 2009 @ 03:08pm

  Re: Does Facebook Even Want to be Twitter?

  That's a great distinction. Just because one is "the next big thing", doesn't mean that the other ISN'T popular.
  
  What makes MySpace a failure is that they preach privacy, but there's no such security....But people still use MySpace, because it's simple and, probably more importantly, familiar.

• On the post: The Mother Of All Anti-Google Rants: Comparing Google To The Taliban

  

  DJ ( profile ), 04 May, 2009 @ 01:46pm

  Re: Re: google books

  Oh yeah and I have friends who have 10+ "official" PhD degrees from Harvard AND Yale....

• On the post: The Mother Of All Anti-Google Rants: Comparing Google To The Taliban

  

  DJ ( profile ), 04 May, 2009 @ 01:38pm

  Re: google books

  and I can copy letterhead and trademark logos of different companies and create "official" documents.
  
  No one is saying that it CAN'T be done, so what's your point?

• On the post: The Mother Of All Anti-Google Rants: Comparing Google To The Taliban

  

  DJ ( profile ), 04 May, 2009 @ 01:35pm

  Re: Surpressed news about Google

  "horrific offense against the world public "??????????
  
  So they've accosted people? Placed the world public in concentration camps? What do you mean by "horrific"?
  
  Or are you still bitching about tracking cookies?

• On the post: The Mother Of All Anti-Google Rants: Comparing Google To The Taliban

  

  DJ ( profile ), 04 May, 2009 @ 01:27pm

  Re: Re:

  Oddly enough I really can't find myself on google...but I CAN find my dopplegangers (yes that's plural)

• On the post: The Mother Of All Anti-Google Rants: Comparing Google To The Taliban

  

  DJ ( profile ), 04 May, 2009 @ 01:25pm

  Re:

  Ever tried to google yourself? It's no longer a question of CAN you be found, it's how difficult is it to find you?

• On the post: The Mother Of All Anti-Google Rants: Comparing Google To The Taliban

  

  DJ ( profile ), 04 May, 2009 @ 01:22pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Paranoid Delusions

  I agree with Fish that it's no longer "adequately explained by stupidity."
  Malice? Maybe. Maybe not.
  Greed? A contributor, at least.
  Conspiracy? Well, if they really ARE after you does that make your paranoia no longer delusional?

• On the post: The Mother Of All Anti-Google Rants: Comparing Google To The Taliban

  

  DJ ( profile ), 04 May, 2009 @ 01:14pm

  Re:

  "With Microsoft, winning is not enough. It's a zero sum game."
  
  You seem to the good ol' Bill wants a Monopoly. Clearly you are mistaken. I think the evidence i've offered speaks for itself.
  
  (just thought I'd use the same type of logic as Buiter for a sec)

• On the post: The Mother Of All Anti-Google Rants: Comparing Google To The Taliban

  

  DJ ( profile ), 04 May, 2009 @ 01:11pm

  Re: Re: Re: I use Google...a lot...

  My first internet xp was through AOL (::gasp::)
  
  When I finally ditched AOL I actually asked someone wherethe table of contents for the internet was......
  
  I finally got my answer....GOOGLE!!

• On the post: The Mother Of All Anti-Google Rants: Comparing Google To The Taliban

  

  DJ ( profile ), 04 May, 2009 @ 01:07pm

  Re: Re:

  Muldavi is better. But that's hard to get outside Hawaii.

• On the post: Wolverine, Box Office Results… And Piracy

  

  DJ ( profile ), 04 May, 2009 @ 12:55pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  I'd say it's a cut above head-scratchin. (pun intended)

• On the post: Wolverine, Box Office Results… And Piracy

  

  DJ ( profile ), 04 May, 2009 @ 12:52pm

  Re: it's all about blame

  "Society's to blame. Arrest them."
  -Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl

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