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• On the post: FBI Explores The Implications Of Bitcoin

  

  Some Other Guy ( profile ), 15 May, 2012 @ 02:21pm

  Re: Re: Re: Since when has...

  What do your years of casual reading of FBI documents say about the odds that agents of the FBI may pick up knowledge from those they investigate, perhaps certain turns of phrase or specific technical terms in use by them?

• On the post: Should We Outlaw Employers From Asking For Social Networking Logins?

  

  Some Other Guy ( profile ), 22 Mar, 2012 @ 09:31am

  "Testing me to see if I'm the kind of person who gives away their passwords, eh? Good one! - very sensible in this networked age."

• On the post: Isn't It Time Artists Lost Their 18th-Century Sense Of Entitlement?

  

  Some Other Guy ( profile ), 07 Mar, 2012 @ 11:27am

  Re: Re: I wish I was special...

  I must be getting old, because I briefly felt like complaining about how the meanings of words change over time...
  
  http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/special
  Meaning 3 is getting more and more usage, it seems. :)

• On the post: If SOPA's Main Target Is The Pirate Bay, It's Worth Pointing Out That ThePirateBay.org Is Immune From SOPA

  

  Some Other Guy ( profile ), 11 Jan, 2012 @ 12:26pm

  Typo

  "...domains air domestic..."

• On the post: Up Is Down, Night Is Day, US Pretends Protectionist, Anti-Free Trade Agreements Are 'Historic Free Trade' Treaties

  

  Some Other Guy ( profile ), 21 Oct, 2011 @ 04:21pm

  We have always been at war...

  ...with Eastasia!
  
  Also, lies are truth and protectionism is free trade.

• On the post: Roger Ebert Points People To The 'Ebert-Edit' Of Psycho On The Pirate Bay

  

  Some Other Guy ( profile ), 17 Oct, 2011 @ 03:45pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  Punny. But hey!, puny works too if you want to diss 'em.

• On the post: Access To Italian Wikipedia Blocked In Protest Of Wiretapping Bill In Italy [Updated]

  

  Some Other Guy ( profile ), 05 Oct, 2011 @ 12:51pm

  Typo report.

  Neterhlands -> Netherlands

• On the post: Usenet Provider Ordered To Wave Magic Wand And Make Infringing Content Disappear

  

  Some Other Guy ( profile ), 01 Oct, 2011 @ 03:36pm

  Re:

  Not understanding how things work is how we manage to have modern technology. If everyone had to understand everything, humanity could hardly even manage to stay at the hunter-gatherer level.
  
  Having said that, I agree with your point that if a judge doesn't understand something, he should call in experts to explain it to him. (or her)

• On the post: FBI Successful In Breaking Up Yet Another Of Its Own Plots To Bomb The US

  

  Some Other Guy ( profile ), 30 Sep, 2011 @ 01:13pm

  Re: Re:

  You can be right and still be a crackpot.
  
  Not that I am suggesting that any particular conspiracy theory is right or commenting on the crackpot status of any particular people.

• On the post: Is Amazon's New Silk 'Cloud' Browser A Huge Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Waiting To Happen?

  

  Some Other Guy ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2011 @ 02:50pm

  Opera Mini does the 'adjusting the content to fit the device' thing too. You'd think that Opera would've been sued for this if it was problematic in any way. Of course, Opera is a lot poorer than Amazon, so they're a less tempting target for a troll seeking to beat the money out of them with a lawyer-club.
  
  (If Opera _has_ been sued for this, no doubt some knowledgeable person will link to it for us.)

• On the post: Dear Sweden: Will You Tax Hard Drives And Give Me A Cut Every Time Someone Visits Techdirt?

  

  Some Other Guy ( profile ), 01 Sep, 2011 @ 01:50pm

  Re: Re:

  Virtual Memory file too.

• On the post: Don't Mess With Texas… Or, Well, Don't Use That Slogan As A Book Title Or Texas Will Sue

  

  Some Other Guy ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2011 @ 11:58am

  Re:

  Freedom of Speech? I heard that judges get to ignore that in cases where money is involved... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110826/15450015708/federal-court-invents-new-intellectual-property-right-money-makes-it-so-exclusive-right-to-record.shtml

• On the post: This Post Is Not About Steve Jobs

  

  Some Other Guy ( profile ), 25 Aug, 2011 @ 12:40pm

  Re:

  I marked you insightful, 'cos I hadn't known either.

• On the post: Of Course: New Fox Delay Means More Unauthorized Downloads Of Fox Shows

  

  Some Other Guy ( profile ), 22 Aug, 2011 @ 12:30pm

  Re:

  Reality is made of quarks (mostly).

• On the post: Spoiler Alert: People Enjoy Books More When They Know The Spoilers

  

  Some Other Guy ( profile ), 13 Aug, 2011 @ 05:21pm

  Re: Spoilers do not spoil?

  Hmm... OK, I just clicked through to the linked article, and I find that they got there before me.
  Ho hum.

• On the post: Spoiler Alert: People Enjoy Books More When They Know The Spoilers

  

  Some Other Guy ( profile ), 13 Aug, 2011 @ 05:16pm

  Spoilers do not spoil?

  I have counterevidence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x_WUb68RQo

• On the post: If Even The Death Penalty Won't Stop Infringement… Perhaps A Different Approach Is Needed

  

  Some Other Guy ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2011 @ 12:34pm

  Re: Interface Proposal.

  DOH! I just mouseover'd the 'report' button, and I see that it included trollishness in there..
  Sorry, folks.
  Still, the option not to see troll-comment-trees would still be nice.
  ... having said that, I bet I'll find that option somewhere when I look...

• On the post: If Even The Death Penalty Won't Stop Infringement… Perhaps A Different Approach Is Needed

  

  Some Other Guy ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2011 @ 12:31pm

  Interface Proposal.

  Along with 'insightful' and 'funny' can we have a 'this is a troll' button? And an option not to see posts by trolls and those responding to the troll?

• On the post: Reports Claim That Pakistan Is Trying To Ban Encryption Under Telco Law

  

  Some Other Guy ( profile ), 29 Jul, 2011 @ 01:24pm

  Re:

  Like that will work!

• On the post: Google Finally Speaking Up About Problems With Patent System

  

  Some Other Guy ( profile ), 26 Jul, 2011 @ 03:54pm

  Re: Re: Did you hear that?

  Since that is the best advert for Bing I've ever heard, I feel I must accuse you of being a paid Microsoft blog-shill :)

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