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• On the post: God v. Copyright: Mike Huckabee Invokes Religion In Copyright Suit

  

  SickFRS ( profile ), 15 Jan, 2016 @ 11:46am

  Here's your fodder, Survivor...

  I will never listen to that song willfully again because of that single event. Damage done. Sue the hell outta them.

• On the post: Game Cracking Group Predicts The End Of Cracking Because Of Better DRM

  

  SickFRS ( profile ), 12 Jan, 2016 @ 08:23am

  The key?

  Isn't the key to the DRM war to make games cheap enough that people will just pay for them?

• On the post: Streaming Video Company Drops Out Of BingeOn To Protest John Legere's Attack On EFF; It Will Still Get Throttled, Though

  

  SickFRS ( profile ), 08 Jan, 2016 @ 11:23am

  Throttled, yes but obvious.

  The key was "disabling traffic shaping rules". What this means is that if T-mobile is throttling then video content will sputter and buffer when the connection is too slow. This temporary change will have minimal effect on streaming site but will have maximum effect on tmobile subscribers can't watch a damned thing on the service without constant buffering..

• On the post: ACLU, EFF Join Fight To Suppress Evidence Illegally Obtained With A Cell Tower Spoofer

  

  SickFRS ( profile ), 08 Jan, 2016 @ 06:40am

  the real problem here is...

  ...when vagueness in a law is used for actions not explicitly permitted then one day lawmakers will begin writing vagueness into the laws on purpose.. oh wait. nm. this is already the case.

• On the post: FBI Turns 18-Year-Old With An IQ Of 51 Into A Terrorist; Dumps Case Into Laps Of Local Prosecutors

  

  SickFRS ( profile ), 07 Jan, 2016 @ 05:27am

  Ah, the plan flushes out...

  More support for mental illness to stop acts of violence apparently translates into "more money for jail cells".

• On the post: Daughters Sue 'Big Bang Theory' Over Infringing Use Of Mother's 82-Year-Old Poem 'Warm Kitty'

  

  SickFRS ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2016 @ 09:10am

  SMH

  This is why we can't have nice things...

• On the post: Comcast Cap Blunder Highlights How Nobody Is Ensuring Broadband Meters Are Accurate

  

  SickFRS ( profile ), 28 Dec, 2015 @ 09:41am

  Bigger problems...

  So what would have happened if the mix up was tied to illegal activity online.. Say the "other guy" made a threat online... what happens when the cops show up at 6am, break down doors and shoot the dog?
  
  And another question.. why the heck is comcast TYPING mac addresses into any system?!?!?!? I'm guessing the failure rate on accuracy is pretty high here.

• On the post: Clueless Press Being Played To Suggest Encryption Played A Role In San Bernardino Attacks

  

  SickFRS ( profile ), 14 Dec, 2015 @ 09:59am

  Re: speculative prevention

  The point isn't what it gives "them". The point is that it gives it to others as well...

• On the post: Clueless Press Being Played To Suggest Encryption Played A Role In San Bernardino Attacks

  

  SickFRS ( profile ), 14 Dec, 2015 @ 09:34am

  We can EASILY solve this encryption debate...

  Why does no one see how to end this encryption debacle?
  
  Here's a VERY simple solution...
  
  Let the government pass the damned law.. In 30 days time after the first "backdoor" and "hacker proof" algorithm is completely destroyed by pretty much everyone who wants to try then we can put this issue to bed that NO BACKDOOR IS SAFE. Period.

• On the post: Hillary Clinton Joins The 'Make Silicon Valley Break Encryption' Bandwagon

  

  SickFRS ( profile ), 20 Nov, 2015 @ 08:45am

  WTH

  I'm having a hard time finding people in their 50s who are fluent in technology. What makes me believe that these artifacts in politics know what the heck they are talking about?
  
  This fossil couldn't figure out how to send emoticons and somehow she wants to pretend that she knows anything about encryption???
  
  I would love for someone to stand up to anyone who speaks this asinine rhetoric and ask them what they know about encryption..
  
  I nominate: "What is a semi-prime?" as the first question.

• On the post: Thou Shall Not Browse: Comcast Refuses Service Call To Chicago Church Out Of Fear

  

  SickFRS ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2015 @ 08:35am

  Dear preacher-man...

  ...you are an ordinary citizen. This is what's wrong with you... you think you are special. Comcast sucks, agreed, but you aren't any different other than you have a voice loud enough to get attention and make a call to action.

• On the post: Game Developer Rewards 100 Users For Actually Reading The EULA

  

  SickFRS ( profile ), 03 Nov, 2015 @ 07:57am

  Re:

  They can't write them so the layman can read them because other lawyers, when fighting against the text, will use something as simple as an ill placed comma to change the entire meaning of the written text.
  
  Consider this from, say an insurance company.
  
  Most of time, travelers are responsible for covering repairs in the vehicles they rent with the exception being neglect on behalf of the rental company.
  
  Now, remove that 1 tiny comma:
  
  Most of time travelers are responsible for covering repairs in the vehicles they rent with the exception being neglect on behalf of the rental company.
  
  Example one: TRAVELERS are responsible for damages most of the time.
  
  Example two: a majority TIME TRAVELERS are are responsible for damages.
  
  
  One might argue that though they are responsible for damaging the vehicle they are not responsible for those damages because they are not a TIME TRAVELER at all and the clause specifically points out that MOST TIME TRAVELERS without any provision for anyone else.
  
  It sucks because the system sucks.

• On the post: State Court Says University Can't Punish Student For Off-Campus Tweets

  

  SickFRS ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2015 @ 07:34am

  ...most certainly a jerk but...

  I'm not justifying his place of king in the jerkverse but I have to wonder what he found on her phone...

• On the post: Jim Jefferies 'Official' Clip Of His 'Gun Control' Routine Taken Down Thanks To Copyright

  

  SickFRS ( profile ), 02 Oct, 2015 @ 06:32am

  Re: We may not love lawyers, but sometimes we need them

  All grown-ups are pirates.
  Excuse me?
  We kill pirates.
  I'm not a pirate. It so happens I am a lawyer.
  Kill the lawyer!
  I'm not that kind of lawyer
  --Hook

• On the post: Man Gets $35k Settlement After Arrest For Posting 'Fuck The Fucking Cops' On Department Facebook Page

  

  SickFRS ( profile ), 30 Sep, 2015 @ 10:11am

  Cost

  The settlement is only part of it. How much did it cost the taxpayers to actually do the arrest, the judges, officers, clerks, the prosecutor...so on an so forth... and they paid that whether they won or lost.

• On the post: Another Teen Frightens School Personnel With Technical Stuff; Panic, Stupidity Fail To Ensue

  

  SickFRS ( profile ), 25 Sep, 2015 @ 10:03am

  The good ole gov'ment will take care of it.

  Another lesson kiddos. No matter how small and trivial it is, we'll just hand it over to the gov'ment cuz they'll take care of everything... A case of no common sense being handed over to negative common sense.

• On the post: Appeals Court Says The Batmobile Is A 'Character' Covered By Copyright

  

  SickFRS ( profile ), 24 Sep, 2015 @ 08:47am

  Re: Re: Nuts!

  I am not Mr. West. haha. however many at cons think they are.

• On the post: Driverless Cars: Disrupting Government Reliance On Petty Traffic Enforcement

  

  SickFRS ( profile ), 21 Jul, 2015 @ 11:56am

  No way.

  You mean the police will actually have to start responding to incidents rather than create them?
  
  I'm waiting for google to announce a whole city... all automated cars, no human drivers allowed. I'll move there. The efficiency at which cars can control their own speed, distance and integration with others would result in a utopia of traffic. No stop signs, lights or even yields... Sign me up.

• On the post: Cord Cutting Is About To Punch ESPN Squarely In The Face

  

  SickFRS ( profile ), 15 Jul, 2015 @ 05:42am

  Never looked back.

  I was an early adopter of cable cutting. Pulled their plug 13 years ago. I tried satellite for a short time 10 years ago. Nothing was different. I've never looked back with regret on that decision and the channels I never used were sports and children's programming channels. Never felt a loss from dropping it... and in fact with the average price of cable to get what I do want being in the neighborhood of 80 dollars per month even then... I've saved $10,000 over that time period.

• On the post: FBI Withholds 69 Pages of TrueCrypt-Related Documents, Most Of Which Can Already Be Found Online

  

  SickFRS ( profile ), 10 Jul, 2015 @ 10:01am

  How hypocritical of them

  It's not redacted! It's encrypted! Funny how FOIA requests about encryption related subjects come back redacted. I mean, what? There's something they don't was us to see there?

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