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• On the post: Exaggerated Claims And Out Of Context Tweets Used By Political Hopeful To Slap Restraining Order On Critic

  

  techdescartes ( profile ), 27 Jul, 2017 @ 11:14am

  Re: ha ha haaa...

  Now you're making me click the flag. Just for irony.

• On the post: Exaggerated Claims And Out Of Context Tweets Used By Political Hopeful To Slap Restraining Order On Critic

  

  techdescartes ( profile ), 27 Jul, 2017 @ 11:12am

  Waiting, waiting ... waiting

  And then, fifteen paragraphs in:

  At the last minute, Haddock brought in Ken "Popehat" White to handle the hearing...

  Boom.

• On the post: Your Robot Vacuum Cleaner Will Soon Collect And Sell Data About You And Your Home

  

  techdescartes ( profile ), 25 Jul, 2017 @ 06:53pm

  What's a meta-for?

  Hey, iRobot, vacuuming up user data was supposed to be a metaphor.

• On the post: Senator Wyden Wants To Know How Many Times Americans Have Been Targeted By Executive Order 12333

  

  techdescartes ( profile ), 24 Jul, 2017 @ 12:12pm

  Show Your Work

  Let's see.
  
  If you take the number of times we decided to ask for approval, subtract the number of times we decided not to ask approval, add the times we had to get senior-level approval ... hang on.
  
  (Carry the 2, no, wait, that's a 1. OK, move to the hundreds place, carry again. Once more, and ... done.)
  
  OK, got it: 0

• On the post: MLB Mulls Over Opposing Trademark For New Overwatch League Logo

  

  techdescartes ( profile ), 21 Jul, 2017 @ 10:12pm

  Re: Commonality

  Or maybe they think people will know that they are different and assume that MLB is the "Underwatched League."

• On the post: Olive Garden Asks Olive Garden Reviewer Not To Refer To Olive Garden Due To Trademarks

  

  techdescartes ( profile ), 21 Jul, 2017 @ 11:44am

  Olaf Guardin'

  Isn't that a Viking-themed FPS (first-person server) where you guard a small house armed with unlimited breadsticks and extra grated cheese, while taking money from peasants held in small booths?

• On the post: Oversight Board Finds NYPD Officers Still Violating Citizens' Right To Film Police

  

  techdescartes ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2017 @ 08:19pm

  Re: Re: TechDirt-Speak

  And you lack any sense of humor.

• On the post: Oversight Board Finds NYPD Officers Still Violating Citizens' Right To Film Police

  

  techdescartes ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2017 @ 03:04pm

  TechDirt-Speak

  It's unrealistic to expect the number of violations to hit zero...

  Translation: "we hope that there are just enough cases that we still have something to write about"

  It's like those weather reporters that get a little too excited when a tornado or hurricane is about to cause serious devastation: "Mike, we're live here at the scene of this horrific constitutional violation. The situation is escalating and we're excited—I mean, concerned—that this could turn into a massive dumpster fire. There is a high likelihood that someone will lose their civil liberties at any moment. Back to you in the studio." "Thanks, Tim. More at 11:00."

• On the post: When The 'Sharing Economy' Turns Into The 'Missing Or Stolen Economy'

  

  techdescartes ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2017 @ 06:58pm

  Tread Carefully

  After seeing the launch of bike-sharing schemes across the country, the Shenzhen-based businessman said he "thought that everything on the street can now be shared".

  I think he spoke too soon. Before he knows it, he'll be re-tired.

• On the post: Desk Jockeying: FBI Puts Out The Call For 'Cyber Security Furniture'

  

  techdescartes ( profile ), 13 Jul, 2017 @ 02:41pm

  The FBI Wants Backdoors, Except When They Don't

  From the STEELCASE Private Office website:

  A traditional advantage of the private office is the ability to concentrate and protect confidential information. Yet this security and control is compromised if workers are approached from behind by guests entering the office.

  So the FBI doesn't want any information getting out via backdoors. Hmm.

• On the post: Comcast/NBC Caught Intentionally Misspelling Show Names To Help Hide Sagging Nielsen Ratings

  

  techdescartes ( profile ), 13 Jul, 2017 @ 12:05pm

  A Better Mousetrap

  If the ratings are that bad, wouldn't it be more effective for NBC just to rename the show "ABC World News Tonight"?

• On the post: Bob Murray Demands John Oliver Be Silenced… While HBO Moves Case To Federal Court

  

  techdescartes ( profile ), 06 Jul, 2017 @ 10:26am

  The John Oliver Effect?

  Never heard of it.

• On the post: Bob Murray Demands John Oliver Be Silenced… While HBO Moves Case To Federal Court

  

  techdescartes ( profile ), 06 Jul, 2017 @ 10:25am

  Efficient Filing

  Mike's email-filter proposal would route to the trash the incoming emails, along with the legal filings from Murray's attorneys quoting those emails.

• On the post: State Dept. Enlists Hollywood And Its Friends To Start A Fake Twitter Fight Over Intellectual Property

  

  techdescartes ( profile ), 05 Jul, 2017 @ 11:30am

  Re: Re: Source?

  And you expect us to believe you? Srsly? What have you done with the real Mike Masnick?

• On the post: Germany Officially Gives Up On Free Speech: Will Fine Internet Companies That Don't Delete 'Bad' Speech

  

  techdescartes ( profile ), 30 Jun, 2017 @ 08:27pm

  Behind Closed Doors

  That means a tremendous amount of what should be protected speech gets silence, just because these companies don't want to get fined.

  This is not a bug. It's a feature.

• On the post: As A New Wave Of Cyberattacks Rolls Out, Rep. Ted Lieu Asks What The NSA's Going To Do About It

  

  techdescartes ( profile ), 30 Jun, 2017 @ 11:41am

  Lieu to NSA...

  "Nerd harder."

• On the post: Thankfully, Marketing Industry Plan For 'Ringless Voicemail' Dies a Quiet Death…For Now

  

  techdescartes ( profile ), 28 Jun, 2017 @ 04:11pm

  That's what you think

  Thankfully, Marketing Industry Plan For 'Ringless Voicemail' Dies a Quiet Death...For Now

  Maybe they also figured out how to pass "voteless" laws...

• On the post: NBA Rookie Is Just So Happy To Play For 'Team Name' In The City Of 'City'

  

  techdescartes ( profile ), 24 Jun, 2017 @ 10:06am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: [Subject]

  [Outrage]!!!

• On the post: NBA Rookie Is Just So Happy To Play For 'Team Name' In The City Of 'City'

  

  techdescartes ( profile ), 23 Jun, 2017 @ 08:08pm

  [Subject]

  [Author] wrote, “[quote].” I tend to think that [opinion].

• On the post: Bob Murray's Lawsuit Against John Oliver Is Even Sillier Than We Expected

  

  techdescartes ( profile ), 23 Jun, 2017 @ 10:34am

  Re: John Oliver is to SLAPP plantiffs ...

  what Lee Cheng is patent troll plantiffs.

  That remains to be seen. Cheng has honed his approach over many years. This is Oliver's first rodeo.

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