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• On the post: This Week In Techdirt History: October 11th – 17th

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 17 Oct, 2015 @ 09:46pm

  Re: Re: HHGTTG

  In a way DNA even invented Wikipedia with H2G2.com.

• On the post: Apple's Patent Loss To University Of Wisconsin A Reminder That Universities Are Often The Worst Patent Trolls

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 16 Oct, 2015 @ 09:45pm

  Re: But.. but.. innovation!

  All they really do is take existing technologies and make them trendier and prettier.
  
  Which is something in and of itself and can't be said about every company, no?

• On the post: UK Politicians To Hold 'Emergency Debate' After Spy Tribunal Says GCHQ Is Permitted To Put Them Under Surveillance

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 16 Oct, 2015 @ 09:37pm

  Re: Re: Ah blatant hypocrisy...

  Would you claim for yourself a privilege from arrest, for instance?
  
  Would you try to come up with a less obviously flawed analogy?

• On the post: UK Politicians To Hold 'Emergency Debate' After Spy Tribunal Says GCHQ Is Permitted To Put Them Under Surveillance

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 16 Oct, 2015 @ 09:39pm

  As to be expected

  Why should UK politicians be any less hypocritical than Angela "spying on friends is a no-no" Merkel? Simple minds think alike.

• On the post: Kim Davis's Approach To Email More Outdated Than Her Views On Marriage

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2015 @ 09:56pm

  Re: Seriously?

  Seeing all you righteous BOLD anger vanish in a puff of better arguments made my others made me chuckle.

• On the post: White House Takes The Cowardly Option: Refuses To Say No To Encryption Backdoors, Will Quietly Ask Companies

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 09 Oct, 2015 @ 10:28pm

  Re:

  Almost anything that predates Vista [2005?] should be safe
  
  Really?

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

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2015 @ 10:00pm

  Re: Re: Re: Ad Hominem

  So ... who went public?
  
  Because it stayed in their social circle?

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

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2015 @ 09:48pm

  Re: Re:

  Right, and he didn't let her get out of the car and did not return her phone. Totally normal behaviour.

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

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2015 @ 03:02am

  Re: Ad Hominem

  That happens all the time.
  
  Which makes okay? Then how about this: don't speak of character assassinatio when a douchebag's public douchbaggery is criticized in public. That happens all the time.

• On the post: Apple Punishes iFixit For Doing A Tear Down On Apple TV

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 06 Oct, 2015 @ 09:53pm

  Re: Re:

  I always found his reality distortion field funny. He smelled like ass cause he didn't shower for weeks but said it could not be because he was drinking only juices. Yeah, right.

• On the post: Apple Punishes iFixit For Doing A Tear Down On Apple TV

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 06 Oct, 2015 @ 09:50pm

  Re: Re:

  Commensurate price? Really? What about the costs when taking a model with twice the RAM? You do not even have to factor in the discount Apple gets for buying ginormous amounts of RAM to see that this is outrageous.

• On the post: Apple Punishes iFixit For Doing A Tear Down On Apple TV

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 06 Oct, 2015 @ 09:48pm

  Re: Lost my respect

  I'm sure they feel pretty bad about losing your respect.

• On the post: Apple Punishes iFixit For Doing A Tear Down On Apple TV

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 06 Oct, 2015 @ 09:47pm

  Re: Re: Re: iFixit is in the wrong

  Fanatics, you keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means.

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

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 06 Oct, 2015 @ 10:00pm

  So, someone is butthurt for being rightfully dumped and he really thinks he can get back at her by being a total dick on Twitter? Pure genius!

• On the post: NSA Screws Up Another Thing: EU Court Of Justice Throws The Internet For A Loop In Ending Safe Harbor

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 06 Oct, 2015 @ 09:11am

  Re: Re:

  And we have not already witnessed how the NSA forced someone via NSL to handover his encryption keys?

• On the post: Stanford Professor Insists Consumers Are Helped By Patent Trolls

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 05 Oct, 2015 @ 10:06pm

  Re:

  Why do I bother, then?
  
  Because you're stupid as fck?
  
  clicks report*

• On the post: The Stagnation Of eBooks Due To Closed Platforms And DRM

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 05 Oct, 2015 @ 09:53pm

  Re: Re:

  (And will also be supporting software that tracks its users, i.e. calibre.)
  
  Haven't seen this being mentioned before. Can you elaborate?

• On the post: Court Hands Loss To Doctor Who Sued Over Blog Posts Criticizing His Questionable Alzheimer's Treatments

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 05 Oct, 2015 @ 09:45pm

  Re: A footnote:

  Which is good for him an enabled him to crowdfund his defense with the help of his loyal community. Others might not be so lucky.

• On the post: Motherboard's Version Of 'Valuing Discussion' Involves No Longer Letting You Comment

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 05 Oct, 2015 @ 09:42pm

  Re: Re: Comments can be valuable, but...

  Alas, Chris, the problem at hand is the belief that everything has to be open for discussion
  
  If you think you can unleash your wisdom on the world (who did not ask for it), why should anyone be forbidden from commenting on your BS?

• On the post: Patent Owner Insists 'Integers' Do Not Include The Number One

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 05 Oct, 2015 @ 09:49pm

  To be clear: the law allows patent applicants to redefine words if they want
  
  If that actually is true it's one of the most idiotic laws ever and must be scrapped immediately.

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