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  • On the post: Teen Hacker Banned From The Internet For Six Years

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 11 Nov, 2012 @ 07:41pm

    Re:

    You are jumping to defend the chan against an argument no-one made, friend.

    That inset paragraph is not in italics because Mike is implying implications. That paragraph is taken from the article on Wired. And if you click through to read the Wired article it is pretty clear that the writer, Mat Honan, is taking that information from talking with Cosmo or attorneys representing him in some capacity.

    So everything boils down to a judge making an ass-backwards decree about some young man's connection to an "elite hacker group called anonymous" along with a very dumb deal that forces someone who might be an internet savant offline for a crazy amount of time. Things that the article called out as counterproductive and ill-considered.

    So who are you yelling at? Who brought up 4chan, that den of iniquity and illegal filth(/sarc)? No one but you.

    Chill out Anon.
    and don't say "outtie", it makes you sound childish.

    /tg/diy/

  • On the post: Kickstarter Campaign For Comic Book That Aims To Reward Retailers As Well As Backers

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 05 Oct, 2012 @ 06:25pm

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    it is a matter of publicity and also to achieve the goals of getting the book in small shops.

    Scraping up a couple hundred bucks and getting a books printed is great, but this way they are getting the printing, pre-selling a large amount And getting some distribution to markets that may not be well served by the large players.

  • On the post: A New Issue For Bitcoin: Crypto Key Disclosure

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 25 Sep, 2012 @ 08:35pm

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    Is the defendant ready to surrender the encryption codes? No?

    Once again the court finds you in Contempt. 2 weeks detention in the violent&sexually aggressive wing of the county jail. We will pick this up in two weeks.

  • On the post: US Government Ups Felony Count In JSTOR/Aaron Swartz Case From Four To Thirteen

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 18 Sep, 2012 @ 05:17pm

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    Right, that is why this case is MIT & JSTOR Vs: Aaron Swartz..

    Wait, neither of those groups, the ones who were theoretically trespassed upon or abused are interested in this case. JSTOR dealt with him to their satisfaction back when this all actually happened.


    This entire case, and the new eager stacking of charges, is a way to punish someone that the prosecutors don't like. They have managed to bend laws until "daring to be annoying to the government-WITH A COMPUTER" is at a higher level then rape.

  • On the post: White House Goes Too Far In Asking Google To Pull Controversial Video

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 17 Sep, 2012 @ 04:10pm

    Re: Cultures and definitions of freedom collide

    But can't that be a horribly slippery slope?

    I don't think that doing X is really freedom of expression(speech/fillintheblank), because I Don't Like It.

    Just let anyone fill in any blank they like and we can start letting angry mobs in remote countries (and on main street USA) prune the tree of liberty into a twig of regression.

  • On the post: This Goes Beyond Tablets: Apple, Amazon & Google Are Betting On Economic Philosophies

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2012 @ 10:34pm

    Re: Printer Ink

    Works out well for me when I buy their "razor handle" at a low price and build my own "razorblades" for free.

  • On the post: Court: Fining Jammie Thomas $9,250 Per Song Infringed Motivates Creative Activity

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 11 Sep, 2012 @ 10:01pm

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    But on average the public Does approve of safe driving regulations that make sense (speed laws in most cases) and fire code, retail access and ease-of-use concerns that motivate most reasonable parking laws.

    Heck, even most stubborn people will admit that as long as the government exists, and taxes and revenue also exists, there must be some kind of Revenue Service, something Internal to the government that exists to make the tax system function (in theory)

    SO people do support those laws, far beyond their occasional grouching when one or more of them has some kind of effect on them personally.

    Other laws, like the prohibition of alcohol, are so disrespected and disliked by people they get the laws overturned.

    Still others, like the prohibition of some narcotics, are more or less ignored by vast swathes of otherwise law-abiding citizens and even ignored by some law enforcement organizations.



    the point stands.

  • On the post: Russia (Yes, The Country) Looking To Enter The Tablet Market

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 10 Sep, 2012 @ 06:15am

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    (yes, "bunker busters" are nuclear warheads).


    citation incredibly needed here.

  • On the post: Evidence That UK Needs Mandatory Porn Filters? Informal Survey Done At One School

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 08 Sep, 2012 @ 02:45pm

    Re: Family safety

    But what you are saying is that governments should force companies to use your commercial product (or the product of a company like yours), passing on costs to all users as always happens, instead of end users being responsible for their own actions.

    You don't see the problem that comes from that even beyond the possibility of mandated interference with protected speech as collateral damage?

    (not trying to call you an evil schemer, just looking at things from the position of a user instead of a seller)

  • On the post: Forget The Death-Star Anti-Mosquito Lasers, Here's How Nathan Myhrvold Can Help Tackle Malaria — And Improve His Image

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 04 Sep, 2012 @ 03:26pm

    Re: Ideas... prototypes... but no product?

    This is exactly Intellectual Ventures' business plan.

    Well, they also buy up vague patents in bulk from failing companies and shuffle them around in an enormous maze of shell companies and cross-licensing arrangements.

    IV is a mosquito, draining the economic lifeblood of companies that actually innovate and bring things to market and infecting them with parasitic IP-licensing malaria.

  • On the post: So Many Similarities Between Copyright Law And Prohibition

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 20 Aug, 2012 @ 12:35pm

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    marked funny, you are just hilarious.

    Tell you what, lets check on that "no-risk days of piracy are over" claim.

    Ok, now, since you know everything about everything (obviously) please check and tell me if I am infringing on someones monopoly reproduction privilege.

    Go ahead. Right now, don't dawdle.

  • On the post: Plunging Through Time To Rescue Out Of Print Sci-Fi Books

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 14 Aug, 2012 @ 06:06am

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    Does thinking hurt you so much that you just don't bother to read articles and understand them before posting?

    According to every detail this looks like a project being set up to do the hard work and jump through the hoops that copyright demands of it.

    Does someone own the rights to a particular work? Have they expired, have they been sold, leased, licensed or otherwise sublet?

    If "Intellectual Property" is like any kind of property then it really is supposed to be the responsibility of someone to know what they own.

    Just throwing up one's hands and exclaiming that "Someone must own it forever, no reason to look for information" is not just foolish but it is against very reasons copyright is meant to exist.

  • On the post: Gamestop Offers Glimpse Into Their Used-Games Facility

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 08 Aug, 2012 @ 06:45am

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    "Had" to buy?
    Flashpaper?

    Some people can choose to buy a game for a slight deduction. they Choose to. They know exactly what is in the box when they are handing the money to the counter attendant.

    So some people who want to pay a little less for a somewhat less valuable product get what they want, someone else gets to unload a product that is no longer very valuable to them in exchange for a small amount of cash or credit which almost always gets turned right around into new games one way or anther.


    Where is the spooky scary magician trick?

  • On the post: If This Is What Big Publishers Call Promotion, No Wonder They're In Trouble

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 01 Aug, 2012 @ 01:05am

    Re: Are you surprised?

    as a very, very small addendum, In my opinion it is Possible but not likely for a publisher to be a brand.

    The example that comes to mind is Baen Books. Over many years, and with the additional good will of the sane and awesome digital sales, I have come to view Baen as a reliable source. If their editors liked it, I will like it (usually) and I can use that to help my search for new content.


    But on the whole the publisher usually gets lost, muddled inside the B&N/amazon/used transaction. They come to the forefront when they do something negative, undermining any attempt to get ahead.

  • On the post: UK Court Comes To Its Senses: Realizes Tweeting A Joke About Blowing Up An Airport Is Not A Threat

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 28 Jul, 2012 @ 12:35am

    Re: Robin Hood airport

    Because if we don't treat every offhand remark as a criminal offense the maniacs win!

    fool.

    Using the actions of an insane person to do anything but show their insanity is.. Insane.

  • On the post: SOPA/PIPA Wakes Up Internet Giants To Realize They Need To Be More Engaged In DC

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 25 Jul, 2012 @ 10:32pm

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    When hollywood trade groups throw money and influence around DC it is democracy.

    When Internet/Tech trade groups ask to have a seat in the room where massive deals are going on that effect them (and us) that is obviously backroom suspicious evilness full of shadowy money and mouthpieces for despicable puppetmasters.

    Thanks for clearing that up Anon.

  • On the post: When Every Practical Economic Idea Is Political Suicide, Something's Wrong With Politics

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 25 Jul, 2012 @ 05:56pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Hmmm

    So the fix is to zero out your "account" with the government and take all this money to dump into the market machines?

    I am sure that it will make for plenty of wealthy fund managers who take their cuts coming and going, and some people might hold on to enough to keep earnings near inflation.. but that is all.

    Later on when grandma, or your parent, or you turn to that fund you thought had been socked away for a rainy day and find the sock had a huge hole in it you will wonder why you let all the liability be shifted to you while all the profit was shifted to someone else.

  • On the post: Two-Cent Doughnuts Breed Decades Of Bad Blood: It's Not So Easy Going From Free To Paid

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 25 Jul, 2012 @ 12:54am

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    More artists making more money then ever = a dead market.

    wow, thanks for that pearl of wisdom.

  • On the post: Feds Wait Until Late Friday To Admit That, Yeah, They Ignored The 4th Amendment

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 23 Jul, 2012 @ 04:14pm

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    Oh, so it is ok to violate anything you like as long as you can claim it would be too tricky to deal with laws properly.

    "Sorry officer, It would require too much manpower to observe those speedlimit signs so I am not going to accept a ticket"

    "Don't worry John Q. Public, we guess things will turn out alright with this new drug. We can't be bothered to test it and decide on its efficacy and safety for a few dozen years, but we will just proceed on the assumption that it is safe and useful"

  • On the post: MPAA Points To Its Roster Of Crappy Online Services And Asks What We're Complaining About

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 13 Jul, 2012 @ 06:08am

    Re: Re: The Problem

    marked as Funny.
    Your impersonation of a rabid and mindless shill is spot-on and you managed to hit all of the hysterical talking points.

    Kudos for the claims that "rights" are being infringed instead of the truthful and boring terms like "Monopoly Privilege", making it easier to get up in arms to protect Rights, Freedom and Apple Pie instead of Monopoly, Restriction and Record Profits.

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