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• On the post: 3D-Printer Manufacturer Creates Software Filter To Prevent Firearm Printing

  

  TheLoot ( profile ), 23 Jul, 2013 @ 01:13pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  No. Want to know why? Shoelaces and chainsaws (contrary to popular belief, they make terrible murder weapons) are tools that have purposes other than bodily harm that they excel at. A gun is a tool with one true purpose: bodily harm and/or death.
  
  A gun is twice as easy to kill with, and twice as likely to give someone the confidence to use it for such purpose. So yes, a crime involving a gun SHOULD be punished more than one not involving one.

• On the post: 3D-Printer Manufacturer Creates Software Filter To Prevent Firearm Printing

  

  TheLoot ( profile ), 23 Jul, 2013 @ 03:01am

  Re: Re:

  You misunderstand. The idea was if a gun was involved in the comission of a crime regardless if it was used or not, not just if the perpetrator owned a gun.

• On the post: Texas Trooper Shoves 74-Year-Old Then Arrests Her For Felony Assault When She Hits Him With Her Purse

  

  TheLoot ( profile ), 03 Jul, 2013 @ 05:50am

  Careful when attempting to redefine "assault" only because it's a police officer. You may be "assaulted" one day and look like an idiot when YOU want to press charges.

• On the post: Sony At E3: Look How Unlike Microsoft We Are!

  

  TheLoot ( profile ), 12 Jun, 2013 @ 05:27am

  Re: Re:

  Rock and a hard place, this next generation will be.

• On the post: Sony At E3: Look How Unlike Microsoft We Are!

  

  TheLoot ( profile ), 12 Jun, 2013 @ 05:25am

  Re:

  It'd be safer to say "publisher OR developer". It'd be nice to think that development studios have our best interests in mind, but they have as much incentive to do the same things their publishers do. If they can avoid taking the heat, all the better.

• On the post: Sony At E3: Look How Unlike Microsoft We Are!

  

  TheLoot ( profile ), 12 Jun, 2013 @ 05:23am

  Re:

  You bring up a very good, very worrying, point. "No used game restrictions" and "no connection required" could fall into the same trap that OtherOS did.

• On the post: Dan Brown: Video Games Lead To Violence

  

  TheLoot ( profile ), 06 Jun, 2013 @ 01:06pm

  He's got it all wrong.

  It's Dan Brown that causes violence. I feel pretty violent towards him right now.

• On the post: VP Joe Biden Believes There's 'No Legal Reason' The Government Can't Slap A Sin Tax On 'Violent Media'

  

  TheLoot ( profile ), 15 May, 2013 @ 04:00pm

  Re: Can we get a hate tax too?

  How about we just get rid of tax-exemption from churches? They all spout political views now.

• On the post: Hollywood Suffering? Why Are Their Execs Making More Than Pretty Much Everyone Else?

  

  TheLoot ( profile ), 15 May, 2013 @ 01:02pm

  Outrageous salaries for do-nothing execs do more economic harm than anything else.

• On the post: Lithuania And Estonia Use Google Maps Street View To Catch Tax Cheats

  

  TheLoot ( profile ), 18 Apr, 2013 @ 03:09pm

  Nice to know that anyone arguing against this practice is promoting tax evasion.

• On the post: Texas Legislator Introduces Bill That Would Allow Legal Papers To Be Served To People's Social Media Accounts

  

  TheLoot ( profile ), 08 Mar, 2013 @ 06:03pm

  "Having someone Tweet "YOU'VE BEEN SERVED" with a link to a PDF isn't that much different than having papers shoved into your hands at a crowded mall."
  
  Not really, it's like giving someone a key to a deposit box with the papers in it. If you never actually posses the papers, even if you were aware that you had the capability to get them, it wouldn't be legit.

• On the post: Comcast: We Won't Terminate Your Account Under Six Strikes; We'll Just Block Every Single Website

  

  TheLoot ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2013 @ 02:55pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  Considering I never agreed to this system when I signed up for service, my ISP is breaking it's contract with me.

• On the post: Comcast: We Won't Terminate Your Account Under Six Strikes; We'll Just Block Every Single Website

  

  TheLoot ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2013 @ 02:54pm

  Re:

  I was unaware that this system was a law.

• On the post: YouTube's ContentID Trolls: Claim Copyright On Lots Of Gameplay Videos, Hope No One Complains, Collect Free Money [Updated]

  

  TheLoot ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2013 @ 02:49pm

  "Youtube can't do much to prevent this abuse. It has to err on the side of the rights holders, even if the rights holders don't actually hold the rights."
  
  That's an excuse. All it has to do is allow rightsholders to file a DMCA claim, you know, the one that has legal ramifications for falsifying. If Google wasn't such a fucking loser when it comes to standing up to ContentID and DMCA abuse, that's the only way things would be handled.

• On the post: NJ Gubenatorial Candidate Speaks Out Against Six Strikes: ISP Shouldn't Decide What You Can Download

  

  TheLoot ( profile ), 25 Feb, 2013 @ 02:07pm

  Re:

  Then that ruling needs to be changed.

• On the post: The Many Motivations Of Movie Piracy (Notably Absent: 'I Want Everything For Free')

  

  TheLoot ( profile ), 05 Feb, 2013 @ 02:05pm

  Re: Missing the option I would choose

  Also, the "I don't want to be called a criminal for watching a legitimate copy" reason.

• On the post: New York State Starts Walking Back On Transparency; Grants Gun Owners Exemption From Disclosure Of Public Records

  

  TheLoot ( profile ), 18 Jan, 2013 @ 09:09pm

  A gun is a deadly weapon, nothing more, nothing less. It is in the public's interest to know who has them.

• On the post: School District Wins Suit Filed Against It By Student Who Refused To Wear School-Issued Location Tracking ID Cards

  

  TheLoot ( profile ), 10 Jan, 2013 @ 03:15am

  Sense in the Courtroom

  Thankfully, they threw out that stupid religious argument.

• On the post: Developer Of Bookmaking Software Gets Full Kim Dotcom Treatment For 'Promoting Gambling'

  

  TheLoot ( profile ), 08 Jan, 2013 @ 02:52pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Good Precedent?

  You're not really that stupid, are you?

• On the post: PayPal Freezes Funds Of Famed Swedish ISP Twice

  

  TheLoot ( profile ), 26 Dec, 2012 @ 04:02am

  Legality...

  I'm assuming there's some sort of legal guidelines of how banks can or cannot do things like this. Why is PP free to do what it pleases whenever it feels like for whatever reason?

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