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• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 05 Sep, 2022 @ 03:09am

  That's The Trouble with Quibbles.

• On the post: Scooter Company Bird Sends Absolutely Bullshit Copyright Threat Letter To Cory Doctorow For Reporting On Modifying Scooters

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 11 Jan, 2019 @ 04:15pm

  Re: Bird is wrong, but Doctorow IMO wanted people to steal scoot

  I know what this is... A failed attempt at 'Both Sides' ism.

• On the post: After Getting FOSTA Turned Into Law, Facebook Tells Its Users To Stop Using Naughty Words

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2018 @ 01:16pm

  There's an upside, I guess

  Facebook will slowly strangle itself.

• On the post: US Has Some Of The Most Expensive Mobile Data Prices In The Developed World

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 23 Nov, 2018 @ 06:07pm

  Re: Is there anything wrong about it?

  "Continental US as a country/territory ranks 179th in terms of population density, which is lower than many European countries, and people have known for a long time that the denser the population is, the more infrastructure can be shared and the lower communication costs. "
  
  Interesting, because both Australia and New Zealand have lower population Densities than The US, and lower population. Yet both countries have lower costs. While New Zealand is only slightly lower, Australia is considerably lower.

• On the post: Corel Manages To Accuse A Totally Legit Customer Of Piracy

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 23 Nov, 2018 @ 01:15pm

  Once bitten...

  "And that really should tell you everything you need to know about the dangers of a crappy anti-piracy system annoying your customers. "
  
  It also tells you everything you need to know about Proprietary Software.
  
  Sooner or later, it bites you on the arse.

• On the post: The Next Level Of Tech Activism: Google Employees Walk Out, Demand Changes From Management

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2018 @ 06:49pm

  the people there consider Stalin to be right wing.

  Once any government gets to the point of being an Authoritarian Dictatorship, and they have millions killed to maintain their hold on power, the difference between Right Wing and Left Wing is little more than semantics.

• On the post: Streaming Exclusives Will Drive Users Back To Piracy And The Industry Is Largely Oblivious

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 20 Oct, 2018 @ 06:20pm

  Re: As usual

  moot

• On the post: Streaming Exclusives Will Drive Users Back To Piracy And The Industry Is Largely Oblivious

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 20 Oct, 2018 @ 06:17pm

  As usual

  My access to only expensive and slow, Wireless broadband, makes the issue of whether there are 1, 10 or 100 such services available.

• On the post: Warner Media Opposes Trademark Filed By Actual 'Wicked Witch' Over Its Wizard Of Oz Trademarks

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 13 Oct, 2018 @ 07:04pm

  Re: Suspicion

  Well Pagan Priestess is actually a thing, so no.
  
  "real life wicked witch", not so much.

• On the post: Washington Post Gives 'Three Pinocchios' To Rep. Ann Wagner For Falsely Claiming FOSTA Stopped 90% Of Sex Trafficking Ads

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 13 Oct, 2018 @ 06:12pm

  Re: See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

  That's the problem when one allows religious belief to cloud one's judgement.
  
  That which does not exist is perceived as real, and that which does, like facts and evidence, is ignored, when it does not fit the narrative.
  
  Unfortunately, that sort of magical thinking seems quite prevalent among politicians, and other would be arbiters of public intercourse.

• On the post: Warner Media Opposes Trademark Filed By Actual 'Wicked Witch' Over Its Wizard Of Oz Trademarks

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 13 Oct, 2018 @ 05:53pm

  Re: I... got better

  There has never, to my knowledge, been a Wizard of Aus, we did have a genuine Wizard of Christchurch once.
  
  He held a position just outside the Christchurch Cathedral, where,among other things, he advocated strongly to have the world map inverted so that New Zealand would appear in its rightful place – at the top.

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2018 @ 06:43pm

  Re: Re:

  That's why I stopped making funny and insightful comments.

• On the post: You Don't Own What You've Bought: Apple Disappears Purchased Movies

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 14 Sep, 2018 @ 02:30pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Actually that is a reasonable question.
  
  The AC is quite wrong though, as you can install Win 10 and Linux (Ubuntu anyway) with Boot Camp, and Dual boot, all with Apples blessing.

• On the post: You Don't Own What You've Bought: Apple Disappears Purchased Movies

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 14 Sep, 2018 @ 02:00pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  That sounds like complete bullshit.

• On the post: You Don't Own What You've Bought: Apple Disappears Purchased Movies

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2018 @ 02:41pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  Build quality seems rather irrelevant when it's associated with the type of shenanigans that Apple are prone to.
  
  I suppose I could buy a Macbook and install Ubuntu or Linux Mint on it. I'm not sure however, that the Build Quality gives me sufficient "bang for my buck" to make it worthwhile. I'm already getting more "mileage" out of generic laptops than people I know with Macbooks.

• On the post: EU Gives Up On The Open Web Experiment, Decides It Will Be The Licensed Web Going Forward

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 12 Sep, 2018 @ 09:44pm

  Re: Re:

  Does it really matter what they claim?
  
  It is just as childish to respond to such claims, as it is for the Trolls to make them.

• On the post: You Don't Own What You've Bought: Apple Disappears Purchased Movies

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 12 Sep, 2018 @ 08:50pm

  Re:

  Is not being able to run Windows was a bad thing?

• On the post: You Don't Own What You've Bought: Apple Disappears Purchased Movies

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 12 Sep, 2018 @ 08:35pm

  Re: having trouble feeling sympathy

  No not a character flaw. Apples victims walked into that walled garden with their eyes wide open, but with the mental attitude that it won't happen to them, even though there were already plenty of examples of why it probably would.

• On the post: EU Parliamentary Committee Votes To Put American Internet Giants In Charge Of What Speech Is Allowed Online

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 22 Jun, 2018 @ 01:31am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  So long as it's not my car, I'd be very upset if it was damaged.

• On the post: Top German Publisher Says: 'You Wouldn't Steal A Pound Of Butter… So We Need A Snippet Tax'

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 13 Jun, 2018 @ 02:50pm

  Fuck wrong article

  and no fucking way to remove it

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