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• On the post: Epic Response To A Bogus Cease And Desist Letter: Bravo For Your Legal Satire!

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 20 Jun, 2013 @ 02:18pm

  Re:

  My only guess is that whatever software converts the pdf image to text is having trouble deciphering the letter since it has such a low resolution. So you have lots of places where there is an "o" but the software see's an "e" or some such similar situation.

• On the post: Company Claims Patent On Pop-Up Ads, Sues Porn & Travel Companies

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 19 Jun, 2013 @ 06:27pm

  Re: Re: See

  My sister made $99999999999999.99 working from home for 0.5 hours! follow this link: totally-not-a-scam-dot-com to find out how!

• On the post: Company Claims Patent On Pop-Up Ads, Sues Porn & Travel Companies

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 19 Jun, 2013 @ 06:24pm

  Could this possibly be a case of Patent Trolls for Good?!?

• On the post: New Zealand High Court Orders Kiwi Police & FBI To Return Seized Hard Drives To Kim Dotcom

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 31 May, 2013 @ 07:46am

  Whatever happened to that hosting service that hosted all of megauploads servers? did that ever get resolved? I think it was called Carpathia?

• On the post: Reports Of Xbox One's Handling Of Used Games Mobilizes Playstation Fans

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 30 May, 2013 @ 05:00pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Not quite right...

  well, there's more than one way to get windows on a computer without supporting microsoft. nudge nudge wink wink

• On the post: Reports Of Xbox One's Handling Of Used Games Mobilizes Playstation Fans

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 29 May, 2013 @ 01:00pm

  Re:

  It seems like Microsoft is pushing hard for their devoted fan base (i.e. "bro gamers"), and monopolizing the hell out of them at the cost of all their other consumers. I wouldn't put it past them to increase the price of new games...

• On the post: Reports Of Xbox One's Handling Of Used Games Mobilizes Playstation Fans

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 29 May, 2013 @ 12:56pm

  Re: Re: Not quite right...

  Hasn't that been the case for a while now?

• On the post: Xbox One Release: Tons Of Questions, Very Few Answers

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 24 May, 2013 @ 11:47pm

  PC GAMING MASTER RACE SCOFFS AT DIRTY CONSOLE PEASANTS!

• On the post: Magic Hat Brewery Sues West Sixth Brewing, Claiming 6 Looks Too Much Like 9

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 23 May, 2013 @ 08:30pm

  *implied facepalm*

• On the post: Quack Professor Releases Dumbest Violent Video Game Theory Ever

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 22 May, 2013 @ 12:46pm

  Re: Timbo

  Here in america we ridicule stupid people equally, regardless of race.

• On the post: Quack Professor Releases Dumbest Violent Video Game Theory Ever

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 22 May, 2013 @ 12:44pm

  Re:

  Because the big media companies who made said violent movies also control most major media outlets. Ergo the higher ups in big media say it's violent video games, not movies.

• On the post: Quack Professor Releases Dumbest Violent Video Game Theory Ever

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 22 May, 2013 @ 12:42pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Over 100C!!!

  I think you missed the point...

• On the post: Reporters Find Exposed Personal Data Via Google, Threatened With CFAA Charges

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 22 May, 2013 @ 12:39pm

  Re: Re: Pure Half-Assed CYA ...

  But but the command line is complicated and scary looking! If that's not what hackers use, what is?!

• On the post: Reporters Find Exposed Personal Data Via Google, Threatened With CFAA Charges

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 22 May, 2013 @ 11:53am

  Re: Don't go out of your way to write a scraper program!

  I don't understand the first point?
  
  your second point: why would someone imply that someone else is liable to be sued if not to threaten to sue? even if said threat is empty?
  
  Also, I don't think the article implies charges are imminent. It's implied that if the companies decide to sue it will be laughed out of court, so it's unlikely that they actually will.

• On the post: Reporters Find Exposed Personal Data Via Google, Threatened With CFAA Charges

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 22 May, 2013 @ 11:44am

  Re: Re: Re: Computer Fraud and Abuse

  Yeah, one would assume it's the telco's threatening to sue, since it was their data they left open...

• On the post: Reporters Find Exposed Personal Data Via Google, Threatened With CFAA Charges

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 22 May, 2013 @ 11:43am

  Re: Pure Half-Assed CYA ...

  It kinda reminds me of the story a while back about the guy who found a simple security loophole on his banks website and he got charged with CFAA. I can't remember the details exactly though. It pretty much boiled down to "The act of trying to circumvent the website's security counts as hacking, no matter how simple and obviously open the system was."

• On the post: Released Video From Silva Beating Shows His Last Moments; Video Of Actual Beating Still Missing

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 22 May, 2013 @ 05:12pm

  Yes, because blows to the torso and midriff are completely non lethal all the time of course, especially with double handed strikes.

• On the post: Quack Professor Releases Dumbest Violent Video Game Theory Ever

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 22 May, 2013 @ 08:44am

  Re: Re: Over 100C!!!

  Also, to extrapolate a bit...
  
  According to this professor's logic if I had a laptop running at 100C that's like double 57C so that's double the harmful radio waves! And since the graphics card was situated right above my unmentionables we can further multiply the effects of the harmful radio waves by tenfold!
  
  But that means... OH NO! I'M HITLER!

• On the post: Quack Professor Releases Dumbest Violent Video Game Theory Ever

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 22 May, 2013 @ 08:38am

  Re: Over 100C!!!

  No point on an old laptop. It was when it overheated in the middle of a game I decided to give my balls a break and buy a desktop. It's graphics card runs at a cool 60C!

• On the post: Reporters Find Exposed Personal Data Via Google, Threatened With CFAA Charges

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 22 May, 2013 @ 11:30am

  HACKERS! HACKERS! HOW DARE THEY USE GOOGLE TO HACK THAT INFO!!!1

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