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• On the post: Google's Arbitrary Morality Police Threaten Us Yet Again; Media Sites Probably Shouldn't Use Google Ads

  

  WDS ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2016 @ 10:59am

  What???

  I don't understand this complaining about Google. Don't you know that you are only a Google puppet, and your whole sites purpose is to promote Google's agenda?

• On the post: Oklahoma Cops Debut Tool That Allows Them To Drain Pre-Paid Cards During Traffic Stops

  

  WDS ( profile ), 10 Jun, 2016 @ 07:35am

  How many more are there we don't yet know about.

  I'm sure the company making these and taking a cut, did not just make 16 of them. While Oklahoma is taking the abuse here, the question is how many other states have and use them, but just are keeping their mouths closed about it.

• On the post: Supreme Court Says Government Can't Take Your Money And Lock You Out Of Your Choice In Representation

  

  WDS ( profile ), 12 Apr, 2016 @ 08:11am

  Tainted versus Non-tainted

  The government's problem here is that they admitted that some of the money was non-tainted. They won't make that mistake again. Now instead of trying to defend yourself against the crime with a public defender, you will be trying to get a ruling that a portion of the money wasn't tainted without being able to pay for a lawyer.

• On the post: Trademark For 'Square Donuts' At Heart Of Trademark Dispute Despite It Being Entirely Descriptive

  

  WDS ( profile ), 09 Apr, 2016 @ 10:50am

  Re: Re:

  Not trying to be a jerk, but how does "Yellow Cab" fit in to this. Totally descriptive but a long held trademark.

• On the post: The FCC Is Pushing A 'Nutrition Label' For Broadband Connections

  

  WDS ( profile ), 08 Apr, 2016 @ 07:38am

  Easy Fix for FCC

  While the usage caps need to be spelled out, the thing that riles most people is the below the line charges. It would be easy to fix that by just making a rule that only taxes and fees actually charged by government agencies could go below the line.
  
  That rule should not be just for broadband service, but also for TV and Telephone, where (at least in my area) the practice is even more abused.

• On the post: AT&T Tries To Claim That Charging Users More For Privacy Is A 'Discount'

  

  WDS ( profile ), 05 Apr, 2016 @ 08:39am

  Lost in Translation

  Ms. Flemming needs to have someone carefully go over the difference between Opt-in and Opt-out.

• On the post: Newegg Inserts Itself Into The Global Archery, LARPing.org Patent Tiff

  

  WDS ( profile ), 23 Mar, 2016 @ 04:22pm

  Re:

  Newegg has become my goto source for the things they sell. They are usually very competitive in their pricing, and they fight bullies.

• On the post: Newegg Inserts Itself Into The Global Archery, LARPing.org Patent Tiff

  

  WDS ( profile ), 23 Mar, 2016 @ 02:20pm

  Patent Portion Dropped

  Ars is reporting that Global Archery has dropped the patent portion of the suit, but are persisting with the Trademark claims.

• On the post: PETA, Pretending It Can Represent A Photogenic, Selfie-Snapping Monkey In Indonesia, Has Appealed Its Copyright Loss

  

  WDS ( profile ), 21 Mar, 2016 @ 11:42am

  Re: Re:

  LucyP, you are obviously a big PETA supporter, but a copyright expert you are not. The law does in fact hinge on the species, If you actually want to see why instead of clinging to your opinion, click on the link in the article near the end of the first paragraph (highlighted "There is None").

• On the post: PETA, Pretending It Can Represent A Photogenic, Selfie-Snapping Monkey In Indonesia, Has Appealed Its Copyright Loss

  

  WDS ( profile ), 21 Mar, 2016 @ 11:20am

  Re: Deadline?

  I think it was the deadline the judge set to allow them to amend and refile, rather than the deadline to appeal that has expired.

• On the post: John Oliver Explains Why You Should Side With Apple Over The FBI Better Than Most Journalists

  

  WDS ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2016 @ 08:21am

  Accurate News

  It is a sad state of affairs when then most accurate reporting you can get on the important issues is on the satire shows. Granted they only do one show a week and dig deep into a few stories. Still "The Daily Show" "This Week Tonight", etc do more accurate reporting than any of the "True" news outlets with their repetitive sound bites and willingness to pass on press releases with almost no research into what are in them.

• On the post: Canada Forcing Cheaper, More Flexible Pricing On TV Industry March 1. Will It Work?

  

  WDS ( profile ), 24 Feb, 2016 @ 09:03am

  Below the line

  The only thing that any telephone/Cable/internet company should be able to place "Below the line" is actual government taxes or government mandated charges. All this crap that they try to name to make it sound like a tax or government charge, should have to be in their advertised prices.

• On the post: FTC Dings ASUS For Selling 'Secure' Routers That Shipped With Default Admin/Admin Login (And Other Flaws)

  

  WDS ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2016 @ 02:37pm

  Re: Re: Re: Personal Responsibility

  "Perhaps it's a design flaw. :)"
  
  Yes, most likely a design flaw in me.

• On the post: FTC Dings ASUS For Selling 'Secure' Routers That Shipped With Default Admin/Admin Login (And Other Flaws)

  

  WDS ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2016 @ 02:24pm

  Re: Personal Responsibility

  "not turn of" should be "not turning off". Why do I not see these errors until the moment I press the submit button.

• On the post: FBI's Scorched Earth Approach To Apple Means That Tech Companies Now Have Even Less Incentive To Help Feds

  

  WDS ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2016 @ 10:27am

  Re: Re:

  Given that most people take the phone off of the 4 digit standard, only move to the 6 digit, and not the alphanumeric, you aren't looking at that powerful a hammer.

• On the post: FBI's Scorched Earth Approach To Apple Means That Tech Companies Now Have Even Less Incentive To Help Feds

  

  WDS ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2016 @ 10:20am

  Re:

  My definition of a "Backdoor" is a way around the built in security features (i.e. the front door). Obviously the definition you are using is what the government is using, when they say they are not asking for a back door.
  
  I'm willing to admit that you could say they are asking for a backdoor with a less secure lock, rather than asking for an unlocked backdoor.

• On the post: FBI's Scorched Earth Approach To Apple Means That Tech Companies Now Have Even Less Incentive To Help Feds

  

  WDS ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2016 @ 09:52am

  Re: Warrants

  It is a court order when you receive something based on the All Writs Act. It is power given to the courts, not the FBI. The FBI can request the court use it, but it is still a court order.

• On the post: FBI's Scorched Earth Approach To Apple Means That Tech Companies Now Have Even Less Incentive To Help Feds

  

  WDS ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2016 @ 09:46am

  Re: Gratitude, FBI style

  I don't think in the previous cases Apple above and beyond what they legally had to do. They received either a subpoena, warrant or a court ordered "All writs" request and had the information and provided it. Those were legal, reasonable requests.
  
  What they didn't do was write a back door to their phones. There is a vast difference between providing information you have, and creating something that doesn't exist.

• On the post: FTC Dings ASUS For Selling 'Secure' Routers That Shipped With Default Admin/Admin Login (And Other Flaws)

  

  WDS ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2016 @ 02:21pm

  Personal Responsibility

  I just got a new commercial firewall for work from a respected security company that had the admin admin defaults. The other problems that ASUS routers have, I blame on them, but the leaving the admin password at the default is a user problem, as is not turn of the management access on the WAN link.
  
  While the new firewall does not make you change the default password, it does nag you until you do.

• On the post: AT&T, Time Warner Cable Hope Incessant Whining Will Keep Google Fiber From Louisville

  

  WDS ( profile ), 19 Feb, 2016 @ 08:04am

  Re:

  I'm pretty sure that the agreement that allowed them to put in the poles in the first place, had a stipulation that other utilities could also use the poles. Every city that I know of does. The only thing that Louisville is doing is expediting the process so that the incumbents can't cause unnecessary delay. I'm try to figure out how that is "allowing others to take possession of their property".

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