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  • On the post: Fox Accuses Cablevision Of Telling People To Go To 'Illegal' Sites To Watch Games Fox Is Blocking

    rabbit wise ( profile ), 27 Oct, 2010 @ 12:24pm

    Re: Mal, he killed me Mal...he killed me with a sword...

    you have just made my day.

  • On the post: Uh, No, Using An iPad On A Flight Won't Get You On The No-Fly List

    rabbit wise ( profile ), 27 Oct, 2010 @ 12:16pm

    Re: The real interesting aspect

    I may be alone here but it is unbelievable to me that someone got put on the (actual) no-fly list for doing something as stupid as using an iPad during take off.

    Do I wish that could happen? At various moments during dealings with said asshats, yes.

    In the words of my dad when I whined that my brother had bitten me, "Ok, now what did you *really* do?".

  • On the post: Yet Another Reminder That You Don't Own Your Ebooks: B&N Nook Deletes Files, Blames User

    rabbit wise ( profile ), 27 Oct, 2010 @ 11:51am

    Re: Re: The jailbreaking problem.

    I know I am about to get CAPPED AT but I think you are missing the point?

    Writing updates that in any way shape or form destroy your customer's data is not a winning business strategy. Should he back up his data? Yes. Should it be B&N's problem that he did not back up his data? No. Should B&N be putting out software that has the apparently anticipated effect of destroying someone's data. No. Do I have to spend money at B&N? No. And why would I when this is their product? And why would I waste my money on any other product in their stores if they can't be bothered with this franchise product they've been crowing about for how long?

  • On the post: The Revolution Will Be Distributed: Wikileaks, Anonymous And How Little The Old Guard Realizes What's Going On

    rabbit wise ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2010 @ 02:51pm

    Re:

    I've been thinking about this more and have decided to take back the "horrifying"...

  • On the post: The Revolution Will Be Distributed: Wikileaks, Anonymous And How Little The Old Guard Realizes What's Going On

    rabbit wise ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2010 @ 02:40pm

    Has there been another time in history when there is a real possibility that the powers-that-be could actually be overthrown relatively easily?

    Is the problem that the governments and moguls do not understand that while the world appears to still be spinning around the who-has-the-most-money game, the reality of the masses rising up is practical and has nothing to do with money (for the most part)?

    Not taking it to the WarGames level but considering:
    1. The historical revolutions - taking out a government (even a section of one)
    2. Today - actually taking down a government agency

    It is both inspiring and horrifying at the same time.

  • On the post: A Look At How Many People Have Been Kicked Offline In Korea On Accusations (Not Convictions) Of Infringement

    rabbit wise ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2010 @ 01:36pm

    Re: Wow...If I was that bad at my job...

    ....Ooooor the entire South Korean govenment is sitting back laughing at the stupid Americans?

  • On the post: Local News Website Says You Need To Pay To Read Its Stories, Says It's Collecting Visitor IPs To Sue

    rabbit wise ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2010 @ 10:29am

    Um. Wow. I only went hunting to find out where in New York this was.

    http://www.rcfp.org/news/2003/1223jmaxam.html

    She's investigative journalism's Alex Burrows.

  • On the post: NY Times Sends Cease & Desist Letter To Kachingle For Trying To Show Them Alternatives To Paywalls

    rabbit wise ( profile ), 15 Oct, 2010 @ 02:55pm

    3rd paragraph

    Mike, I love ya, man, but there is something wrong with that third paragraph...it took three reads to figure out that the company making the phone call was the NYT and that there wasn't a paywall named, well, Kachingle.

    *muses* that actually sounds like a good name for a dog ...

    Kachingle! Here, Kachingle!

  • On the post: Planet Declared As 100% Likely To Have Life… Now Can't Even Be Found

    rabbit wise ( profile ), 13 Oct, 2010 @ 03:15pm

    Re: Wow

    Um, wow, yourself.

    I took your comment as you meant it and pointed that it was possible that someone (as some of us can tend to do) got a tad bit over-excited. It happens. Usually with vast amounts of coffee but it happens. Also, astronomers can, sometimes, talk over people's heads so it is possible that someone misquoted or possibly took something out of context. *points up*

    And I was rather enjoying the lively...debate. I didn't see any hate or bile anywhere here. If you can't step on the frogs, get out of the rain forest.

  • On the post: Telco Opposition To Anti-Bill Shock Plans Doesn't Pass The Laugh Test

    rabbit wise ( profile ), 13 Oct, 2010 @ 02:53pm

    Re: I agree but...

    I think that the people that are able to be "careful with what they are doing" are not the people that are getting hit with these bills. The people that are getting hit with these bills are the people that are not mobile (or otherwise) technology savvy.

    And saying, well, they should know better? Really? Banking has been around a long time. Mobile phones? What, realistically? 10-15 years? And probably the majority of the population, much less? How long have smart phones really, and I mean really, outside of the tech savvy communities have smart phones been out and about?

    I'm tired of people like me who should know better spouting off that people who are not tech savvy should just know. A lot of these people don't even know the difference between WiFi and data. They don't even know that they don't that. And it isn't in their company's interest to tell them. It isn't in their company's interest to put documentation where someone can find it and written in understandable language to ensure that these people "know better".

    And Heck Yeah to the rest of what you said about kids, parents and phones.

  • On the post: Planet Declared As 100% Likely To Have Life… Now Can't Even Be Found

    rabbit wise ( profile ), 13 Oct, 2010 @ 01:25pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: To quote Peter Walker

    There is absolutely no excuse.

    There's an epiphany in there somewhere.

  • On the post: Planet Declared As 100% Likely To Have Life… Now Can't Even Be Found

    rabbit wise ( profile ), 13 Oct, 2010 @ 01:19pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Flame on!

    OMG. Stop.

  • On the post: Planet Declared As 100% Likely To Have Life… Now Can't Even Be Found

    rabbit wise ( profile ), 13 Oct, 2010 @ 12:54pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: To quote Peter Walker

    To those that wrote Genesis, their whole world did flood. And several other civilizations' whole worlds flooded. That does not mean the whole world as we know it today flooded.

    How arrogant to read a book written in generations past and measure it with the current knowledge. When that portion of the Bible was written what was the "whole world".

    Leaving god out of it, how inspirational is it that complete communities were flooded almost out of existence and managed to survive?

  • On the post: Planet Declared As 100% Likely To Have Life… Now Can't Even Be Found

    rabbit wise ( profile ), 13 Oct, 2010 @ 11:47am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: To quote Peter Walker

    WIN.

    I just snarfed my Dr. Pepper.

  • On the post: Planet Declared As 100% Likely To Have Life… Now Can't Even Be Found

    rabbit wise ( profile ), 13 Oct, 2010 @ 11:45am

    Re: Re: Re: Flame on!

    You have never dared to (ask a) question anything in quantum theory, have you?

    Heathen is a really nice word compared to what they call you if you question the validity of their theories.

  • On the post: Planet Declared As 100% Likely To Have Life… Now Can't Even Be Found

    rabbit wise ( profile ), 13 Oct, 2010 @ 11:41am

    Re: Re: Flame on!

    Or...they are one of the so-called "science" channels who couch facts just so it makes for maximum viewers and minimum legal problems.

    Or a reporter who was completely freaked out by a Neil Tyson type hands and perhaps did not understand the whole bit in the first place and either misquoted or pulled something out of context. (That never happens!)

  • On the post: New York Times Insists It Can Stay Part Of The Conversation With 'First Click Free'

    rabbit wise ( profile ), 13 Oct, 2010 @ 10:22am

    Re:

    What about your decision? You made a decision to sell your work to a company with a business model that you know (if you are here, you know) antagonizes possible readership.

    Providing a link that is locked (for any reason) is not just aggravating. It is rude. It is bad enough linking to sites that have so much advertising that they lock up my browser or, worst, my whole machine. If my community leader decides that he can't be bothered to find, if possible, freely available information, then I can't be bothered to waste my time reading what he or she has to say.

    My TechDirt time is my happy time. The fact that Mike puts some thought into the care and feeding of this rabid riot of thinkers and stinkers only makes it happier. (No, that is not a euphemism...but it could be.)

  • On the post: Details Of How The DC Online Voting System Was Hacked: Small Vulnerability, Huge Consequences

    rabbit wise ( profile ), 06 Oct, 2010 @ 02:34pm

    Usually I'm the rose colored glasses one but come on, folks. Really? You're surprised? Really?

    These are the same people that think an IP address identifies a specific person. Did you think that because this is integrated in one of the cornerstones of our country that these people would suddenly become technically savvy? Did you really think that the whole Cyberstorm 3 was anything more than a play-dance to get more money to bomb the crap out of someone else (not that I'm against bombs...explosives can be fun) or siphon pork to whoever paid them off.

    These people did exactly what all the C level executives that you work with everyday did. "OHHHHHHH, PRETTY! OHHHHHHH, SHINY! Must Have." They were totally thinking about the BCS when the consultant was discussing the security limitations during the implementation. When the time came to pony up the dollars to secure the system, well, now...

    I expect more of all of you.

  • On the post: New Study Shows Texting Bans May Make Roads Even More Dangerous

    rabbit wise ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2010 @ 10:07am

    Re: Re:

    What state do you live in? Because I'm sitting here at my desk and in the next cube is a chick who has 7 DWI arrests, no jail time and still has her license.

  • On the post: New Study Shows Texting Bans May Make Roads Even More Dangerous

    rabbit wise ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2010 @ 09:54am

    Re: Re:

    exactly.

    what really needs to happen here is the human race needs to take one for the universal team.

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