xmichaelx’s Techdirt Profile

On the post: FCC May Finally Act To Ease The Pain Of Stupid Cable TV Content Negotiation Blackouts

xmichaelx ( profile ), 19 Aug, 2015 @ 12:21pm

Watch sports at a bar, subscribe to Netflix and/or Hulu, and pirate everything else.

No one has to help the networks and cable companies play these games anymore.

On the post: Are People Passing Around Images Of Lenny Kravitz's Wardrobe Malfunction Violating Revenge Porn Laws?

xmichaelx ( profile ), 19 Aug, 2015 @ 12:08pm

re: Mary Anne Franks

I've never heard of her before now, but her blog is a bizarre mishmash of ad hominems, ignorance of the basic law and technology, and logical fallacies.

I guess it's true: “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”

On the post: Cop To Vet On Receiving End Of Bogus Raid: Investigating Things Beforehand Just Slows Us Down

xmichaelx ( profile ), 29 Jul, 2015 @ 04:31pm

Any cop who's been in the military knows that police firearm "training" is as much of a joke as their self-defense "training."

On the post: Google Fiber Has Accomplished More For Broadband Than Our National Broadband Plan Ever Did

xmichaelx ( profile ), 09 Jul, 2015 @ 11:03am

Again with MIT Technology Review?

You do yourself a disservice by referencing MIT Technology Review. When they're not flat-out wrong thanks to poor research, they're high school-level opinionated drivel.

Great things come out of MIT. MIT Technology Review isn't one of them.

On the post: Donald Trump's Lawsuit Against Univision Is Absolutely Hilarious

xmichaelx ( profile ), 01 Jul, 2015 @ 01:03pm

Actually, there is lost revenue

While I agree with this article about the ridiculousness of the lawsuit, it's inaccurate to say that because Univision will still pay their contract fee, there is no lost revenue to Trump.

Obviously, he's losing millions in ad revenue by the shows not airing.

On the post: A Gronking To Remember Lawsuit Gets Strange While Amazon Argues Liability Would Chill Speech And Art

xmichaelx ( profile ), 26 Jun, 2015 @ 01:59pm

Why facial recognition?

"why can't it run facial recognition software to search for unauthorized images on the covers"

This sentence is bizarre. Why would you run *facial* recognition to compare images? Why not just image recognition software?

On the post: Copyright Troll Gets Fed; Resumes Torrent Lawsuits After Multiple Dismissals Led To A 19-Month Pause In Filings

xmichaelx ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2015 @ 03:09pm

Re: Re: Serious question

That's a good point. Also, since I've never heard of this movie until just now, I'd say his marketing team really sucks.

On the post: MMA Fighter Upset Over Possible Homage In Mortal Kombat

xmichaelx ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2015 @ 01:50pm

It looks more like Ronda Rousey

I think it looks more like Ronda Rousey, an MMA fighter that people have actually heard of.

On the post: CyberNadir: Former Pilot Randomly Speculates (Incorrectly) That Recent Airbus Crash Could Be The Work Of Hackers

xmichaelx ( profile ), 26 Mar, 2015 @ 11:17am

As per usual?

I encourage the author to google the (redundant) phrase "as per usual" and, once educated, stop using it. It shows up periodically on this site, and always gives me pause.

On the post: Wall Street Journal Upset That Wall Street Isn't Upset About Net Neutrality

xmichaelx ( profile ), 27 Feb, 2015 @ 11:52am

Re: I'm curious

How is it that you know that "Um, no, it's actually the
> reverse" and "None of this is true"? I thought you said
> earlier that the actual rules haven't been released and no
> member of the public has been able to read them?"

The rules were released yesterday, genius. Maybe you saw the headline in every paper and every news website on earth. And they say what we already knew -- that "none of this is true" and "it's actually the reverse."

On the post: Marshawn Lynch, Anti-Authority Hero, Loves To Trademark His Phrases

xmichaelx ( profile ), 26 Feb, 2015 @ 02:11pm

Petty & childish?

I can't for the life of me figure out why his "I'm only here so I don't get fined" statement is petty & childish, as this author claims.

Sports "reporters" ask the same boring questions of every single player, and every single player gives the same ridiculous nonsense answers about "giving 110%" and "we knew what we had to do and did it."

As far as I can tell, Lynch is the only guy in the NFL whose answers *aren't* petty. He's the only honest guy there.

See this site for exactly what I'm talking about: http://www.sportscliche.com/

On the post: Green Bubbles: How Apple Quietly Gets iPhone Users To Hate Android Users

xmichaelx ( profile ), 12 Feb, 2015 @ 11:12am

Customization is required

I can't imagine using a chat interface (or a keyboard, or a phone interface) that I can't customize as I please.

On the post: CIA Wanted To Throw The CFAA At Senate Staffers For Unauthorized Googling

xmichaelx ( profile ), 09 Feb, 2015 @ 11:47am

To quote Smokey & the Bandit ...

"You assholes couldn't close an umbrella!"

On the post: YouTubers Got To Interview The President Because They're More Legitimate Than Traditional News

xmichaelx ( profile ), 26 Jan, 2015 @ 03:25pm

Old media = money

"The facade that pretends they're all about "objective news reporting" when the reality has long been that they're more focused on being seen as important."

I don't think this is the problem. Sure, they might want to feel important at the level of the individual journalist. But the primary difference between Big Media and a YouTuber is money.

The YouTuber might make $40-200K and be perfectly pleased by that because they're getting paid to do what they like doing.

OTOHm Big Media looks at what they make today and asks, "What can we do to triple that in 5 years?" No indiginity is to great -- and no selling out is too transparent -- as long as the profits go up. Exhibit A: The once-great 60-Minutes, who are now a joke thanks to pandering to the government, where they used to be our most reliable watchdog.

On the post: How The CIA's Torture Program Is Destroying The Key Foreign Power The US Had: The Moral High Ground

xmichaelx ( profile ), 24 Dec, 2014 @ 07:50pm

Meh - we lost the moral high ground when we went into Iraq. Torture and spying are just more nails in an already-sealed coffin.

On the post: Dark Souls Modder Gets Copyright Threat From Game Developer For Some Reason

xmichaelx ( profile ), 23 Dec, 2014 @ 02:24pm

Re:

"The MP cheating seems to be what FROM is upset about, and they are attempting to have the debug .exe removed from the Internet."

Removed from the internet??? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

On the post: Game Developer Deploys Interesting Sales Strategy By Telling Fans Not To Buy His Game As A Gift For Others

xmichaelx ( profile ), 23 Dec, 2014 @ 01:54pm

So don't release it

If your game is in such poor shape that it shouldn't be gifted, doesn't that strongly imply that maybe it's not ready to be released at all?

Beta software is a dev's way of saying, "We can't be bothered to test this, so maybe you could do it for us. Oh, and you get to pay for the privilege as well."

On the post: Despite Racking Up Three Consecutive Unanimous Votes, FOIA Reform Bill Killed Off By Rep. John Boehner

xmichaelx ( profile ), 12 Dec, 2014 @ 02:26pm

Remember when Republicans were against Big Government?

...

I don't, either.

On the post: Forget EU's Toothless Vote To 'Break Up' Google; Be Worried About Nonsensical 'Unbiased Search' Proposal

xmichaelx ( profile ), 01 Dec, 2014 @ 11:40am

Google, EU version

I'd love to see Google build a search engine called "Google, EU edition" that just returned random results rather than "biased" ones. It would be a great EFF YOU to EU lawmakers, and teach them how their ignorance makes them a laughingstock to anyone technologically knowledgeable.

On the post: Marc Randazza Emasculates Pick-Up Artist, Legal Counsel In Hilariously Brutal Response To A Bogus Takedown Demand

xmichaelx ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2014 @ 11:45am

If getting laid is so difficult for you that you have pay someone to teach you how to get some, you really should reevaluate your worth as a human.

I'd love for someone to release the attendance lists at these loser conventions.

xmichaelx 's Techdirt Comments

Latest Comments (712)