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  • On the post: Lawyer For Accused: DDoS Is A Legal Form Of Protest

    xs ( profile ), 30 Sep, 2011 @ 12:13pm

    Re: Sit in protesters are arrested for trespassing

    I think that's exactly what he's trying to do. Get his client to be at most convicted of digital equivalent of trespassing, instead of the digital equivalent of break and entering or worse, attempted robbery.

  • On the post: Puerto 80 Responds Forcefully To DOJ's Claims Concerning Domain Seizures

    xs ( profile ), 07 Sep, 2011 @ 01:40pm

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    1. The site is not down only because of the resiliency of the internet. The whole intent of domain seizure was to shut them down.

    2. "innocent until proven guilty", but only if you are not been accused of been guilty, which would mean you are guilty. Very convenient interpretation.

    3. Every websites that features women not covering their hair, exposing large swath of skin are guilty of violating some middle eastern country's law. Since the websites are available in those countries, "they have pretty much qualified at least on the surface for breaking [some country]'s law". So their domain should be seized.

    Your argument fails on so many level it isn't even funny.

  • On the post: Gamestop Discovers The Streisand Effect; Gives OnLive Tons Of Free Publicity In Trying To Take Away Coupons

    xs ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2011 @ 10:11am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

    PR is a vital component of sales and marketing effort.

    If a developer is not willing to participate in sales and marketing, then he is not going to be long in the business.

  • On the post: NYC Arrests Stop Dead Chinese From Infringing

    xs ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2011 @ 11:46am

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    Don't talk about things you don't understand. It's indeed part of Chinese tradition to burn paper replicas during funeral. In the old days, they burn paper houses, paper horses and paper servants. Although LV bags are a recent addition, the tradition is very old.

  • On the post: How Long Until The RIAA Kills The Best Music Service Around?

    xs ( profile ), 22 Jun, 2011 @ 11:10am

    Re: Re:

    Really? That just shows how unimaginative you are. Just one minute after reading the story, I already have an idea how this service could be used to drive music sales.

  • On the post: Copyright Holders Claim That They Should Get To Decide Any Copyright Exceptions

    xs ( profile ), 21 Jun, 2011 @ 11:00am

    Re:

    Let polluters decide environmental laws

    This is probably a better analogy. But sadly, in this area, Polluters are increasingly in the position to write the environmental laws too.

  • On the post: FDA's Pharma-First Focus Driving Medical Device Tech Away From The US

    xs ( profile ), 08 Jun, 2011 @ 08:17am

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    General computing devices most certainly should be banned in medical devices that directly interact with patients. Those things are not designed for absolute reliability in mind, even though they are becoming very, very reliable. But the failure mode of general computing devices are just too unpredictable to be safely used in devices affecting life and death.

  • On the post: Facebook, Once Again, Says That Ceglia's Claim To Own 84% Of Facebook Is A Fraud

    xs ( profile ), 27 May, 2011 @ 06:56am

    Re: Re:

    Stupidity by Facebook people doesn't apply here. The alleged original contract was a very basic one between a college student and one man for a very small sum. Neither of them could have envisioned the extent of this little project expanded into, so there were no lawyers breaking down every word to make sure it's water tight.

    Whether the whole thing is fake or not, it is very likely that it's out of statue of limitation. In both Connecticut and New York, the Status of limitation on contract is 6 years, and in California where facebook is based, the limitation is 2 years. The initial contract was allegedly made in 2003, the last date involved in the dispute as calculated by the 84% figure is Feb 4, 2004, and this guy filed in July 2010. So it's at least 5 months too late anyway.

  • On the post: Why We Haven't Seen Any Lawsuits Filed Against The Government Over Domain Seizures: Justice Department Stalling

    xs ( profile ), 24 May, 2011 @ 11:11am

    Must have been too much contact with the Chinese

    The government of USA is increasingly operating like the Chinese government. This unexplainedm unwarranted, unlawful seizure, followed by stonewalling and buck passing is just so typical of Chinese government. All that's left is official statement telling people that "relevant department" is handling the issue, with no further explaination about who the "relevant department" is.

  • On the post: Cheerleader Told To Pay School She Sued After Being Kicked Off Squad For Refusing To Cheer Guy Who Assaulted Her

    xs ( profile ), 05 May, 2011 @ 03:24pm

    She should have sued for patent infringment in East Texas

    Then she will win the case for sure.

  • On the post: Cheerleader Told To Pay School She Sued After Being Kicked Off Squad For Refusing To Cheer Guy Who Assaulted Her

    xs ( profile ), 05 May, 2011 @ 03:21pm

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    He plead guilty to a lesser charge. Which usually means he committed something more serious but neither sides wants to risk loosing the case.

    Regardless, the boy was convicted of ASSAULT. I think anyone who's a victim of assault have solid ground to NOT cheer for the person who assaulted him/her. And all of you who think the girl should just quit should consider how you would feel if it's you who have to quit your job because you don't want to work with someone who assaulted you.

  • On the post: Cheerleader Told To Pay School She Sued After Being Kicked Off Squad For Refusing To Cheer Guy Who Assaulted Her

    xs ( profile ), 05 May, 2011 @ 03:15pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Wacked Mess

    Your co-worker assaulted you, plead guilty to a misdeamenor, then allowed back at work. But you obviously doesn't want to have anything to do with him. So you were fired.

    I guess you would say you got what you deserved.

  • On the post: Interesting World: Man Unwittingly Live Tweets Raid That Killed Osama Bin Laden

    xs ( profile ), 02 May, 2011 @ 06:26am

    Re: Take note...

    umm, right. Shutting down part of the internet to suit political needs. Don't know why, it kind of remind me about some trouble spots and condemnations from US, and this sort of things.

  • On the post: TSA Molests Miss USA, Makes Her Cry… For Your Safety

    xs ( profile ), 28 Apr, 2011 @ 10:08am

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    When one of the prominent "similar goals" for this loose association of people was the return to constitutional rule, then silence on any discernible violation of constitution is a strange thing indeed.

    Or judging by your second sentence, you must think there are situations where constitution needn't be followed. Good to know where your kind is coming from.

  • On the post: TSA Molests Miss USA, Makes Her Cry… For Your Safety

    xs ( profile ), 28 Apr, 2011 @ 09:15am

    Re: Re:

    Well, with Tea baggers so worked up about constitution, personal rights, get government out of our lives, etc., etc., I would think this violation would be chalked up as another evidence that government is seriously out of control.

    But, No?

    Ok, I guess it only matters when it's Tea Bagger's tax bills are concerned.

  • On the post: Amazon Uses Steve Jobs Words Against Him In App Store Dispute

    xs ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2011 @ 02:04pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Cool

    Your comment shows exactly why Apple must sue Amazon. Vigrous defence of tradmark is one way to avoid it becoming a generic term.

  • On the post: Amazon Uses Steve Jobs Words Against Him In App Store Dispute

    xs ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2011 @ 12:24pm

    Re: Trademarking "app store"

    Their application to tradmark the term "App Store" is probably a stronger sign

  • On the post: Confirmed: US Was The 'Lone Holdout' In Refusing To Release ACTA Text

    xs ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2011 @ 12:20pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Can we just get over it??????

    Sign an executive order to over turn a law passed by overwhelming number of congress people? Granted it was passed against the wishes of majority of the people, but if Obama tries to do anything to it, he'll get an impeachment hearing before any changes can be implemented.

    If you people are so concerned about constitutions been shredded, stop voting in neo-conservatives.

  • On the post: Amazon Uses Steve Jobs Words Against Him In App Store Dispute

    xs ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2011 @ 12:10pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Cool

    READ before you post, will you?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_digital_distribution_platforms_for_mobile_devices

    None of the stores that openned before Apple's App Store named itself the "App Store" or used "App Store" as part of its name.

    Apple's law suit with Amazon is the use of "App Store" as the name of its application store, not the application store itself.

  • On the post: Amazon Uses Steve Jobs Words Against Him In App Store Dispute

    xs ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2011 @ 11:53am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Cool

    You are not making any sense.

    "If the tag "App Store" was exclusive to Apple, then if someone told me they bought an app via "the" app store, I would ask them which one? Apple, Android, Amazon? "

    You would only ask "which one" when the term App Store does not exclusively designate Apple's application store. Since Android's store was called Android Market, and Amazon's store didn't exist before Apple's, you wouldn't have had this confusion, until Amazon's store that is.

    So it's very clear Amazon's use of App Store has created confusion in the market.

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