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• On the post: Infamous Viral 'Goblin Toppler' Video Taken Down In Copyright Claim

  

  Zos ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2013 @ 09:06am

  Re:

  i use adblock, i usually don't bother with noscript, but techdirt doesn't normally hit us with autoplays. when it's unavoidable, in the past, they've acknowledged that it was an unavoidable dick move.
  i mean, 'm not crying about it, but i was certainly taken by surprised, and there's no need to jump down dudes throat for bringing it up.

• On the post: GoDaddy's Chief SOPA Supporter Now Running For Arizona Governor Highlighting Her 'Internet' Experience

  

  Zos ( profile ), 23 Oct, 2013 @ 11:19am

  seems to have no facebook page to bomb with this story...

• On the post: Feds Apparently Didn't Communicate With Each Other About Various Silk Road Investigations

  

  Zos ( profile ), 22 Oct, 2013 @ 11:13am

  i don't see it. details of investigations are kept compartmentalized, to avoid leaks and other issues, plus these would be different offices, different organizations entirely. Informants names especially are held very close to the vest, even more so during ongoing investigations.

• On the post: Fox News Engaged In Institutionalized Astroturfing Of The Internet

  

  Zos ( profile ), 21 Oct, 2013 @ 06:40pm

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  yeah well fox killed firefly, so fuck them too. browncoats will never forgive.

• On the post: The Good And Bad In Chaotic eBook Pricing

  

  Zos ( profile ), 10 Oct, 2013 @ 10:06am

  Re: Re: Re:

  to be fair, readerrs are a rather specialized and finite market. i'm inclined to at least provisionally accept the smashwords data regarding the diminishing returns point at which you exhaust the potential pool of buyers.

• On the post: PA Cop Refuses To Take Accident Report Unless Citizen Stops Recording; Cites 'Department Policy' [UPDATED]

  

  Zos ( profile ), 10 Oct, 2013 @ 05:36am

  how is there any reasonable expectation of privacy when taking a statement?
  
  does that also negate anything i say being used against me in a court of law?
  
  after all, when you cuffed me officer, i thought we were just two good ol' boys shooting the the shit. I had an expectation of privacy, when i admitted to snorting all that cocaine and eating those nuns.

• On the post: The Good And Bad In Chaotic eBook Pricing

  

  Zos ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2013 @ 05:23pm

  i pirated it last year, but i still went and bought a 99 cent copy.

• On the post: Technologists To NSA Review Group: Don't Forget About The Interests Of Non-US Persons

  

  Zos ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2013 @ 05:25am

  what can tech companies do to address it other than offer "we're sorry, but we have no choice whatsoever except to comply or else"?

• On the post: Megachurch's Anti-Vaccine Stance Results In God's Measles-y Wrath

  

  Zos ( profile ), 03 Sep, 2013 @ 07:56pm

  " what if there is a God and he/she/it has a sense of irony?"
  
  her name is Eris, and she thinks this shit is hilarious.
  
  Ewige blumenkraft, and all hail discordia.

• On the post: UK Asked New York Times To Destroy Edward Snowden Documents; NY Times Ignored Request

  

  Zos ( profile ), 30 Aug, 2013 @ 09:34pm

  Re: Take it back a step

  shared intelligence gathering amongst certain close allies, (oddly enough, the white english spekaing ones mostly) is the norm. they spy on our citizens for us, we spy on their citizens for them, it's one big happy family of spies

• On the post: Police Admit That NZ Spy Agency Illegally Spied On Kim Dotcom, But Aren't Going To Do Anything About It

  

  Zos ( profile ), 30 Aug, 2013 @ 02:21pm

  an old bit of wisdom comes to mind-
  "why not? because fuck you, that's why not"

• On the post: Evangelist Adorns Biblical Child Rearing Book With 'Modern Family' Portrait He Found Via Google

  

  Zos ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2013 @ 04:22pm

  you didn't post about this already? we trolled the guy into oblivion when this hit facebook a few weeks ago.

• On the post: Once Again, Media Jumps On Violent Video Games Before Knowing The Facts

  

  Zos ( profile ), 28 Aug, 2013 @ 08:46am

  Re:

  here's a thought, aliens did it.
  
  here's a thought, anyone can make up a narrative to suit any agenda.

• On the post: The Deeper Meaning Of Miranda's Detention And The Destruction Of The Guardian's Hard Drives

  

  Zos ( profile ), 28 Aug, 2013 @ 05:44am

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  for everything in life, there is an xkcd

• On the post: Orders To Destroy Guardian Hard Drives Came Directly From PM David Cameron

  

  Zos ( profile ), 22 Aug, 2013 @ 10:00am

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  well, the FBI have stopped lots of plots. of course they were all plots invented and enabled by the FBI, but still. 'merica.

• On the post: Blatant Intimidation: Glenn Greenwald's Partner Detained At Heathrow Under Terrorism Law, All His Electronics Seized

  

  Zos ( profile ), 19 Aug, 2013 @ 05:45am

  Insurance

  Something that struck me yesterday...has anyone looked at the timing of that 400 gig insurance file that went up on wikileaks?
  
  maybe i'm just seeing connections where none exists, but wouldn't it be interesting if they nabbed him in the airport then that went up, then he was released?

• On the post: Awesome Stuff: Taming Unruly Cables

  

  Zos ( profile ), 17 Aug, 2013 @ 10:02am

  lol,usb chargers and audio cables. my heart bleeds. i got excited for a minute thinking there might be something i could use to tame the area between my pc/speakers at my desk to big screen with the roku, usb hub, speakers to the modem/router/livewire adaptor/external hard drive.
  there is a triangle of space about 2 feet on a side, where things go to die. the cable jungle is thick, and here be dragons.

• On the post: IRS Also Secretly Got Intelligence Info And Was Told To Launder It

  

  Zos ( profile ), 08 Aug, 2013 @ 09:09am

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  sure we will. i'm not holding my breath.

• On the post: PTC Demands An End To Late-Night Fox Cartoons, Forgets What That 'P' In Their Acronym Means

  

  Zos ( profile ), 08 Aug, 2013 @ 09:14am

  To be fair-

  the article you linked seem to indicate that the issue wasn't the show on tv, it was explicit web content being linked to the names of easily searchable kids cartoons, with no agegate. which makes at least a little more sense, if you start from " i can make people not see things i don't like".
  
  
  which obviously is nonsense, but they don't know any better.

• On the post: Former NSA Boss Calls Snowden's Supporters Internet Shut-ins; Equates Transparency Activists With Al-Qaeda

  

  Zos ( profile ), 06 Aug, 2013 @ 08:36pm

  this is what the government thinks of us. this is what an activist on the internet looks like to them...notice, "voter" and "citizen" don't even get an honorable mention?

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