Brian B.’s Comments

• May 21st, 2015 @ 10:02pm

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  on Texas Can't Get Its Innovation Act Together: Fails To Pass Bills To Let Tesla & Uber Provide Service
  This is what happens when you have septuagenarians voting on innovations in a fast moving world.
• Mar 19th, 2015 @ 10:50am

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  on Portland Police Bravely Defend Public From Homeless Woman Looking To Charge Her Cell Phone
  Portland's finest doing what they do best, I suppose? The amount of money spent on this arrest is mind-boggling. The time of 4 officers, court time, jail time (potentially food, etc). Not to mention the cost of bad-PR (though, do they really care?)
  
  I'm just going to put this here - http://i.imgur.com/uOWK3Bp.png
• Feb 24th, 2014 @ 2:46pm

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  on Police Chief To Critics Of Controversial Arrest: Hey, At Least My Officers Aren't Sexually Assaulting Arrestees
  At least they didn't arrest the person taking the video...and then rape them as well.
• May 2nd, 2013 @ 9:12am

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  on Woman Prosecuted For Filming Slaughterhouse From The Road In Utah; Public Backlash Leads To Quick Reversal
  "According to the police report, the manager said she was trespassing and crossed over the barbed-wire fence"
  
  Shouldn't the plant manager face some sort of discipline for making false accusations?
• May 11th, 2012 @ 1:07pm

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  on After the German Pirate Party's String Of Successes, Here Comes The Backlash
  It's also true in the age of YouTube: without copyright, there can be no quality films or TV. (Franka Potente.)
  
  One could argue about what one considers "quality". I've seen good shows on television AND Youtube.
• Jan 23rd, 2012 @ 9:49am

  FTP server

  on Megaupload Shutdown Means Other Companies Turning Off Useful Services
  Well, it is a good thing that I distribute stored files directly from my FTP server. A little bit more hassle, but it was the way we used to do it in the past.
• Oct 17th, 2011 @ 11:18am

  Maybe it's something else...

  on Warner Bros. Buys Story That Was Written In The Reddit Comments; Then Tells Author To Stop Redditing
  Maybe people like WB are more worried about other contributors in that thread seeking monetary reward for contributing as well?
• Oct 13th, 2011 @ 10:05am

  Drunk while dropping off the children?

  on If Your Estranged Wife Doesn't 'Like' Your Facebook Status, That's Not A Reason To Attack Her
  Isn't the bigger story that this man was drunk while dropping off his children? Probably even drove there...
• Sep 27th, 2011 @ 3:03pm

  We need a Serpico

  on Can The NYPD Back Up Its Claim Of A Confrontation That Required Pepper Spray, Despite More Video Evidence?
  Watching that video also shows that the cops holding the barrier were just as surprised and, probably, pissed that they just got pepper sprayed as well.
  
  I hope one of them speaks up, but I doubt any wants to follow Serpico's footsteps.
• May 3rd, 2011 @ 8:40am

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  on Marketing Company Trademarks 'Radical Media' Threatens To Sue Real Activists
  I prefer the paint-coloured vomit bombs, but to each their own.
  
  I'll put @rebel.media on my "do not use" list...though, I doubt I would ever have used them. On the other hand, we just opened an office in London...
• Mar 24th, 2011 @ 8:21pm

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  on Groupon Sued For Its Google AdWords
  Of course, this company is just causing more harm to itself because it will earn a reputation of being litigious.
• Mar 9th, 2011 @ 10:01am

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  on Canadian Political Party Demands Candidate's Social Media Logins To Run For Office
  It got quite good exposure on the radio yesterday. Basically, as commentary states, it's not about allowing access to his account, it's the subsequent access to his friends that he didn't want to allow.
  
  Of course, the other side of the coin is that if you are going to use your Facebook account to represent a brand (the party), then they should have some control over the brand.
  
  The easy solution is for him to make a new Facebook account to use during the campaign that can be controlled by the party to make sure the message stays consistent.
• Mar 8th, 2011 @ 9:05am

  It's easier than you make it out to be

  on GAO Suggests It's Time To Ditch Dollar Bills For Coins
  $.99
  
  Just use the dollar coin and get a penny back..jeesh.
• Nov 24th, 2010 @ 8:43am

  Cultural

  on Kuwait Bans Cameras With Big Lenses -- Because People Might Get Worried [Updated]
  It's much more likely to be a cultural issue than anything "weird". If you aren't used to having your picture taken as a culture, having strangers (ie. tourists) snapping shots of you and your loved ones can be intrusive.