candide08’s Comments

• May 25th, 2012 @ 7:57am

  All I can say...

  on TV Networks File Legal Claims Saying Skipping Commercials Is Copyright Infringement
  Is that the TV networks should package and sell the drugs that can, obviously, remove them so far from reality.
• May 25th, 2012 @ 6:45am

  Microsoft slow or non-responsive??

  on Odd That Microsoft Demands Google Take Down Links That Remain In Bing
  Surely you jest.
• Sep 20th, 2011 @ 7:11am

  (untitled comment)

  on Are You More Or Less Likely To Change Your Mind When The Majority Disagrees With You?
  I disagree with the results of this study...
• Sep 17th, 2011 @ 11:53am

  Radio? Oh, yeah

  on How Payola Works Today... Or Why You Only Hear Major Label Songs On The Radio
  I remember that. It's what used to be in my car before Sirius.
  
  The major labels are such Luddites...
• Sep 14th, 2011 @ 3:04pm

  There is a difference between saying

  on Internet Troll Jailed In The UK For Being A Jerk Online
  something and posting it on the internet.
  
  If you say something rude to someone it is over quickly and has a limited audience.
  
  Internet postings are (more or less) forever and can be seen by millions of people.
  
  I'm not saying that either should be illegal, just that there are differences and there are limits to "free" speech.
• Sep 12th, 2011 @ 11:54am

  I quit buying CD's and DVD's

  on MPAA: Bad At Math & Bad At Economics
  a while ago, but not because I pirate anything. I stopped because 1. The prices git too high 2. I do not want stacks and stacks of physical discs (streaming or digital downloads are the way to go).
  
  In addition to being bad at math and economics the MPAA and RIAA are technical Luddites.
• Aug 29th, 2011 @ 10:42am

  Ok let's f#$! with Texas instead.

  on Don't Mess With Texas... Or, Well, Don't Use That Slogan As A Book Title Or Texas Will Sue
  Let's give Texas back to Mexico, they want to secede anyway.
• Aug 26th, 2011 @ 11:31am

  Real was always the worst software

  on RealNetworks Destroying Dutch Webmaster's Life Because He Linked To A Reverse Engineered Alternative
  so why should people expect the company to be any different?
  They are in the last gasps of existence (actually I thought they were already gone), so I guess it doesn't matter what they do - except to the poor webmaster they decided to pick on.
• Aug 24th, 2011 @ 9:43am

  Re: Re:

  on Why Are We Letting An Obsolete Gatekeeper Drive The Debate On Anything?
  "Once the old guard dies off, they have a shot at someone new blazing a path into the digital age..."
  
  IF we make it that far. The Oil-Gas old-guard are powerful and will be kicking and screaming all the way against alternative energy.
  
  (Forgive me for taking a tangent...)
• May 26th, 2011 @ 12:21pm

  Who cares?

  on Justice Department Threatens To Ban Flights Out Of Texas If Texas Makes TSA Groping Illegal
  So ban flights to and from Texas, the rest of the country would be better off anyway.
• Feb 28th, 2011 @ 4:57pm

  It's NOT ok...

  on ICE Boss: It's Okay To Ignore The Constitution If It's To Protect Companies
  "It's Okay To Ignore The Constitution If..."
  
  
  Ah yes, the fine American art of hypocrisy.
• Feb 19th, 2011 @ 4:29pm

  Can't have it both ways

  on PaulT's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week
  So the GOP says that videogames supposedly incite rape, yet Ms. Palins "crosshairs" website, and the hyperbolic rhetoric of the right, do not incite violence or shootings?
  
  Seems to me that these observations are very selective and self-serving.
• Jan 13th, 2011 @ 2:46pm

  Major BS

  on TSA Warns That If You Wear Scanner Resistant Clothing, They'll Have To Grope You
  If EVERYONE wore "scanner resistant" clothing they could not possibly pat down everyone - it would break the system.
• Dec 28th, 2010 @ 9:03am

  What the H does "cleared" mean?

  on Shouldn't We Fix The Check Clearing Loophole That So Many Scammers Abuse?
  I was under the impression that CLEARED meant that the transfer had been acknowledged and completed by both ends.
  
  If a bank can back out of a "cleared" transaction then we have nothing.
  
  Maybe the bank should take longer, double check everything, etc. but when funds are cleared it should mean something.