Calvin’s Comments

• Nov 21st, 2019 @ 1:27am

  Why should successful companies fund failing ones

  on Should The Big Tech Companies Voluntarily Fund The Journalism Business?

  Was the motor industry asked to fund the buggy- whip makers?

• Jul 12th, 2019 @ 7:04pm

  I need to watch more TV

  on Laura Loomer Files Defamation Suit Against Facebook For Calling Her 'Dangerous' When Booting Her From The Platform

  I think I must be one of the few people who have never heard of this person.
  I think I need to dust off the TV and start watching it again.

• Apr 29th, 2019 @ 2:30am

  Imagination gap

  on Shoddy Software Is Eating The World, And People Are Dying As A Result

  As a retired software engineer this issue falls into what I call 'The Imagination Gap'.

  Software engineers test for all the conditions they can imagine, unfortunately they can't imagine all the conditions that the software will face in the real world

• Jul 11th, 2018 @ 9:07pm

  Re: Re: It's not just games though

  on Latest Denuvo Version Cracked Again By One Solo Hacker On A Personal Mission
  I've already installed the DRM removal plugin unfortunately there is a new version of DRM being used that doesn't yet have a plugin available.
  It's being worked on but it's not there yet
• Jul 11th, 2018 @ 5:05pm

  It's not just games though

  on Latest Denuvo Version Cracked Again By One Solo Hacker On A Personal Mission
  I'm not terribly interested in computer games but I am interested in e-books.
  I subscribe to several mailing lists that send me tailored e-mails giving me titles that I may be interested in, mostly obtained via Amazon.
  
  I've got a Linux system and use Calibre as my library/reader.
  
  I tend to download free offer books from authors I've not heard of before as a sort of 'try-before-you-buy' approach.
  Lately a lot of these 'free' offer books come infected with DRM that makes them unreadable on a Linux system.
  
  I'm baffled as to why an obscure author I've never heard of would make a free offer book unreadable.
  
  It also means I'm much less likely to buy e-books if I'm not sure I'll be able to read them. I realise that we are talking of books at a 99p price point but I don't want to waste my money on something I can't read.
• Aug 28th, 2017 @ 9:20am

  We need a consistent way for individuals to show disapproval of articles

  on Nazis, The Internet, Policing Content And Free Speech
  Social Media sites often allow reader to enter a 'thumbs up' or 'clap' to show approval of articles, some even allow you to vote multiple times to show your level of appreciation.
  What is not so common is allowing you to enter a sign of disapproval.
  What we need to become common is the 'thumbs down' or 'boo' icon where you can register disapproval of an article.
  If we couple this with the ability for an individual user to 'block' a particular author or authors we then have a system that puts the power where it belongs; in the hands of the individual users.
  This would give the needed level of granularity whereby a user could show disapproval of individual articles or shun an author completely.
• Sep 30th, 2016 @ 10:24am

  setting an example? (as CeeVee)

  on Cops Dodge 4th Amendment By Phoning In 'Anonymous' Tips; Watch Their Drug Bust Vanish After They're Exposed
  If those charged with enforcing the laws can't be bothered to comply with said laws why should anybody else even try.
• Jan 6th, 2016 @ 3:13pm

  Who?

  on GQ And Forbes Go After Ad Blocker Users Rather Than Their Own Shitty Advertising Inventory
  I've been using the internet more or less since it became publicly available, I don't think I've ever been to either site before and I can't think of a reason to go in the future. No loss then.
• Apr 28th, 2015 @ 10:31am

  Responsibility?

  on The CIA Will Keep Killing Civilians With Drone Strikes Because The 'Rules' For Drone Strikes Aren't Actually Rules
  If Obama admits responsibility for civilian killings can we expect his indictment any time soon?
• Mar 13th, 2015 @ 1:22pm

  A Good Decision

  on Years Of Brainwashing The Public Into Thinking Everything Creative Must Be 'Owned' Has Led To This New Mess
  We can all sleep easy now that we know Marvin Gaye will be 'encouraged' to write and sing a lot more new songs.
• Dec 10th, 2014 @ 1:07pm

  Why hasn't anybody been charged?

  on Profiting Massively From Torture: Designers Of CIA Torture Program Raked In $81 Million (And Are Still Getting Money)
  The thing that's puzzling me the most is that nobody seems to be investigating or prosecuting something that on the face of it seems to be very illegal. There's a lot of political posturing but not a lot of criminal investigation when are we going to see some indictments?
• Apr 23rd, 2014 @ 12:02pm

  Re: Re: Cops and Perjury

  on Five Illinois Cops Are Caught Lying On The Stand When Defense Produces A Recording Contradicting Their Testimony
  How about making the liar subject to the sentence for the crime he/she was lying about?
  If you're lying about drug possession then subject the lies to those sentences, if you're lying about murder then lies become subject to that sentencing regime.
• Apr 23rd, 2014 @ 11:20am

  Evading Speeding Fines

  on Why Do So Many People Describe Aereo 'Complying' With Copyright Law As The Company 'Circumventing' Copyright Law?
  Your Honour, the defendant is accused of attempting to evade a speeding fine by driving slower than the posted speed limit.
  Defendant how do you plead.
  Not guilty your honour.
  OK, you've admitted you were speeding. You are fined $100.
  Next case please
• Apr 4th, 2014 @ 11:59am

  Re: Reducing the level of ignorance in the discussion

  on Chilling Effects: Climate Change Deniers Have Scientific Paper Disappeared
  So according to your logic Einstein shouldn't have been allowed to voice his opinion on relativity because he didn't have an appropriate degree and wasn't employed in an appropriate job?
• Mar 20th, 2014 @ 3:26pm

  Re: The guy is evil.

  on Rep. Nadler Claims 'You Bought It, You Own It' Is An 'Extreme Digital View'
  more like "What's yours we share, what's mine is mine"
• Aug 20th, 2013 @ 9:40am

  Re:

  on UK Gov't Forces Guardian To 'Destroy' Hard Drives With Snowden Info; Guardian Says Reporting Continues From NY
  But that's the problem isn't it, all we have to choose from are career politicians, bought and paid for by some lobbying group.
• Aug 20th, 2013 @ 9:34am

  Re: Re:

  on UK Gov't Forces Guardian To 'Destroy' Hard Drives With Snowden Info; Guardian Says Reporting Continues From NY
  'At this point, the only difference between governments and terrorists is that the latter violates people's rights with impunity.'
  
  Didn't you mean to say former rather than latter?
• Aug 6th, 2013 @ 10:42am

  Contempt of Court

  on FBI Pushing Real-Time Metadata-Harvesting 'Port Readers' On Service Providers
  How can non-compliance be 'contempt of court' when there is no court order to request compliance?
• Mar 12th, 2013 @ 4:20pm

  Re: Re:

  on Recording Of Bradley Manning's Statement In Court Leaked
  They might belong to the people but that doesn't mean the people are allowed to read them
• Feb 14th, 2013 @ 4:07pm

  Re: What?

  on Chubby Checker Sues Two Companies For $500 Million Over Wang-Measuring App Downloaded 84 Times
  Perhaps 'Eternal Optimist' or 'Wishful Thinking'

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