Fzzr’s Comments

• Mar 21st, 2012 @ 3:21pm

  My guess

  on Parent Claims 'Ender's Game' Is Pornographic; Teacher Who Read It To Students Put On Temporary Leave
  My guess would be that the parent is overreacting to the naked bathroom fight scene.
• Jan 19th, 2012 @ 8:04pm

  The entire public?

  on Crowd Cheers Loudly As All Four GOP Candidates Say No To SOPA/PIPA
  Might be too soon, but [citation needed]. I can't repeat that claim in my arguments without a source to back me up!
• Jan 12th, 2012 @ 9:04am

  (untitled comment)

  on Kickstarter Helped Raise Nearly $100 Million In 2011... But There Are No New Business Models?
  I just gave to my first kickstarter yesterday. Whether the rent-seekers like it or not, innovators gonna innovate.
• Nov 30th, 2011 @ 10:59am

  Re: Re:

  on A Step By Step Debunking Of US Chamber Of Commerce's Dishonest Stats About 'Rogue Sites'
  If they're as bad as it's said, that should be something backed up with ironclad facts. Not made up bullshit. "Facts" that can be debunked should be, no matter who the victim of the misrepresentations is.
• Nov 10th, 2011 @ 11:58am

  Did anyone else...

  on When Even The Librarians Are Against SOPA...
  Misread the the title of this as "Libertarians"? I would think they would have a serious problem with SOPA as well, though given the views some of them have on property rights, maybe not.
• Sep 15th, 2011 @ 10:28am

  Re: Kind of funny observation

  on Benchslapping Judge... Benchslapped By Higher Judge
  That's the point, I believe.
• Jul 26th, 2011 @ 11:59am

  Re:

  on Turntable.fm Showing How Sharing Music Is Communication
  I think it's hilarious that they use the ubuntu symbol for every flavor of linux and *BSD, but the chrome os has it's own symbol.
• Jul 21st, 2011 @ 1:29pm

  new user's perspective

  on Turntable.fm Showing How Sharing Music Is Communication
  I've been using turntable just for the last week. For me, what's been the best part of it is the mini-community aspect - there's a facebook group around the room I frequent most often, and it has regulars and in-jokes. The service isn't perfect, but that just means there's lots of room for improvement and further innovation. Of course, any changes to the core service will have to clear the RIAA anti-innovation hurdle. As it is, It's already something that I find myself spending a lot of time on - and I've never seen music as a truly social experience until now.
• Jun 14th, 2011 @ 4:55pm

  Just so...

  on China Seizes Websites, Clamps Down On Speech... Uses Copyright Infringement As The Excuse
  They are doing what the US is doing, they're just doing it in a self-aware manner. 1984 quotes go here, boot stomping, human face, etc.
• Jun 3rd, 2011 @ 12:28am

  Re: Re:

  on Dan Snyder Helping Politicians Recognize The Importance Of A Federal Anti-SLAPP Law
  ...did you make that acronym NAMBLA on purpose? Well played.
• May 27th, 2011 @ 9:49am

  Re: Re:

  on International Lulz: Anonymous Aids Rebellions in Tunisia, Algeria and Libya
  Especially since embassies are immune to debt collection.
• May 26th, 2011 @ 4:29am

  Re: Nothing to hide?

  on Privacy Is Not Secrecy; Debunking The 'If You've Got Nothing To Hide...' Argument
  I'm afraid we need to see you naked, sir. For the children.
• May 26th, 2011 @ 3:46am

  Disturbingly...

  on Privacy Is Not Secrecy; Debunking The 'If You've Got Nothing To Hide...' Argument
  He talks about things like "naked images" and "credit card bills" in the general category of things that people almost always want privacy for, that only the extreme/strawman form of "nothing to hide" would want to access, and contrasts them with things the government is likely to collect. Except... the government takes naked images in airports and is trying to persuade all foreign passengers to the US to allow the US to save their credit card information for 15 years.
• May 19th, 2011 @ 3:23pm

  Not surprised...

  on Congress Just Sold You Out: Leadership Plans To Extend Patriot Act For Four Years With NO Concessions
  Just disappointed.
• May 18th, 2011 @ 9:25pm

  Re: Problem wasn't the platform

  on Death Of iFlow Reader Due To Apple Changes Shows Why Betting On Closed Platforms Is Risky
  Add to that the fact that their goods are infinitely reproducible (digital) goods and you have a recipe for disaster. We really shouldn't be surprised about this.
• May 18th, 2011 @ 7:45pm

  Surprised?

  on Death Of iFlow Reader Due To Apple Changes Shows Why Betting On Closed Platforms Is Risky
  These guys were selling zero-marginal-cost goods on a closed platform. That was never a future-proof business model.
• May 18th, 2011 @ 11:57am

  Company-wide pattern?

  on Well, That Was Fast: Sony's New PSN System? Hacked!
  The PS3 crack that kicked off Sony's recent legal campaign against GeoHot and Anonymous' subsequent DDOS attacks was made possible by the PS3 validating all games through a single root key. Bad security practice appears to be endemic at Sony, from DRM to network security.
• May 11th, 2011 @ 12:11pm

  Outrageous!

  on Koch Brothers Can't Abuse Trademark & Hacking Laws To Sue Satirical Critics
  If anything, the customers should be apologizing to Bluehost for making them reveal just how little they actually care about their customers!
• May 10th, 2011 @ 1:56pm

  Re:

  on Son Of COICA: PROTECT IP Act Will Allow For Broad Censorship Powers, Even Granted To Copyright Holders
  1933 Reichstag Fire.
  
  Something like this, I'd imagine...
• May 9th, 2011 @ 6:57pm

  Re: Re: The Times covered this?

  on NY Times Ignores Its Own Reporter's Key Tweets In Patting Itself On The Back Over Speed Of Its Bin Laden Coverage
  I'd rather avoid them than jump through hoops to get to them.

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