Sydney’s Comments

• Jan 28th, 2011 @ 8:44pm

  Re:

  on Feature Film Made In GTA IV
  The cost doesn't factor in the price of the machine to edit/render the footage, the price of the software for special effects, and the camera. Lets say they had a Macbook, $2000, and they used final cut pro $800, and they used FXhome Visionlab for the special effects $500. Lastly the camera,a decent HD for $1000. That is $4300 right there.
• Dec 28th, 2010 @ 9:50pm

  The Full message

  on Encrypted Civil War Message Finally Decrypted, 147 Years Later
  "Gen'l Pemberton:
  
  You can expect no help from this side of the river. Let Gen'l Johnston know, if possible, when you can attack the same point on the enemy's lines. Inform me also and I will endeavor to make a diversion. I have sent some caps (explosive devices). I subjoin a despatch from General Johnston."
• Nov 17th, 2010 @ 10:26am

  Re:

  on Australia Says No Warrants Necessary If Law Enforcement Thinks You're A Terrorist
  I remember reading about it as well, US v. Jackson. Here is the link I read it from
  http://fourthamendment.com/blog/index.php?blog=1&title=w_d_tex_refusal_to_consent_cannot_b e_a_f&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
• Jun 3rd, 2010 @ 9:46pm

  Hide the HDD

  on Court Says Border Patrol Can Take Your Laptop For Off-Site Search If They Have Reasonable Suspicion
  Can't you just take the hard drive out of the laptop and put it in your pocket before you hand them your laptop?
• May 28th, 2010 @ 2:46pm

  Re: Actions louder

  on Blizzard Says DRM Is A Losing Battle, Better To Focus On Positive Value
  DRM = Entire BATTLE.NET platform
• May 28th, 2010 @ 2:37pm

  Actions louder

  on Blizzard Says DRM Is A Losing Battle, Better To Focus On Positive Value
  Their actions are different than their press releases. I just got in the Starcraft 2 beta, and you have to log in to their service to do anything. While watching a replay, the connection to their servers was lost, and the replay froze. I would consider that a form of DRM.
• Apr 23rd, 2010 @ 8:33pm

  How to go about DRM free

  on Nina Paley: My Decision To Turn Down Netflix Due To DRM
  When you say you want Netflix to offer your movie DRM free do you mean offer it streaming, and also a download link to save it on your machine or what?
• Feb 22nd, 2010 @ 10:25pm

  Re: er..

  on Bad Publicity, BBB Complaints Causing AT&T To Reconsider Metered Broadband?
  You need to define "average user" first. All the average users I know watch a netflix movie once a day. I would guess that a movie would be around 1GB x 30 already knocks out the 20GB limit. Further, add multiple people using the same connection, watching youtube videos, downloading music/tv/movies on itunes, surfing and you have blown the 20GB limit out of the water.
• Nov 24th, 2009 @ 4:40pm

  Prison, not jail

  on Spam King Alan Ralsky Gets Four Years In Jail
  He gets 4 years in prison, not jail.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison