heyidiot’s Comments

• Mar 26th, 2015 @ 8:23am

  James Comey is the reincarnation of...

  on FBI Quietly Removes Recommendation To Encrypt Your Phone... As FBI Director Warns How Encryption Will Lead To Tears
  ...J. Edgar Hoover.
• Mar 24th, 2015 @ 10:19pm

  SQRL

  on DailyDirt: Breaking Bad... Passwords
  "We don' need no stinkin' PASSWORDS..."
• Mar 19th, 2015 @ 8:48am

  Coming to an Internet near you

  on French Government Starts Blocking Websites With Views The Gov't Doesn't Like
  Welcome to your future.
  
  Why else does every other paragraph of the so-called "net neutrality" regulations use the qualifier "lawful content"?
  
  They are from the government and they are here to HELP you.
  
  Unfortunately, every bit is not equal, and in this case: Neutral = Neutered.
• Feb 13th, 2013 @ 2:43pm

  They are welcome to my info...

  on Google Play Flaw Gives App Developers Purchaser's Information
  ...so long as they give me thiers.
• Jan 28th, 2013 @ 11:56am

  Stai zitto, schiavi!

  on Man Detained By TSA For Writing 4th Amendment On His Chest Wins 1st Amendment Argument In Court
  Shut up, slaves!
• Dec 10th, 2012 @ 1:31pm

  quod erat demonstrandum

  on US Denies That It's Ready To Dump The ITU Over Internet Regulations
  He's on to YOU, tho...
• Nov 20th, 2012 @ 1:15pm

  Apparently you DO....

  on President Obama Is Not Impressed With Your Right To Modify His Photos
  ...vote for Kings.
• Sep 4th, 2012 @ 1:25pm

  I know what UDID last summer.

  on Hackers Get Personal Info On 12-Million Apple Users... From An FBI Laptop
  You tee 'em up, I'll hit 'em.
• Aug 8th, 2012 @ 1:08pm

  (untitled comment)

  on Video Of Dotcom Raid Revealed, As NZ Police Admit It Was 'Over The Top'
  I think the FBI reads too many high-tech thriller novels. Apparently they thought they were dealing with Matthew Sobol.
• Jul 26th, 2012 @ 1:17pm

  Apples and oranges

  on One Year After The Breivik Massacre, Norway Continues To Fight Terrorism With Democracy, Openness And Love
  The fallacy in comparing this to 9/11 is that in Breivik's case they're talking about a home-grown terrorist.
  
  Timothy McVeigh might be a better comparison to draw...
• Jul 26th, 2012 @ 1:08pm

  "...perhaps after a vodka binge..."

  on Not Long After Passing Censorship Legislation, Russian Government Censors All of LiveJournal
  I've got nothing against the substance of this article, but I feel that the gratuitous slur "...perhaps after a vodka binge..." is way out of line.
• Jul 20th, 2012 @ 12:59pm

  ...but only if the cops...

  on Couple Arrested For Dancing On NYC Subway Platform
  ...weren't wearing their hats.
• Jul 20th, 2012 @ 12:38pm

  Power Corrupts...

  on Users Rise Up To Get YouTube MP3 Downloader Re-Instated
  Absolute Power...?
  
  nuff' said.
• May 21st, 2012 @ 1:16pm

  WTF?

  on Techdirt Threatened With Defamation Suit Over Story On Feds Getting Royalty In Movie From Mexican Drug Cartel Money Launderer
  I don't get this:
  
  apparently Vazquez had Madrigal's brother kidnapped in Mexico, and demanded the rights to the screenplay in exchange for his release. Madrigal signed over the rights to the screenplay to Vazquez. Vazquez apparently then was able to sell the screenplay to Proud Mary Entertainment...
  
  In what bizzaro world is a contract signed under duress legally binding anyway?
• May 16th, 2012 @ 1:22pm

  Re: What would the world be like with fact based laws?

  on Economist: Copyright Is An Antiquated Relic That Has No Place In The Digital Age
  Issac Asimov wrote all the laws (3, to be precise) that the world needs, and they fit in an even smaller space than a letter-size piece of paper.
  
  He may not have ever said that they should apply to humans, but he certainly must have been thinking it.
• Apr 26th, 2012 @ 4:22pm

  I just read the articles, and...

  on Cultural Insanity: You Can't Show A Painting In A Movie Without Paying The Copyright Holder
  I only watch movies to see the paintings.
• Apr 26th, 2012 @ 12:55pm

  With a very sharp knife

  on Can CISPA Be Fixed?
  "Fixed" in the same way one would "fix" a male dog.
• Apr 23rd, 2012 @ 12:59pm

  What a bunch of alarmist bullshit

  on Facebook Buys Most Of The AOL Patents From Microsoft That It Bought Just Weeks Ago
  Can we not even wait until an acorn hits our head to start claiming that the sky is falling?
  
  Did you want these patents to NOT be purchased at all? How was that going to happen?
  
  From the point of view of a Microsoft or Google or Facebook, they have to defend against the potential of the actions that trolls would have taken against them. They pay the most, because they have the most to lose.
  
  Try to wait a see what they DO with the patent (bad OR good) before you start whining. These guys have plenty of real issues to which you can validly take exception now, without having to reach for this nonsense.
• Apr 13th, 2012 @ 1:37pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  on Report Shows MPAA 'Experts' Seriously Misrepresented The Uses Of Hotfile
  So:
  
  60% of the content was never downloaded or only downloaded once. But, you say, 90% of users did nothing but download infringing content.
  
  Therefore those remaining 10% of users were responsible for uploading 60% of the data?
  
  I'm just trying to understand your theory here...
• Apr 13th, 2012 @ 1:18pm

  $1,000,000 is bullshit?

  on Why Netflix Never Implemented The Algorithm That Won The Netflix $1 Million Challenge
  Thank you for visiting, Mr Buffett.

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