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• Sep 5th, 2011 @ 2:18am

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  on The Insane Chain Of Sampling Rights: How A Folk Song Collector Became A 'Co-Author' On A Jay-Z Song
  Fucked Up Data. This is generally used by programmers to mean the results of something are skewed due to faulty data. Pretty much the same as GIGO.
• Aug 30th, 2011 @ 4:03am

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  on US Copyright Group, Hurt Locker Producers Sue Dead Man & Others Unlikely To Have Infringed
  No, you're wrong, there is enough evidence to point you in the right direction for further investigation. You should check deeper to find the right person to sue.
  
  I would probably support a subpoena to have the account holder questioned under oath and/or have their computer system examined by a neutral third party.
  
  But, at the end of the day, the sueing entity, should really look at their business models before starting a course of sueing their customers.
• Aug 29th, 2011 @ 4:23am

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  on RealNetworks Destroying Dutch Webmaster's Life Because He Linked To A Reverse Engineered Alternative
  You might want to check your facts, as the links are to freeware - no piracy involved, unless you happen to have such a large sense of privelege that you believe all competing works are illegal!
• Aug 26th, 2011 @ 6:08am

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  on More Misplaced Hatred For The Used Games Market
  Damn, beat me to it, I must stop viewing in flattened mode!
• Aug 26th, 2011 @ 6:06am

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  on More Misplaced Hatred For The Used Games Market
  Sounds like one of the new game streaming services springing up like OnLive http://www.onlive.com.
• Aug 26th, 2011 @ 5:44am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Answer to "Costs? Really?" -- Yes. If expenses aren't recovered...

  on Washington Post Editorial Claims Piracy 'Costs' Companies Millions; Believes PROTECT IP Won't Be 'More Sweeping Than Necessary'
  No, it just means you're probably a prick.
• Aug 26th, 2011 @ 5:40am

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  on Washington Post Editorial Claims Piracy 'Costs' Companies Millions; Believes PROTECT IP Won't Be 'More Sweeping Than Necessary'
  Radio Caroline ? Gosh, I miss that station, makes me all nostalgic!
• Aug 25th, 2011 @ 4:21am

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  on Don Henley Hatred Of YouTube Clouding His Vision On PROTECT IP
  It only seems like good trolling, as he's using emotionally loaded sentences to get a response, doesn't have much else to say except to spout his opinion. Must be a wanabee politician!
• Aug 25th, 2011 @ 3:51am

  Re: You REALLY might need to think about terminology

  on Let's Up The Ante: We'll Pay John Sununu & Harold Ford Jr. $1,000 To Pay Netflix's Broadband Bill
  Yes, that maybe, but nowhere do you mention that you have to PAY the CDS companies.
• Aug 24th, 2011 @ 3:57am

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  on Samsung Cites 2001: A Space Odyssey As Prior Art For Tablet Design
  Of course, completely forgetting (or not bothering to do the research) that other touch screen smartphones existed before the iPhone. e.g. the LG Prada.
• Aug 24th, 2011 @ 3:34am

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  on 'What Idiot Wrote The Patent That Might Invalidate Software Patents? Oh, Wait, That Was Me'
  Nice try, would you like to point out where these posts are debunked ? Over the last couple of years, I've yet to see it myself, as pretty much every post that tries to rebutt Mike seems to be opinions with no hard evidence or even citations of reports.
• Aug 18th, 2011 @ 5:25am

  Re: Re: Re: Lollerskates!

  on Dear MPAA: Stomp Your Feet And Repeat It As Many Times As You Want, But Infringement Is Not Theft
  Let's not forget that torrent files contain no infringing content. They are just links to where bits of the required data is held.
• Aug 18th, 2011 @ 4:38am

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  on New Research: Internet Censorship To Stop Protests... Actually Increases Protests
  Fantastic, 9/10 !!!
• Aug 18th, 2011 @ 4:30am

  Re: Re: Re: Wait... Waffle House?

  on Waffle House Says Rap Song Called Waffle House Violates Its Trademark
  With you there, I still recall fondly the McLibel case with London Greenpeace. :)
• Aug 18th, 2011 @ 4:16am

  Re: Re: "It could just be done by a human being"

  on Court Ruling Opens The Door To Rejecting Many Software Patents As Being Mere 'Mental Processes'
  'but the idea of controlling vehicle stability using software would be.'
  
  I hope you meant to add 'in a specific way, using this particular algorithm'. As I could think of multiple ways of doping this in code.
• Aug 18th, 2011 @ 2:24am

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  on Notch Comes Up With New Plan To Settle Trademark Dispute: Quake 3 Battle
  Huh, show me a game that doesn't have ideas and concepts from other, earlier games.
• Aug 17th, 2011 @ 4:44am

  Re: Preaching to the choir

  on The Phrase 'Reasonable Compromise' Should Not Be Part Of Any 'Free Speech' Discussion
  You say that, but... Here in the UK, a couple of guys have been jailed for 4 years for 'incitement to riot' - they tried to get people to join in the riots on Facebook, but never actually managed to get the riot going !
• Aug 17th, 2011 @ 4:20am

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  on Can't Stop Social Media-Driven UK Riots? Go After Social Media-Driven Water Gun Fights
  This is so stupid, kids do have minds of their own you know. I think our politicians would do a lot better if they remembered what they were like as children.
  
  If I was gonna get into mischeif when a kid, I did it, and my parents were very strict, you just had to accept the punishment if you got caught.
  
  No matter how good the parents, some kids are gonna get into trouble, so taking away their housing ain't gonna solve anything except create more homelessness and more street crime.
• Aug 17th, 2011 @ 4:11am

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  on Can't Stop Social Media-Driven UK Riots? Go After Social Media-Driven Water Gun Fights
  If only :)
• Aug 17th, 2011 @ 4:09am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Flawed premise of atypical group.

  on 'Jonathan's Card' Raises Interesting Ethical Debate: Who Decides Which Uses Of A Shared Resource Are 'Right'?
  Hey, I generally only post once in articles and don't look back, although, that's probably because I'm in the UK and most comments are from the USA in a different time zone. I like to leave my opinion then scarper!
  
  Please don't reply, I probably won't see it :)

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