Jalek’s Comments

• May 28th, 2013 @ 2:19pm

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  on Kern County Coroner Declares David Silva's Death To Be 'Accidental,' Heart Disease-Related
  He seemed to leave out of this narrative that the guy was unconscious on the ground and to wake him up they "rubbed their knuckles on his chest" before setting the dog on him.
  
  Doesn't sound like the desperate struggle of 9 deputies trying to restrain one man before he could harm them, even in the official narrative.
• Jun 18th, 2012 @ 11:50am

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  on Charles Carreon Sues Matthew Inman... And The Charities He's Raising Money For
  "Care" is a strong word on the internet, especially when referring to people and websites nobody pays attention to.
  
  This lawyer's apparent butthurt is a bit amusing though.
• Jun 18th, 2012 @ 11:27am

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  on Washington State Tries To Criminalize Service Providers For User Behavior; Internet Archive Sues
  The obvious solution is an image scraper run over hundreds of porn sites, with the images directed to the state legislators, asking for age validation of each image.
  
  Problem solved.
• Mar 29th, 2012 @ 10:11pm

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  on National Highway Transportation Safety Agency Says You Can Keep Your GPS -- As Long As It's Completely Useless
  Now you're making sense. The article's about a government agency, no sense is required or desired. Churchill said that a nation of 10,000 laws made people less respectful of the law. The US passes more than 10,000 annually, and many of those are redundant, often many times over.
• Mar 29th, 2012 @ 10:08pm

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  on National Highway Transportation Safety Agency Says You Can Keep Your GPS -- As Long As It's Completely Useless
  Passengers are already the worst distraction possible, I follow people driving below the speed limit all the time while they're looking over at the passenger's seat and only glancing back to the road.
  
  Child passengers are the worst. They should be saving their lectures or "how was your day" conversations for the driveway.
• Mar 29th, 2012 @ 10:02pm

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  on National Highway Transportation Safety Agency Says You Can Keep Your GPS -- As Long As It's Completely Useless
  Will the next cop that pulls me over believe I was 20 over the speed limit because I was avoiding the distraction of the speedometer?
• Mar 7th, 2012 @ 12:49am

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  on RIAA Still Doesn't Get It: Hopes SOPA Opposition Was A 'One-Time Experience'
  Over 100 million in that quarter in lobbying by the recording industries. Spread evenly, that would divide to $150,000 per Congressman. I'm sure it was very surprising that they didn't get the laws they purchased.
• Mar 7th, 2012 @ 12:46am

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  on RIAA Still Doesn't Get It: Hopes SOPA Opposition Was A 'One-Time Experience'
  Over 100 million in that quarter in lobbying by the recording industries. Spread evenly (of course it wasn't), that divides up to $150,000 per Congressman. I'm sure it was very surprising that they didn't get the laws they purchased.
• Mar 6th, 2012 @ 12:47am

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  on Why Search Engines Can't Just 'Fix' Search Results The Way The MPAA/RIAA Want
  They spent 100 million in a quarter to "lobby" for those bills. Spread evenly, that's $150,000 per Congressman.
  It's just ridiculous, but it explains statements like Lamar Smith saying that it will happen no matter the complaints. He apparently feels obligated for the "lobbying" he received.
• Mar 6th, 2012 @ 12:44am

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  on Why Search Engines Can't Just 'Fix' Search Results The Way The MPAA/RIAA Want
  Block the legitimate sites too, that way they can keep their garbage to themselves and still blame piracy for lack of sales.
• Feb 7th, 2012 @ 12:19am

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  on Would The US Extradite UK Blogger For Linking To Works In The Public Domain In Other Countries?
  Since copyrights are all about national security, it's clear that if Canada has more IP in the public domain, it's a terrorist nation and needs a regime change.
  Actually, they have allowed for things to be taken from the public domain and recopyrighted under the new rules.
• Feb 4th, 2012 @ 12:49am

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  on When Judges Are Determining Whether Or Not Art Should Exist... We Have A Problem
  Legally, if you sing "Happy Birthday", written in 1893, in front of anyone, or record someone singing it, you owe AOL Time Warner and you can send payment through ASCAP.
  That's how twisted copyright is today.
• Feb 2nd, 2012 @ 4:54pm

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  on Neil Young: Piracy Is The New Radio (But The Quality Sucks)
  Any MP3 is better quality than listening to music on a monochannel AM radio, where I typically heard Neil Young songs.
• Feb 2nd, 2012 @ 4:49pm

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  on Senator Wyden Attacked For Actually Trying To Get Stuff Done, Rather Than Playing Partisan Politics
  After reflecting on it, I have to ask, when did Lamar Smith of Texas become a Democrat? Blaming SOPA on the Democrats alone is just revisionist garbage, which makes Mr. Masnick seem like a partisan tool.
• Feb 2nd, 2012 @ 2:12pm

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  on Senator Wyden Attacked For Actually Trying To Get Stuff Done, Rather Than Playing Partisan Politics
  It's nothing new for him, he's been a consumer advocate against the grain on several issues. He also had his own health care bill before health care bills were cool, but it got sidelined by Obamacare.
• Feb 1st, 2012 @ 1:12am

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  on Megaupload Users Plan To Sue... As Their Files & Data Are About To Be Destroyed
  I hope they sue for damages using the RIAA's calculations of value, but of course at a rate per family picture in place of mp3. A couple of trillion in damages MIGHT get a Congressman's attention even with the lobbyists in the hallway.