Matt Jones’s Comments

• Nov 5th, 2012 @ 2:28pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  on Why Do Both Major Parties Suck So Badly On Civil Liberties?
  Josh in CharlotteNC for president, 2012!
• Jul 28th, 2012 @ 8:28am

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  on Court Shelves Washington State Law That Would Turn Service Providers Into Criminals Based On Their Users' Behavior
  80% seems highly unlikely. Is there a citation for that number?
• Jun 10th, 2011 @ 4:15am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: I'm bored so I'm feeding the trolls....

  on Police Arrest A Bunch Of Folks In Europe For Linking To Infringing Content
  ...Copyright *infringement* is not equal to theft...
• Jun 10th, 2011 @ 4:15am

  Re: Re: Re: I'm bored so I'm feeding the trolls....

  on Police Arrest A Bunch Of Folks In Europe For Linking To Infringing Content
  It's a lot more like a guy walking into a bank, telling them there is a hole in the wall leading directly from outside into the vault, and being arrested for breaking into the bank.
  
  (Copyright is not equal to theft, so both analogies break down obviously)
• Jun 5th, 2011 @ 1:06pm

  Re:

  on Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
  Memorial day in the U.S. Federal holiday.
• Apr 16th, 2011 @ 6:15am

  Re: It's like those "You might be a redneck" jokes

  on TSA Says 'You Might Be A Terrorist If... You Complain About The TSA'
  So it's exactly like those "You might be a redneck" jokes? ;)
• Apr 8th, 2011 @ 5:40am

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  on Professor Gets Tenure With The Help Of His Wikipedia Contributions
  I have managed not to buy a single textbook from my University in several years. I just take my book list when it's released and search the ISBNs online. I usually save at least $200 on a full semester. And even if I keep them rather than selling them back, I come out ahead of those that bought from the campus bookstore.
• Mar 30th, 2011 @ 7:29am

  Re: This is a line right out of a movie...

  on Chris Dodd Memorizing Bogus MPAA Talking Points; Says File Sharing Ruins Community Bonding
  Sounds Christmas Vacation-y to me.
• Mar 25th, 2011 @ 9:02pm

  Re: About that character model...

  on But... But... Piracy...
  Sounds like xkcd.
  
  http://xkcd.com/481/
• Mar 24th, 2011 @ 9:56pm

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  on DailyDirt: Robots Mimicking Humans...
  It took me a few seconds to register what I was looking at. It was actually the unusually shiny eyes that did it.
  
  The first time it quickly shifted expressions made me jump a bit. Definitely creepy.
• Mar 2nd, 2011 @ 5:16pm

  High speed robotics ftw

  on DailyDirt: Robot Balancing Acts
  That cellphone tossing in the third video is probably the coolest thing I've ever seen.
• Mar 2nd, 2011 @ 8:36am

  Re:

  on Guy Passing Out Pamphlets In Front Of Court Indicted For 'Jury Tampering'
  Will the guy's attorney be allowed to discuss jury nullification in the courthouse as part of the defense?
• Feb 7th, 2011 @ 5:08am

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  on Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
  I agree that people get overly-offended by team names in general, but Blackhawks and Seminoles are specific tribe names and Braves are warriors. "Redskin" is just an old, general expression for all Native Americans that is considered insensitive. Like how lots of old people use "coloreds."
• Jan 31st, 2011 @ 6:19am

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  on Hulu Owners Looking To Make Hulu Even More Useless
  I read that to be "...others would(comma) and would kill Hulu."
• Oct 9th, 2010 @ 7:36am

  Re: Re: This is awesome

  on China Tries To Scrub The Internet Of All Information About Nobel Peace Prize Winner
  That's the point. By going all out to censor the internet, they called attention to the censorship as well as the censored info itself.
• Oct 8th, 2010 @ 5:48pm

  This is awesome

  on China Tries To Scrub The Internet Of All Information About Nobel Peace Prize Winner
  I admit, I don't know much about him or even the Nobel Peace Prize, but anything that causes oppressive governments to spend more effort censoring media (thereby calling attention to themselves) has to be a good thing. Hopefully this will draw more negative attention.
• Aug 2nd, 2010 @ 12:32pm

  As-cap

  on ASCAP Continues Propaganda Campaign With Laughably Bad Video [Updated]
  I always pronounced it ass-cap in my head, as a joke, while always thinking it was spelled out, like NAACP. Looks like I was a lot closer than I thought.
• Jun 4th, 2010 @ 11:58am

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  on Newspaper Publisher Defends Filing 22 Copyright Lawsuits Against Sites Who Copied Text... With Links Back
  I decided to finally register an account just to make this exact point.
  
  The only thing I would change is that in the analogy, Goldman is trying to sell his 'vette, and you sharing the pictures and location info would actually help him do that.