Arsik Vek’s Comments

• Jul 1st, 2015 @ 8:03pm

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  on Bob Costas Rails Against The Internet After Criticism For Going Nuclear On MLB Pitcher
  Am I missing something, or did the video get pulled?
• Jun 12th, 2015 @ 9:24pm

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  on Game Developers Wary Of Steam Refund Policy Because Customers Are Using It
  There do appear to be some hiccups on steam's end. Young Horses (developers of Octodad: Dadliest Catch) reported that something like 80% of the returns they've experienced were outside steam's two-week return window. Specifically purchases from 2-5 months ago. The opinion from the dev seems to be that this is something that will be fixed soon and isn't worth stressing over.
• May 7th, 2015 @ 3:26am

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  on Trademark Dispute Between Brewery And Winery Over Northstar Brand
  I dunno. Personally, I think there's a reasonable possibility of confusion between breweries and wineries. I'm not sure that the average person draws that much distinction between the two. That said, I think the case for confusion would be a lot stronger if they were sharing company names, rather than just product line names.
• Jun 13th, 2014 @ 9:56am

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  on ACLU Files Lawsuit Against Mayor And Police Officers Who Shut Down Parody Twitter Account, Arrested Its Owner
  You know you're a nerd when: Reading the phrase "Trill as Fuck" gives you Star Trek flashbacks.
• Apr 9th, 2014 @ 11:40am

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  on Comcast Apparently Hopes No One Actually Looks At Its Ridiculously Misleading Claims Of Broadband Competition
  Look, if Comcast was actually concerned about anyone calling it on any of its numbers, it wouldn't advertise the speeds it claims it sells.
• Mar 18th, 2014 @ 10:54am

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  on Warner Bros. Turns A Kickstarter Success Story Into A Flaming Mess With Proprietary Platforms And DRM
  So, as much as it makes me nauseous to defend this sort of thing, the Kickstarter was fairly clear that the distribution channel would be Flixter. It was posted in the FAQ portion of the movie's kickstarter page. It was also clear that it would only be available in a list of countries, not globally. As much as I think the idea of confining distribution to Flixter is absolute shit (and it is, make no mistake about it), the campaign was upfront about it. It was not a bait and switch.
• Mar 6th, 2014 @ 9:13am

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  on Keurig Insists Coffee DRM Brings 'Interactive-Enabled Benefits' And Is For Your Own Safety
  It�s critical for performance and safety reasons that our new system includes this technology.
  
  So, are they admitting that current Keurig coffee machines are both improperly performing and dangerous? I mean, they lack this feature, right?
• Feb 20th, 2014 @ 8:19am

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  on Gun Manufacturer Files Highly Speculative Lawsuit Against Forum Owners For Allegedly Libelous Statements
  So... how are Florida's anti-SLAPP laws?
• Feb 18th, 2014 @ 2:18pm

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  on Please Stop Trying To Argue That Netflix Should Be More Like Traditional Cable TV
  I have the ability to put Netflix on a long run in the background and shut my brain off. I just set a whole season of a tv show to autoplay.
• Feb 14th, 2014 @ 6:14am

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  on Highway Trooper Suing Miami Police Dept. For Repeatedly Accessing Her Personal Data After She Pulled Over One Of Its Officers For Speeding
  "I think it would be unfair and outside the scope of the legislation to think individuals would get whacked like that."
  
  Can we cite this against the insane copyright statutory fines? "See, even cops think this is bullshit."
• Feb 12th, 2014 @ 5:43am

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  on Comcast-Backed Lobbyist Insists Seattle Doesn't Want Faster, Cheaper Broadband
  So, I have Comcast's Performance internet plan, which (I am told) accords me 25mbps. I have, at no point, ever breached 3mbps. Why in the name of all that is good, would I want to pay them more money so that they can fail to deliver a greater percentage of what I pay for? If they actually delivered 25mbps, I would probably take one of the many, many calls they irritatingly make to me asking me to upgrade to their 50mbps plan.
• Jan 28th, 2014 @ 10:31am

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  on New York Times Suffers Redaction Failure, Exposes Name Of NSA Agent And Targeted Network In Uploaded PDF
  Wait, haven't we had examples of the government's redactions being bypassed by the same means? I could swear I read about that somewhere.
• Jan 24th, 2014 @ 1:11pm

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  on Yet Another Prenda Gambit Fails: Judge Agrees To Sanctions Against Paul Duffy Over Bogus Defamation Lawsuit
  So.. more fees for Team Prenda not to pay?
• Jan 14th, 2014 @ 9:01am

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  on South Carolina Senator Aims To Criminalize The Recording Of Criminal Activity
  Given the other items on the list, it seems to be listing people who can conduct recording, suggesting it means that law enforcement can still record criminal behavior, not that you can record law enforcement.
• Jan 14th, 2014 @ 7:07am

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  on South Carolina Senator Aims To Criminalize The Recording Of Criminal Activity
  Wait... this guy is complaining that people are video taping and then uploading self-incriminating evidence for their pending assault trial?
• Jan 13th, 2014 @ 12:48pm

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  on EA 'Embraces' SimCity Players: Releases Useless Modding Tools And Promises Supposedly Impossible 'Offline' Mode
  So, wait... if I make a mod, they can use my *name* for any purpose?
• Jan 13th, 2014 @ 12:02pm

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  on NSA Officials Hate Ed Snowden With A Passion
  In other shocking news, fire is hot.
• Jan 10th, 2014 @ 12:04pm

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  on Latest Twist On DRM Of Physical Products: Machines Locked Down By Geolocation
  Out of curiosity, if I shipped this thing to Iran, do we actually believe they wouldn't be able to bypass this "feature"?
• Jan 6th, 2014 @ 12:00pm

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  on Rep. Peter King Says NSA Should Spy On Congress, Because They Might Be Talking To Al Qaeda
  I think members of Congress should be treated the same as everyone else.
  
  I actually agree with this. The problem, however, is that the NSA has been boning everyone.
• Dec 30th, 2013 @ 7:00am

  Re: Perpetual copyright duration

  on Judge Says That Sherlock Holmes Is In The Public Domain
  Worse than that. They'd only have to promise another book was coming.

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