midofo’s Comments

• Feb 5th, 2016 @ 7:17pm

  Re: Promoting promotions for the promo value.

  on Key And Peele To Livestream 'Sports Commentary' During An 'Upcoming Sports Game' That They Can't Name
  This is exactly what is done in Australia for the 2 major football codes by the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation which is government owned).
  The Grand Finals and held on consecutive weekends and Triple J radio (a part of the ABC) broadcast "The Festival of the Boot" pt 1 and 2 for the respective Grand Finals, which provides a comedic commentary about the game. It is broadcast across the country.
  There have been famous names introduced into the Australian vernacular from these broadcasts including "The Brick With Eyes" a current Australian Senator (https://www.google.com/search?q=brick+with+eyes&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8)
• Jan 22nd, 2014 @ 2:36pm

  Cell Broadcast

  on Ukraine Sending Anyone Near Protests Creepy Text Messages
  The technology they are using is called cell broadcast and has been around as long as GSM. Emergency services in Australia use it for bushfires etc in order to notify residents they cannot in other ways.
  As for the mask issue, it is probabaly an attempt to stop them wearing gas masks and make their tear gas attempts more effective.
  Some of the latest action can be seen here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuO53xeZkm8 if you like to see police/military dodging molotovs not so successfully.
• Aug 29th, 2013 @ 3:44pm

  I must be brilliant too!!

  on Former US Official: Edward Snowden Was Too Brilliant To Work For The NSA
  [esnowden@server] $ sudo su -
  [root@server] # sudo su - jclapper
  [jclapper@server] $ wget http://docs.nsa.gov/presentations/goodones/ > /dev/thumbdrive
  [jclapper@server] $ exit
  [root@server] # > .bash_profile
  [root@server] # exit
• Aug 20th, 2013 @ 7:26pm

  But it's only metadata

  on UK Home Office Says Miranda's Detention 'Fully Justified,' Attacks Press And Public For Condoning Snowden's Leaks
  The way I am coming to think of it, Snowden has only released the "metadata".
  Compared to Manning who released the "content".
• May 10th, 2013 @ 3:50am

  The Fisher and Paykel clause

  on New Zealand To Ban Software Patents 'As Such'; Tries To Pin Down What On Earth That Means
  Gee this sounds like the government is creating the Fisher and Paykel exemption to software patents. http://www.fisherpaykel.com/au/company/history . Strange that considering they are a kiwi company (or were).
• Jan 27th, 2012 @ 4:04pm

  best bit of vice article

  on Universal Music Claims Copyright Over Song That It Didn't License, Just Because One Of Its Artists Rapped To It On A Leaked Track
  I think the most poignant part of the article is the last question:
  
  Q: "If you were offered a record deal by Universal right now, would you take it?"
  
  A"... We're not even Universal artists and they think they can push us around, imagine what they'd be doing to us if we were actually signed to them."
• Apr 29th, 2011 @ 1:21am

  But they aren't English

  on Royal Family Bans Satirical Coverage Of The Big Wedding
  perhaps the royals wouldn't mind the satire if they were english, but the crown's hereditary side is german (proper surname Saxe-Coburg-Gotha) and prince philip is greek.
• Jan 5th, 2011 @ 7:03pm

  Start sportsman support

  on Company That Makes Wristbands With Holograms Forced To Admit That Their Scientific Claims Are Bunk
  Glad to see that Shaquille O'Neal, Scott Kazmir, Teemu Selanne and Rubens Barichello are putting their names behind the Power Balance bands in the US.