niiwe’s Comments

• Mar 30th, 2017 @ 9:32pm

  Re: Re: Is the firmware hackable?

  on Tractor Owners Using Pirated Firmware To Dodge John Deere's Ham-Fisted Attempt To Monopolize Repair
  In other words, yes.
• Mar 13th, 2016 @ 10:40am

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  on Twitter Asks Court To Dump Ridiculous Lawsuit Claiming It Provides Material Support For Terrorists
  "the people who killed her husband [...] was killed by people who used Twitter".
  
  So the husband's murder was avenged by the twitterati? And she's upset by that?
• Jan 17th, 2016 @ 1:26pm

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  on Metallica Sends 41 Page Legal Threat To Canadian Cover Band [Updated]
  Well, they claim that "neither we nor our management were aware", so...
• Jun 23rd, 2015 @ 11:58pm

  (untitled comment)

  on Reporter Who Wrote Sunday Times 'Snowden' Propaganda Admits That He's Just Writing What UK Gov't Told Him
  Oh, the English language.
  Where you drive in the parkway, and park in the driveway.
  Where news comes from comedians, and comedy from the news.
  
  I wonder which is the more comedic? A 2015 edition of Times/Fox from UK/US, or a 1985 edition of "Pravda" from Soviet?
• Sep 1st, 2014 @ 12:02am

  Future developments....

  on Magical 'Cancer Cure' Wins EFF's Stupid Patent Of The Month
  Does this mean that if someone, in 5 years from now, finds a compound in coffee (or rice, or...) that can be used as the basis for an actual cancer fighting drug, that they can't develop that drug as it would infringe on this patent?
• Feb 1st, 2014 @ 12:51am

  (untitled comment)

  on Microsoft And IBM: If Patent Office Can Do A Quick Review Of Our Crappy Patents, You'll All Die In A Car Crash
  Can there be any better proof that the wolf is applying to become a shepherd, than a letter like this?
• Feb 10th, 2012 @ 7:24am

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  on Watch Out: Widespread Protests Against ACTA Spreading Across Europe
  Given the number of senators and representatives that appeared not to have read and understood SOPA/PIPA, I would be more worried about people voting on unread laws, than people partaking in demonstrations against the same laws.