preciousillusion’s Comments

• Apr 14th, 2016 @ 6:03pm

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  on Apparently Hacking Syed Farook's iPhone Accomplished Nothing (Other Than Making Everyone Less Safe)
  I WANTED CYBER PATHOGENS GODDAMNIT!!
• Feb 26th, 2016 @ 6:40pm

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  on AT&T Sues To Keep Google Fiber Competition Out Of Louisville
  Whining, greedy A(T&T)-Holes
• Dec 4th, 2015 @ 7:33pm

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  on After Even His Own Lawyer Admits Prenda's Paul Hansmeier Is A 'Bad Actor,' Bankruptcy Court Liquidates His Assets
  If Hansmeier doesn't end up in jail, I can totally picture him and Steele go 100% criminal and become used cars salesmen.
• Aug 31st, 2015 @ 4:42pm

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  on Moral Panics And How 'The Kids These Days' Adapt: From Facebook 'Permanence' To Snapchat's 'Impermanence'
  Well, if you put "NSA" instead of "phonograph" in the first article it actually becomes pretty accurate.
• Aug 12th, 2015 @ 5:31pm

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  on Warner Bros. And Tolkien Estate Send Orc Armies To Kill Off Kickstarter For Real-Life Hobbit House
  Maybe they should send a Deceased So Desist letter to the DMCA Tolkien Estate.
• Mar 27th, 2015 @ 8:04pm

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  on Congressional Rep. John Carter Discovers Encryption; Worries It May One Day Be Used On Computers To Protect Your Data
  Never trust anybody who says stuff like "put something in a computer"
• Mar 26th, 2015 @ 4:54pm

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  on CyberNadir: Former Pilot Randomly Speculates (Incorrectly) That Recent Airbus Crash Could Be The Work Of Hackers
  "The pilot couldn't get back into the cockpit to control the plane because of the jihadi-proof door"
  
  The terrorists have effectively won again.
• Feb 7th, 2013 @ 2:26am

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  on Beyonce Meet Streisand: Publicist Tries To Remove 'Unflattering' Beyonce Photos From The Internet
  And the story is on Reddit frontpage, and god only knows what 4chan will do with the pics..
• Jan 10th, 2013 @ 11:13pm

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  on To Boost Its New Crappy DRM, Hollywood Tries Giving Away Free Movies
  In the fantastic game Borderlands 2 there's a robot called Censor-bot, who has a dream: "If only DRM could shoot people in the face.."
• Jun 15th, 2012 @ 7:24pm

  Re: And it keeps happening.

  on TV Network Uses Questionable Copyright Claim To Take Down Report Criticizing Its Reporting On Copyright
  It began in the 13th century when RIAA (Record Industry Association-of-the-Ancient) sneaked the phrase "as long as we don't feel like it" into the Magna Carta "no "freeman" could be punished except through the law of the land"
  Or maybe it was just their view of the "free man" that made this whole mess possible..
• Jun 11th, 2012 @ 10:46am

  1973

  on The Sweet Taste Of Defeat: Band Must Pay Legal Fees For Frivolous Lawsuit Over One Used CD On eBay
  Back in 1973 I sold some copies of a drawing I made, and today some little fucker tried to sell one of them on e-bay. I haven't sold many drawings since then so give me my fucking money you thieves.
  
  /Gollum
  
  Ps.
  I also want my ring back.
• Jun 11th, 2012 @ 9:50am

  Barns & NoSell

  on Barnes & Noble: Ebooks Should Be Expensive So Amazon Won't Kill Us And Make Ebooks Expensive
  Cause of bankrupcy:
  Pure, uncut stupidity.
• Jun 6th, 2012 @ 5:01pm

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  on Germany Increases 'You Are All Pirates' Tax On Solid State Media By 2000%
  If the fee is for compensation for, in most cases imaginary, economic loss du to piracy, isn't that pretty damn close to fraud? And while their at it, why not throw in a fee for bags, boxes etc. Because, you know, it is possible to carry all sorts of stolen things in them
• Jun 6th, 2012 @ 4:20pm

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  on Canada Approves New Music Tariffs; Weddings Cost Double If You Dance
  Let's say that I own a bar for instance. I have bought tables, chairs, kitchenware etc. and maybe some art for decoration. If the stuff that I bought meets or (even better) exceeds my expectations, chances are that I will be a returning customer and even recommend their products to others. Hopefully I can deliver good service and then I get returning customers. The economy keeps spinning.
  But wait, something is missing.. Oh yes, I want to play music in my bar, that would be nice! So I head out and BUY some CDs (oldschool style) or purchase it from iTunes and everybody is happy!
  Well, not everybody it turns out.. Here comes legacy, soon-to-be-exctingt music industry knocking on the door crying "So you want to play the music you just paid for, we have a fee for that" (somehow I come to think of Gollum here) But I just paid for the music!!! "Well, you have to pay again. And again. Forever" But.. "No but, just pay"
  Where's the freaking logic behind that?
  That's right, there is none. And since they're going to make me pay for giving free promotion to their products I already paid for I say fuck you very much and hello Pirate bay!
  Luckily the manufacturer of my furniture doesn't come whining "You never said anything about people eating from our tables! Pay again"