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• Apr 14th, 2015 @ 5:51am

  Re: Reading Techdirt right now on a Linux box?

  on Daily Deal: Linux Learner Bundle
  I'm not linux only, and am not on linux as I post this, but I have used linux as my primary os for over 8 years.
• Nov 18th, 2014 @ 1:33pm

  (untitled comment)

  on EFF, Others Launch New Free Security Certificate Authority To 'Dramatically Increase Encrypted Internet Traffic'
  Actually, the EFF "How does this work" link (https://letsencrypt.org/howitworks/technology/) has a good explanation of how manually validating a domain and creating a signed certificate. Just those steps are all done manually by the administrator of the website normally.
• May 29th, 2014 @ 1:37pm

  Re: It may be difficult to find

  on James Clapper: Yes, Snowden Emailed NSA Lawyer, But Not About His Concerns
  Millions of emails a day wouldn't cause an off the shelf mail server and mail archiver combo to even break a sweat to search for all the emails from/to/cc any number of recipients and senders. That is super easy these days, even for systems with gigantic email loads(which I assume the NSA has on their internal email system. Also, remember, their internal email will be completely separated from the "big data"-esque dragnet system(s))
• Oct 1st, 2012 @ 1:38pm

  question

  on Why It's Tempting, But Troubling, To Use Copyright As A Stand In For Moral Rights
  So if I take a picture and someone uses that picture without my permission for something that I am completly against (say, the KKK for a rally) but they aren't trying to directly make money via the image, I can't sue to stop them from using my picture? That doesn't seem right..
  
  I may just not be understanding the situation at hand though.
• Feb 28th, 2012 @ 10:58am

  Re: Screwey

  on The Things You Learn When You Send A Freedom Of Information Act Request About What The Gov't Knows About You
  Check the blog. It was most likely sex workers rights (as mentioned above), and she doesn't seem to hide that fact on her blog.
• Feb 28th, 2012 @ 10:52am

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  on The Things You Learn When You Send A Freedom Of Information Act Request About What The Gov't Knows About You
  I miss angry dude, is he still around?
• Feb 16th, 2012 @ 4:39am

  Re: Re: Re:

  on MPAA: Ripping DVDs Shouldn't Be Allowed Because It Takes Away Our Ability To Charge You Multiple Times For The Same Content
  um... I rip for my own use...
  I have never (not once) put a ripped dvd on any website, and yet, even that is illegal as far as the movie industry is concerned.
  If you don'tsee that as f**ked up, then I'm not sure we are talking about the same thing.
• Jan 20th, 2012 @ 6:02am

  (untitled comment)

  on Should PR People Be Able To Edit Otherwise Ignored Wikipedia Pages Of Their Clients To Correct Errors?
  Shouldn't Wikipedia want accurate information, regardless of who put it there? I mean, as long as the advocate cites their sources, does it matter?
• Jan 9th, 2012 @ 8:42am

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  on WB, HBO Continue To Suck At Economics; New Policies Encourage Piracy
  You mean like the backlash against software developers and electronics manufacturers who do tell people what they can and can't do with the stuff they bought?
  
  /sarcasm
• Dec 27th, 2011 @ 9:28am

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  on GoDaddy Says It Doesn't Support PIPA Either, As Domains Keep Transferring Away
  That is an almost criminal interpretation of the first amendment. Free speech only protects you from the *THE GOVERNMENT.* If your "speech" adversely affects your customers and they then flee from your company for that exact reason, it is simple market dynamics. A corporation's first concern is, and should be, its profits. Anything else either helps or hinders that.
  
  Supporting an American internet censorship bill is obviously bad for business for a registrar/web hosting company and while it and the people who run it can have all the opinions in the world, that doesn't mean squat when your customers are flying away.
  
  (disclosure: I am a godaddy customer (5 domains) who is planning on leaving them because of PIPA/SOPA)
• Nov 18th, 2011 @ 11:39am

  Re: Re:

  on Microsoft 'Anti-Piracy' Campaign Explains Why It's Bad For Businesses To Pay For Microsoft Software
  Best. Comment. Ever.
• Oct 21st, 2011 @ 12:59pm

  Re: Re: Re: 90+ percent is only a 'perceived Microsoft "monopoly"', eh?

  on Funny How Microsoft's Views On Responsibility To Competitors Differ Based On Who's In The Antitrust Hot Seat
  see:
  City works in most municipalities and many power providers. Very legal monopolies around the USA (not sure about elsewhere.)
• Aug 29th, 2011 @ 7:31am

  (untitled comment)

  on Gamestop Discovers The Streisand Effect; Gives OnLive Tons Of Free Publicity In Trying To Take Away Coupons
  The thing is that OnLive actually sucks. Gamestop was doing a community service.
• Aug 18th, 2011 @ 10:30am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Sigh...

  on 'Real Names' Doesn't Exactly Guarantee A High Level Of Conversation Either
  I am good friends with three Christians who were dismayed when they read it. (whether they watch Faux News, never came up, though)
• Aug 17th, 2011 @ 5:21pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Sigh...

  on 'Real Names' Doesn't Exactly Guarantee A High Level Of Conversation Either
  because we can all name at least one person in our life that has said something to this effect within earshot. I don't think it represents all Faux News watchers, nor all Christians, but it is something we have all heard/seen.
• Aug 17th, 2011 @ 5:04pm

  Re: sample bias

  on 'Real Names' Doesn't Exactly Guarantee A High Level Of Conversation Either
  unreleated: how did you do the list? are ul and li tags supported (even though not mentioned?)
• Aug 17th, 2011 @ 5:01pm

  Re: Take the Offer!

  on Notch Comes Up With New Plan To Settle Trademark Dispute: Quake 3 Battle
  s/copyright/trademark/
  
  TFTFY
• Aug 17th, 2011 @ 4:59pm

  Re:

  on Notch Comes Up With New Plan To Settle Trademark Dispute: Quake 3 Battle
  dwarf fortress, while great, is still a pretty hard game to get into. I salute Notch for being a cool dude, regardless of where his ideas come from.
  If you read enough posts here at techdirt, you should know we firmly believe that the remix is sacred, and is not unfair in anyway.
• Aug 17th, 2011 @ 4:56pm

  (untitled comment)

  on 'Real Names' Doesn't Exactly Guarantee A High Level Of Conversation Either
  As a born again Atheist (see: Christian turned atheist) I find that the more Atheist I become, the more Christ-like I become.
  As an Atheist, I feel no ill will toward those above who have been lied to their entire life, and I hope they find some peace in this lifetime.
  If it I am threatened by a fundamentalist Christian in this, the only thing I can do is turn the other cheek. Hate only begets hate.
• Aug 17th, 2011 @ 4:51pm

  Re: Re:

  on 'Real Names' Doesn't Exactly Guarantee A High Level Of Conversation Either
  "You have insulted the baby jesus, and teenage jesus, too!"

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