smartin’s Comments

• Aug 14th, 2015 @ 5:05am

  He's dead, Jim.

  on Team Prenda Smacked Around Again, Ordered To Pay Another $94,000
  http://madisonrecord.com/stories/510633057-chicago-attorney-paul-duffy-dies
• Mar 26th, 2015 @ 2:03pm

  Re:

  on Bill Introduced To Repeal Patriot Act And Prevent The Government From Demanding Encryption Backdoors
  I can't agree that anonymous voting would be a good idea. If the guy I voted into office votes in a way I don't like, I damn sure wanna know about it.
• Feb 12th, 2015 @ 3:03pm

  Green bubble hatred?

  on Green Bubbles: How Apple Quietly Gets iPhone Users To Hate Android Users
  Oh, give me a break, people.
  
  We like blue buttons, but we hate green buttons? Just how childish can you be? It's a visual cue telling you that the messages are handled differently. If it were rounded corners and square corners, would you have your panties in a twist?
  
  There are real problems in the world. This is a *phone*. Get over it.
• Dec 29th, 2014 @ 4:27pm

  (untitled comment)

  on Dish, Fox News Feud Again Illustrates How The Cable TV Industry Is Digging Its Own Grave
  You wrote:
  
  "While it's true broadcasters are responsible for the majority of programming increases, ..."
  
  
  Can you substantiate this allegation with publicly verifiable facts?
• Dec 25th, 2013 @ 4:00am

  Re: John Yoo

  on Author Of Torture Memo Says Judges Are Too Out Of Touch To Determine If NSA Violated The 4th Amendment
  Obviously he's not a law professor, or else he might recall that Marbury v Madison (a case taught in L1) established that the Judicial branch (not the Legislative) has the right of review as to constitutinality of laws.
• Dec 21st, 2013 @ 4:13am

  This should not be hard

  on KlearGear Sued For Destroying The Credit Of A Couple Who Wrote A Negative Review
  From the Complaint:

  "KlearGear’s underlying claim that John Palmer owed it money was based on
  an online review that his wife Jennifer wrote in February 2009 criticizing KlearGear’s customer
  service after John placed an order with KlearGear in December 2008 and KlearGear never
  delivered it. According to KlearGear, this critical online review constituted a violation of a “nondisparagement clause” in KlearGear’s online Terms of Sale and Use that forbade anyone who did
  business with KlearGear from “taking any action that negatively impacts KlearGear.com, its
  reputation, products, services, management or employees.”

  
  But KlearGear claimed that the order wasn't paid for and that they cancelled the order. Since they unilaterally cancelled the order, the Palmers never "did business" with KlearGear, and so the Terms don't apply.
  I hope the Palmers get everything they're asking for.