Tux’s Comments

• Jun 19th, 2013 @ 2:44pm

  In case you need some prior art...

  on Company Claims Patent On Pop-Up Ads, Sues Porn & Travel Companies
  This might be handy. Popups have been around since at least the late 1990s.
• Apr 17th, 2013 @ 7:28pm

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  on Anti-Piracy Enforcer Degban Publishes Some Info-less Graphics Stating Atlanta Is File Sharingest Place On Earth
  And once Atlanta is cut off from the internet, I can see that Dallas will be the problem next.
• Mar 7th, 2013 @ 1:06pm

  (untitled comment)

  on Next Ridiculous Idea To Stifle Online Speech: Irish Senator Says You Should Have To Pay To Post Online
  Do I get a return on this tax?
• Sep 8th, 2012 @ 5:30pm

  (untitled comment)

  on Vog's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week
  Back to on-topic conversation, we should have a common sense law passed centuries ago. But everyone else would lobby against it. :$
• May 15th, 2012 @ 7:28am

  Re: Hold on...

  on Very Few Companies Fight Back Against Patriot Act Gag Orders
  Exactly. I love that mocking.
• May 14th, 2012 @ 12:37pm

  (untitled comment)

  on The CISPA Circus Goes To Baltimore With Another Misleading 'Local Pride' Editorial
  And how we need this delete button because it really sends it to a trash bin you need to empty. That's called "common sense".
• May 10th, 2012 @ 1:30pm

  (untitled comment)

  on Ubuntu's Mark Shuttleworth Predicts That Countries Who Limit Patents Will Have More Innovation
  Being a open-source user myself (of Debian and Ubuntu), this is an obvious +1 and a view I happen to agree upon.
  
  Also, lol about the Special 301 contest ;)
• Apr 4th, 2012 @ 1:50pm

  Re:

  on Microsoft Releases Utterly Bizarre And Confusing Anti-Piracy Video
  I was too late.
  
  But still, I facepalm at the thought.
• Apr 4th, 2012 @ 1:49pm

  (untitled comment)

  on Microsoft Releases Utterly Bizarre And Confusing Anti-Piracy Video
  First :P
  
  The irony is because I watched it with 100% free software: Firefox with the YouTube HTML5 beta on Fedora 16. lol
• Apr 4th, 2012 @ 11:47am

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  on EU Cybercrime Bill Targets Anonymous: Makes It A Criminal Offense To Conduct 'Cyber Attack'
  I use nmap, traceroute, ping, GCC, binutils, bash, lighttpd and SSH on a daily basis for legitimate reasons.
  
  I dare the government to arrest me since all of that is "hacker software".
  
  (If I need to check for holes in my config, I use nmap. If I need to test the network; ping/traceroute. Need to compile? GCC. Need to have a secure connection to a remote server? SSH and bash. IF I NEED A FUCKING WEB SERVER, I USE LIGHTTPD).
  
  ffs, seriously
• Apr 2nd, 2012 @ 8:45am

  Re:

  on Did The White House Call For A New SOPA?
  I am just looking at all those jobs Obama is creating in government! I sure hope all of them are related to IP. Thank you Hollywood!
• Apr 2nd, 2012 @ 8:43am

  Re: Re:

  on Did The White House Call For A New SOPA?
  Sorry, I'm a bit rusty on all the books, but I still want to make the point.
• Apr 2nd, 2012 @ 8:28am

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  on Did The White House Call For A New SOPA?
  More legislation? Sweet! Hollywood is going to LOVE devising the all-new SOPA v2!
  
  Will it include DNS filtering? Yes? Sweet, that supposed billions of dollars of damage will be kept out while people go find more European, Chinese and Canadian proxies so they can access "pirated" material! Amazing!
  
  Will it involve DHS? You betcha, we're doing this for "national security". Oh, and we're throwing in the NSA, just to go piss you off.
  
  Will it remove the 1st Amendment? You betcha, that was a stupid piece of shit George Washington did there! He certainly didn't have a brain, nor does the American public. Get used to it.
  
  Will it fuck the DMCA whole? What was the answer? YES, YOU DUMBASS! The DMCA's takedown process makes us queasy. We want a faster way to do it, cheap, fast with no form of oversight. Like McDonalds.
  
  Love,
  --the MPAA, RIAA, and a fuckload of others.