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• Mar 5th, 2015 @ 12:58am

  Australian internet

  on Netflix's Love Of Net Neutrality Notably Absent In Australia, Where It's Striking Cap Exempt Deals With ISPs
  You're talking about Australian internet here mate. Nobody's going to be able to stream HD effectively. Most of us are lucky to have a 720p YouTube video play without stuttering.
• Apr 24th, 2012 @ 3:21am

  Re:

  on Valve Tries To Charge People Based On How Likable They Are: Trolls Pay Full Price
  LOL's tribunal is a good idea, but it just does not seem to be effective. There is an arsehat / leaver / troll every other game..
  
  As with Valve's idea, it sounds good, but if anyone can make something off the wall work .. it'll be Valve.
• Apr 23rd, 2012 @ 2:26am

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  on Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
  .. and the price for a happy ending's negotiable ?
• Apr 23rd, 2012 @ 2:20am

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  on Bonus Sunday Post: Help Dan Bull Get His New Freely Distributed Song On The Charts
  I'm sure somewhere you shop sells something from someone you don't like as well.. how do you feel encouraging them ?
• Jan 18th, 2012 @ 12:55am

  Are we missing something?

  on Google Goes Big With Its SOPA/PIPA Protests; Blacks Out Logo
  google.com.au still looks normal and has the monkey king logo.
• Jan 12th, 2012 @ 3:17am

  This video is not available in your country

  on Jon Stewart Promises To Study Up On SOPA
  Oh the irony, Mike :)
• Oct 19th, 2011 @ 4:34pm

  Re: Paypal still sucks

  on PayPal Freezes Diaspora's Account
  Paypal just act like arses.. I am pretty sure someone at paypal would have been very aware diaspora was requesting donations.
• Jul 27th, 2011 @ 5:30am

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  on Former Google CIO & EMI Digital COO Guy Explains How File Sharing Is Good For Artists
  Ha, never heard it put that way before.
• Jun 7th, 2011 @ 6:15am

  Scary to think

  on RIAA: Changing Copyright Term On Recordings Is Unconstitutional (But Only If It's Shorter)
  If I read correctly if this passes, Beatles recordings will be copyrighted until 2067?
  
  So music from a hugely influential band that stopped making records before I was born (71), will never be publicly available before I die?
  
  Sheeit.
• Jun 1st, 2011 @ 3:52am

  (untitled comment)

  on Two Can Play At This Game: Samsung Wants To See Apple's Next Gen iPhones & iPads
  The more time they spend farting around with this garbage the further ahead HTC will get..
• May 16th, 2011 @ 5:06am

  Re: Assange is the same as the Governments he is against.

  on Julian Assange Doesn't Do Irony Well: Threatens His Own Internal Leakers With $20 Million Penalty
  far as I know he hasn't killed any civilians yet..
• May 16th, 2011 @ 4:56am

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  on Julian Assange Doesn't Do Irony Well: Threatens His Own Internal Leakers With $20 Million Penalty
  That's my hopeful take on it, but there is potential for it to be any information based on what we have above. Much as I like what Julian stands for he does come across a bit wombatty.
• May 3rd, 2011 @ 4:21am

  Re: Download quotas

  on Is It Possible To Salvage Open WiFi?
  Hi, fellow Aussie :) I'm with iiNet, and one function the routers come with is some BS called 'Tomizone'. It allows you to run a 'paid' but unsecured connection.
  
  This is the bugger I have (it has really poor wireless range anyway but also does 2 VOIP lines) --Belkin site http://tinyurl.com/3dkrnnd -- iiNet-supplied with custom firmware. The theory is however they connect, their usage and my mac address are reported back to Tomizone who send me some cash.
  
  So I guess in essence, even with capped internet, that sort of thing does exist, and I guess it also confirms that firmware to do it does exist already.
  
  I currently pay for more than I need (50g peak and off at 20mb/s) but conversely if I am on holidays or my kids visit, I can stay unshaped.
• May 3rd, 2011 @ 4:08am

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  on Is It Possible To Salvage Open WiFi?
  The UK's RIAA would assume that since the router was at his house, MetalSamurai did it.. and unless the person who did the device can be produced, it's automatically MetalSamurai's fault.
• May 3rd, 2011 @ 3:28am

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  on The Copyright Industry Is Not A Stakeholder In Copyright Policy, It's A Beneficiary
  From what I hear, policy is shaped around their actions .. after the fact.
• Apr 30th, 2011 @ 6:23pm

  Re: Re: Copying the argument

  on If You Can't Understand The Difference Between Money And Content, You Have No Business Commenting On Business Models
  Simply put, you get upset if friend A tells friend B you said "It's sunny today" without asking you first. Oh the humanity.
  
  Apologies for using "if" without asking you.
  
  I find it kinda rude that you want "common courtesy" but use Mike's surname in what comes across as a surly fashion to address him.
• Apr 28th, 2011 @ 4:36am

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  on Apple Takes Credit For 'Uncovering' Its Patented Location 'Bug' That Isn't Really Tracking You, But Which It'll Fix
  Given police use phone readers it's quite possibly a scary prospect. I haven't seen the data but it it's recording enough data to triangulate (or better) your position and storing it for far longer than is remotely necessary: If you move around a lot there'll be a ton of useless data but if you stay in the one area there will be a lot of repeated data. That apple has quietly tried to patent it certainly makes it seem questionable.
  It's definitely data that needs backing up and merging data from more than one device into one set of data.
  Yep, move along, nothing to see here. Imagine if your location data was on the PSN..
• Apr 21st, 2011 @ 3:12am

  Re: Re: Stop rushing to be offended

  on Announcing: Freetard 2: Free Harder
  "I don't care if trolls make those comments, because they are sad and pathetic, and easily dismissed."
  
  Why are you so down on yourself?
• Apr 21st, 2011 @ 3:09am

  Re: The problem with using retard as an insult was explained to Freetards

  on Announcing: Freetard 2: Free Harder
  The only people using "the r word" are the people complaining about it being used, or explaining its actual meaning to the initial users multiple times.
  
  Ah, irony..
• Apr 21st, 2011 @ 3:03am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Think about what you're saying...

  on Announcing: Freetard 2: Free Harder
  "...more the reducing a person to a single superficial characteristic."
  
  You're doing that to yourself quite well on your own, in my opinion. I understand what you are saying but heartily disagree. The word means what it means, regardless of what you think. It will either flourish or die as part of the language - but with you using it so much yourself, there isn't much chance of it dying in our language any time soon.

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