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• On the post: Applying Apple's Design Sense To Other Items… Like The Thermostat

  

  Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 28 Oct, 2011 @ 06:08am

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  Oh and with the cover on it only has two buttons, up and down, and it only took 2 attempts for my girlfriend to learn it. With the cover off, it only has 2 more switches, heat/ac/off and the programming switch.
  
  We only use the manual mode when she's colder than me. Guess it might learn that but she doesn't do it every day.

• On the post: Applying Apple's Design Sense To Other Items… Like The Thermostat

  

  Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 28 Oct, 2011 @ 06:06am

  I have a $30-40 5+2 day programmable thermostat. Its easy to program, easy to use, and the display is easy enough for me to read from the one room that it is in. I wouldn't be spending $250 because I'm not sure it would pay for itself anytime soon over what I have. The heat comes on before my gf goes to work and goes off after I leave for work, it comes on when she comes home from work and goes off when I go to bed. The low during the day is 58, at night its 62.
  
  THe only use I would have for wanting to turn it on or off remotely would be for my GF who doesn't always come home at 1:30, but at the latest she comes home an hour later. Would the 2 or 3 days a week she isn't coming home at 1:30 cover the cost of a $250 thermostat for her to be able to turn it down until she comes home?
  
  On the weekends its up from 10am to 11pm, and we sometimes leave but not always. It might find its best use case for us on the weekends, when we sometimes leave, would like to have the heat down when we are gone and be able to bring it up before we get home.

• On the post: Sanctions Sought Against Righthaven's Lawyers For Not Dismissing Remaining Cases

  

  Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 27 Oct, 2011 @ 08:49pm

  Re: "Will we finally see the end of Righthaven?"

  I love reading Righthaven stories. I've probably read every single one and had a smile of glee as they get their asses handed to them.
  
  Toodles!

• On the post: New Research Brings Much Needed Objectivity To Game Piracy Numbers

  

  Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 19 Oct, 2011 @ 10:57am

  Re: Re: "majority of games ... had fewer than 50,000 unique peers"

  And it was at 23k on Monday morning.

• On the post: DailyDirt: Rockets In Small, Medium And Large

  

  Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 11 Oct, 2011 @ 07:14pm

  I just launched my Estes Amazon that I've had since maybe July on Sunday the 9th. Then today I see the article on Slashdot for the Q&A with Derek Deville. And now this collection on BestNetTech! Strange coincidence, for me.
  
  What a nice way to spend a high 70's day in early October in Western NY.

• On the post: Monster Cable Blames 'Rogue Sites' Rather Than Its Own Business Practices For 'Stealing Good Will'

  

  Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 05 Oct, 2011 @ 07:42pm

  Blue Jeans Cable.
  
  http://www.bluejeanscable.com/legal/mcp/index.htm
  
  'Nuff Said.

• On the post: Gaming Company Sees Massive User & Revenue Growth Because Of Piracy

  

  Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 03 Oct, 2011 @ 03:05pm

  Re:

  Why is it so important to you?

• On the post: University Police & Administration Freak Out Over Nathan Fillion Firefly Poster; Censor, Threaten Professor

  

  Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2011 @ 11:33am

  FIRE has a form to send email to the Chancellor and President.
  
  http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5896/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=8262

• On the post: Illinois Prosecutors Planning To Appeal Ruling That Said Recording Police Is Protected By The First Amendment

  

  Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2011 @ 07:59am

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  You mean, on the job, when they are getting paid?
  
  I'm pretty sure if I was sitting in my car, windows closed, talking to someone, while I was on the clock, my boss wouldn't like it very much.
  
  As an analogy, I'm not supposed to txt or make phone calls where I work. I can leave the area where I work to make brief phone calls, and I might get some privacy if I walk away from people, but a police car is their office. I, as a taxpayer who pays their wages, have every right to tape them while they are in their car talking to someone. Want to talk to your wife/SO/etc? Do it where its less likely to be confused with you doing your job. (IE: i'm supposed to take breaks in the breakroom so there is no confusion)
  
  How would I obstruct their work, when they aren't doing their job in the first place since they are on the phone? (if they are on a personal call)

• On the post: Success Of Mixtapes Finally Making Major Labels Realize That 'Free' Can Be Useful Marketing

  

  Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2011 @ 07:35am

  Mixtapes and cds have been a part of the electronica scene for years. I buy mixtapes from a store, which exposes me to a dj who I never knew about, so I go see him/her at a club, they buy more records cause they always want to keep the dancefloor filled. But these records aren't on major labels (90% of them are on independants) so maybe they never caught wind of it. Or just ignored it.

• On the post: Canadian Copyright Reform Authors Know The Law Outlaws Circumvention Even If No Infringement… But Don't Seem To Care

  

  Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2011 @ 07:28am

  Re: CONTRIBUTE TO THE EFF

  I'm a monthly sustaining member :)

• On the post: UK Music Retailers Ask Why They Should Pay Performance Licenses To Play Music When They're Trying To Sell The Music

  

  Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 28 Sep, 2011 @ 08:01am

  http://www.bestnettech.com/articles/20100706/10570810083.shtml
  
  I hope Dave Natriss comes back. That was fun.
  
  No, I really do.
  
  In a pure schadenfreude kind of way :)

• On the post: BMI Says Club Is Too Sexy For Standard Fees, Voids Check, Sues For Non-Payment

  

  Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 22 Sep, 2011 @ 01:31pm

  Great and incalcuable damage? What is this "great" "harm" that BMI or the artists suffered that can't be paid back?
  
  And how it is great and incalcuable if I have never heard those three tracks (and I haven't) but heard them there first and decide I want to hear more so I buy one of the three albums from whence the songs came?
  
  You guys are off your fucking rockers.

• On the post: Microsoft Convinces Yet Another Company to Cough Up 'Protection' Money

  

  Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 22 Sep, 2011 @ 11:03am

  This is a perfect example of FUD. Not the tripe that "FUDBuster" claims is FUD. This is good, old-fashioned, Microsoft FUD.
  
  "We claim to own 235 patents on Linux, but you're a sucker if you think we're going to reveal them to you!"
  
  So, the FUD is working overtime here. The fear, uncertainty and doubt of potential lawsuits is HUGE. If you don't buy protection from M$, they "might" come after you. "We don't want to sue a linux customer who could potentially be a Windows customer, too!" Well, isn't that fucking special.

• On the post: Is It A First Amendment Violation To Get Pulled Over For Flashing Your Lights To Warn Others Of Cops?

  

  Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 21 Sep, 2011 @ 10:44am

  Great comment on the source article, referring to aiding and abetting, basically boils down to this:
  
  Speeding is a civil infraction, not criminal
  
  The person that is flashing their lights has no clue oncoming traffic is speeding
  
  Flashing is a "heads up", not a specific "there's a cop here"
  
  Kinda sums up my feelings about it.. I mean, how can the person flashing know what anyone coming at them is doing? They don't. It's a friendly heads up. "Hey, maybe you should be careful.." etc. There is no written code that says 2 flashes for a cop, 3 for a tree in the road.

• On the post: Puerto 80 Explains How Rojadirecta Domain Seizures Violated The First Amendment

  

  Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 20 Sep, 2011 @ 07:44am

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  Taking away the domain name is still prior restraint. When it was seized without warning, plenty of people, the webmasters included, didn't know what was goin on. Shutdown? Taken down? Closed? Moved? For that one day alone, that's like removing the road to the park, or the signs that point to the park all around the city. Its a substantial hardship if people can't find what they were looking for, that was there yesterday. Coming back up in a different location was neither wanted nor desired. It was imposed upon them with no warning and no proof, and still to this day the government has no law to bring them up on.
  
  What leg are you standing on?

• On the post: Netflix: We're Sorry About The Huge Price Increase, So, Uh… Qwikster!

  

  Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 20 Sep, 2011 @ 06:25am

  Netflix, from the beginning, intended to be stgreaming only. Couldn't do that when they started, broadband wasn't as ubiquitous as it is today, and people hadn't caught on to video over the web. Now netflix gets to where they want to be, streaming only. I'm down with it. Price split was expected by me. I knew they would eventually offer streaming by itsellf and they weren't going to give it away for free (by itself).
  
  I love netflix. I love the streaming selection. (I dislike the lack of subtitles on anime but I can get those on funimation) I don't think I will be any worse off except for the integration of the queues (seeing what's available on streaming from your dvd queue). I still have a dvd I haven't watched since august.
  
  I'm not going to complain. I'm still getting value I wouldn't get elsewhere. I don't want to waste my time torrenting episodes of tv shows that are on netflix when I want to watch something. Add that there are no commercials and you've got a bargain.
  
  I always thought "netflix" was a weird name for a dvd by mail company.

• On the post: Massive Exodus From Netflix Over Fee Increase

  

  Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 16 Sep, 2011 @ 08:49am

  I kept my streaming+1dvd subscription, I got capote 3 weeks ago and I still haven't watched it yet.
  My gf dropped her dvd sub but kept the streaming, we will just get dvds on my account anyway.
  
  The "loss" of starz won't affect me much. I don't dig on disney too much and I am turned off from sony over the whole geohotz affair

• On the post: Zombie SCO Loses Again; Is It Dead Yet?

  

  Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 01 Sep, 2011 @ 09:37am

  http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Torvalds-Slams-SCO/
  
  If you've never read this article, its the one where Linus says about SCO: "They are smoking crack"
  
  I used to have this issue of E-week, I probably should have kept it. I always thought that SCO was full of it, and probably even said myself they are on crack.
  
  He knew back then how far SCO's case would get.
  
  And he was 100% correct.
  
  He even states "or code that just looks similar because it is based on public standards." which was found to be true when Kevin KcBride leaked samples of the code and the parts that were alleged to be covered under copyright were *standard practices for writing code*; not to mention code that was not the same, but performed the same functions, thereby blowing the "cut and paste" claims out of the water.
  
  It is troubling to me to think that Linux's reputation may have been damaged. Until I read some of the comments above there was no question in my mind about Linux's reputation, I knew from my own experiences with Linux that SCO's arguments were baseless. I know, however, after having been a visitor to this site for the last year and a half, that some companies get scared off when a product or company is part of any litigation, as that leads to uncertainty about the product or brand in question. Thinking about it now, I can totally see why Microsoft would ante up money to SCO to help it further fund the lawsuit. As such, that would further the uncertainty over the Linux codebase and drove more customers to Windows solutions over the years. It sickens me to know that this could have happened. Again, in my mind, this was never even a possibility, because I myself had enough faith in Linux/Novell prevailing, and I thought every company would laugh at SCO. I guess this was not the case and a sad result from this litigation.

• On the post: Looking At Security Theater Through The Lens Of The Utøya Massacre

  

  Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 25 Jul, 2011 @ 11:28am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Go ahead, lock up every gun ever made by every manufacturer (which is what the furthest extreme of "making it harder" would be) in a vault and only people who have been monitored since they were born are allowed to have one.
  
  That would mean that only people who are 100% free of criminal history or those who wouldn't use a gun to commit a crime would have them, right? (and/or insert whatever reason for gun control)
  
  Well, you have conveniently forgotten that people can make guns themselves, make bullets themselves, and they don't care if they are licensed if people who also don't care that they are getting a gun illegally will pay perfectly good money for it.
  
  IT. JUST. AIN'T. GONNA. HAPPEN.
  
  This also would only, as stated, make it difficult for people who want to obtain a gun legally. The people who are fine and dandy with having a gun made in a garage or a basement will have no trouble doing so. They may get caught, but if they can commit a crime with it before hand, the laws to make it harder won't do a damn fucking thing.

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