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  • On the post: Chile Says It Does Not Recognize The Legitimacy Of The USTR's Special 301 Report

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 07 May, 2013 @ 07:03am

    Re: Re:

    We do, but the FBI manages it and it is classified. I tried to file a FoIA request on it, and I got back a blank piece of paper. Well, blank aside from the black boxes that covered the thing.

  • On the post: The Copy Culture Cryptic Crossword

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2013 @ 11:05am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Almost done?

    OZV was the first answer that came to my mind when I read through the clues initially. Like you said though, doesn't fit 4D.

    I also ended up searching the wikipedia list of collection groups. In the end I went with assuming it was OZT, and then just wikipedia-ed(?) OZT where I found what they are today. Figure it fits well enough (as Leigh just covered some of the thoughts behind it as well).

  • On the post: Fox Uses Bogus DMCA Claims To Censor Cory Doctorow's Book About Censorship

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2013 @ 11:02am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: He should

    Partially right about those who are "wronged". However, quite wrong about the government needing to do anything about it.

    If the government wants to view it as they have the right to take a domain, then they could be just a tad less hypocritical and still afford the websites the protections of section 230. A website is not liable for the actions of their users.

    The whole thing is so obviously corrupt. The government just rushes to seize anything, no matter how legal it is in the country of its operations. The US is not the king of the internet and the gov should stay the heck away from trying to police the entire thing.

  • On the post: The Copy Culture Cryptic Crossword

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2013 @ 07:03am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Almost done?

    Ok, so it was OZT. For some reason I had thought of that, but was thinking of them in just the terms of the old "buy 1 cd get 10 free and order some in the future" type deal music sellers. Didn't realize they were a larger group these days (they may have been separate and just have same acronym).

    I am going to admit that I used the above ROT13 to check my answers as I went along once I was confident. Not too bad though for my first cryptic. Again, thank you.

  • On the post: Fox Uses Bogus DMCA Claims To Censor Cory Doctorow's Book About Censorship

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2013 @ 06:58am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: He should

    Except there are never any court cases here to prove any criminal copyright infringement, just the government seizing stuff illegally.

  • On the post: Fox Uses Bogus DMCA Claims To Censor Cory Doctorow's Book About Censorship

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 22 Apr, 2013 @ 11:51am

    Re: Re: Re: He should

    Copyright is asserted through civil courts, so he will have to use the civil litigation process to assert his rights. That's just how the system works.

    Unless you are the RIAA or the MPAA, then you have the federal government skip the entire legal process and just start seizing everything they possibly can.

  • On the post: The Copy Culture Cryptic Crossword

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 22 Apr, 2013 @ 10:55am

    Re: Re: Almost done?

    I most definitely would have to go with OVT for that. Not sure if I should list out the reasoning here but I figure its been long enough that only the truly interested might venture to this point. Note being money, bills, and collection societies certainly don't deal for pennies.

    This was pretty fun. Took me a bit to get the hang of the idea of Cryptic. Haven't even dealt with crosswords for quite some time.

    Thanks for this.

  • On the post: Fox Uses Bogus DMCA Claims To Censor Cory Doctorow's Book About Censorship

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 22 Apr, 2013 @ 08:48am

    Re: Re: He should

    As much as I detest the sue-happy stance of America, in this case just to make a point I would support it.

  • On the post: Attention Game Developers And Console Manufacturers: 'Always On' Is NOT The Same As 'Always Connectable'

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 19 Apr, 2013 @ 11:43am

    Re: Attention 14-year-olds: quit playing games, leave the basement.

    MIKE ROGERS IS OoTB?!?!?!?

  • On the post: Police In Japan Are Asking ISPs To Start Blocking Tor

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 19 Apr, 2013 @ 11:32am

    Re: Re: Food for thought

    Heh, when radio was first invented, I believe there were copyright complaints about it. Slightly different group, with the goal of control.

  • On the post: Police In Japan Are Asking ISPs To Start Blocking Tor

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 19 Apr, 2013 @ 05:40am

    Food for thought

    The real question here is now if the ISPs will cave and become complaisant tools of oppression for the sake of those in power, or if they will stand up for the people?

    I would just like to point out that the founding fathers of America published plenty of works anonymously before the revolution. It helped rally people to their cause.

    As the post states, some people abuse it, but I will always defend the tools of anonymity even if some people do abuse them.

  • On the post: Investor-State Dispute Resolution: The Monster Lurking Inside Free Trade Agreements

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 16 Apr, 2013 @ 10:37am

    For the love of

    Please other countries, PLEASE. STOP signing treaties with the US that are designed to force our government's and corporation's absolutely atrocious views down your throat.

    Have you lost your minds?
    STOP signing onto these "free" trade agreements. They will do nothing but ruin your country.

    We the people have a very hard time fighting these internally because there is so much money focused to the top greedy 1%. We need your help! Just stop agreeing to anything they put in front of you. Please.

  • On the post: Judge Finds Himself In Contempt Of Court When His New Smartphone Interrupts Closing Arguments

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 16 Apr, 2013 @ 10:18am

    Michigan

    At least somebody from Michigan is trying to make the state look decent. With the recent escapades of our local crazy Mike Rogers pushing CISPA to no end making our state look bad, at least we have somebody like Voet.

  • On the post: CISPA Amendment Proves Everyone's Fears Were Justified While Failing To Assuage Them

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 12 Apr, 2013 @ 06:23am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

    Idiocracy
    (the documentary from the future)

  • On the post: Intuit Continues To Make Sure Filing Taxes Is Complicated

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 04 Apr, 2013 @ 12:29pm

    Re: Mini-rant

    While I can agree with most of what you posted, my point was a little more simple. That a lot of the elected officials seem to say one thing and claim to stick to it, but if you check on their back room deals and all of their votes, they won't follow through if it means they can hit a big pay-day.

  • On the post: Intuit Continues To Make Sure Filing Taxes Is Complicated

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 04 Apr, 2013 @ 06:21am

    Re:

    Simple, because he doesn't care for conservative ideology, he is just saying what will make him the most money.

    Provided you drop the word conservative from that line, I am willing to say that is like most hard core republicans and democrats. Very ideological, until a dollar is involved.

  • On the post: The Power Of International Trade Agreements To Prevent You From Owning What You've Bought, And Why This Must Be Fixed

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 28 Mar, 2013 @ 10:02am

    Re: Re: Funny thing that Free Trade

    I believe all three AC comments accurately conveyed certain points and aspects of the overall truth that is a "free" trade agreement.

  • On the post: The Power Of International Trade Agreements To Prevent You From Owning What You've Bought, And Why This Must Be Fixed

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 27 Mar, 2013 @ 12:13pm

    Funny thing that Free Trade

    Why do they get to call it a Free Trade agreement when it is the epitome of restricted trade?

  • On the post: Warner Bros. Lets Veronica Mars Crew Prove Demand For A Movie Via Kickstarter

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 14 Mar, 2013 @ 07:25am

    Re: Sooooo

    I would easily drop 100$ or seeing Firefly return as long as that means I get HD digital copies of it once its done. Easily. Probably a little more if it came with enough other benefits. Firefly is quite easily my favorite series to ever have been and I even liked Serenity.

    Nathan Fillion however is currently involved in Castle, which I also find to be a truly great series. I could only hope that he could work on both until Castle has run its course naturally.

    If I had to pick though, Firefly it would be.

  • On the post: National Post Wants $150 To Quote Articles (Even The Parts It Quoted From Other Articles)

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 08 Mar, 2013 @ 12:32pm

    This Day and Age

    These days on the internet there are a plethora of sources for information and news. Having a policy saying that you do not want traffic and don't want people talking about your articles seems incredibly short sighted.

    It is almost as if they want to be driven out of business. This strikes me as a pretty big flag being waved around that says "read somewhere else if you want to share anything you read".

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