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  • On the post: TAFTA/TTIP: What Are The Benefits? What Are The Costs?

    Internet Zen Master ( profile ), 18 Apr, 2014 @ 11:14am

    Re: Costs/Benefits

    sigh The "sad but true" button seems to have disappeared again. Really wish the coding for that feature was more stable.

  • On the post: Textile Company Drags A Bunch Of Clothing Companies To Court Over Copyrighted Stripe Pattern

    Internet Zen Master ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2014 @ 04:57pm

    Re: Rainbow

    Paid by who? Leprechauns?

  • On the post: Court Rightly Finds That GoDaddy Isn't Liable For Revenge Porn Site

    Internet Zen Master ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2014 @ 02:13pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re:

    See also "Won't anyone think of the children?!" logic.

  • On the post: Connecticut Lawmakers Push 'Knockout Game' Bill, Citing Various 'Feelings' As Evidence Something Must Be Done

    Internet Zen Master ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2014 @ 02:02pm

    Re:

    At least the PATRIOT Act had actual, verifiable statistics. Sure, they were emotionally loaded as hell and based on a tragic event fresh in the public conscience, but they still had something concrete and provable data to justify their 'doing something', unlike the imbeciles in CT's legislative branch.

  • On the post: Would You Pay $50 Per Episode To See Game Of Thrones?

    Internet Zen Master ( profile ), 14 Apr, 2014 @ 11:09am

    Re: 50 bucks an episode?!

    Speaking of anime, has anyone else here noticed the rather unsettling trend of anime series only getting 1 season of 12-13 episodes these days, which means the ones based on manga tend to get completely warped beyond all recognition plot-wise halfway through the season?

    I noticed this 'shows only getting 13 episodes per season' trend in some of the live-action TV shows here in the US. Case in point, FOX's Almost Human only had 13 episodes for its (hopefully first) season, when it clearly needed 26 to fill in some of the gaping plotholes.

    Seriously, why the general shift from 24-26 down to 12-13 episodes per season?

  • On the post: Heartbleed Suspicion And NSA Denial Show Why NSA's Dual Offense/Defensive Role Must End

    Internet Zen Master ( profile ), 14 Apr, 2014 @ 11:53am

    Isn't Offense supposed to be the CIA's job?

    I mean, the NSA's self-declared mission is to monitor data in order to stop potential terrorist threats (more or less). That's a defensive role.

    The CIA is... well, the CIA. That whole "carrying out/overseeing covert ops" part of their job description kinda makes them seem the default offensive role [but only in international matters of course], which means Cyber Command should be part of the CIA instead.

    Although the thought of having the CIA control Cyber Command instead of the NSA is not very comforting...

  • On the post: Obama Tells NSA To Reveal, Not Exploit, Flaws… Except All The Times It Wants To Do The Opposite

    Internet Zen Master ( profile ), 14 Apr, 2014 @ 11:35am

    Don't worry, the NSA will reveal flaws to others in the future

    They'll just tell people 50 years after they find them, or however long classified material is supposed to stay classified before getting released to the public.

    In other words, it's the unwritten "everyone important that was involved in this is dead now so who cares if the public finds out" rule.

  • On the post: Comcast Ignores 'World's Worst Company' Award, Misleads About Bogus 'World's Most Admired Company' Award

    Internet Zen Master ( profile ), 10 Apr, 2014 @ 05:26pm

    Re: Re: Re:

    Since when the hell did people need to get creative about slipping stuff by those morons? Besides the FISA Court, it seems like the biggest rubber stamp in the US gov is the USPTO.

  • On the post: CIA Put In Charge Of Declassifying Senate's Report That Condemns The CIA's Torture Program

    Internet Zen Master ( profile ), 04 Apr, 2014 @ 09:17am

    Re: declassification of torture report.

    Considering the government effectively lets the NSA do the same damn thing when it comes to oversight in general, it's not that surprising (unfortunately).

  • On the post: CIA Put In Charge Of Declassifying Senate's Report That Condemns The CIA's Torture Program

    Internet Zen Master ( profile ), 04 Apr, 2014 @ 09:15am

    Re: Money Saving Opportunity Here

    Beat me to it.

    Obviously the CIA doesn't want any of this to see the light of day, so I doubt we'll even get the official title of the actual report.

    Or someone in the CIA will just open MS Paint, doodle a hand flipping off the viewer, paste that doodle in MS word and stretch it out until it fills the whole page. Then they'll black that out copy it 6,300 times.

  • On the post: Japanese Anime And Manga Fans Worried About How TPP Will Kill Important Fan Fiction

    Internet Zen Master ( profile ), 03 Apr, 2014 @ 05:03pm

    Re:

    Wait, what's this about dA removing the fanart category?

    If that happened, the dA crowd would lose its collective mind in a 'WTF is this bullshit'-type rage.

  • On the post: ICE Rejects My Request To Waive FOIA Fees 'Because .' Yes, 'Because .'

    Internet Zen Master ( profile ), 03 Apr, 2014 @ 10:27am

    Re:

    Hell, if they wanted to be net-lingo savvy, they'd just drop the "..." part and say "because reasons".

    Just saying "because ." is incredibly condescending, even for a government agency like ICE. Or incompetent, depending on who you ask.

  • On the post: City Of London Police Create Secret 'Pirate Site Blacklist' For Advertisers, With No Transparency

    Internet Zen Master ( profile ), 02 Apr, 2014 @ 01:59pm

    Re:

    It's not just pirates anymore. Unless you're an internet troglodyte/been living under a rock for the past couple years, the vast majority of netizens should have adblock installed on all of the browsers they use at this point.

  • On the post: Tone Of Comments Affects Perception Of Online Article's Content

    Internet Zen Master ( profile ), 01 Apr, 2014 @ 04:40pm

    Exhibit A

    Recently Ars has been closely following the outcry of some tech community over the fact that Mozilla's new CEO, Brendan Eich [who describes himself as not especially religious], made ONE donation of $1,000 to that mess known as Prop 8 back in '08. Not actively involved mind you, just one simple donation of funds. Since he's been appointed CEO there have been people publicly pressuring him, from outside and inside the company, to step down from that role because of that contribution.

    The comment sections of those articles have been the most vitriolic sections I've ever seen on Ars. The majority of the comments immediately condemn Eich as a hateful anti-gay bigot and/or Mozilla as hypocritical for appointing him CEO.

    Now every time I see a new article about the subject, my mind goes 'oh great, how is Ars going to vilify Mozilla's new CEO this time?' even though the site's just reporting the mess and not actually publicly shaming Eich for his views.

    So yeah, this research seems right on the money, at least as far as this topic goes.

  • On the post: Russia Admits Its Strict Anti-Piracy Laws Aren't Working… So They'll Just Try Some More

    Internet Zen Master ( profile ), 31 Mar, 2014 @ 10:24am

    Simpler solution

    While it's certainly possible that Putin and his cohorts could use copyright in order to silence any opposition, I propose a much more simple explanation for their decision to double down on useless anti-piracy laws.

    Money.

    I mean, the copyright maximalists must have bribe-er, I mean, "lobbied" something fierce to get the Russian government to actually give a shit about all the infringing content on Russian sites like VK in the first place, right? Whose to say this isn't just empty lipservice to pacify the constantly whining copyright crowd while Russian officials just sit back and count their money?

  • On the post: Dianne Feinstein Still A Believer In Collecting All Phone Records; Pretends That Such Collection Has Stopped Terrorists

    Internet Zen Master ( profile ), 23 Mar, 2014 @ 12:48pm

    Re: Re: Its only bad...

    Considering Feinstein is a senator, and her 'district' is the entire state of California, I'd say the odds of the alternatives being worse than her are about 50-50, regardless of political affiliation.

    Depressingly, the last time Feinstein was re-elected was in 2012. Not only did she win her re-election in a landslide, she BROKE the all-time record for the most votes cast for one candidate in one state in one election. 7.75 million Californians voted for her in an election where voter turnout for the state reached 55.2%.

    Although to be fair, I don't think anyone realized how much of a yes-woman she was for the NSA back then...

  • On the post: Bad Ruling Says CafePress May Not Qualify For DMCA Safe Harbors

    Internet Zen Master ( profile ), 21 Mar, 2014 @ 10:13am

    You know

    They should start requiring law students to take courses specifically dedicated to important things like safe harbor protections and fair use. That way, when those law students eventually become lawyers and judges, we don't have morons who understand the tech world about as much as the late Ted Stevens presiding over important Internet-related cases.

  • On the post: Homeland Security Detained US Citizen Inside The US, Used Intercepted Emails To Quiz Her About Her Sex Life

    Internet Zen Master ( profile ), 06 Mar, 2014 @ 10:44am

    Re: New Rule!

    Also, down an entire bottle of vodka.

    Not recommended when watching Senate hearings involving FBI/CIA/NSA.

  • On the post: Greek Politician Tries To Use Defamation Lawsuit To Gag Wikipedia, Is Rewarded With Streisand Effect

    Internet Zen Master ( profile ), 06 Mar, 2014 @ 10:40am

    Despite how the older generation seems to treat the Internet these days, the web not a passing fad or children's toy. Like it or not, It's a ubiquitous, almost critical part of society in the 21st century. People need to get up to date with the world, or at least understand how Wikipedia works. If parts of an article have reputable sources, they'll keep popping back up on Wikipedia no matter how many times you edit it.

    More importantly, has our Streisandee's Wikipedia page been locked yet so no one else can try and remove the unflattering statements about him?

  • On the post: NBC Crows About Thwarting 45,000 'Illegal' Olympic Videos, Ignores The Fact That It Drove Users To Them

    Internet Zen Master ( profile ), 05 Mar, 2014 @ 09:43am

    Oddly enough

    I have Comcast and was able to watch the Canadian version over on CBC without having to buy a Canadian IP address or any other workaround whatsoever.

    One of the benefits of living in Washington State I suppose.

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