* Posts by ShadowedOne

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EU move to standardise phone chargers is bad news for Apple

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I'm reasonable sure that you can't patent 'stupid' (especially when it's more temper tantrum than patentable idea).

Jury reckons Motorola wasn't 'fair and reasonable' to Microsoft

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Stop

So...MS lost the case in a German court and, wanting a do over, brought the case back to the U.S so their lawyers could manipulate a clueless jury into (essentially) punishing Moto for winning in Germany. Yay?

British spooks seize tech from Snowden journo's boyfriend at airport

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Big Brother

Re: Voting power

In that case don't vote for anyone. I'd imagine a voter turn-out of 0% (or at least less than the minimum for a valid vote) would make it a tad difficult for any party to be in power. Ideally (yes, I know) at that point all the sociopaths, err, politicians would be willing to listen.

Engineer's $30m windfall from Nintendo 3DS patent spat SLASHED by beak

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WTF?

Wait, what?

So..every 3DS produced violates the mentioned patent, but since not every game makes use of the patent infringing component the judge reduced the damages awarded. I don't see the logic there, how does the number of games matter when it's the hardware and/or firmware that is in violation?

WikiLeaks: Manning guilty verdict sets 'dangerous precedent'

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I tend to wonder..

Just how Watergate would be handled today (if it were recent rather than a past event). At a guess I'd say, the investigative journalists who brought the story to light would be vilified as traitors/un-American/etc and locked up (or worse), and Deep Throat would hunted down and either executed or conveniently die in some plausibly deniable way. The general public, of course, would be getting the standard diet of PR and spin and would be cheering on the persecution, err prosecution.

Burger-rage horse dumps on McDonald's: Rider saddled with fat fine

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Re: @AC

If you put it into a ruck sack, tank bag, etc. then you are not holding it, are you? I'd say his intended point still stands, would you like to willfully misconstrue things some more?

Man sues Apple for allowing him to become addicted to porn

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On the off-chance that this kind of stupidity is genetic, I sincerely hope this moron has not reproduced.

Unmasked: Euro ISPs raided in downloads strangle probe

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So basically Cogent's 'throttling' accusation boils down to 'they aren't running their business the way I think they should *whine whine*'. Those networks might be slow but it's not due to throttling, it's due to poor infrastructure. Cogent should end up fine for being an ass.

Texas teen jailed for four months over sarcastic Facebook comment

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Pint

Wasn't that, "I shot the Sheriff"?

'I shot the sheriff..but I did not shoot the deputy', is the line I think.

(I hate that song)

Kinky? You're mentally healthier than 'vanilla' bonkers

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Go

This is..

Not a surprise in the least.

The iWatch is coming! The iWatch is coming!

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Joke

Re: Are apple inventing the spot watch?

So..would that make a google/android version the gSpot?

Review: Intel Next Unit of Computing barebones desktop PC

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Alert

Re: You need some Win8 consulting then?

If that is the case then I suggest that it's Microsoft that needs the consultant.

eBay chief Donahoe sees his package nearly double in size

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Pint

Re: The Lefties won't like it

"I'm I suppose an anti-authoritarian (can't be a lefty with that view)..."

While I agree with your main point, I just wanted to point out that you can be a 'lefty' and be anti-authoritarian. While the political spectrum in the U.S. tends to be portrayed as a single axis (left-right), in actuality there are two axes (left-right, authoritarian-libertarian, respectively). Personally I suspect that this is because virtually every U.S. politician is a 'do what I tell you to do' authoritarian jack-off.

I'll just leave this here: www.politicalcompass.org/

CCTV hack takes casino for $33 MILLION in poker losses

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Stop

The VIP handler..

Wait, why fire the handler? Was he/she in on it, or just spite for not being able to read the VIP's mind?

New nuke could POWER WORLD UNTIL 2083

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Pint

Re: no nukes is good nukes?

I'm not so sure. Having light-water reactors is precisely a reason to have these reactors as well. They'll use the waste as fuel and produce electricity to boot, solving both power generation and waste disposal issues.

SimCity 4

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FAIL

Re: so...

Obvious troll is obvious..

Mozilla to Apple: we don't care about iOS

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FAIL

Re: Volunteers?

Are you trolling or are you really just *that* stupid?

Apple ordered to surrender coveted docs in iOS privacy lawsuit

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Go

Re: Perhaps

Sounds a bit low considering the way some people boast about Apple's cash reserves. I'd recommend 0.5% of their current cash reserve value per day.

Google Glass to recognize you by your FASHION SENSE

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Thumb Down

Yes there does need to be a sign, it's up to the owner of any given premises to determine what is allowable, not some over-aggressive jackass looking for people to smash in the face. Seriously, people need to grow the hell up with all the threats of violence.

On a side note, I wonder how long it'll take for police forces to adopt these glasses?

Seattle drinking den bans Google Glass geeks

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FAIL

Re: Ban cameras from your own property by all means.

Not to mention that if any ass kicking ensues, they have just posted their legal liability for all to see.

BAN SMUT, rage MEPs: Purpose of internet must be EXTERMINATED

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FAIL

Re: OhMaGERDZ, they're trying to take our porn!!

"Listen up, silly boys."

"The point, if you were thinking with your brains rather than with something else.."

Sexist much?

Next Windows 8 version can ditch bits of Metro

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Happy

Re: TIFKAM

Wishful thinking?

Amazon yanks SimCity download from store

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@Busby

That doesn't quite work, ostensibly if you are in prison you're there because you deserve to have your freedom curtailed. Whereas DRM is, in effect, a prison for the innocent.

Samsung's next smartphone to scroll by watching your eyes

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Trollface

Re: Yawn

What if it can't make phone calls (like most Apple 'phones')?

Hey, PCIe flash makers. Look behind you - it's Samsung

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FAIL

You've got the wrong room, the Apple talking point and mutual masturbation conference is down the hall.

Samsung Wallet slavishly copies inspired by Apple Passbook

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Trollface

Re: Indeed they do

I thought the iPhone was a parody in and of itself?

Apple patents situational awareness for oblivious fanbois

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Alert

Peril Sensitive Sunglasses

The ultimate situationally aware mobile device!

It begins: Six-strikes copyright smackdown starts in US

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Mushroom

Re: Where does the carrot go?

Where does the carrot go?

I won't answer that directly, but I will say that it's required that you bend forward...

Linus Torvalds in NSFW Red Hat rant

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FAIL

Re: RE: Pete Spicer

Seriously? What, are you 12 years old or something?

RIAA: Google failing on anti-piracy push

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Alert

You are an utter failure..

Pretty much sums up the RIAA.

Perfect sex minx calculated from 'deep' probe of X-rated flicks

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Stop

Re: Never!

Getting paid (not payed) to fuck lots of women while surrounded by cameras and various technicians, being told what to do, and having to do multiple takes of the various scenes, I don't really see much in the way of the so-called motivation in that.

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Joke

Just a guess but I would say that the average plot is likely to be 'boy meats girl'.

Brit robot programmers banged up for £500,000 tax evasion

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Re: £500,000 goes a long way

Exactly, it's not a case of 'do extra time and keep your ill-gotten money', it's a case of 'do extra time and get out still owing money' and rightfully so.

Sony promises PC-based PlayStation 4 for Christmas

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FAIL

Re: Better graphics card than the GTX TITAN?

It's extremely unlikely that any console will ever sport a $999 discrete video card and you either need to work on your trolling, or need to put an ad on a singles site for your lonely brain cell.

Irony alert: Pirate Bay accuses anti-piracy group of illegal copying

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Re: May I be the first...

Except that by their logic copying = stealing.

Apple CEO Cook: 'Bizarre' shareholder lawsuit a 'silly sideshow'

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Coffee/keyboard

Re: Like Prozac?

Personally I think it's more like Ipecac.

Ebook price-fixing: Macmillan settles with DoJ, Apple fights on

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FAIL

Re: Pushed into a corner ...

Here is the important bit: both you and Macmillan are full of shit.

Customer service rep fired for writing game that mocks callers

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Thumb Up

Re: My immediate thoughts re. The Minister

That is pretty much the definition of the Harper Conservatives, well, except you left out control freak.

Swartz suicide won't change computer crime policy, says prosecutor

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Re: Innocent until proven guilty?

I always thought it was: Innocent unless proven guilty ?

Chinese boffins crack cloaking tech for camouflage

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FAIL

Re: No Unicorns but

Seriously? All you can come up with is a thinly veiled racial slur?

Megaupload outed file-sharers to Feds months before Dotcom raid

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Holmes

Let's see, one was providing a legitimate file storage service (complete with safe harbour provisions), the other was using that service to distribute files they had no legal right to distribute.

'Doomsday' asteroid Apophis more massive than first thought

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Facepalm

Re: @ Dr Ian Holdsworth I for one

I, for one, would not trust any government on the face of this planet with a fleet of space battleships.

Wireless charger posse smacks down rival in EXPLICIT video

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Stop

Re: I can see where this is going:

"Then the treehuggers will come and ..."

Regardless of their views on the environment, they aren't 'tree-huggers', they are neurotic hypochondriacs.

Bite us, Apple: Samsung hauled in $8.3bn in Q4

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Joke

Re: Is it time for Apple...

That's as may be, but they are only imitation rounded corners, Apple is the only official supplier of true Rounded Corners..

Sinofsky's new blogski: Windows 8 king reborn as management guru

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FAIL

Re: "Sinofsky preaching success, it akin to Bin Laden preaching pacifism." @dogged

"Microsoft promote their profit margin, just as Google and Apple do (albeit a bit less ferociously and with less litigation). Is that terrorism, ShadowedOne? If so, is Larry Page a terrorist too?"

What in hell have you been smoking, more to the point, do you plan on sharing it with the rest of us?

In case you are posing an actual question. Has Microsoft (or, for that matter, Google or Apple) engaged in a campaign to terrorize a civilian population, no.

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WTF?

Re: "Sinofsky preaching success, it akin to Bin Laden preaching pacifism."

What does 9/11 have to do with it? Bin Laden promoted hate and aggression, it was a perfectly valid juxtaposition.

Eric Schmidt's Norks outing poorly timed, tuts US govt

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Joke

Re: Well!

...But enough about the U.S...

Yes, hundreds upon hundreds of websites CAN all be wrong

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Boffin

Re: Its is amazing

I attribute it to years of hearing language mangled by various people.

Senate votes to continue FISA domestic spying through 2017

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Stop

Re: Here in Canada is MUCH worse....

I know Harper is a cold fascist bastard, but no it's not that bad up here yet. We are not permanently monitored and the police still require a warrant to get access to your data.

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Boffin

Re: It figures...

"But for a country so into god you would think that US leader would assume that god is snooping on them all and so they will behave or be judged."

Well, much like how the smartest dealers never sample/get hooked on their merchandise, I'd say most of the bible-thumping politicians don't believe the religious/pseudo-religious crap they spew. It's mainly to con the hard-of-thinking and easily led into voting for said politicians.

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