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  • On the post: Guy Loses Probation Because Court Decides That Facebook & MySpace Are 'Electronic Bulletin Boards'

    Dez ( profile ), 05 Apr, 2012 @ 11:32am

    Re:

    Agreed, but considering this was probation he had a set amount of time to wait until he could use the internet unfettered again. You could check your bank account, pay your bills.

    You do raise a good point though, it would have been tough for him to consider shopping on Amazon since they allow comments on the products and replies to comments.

  • On the post: Guy Loses Probation Because Court Decides That Facebook & MySpace Are 'Electronic Bulletin Boards'

    Dez ( profile ), 05 Apr, 2012 @ 11:27am

    Both have IM capabilities

    I don't disagree with the court in the fact that Facebook was off limits (only with the classification of the site).

    His agreement states that he wouldn't use any instant messaging system, which Facebook has had since February 2010. Whether or not he used that system or stayed logged out of it isn't in the details of the story.

    Beyond that, even if he did have a conversation with his PO about using Facebook he likely didn't get it in writing, which is the wrong way to go about any dealings with the law.

  • On the post: Patents Threaten To Silence A Little Girl, Literally

    Dez ( profile ), 27 Mar, 2012 @ 08:24am

    Used widely

    My wife's classroom uses iPad's and iPod's with this software or software like it to let their students speak. Many of these students are just as non-verbal as the girl in the story. They've spent money from their limited budget to enable these kids. It's sad to think that their ability to speak and my wife's ability to understand them may be taken away due to a company not wishing to open a new market for themselves.

  • On the post: Settlement Details On The Banning Of Unauthorized Catcher in The Rye Sequel Even More Troubling

    Dez ( profile ), 19 Jan, 2011 @ 07:31am

    Re:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcCO6E4NUs8

  • On the post: IBM's Jeopardy Answering Computer Apparently Ready To Compete For Real

    Dez ( profile ), 17 Dec, 2010 @ 12:34pm

    Calendar Item

    All of you are funny, but I've now got that episode of Jeopardy on my calendar. Regardless of the "Do you want to play a game" jokes... this shit could blow my mind.

  • On the post: So After Torturing Bradley Manning For Months, US Officials Offer Him A Deal If He Says Assange 'Conspired' With Him

    Dez ( profile ), 17 Dec, 2010 @ 09:22am

    Re: Doesn't he have to be extradited first?

    No, you can be charged for a crime without being inside the country. That's when the extradition process can start.

  • On the post: Woman Claims Legal Loophole Means She Now Owns The Sun… And She Wants You To Pay Up

    Dez ( profile ), 03 Dec, 2010 @ 10:01am

    Re: Opt-out

    P.P.S: Could you also send information regarding uninterrupted service as I have already cancelled my moon subscription.

  • On the post: Woman Claims Legal Loophole Means She Now Owns The Sun… And She Wants You To Pay Up

    Dez ( profile ), 03 Dec, 2010 @ 09:59am

    Re: Re: Opt-out

    Where's the "Hilarious" button?

  • On the post: Does Capital One Offer Different Loan Rates Based On Your Browser Software?

    Dez ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2010 @ 12:24pm

    Low low rates

    I got 3.50% rates in chrome where IE gave me 2.30% rates. Whoa

  • On the post: How Is It That A Random Comment On Reddit Leads To Your Friend Getting Tracked By The FBI?

    Dez ( profile ), 15 Oct, 2010 @ 08:16am

    Re:

    Ooh... don't fuck with the Whitehouse. The secret service is a whole other animal than the FBI.

  • On the post: ISP Accused Of Using One Unsubstantiated Strike From The ESA To Close Down Account

    Dez ( profile ), 04 Aug, 2010 @ 08:14am

    USFamily.Net Policies

    When I originally saw her story I immediately went to USFamily's website to see what their policies were. Having met Pika in person and knowing her through Twitter and her blog I knew she wasn't one to spout off nonsense and rarely rants as she did in this case. What I found in the policies section made me laugh and disturbed me as well. Here is their use policy, specifically the "Civil Discourse" section: Careful or they'll tell your mom.

    "Any individual unable to maintain a civil communication or demeanor when in contact with USFamily.Net is asked to please take their business elsewhere. Any uncivil or obnoxious behaviors towards USFamily.Net employees can and most likely will result in immediate disconnection. Our support department is happy to attempt to help solve any technical or billing issues however USFamily.Net employees are not paid or trained to deal with difficult people, are not responsible for your behavior, equipment, telephone system connections, or failure to read and understand this contract, the priority system or the differences in our plan offerings including Unlimited (inexpensive shared) versus Dedicated (expensive always on) services. Employees are authorized to disconnect or ignore support calls or e-mails containing profanity or other uncivil communications or behaviors. We reserve the right to tell your mother."

  • On the post: Advertising Is Content, Content Is Advertising, I'm On A Horse

    Dez ( profile ), 22 Feb, 2010 @ 04:04pm

    Reminded

    I never saw the ad on TV, but saw a few marketing friends tweet about it favorably. Not only did it remind me that I needed new bodywash (I ran out of my oldspice body wash), but when I got to the store I decided I liked a few of the new scents and purchased the spray as well as one of their 'island' deodorants.

    We'll see if I am riding a horse by the end of this, but hopefully I'll still have a fiance at the very least.

    Effective? Yes!

  • On the post: UK Again Says That Mod Chipping Isn't Legal

    Dez ( profile ), 12 Nov, 2009 @ 08:59am

    Re: What's ridiculous about banning modded 360s...

    I absolutely agree with Microsoft not banning individual player accounts. It'd be like saying "You have a non-street legal car in your garage, we'll take your drivers license now."

    And as far as evening the playing field goes, I had to pay $60 bucks for the game or whatever rental fee, so should you. This was mostly about the fact that Microsoft banned the consoles that could also play copies of games.

  • On the post: Songs Used In Promotions Get A Ton Of Sales… So Why Does The Music Industry Try To Make It Harder?

    Dez ( profile ), 28 Oct, 2009 @ 09:29am

    Guitar Hero did the same thing

    I gotta agree with the sweater song comment, I bought the song on iTunes PURELY because of the commercial (but I didn't buy any sweaters).

    Also, After playing the guitar hero series, I purchased a LOT of those songs for listening outside of my playing time, my favorite musical find was Dragon Force and I never would have heard of them if it wasn't for the game.

    Remember the Philips Magnavox song that was played ALL THE TIME for those commercials somewhere around 8-10 years ago. Another example of me buying a song/album because of a television commercial.

  • On the post: Zombie Spam Blacklists Return From The Dead To Make A Point

    Dez ( profile ), 20 Oct, 2009 @ 10:42am

    Strange series of events

    Not a real comment... but it makes today's dilbert cartoon all the more relevant:

    http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2009-10-20/

  • On the post: Once Again, Blocking Ads And Automating Clicks Isn't 'Stealing'

    Dez ( profile ), 09 Oct, 2009 @ 03:03pm

    Bad Ad format

    People come to your site to read the information you're supposedly providing them. Revenue from advertisers is a consequence of this. However, if you choose to use the wrong ad format you'll lose visitors.

    The one thing that bugged me about this guy's page is that he's using a tall ad block in his content area. Which brings his actual writing below the fold on probably a good number of visitor's machines.

  • On the post: Paramount COO Shows FCC How To File Share, Blames Tech Companies, Has FCC Hide Its Presentation

    Dez ( profile ), 23 Sep, 2009 @ 08:27am

    Don't forget

    AOL... if you're implicating technology companies you might as well hit them all. What about myspace? wordpress, blogger? people communicate the best ways to pirate over there (it was even talk like a pirate day on saturday... for shame) Ban it all. Let's go back to the 40's when the only way to get your news was through one of these companies.

  • On the post: Satriani And Coldplay Settle Lawsuit Over Melody… Which Is Really Too Bad

    Dez ( profile ), 14 Sep, 2009 @ 12:34pm

    Permutations of 13

    There are 13 notes in one octave (black and white keys for those counting). To find two similar melodies isn't surprising. However I remember listening to the two different versions that were being argued. The were eerily similar. All the way through the whole melody, which is very strange. Yes, there is a chance that both bands could have made the same exact melody without purposely copying it, but I doubt it.

    Here is a youtube mashup of the two:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvB9Pj9Znsw

    The problem is that supporting instrumentation sounds almost exact just with different instruments. Now the chances of unintentional duplication go down to almost zero I hope the settlement was a good one (For Satriani).

  • On the post: Satriani And Coldplay Settle Lawsuit Over Melody… Which Is Really Too Bad

    Dez ( profile ), 14 Sep, 2009 @ 12:28pm

    Re:

    Which G chord? Each one brings a different feeling to the overall song.

    http://www.jamplay.com/guitar-chords/g-major-guitar-chord.html

    Good luck though :-p

  • On the post: Israeli Claims Patent Over Adding .com To The End Of The Address Bar

    Dez ( profile ), 09 Sep, 2009 @ 11:51am

    Re: Re:

    Way back machine says: WAY before 1998

    http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://microsoft.com

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