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• On the post: Rep. Mike Rogers Blocking Other Congressional Reps From Access To Info On NSA Surveillance

  

  Inwoods ( profile ), 05 Aug, 2013 @ 07:02am

  Re:

  Fortunately, a sand castle under fire quickly becomes a glass house...

• On the post: Georgia Claims Its Annotated Laws Are Covered By Copyright, Threatens Carl Malamud For Publishing The Law

  

  Inwoods ( profile ), 30 Jul, 2013 @ 12:00pm

  Re: I can think of ONE reason...

  Or else they have a sweet exclusive with some publisher.

• On the post: Fed Up Germans Are Trying To Crowdfund A GEMA Alternative That Isn't Evil

  

  Inwoods ( profile ), 25 Jul, 2013 @ 09:58pm

  Re: Hmm...

  Same here. Got to the bottom and had to start at the top again. 0.o

• On the post: Contractors Providing Background Checks For NSA Caught Falsifying Reports, Interviewing The Dead

  

  Inwoods ( profile ), 10 Jul, 2013 @ 10:54am

  "Among the 10 background-check workers employed by contractors who have been convicted or pleaded guilty to falsifying records since 2006, eight of them had worked for USIS, according to the inspector general for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. The personnel agency is responsible for about 90 percent of the government?s background checks. "
  
  8/10
  80/100
  but
  90/100 of the checks
  
  Suggests they are actually ABOVE average, no?

• On the post: The Result Of Stupid Protectionism: Microsoft Kinect Can't Be Used On Microsoft Windows PCs

  

  Inwoods ( profile ), 28 Jun, 2013 @ 02:38pm

  Over a month ago they announced that they were just forking it, and that for some reason while the specific hardware was bound to PC or console, they aren't leaving kinect 2.0 out of PCs completely.
  
  They're just making a separate "Kinect for Windows."
  
  It sounds like there are differences in more than just interface, but I don't know why.
  
  https://blogs.msdn.com/b/kinectforwindows/archive/2013/05/23/the-new-generation-kinect-for-windows-sensor-is-coming-next-year.aspx?Redirected=true

• On the post: FTC Planning To Go After Patent Trolls

  

  Inwoods ( profile ), 20 Jun, 2013 @ 01:28pm

  Re:

  Still, we might learn something new.

• On the post: NSA's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week

  

  Inwoods ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2013 @ 03:13pm

  Let's "hear" the other side speak dept.
  
  #Corrections

• On the post: NSA Defenders Claim PRISM Helped Stop NYC Subway Bombing; Actual Evidence Suggests It Didn't

  

  Inwoods ( profile ), 10 Jun, 2013 @ 10:59am

  Pretty sure they're going with Xbox One instead of door to door, but close enough.

• On the post: Edward Snowden: Whistleblower Behind Leaks Outs Himself

  

  Inwoods ( profile ), 09 Jun, 2013 @ 03:21pm

  So glad he decided to come forward, and I can only hope for his well being.
  
  That said, it is INSANE that he is in fear for his life... because he exposed a program that is about American safety. Dafuq?

• On the post: Irony Alert: John Steele Denies Uploading Anything Ever Despite Growing IP Evidence

  

  Inwoods ( profile ), 05 Jun, 2013 @ 02:15pm

  Re: There's a simple explanation for it all and Steele's innocence!

  I thought the twist was...
  
  He was dead all along!
  
  Go ahead, sue me for infringement.

• On the post: Once Again, Convenience Trumps Free, As Few People Pirate Arrested Development

  

  Inwoods ( profile ), 03 Jun, 2013 @ 09:17am

  Reduced piracy doesn't mean better profits though.
  
  It could, and I'm happy to see people supporting this through licit channels, but it would be helpful to know if eliminating piracy like this, vs taking some piracy because you have asshole policies, is cost effective for the corps. That's all that matters to them at the end of the day, sadly.
  
  Basically, can they make more with high margins on a few customers vs low on more.

• On the post: TV Broadcasters Sue Alki David's TV Streaming Service Once Again, To Establish More Bad Precedents

  

  Inwoods ( profile ), 29 May, 2013 @ 04:55pm

  Re: But, of course, bad cases make bad law, and the AereoKiller case is a bad case

  Well sure law comes first.
  
  But case precedent is also binding in the US.
  
  I'm sure there's a point there, somewhere. Keeeeep looking for it.

• On the post: Moral Panic Over Google Glass: White House Petition Asks To Ban Them To Prevent 'Indecent' Public Surveillance

  

  Inwoods ( profile ), 06 May, 2013 @ 01:53pm

  Fashion shift

  I think its more likely that various scarfs and masks come back into fashion as privacy becomes the new luxury. If you don't want to be seen in public, choose not to be in public, or not to be SEEN in public.
  
  This wouldn't be that different from tinting car windows (and will no doubt come with the same panic from law enforcement.)

• On the post: Fox Sends Cease & Desist Letters To Firefly Fans Selling Jayne Hats, Because Money

  

  Inwoods ( profile ), 11 Apr, 2013 @ 06:18am

  "if people want to make their own, shiny."
  
  This statement is actually incredibly narrow. I took it to mean that it would be fair use for someone to make a hat for themselves.
  
  I think the cause of the C+D though was people that weren't making their own, they were making hats for others? Beneath the 'in 'verse' language, I find it annoying that they don't address this more explicitly.