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• On the post: Dear Lawmakers: Five Years Ago The Internet Rose Up In Protest & We're Still Watching

  

  djl47 ( profile ), 18 Jan, 2017 @ 10:46am

  Re: Elastic Definition of Net Neutrality

  different meanings.

• On the post: Dear Lawmakers: Five Years Ago The Internet Rose Up In Protest & We're Still Watching

  

  djl47 ( profile ), 18 Jan, 2017 @ 10:41am

  Elastic Definition of Net Neutrality

  Net Neutrality has different meanings depending on who is speaking. If its a VerizonComcastATT spokesweasel it will mean favoring our own content over any other content. Youtube and Netflix will use a different meaning and the end consumer just wants the bandwidth they're paying for. We need to make sure people understand the

• On the post: Software Company Shows How Not To Handle Negative Review

  

  djl47 ( profile ), 04 Jan, 2017 @ 10:35am

  El Reg notes that Rick has been shown the door

  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/03/ham_radio_deluxe_management_change/
  "The developer of Ham Radio Deluxe – a popular app used by thousands of hams – has restructured its management following claims it punished users who wrote critical reviews.
  
  HRD Software said in a statement on Friday that co-founder Rick Ruhl will step down to pursue other interests."

• On the post: Techdirt 2016: The Stats.

  

  djl47 ( profile ), 02 Jan, 2017 @ 05:57pm

  Windows 7 to 10 upgrades

  In the enterprise environment all the crummy garage band software needs to be tested against the new OS and whatever browsers are used. Some enterprises have had to lock down Chrome upgrades because some of that software relies on NPAPI which was withdrawn from Chrome several versions ago.

• On the post: Microsoft Finally Admits Its Malware-Style Windows 10 Upgrade Sales Pitch Went Too Far

  

  djl47 ( profile ), 28 Dec, 2016 @ 05:28pm

  Thank You Micro$oft

  Thank You Micro$oft for hogging my available bandwidth downloading updates while I'm trying to use my bandwidth.
  Thank You Micro$oft for leaving the system idle for the several hours it was locked and I was away.
  Thank You Micro$oft for turning a half hour update into two hour download.
  Thank You Micro$oft for installing updates that bjorked DHCP.
  Thank You Micro$oft for forcing me to abide by your update schedule and not permitting me to defer updating until problems are sorted out.
  Thank You Micro$oft for affirming my decision to migrate to Fedora.

• On the post: Software Company Shows How Not To Handle Negative Review

  

  djl47 ( profile ), 22 Dec, 2016 @ 02:12pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Good clarification.

• On the post: Software Company Shows How Not To Handle Negative Review

  

  djl47 ( profile ), 22 Dec, 2016 @ 11:09am

  Re: Re:

  It's not the customer complaint. It's the vindictive unprofessional response to the complaint.

• On the post: Yes, There's Lots Of Fake News On Facebook, But Is It Really Changing Anyone's Mind?

  

  djl47 ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2016 @ 02:50pm

  Facebook? Meh

  I get my fake news from duffelblog. :)

• On the post: Police Just Found Phone & USB Stick Belonging To Paris Suicide Bomber, After Misplacing It For Almost Two Years

  

  djl47 ( profile ), 16 Nov, 2016 @ 09:59am

  Inspector Clouseau

  I'll be hearing the theme from The Pink Panther in my head for the rest of day now.

• On the post: Sony Wants To Patent A System For Scoring Journalists' 'Veracity'

  

  djl47 ( profile ), 14 Nov, 2016 @ 03:14pm

  I am sure it's a number greater than zero

  After all, even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

• On the post: Samsung Issues Takedown On Video Of Grand Theft Auto 5 Mod Turning Galaxy Note 7 Into A Weapon

  

  djl47 ( profile ), 19 Oct, 2016 @ 12:04pm

  I want to see another mod

  I want another GTA mod where the exploding Note 7 can be disarmed with a DMCA.

• On the post: Town Loses Gigabit Connections After FCC Municipal Broadband Court Loss

  

  djl47 ( profile ), 19 Sep, 2016 @ 11:51am

  Do such laws violate the commerce clause?

  Could these protectionist laws be an unconstitutional regulation of interstate commerce? Someone who wants to stream Netflix, listen to tunes on Pandora or watch the latest cat videos on YouTube needs broadband to do so. A law preventing deployment of broadband in locations where broadband isn't available prevents these prospective users from engaging in commerce on the internet, most of which is interstate commerce.

• On the post: Newspaper Association Of America Complains That Comedian John Oliver Failed To Solve Newspaper Biz Model Problem

  

  djl47 ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2016 @ 08:13am

  The internet didn't kill newspapers

  In 1990 I used to read the SJ Mercury News while riding the train to work in SF. By 1995 I read the SF Examiner on a BART ride home from work. In both papers I noted a preponderance of wire sourced stories in the first section. The Examiner was mostly AP, Reuters and syndicated material from other news outlets. This outsourcing diluted their ability to develop their own stories and put newspapers in the coffin. The internet provided the nails.

• On the post: DOJ Rushed To Link Orlando Shooter To ISIS, Now Plans To Redact What He Said During 911 Call For… Reasons

  

  djl47 ( profile ), 20 Jun, 2016 @ 01:28pm

  The full transcript has been released

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3650799/Peace-prophet-did-shootings-FBI-releases-complete-transcripts-Orlando-shooter-Omar-Mateen-s-911-calls-scrubs-references-Islam-9-11.html

• On the post: Web Sheriff Accuses Us Of Breaking Basically Every Possible Law For Pointing Out That It's Abusing DMCA Takedowns

  

  djl47 ( profile ), 07 Jun, 2016 @ 11:07am

  Boiler plate

  I wonder if there is a web site that regurgitates lawyer babble like this on demand.

• On the post: German Court Insults Free Speech, Bans Comedian From Mocking Turkish President

  

  djl47 ( profile ), 18 May, 2016 @ 04:07pm

  Re: Limerick contest!

  Limericks are good. So is Haiku.

• On the post: Local Fox Affiliate's Reaction To Brutal Police Beating Is A Dereliction Of Its Duty

  

  djl47 ( profile ), 14 May, 2016 @ 10:14am

  I suspect Fox has a corporate policy of zooming out whenever the police have their weapons aimed at someone. Anyone remember a few years ago when Fox broadcast a shooting live. I remember Shepard Smith being visibly shaken by it. It's hard to know if the announcer was narrating the video or reading what someone was entering into a teleprompter. Either way it was poor journalism but I doubt they were trying to cover up police misconduct

• On the post: Annoying Windows 10 Update Request Highlights Its Annoying-Ness On Live Weather Broadcast

  

  djl47 ( profile ), 28 Apr, 2016 @ 04:53pm

  Some thoughts on Windows 10

  I have an HP X13 dockable "laptablet" I upgraded it from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 about a month ago. The download took over there hours which I let run overnight. On this system the upgrade went very smoothly.
  I like the Windows 10 UI better than Windows 8.1 but still prefer Windows 7 to either of them. My primary complaint is that I have no control over when it downloads updates. I don't want it downloading updates while I'm in a coffeeshop trying to look something up on Google Maps. I want it downloading updates when I am at home on my own connection after I go to bed.

• On the post: Annoying Windows 10 Update Request Highlights Its Annoying-Ness On Live Weather Broadcast

  

  djl47 ( profile ), 28 Apr, 2016 @ 04:25pm

  There's an app for this problem

  Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Fedora; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0

• On the post: Judge Says FBI's Hacking Tool Deployed In Child Porn Investigation Is An Illegal Search

  

  djl47 ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2016 @ 04:57pm

  Isn't that what they did in this case? They infiltrated the ring by assuming control of the server. They used the server to get IP addresses from the suspects computers. An address that is part of every communication your system has with the internet.

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