omouse

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721.
by omouse 15y ago
It became the biggest crime because copyright control means control of what people can see, hear and talk about. There's a lot of money to be made in censorship and controlled conversations with consumers.
722.
by omouse 15y ago
This is why playing within a broken system is such a pain in the ass and doesn't allow a reform of the system. If everyone followed the EFF's example no one would be trading Bitcoins. Worried about fucking tax evasion and tax laws, wtf.
723.
by omouse 15y ago
so the "extremist" Richard Stallman was right all along?
724.
by omouse 15y ago
Even though the benchmark is incorrect, the flawed conclusion should lead you to see that Java is just as good a solution as C# (possibly better since it runs officially on more platforms).
725.
by omouse 15y ago
MtGox was first and they also overcame the barrier of payment processing. Payment processing is ALWAYS a bitch which is why people like bitcoin ;p
726.
by omouse 15y ago
So you basically have an internal currency that just happens to be bitcoin? Kinda like when you store $$ in a PayPal account?
727.
by omouse 15y ago
Well you get what you get in a free market; private companies/groups form that act as Consumer Reports. Still unregulated but then you have a trust network built up. Also, with more people entering and after this vulnerability has been expo
728.
by omouse 15y ago
Their committment to free/open source software is astounding! </sarcasm>
729.
by omouse 15y ago
...that's the correct result seeing as Death Cab For Cutie is an indie/hipster band ;p
730.
by omouse 15y ago
Would you really want to stop them? Would you really want to pour your time and energy into stopping them? Why would you do that when there are more dangerous things happening, such as companies not securing their websites and databases
731.
by omouse 15y ago
We can help by getting them to have different passwords for different services. We can help them by forcing companies to make security a priority. As a good internet citizen you should be more worried about the companies that you have acc
732.
by omouse 15y ago
After decades of this kind of stuff, you have to start attributing it to malice. I'm pretty young but even I know about the CALEA ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Assistance_for_L... ) from 1994. Seriously, at what point can we
733.
by omouse 15y ago
uh there's no conspiracy theory, what I say is in plain sight. Who benefits from the DMCA, PATRIOT ACT, TSA patdowns, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan? Surely not us who are in the middle class. I like the ad hominem though, keep it coming.
734.
by omouse 15y ago
My point is that the upper-class is fighting a different war and being divided from others by nationalism and protecting a war-mongering police state from other middle-class folks is retarded. There's a bigger game that's being played: maki
735.
by omouse 15y ago
You're right of course, but my main point is they don't need to do much in order to come up with an excuse to do something. I'm sure there are easier ways to get consent for locking down the internet than to create a false flag operation;
736.
by omouse 15y ago
Patriotism and nationalism are two of the greatest diseases that humankind has ever known. I bet The Jester is as middle-class as the LulzSec people.
737.
by omouse 15y ago
It isn't, there's no point in doing that, not to mention how illegal that would be. The US govt doesn't need any more scandals of this nature (wiretapping is enough I think). Also, whenever a government really wants to do something, they'
738.
by omouse 15y ago
It's a shame they don't pour more time into making employees happy by giving them better benefits and wages.
739.
by omouse 15y ago
Don't forget that some companies have already shipped rootkits and viruses on their hardware before (Sony, Creative, I think even Apple had an incident with their iPod?) So the war between corporate lawyering+tech and the free world began a
740.
by omouse 15y ago
For people who like free software, Linux is a win no matter what. Sure it can be improved and it's nice that someone points out flaws now it's time to actually improve it instead of continuing to ignore those flaws and hope for the best. If
741.
by omouse 15y ago
It'd be nice if they treated workers better especially if they have that knowledge/productivity rate.
742.
A Lulzy Take on Media Literacy(metaviews.ca)
1 points by omouse 15y ago|0 comments
743.
by omouse 15y ago
Yeah it is. Everyone's Anonymous :|
744.
by omouse 15y ago
Somehow I've a feeling that we're going to soon lose a lot of freedoms that we've previously had online. You've already lost them :| apathy is a bigger enemy than anything. As long as people have access to their netflix or amazon or whate
745.
by omouse 15y ago
So? It doesn't stop it from being done. Legality != prevention/deterrance.
746.
by omouse 15y ago
both arguably can be used for "tax evasion" You can use US minted currency for tax evasion as well.
747.
by omouse 15y ago
They're already trying to limit how much cash you're legally allowed to carry without having to explain yourself to a police officer in some states. You don't need to make cash illegal though, you just have to make the alternatives really r
748.
by omouse 15y ago
Man I hate this guy's sensationalist writing :/ Can we put a ban on his techcrunch articles and no one else's?
749.
by omouse 15y ago
Sony isn't low-hanging fruit.
750.
The Drawback of Code Canyon(goaugust.com)
1 points by omouse 15y ago|0 comments

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