Recent content by Kamab

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    Stop, Thief! Why Using an Ad Blocker Is Stealing

    This is satire, right?
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    6 Reasons the Tech Companies' 'Reform Government Surveillance' Effort Will Fail

    This article is awful in so many ways, but lets highlight one: "Finding out things that other people don't want anyone to know is the agency's primary job, and it spends billions of dollars each year cracking encryption. No amount of protest from Silicon Valley will change that." Did you...
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    Vaporware Hype Hurts the 3D-Printing Marketplace (Op-Ed)

    This takes the cake for most passive aggressive op-ed piece I've heard in a while. People that use crowd sourcing sites like Kickstarter have all the information they need to decide whether or not they will BACK a project. MOST people understand that they are not buying a product, that there are...
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    Aereo May Force Networks to Go Subscription-Based

    A bluff, and not a very good one. Go ahead, put your content behind a paywall and reap those profits. /s
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    RIAA at it Again, Claims LimeWire Owes $72 Trillion

    tk1138The Riaa and the music industry is a joke....nothing they make has any quality, and i cant remember the last time i actually purchased music (or downloaded free for that matter)i dont think i will ever purchase music, if these companies are so shitty that they trying to get more wealth...
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    Apple Says DoJ's eBook Antitrust Case Fundamentally Flawed

    l o l. I'm not an apple hater but this one is funny. According to Apple: Price fixing = competitive practice.
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    DVDs, Blu-Ray Discs to Get More Anti-Piracy Warnings

    Thank you DoJ for your continued efforts to stop the purchasing of DVDs and Blu Ray
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    Judge: Clicking 'Like' on Facebook Is Not Protected Speech

    "But in this case, there were no "actual statements" involved. Simply clicking a button is different and does not warrant First Amendment protection." How did this person become a judge.
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    AT&T CEO 'Regrets' Offering Unlimited Data with iPhone

    "And it's a variable cost model. Every additional megabyte you use in this network, I have to invest capital." This is at the very least misleading, to the point of being borderline false.
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    FBI Wants Backdoors to Facebook, Twitter Immediately

    Chance for these back doors not to be abused: 0%
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    Is this Laptop acceptable for starcraft 2 and diablo 3?

    Eh, to clarify I believe both games will be quite playable (30-40fps) at lower resolution / graphic detail
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    Is this Laptop acceptable for starcraft 2 and diablo 3?

    The integrated graphics on the A6 fall a bit short of blizzard's system requirements for diablo 3, let alone the recommended settings. That said, I have heard the game is playable on remarkably low end machines. It might not be very enjoyable though, and It's just my guess that SC2 will handle...
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    Tor, Forge to Drop DRM on Sci-Fi E-books

    badvok66While I wholly approve of the move away from DRM I do wish publications like yours would grow up and try to understand copyright law and artists rights. Comments like "A small price to pay if it means the things consumers purchase are actually considered their property." are quite...
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    Tor, Forge to Drop DRM on Sci-Fi E-books

    Hard to see how a competitive move like this will result in higher prices for ebooks down the line.