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Comment: It's just 4chan (Score 1) 208

by FunPika (#43374837) Attached to: EA Responds To Its Appearance In the 'Worst Company In America' Poll
4chan (specifically /v/) hates EA enough that they rallied their extremely large amount of users into voting for EA in this, and knowing 4chan I wouldn't be surprised if some of them are using proxies and similar stuff to register even more votes for EA. And of course we already know that they have no problem with significantly influencing polls.

Comment: Torn between two options (Score 1) 591

by FunPika (#43356399) Attached to: If I could change what's "typical" about typical laptops ...
I can't make up my mind between:
1. Making them so that you don't have to treat these devices that are supposed to be carried around with you like a large piece of glass.
2. Making them user serviceable, because thanks to a bit of clumsiness on my part (and point 1) my laptop's fan is starting to go on me. I am probably going to have to spend $200+ to get it fixed (out of warranty) because what would be a relatively simple repair in a typical desktop, requires taking the whole thing apart with a procedure that without steadier hands than mine is likely to cause even more damage.

Comment: Re:So webkit != Blink! (Score 3, Informative) 135

by FunPika (#43356323) Attached to: Opera Confirms It Will Follow Google and Ditch WebKit For Blink
KHTML is LGPL, not GPL. While any modifications to the KHTML parts have to be open sourced, anything else linked to that can be under any license Apple, Google, Opera, or anyone else wants. If KHTML was actually under GPL, then while IANAL I am pretty sure that any proprietary code used in Safari, Chrome (not Chromium), or Opera (once it finishes switching from Presto) would be considered GPL violations. In addition releasing parts of Webkit/Blink under BSD (which is the case) would probably violate the GPL.

Comment: Re:It blows my mind... (Score 2) 1006

by FunPika (#43272389) Attached to: Video Game Industry Starting To Feel Heat On Gun Massacres
It is simple, a very sizable chunk of voters will give a shit if their precious guns are taken away, very few will give a shit if "those new-fangled video games for kids" are taken away. Given another sizable chunk of voters who want to "protect the children" and are likely dumb enough to be convinced that taking the later away will do as much as the former to protect the children, what do you think a politician who is interested in having a job beyond their next election do?

Comment: Re:Think you may want to look at his logs (Score 1) 221

by FunPika (#43012717) Attached to: Helena Airport Manager Blocks TSA From Taking Full-Body Scanner
Does TSA even wave people through metal detectors any more? Last month I went on a trip and both ways (one of these was at a small regional airport probably like the one in this article, the other was a large international airport) the TSA was sending everyone through the full body scanner (and in my case I somehow got pulled over both times to have my hands swabbed). Just wondering if the TSA is trying to make the scanners the new "primary" method of screening as opposed to the metal detectors.

Comment: Re:Always on = !on (Score 1) 592

by FunPika (#42818795) Attached to: Xbox 720 Could Require Always-On Connection, Lock Out Used Games
Are you confusing MegaBITS and MegaBYTES? 10 Megabytes would be pretty close to 100 Megabits. Then again I don't know if ISPs in Australia are deceptive like the ones here in America and love causing confusion by advertising speeds in Megabits when any web browser or whatever is going to use Megabytes.
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+ - Jonathan Coulton song used by "Glee" without permission->

Submitted by FunPika
FunPika writes "Jonathan Coulton, who is known for songs such as "Code Monkey", is claiming that his cover of "Baby Got Back" was used without permission on "Glee", a television show aired by Fox Broadcasting Company. When the "Glee" version appeared on YouTube last week, Coulton suspected that it sounded similar to his cover, and several of his fans confirmed this by analyzing the two tracks. Despite Coulton contacting Fox, they continued with airing the episode and have placed the song on sale in iTunes."
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