Comment Re:Too far (Score 3, Informative) 548
You're confusing the term "censorship" with the First Amendment.
Anyone can be a censor. The First Amendment only limits the government's ability to censor.
Comment Asylum? (Score 4, Insightful) 273
Boy, that will really send a message to the US.
You know what else would send a message? Asylum.
But if no one's feeling that bold, I'm sure the award will really pick Eddie's spirits up during the Russian winter.
Comment Re:Well... (Score 1) 218
But a single-book *title*? That's an overreach.
Comment Source? (Score 1) 226
Comment Re:Borders locations? (Score 1) 443
I always thought that was weird that an Ann-Arbor-based store neglected a huge part of its own state.
Comment Re:Didn't Better Off Ted do this? (Score 1) 56
Comment Didn't Better Off Ted do this? (Score 1) 56
"With this technology, we have finally defeated privacy!"
Wish I could find the clip on YouTube...
Comment were you talking about Git? (Score 1) 165
Sometimes the gap between developers and users (even when those users are other developers) can be more of a chasm.
You're talking about Git right?
Comment "Your Rights Online"? (Score 2, Insightful) 70
Because it involves cops...?
Comment Seconded -- I was there too (Score 1) 171
Comment Where's the list? (Score 1) 427
Comment Alternate solutions (Score 1) 403
Comment I'm glad they did the NES lock-out chip (Score 1) 520
Nintendo's licensing policy that limited publishers to 5 games per year was a wonderful thing, and the lock-out chip was a necessary evil to make that happen. Did crap still come out? Yes, but much less of it.
Sure, Nintendo's done some dirty stuff (the Game Genie litigation was definitely uncool), but the lockout chip is not something I can hold against them given the era and circumstances.
Comment Re:Batman and Porky Pig (Score 1) 423
DC Comics is part of Time Warner. So is Porky Pig.
Yeah, since 40 years ago. WB/DC is a known quantity, and citing that relationship to say something about Marvel/Disney is not necessarily germane.