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- Feb 22, 2016 @ 01:30pm
basically if the total cost of investigating a infringement case is 20, and now it's costing 19totheindustryand19 to the industry and 19totheindustryand1 to the customer, they want to flip it to cost 0.01forindustryand0.01 for industry and 0.01forindustryand19.99 for the customers and ISPs (but mostly customers since they are the one fighting the false positives)
Classic industry move to try to move the cost to externality. - Feb 22, 2016 @ 01:23pm
I've said before that FBI knows this is a slippery slope, and they can't wait get to the bottom of it. - Feb 22, 2016 @ 01:16pm
although location is not specific to this case, but the "request to modify underlying OS" is.
So next time they might be requesting Apple to create a special firmware to track people's location for reason X. If you are going to touch the system, what can't you change to track? - Nov 09, 2015 @ 11:40am
The principle sounds like an person who is basically "playing by the books" so he doesn't have to take any responsibilities. He's basically saying, "Let the law deal with it, I am just a small town principal and I have nothing and will have nothing to do with this fiasco. Oh, and btw please don't fire me"
The prosecutor sounds a bit more reasonable. What we are finding is that public servants are using less and less "discretionary power" because they don't want to take any responsibility that may jeopardize their job/position. That's why almost in every single case they just went ahead with prosecution without using their head first.
I am afraid to say that the prosecutor may only be using discretion only because of the number of students involved. The idiom "Too big to fail" seems appropriate here.
Be a lesson to you kids, if you want to do this, grab another 99 friends with you so the justice system won't just sweep you under the rag without thinking.
If that sounds idiotic, it is, and that's what this broken and fearful American society has grow into with their tough on crime and fear-monger law making. - Oct 21, 2015 @ 12:01pm
I think the government would have a much easier time going after the iPhone backup file on the computer, which are way more likely to be unencrypted, instead of wasting time trying to unencrypt the actual phone. - Oct 21, 2015 @ 11:55am
Yes, let's dig a deeper hole to China by helping the new outlets generate a whole bunch of new stories that will include the infamous scene!
What a plan! - Sep 22, 2015 @ 12:13pm
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Kishimoto Masahi called and want his cut.
PS. for folks that doesn't know what the name Naruto is, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naruto
- Sep 22, 2015 @ 12:14pm
any news item that has "PETA" attached to it automatically goes into my "mentally challenging" bookmark folder.
works 99% of the time... and this one is no exception... sigh. - May 29, 2015 @ 04:41pm
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I see I see.
thanks for the clarification. I didn't dig further but just go to the first link in the article.
- May 29, 2015 @ 02:11pm
I have a question.
The original techdirt article on Tesla "freeing up" all their patents says, and I quote,
As for the actual way this will work, Tesla has announced that it "will not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use our technology."
compare this to what Ford is doing, I honestly fail to see how Tesla is different than Ford.
Tesla: go ahead and use it, and TRUST US not to sue you for infringement or money (but we can change our minds any time)
Ford: These patents are available, but check with OUR LICENSING first and we can draw up a deal (which may or may not involve money)
End result, neither of them are really "free" to be honest.
So why praise Tesla while slamming Ford? (not that I particularly like Ford or anything) - Apr 24, 2015 @ 03:35pm
Now whenever I see or read about Left Shark, I think of how idiotic Katy Perry and her legal team/publicist are.
So in a way, it is a trademark for Katy Perry since I associate it with her, the uneducated, ill-informed, and idiotic Katy Perry.
I applaud on mission accomplished by her publicist and lawyer to trademark left shark and associate it with Katy. - Mar 05, 2015 @ 02:16pm
Thank you Moxie for your enthusiasm in the 1990s (wow it's already 20 years since 1995!) about End-to-End encryption for the masses using GPG
Since you probably didn't contributed much to this open source development, most of the disappointment you have is brought about by you for not doing anything.
So we are just going to take good points in your criticism, and ignore your bi*ching.
thank you and come again! - Jan 12, 2015 @ 01:17pm
so basically, we are looking at the all too common internet hacks these days who uses Google mindlessly to look for information by using certain keywords.
Then didn't bother using their analytical mind to digest the information and gain the knowledge in their benefit.
Instead, they post links, hoping the other sides are also hacks that doesn't read the linked information. - Dec 22, 2014 @ 01:44pm
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Lol, I like the QR code idea.
What I meant is, North Korea doesn't really have a "internet" to speak of.
So you can't launch a cyber attack on a non-existing network.
- Dec 22, 2014 @ 10:51am
North Koreans don't care your Capitalist Pigs launching your precious "Cyber attacks".
You cannot attack what doesn't exist, so the joke is on you. hahaha. - Nov 24, 2014 @ 01:09pm
It's shocking that a journalist believes privacy or anonmity are not important. Was he really a journalist or a hack?
Since he doesn't believe in privacy or anonymity, and trust the government/NSA so much, I would like Mr. Corvitz to put all his past sources and tipsters' name in a big spreadsheet and store it on a shared network drive on his computer, while emailing a copy to himself for safekeeping.
No one would be looking, scout's honor. - Oct 22, 2014 @ 04:36pm
“It does a terrible disservice to law enforcement, and maybe to the public” he said. “It really does impede our investigation because now we have to get off our asses and do some actual work instead of looking through someone's naughty pictures on their phone! Oh the horrors!"
There, fixed it for you. - Oct 20, 2014 @ 12:41pm
I think this could be a blessing in disguise.
Maybe, just maybe when the Chinese government is at your door with a ram, ready to bust it open, meaningful changes to the law will be made.
One can only hope. - Oct 15, 2014 @ 03:50pm
good luck finding any young 'uns that's good at IT and is "clean".
good luck to y'all. - Oct 06, 2014 @ 01:33pm
Is it just me, or does anyone seem similarity of this with the Keurig coffee case