i wrote to the Open Initiative of the USTR website and told them their idea of 'transparency' was a joke and asked them to quit their jobs so competent people could step in.
Previously, i submitted a 'complaint' thru the White House's open government page asking Obama to force the USTR to share information with Congress specifically around the TPP negotiations. That email was forwarded to my state senator who actually responded and said that he has heard those concerns before and will do his best to represent me and my concerns for privacy.. It's obnoxious that my complaint was forwarded to my state senator (but at least he responded!) and ignored by the office that holds authority over the office that my complaint referenced but w/e. I didn't expect much b/c i'm just a pawn. someone push me to my work square, now!
HAHAHAHAHHAHA, now go free and sue...everyone. Kim should sue every government agency involved in this debacle and then sue them again for stealing his companies data. then he should give each of his members some sort of refund for their data being copied (in addition to returning their data to them). So glad our government (and New Zealand's) could make itself look like a jackass.
people with lots of money, the 1%, wouldn't ever get this but seeing people with a different expression than what you're used to seeing is a really good thing (even if it's not 'flattering' for the person in the picture) b/c it humanizes them. That means it makes them seem less like the rich asshole who blows the average person's annual salary in a single night at the bar and more like someone they might actually know (or at least like a real person). The worst part is that no one cares what that guy looks like. Maybe the other people in his 1% circle would jibe him about it a little but guys like this must assume that if any picture is published anywhere it will be seen by over 300,000,000 people..
obviously DRM would be exempted b/c the people making the anti-encryption law are the same ones who own all DRM content. The rules don't apply to them, they only apply to everyone else.
lol - outlaw money used in lobbying.. same as outlawing lobbying (not that i'm opposed to that). but lobbyists would say "That's anti-democratic!?!" then bribe - sorry, lobby -everyone and their mothers to make sure that law doesn't get passed. weird how that's sort of a closed loop huh.
actually the other comments have helped to explain to me why Obama is so down with cooperating with the insanity behind the TPP and ACTA and the other 'piracy' efforts and isn't saying anything about it to the public. To control the internet is to control the world (or so some my believe) and since we (the US) invented the internet, it only makes sense (again, to some people) to believe that we can control what we can create. Setting the rules for the world wide web is the back-end way to familiarize the rest of the world with US policy and laws. That could even be part of the Hollywood lobbyists' strategy (aside from massive campaign contributions) to convince the gov't that the aforementioned laws would strengthen the US overall.
its funny b/c if the had contacted her to ask what price she would be willing to pay and then actually offered that price to her she would've blogged about that and probably made the gym a bunch of money thru new customer sign-ups. sigh.
I love this site but the more articles I read here the more disgusted I am over corporations and government corruption. The way the executive in the article seems to lackadaisically discuss extreme violation of individual privacy is abhorrent. I've always hate the 'legitimate scam' industry that is the insurance business and this certainly didn't help. Now it seems data miners will cause as much restriction on the internet as the government is trying to do behind our backs anyways.
agreed, despite what the others have said. This will be available shortly after the release of the new iPhone. You might have to buy it from China directly but you'll still be able to get one. Hopefully there is no chip block thing as i'll make my own adapter in that case.
After reading the WSJ article, it says that the bridge generates $625 million annually for the port authority. It is estimated that $7 million is lost to 'ride cheats' and actual cheats not paying the toll at all. So they are pursuing 1% of potential revenue.
The question then is, how much is it costing the city to 'enforce' the effort to regain the missing revenue? From WSJ "the police often issue citations only after quizzing the occupants to determine that they don't know one another" which implies that they are pulling over many cars who are not ride cheats and therefore not issuing any citations. They don't provide enough info to get a ratio of how many are pulled over vs citations issued but even without that info, its reasonable to assume that the police could be doing ACTUAL LAW ENFORCEMENT which would either prevent costly events or generate revenue from legitimate fines. The latter example wouldn't count towards closing the gap in lost revenue but would instead count towards increasing the revenue lost annually associated with 'ride cheats'.
In summary, issuing citations to 'ride cheats' is actually costing the port authority more money each year than just accepting the $7 million loss.
It's linked in the article fool - the link directly before the quote takes you to the article and isn't one blocked by the paywall you mentioned. I get your complaint b/c Mike has put down the paywall system but linking to an article not blocked by the paywall serves to support his stance against them b/c it generates more traffic to the unblocked content.
There isn't a formal method for blogs to cite source information that I'm aware of but there are plenty of informal methods. I think reasonable the minimum requirement is a link to the source and that has been fulfilled.
Since I don't see how anyone could actually oppose the views put forth in this article (besides the NY police and toll workers), and you didn't oppose them either, you just need to get off your soapbox and work on finding something worth contributing.
I'm guessing that Carreon is now completely engulfed in the 'point of no return' mindset. He recognizes the harm this case is and will continue to do to his personal and professional reputations and believes the only way he recover is to actually win something.
Either that (maybe a bit of both) or he is attempting to provoke Inman to do something that is actually illegal and then use that 'clear' offense as justification for the claims filed himself and/or on behalf of FunnyJunk.
On the post: USTR Rejects Rep. Issa's Request To Observe TPP Negotiations
http://www.ustr.gov/open/comments
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Previously, i submitted a 'complaint' thru the White House's open government page asking Obama to force the USTR to share information with Congress specifically around the TPP negotiations. That email was forwarded to my state senator who actually responded and said that he has heard those concerns before and will do his best to represent me and my concerns for privacy.. It's obnoxious that my complaint was forwarded to my state senator (but at least he responded!) and ignored by the office that holds authority over the office that my complaint referenced but w/e. I didn't expect much b/c i'm just a pawn. someone push me to my work square, now!
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Re: DRM?
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Re: $3.2 million down the toilet
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Re: How long...
On the post: Police Ticketing Informal Rideshare Participants Based On No Law, But To Protect Port Authority Revenue
The question then is, how much is it costing the city to 'enforce' the effort to regain the missing revenue? From WSJ "the police often issue citations only after quizzing the occupants to determine that they don't know one another" which implies that they are pulling over many cars who are not ride cheats and therefore not issuing any citations. They don't provide enough info to get a ratio of how many are pulled over vs citations issued but even without that info, its reasonable to assume that the police could be doing ACTUAL LAW ENFORCEMENT which would either prevent costly events or generate revenue from legitimate fines. The latter example wouldn't count towards closing the gap in lost revenue but would instead count towards increasing the revenue lost annually associated with 'ride cheats'.
In summary, issuing citations to 'ride cheats' is actually costing the port authority more money each year than just accepting the $7 million loss.
On the post: Police Ticketing Informal Rideshare Participants Based On No Law, But To Protect Port Authority Revenue
Re: Uh-- where did this come from?
There isn't a formal method for blogs to cite source information that I'm aware of but there are plenty of informal methods. I think reasonable the minimum requirement is a link to the source and that has been fulfilled.
Since I don't see how anyone could actually oppose the views put forth in this article (besides the NY police and toll workers), and you didn't oppose them either, you just need to get off your soapbox and work on finding something worth contributing.
On the post: Matthew Inman To Charles Carreon: Take Time Off, Stop Saying Crazy Sh*t To Journalists, Calm Down
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Re: Re: Relevance?
also +1 for the "doe snot" 'typo'.
On the post: Carreon's Full Filing Reveals He Donated To Oatmeal Campaign Himself, Plus Other Assorted Nuttiness
Either that (maybe a bit of both) or he is attempting to provoke Inman to do something that is actually illegal and then use that 'clear' offense as justification for the claims filed himself and/or on behalf of FunnyJunk.
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