Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 15 Nov 2018 @ 6:15pm
Re: Re: Re: Re: First you put the ball on the tee, and then swing
Who said I was discussing?:-)
Yeah, I recognize the discord. But others might read his post, which wasn't as off the wall as some, and think he might have a point. Therefore: a response.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 15 Nov 2018 @ 5:29pm
Re: Re: First you put the ball on the tee, and then swing
For that I think you need to look at the legislation that created those agencies. Congress has that power.
Also, I don't think they operate outside of those agencies, the judiciary has adjudicated on the FCC's actions in the past, and are about to do so again. Congress also has the power to change what those agencies do, as noted in many of the articles posted here on Techdirt.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 15 Nov 2018 @ 5:04pm
First you put the ball on the tee, and then swing
Let us look at this realistically. The FCC and FTC are independent departments. Yes their heads are appointed by the Executive and are confirmed by the Senate, but they are independent of the Executive in their actions. To be clear, this does not mean that there wasn't some quid pro quo prior to the appointments, but there should not be any interference by the Executive in any of their doings. The problem being here is who is supposed to look into any inproprieties in interaction between the Executive and independent agencies.
Now, the DoJ is a different story. They are part of the Executive branch, and direction to them is not only legal, but expected. That those directions may or may not be to our liking, there is nothing wrong with the fact of direction. Then why isn't the DoJ looking into the FCC or FTC for innapropriate interaction with the Executive? Because all the innapropriate action took place before the department heads were Senate confirmed.
Then we have to think about the fact that Trump appointed an 'acting' head of the DoJ who probably couldn't pass a basic security test due to his past behavior. When is that person going to be up for Senate confirmation? Now why is that?
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 14 Nov 2018 @ 1:08pm
Re: Well, only one thing to do really...
"...as if one state does it then it would be all too easy for other states to follow suit, and we just can't have that now can we?"
While I understand your post was tongue in cheek I think we must most emphatically emphasize that we can, they can't, with they being the ISP monopolies and we being everybody else who isn't an investor in those ISP monopolies (or someone the ISP monopolies invest in, like politicians).
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 8 Nov 2018 @ 5:46pm
Georgia Election Results
It appear that Kemp won. While there were numerous legal concerns (do your own search 'Georgia Election Issues', there are too many returns and not many after the fact analysises) one wonders how much his 'claims' made a difference. At least on Fedral Judge reinstated some 3,000 voters. How many didn't know about that suit? How many others were disenfranchised due to Kemps medling? He only won by about 60,000+ votes. How many didn't get to vote?
Now, I am not from Georgia, and have never lived there, but I do care about the process. When candidates get to meddle in the process, things are scewed up.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 8 Nov 2018 @ 5:08pm
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Expect it to get older. He/they have an agenda (and it appears that that agenda is to cause consternation to Techdirt posters). That their agenda will never get the traction they disire is of no significance. To them, the mantra repeated becomes real. The thing they miss is that it is only real for them.
Flag and move on. Ignore irrelevance. He/they are irrelevant. Any response to them just puts kindling into the fire and there is no need, or reason, for the fire.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 8 Nov 2018 @ 4:33pm
Re: "Unconstitutional"?
It acted in the benefit of law enforcement. I am not sure what the legal term is, but when a private entity acts for law enforcement they have to follow the rules of law enforment, which is a government entity. This is not in question, and I suspect someone will point out the correct legal reference.
I remember, several decades ago, when some of our employees were doing drugs on our premise, that the cops involved took the employees inside for questioning. I took it upon myself to go around the parking lot and found their 'equipment' tucked under a car, but otherwise in plain site. I then pointed out to the cops where this stuff was. Had I known better, I would have done neither, but maybe suggested to the cops that they search the parking lot, and under cars.
I could have caused us, the hotel and my employers, a lot of trouble. Fortunately that did not happen.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 8 Nov 2018 @ 12:33pm
Could he be a target for blackmail?
I am wondering how he managed to get a security clearance. The head of the DoJ needs one, right? If these things are public, what could still be hidden?
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 7 Nov 2018 @ 10:49am
What do you mean you have no Facebook page or Twitter?
Are they going to call me a liar when I tell them I have no social media accounts and I use DuckDuckGo (they keep no logs) for my search engine? I also set my browser to delete history on close and regularilyt wipe all my cookies. Would that be contrued as destruction of evidence?
Not that I really care as I do not live in New York (anymore) and have no intention of buying a gun, but I bet there is someone who might want to buy a gun and has similar Internet and computer security (or even more restrictive) habits.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 7 Nov 2018 @ 10:38am
A Fish Stinks from the Head First
One must wonder if it is actually HBO or their new corporate masters trying to play the game without thrones. To think that every line from Game of Thrones is trademarked is so delusional that one might beleive that it is someone from AT&T is the one doing the thinking.
Warner Media (the entity that controls HBO and that is owned by AT&T) probably has people who are familiar with how show scripts work and therefore know better than to assume trademark where copyright is the actual answer, so moving up the ladder toward the unknowing brass sitting in the throne room at AT&T seems like a good probability.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 6 Nov 2018 @ 7:04pm
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Unimpactful
When shit happens it's 'labels' fault. When shit doesn't happen it's 'labels' fault. When something you don't like is 'labels' fault. When something you do like happens it's 'lables' fault.
The problem isn't things happening, it's the labels.
Get rid of the 'labels' then look at the problems. If the problems exist without 'labels' then you might be able to do something about it. If the 'labels' continue to exist, then doing something about it depends upon 'labels'.
Get rid of the 'labels', which means dump political paries altogether. This idea has been around a long, long time.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 6 Nov 2018 @ 4:49pm
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I was thinking that Friday, Saturday and Sunday, all three, would be good days for voting. It gets around the three main Sabaths and give plenty of time for voting.
The other option might be that all voting be absentee. Just mail a ballot to every registered voter, or better yet, the entire Drivers License database (who actually needs registration?).
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 6 Nov 2018 @ 2:26pm
Re: Re: Re: Re: Unimpactful
Twitter has followers and likes. When the followers already like you there is no need to change any minds. Changing non followers minds, or those that don't like you seems a bit far fetched within the limitations Twitter imposes.
If the people mentioned in the artcle are just trying to get to people that read the stream(is that the right word? I have never been on Twitter) I would think there are many too many posts to catch many eyeballs, let alone actual attention.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 6 Nov 2018 @ 10:43am
Irony to the Extreme
The telecom industry makes as much use of technology as those in 'Silicon Valley'. I would bet that much of the technology that the telecom industry uses comes from 'Silicon Valley'. Granted that what the telecom industry refers to as 'Silicon Valley' are in different businesses, now, but the telecom industry is most certainly moving in a direction that would directly compete with many things 'Silicon Valley' produces in terms of web based businesses.
Which leaves us with whatever regulations telecom wish to instigate. How are they going to go about creating regulations that won't impact themselves as well? Unless those regulations name particular companies (from 'Silicon Valley' and how could that be legal?) there is no way to particularize the common things the new telecom/content industry from 'Silicon Valley' companies. To some degree both groups have their feet in the same pond.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: First you put the ball on the tee, and then swing
Yeah, I recognize the discord. But others might read his post, which wasn't as off the wall as some, and think he might have a point. Therefore: a response.
He/she/it won't get anymore from me.
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Re: Re: First you put the ball on the tee, and then swing
Also, I don't think they operate outside of those agencies, the judiciary has adjudicated on the FCC's actions in the past, and are about to do so again. Congress also has the power to change what those agencies do, as noted in many of the articles posted here on Techdirt.
You should read some.
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Re: Re: just to bash Trump again
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First you put the ball on the tee, and then swing
Now, the DoJ is a different story. They are part of the Executive branch, and direction to them is not only legal, but expected. That those directions may or may not be to our liking, there is nothing wrong with the fact of direction. Then why isn't the DoJ looking into the FCC or FTC for innapropriate interaction with the Executive? Because all the innapropriate action took place before the department heads were Senate confirmed.
Then we have to think about the fact that Trump appointed an 'acting' head of the DoJ who probably couldn't pass a basic security test due to his past behavior. When is that person going to be up for Senate confirmation? Now why is that?
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A better idea
Require the incarcerators to spend all of the food budget, on food for the inmates. What is so hard about that?
On the post: Colorado Voters Continue To Opt Out Of State's Protectionist, ISP-Written Broadband Law
Re: Well, only one thing to do really...
While I understand your post was tongue in cheek I think we must most emphatically emphasize that we can, they can't, with they being the ISP monopolies and we being everybody else who isn't an investor in those ISP monopolies (or someone the ISP monopolies invest in, like politicians).
On the post: Georgia's Brian Kemp And The No Good, Very Bad Claim That Democrats Were Hacking Voter Registration System
Georgia Election Results
Now, I am not from Georgia, and have never lived there, but I do care about the process. When candidates get to meddle in the process, things are scewed up.
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Re:
Flag and move on. Ignore irrelevance. He/they are irrelevant. Any response to them just puts kindling into the fire and there is no need, or reason, for the fire.
They just want to tune you up. Don't let them.
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Re: "Unconstitutional"?
I remember, several decades ago, when some of our employees were doing drugs on our premise, that the cops involved took the employees inside for questioning. I took it upon myself to go around the parking lot and found their 'equipment' tucked under a car, but otherwise in plain site. I then pointed out to the cops where this stuff was. Had I known better, I would have done neither, but maybe suggested to the cops that they search the parking lot, and under cars.
I could have caused us, the hotel and my employers, a lot of trouble. Fortunately that did not happen.
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Could he be a target for blackmail?
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Re: Winter Is Coming
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Re: Dead people post only facts
Oh wait, those might be construed as opinions.
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What do you mean you have no Facebook page or Twitter?
Not that I really care as I do not live in New York (anymore) and have no intention of buying a gun, but I bet there is someone who might want to buy a gun and has similar Internet and computer security (or even more restrictive) habits.
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A Fish Stinks from the Head First
Warner Media (the entity that controls HBO and that is owned by AT&T) probably has people who are familiar with how show scripts work and therefore know better than to assume trademark where copyright is the actual answer, so moving up the ladder toward the unknowing brass sitting in the throne room at AT&T seems like a good probability.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Unimpactful
The problem isn't things happening, it's the labels.
Get rid of the 'labels' then look at the problems. If the problems exist without 'labels' then you might be able to do something about it. If the 'labels' continue to exist, then doing something about it depends upon 'labels'.
Get rid of the 'labels', which means dump political paries altogether. This idea has been around a long, long time.
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Re:
The other option might be that all voting be absentee. Just mail a ballot to every registered voter, or better yet, the entire Drivers License database (who actually needs registration?).
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Unimpactful
If the people mentioned in the artcle are just trying to get to people that read the stream(is that the right word? I have never been on Twitter) I would think there are many too many posts to catch many eyeballs, let alone actual attention.
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Re: Re: Unimpactful
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Unimpactful
On the post: Cable's Top Lobbyist Again Calls For Heavier Regulation Of Silicon Valley
Irony to the Extreme
Which leaves us with whatever regulations telecom wish to instigate. How are they going to go about creating regulations that won't impact themselves as well? Unless those regulations name particular companies (from 'Silicon Valley' and how could that be legal?) there is no way to particularize the common things the new telecom/content industry from 'Silicon Valley' companies. To some degree both groups have their feet in the same pond.
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