Well, as to the first part, when you have a warrant you got to use it. As to the second part, cops got these SWAT trucks that got to be used. Can't let those things go to waste, being as they are so hard to get.
The reasoning behind the award seem to be pretty standard fare these days. To wit:
1) [Insert internet megagiant here] has a [lot of/all of the] money.
2) They should give it to [me/us]...
3) ...because [Insert lame/feeble/flimsy/transparent/implausible/unlikely/pathetic/half-baked excuse here].
That is a hilarious rejoinder given that that's what the article is basically doing. It even tactitly admits that in the next-to-last paragraph:
But what it's doing isn't necessarily unusual. The same tech and programs are in use in freer countries, limited only by built-in protections these governments can choose to amend or excise almost at will.
So..."freer countries do this...but what about China?"
It's so much better when you can live in denial. US CBP copies all your files, too., but they don't leave Texas Chainsaw Massacre icons hanging around, so that you can pretend they didn't offload your sexual proclivities.
Besides, US CBP has only our best interests at heart. Who knows what that evil, grabby Chinese government is planning to do with my files? Probably outsource them to some evil mega-corporation. US CBP would never do something like that.
I bet the schools would be in the market for an Anal AI probe that would detect excessive clamping, indicating aggression. Every student would have to wear one, of course.
Can't always detect, of course; for example, if the shooter goes before he starts.
Also, false positives may occur if the teacher withholds a hall pass. Ater which, of course, the school resource officer may literally scare the s**t out of the presumed miscreant.
But, hey, better safe than sorry.
Some doubters might object that there are things schools won't do to protect the children. But there is no sign of any restraint yet. We'll just put, "Better sae than sorry!" in the brochure; then Anal AI should sell like hotcakes.
Do two cities count as a movement? Not likely. A counter-movement maybe.
Since approximately ninety-nine cities are hell-bent to implement this facial recognition snake oil for every one that has banned it, I think it's pretty clear that the movement is toward facial recognition.
"It's complete nonsense that we want to spy on our citizens. But pedophiles, terrorists, and sex traffickers, oh my! Pedophiles, terrorists, and sex traffickers, oh my! Pedophiles, terrorists, and sex traffickers, oh my! We must be able to protect our citizens, so we must spy on them. Oh my!"
What T-Mobile and Sprint hope to do is to increase their market strength against AT&T and Verizon. The fact that it will cause collateral damage to the consumer market, giving consumers less choice is, "Oh, gee, ummmmm, too bad!"
So if they must create a fourth competitor, one that died in the gate looks like the perfect solution.
With the conspiratorial activities clause in there, the rest of the bill text might as well be quiche. The government already think every single living person is conspiring against the government. That's why they're searching all the devices in the first place.
You impose restrictions on the corporation using stockholder money for speech. Since it has no other money, it may be silenced. That doesn't affect the individuals, who do have money that doesn't belong to a stockholder.
That may sound a little far-fetched, but it really isn't. A similar thing has already been done with trade unions. Remember the rule about not using members' dues without permission from each and every individual member?
Same thing for corporations: prohibit them from using stockholder money without permission from each and every individual dividend-receiving stockholder. No stockholder should have any portion of their potential dividend spent to make a political statement they don't agree with.
You mean this #LearnToCode? The tag that would be used to belittle and harass journalists?
You know, just maybe, if conservatives could learn to write a three-word sentence without two of the words being belittling, harassing, derogatory, threatening, and/or racist, they would have less trouble on social media.
...explanation is that the investigators simply took the cops’ word about what happened and thus saw no need to carefully inspect the crime scene.
Of course they did. If the investigators had carefully inspected the crime scene, they might have been forced to conclude that the cops lied about the events. The investigators would have become pariahs, at best shunned by the cops, at worst actually threatened. Who wants that?
So they carefully didn't see anything at all and, since seeing nothing at all requires no physical evidence, why go to all the work of collecting it?
So what are Wisconsin residents getting for their whopping $4.5 billion in taxpayer-fueled subsidies?
That's the wrong question. The correct question is: What are the politicians getting for a whopping $4.5 billion in Wisconsin taxpayer-fueled subsidies?
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Re: Re: "we didn't know"
Well, as to the first part, when you have a warrant you got to use it. As to the second part, cops got these SWAT trucks that got to be used. Can't let those things go to waste, being as they are so hard to get.
Oh, wait, they aren't hard to get. Oh well.
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The reasoning behind the award seem to be pretty standard fare these days. To wit:
1) [Insert internet megagiant here] has a [lot of/all of the] money.
2) They should give it to [me/us]...
3) ...because [Insert lame/feeble/flimsy/transparent/implausible/unlikely/pathetic/half-baked excuse here].
On the post: Chinese Border Agents Now Installing Malware On Foreigners' Cellphones
Re: Re: Its's Good vs Evil
That is a hilarious rejoinder given that that's what the article is basically doing. It even tactitly admits that in the next-to-last paragraph:
So..."freer countries do this...but what about China?"
On the post: Chinese Border Agents Now Installing Malware On Foreigners' Cellphones
Its's Good vs Evil
OOooOOooOOooo... scary Halloween stuff...
It's so much better when you can live in denial. US CBP copies all your files, too., but they don't leave Texas Chainsaw Massacre icons hanging around, so that you can pretend they didn't offload your sexual proclivities.
Besides, US CBP has only our best interests at heart. Who knows what that evil, grabby Chinese government is planning to do with my files? Probably outsource them to some evil mega-corporation. US CBP would never do something like that.
AAG?
On the post: Schools Are Using 'Aggression Detecting' Mics That Are Set Off By Coughing, Slamming Locker Doors To Head Off The Next School Shooting
Anal AI
I bet the schools would be in the market for an Anal AI probe that would detect excessive clamping, indicating aggression. Every student would have to wear one, of course.
Can't always detect, of course; for example, if the shooter goes before he starts.
Also, false positives may occur if the teacher withholds a hall pass. Ater which, of course, the school resource officer may literally scare the s**t out of the presumed miscreant.
But, hey, better safe than sorry.
Some doubters might object that there are things schools won't do to protect the children. But there is no sign of any restraint yet. We'll just put, "Better sae than sorry!" in the brochure; then Anal AI should sell like hotcakes.
On the post: Somerville, Massachusetts Becomes The Second US City To Ban Facial Recognition Tech
The facial recognition minority
Do two cities count as a movement? Not likely. A counter-movement maybe.
Since approximately ninety-nine cities are hell-bent to implement this facial recognition snake oil for every one that has banned it, I think it's pretty clear that the movement is toward facial recognition.
On the post: Australian Home Affairs Minister Says Government Still Considering Spying On Its Own Citizens
Oh, My!
"It's complete nonsense that we want to spy on our citizens. But pedophiles, terrorists, and sex traffickers, oh my! Pedophiles, terrorists, and sex traffickers, oh my! Pedophiles, terrorists, and sex traffickers, oh my! We must be able to protect our citizens, so we must spy on them. Oh my!"
On the post: Dish To Buy Parts of T-Mobile To Save Sprint Merger, But It's Not Likely To Help
Yep looks Just Ducky to me
What T-Mobile and Sprint hope to do is to increase their market strength against AT&T and Verizon. The fact that it will cause collateral damage to the consumer market, giving consumers less choice is, "Oh, gee, ummmmm, too bad!"
So if they must create a fourth competitor, one that died in the gate looks like the perfect solution.
On the post: Appeals Court Issues Strong CDA 230 Ruling, But It Will Be Misleadingly Quoted By Those Misrepresenting CDA 230
They'd misquote anything
To be fair, the people who will misquote this would misquote, "To be, or not to be," if it served their purposes.
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Re: Re: Sounds like a situation ripe for a lawsuit
Stop right there. The Eighth Amendment imposes this restriction on government:
There is nothing in that Amendment about citizens. It can only be read as applying to everyone, citizen or not.
On the post: Bill Introduced To Create A Warrant Requirement For Border Device Searches
Well, that's everyone isn't it?
With the conspiratorial activities clause in there, the rest of the bill text might as well be quiche. The government already think every single living person is conspiring against the government. That's why they're searching all the devices in the first place.
On the post: One Year Into The GDPR: Can We Declare It A Total Failure Yet?
Mean to total failures
I suppose I can see why you would want to call GDPR a total failure. But frankly I think that is unfair to total failures.
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Re:
Don't donate to any organization that seeks to defend the civil rights of its members, gotcha.
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Re: Re: Re: Re:
You impose restrictions on the corporation using stockholder money for speech. Since it has no other money, it may be silenced. That doesn't affect the individuals, who do have money that doesn't belong to a stockholder.
That may sound a little far-fetched, but it really isn't. A similar thing has already been done with trade unions. Remember the rule about not using members' dues without permission from each and every individual member?
Same thing for corporations: prohibit them from using stockholder money without permission from each and every individual dividend-receiving stockholder. No stockholder should have any portion of their potential dividend spent to make a political statement they don't agree with.
On the post: EFF Highlights Stories Of Bad Content Moderation With New TOSsed Out Site
Re: Fact-check: FALSE
You mean this #LearnToCode? The tag that would be used to belittle and harass journalists?
You know, just maybe, if conservatives could learn to write a three-word sentence without two of the words being belittling, harassing, derogatory, threatening, and/or racist, they would have less trouble on social media.
On the post: Unsurprisingly, Ajit Pai's FCC Thinks The T-Mobile Sprint Merger Will Be Wonderful
Of course it does. The current administration is stuffed with free-market proponents....who are all certain that competition is bad.
Just ask them. But be prepared for a wide-eyed lie for an answer.
On the post: Flip Side To 'Stopping' Terrorist Content Online: Facebook Is Deleting Evidence Of War Crimes
Why free speech?
Censorship always has worse outcomes than unrestricted public discourse.
On the post: Our Legal Dispute With Shiva Ayyadurai Is Now Over
Curious
So, who will be suing you next, backed by copyright industry dark money?
On the post: Independent Forensic Investigation Undermines Houston Cops' Narrative About Fatal Drug Raid
Why work for nothing?
Of course they did. If the investigators had carefully inspected the crime scene, they might have been forced to conclude that the cops lied about the events. The investigators would have become pariahs, at best shunned by the cops, at worst actually threatened. Who wants that?
So they carefully didn't see anything at all and, since seeing nothing at all requires no physical evidence, why go to all the work of collecting it?
On the post: Foxconn Still Trying To Tap Dance Around Its Ever-Shrinking Wisconsin Promises
Wrong question
That's the wrong question. The correct question is: What are the politicians getting for a whopping $4.5 billion in Wisconsin taxpayer-fueled subsidies?
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