First, your "extraordinary case" is a Red Herring. This, therefore that. Coincidence is very convincing and that's why there's 70 million Catholics in the States alone.
Secondly, I have a copy of my records. A hard copy that I take with me if I have to stay anywhere for an extended period of time. Last update - six months ago. It's cheap, readily available, and humbling to see I'm about one and a half inches of paper - twenty years worth of visits...
Nevertheless, it's there, if I need it. Digitization is taking a long time because of fears of data breaches etc., but this is, imo, almost always (99%) caused through negligent human actions. Let's face it, I do not want any of my medical history as accessible as AshleyMadison, but I also understand that Togo might not be on the same digital page as my country.
It'll take some time, but I'm sure we'll get there. For now, paper is the way I go...
I am just curious. Has anybody ever "fired-off" a letter back with the cons of filing a bogus lawsuit, filled with false claims? I mean, there has to be some kind of standard boiler plate reply that someone can send in response to these malicious and false legal claims. You are going to foot the bill; let's go to court, we could use the publicity, etc etc... They have no 'gag' order, so why not just make the threat as public as humanly possible? Bring a gun to their knife fight.
OK. I wanted to read everything again just to be sure. Dropping the comment section, because it might be laborious for many, is also beneficial for DHS, NSA, etc because comments can no longer be made anonymously. You have to have an identity to make comments on Twitter, or Facebook - the two main alleged venues for comments, cited here. I have stated this before that I am not PC. I think PC is Gay! Nevertheless, I occasionally enjoy making the anonymous comment. Facebook and Twitter doesn't allow this to happen. If the comment is so offensive, it generally ends with the account's deletion, eventually meaning or resulting in no harm, no foul; ending any neutrality in the process.
I don't believe any website is responsible for an individual's comments, but eliminating a comment section is, as well pointed out, excising your loyal followers from having any kind of discourse... be it constructive, or inflammatory.
Personally, I like a good laugh now and then, and I find what might offend some people, really funny, and I can get beyond those comments and suss out the true dialogue. What I don't enjoy is when the conversation gets so off topic, it becomes disruptive to the flow of the article's intention. Most of these types of comments are their own satire.
However, I do believe major sites eliminating the comment section is unproductive, but there’s a deeper reasoning behind the move – eliminating anonymity.
I fully understand the sole proprietor, mom / pop operations etc., getting rid of them because of the time constraint placed upon the web owner. I have noticed, a relatively decent percentage of sites I follow, never had a comment section to begin with. I also follow their Facebook and Twitter pages, and I have had to make my comments to them through DM / PM‘ing them. I resorted to this earlier this week, and was amazed that I received a response – even flattered! Because, if you think about it, it actually required as much if not more, time, to read my comment and make the reply. This sacrifice was made in lieu of having my comment either debated on, or deleted.
Anonymity, just because you’re paranoid, doesn’t mean that they are not out to get you. 1984 is a walk in the park compared to today. I’m just saying…
First, thanks for the link. Very interesting read. I've also read the entire complaint, and whoa!
They were spending 55k$ per month to house Andrew Witkoff, and he was obviously a high risk, and failed the House's tests repeatedly. The parents should have been aware of this, and asked for better protective measures.
Now, again, you are right! These parents look like they are upset and want someone to blame. It just read like the comments were jumping to conclusion. You were making an objective comment; you had the facts, and I bet you other two also have - now I do as well, and yep, this sounds like a witch hunt, and it just might be after money, but I think they want someone else to blame because the Parents didn't look into the "best in America" rehab option; wasn't thoroughly explored - they thought their money did the talking. The facility isn't a prison and expected precautions aren't required / asked for cautions. A hospital does these for you, but some house in Malibu, or wherever it is, doesn't have to unless you ask them to.
I'm not PC. I don't care about another overdose, although a lifelong friend of mine just OD'd. It stifles free speech, and I just thought the first comments were a little calloused and were not taking grief and its power, into account. People act 'out of character' because of grief. I think their Lawyer might be preying on this; exacerbating the wound, and pushing the parents into suits.
I'm kinda convinced that it's about money, and not taking much, if any, or all, of the responsibility. It was rehab, not prison. The attack on the website appears to be a 'Hail Mary', because a drug addict 1)was able to use Google was to find a website (note: not hard) 2) procure drugs 3) crush them and die. It doesn't seem like rocket science, and no levity for this dead, but it looked kinda inevitable - the ending that is.
I've also had a quick look at Topix, and it's a big place.
It looks like the Parents want their entitlement extended posthumously...
Anonymous Coward; Craig Welch; tqk; I could say I agree with you all to the extent that they attacked the wrong target, but, these Parents are grieving with the loss of their "child" - could have been thirteen years old or eighteen years of age, it really doesn't matter. The Parents felt they could get some closure by arguing that the website created the content that "aided and abetted illegal drug trafficking", and now the couple has to come to terms with the failure "[t]o monitor or prohibit such communications". This should be the place where the Parents of this "child" begin "generating ... a conversation". Do they have the strength to start this dialogue? I don't know, neverthelss, someone should certainly have told them that "this is gonna hurt a little, but you are making a mistake."
I feel for them. I really do. No parent wants to bury their child before them...
Forget biblical times, the Nuns have the greatest works of art on their side when it comes to the use of blue and Christianity. Blue was a color for Jesus, God, and Muslims used (still do) blue extensively for a thousand years. And, this was way before the big bad devil took the form that most people started associating with it six hundred years ago until present.
I really would like to see the Nuns triumph in this David and Goliath struggle... sorry.
I've spent the last 25 minutes watching and re-watching the ads from Quizno's, and they are really fantastic. It parodies bigger fish, Star Wars for example, and they are funny and flattering. Burning Man will be on the losing end of this, and that's if their Lawyers haven't already told "Burning Man Spokesman Jim Graham" to smarten the fuck up!
Thanks for the links. Nice way to start the morning.
False DMCA takedowns & Suits that could stop this:
What I need explained to me is this:
If there are Groups / Associations / Organizations designed for the sole purpose of destroying people, livelihoods etc., why can't some Group / Association / Organization be formed for the sole purpose of going after the "people" (companies are people too, remember?) who file false reports, incredibly lame trademark and copyright filings, and all the other bull that is discussed here, week after week after week.
What is to stop something, which I am sure could be extraordinarily well funded, from being formed? It takes resources to start this proposition, which I truly lack - excepting the education, but this thing could be (and should be) done. I haven't heard of anything like this, but then again, every other week, the landlord threatens me and holds my internet back 'cuz "it's a privilege" and I'm late with my rent / utilities again. Nevertheless, this could be done - I'm sure of it, and it too would have no problem in going after false claims, bogus 'troll' suits, and the other flotsam that is making all these headlines these days.
I believe all things have the right to and deserve a speedy trial in your country, so just go on such an offensive that everyone from people who can't work the snipping tool, to the MPAA, to ADAs and DAs and Lawyers, who are in the pockets of big bad business really do start to think again when they attack.
I know it's a fanciful thought, but it was never called Utopia... it's Eutopia - ALWAYS HAS BEEN.
I'm just saying. There's alot of stuff being said daily across the web (dark and light) that's really beginning to confuse me. I stood up to my Bullies - eventually - and it worked. It worked very, very well.
BUT, then again, maybe this is just a non-sensical rant by a guy who owes a hundred plus grand for his education...
This was / is an extremely great post. I had all these updates installed, and I don't want any of my business anywhere. Thanks again. They're gone, and KIS is now on the prowl for those two other thingies...
I think 'Sheogorath' (earlier) is right. Another point could be made regarding the previous PAX Parties, and making an effort to get inter-office et al correspondence (via FOIA) and using TPCi's previous reactions / behaviour - four years worth, in their favour. I think it's disgusting to go after true fans like this, and I am sure that, if they wanted to, Jones and Shore could damage this entity right back. Who knows. Maybe, there's an eMail Jones and Shore sent to TPCi five and a half years ago that sought some consent to use Pokeman in some way / degree.
I hope Jones and Shore are victorious and TCPi gets slapped for behaving like a child - "I'm taking my ball and going home". This is a company that is supposed to embrace playing nice together, or is that Pogs? Who gives a shit, they should still play nice...
I was interchanging Trump with Thomson, and it seems to work well. Swap out Google and Facebook with Mexicans and Immigrants, and it just as sideways a rant as one can get. This guy definitely forgot to take his Stelazine for the few days of delusions it took to write this "speech".
Back in the day, when I first truly appreciated and understood what 'Aggregator' meant, I became truly impressed by the thankless job that Google or Bing has undertaken. And, like you said Masnick, they do a damn fine job at it.
I can no longer separate 'Hobbit' from Kim Kardashian anymore. Thanks of course to 'South Park'. Did Kanye West marry a Hobbit? I don't know, but building that tributary 'Hobbit House' would just be 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians' but at their Glamping Ground.
Same can be said about Band-Aid. The name is the brand, not the product. You don't send a mate to the store for some sterile plastic adhesive strips, you ask them to get some band-aids "while your there." The confusion starts at the shelves - sooo many different makers of sterile plastic adhesive strips - I mean Band-aids. Same thing with something as ubiquitous as '2 for 1' Pizza. Somebody, somewhere started that whole '2 For 1' thing. They could be owed millions, but most pizza joints use it, and I for one never confuse 2 for 1 Pizza with Suit sales.
It's a pretty ridiculous hypothetical, and yes, everybody seems to be getting along just fine... at the moment :)
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Is this just a Monkey?
It's just smiling with that sinister grin and I swear to God I see a "Fuck y'all Y'all!" smile.
I didn't even know this existed. It's going out to everyone I know.
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Medical Records... yah, I got them.
Secondly, I have a copy of my records. A hard copy that I take with me if I have to stay anywhere for an extended period of time. Last update - six months ago. It's cheap, readily available, and humbling to see I'm about one and a half inches of paper - twenty years worth of visits...
Nevertheless, it's there, if I need it. Digitization is taking a long time because of fears of data breaches etc., but this is, imo, almost always (99%) caused through negligent human actions. Let's face it, I do not want any of my medical history as accessible as AshleyMadison, but I also understand that Togo might not be on the same digital page as my country.
It'll take some time, but I'm sure we'll get there. For now, paper is the way I go...
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Right-wing Dick in a Boiler Suit...
I mean, there has to be some kind of standard boiler plate reply that someone can send in response to these malicious and false legal claims.
You are going to foot the bill; let's go to court, we could use the publicity, etc etc... They have no 'gag' order, so why not just make the threat as public as humanly possible?
Bring a gun to their knife fight.
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I have stated this before that I am not PC. I think PC is Gay! Nevertheless, I occasionally enjoy making the anonymous comment. Facebook and Twitter doesn't allow this to happen. If the comment is so offensive, it generally ends with the account's deletion, eventually meaning or resulting in no harm, no foul; ending any neutrality in the process.
I don't believe any website is responsible for an individual's comments, but eliminating a comment section is, as well pointed out, excising your loyal followers from having any kind of discourse... be it constructive, or inflammatory.
Personally, I like a good laugh now and then, and I find what might offend some people, really funny, and I can get beyond those comments and suss out the true dialogue. What I don't enjoy is when the conversation gets so off topic, it becomes disruptive to the flow of the article's intention. Most of these types of comments are their own satire.
However, I do believe major sites eliminating the comment section is unproductive, but there’s a deeper reasoning behind the move – eliminating anonymity.
I fully understand the sole proprietor, mom / pop operations etc., getting rid of them because of the time constraint placed upon the web owner. I have noticed, a relatively decent percentage of sites I follow, never had a comment section to begin with. I also follow their Facebook and Twitter pages, and I have had to make my comments to them through DM / PM‘ing them. I resorted to this earlier this week, and was amazed that I received a response – even flattered! Because, if you think about it, it actually required as much if not more, time, to read my comment and make the reply. This sacrifice was made in lieu of having my comment either debated on, or deleted.
Anonymity, just because you’re paranoid, doesn’t mean that they are not out to get you. 1984 is a walk in the park compared to today. I’m just saying…
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Reply:
First, thanks for the link. Very interesting read. I've also read the entire complaint, and whoa!
They were spending 55k$ per month to house Andrew Witkoff, and he was obviously a high risk, and failed the House's tests repeatedly. The parents should have been aware of this, and asked for better protective measures.
Now, again, you are right! These parents look like they are upset and want someone to blame. It just read like the comments were jumping to conclusion.
You were making an objective comment; you had the facts, and I bet you other two also have - now I do as well, and yep, this sounds like a witch hunt, and it just might be after money, but I think they want someone else to blame because the Parents didn't look into the "best in America" rehab option; wasn't thoroughly explored - they thought their money did the talking. The facility isn't a prison and expected precautions aren't required / asked for cautions. A hospital does these for you, but some house in Malibu, or wherever it is, doesn't have to unless you ask them to.
I'm not PC. I don't care about another overdose, although a lifelong friend of mine just OD'd.
It stifles free speech, and I just thought the first comments were a little calloused and were not taking grief and its power, into account. People act 'out of character' because of grief. I think their Lawyer might be preying on this; exacerbating the wound, and pushing the parents into suits.
I'm kinda convinced that it's about money, and not taking much, if any, or all, of the responsibility. It was rehab, not prison. The attack on the website appears to be a 'Hail Mary', because a drug addict 1)was able to use Google was to find a website (note: not hard) 2) procure drugs 3) crush them and die. It doesn't seem like rocket science, and no levity for this dead, but it looked kinda inevitable - the ending that is.
I've also had a quick look at Topix, and it's a big place.
It looks like the Parents want their entitlement extended posthumously...
Thanks again for the link.
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I feel for them. I really do. No parent wants to bury their child before them...
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Art
I'm gonna be using it.
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Terrorist?
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Good Job
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BCBS "Blue"
Blue was a color for Jesus, God, and Muslims used (still do) blue extensively for a thousand years. And, this was way before the big bad devil took the form that most people started associating with it six hundred years ago until present.
I really would like to see the Nuns triumph in this David and Goliath struggle... sorry.
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Burning Man
Burning Man will be on the losing end of this, and that's if their Lawyers haven't already told "Burning Man Spokesman Jim Graham" to smarten the fuck up!
Thanks for the links. Nice way to start the morning.
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Redirect
Cheers...
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False DMCA takedowns & Suits that could stop this:
If there are Groups / Associations / Organizations designed for the sole purpose of destroying people, livelihoods etc., why can't some Group / Association / Organization be formed for the sole purpose of going after the "people" (companies are people too, remember?) who file false reports, incredibly lame trademark and copyright filings, and all the other bull that is discussed here, week after week after week.
What is to stop something, which I am sure could be extraordinarily well funded, from being formed? It takes resources to start this proposition, which I truly lack - excepting the education, but this thing could be (and should be) done. I haven't heard of anything like this, but then again, every other week, the landlord threatens me and holds my internet back 'cuz "it's a privilege" and I'm late with my rent / utilities again.
Nevertheless, this could be done - I'm sure of it, and it too would have no problem in going after false claims, bogus 'troll' suits, and the other flotsam that is making all these headlines these days.
I believe all things have the right to and deserve a speedy trial in your country, so just go on such an offensive that everyone from people who can't work the snipping tool, to the MPAA, to ADAs and DAs and Lawyers, who are in the pockets of big bad business really do start to think again when they attack.
I know it's a fanciful thought, but it was never called Utopia... it's Eutopia - ALWAYS HAS BEEN.
I'm just saying. There's alot of stuff being said daily across the web (dark and light) that's really beginning to confuse me. I stood up to my Bullies - eventually - and it worked. It worked very, very well.
BUT, then again, maybe this is just a non-sensical rant by a guy who owes a hundred plus grand for his education...
Cheers.
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Thanks for the post...
:)
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I'm taking my ball and going home
I think it's disgusting to go after true fans like this, and I am sure that, if they wanted to, Jones and Shore could damage this entity right back.
Who knows. Maybe, there's an eMail Jones and Shore sent to TPCi five and a half years ago that sought some consent to use Pokeman in some way / degree.
I hope Jones and Shore are victorious and TCPi gets slapped for behaving like a child - "I'm taking my ball and going home". This is a company that is supposed to embrace playing nice together, or is that Pogs? Who gives a shit, they should still play nice...
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Re: Back on your meds you
I was interchanging Trump with Thomson, and it seems to work well. Swap out Google and Facebook with Mexicans and Immigrants, and it just as sideways a rant as one can get. This guy definitely forgot to take his Stelazine for the few days of delusions it took to write this "speech".
Back in the day, when I first truly appreciated and understood what 'Aggregator' meant, I became truly impressed by the thankless job that Google or Bing has undertaken. And, like you said Masnick, they do a damn fine job at it.
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Hobbit association
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What's in a name?
Same thing with something as ubiquitous as '2 for 1' Pizza. Somebody, somewhere started that whole '2 For 1' thing. They could be owed millions, but most pizza joints use it, and I for one never confuse 2 for 1 Pizza with Suit sales.
It's a pretty ridiculous hypothetical, and yes, everybody seems to be getting along just fine... at the moment :)
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