I am waaaaay more on the marketing/advertising end of things and, am by no stretch of anyone's imagination, a programmer.
I get asked to "scrape" something at least once daily.
I frankly don't possess the vocabulary to sum up how easy and trivial it is to do this with a few lines of code that any dumbass can flesh out with about 30 seconds of google fu.
That being said, while I often don't do it, based on whatever the end result is supposed to be, I have still scraped/spidered/crawled... mad amounts of shit for non nefarious purposes and am guilty as charged as per this situation.
Its frankly fucking ridiculous and part of a much larger, systemic issue.
It further pains me to think that the world had to lose this kind fellow in order for folks to pull their heads of out of their respective asses.
And, while I am at it, no political career for you, you crazy misguided prosecutorial(is that a word?) bitch. You can go ahead and shelve that idea.
I certainly subscribe to the notion of free speech.
One curious thought I had is, how does one define the moral barometer in the first place?
Its quite similar to the whole "is porn.. art argument"
I am just sorta vexed as to how one defines "good" in the absence of say the westboro baptist church(no caps for a reason there FYI)
See what I did there? My position is no more accurate than theirs is at the end of the day. Its just the consensus I would hope lol..
I think my point here is that if it involves human nature, its an inherently untenable situation in the first place.
Or perhaps as my grandfather put it, if it ain't broke, don't fuck with it.
And lastly, no I don't believe you can yell fire in a crowded building. If you wittingly endanger others, the free speech bit goes out said window but feel free to correct me on that as IANAL.
"The Journal News was well within its rights to post the information, no matter how irresponsible its use of the information was.
Unfortunately, the many people who opposed the Journal News' actions (which includes people on both sides of the gun control debate) have been vocal enough that government agencies are beginning to arbitrarily withhold requested information, stating a sudden (and unlikely) concern for protecting the privacy of gun owners -- whose permits are a matter of public record."
Not entirely sure where I stand on this per say but, I do however stand by the notion that transparency is as transparency does.
More good than harm comes from transparency and truth. Don't want folks to know you own a gun? Don't fucking buy one.
This information is public record. Don't get yer panties in a wad because some geek knows how to drop a spread sheet into Google maps.
We should organize a huge flash mob to sing happy birthday in front of their offices.
10585 Santa Monica Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90025
(310) 441-8600
Who in their right mind would pay those fukwits for the right to sing happy birthday in the first place.
"The song generates a ridiculous amount of money per year (estimates say around $2 million)"
That soulless shit has to stop. Via pitchforks and torches is cool with me.
On the post: Richard Marx And How Not To Act In The Internet Era
Richard Marx has drunken one-man Twitter party
Unless the guy in the pic has secret ninja skills he should probably keep his ass behind the keyboard before someone kindly takes him up on his offer.
that is all,
Nigel
On the post: Confusing Value And Price, Choir Demands £3000 Per Download
Re: OMG - my ears!
N.
On the post: $274 Million Raised Via Kickstarter In 2012
According to hollywrong that is simply one film. Which, on paper, will show a loss for the next 100+ years.
Nigel
On the post: Ralph Nader Makes First Serious Bid For 'Crazy Old Man' Position; Refers To Video Games As 'Electronic Child Molestors'
Meh
Not-withstanding the fact he took some democratic vote from Gore in 2000 he is frankly a bit of a whack job.
Nigel
On the post: WikiLeaks Reveals Aaron Swartz May Have Been A Source: Wise Move?
That whoosh
Nigel
On the post: Senator John Cornyn Asks Eric Holder To Explain DOJ Prosecution Of Aaron Swartz
Re: Sign these White House petitions!
Has anything come from any of this stuff less the pretty funny death star response?
Nigel
On the post: Dan Bull's Latest Song: We Are All Aaron Swartz
Re:
firstly, its "Got Milk"
Secondly, fuck you.
Nigel
On the post: Dan Bull's Latest Song: We Are All Aaron Swartz
but also that the burden is now on the rest of us to continue Aaron's work.
Nigel
On the post: Martin Luther King's 'I Have A Dream' Video Taken Down On Internet Freedom Day
Re: Re: SAD!!!!
I likened the Aaron Swartz situation the other day to losing the MLK of the web.
Question: what is after irony? because I think we have exceeded it here.
Nigel
On the post: Scientist Explains Why Putting Research Behind A Paywall Is Immoral
Re: Sorry
Shit, I am actually interested and research stuff on economics now... Damn you Mike Masnick!
Nigel
On the post: Scientist Explains Why Putting Research Behind A Paywall Is Immoral
Re:
Which pales in comparison to the remarkable abuse of adverbs in that statement. Just sayin.
Nigel
On the post: Law Professor James Grimmelmann Explains How He Probably Violated The Same Laws As Aaron Swartz
Asked to do this sorta thing daily
I get asked to "scrape" something at least once daily.
I frankly don't possess the vocabulary to sum up how easy and trivial it is to do this with a few lines of code that any dumbass can flesh out with about 30 seconds of google fu.
That being said, while I often don't do it, based on whatever the end result is supposed to be, I have still scraped/spidered/crawled... mad amounts of shit for non nefarious purposes and am guilty as charged as per this situation.
Its frankly fucking ridiculous and part of a much larger, systemic issue.
It further pains me to think that the world had to lose this kind fellow in order for folks to pull their heads of out of their respective asses.
And, while I am at it, no political career for you, you crazy misguided prosecutorial(is that a word?) bitch. You can go ahead and shelve that idea.
"No soup for you"
Nigel
On the post: CNET Finally Reports On Its Own Fight With CBS Over Dish CES Award
Re: Integrity = no job
Before I got to this comment I was mulling over all the pesky caveats like food, rent, kids and so on.
It doesn't seem to me like she and the staff simply folded like lawn chairs and capitulated.
While I would have perhaps quit, I would have nothing substantive to lose,only things to gain from the ensuing shit storm.
Nigel
On the post: Journalists Cheering On Censorship Is A Form Of Hate Speech
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: "Too Far" - they always say that.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/01/05/bill-oreilly-claims-explain-oceanic-tides/
Nigel
On the post: Journalists Cheering On Censorship Is A Form Of Hate Speech
Once again.. human nature
One curious thought I had is, how does one define the moral barometer in the first place?
Its quite similar to the whole "is porn.. art argument"
I am just sorta vexed as to how one defines "good" in the absence of say the westboro baptist church(no caps for a reason there FYI)
See what I did there? My position is no more accurate than theirs is at the end of the day. Its just the consensus I would hope lol..
I think my point here is that if it involves human nature, its an inherently untenable situation in the first place.
Or perhaps as my grandfather put it, if it ain't broke, don't fuck with it.
And lastly, no I don't believe you can yell fire in a crowded building. If you wittingly endanger others, the free speech bit goes out said window but feel free to correct me on that as IANAL.
Off to go re-read some Nietzsche lol.
Nigel
On the post: Prenda Law Tries The 'I Know You Are, But What Am I' Legal Strategy
10,000 daily in sanctions
I can't help but think that at the end of the day it would be pretty freaking amusing to be in Prenda's cross-hairs.
Nigel
On the post: Blowback From Publication Of Gun Owner Data Continues -- Threats, Lawsuits And Rejected FOIA Requests
Re:
"The Journal News was well within its rights to post the information, no matter how irresponsible its use of the information was.
Unfortunately, the many people who opposed the Journal News' actions (which includes people on both sides of the gun control debate) have been vocal enough that government agencies are beginning to arbitrarily withhold requested information, stating a sudden (and unlikely) concern for protecting the privacy of gun owners -- whose permits are a matter of public record."
Not entirely sure where I stand on this per say but, I do however stand by the notion that transparency is as transparency does.
More good than harm comes from transparency and truth. Don't want folks to know you own a gun? Don't fucking buy one.
This information is public record. Don't get yer panties in a wad because some geek knows how to drop a spread sheet into Google maps.
Nigel
On the post: Google Competitors Spitting Mad About FTC Closing Case; Promise That Europe & Texas Will Get It Right
Ehhh, yeah Texas....
"Promise That Europe & Texas Will Get It Right"
I was going to ask, not so sarcastically, "when was the last time Texas got something right"
However, I seem to recall ONE thing coming out of E.Texas lately that was appropriately rendered. I could be wrong.
The only thing good coming out of E.Texas was Lyle Lovett.
Poor guy.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080711/1439371651.shtml
Nigel
On the post: It's Time For A New, Copyright-Free Happy Birthday Song, So Help Write One
Flash Mob
10585 Santa Monica Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90025
(310) 441-8600
Who in their right mind would pay those fukwits for the right to sing happy birthday in the first place.
"The song generates a ridiculous amount of money per year (estimates say around $2 million)"
That soulless shit has to stop. Via pitchforks and torches is cool with me.
Nigel
On the post: Swedish Appeals Court Says Web Designer Is Responsible For Copyright Infringement On StudentBay
Re:
"Seems like plain old secondary liability to me"
Nigel
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