The school would be doing the kid a favor by pointing out to him that gratuitous rudeness (ak tantrums) is *not* an effective way to advance his political (or business) agenda. Even if the person he was rude to was a lost cause anyways, others witnessing the incident will lose respect for the kid. And, if the kid had kept the conversation civil, the staffer might be willing to help him on some other issue in the future. In healthy democracies, most successful politicians are able to have friendly relations with (and listen to) even people with different opinions.
Maybe the kid should have been required to take an on-line anger-management class on the following Saturday morning.
It looks like the human back-up operator got bored and paid less attention after long periods of having nothing to do. That is a natural human reaction. Software should be added to keep the human operator engaged to a moderate degree and measure whether he seems alert.
Similar software could be designed for human train operators in rural areas. Recent gruesome train accidents mostly seem to be due to operator inattention, not surprising when one considers how completely the details of operating a train are now automated.
Hugo S Cunningham (profile), 23 Mar 2018 @ 10:03am
Re: the inevitable result of our own complacency
Holocaust deniers are the scum of the Earth.
Nevertheless, outside of Israel, in no country are they more isolated and powerless than in the USA, where Holocaust denial is legal. "Sunlight is the best disinfectant."
Antisemites in Europe are not shamed into reexamining their views by bans on Holocaust denial. Instead, they choose to believe that such bans merely reflect political muscle, and seek to employ their own political muscle to ban speech they don't like.
In most countries, "dissident" judges and lawyer groups push the country toward at least someone's idea of liberty. In Pakistan, however, the dissidents are often Nazis: demanding persecution and murder of religious or ethnic minorities. The military are sometimes the least of the evils available.
Rush Limbaugh might block this, if given a reason.
The libertarian Left has been flattened by the Anti-Sex League, and establishment Left politicians find a crony relationship with a handful of Silicon Valley giants appealing-- holding the promise of unchallenged power for a generation.
Intelligent elements on the Right, however, might yet be mobilized to oppose this concentration of power with Facebook and Google. They already know that Facebook is trimming right-wing accounts, and Google is firing right-wing employees. "Google is not your friend." If Rush Limbaugh used his show to raise the alarm, Capitol Hill switchboards could be flooded with demands that Republicans send this poorly conceived bill back to committee and rewrite it narrowly to achieve its ostensible purpose.
Other anti-establishment Right-wing voices should also be contacted by those who know how to address them.
How to convince EU regulators of Google's value [Was Re: Re:
> I'd say it only fair that they pay google for the traffic >it sends them.
EU regulators could expropriate Google's newsreader function and convert it into a regulated public monopoly. At that point, the social justice of charging media sites for links and traffic would suddenly become obvious.
If the town claims to be unable to find the $3 million, let the crooked politicians and businessmen responsible work it off in prison, at the time-honored rate of a dollar a day.
Hugo S Cunningham (profile), 29 Jan 2018 @ 11:50am
Re: Re: Re: Random profiling or reasonable parole enforcement?
Under a parolee-only hypothesis, the parolee might be required to carry an RFID chip, or have a face registered in a facial-ID system, or otherwise be positively identified by the cop *before* he can be stopped.
All very creepy and "Orwellian," but it might be better than sitting in an American jail.
Hugo S Cunningham (profile), 29 Jan 2018 @ 10:01am
Random profiling or reasonable parole enforcement?
> "He said the young men targeted often have no income and are already in debt from fines for previous convictions but wearing expensive clothing."
It was not clear whether police would *only* stop individuals already under parole supervision, or whether they would stop random individuals and find out about their parole status only after the stop (an invitation to profiling).
If this is targeted *only* at parolees with unpaid fines, it might be better than the American approach of keeping such people locked up.
Ref comment #18: Should Murdoch pay his newsmakers for inspiring his copy?
British humorist Saki (H.H. Munro) asked the same question over a century ago, in his sketch "The Unkindest Blow"-- two celebrities go "on strike" (threaten to reconcile) for a share of the media profits in their scandalous public divorce.
Senator Richard Stuart reminds me of Sir Humphrey Appleby, GCB, KBE, MVO, MA (Oxon) ("Yes Minister"), who maintained membership in the Campaign for Freedom of Information, even while protecting elected officials and the public from information they could not be trusted to use responsibly...
Hugo S Cunningham (profile), 23 Jan 2018 @ 10:21am
Let users make up their own security *questions*
Hackers have opportunities to assemble security-question info for users, eg mother's maiden name, make of first car, names of family pets, etc. But the job would become useless if users were able to put in their own questions as well as their answers-- really weird stuff that no computer search could generate, eg "What did your toddler break during Grandma's Easter visit two years ago?"
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Re: 10 amendment
If you were thinking of miscellaneous individual "rights", look up the Ninth Amendment.
On the post: Congressman's Office Gets High School Student Suspended For Expressing His Displeasure With Congress
Suspension was wrong, but kid needs educating
Maybe the kid should have been required to take an on-line anger-management class on the following Saturday morning.
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Any scotties available?
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Software to challenge and monitor human back-ups?
Similar software could be designed for human train operators in rural areas. Recent gruesome train accidents mostly seem to be due to operator inattention, not surprising when one considers how completely the details of operating a train are now automated.
On the post: Spanish Hate/Anti-Terrorism Speech Laws Doing Little But Locking Up Comedians, Artists, And Dissidents
Re: the inevitable result of our own complacency
Nevertheless, outside of Israel, in no country are they more isolated and powerless than in the USA, where Holocaust denial is legal. "Sunlight is the best disinfectant."
Antisemites in Europe are not shamed into reexamining their views by bans on Holocaust denial. Instead, they choose to believe that such bans merely reflect political muscle, and seek to employ their own political muscle to ban speech they don't like.
On the post: US Navy Accused Of Massive Amounts Of Piracy By German Software Company
What's ours is ours. What's yours is negotiable...
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Pick your poison...
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Re: Re: Poutine est mauvais pour vos arteres.
On the post: Russia Censors News Reports About Anti-Putin Ice Graffiti, Leaving Its Contents Entirely Up To Our Collective Imagination
Poutine est mauvais pour vos arteres.
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Would recording and enhancement of analog projection be "good enough" and legal?
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Rush Limbaugh might block this, if given a reason.
Intelligent elements on the Right, however, might yet be mobilized to oppose this concentration of power with Facebook and Google. They already know that Facebook is trimming right-wing accounts, and Google is firing right-wing employees. "Google is not your friend." If Rush Limbaugh used his show to raise the alarm, Capitol Hill switchboards could be flooded with demands that Republicans send this poorly conceived bill back to committee and rewrite it narrowly to achieve its ostensible purpose.
Other anti-establishment Right-wing voices should also be contacted by those who know how to address them.
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Re: Re: Remember my name
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How to convince EU regulators of Google's value [Was Re: Re:
EU regulators could expropriate Google's newsreader function and convert it into a regulated public monopoly. At that point, the social justice of charging media sites for links and traffic would suddenly become obvious.
On the post: Ohio Appeals Court Says Speed Trap Town Must Pay Back $3 Million In Unconstitutional Speed Camera Tickets
Let the crooks work it off in prison, @$1/a day
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Re: Re: Re: Random profiling or reasonable parole enforcement?
All very creepy and "Orwellian," but it might be better than sitting in an American jail.
On the post: Dutch Approach To Asset Forfeiture Will Literally Take The Clothes Off Pedestrians' Backs
Random profiling or reasonable parole enforcement?
It was not clear whether police would *only* stop individuals already under parole supervision, or whether they would stop random individuals and find out about their parole status only after the stop (an invitation to profiling).
If this is targeted *only* at parolees with unpaid fines, it might be better than the American approach of keeping such people locked up.
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Sa-ra-je-vo!
Slowly I turn,
Step by step,
Inch by inch...
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Re: Re: Re:
British humorist Saki (H.H. Munro) asked the same question over a century ago, in his sketch "The Unkindest Blow"-- two celebrities go "on strike" (threaten to reconcile) for a share of the media profits in their scandalous public divorce.
https://americanliterature.com/author/hh-munro-saki/short-story/the-unkindest-blow
The web site says "americanliterature", but Saki was a British writer.
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Sir Humphrey Appleby would be proud...
Sir Humphrey Appleby, GCB, KBE, MVO, MA (Oxon) ("Yes Minister"), who maintained membership in the Campaign for Freedom of Information, even while protecting elected officials and the public from information they could not be trusted to use responsibly...
On the post: Teen Hacker Who Social Engineered His Way Into Top-Level US Government Officials' Accounts Pleads Guilty To Ten Charges
Let users make up their own security *questions*
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