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Please, please read the arguments the founders were having with each other about the treason thing. The interpretation of it has not been distorted over time.
There was great agreement that "treason" should have an incredibly narrow definition to prevent accusations of treason from being used as a political weapon.
It was probably less aggressive when the video was made than it is now. The problem with that image is context -- in this day and age, the militarization of the police is an enormous problem that is costing innocent lives. That image looks like it's portraying the militarization as if it were a good and positive thing.
However, I agree that the video itself isn't terribly problematic. The problematic thing is the police using the DMCA to try to keep it a secret.
"Intriguing idea but copyright makes it not possible."
It's not only possible, but easy and commonly done right now. A huge number of people routinely post pictures they take themselves on social media sites. It's trivial to use steganographic software to embed encrypted data in them.
Just the same, this also isn't a function of age. Admittedly, this is purely subjective observation rather than a scientific claim, but in my experience over the years people's mental habits seem to set around 20-25 years of age. Past that threshold, the ones who are mentally agile and curious seem to remain so their entire lives, as do ones who are not.
The idea that you can predict the mental agility of someone from their age seems to have little basis.
What is true, however, is that as people age they tend to specialize more in where they spend their mental energy. Younger people are still sampling all the possibilities before them to find what they like. Older people are more likely to have found it.
So a senator, for instance, may have great mental agility and stay on the cutting edge in terms of being a senator, but has little time for specialties outside of that.
Many years ago in my home town, a cop shot a man in the back, killing him, because he failed to stop running away when the cop yelled for him to. The man was deaf.
There are "joke" sprays readily available that will cause drug dogs to alert. I once read about an attempt at smuggling where the smugglers sprayed the stuff on all the baggage they could get near, in the hopes that the real drugs would get lost in the noise. It didn't work in hiding the drugs, but did cause a delay from all the baggage that had to be searched.
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If you'll notice what I said, I have made no comment on whether or not Obama has engaged in any egregious sins. I'm merely stating the fact of law.
You clearly believe that the law should encompass a wider definition of treason than it does. Again, fair enough. But it's pointless to argue that the law says something that it does not say.
The proper course of action for you to take is to work for a Constitutional amendment to revise the definition of treason.
We don't even have to go that far to shoot down that statement, because the statement is literally nothing more than word games.
In the computer security world, something is "malicious" if it is attempting to bypass your security measures. The ultimate intent, and whether or not the people doing it are "bad guys" is irrelevant to the meaning of the term.
But the government and large corporations had started playing that particular word game many years ago. It certainly didn't start here. Avoiding that game is one of the major reasons why security companies started preferring the term "PUP" (potentially unwanted program) instead of "malware" -- it's a weird kind of political correctness.
"Yes, Obama has, in fact, satisfied the definition."
Then please point out where he has done that. What you said in your comments doesn't even come close.
"Adhering to the enemies" and "providing aid and comfort" mean very, very specific things -- to generalize a bit, it means acting as if you are a member of the enemy's military effort.
Clearly, you strongly disagree with Obama's actions in certain areas and feel they are actively in opposition to the interests of the US. Fair enough.
But you're making a legal accusation here, and so you're going by the rules and definitions of the actual law, including the Constitution. And from a legal point of view, you're simply incorrect.
That's a stunning bit of testimony, right there. It leaves me with the same question I've been asking every single time an FBI "expert" talks on these issues:
Is he incompetent, or is he lying?
"Both" is a possible answer, but "neither" is not.
"Upholding the Constitution DIRECTLY MEANS UPHOLDING THE LAWS!!!"
Unless the law is unconstitutional.
"Not only is Obama just derelict in his duties, he has committed TREASON!"
The Constitution itself very specifically defines what constitutes "treason". Even if we, for the sake of argument, say that everything that Obama has been seriously accused of is true, none of that rises to Constitutional definition of treason.
Yes, I think you're right. I've been noticing this in an apparently unrelated area: Fitbits and such. People I know who have been using them for a long time seem to interpret their entire state of health by the statistic generated, rather than additional data to supplement subjective, but equally important information such as "am I feeling good?".
This leads to sometimes hilarious and baffling decision-making.
In the end, any time we measure anything, we are making a sort of map. And all maps share one common characteristic: they clarify some things and obfuscate others.
Newspapers have always had a public comment section, usually called "Letters to the Editor".
The real difference between sites like Techdirt and news outlets is that Techdirt is not a news outlet -- it is a commentary site. So a more valid comparison is between a newspaper's Editorial section (where public comments are printed) and Techdirt.
Please explain this. I'm not spotting where the copyright violation is.
Unauthorized use is not necessarily a violation of copyright law. For instance, if I sneak into a movie theater to watch a movie without paying, I have violated a couple of laws -- but I have not violated copyright law.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: sworn to uphold the laws ?!
There was great agreement that "treason" should have an incredibly narrow definition to prevent accusations of treason from being used as a political weapon.
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It was probably less aggressive when the video was made than it is now. The problem with that image is context -- in this day and age, the militarization of the police is an enormous problem that is costing innocent lives. That image looks like it's portraying the militarization as if it were a good and positive thing.
However, I agree that the video itself isn't terribly problematic. The problematic thing is the police using the DMCA to try to keep it a secret.
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It's not only possible, but easy and commonly done right now. A huge number of people routinely post pictures they take themselves on social media sites. It's trivial to use steganographic software to embed encrypted data in them.
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The idea that you can predict the mental agility of someone from their age seems to have little basis.
What is true, however, is that as people age they tend to specialize more in where they spend their mental energy. Younger people are still sampling all the possibilities before them to find what they like. Older people are more likely to have found it.
So a senator, for instance, may have great mental agility and stay on the cutting edge in terms of being a senator, but has little time for specialties outside of that.
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Re: Not as bad as
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You clearly believe that the law should encompass a wider definition of treason than it does. Again, fair enough. But it's pointless to argue that the law says something that it does not say.
The proper course of action for you to take is to work for a Constitutional amendment to revise the definition of treason.
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Re: MAC randomization on iOS, Win10, etc.
There probably does exist equipment where the MAC is unchangeable, but it's certain a small percentage.
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In the computer security world, something is "malicious" if it is attempting to bypass your security measures. The ultimate intent, and whether or not the people doing it are "bad guys" is irrelevant to the meaning of the term.
But the government and large corporations had started playing that particular word game many years ago. It certainly didn't start here. Avoiding that game is one of the major reasons why security companies started preferring the term "PUP" (potentially unwanted program) instead of "malware" -- it's a weird kind of political correctness.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: sworn to uphold the laws ?!
Then please point out where he has done that. What you said in your comments doesn't even come close.
"Adhering to the enemies" and "providing aid and comfort" mean very, very specific things -- to generalize a bit, it means acting as if you are a member of the enemy's military effort.
Clearly, you strongly disagree with Obama's actions in certain areas and feel they are actively in opposition to the interests of the US. Fair enough.
But you're making a legal accusation here, and so you're going by the rules and definitions of the actual law, including the Constitution. And from a legal point of view, you're simply incorrect.
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Stunning
Is he incompetent, or is he lying?
"Both" is a possible answer, but "neither" is not.
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Re: Re: sworn to uphold the laws ?!
Unless the law is unconstitutional.
"Not only is Obama just derelict in his duties, he has committed TREASON!"
The Constitution itself very specifically defines what constitutes "treason". Even if we, for the sake of argument, say that everything that Obama has been seriously accused of is true, none of that rises to Constitutional definition of treason.
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Re: Wider problem. .
This leads to sometimes hilarious and baffling decision-making.
In the end, any time we measure anything, we are making a sort of map. And all maps share one common characteristic: they clarify some things and obfuscate others.
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True. But many businesses can only measure "value" in terms of "immediate revenue".
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The real difference between sites like Techdirt and news outlets is that Techdirt is not a news outlet -- it is a commentary site. So a more valid comparison is between a newspaper's Editorial section (where public comments are printed) and Techdirt.
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Re: Different strategies
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Unauthorized use is not necessarily a violation of copyright law. For instance, if I sneak into a movie theater to watch a movie without paying, I have violated a couple of laws -- but I have not violated copyright law.
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