Whether or not it was in reality the Oliver Effect or an unrelated DDoS attack is almost immaterial. The interesting and important part is that the FCC would prefer us to think they were more vulnerable to a 'cyber attack' than to a TV comedian. They're actually scared of John Oliver taking fifteen minutes to talk to a camera.
The idea of satire Trumping traditional advertising, er, I mean journalism, is getting more obvious every day.
Can't say I can predict everything that'll appear in Google's letter to the CJEU, but I'm pretty sure it's going to start with 'Alright, you primitive screw-heads, listen up!' and end with 'Thanks, though, for sending a lot of tech jobs back to the US. That whole NSA thing was kinda hurting us for a while there.'
'What happens when it rains on a duck? The water rolls right off.'
Live & learn. I always thought it was 'The duck puts you in a sleeper hold til you pass out & die, and manages to get away with it despite there being plenty of witnesses and video evidence.'
The 'rolling off' thing is good too. More succinct.
Might as well extrapolate ridiculously, just to see where reality will be in 5 years:
a) A driver must be in the car to operate it. b) A driver is definitely an 'aftermarket' item. c) A driver can swallow condoms/balloons full of, say, heroin. d) The inside of the human body isn't visible with the naked eye. e) Cops now own all the cars.
Then they could take Russia to a court over unauthorized copying of the German law. ;)
They're not gonna bother will the small fish. Germany's going straight to charging Google a fee for every search result that includes a form of the word 'Russia' in it.
Re: There's just one small problem; how many people are still plea-bargaining due to the lack of effective counsel?
Yes, you're being cynical. You're also being realistic and rational. Depressive realism is no longer considered a mood disorder: now it's just called 'a safe bet.'
used the opportunity to trick its customers into opposing real net neutrality protections -- and convinced many to root against their own self interests.
Given the building evidence of the last few years (decades?), 'rooting against one's own self interests' will soon culminate in eliminating the middle-man and going straight for voting booths being swapped out for suicide booths.
I think retrograde is the past relative to the time of an amnesiac event, and anterograde amnesia where you stop forming new memories from the time of onset. (Technically, this isn't forgetting the future: that's only possible when it involves Terminators and Terminator-related events.)
The fact that Pai thought he could get away with it, apparently didn't care if he got called out on it, and doesn't seem to care that he did get called out on it* is strangely satisfying to my inner cynic's sense of masochistic schadenfreude. I haven't given up on the lawsuit-to-be, though.
I can't find any news of a response from Pai at this point... maybe I missed it.
Even if officials don't really care whether the police maintain a healthy relationship with the communities they serve, they can't keep asking taxpayers to pay for the sins of government employees
Why do I not feel entirely confident that relying on the 'free market' will be a raging success?
I know it seems to be one of the last solutions we're left with, but I can imagine an awful lot of authoritarian voters opting for 'law & order' policies and candidates that promise expanded civil forfeiture to pay the bills.
I'm willing to bet a lot of TD readers did contact their reps to voice their opinions. Even I did, and I'm a cynical, lazy-ass defeatist. Besides, like Mike said, I can't bitch about it later if I don't put in a little effort now... and I really like to bitch about stuff.
I submitted a fairly rational, evidence-supported comment to the FCC, but couldn't help adding a postscript to clarify that it was submitted for aggregate, statistical use as part of the evidence that would be used in the consumer-rights lawsuit that would eventually follow the FCC's decision to gut NN.
I think I may have a small problem with compulsive, passive-aggressive sarcasm.
consider the difference between not entertaining one posted comment and not entertaining 6 million posted comments.
I think Pai's considering the difference between five offers to be a 7-figure/year lobbyist and six million instances of being offered nothing but the satisfaction of 'doing the right thing.'
Honestly, I was gonna be an optimist today... but then I had some coffee and my mind cleared up. (My actual comments to the FCC were relatively caffeine-free, at least :)
Politicians are filthy animals...
But ham sandwiches taste gooood.
We need a new analogy, unless we're talkin' about one charmin' motherfuckin' politician.
Too much of a good idea...: I Preview. I question my word choice and sentence structure. I try a rewrite. I keep some revisons, discard others. Repeat a dozen times, and Submit: coherence is at best a crap-shoot.
TBH, though, an edit function would mean I'd never stop 'fixing' the same comment to the exclusion of all else, until the day I die.
I noticed a bit of a mention (in the publicly viewable part of the insider chat) concerning the history & possible future of an 'edit' function in an evolving plan for site redesign, and I think I have the perfect solution: a CVS repository that's dynamically generated for each individual comment as it's posted. Obviously, something like github is underpowered and lacks many necessary features, but its engine could serve to run a temporary system to tide us over until a more robust, dedicated Google-AI optimized data center solution can be tested & put into service.
I'm sure this is already part of the plan, but I just thought I'd put in a 'yea' vote from an outsider :)
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The interesting thing to me...
Whether or not it was in reality the Oliver Effect or an unrelated DDoS attack is almost immaterial. The interesting and important part is that the FCC would prefer us to think they were more vulnerable to a 'cyber attack' than to a TV comedian. They're actually scared of John Oliver taking fifteen minutes to talk to a camera.
The idea of satire Trumping traditional advertising, er, I mean journalism, is getting more obvious every day.
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Re: NYPD become expert quackers
'What happens when it rains on a duck? The water rolls right off.'
Live & learn. I always thought it was 'The duck puts you in a sleeper hold til you pass out & die, and manages to get away with it despite there being plenty of witnesses and video evidence.'
The 'rolling off' thing is good too. More succinct.
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Re: Re:
a) A driver must be in the car to operate it.
b) A driver is definitely an 'aftermarket' item.
c) A driver can swallow condoms/balloons full of, say, heroin.
d) The inside of the human body isn't visible with the naked eye.
e) Cops now own all the cars.
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Re: If Germany had planned ahead...
Then they could take Russia to a court over unauthorized copying of the German law. ;)
They're not gonna bother will the small fish. Germany's going straight to charging Google a fee for every search result that includes a form of the word 'Russia' in it.
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Re: There's just one small problem; how many people are still plea-bargaining due to the lack of effective counsel?
On the post: AT&T Tricked Its Customers Into Opposing Net Neutrality
Re: Re:
What free market?
The free market that lasts for about ten seconds, at which point the top dog declares itself to be the government by virtue of its own success.
On the post: AT&T Tricked Its Customers Into Opposing Net Neutrality
used the opportunity to trick its customers into opposing real net neutrality protections -- and convinced many to root against their own self interests.
Given the building evidence of the last few years (decades?), 'rooting against one's own self interests' will soon culminate in eliminating the middle-man and going straight for voting booths being swapped out for suicide booths.
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Re:
I think retrograde is the past relative to the time of an amnesiac event, and anterograde amnesia where you stop forming new memories from the time of onset. (Technically, this isn't forgetting the future: that's only possible when it involves Terminators and Terminator-related events.)
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Re:
How uninformed are you? You live in a cave? All you have to do is turn on the news once in a while! Two. Damn. Minutes. All you need.
On the post: Senator Wyden To FCC Chair Pai: Hey, Stop Lying About What I Said To Undermine Net Neutrality
The fact that Pai thought he could get away with it, apparently didn't care if he got called out on it, and doesn't seem to care that he did get called out on it* is strangely satisfying to my inner cynic's sense of masochistic schadenfreude. I haven't given up on the lawsuit-to-be, though.
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On the post: De-Escalation Works, But US Law Enforcement Hasn't Show Much Interest In Trying It
Even if officials don't really care whether the police maintain a healthy relationship with the communities they serve, they can't keep asking taxpayers to pay for the sins of government employees
Why do I not feel entirely confident that relying on the 'free market' will be a raging success?
I know it seems to be one of the last solutions we're left with, but I can imagine an awful lot of authoritarian voters opting for 'law & order' policies and candidates that promise expanded civil forfeiture to pay the bills.
On the post: Our Net Neutrality Comments To The FCC: We Changed Our Mind, You Can Too
Re: what about...
I'm willing to bet a lot of TD readers did contact their reps to voice their opinions. Even I did, and I'm a cynical, lazy-ass defeatist. Besides, like Mike said, I can't bitch about it later if I don't put in a little effort now... and I really like to bitch about stuff.
On the post: The FCC Needs Your Quality Comments About Net Neutrality Today
Re: Re: Re: Re:
I think I may have a small problem with compulsive, passive-aggressive sarcasm.
On the post: The FCC Needs Your Quality Comments About Net Neutrality Today
Re: Re:
consider the difference between not entertaining one posted comment and not entertaining 6 million posted comments.
I think Pai's considering the difference between five offers to be a 7-figure/year lobbyist and six million instances of being offered nothing but the satisfaction of 'doing the right thing.'
Honestly, I was gonna be an optimist today... but then I had some coffee and my mind cleared up. (My actual comments to the FCC were relatively caffeine-free, at least :)
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Re:
Politicians are filthy animals...
But ham sandwiches taste gooood.
We need a new analogy, unless we're talkin' about one charmin' motherfuckin' politician.
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Re: Shall I ...
On the post: Trump's Pick For FBI Head Sounds A Lot Like The Guy He Fired When It Comes To Encryption
Re: Re: Re: Re:
Too much of a good idea...: I Preview. I question my word choice and sentence structure. I try a rewrite. I keep some revisons, discard others. Repeat a dozen times, and Submit: coherence is at best a crap-shoot.
TBH, though, an edit function would mean I'd never stop 'fixing' the same comment to the exclusion of all else, until the day I die.
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Re: Re:
this post's^ seems to be about a larger chunk of the big picture
Option 1: insert "point" Option 2: omit "'s" possessive
I noticed a bit of a mention (in the publicly viewable part of the insider chat) concerning the history & possible future of an 'edit' function in an evolving plan for site redesign, and I think I have the perfect solution: a CVS repository that's dynamically generated for each individual comment as it's posted. Obviously, something like github is underpowered and lacks many necessary features, but its engine could serve to run a temporary system to tide us over until a more robust, dedicated Google-AI optimized data center solution can be tested & put into service.
I'm sure this is already part of the plan, but I just thought I'd put in a 'yea' vote from an outsider :)
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