I don't think Tim's oblivious to 'bigger picture' issues -- he & TD cover Balko-style militarization of local PDs, mission creep, inter-agency collusion (parallel construction, fusion center data sharing), scope creep (FBI butting into wholly non-US events, NSA performing domestic SIGINT). In fact, this post's seems to be about a larger chunk of the big picture than Christopher Wray the person: it's about the fact that he & Comey are just interchangeable duplicates who'll spout the exact same nonsense about encryption despite the fact that two real people capable of rising to the position of Director couldn't both actually be this damn stupid.
The big picture is made up of a bunch of individual pixels, and we need every single one of 'em lit up.
And my experience in trying to find solutions is that it's more productive for people to work together than to be pointing fingers blaming each other.
Pointing fingers is exactly why he's being obtuse and why he'll insist on the impossible: specifically to avoid working with anyone productively while making it appear as though it's his goal to do so. That way, if backdoors aren't implemented and there's a successful terrorist attack or something of that nature, he can blame the tech sector for not cooperating. And if they do get their crappy gaping hole backdoors built into vital systems? When there's a security breach anywhere, he can blame the tech sector for creating 'imperfect' backdoors.
"Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists" didn't help then, and it doesn't help now. Absolutist polemics that turn to absolutist actions just fuck everything up and turn everyone, including your more rational ideological allies, against you.
Let's just say that most of the people that go to work for the DHS probably have nicer tactical gear and armored vehicles at home than what the government issues 'em for using on the job.
Tim Berners-Lee is still a human being. He's also 60+ years old. He also has children.
Those kids must be terribly proud of ol' dad for finding a way to put food on the table despite the dearth of opportunities and adversity faced by being labeled 'the inventor of the web.'
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: when you americans
the founding fathers did not create America as one [a democracy] and why anyone calling America a democracy is an immediate idiot
I'm pretty sure the founding fathers knew semantic shorthand when they heard it. They probably also knew a sophomoric cosplay-pedant when they heard one of those. (BTW - that pizza box won't look like a mortarboard until you paint it black. Get it off your head.)
Make doubly sure it's after you contact your representatives, if you're planning on emailing them. After all, you won't be visiting the ol' internet for quite a while once you've 'ended your business with companies that oppose NN'.
Second: while you absolutely should go and file FCC comments (and I highly recommend first reading this guide to filing impactful FCC comments from a former top FCC staffer), this fight is going to end with Congress one way or the other.
I tried leaving a comment with the FCC that Pai might listen to, but they didn't seem to accept PayPal. Luckily I'm from Illinois, so at least my Congressional Reps are intimately familiar with BitCoin and make it a breeze for me to express my opinion.
Re: NOT difficult at all: a shop printing text on paper has some duty to be sure it's not infringed. Doesn't matter if on a T-shirt. -- No, really. This court case proves it.
This is BASIC COMMON LAW,
You've got it completely backwards: Common Law actually absolves Zazzle of any and all liability in this case.
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I don't think Tim's oblivious to 'bigger picture' issues -- he & TD cover Balko-style militarization of local PDs, mission creep, inter-agency collusion (parallel construction, fusion center data sharing), scope creep (FBI butting into wholly non-US events, NSA performing domestic SIGINT). In fact, this post's seems to be about a larger chunk of the big picture than Christopher Wray the person: it's about the fact that he & Comey are just interchangeable duplicates who'll spout the exact same nonsense about encryption despite the fact that two real people capable of rising to the position of Director couldn't both actually be this damn stupid.
The big picture is made up of a bunch of individual pixels, and we need every single one of 'em lit up.
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And my experience in trying to find solutions is that it's more productive for people to work together than to be pointing fingers blaming each other.
Pointing fingers is exactly why he's being obtuse and why he'll insist on the impossible: specifically to avoid working with anyone productively while making it appear as though it's his goal to do so. That way, if backdoors aren't implemented and there's a successful terrorist attack or something of that nature, he can blame the tech sector for not cooperating. And if they do get their crappy gaping hole backdoors built into vital systems? When there's a security breach anywhere, he can blame the tech sector for creating 'imperfect' backdoors.
Win-win scapegoating.
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Re: Re: Is this really a big deal?
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Re: Technical flaws and all
we throw away the scans of Americans
It was the 'least un-not-completely-bullshit' answer he felt like giving.
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Re: Stupidity
Does the DHS only employ stupid fantasists
Let's just say that most of the people that go to work for the DHS probably have nicer tactical gear and armored vehicles at home than what the government issues 'em for using on the job.
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Re: Re: Re: Name the enemy
Thank god they have fewer reasons to hate us now, or we'd be in real trouble.
/* sarcasm forever!
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Re: does anyone care anymore
if you have to fly you deal with it
me im never going to the usa anyhow so like i give a shit
It's weird, because the attitude you have about the US is the same attitude that would make you what our government considers an 'ideal citizen'.
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"ABC Has Best Nielsen Week In Years, Apparently Has No Shows Whatsoever"
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Well, at least it doesn't take the PR department nine days to do its job.
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The phone giant said that the "overwhelming majority of information in the data set has no external value."
Funniest of the Week. Hands down.
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Re: You. Had. One. Job.
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Tim Berners-Lee is still a human being. He's also 60+ years old. He also has children.
Those kids must be terribly proud of ol' dad for finding a way to put food on the table despite the dearth of opportunities and adversity faced by being labeled 'the inventor of the web.'
On the post: Taking The 'S' Out Of 'TSA:' Minneapolis Screeners Fail To Detect Contraband 94% Of The Time
Re: Re: Errr... wha?
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Re:
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Re: Re: McAfee Advanced Software Support
On the post: If You Want To Protect The Internet, Look To Congress
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: when you americans
the founding fathers did not create America as one [a democracy] and why anyone calling America a democracy is an immediate idiot
I'm pretty sure the founding fathers knew semantic shorthand when they heard it. They probably also knew a sophomoric cosplay-pedant when they heard one of those. (BTW - that pizza box won't look like a mortarboard until you paint it black. Get it off your head.)
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Make doubly sure it's after you contact your representatives, if you're planning on emailing them. After all, you won't be visiting the ol' internet for quite a while once you've 'ended your business with companies that oppose NN'.
On the post: If You Want To Protect The Internet, Look To Congress
Second: while you absolutely should go and file FCC comments (and I highly recommend first reading this guide to filing impactful FCC comments from a former top FCC staffer), this fight is going to end with Congress one way or the other.
I tried leaving a comment with the FCC that Pai might listen to, but they didn't seem to accept PayPal. Luckily I'm from Illinois, so at least my Congressional Reps are intimately familiar with BitCoin and make it a breeze for me to express my opinion.
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Re: NOT difficult at all: a shop printing text on paper has some duty to be sure it's not infringed. Doesn't matter if on a T-shirt. -- No, really. This court case proves it.
This is BASIC COMMON LAW,
You've got it completely backwards: Common Law actually absolves Zazzle of any and all liability in this case.
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Re: It's true that the quantity of comments is irrelevant
The rulemaking process is not up for vote;
Of course not. It was up for sale.
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