The phrasing of their denial has two points of weasel words that can make their statement true ... sort of. First: ...recent press reports have been misleading... doesn't say the reports are wrong, only that they're misleading. Second: ...the mail scanning described in the article does not exist on our systems. does not deny that email scanning is (or was) taking place - it only denies that it's not being done as described in the article.
...As adults, we should enjoy the five-sense experience of the people around us...
For the average person, this is probably good advice. For those of us called "Aspies" (we have Asperger's Syndrome), dealing with "the people around us" (that we don't know well) in any context that isn't banal and totally superficial is not just difficult, it's often impossible. The advent of being able to "connect" to people with technology as a buffer enables us to get to know other people well enough to be able to deal with them, and, sometimes, even deal with them in real life.
Goes to show: it won't be "piracy" (a different [incorrect, but popularly accepted] name for "infringement") that kills innovation - it will be copyright.
The real problem that government has with the drug trade is that it's all untaxed revenue. Other than that, it's a good PR stalking horse. They really don't care what the riffraff does to themselves ... as long as all the taxes are paid (and bribes are a nice bonus).
I stopped following mainstream media news when it became obvious that they where very slanted (as opposed to "biased") and had no interest in fact checking - and this was long before the "internet" was actually a useful thing to most people (other than email). Once the internet developed sufficiently, I used it to do my own fact checking on what little news I would accept, and that only proved just how bad the mainstream sources were. Bias I expect; people writing the stories have their own feelings about it - this is being human. Allowing that bias to slant the story is a totally different matter.
Olympi.. errr .. "the big international sports event" ... season is always ad free here - I don't turn the TV or radio on. Seriously, they (NBC) should toe the line and comply with every single law, rule and regulation of every country in the world for this broadcast. In China, Russia and Korea, it won't be shown because it may contain subversive ideas. No spectators can be shown ("publicity rights", invasion of privacy), no athletes can be shown (IOC rules and publicity rights), the "ring symbol" cannot be depicted (copyright), no architecture can be shown (copyright) .. you get the idea. If they do that, they don't have to delay the show at all, nor cut anything out specifically for commercials (because there is nothing left to cut out). So, for the duration of the show time, it's just never ending commercials about .. anything BUT the Oly... "the big international sports event"
Except, we've seen over and over, law enforcement people don't to follow any rules - they have their "good faith exception", etc, which judges refuse to look at. So far as I understand it, neither the sender nor the receiver of this package should be prosecutable; the chain of custody for the package was broken and there is no way to establish that the evidence was not tampered with.
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Opening Portals
You didn't open it - you simply saw it coming well before anyone else I know of.
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What it really comes down to ...
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RE: "In this fashion"
First:
...recent press reports have been misleading...
doesn't say the reports are wrong, only that they're misleading.
Second:
...the mail scanning described in the article does not exist on our systems.
does not deny that email scanning is (or was) taking place - it only denies that it's not being done as described in the article.
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Even THIS is actually a good thing (in context)
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Maybe that's what they want?
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"Much Worse"
We'll catch up soon enough.
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They really don't care what the riffraff does to themselves ... as long as all the taxes are paid (and bribes are a nice bonus).
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Bias I expect; people writing the stories have their own feelings about it - this is being human. Allowing that bias to slant the story is a totally different matter.
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A little delay ok? How about ...
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Re: So...
Seriously, they (NBC) should toe the line and comply with every single law, rule and regulation of every country in the world for this broadcast.
In China, Russia and Korea, it won't be shown because it may contain subversive ideas. No spectators can be shown ("publicity rights", invasion of privacy), no athletes can be shown (IOC rules and publicity rights), the "ring symbol" cannot be depicted (copyright), no architecture can be shown (copyright) .. you get the idea.
If they do that, they don't have to delay the show at all, nor cut anything out specifically for commercials (because there is nothing left to cut out). So, for the duration of the show time, it's just never ending commercials about .. anything BUT the Oly... "the big international sports event"
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What this really is ...
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Re: Under the color of law enforcement
So far as I understand it, neither the sender nor the receiver of this package should be prosecutable; the chain of custody for the package was broken and there is no way to establish that the evidence was not tampered with.
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