As a former security wonk, I'm all for the fat laundry marker and cardboard ballot system.
My local electors, alas, have gone the Diebold terminal route. Because it's important that national news services get their figures as soon as the polls close, as opposed to a couple of hours for the blue-haired old ladies to count the paper ballots in the open, on cafeteria tables.
That office seems to alternate between the malicious and the incompetent.
The FBI withdrew from most bank robbery and kidnapping investigations years ago. It doesn't even do much in the way of the fraud and stocks work any more. And now its vaunted "forensic science" has turned out to be partially faked.
De-fund them and save the money. They're doing nothing useful any more.
Re: Why would people like Marcus Delano East do such stupid things?
So what? It's his own business, and presumably he paid for it with his own money.
It's hardly new or dangerous; a friend of mine had the same basic procedure done in the USA circa 1978 or so. He didn't wind up any taller than before, but he didn't have to have custom-made left shoes with four inch platform sole any more, so he figured it was a win...
Long ago the USPTO decided the revenue from patent fees was more important than doing their job, went for the money, and fobbed their job off on the courts, where the judges would have to wrestle with junk patents instead of the PTO.
The PTO's default is "yes" to all applications, no matter how incomprehensible, broad, or obvious. An application has to be really bad before they'll send the tear-stained check back to the applicant.
> They would promise not to leverage personal data to unfairly discriminate against or abuse the trust of end users. And they would not sell or distribute consumer information except to those who agreed to similar rules. --- ...and this is different from existing conditions, how?
I see "promise" and "unfairly" and "abuse" and "trust" and "except". That translates to, "we have your data and we'll sell it to anyone who'll pay, and there's nothing you can do about it you schmuck, ha ha ha."
They're attempting to slide the Overton Window over to their side by a fake "compromise."
I first read about facial recognition software in the late 1980s in the usenet comp.risks newsgroup. Systems were being deployed in various Federal buildings at the time as an anti-terrorist measure.
Whatever system in place now operates at the usual Federal efficiency level. Which is fortunate, since I have a doppelganger - Hassan Nasrullah, head of the Hezbollah terrorist group. Even though he's Lebanese and I'm Irish/Cherokee, the genetic dice rolled the same face for both of us.
This has caused no little amount of stress over the years since, due to embedded orthopedic ironmongery, I always set off any nearby metal detectors. And as I've gotten older, my tolerance for being jerked about is radically lower than it used to be.
> I have never before felt the need to resign ... given > what I believe is the unsupportable position now > taken by the Department of Justice, I feel I have > no choice.
Gee, thanks, Jed.
If you had any stones, you would have made them throw you out first, then issued a press release.
If Tesla was smart they'd write a fat check to the hackers, then offer a bug bounty for future hacks.
If they were smarter, they'd disable internet access to their cars... but that would be an inconvenience, and convenience trumps security Every Freaking Time.
The court is public; anything filed in it should be in the public domain.
For that matter, the law should be in the public domain; it was paid for from public funds. Instead, the District of Columbia and some states assert copyright over their legal codes.
Much Federal regulation references private documents; I've had to purchase thousands of dollars of them from the SAE, ASME, and NFPA. While their copyrights are undeniable, making them part of the regulatory process incurs significant expense to the public.
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My local electors, alas, have gone the Diebold terminal route. Because it's important that national news services get their figures as soon as the polls close, as opposed to a couple of hours for the blue-haired old ladies to count the paper ballots in the open, on cafeteria tables.
On the post: James Comey To Congress: About Those Hillary Clinton Emails I Mentioned Last Week? Meh, Forget About It, Nothing To See
...aaand... can you name one that *wasn't?*
That office seems to alternate between the malicious and the incompetent.
The FBI withdrew from most bank robbery and kidnapping investigations years ago. It doesn't even do much in the way of the fraud and stocks work any more. And now its vaunted "forensic science" has turned out to be partially faked.
De-fund them and save the money. They're doing nothing useful any more.
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Re: V6 Unix
My first address had bang paths. And I used uucp to get mail from a university server long after the world went to @ addresses.
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Re: Why would people like Marcus Delano East do such stupid things?
It's hardly new or dangerous; a friend of mine had the same basic procedure done in the USA circa 1978 or so. He didn't wind up any taller than before, but he didn't have to have custom-made left shoes with four inch platform sole any more, so he figured it was a win...
On the post: Stupid Patent Of The Month: Changing The Channel
The PTO's default is "yes" to all applications, no matter how incomprehensible, broad, or obvious. An application has to be really bad before they'll send the tear-stained check back to the applicant.
On the post: Would You Be Tempted By This 'Grand Bargain' On Privacy?
---
...and this is different from existing conditions, how?
I see "promise" and "unfairly" and "abuse" and "trust" and "except". That translates to, "we have your data and we'll sell it to anyone who'll pay, and there's nothing you can do about it you schmuck, ha ha ha."
They're attempting to slide the Overton Window over to their side by a fake "compromise."
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...will likely wind up like Vince Foster.
On the post: Appeals Court Says Government Doesn't Have To Disclose Contents Of Its Secret Terrorist Organization List
That's a net wide enough to catch anyone.
"I'm a terrorist
you're a terrorist
she's a terrorist too!"
On the post: FBI Facial Recognition Expert Helps Denver PD Arrest Wrong Man Twice For The Same Crime
I first read about facial recognition software in the late 1980s in the usenet comp.risks newsgroup. Systems were being deployed in various Federal buildings at the time as an anti-terrorist measure.
Whatever system in place now operates at the usual Federal efficiency level. Which is fortunate, since I have a doppelganger - Hassan Nasrullah, head of the Hezbollah terrorist group. Even though he's Lebanese and I'm Irish/Cherokee, the genetic dice rolled the same face for both of us.
This has caused no little amount of stress over the years since, due to embedded orthopedic ironmongery, I always set off any nearby metal detectors. And as I've gotten older, my tolerance for being jerked about is radically lower than it used to be.
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Re: Re: Intellectual (dis)honesty
It's "parallel construction" when the police and prosecutors do it.
When ordinary people do it, it's called "perjury."
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> what I believe is the unsupportable position now
> taken by the Department of Justice, I feel I have
> no choice.
Gee, thanks, Jed.
If you had any stones, you would have made them throw you out first, then issued a press release.
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If they were smarter, they'd disable internet access to their cars... but that would be an inconvenience, and convenience trumps security Every Freaking Time.
On the post: Newegg Sues Over Copied Legal Filing; Judge Rules That It's Not Fair Use
For that matter, the law should be in the public domain; it was paid for from public funds. Instead, the District of Columbia and some states assert copyright over their legal codes.
Much Federal regulation references private documents; I've had to purchase thousands of dollars of them from the SAE, ASME, and NFPA. While their copyrights are undeniable, making them part of the regulatory process incurs significant expense to the public.
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"Any excuse will do..."
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They could just outsource IT work to Booz Allen Hamilton like the NSA does...
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Re: The more things change...
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Re: Re:
I had to go to court to get a CompuServe account closed. I learned a lot about auto-debit and EFT regulations during that little show.
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