Where's the list of "most prolific trolls" ?? or "top trollbait" posts? (which writer provokes the most trolls - is it Mike or DH?) Troll with most comments? (Anti-Dirt?) Troll most frequently flagged? (ootb?) Troll with highest count of flagged posts? (bob?)
How are we going to vote for our favorite troll without knowing their standings??? I think out-of-his-ass is winning, but it could be Anti-Dirt ...
TheResidentSkeptic (profile), 24 Dec 2014 @ 10:37am
I believe the licensing and regulation are required.
We have already had a news story of an idiot flying a drone within feet of an airliner "just to watch it land". Aircraft engines are NOT designed to digest a flying camera platform and perform normally. I have to agree that requiring a license to operate (with emphasis on controlled air space) should be mandatory. The flight paths of airliners within 5 miles of major airports are well within the reach of commercial-quality drones. Consider the risks here - a car accident rarely wipes out hundreds of passengers at a time - improperly digesting a drone can bring an airplane down. Think of the impact in the Los Angeles landing corridor through downtown.
TheResidentSkeptic (profile), 22 Dec 2014 @ 8:02am
Cord Cutting is the wrong term.
Since DSL or Cable Modems are the only choices in many of our "competitive" markets the term doesn't have the correct meaning. Dropping cable broadcasting service and just using cable data services is what is going to be part of the future.
*if* the cable companies don't screw it up by trying to force people to have their broadcast crap with their data service. I confused the hell out of my telco when I ordered DSL service without phone service. They really didn't like that. Said I couldn't do that. So I told them which tariff the regulation was in, and I got it. I wonder how many DSL service only users are out there...
But in a market with a fiber option - bye-bye cable and telco companies!
TheResidentSkeptic (profile), 11 Dec 2014 @ 6:40am
And the current ad on my page...
... shows Keurig for 65% off... gotta love irony and poetic justice..
So who do I report myself to for violating the CFAA/DMCA/Felony interference with a business model??? I really want to add more stupid stuff to my NSA/FBI files and police record..
Somehow, this isn't what I thought prison chat would be:
"What are you in for?" 'green sharpies and scotch tape, you?' "changing the argument on a URL"
TheResidentSkeptic (profile), 10 Dec 2014 @ 9:04am
Word filtering always works...
Golly Gosh, Ms Valenti, it sure would make my day if you would graciously acquiesce to my request for you to kindly and enthusiastically buss my derriere.
TheResidentSkeptic (profile), 5 Dec 2014 @ 12:17pm
Pile on the Hay!
The bigger their haystacks get, the harder their jobs will be.. so make sure that every BOMB e-mail you send references the Anarchist Cookbook, and your recipes call for Smith & Wesson oil, and you need to go to the hardware store for a gallon of MEK or Fertilizer and Diesel Fuel..a laugh RIOT will ensue as we force them to read and store every email and their data center keeps catching on FIRE and we create chaos and mass extermination of careers come next election time.
If your job is dependent on finding the needle in the haystack - but you don't know what haystack it is in, then it makes perfect sense to combine every haystack in the world into a single haystack. By definition, you are 100% guaranteed that the needle you are looking for is now, in fact, in your haystack.
You can then spend the rest of your career looking through the haystack - as long as you are "working on it", you are doing your job.
The odds of finding are something just less than zero divided by infinity - but that's totally irrelevant. A high paying job has been saved, a massively expensive data center has been justified, and the Bureaucrats love you.
No matter what happens, you can find the data to prove that you knew it would.
Our Philosophy The Metropolitan Police Department, City of St. Louis strives to provide the best possible police service to the citizens of St. Louis. Our Mission Statement and Core Values serve as guides for the work we do everyday to protect those who live, work and visit the City of St. Louis.
Core Values Service, Integrity, Leadership, and Fair Treatment to All
Our Mission The mission of the Metropolitan Police Department, City of St. Louis is to protect, serve and assist citizens when conditions arise that may affect the well-being of the individual or the community. Cooperating with others in the community, officers will work to prevent and detect crime, protect life and property, and achieve a peaceful society, free from the fear of crime and disorder. Members of the Department will strive continually for excellence and maintain the peace through service, integrity, leadership and fair treatment to all.
A Statement on the Value of Human Life The primary responsibility of this Department and each of its members is to protect the lives of the citizens we are sworn to serve. It is also the duty of each member of the Department to honor the established principles of democracy upon which this country was founded. Among these is the most profound reverence for human life, the value of which far exceeds that of any property. In view of this, it is essential that every action of this Department and of each of its members be consistent with that responsibility.
For these reasons, it is appropriate that this Statement on the Value of Human Life embodies the spirit of the Department and sets forth the principles and policies which guide the conduct of every Department employee.
In recognition, therefore, of the commitment of this Department to the preservations of human life, and because of the public trust which empowers sworn police officers to lawfully exercise force, even deadly force when required, in carrying out that commitment, it is hereby declared to be the policy of this Department that (1) the use of deadly force will never be condoned as a routine response; and (2) police officers will exercise the highest degree of care in the applications of such force.
The government is made up mostly of lawyers. Who are NOT going to pass any laws preventing other lawyers from making massive amounts of money so they can make massive campaign contributions to the lawyers still in the government, or provide cushy high-paying jobs to those who leave government service.
Only Shakespeare's approach will ever be able to fix this.
TheResidentSkeptic (profile), 25 Nov 2014 @ 2:33pm
He just misses
The Good Old Days (tm)... when the county coroner could be counted on to document "hit in the head 39 times with a hammer" as "really determined case of suicide" ... when the local newspaper would properly report on a black field hand found with a 9" knife in his back as "died of natural causes".
All these damn people with their instant videos of police pulling women from their cars and beating them, of police threatening and confiscating (and accidentally deleting evidence), of "theft at badgepoint"... well, this just has to stop. The people are just out of control.
Well, not exactly. They are out of YOUR control Mr McCulloch - the world has changed. Get Over It. As real reporters used to say - "The Truth will out". Just happens instantly now.
TheResidentSkeptic (profile), 21 Nov 2014 @ 8:27am
Calling Holley!
Introduce a "retro-fit" (pun intended) kit to remove all electronics and put a Holley Carb back on OUR cars...
Then we need long-life 12v batteries - plug in the gear, and ship it UPS to friends around the country (or overseas). Ship it back and forth while you enjoy driving the car - then put it back in when you take the car in for service.
Let's see 'em figure out how we were driving across the Atlantic.. or travelling cross-country at 500MPH ...
TheResidentSkeptic (profile), 14 Nov 2014 @ 6:32am
Re: Develop some way to detect 'fake' cell towers
If you read the articles on the equipment, there are ways of detecting it right from your phone.
*my* PD doesn't know how to change the timezone on the stingray they have - so when my phone goes from correct time, in 4G mode, standard 2 bar signal to 4-bar, 2G, PST...
Many of the software toys they use can only support 2G; so your service will "downgrade" to that. If you study your phone in your usual spots, you know how many bars you should have there, and what mode you should be in.
And if the time zone suddenly goes way off and then comes back...
TheResidentSkeptic (profile), 10 Nov 2014 @ 9:52am
Just get it over with.
Just go ahead and sue Vint and Bob for inventing it in the first place and shut it all down.
EVERYONE would immediately go back to buying records and newspapers and going to the movies and watching only prime-time TV shows and listening only to network news like in the Good Old Days (tm)
On the post: Techdirt 2014: The Numbers.
Missing Statistics
or "top trollbait" posts? (which writer provokes the most trolls - is it Mike or DH?)
Troll with most comments? (Anti-Dirt?)
Troll most frequently flagged? (ootb?)
Troll with highest count of flagged posts? (bob?)
How are we going to vote for our favorite troll without knowing their standings??? I think out-of-his-ass is winning, but it could be Anti-Dirt ...
On the post: Hollywood Narrow-Mindedly Sees Google Fiber As A Threat, Not A World Of New Opportunities
Re:
On the post: Would Sony Have To License A Screenplay About The Sony Hack?
Just a few random musings...
do the two wrongs make it right? Or cancel each other out and cause the end of the universe?
If it is published with DRM and the pirates hack the DRM... which is the worse "crime" ??
If Sony "leaks" it with a rootkit drm and hacks the pirates machines... is that good or bad or just never-ending-circular-karma?
On the post: Could The FAA's Drone Policies Violate The First Amendment?
I believe the licensing and regulation are required.
On the post: Comcast, NBC Have Learned Little, Still Cling Tightly To Broken 'TV Everywhere' Mindset
Heres some news for them...
On the post: Children Are Leading The Cord Cutting Revolution
Cord Cutting is the wrong term.
*if* the cable companies don't screw it up by trying to force people to have their broadcast crap with their data service. I confused the hell out of my telco when I ordered DSL service without phone service. They really didn't like that. Said I couldn't do that. So I told them which tariff the regulation was in, and I got it. I wonder how many DSL service only users are out there...
But in a market with a fiber option - bye-bye cable and telco companies!
On the post: Update On Ten-Year Campaign To Give Copyright Industry Another Monopoly: WIPO's Broadcasting Treaty
This is actually OK.
On the post: Keurig's Controversial Java 'DRM' Defeated By A Single Piece Of Scotch Tape
And the current ad on my page...
So who do I report myself to for violating the CFAA/DMCA/Felony interference with a business model??? I really want to add more stupid stuff to my NSA/FBI files and police record..
Somehow, this isn't what I thought prison chat would be:
"What are you in for?" 'green sharpies and scotch tape, you?' "changing the argument on a URL"
On the post: No, Tech Companies Can't Easily Create A 'ContentID' For Harassment, And It Would Be A Disaster If They Did
Word filtering always works...
On the post: Former CIA Director Hayden: We Didn't Lie About Interrogation Program. Torture Report: Yeah, You Did. REPEATEDLY.
Never attribute to Malice
On the post: Why Requiring Social Networks To Monitor Posts To Spot Terrorists Will Make It Even Harder To Catch Them
Pile on the Hay!
On the post: The Repeated Failure Of The US And UK Governments' 'Add More Hay' Approach To Surveillance
Another point of view
You can then spend the rest of your career looking through the haystack - as long as you are "working on it", you are doing your job.
The odds of finding are something just less than zero divided by infinity - but that's totally irrelevant. A high paying job has been saved, a massively expensive data center has been justified, and the Bureaucrats love you.
No matter what happens, you can find the data to prove that you knew it would.
uh.. wait..somethings wrong there...
On the post: St. Louis Police Claim It's Their 'First Amendment' Rights Not To Protect Football Players Who Supported Protestors
I suggest he read his departments website:
The Metropolitan Police Department, City of St. Louis strives to provide the best possible police service to the citizens of St. Louis. Our Mission Statement and Core Values serve as guides for the work we do everyday to protect those who live, work and visit the City of St. Louis.
Core Values
Service, Integrity, Leadership, and Fair Treatment to All
Our Mission
The mission of the Metropolitan Police Department, City of St. Louis is to protect, serve and assist citizens when conditions arise that may affect the well-being of the individual or the community. Cooperating with others in the community, officers will work to prevent and detect crime, protect life and property, and achieve a peaceful society, free from the fear of crime and disorder. Members of the Department will strive continually for excellence and maintain the peace through service, integrity, leadership and fair treatment to all.
A Statement on the Value of Human Life
The primary responsibility of this Department and each of its members is to protect the lives of the citizens we are sworn to serve. It is also the duty of each member of the Department to honor the established principles of democracy upon which this country was founded. Among these is the most profound reverence for human life, the value of which far exceeds that of any property. In view of this, it is essential that every action of this Department and of each of its members be consistent with that responsibility.
For these reasons, it is appropriate that this Statement on the Value of Human Life embodies the spirit of the Department and sets forth the principles and policies which guide the conduct of every Department employee.
In recognition, therefore, of the commitment of this Department to the preservations of human life, and because of the public trust which empowers sworn police officers to lawfully exercise force, even deadly force when required, in carrying out that commitment, it is hereby declared to be the policy of this Department that (1) the use of deadly force will never be condoned as a routine response; and (2) police officers will exercise the highest degree of care in the applications of such force.
On the post: One Year Since The Innovation Act, And Still No Patent Reform
The Government can NOT stop it.
Only Shakespeare's approach will ever be able to fix this.
On the post: Prosecutor Lays The Blame For The Ferguson Debacle At The Feet Of 'Social Media'
He just misses
All these damn people with their instant videos of police pulling women from their cars and beating them, of police threatening and confiscating (and accidentally deleting evidence), of "theft at badgepoint"... well, this just has to stop. The people are just out of control.
Well, not exactly. They are out of YOUR control Mr McCulloch - the world has changed. Get Over It. As real reporters used to say - "The Truth will out". Just happens instantly now.
On the post: Automakers Like TOTALLY Promise Not To Abuse The Ocean Of Location Data Their Cars Now Collect
Calling Holley!
Then we need long-life 12v batteries - plug in the gear, and ship it UPS to friends around the country (or overseas). Ship it back and forth while you enjoy driving the car - then put it back in when you take the car in for service.
Let's see 'em figure out how we were driving across the Atlantic.. or travelling cross-country at 500MPH ...
On the post: Selling Fear: The First US School Installs A Shooting Detection System
And the numbers...
sarc
I'm sure the welfare of the children is worth way more than 10.5 BILLION, isn't it? How dare you say we're only in it for the money...
/sarc
Imagine how many politicians can be bought from THAT profit margin..
/sadtruth
On the post: Feds Put Fake Cell Towers On Planes, Spied On Tons Of Innocent Americans
Re: Develop some way to detect 'fake' cell towers
*my* PD doesn't know how to change the timezone on the stingray they have - so when my phone goes from correct time, in 4G mode, standard 2 bar signal to 4-bar, 2G, PST...
Many of the software toys they use can only support 2G; so your service will "downgrade" to that. If you study your phone in your usual spots, you know how many bars you should have there, and what mode you should be in.
And if the time zone suddenly goes way off and then comes back...
On the post: Ontario Police Inspector Says He Wants A 'Driver's License For The Internet'
I have no problem applying for his "Internet Users License"...
Which consists of study and exams in the areas of:
The Constitution
Ethics
Morals
Civility
Respect for those you serve
and maybe a few on actual police work...
On the post: Sending Liability Up The Stack: Domain Registrars Potentially Liable For Infringement By End Users
Just get it over with.
EVERYONE would immediately go back to buying records and newspapers and going to the movies and watching only prime-time TV shows and listening only to network news like in the Good Old Days (tm)
/sarc
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