Replying to the whole thread, and to all of you, and to Karl:
Heard.
I will refrain from bringing this up again.
I don't consider myself a troll. Trolls agitate for no particular purpose other than causing upheaval and angst. They don't further discussion, and detract from the topic. As I said I will refrain, this won't be a justification of my note... just that I don't see myself as a troll... and yes, I'm a regular TD reader just like the rest of (non-trolls, I guess), and a supporter (to the best of my ability), and a fanboi to the extent I tell everyone I know to read TD and often reference TD articles elsewhere.
Broadband providers are simply that... they are cable companies and telcos that ALSO provide Internet service.
Still, Karl Bode insists on calling them ISPs.
Sorry, Karl, us ISPs resent you lumping us all in because it's too difficult for you to tell the difference between the bad guys (LECs and Cable COs) and the good guys (independent ISPs).
Readers: Next time you think "ISP" don't think "bad guy", think "good guy". Next time you see "cable company" or "telephone company" think "bad guy".
If the distinction is confusing, you're with Karl. If it's pretty simple and you get it, Karl is on his own planet.
There should be "justice" period, first as a concept, and then as implemented policy, long before you call for "equal justice". "Equal justice" is a nonsense term. Either something is just or it's not. You can't get "more just[ice]" or "less just[ice]"... just ... Justice.
Further, justice or lack thereof doesn't dictate reporters knowledge or beliefs. "...reporters should know..." has nothing to do with what reporters report (hopefully, just the facts!)
In sum, you made two arguments: 1. There should be equal justice 2. Reporters should stick to their lane
My response 1. There's no such thing, and bringing it up demonstrates you know nothing 2. There's no such thing, and bringing it up demonstrates you know nothing.
Please don't reply -- your reply will be not of equal justice, and outside your limit areas.
You made up the definition of reporter based on your own personal criteria.
Fox News regularly doesn't "provide all the data they receive", yada yada yada.
Stop making up stuff.
Assange is just as much as a reporter as anyone who publishes information not previously known, or opines on it.
If you don't like it, find a country where there's a 'requirement' to equally report on all information received, show every side, etc. It's not on this Earth.
It will be sad when he's gone and there's nobody there to speak for those of us who care about privacy, protections, rights, and freedoms. (Grandstanding aside.)
The debate you wish to start about who owns the rights to the material is not the topic here. What is being discussed is the right of the press to publish information given to them *REGARDLESS* of whose it is.
There's no fine line. Wikileaks was given information which they published, just like WashPo and NYT do every day.
As has been covered here at TechDirt before in discussions about Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning, being charged with the espionage act would be a heinous violation of Assange's rights, the rights of the press to publish, and the right of the press to be free of government oppression.
The Washington Post as recently as June 30th discussed US Attorney General Jeff Sessions' obsession with charging Assange under this and "theft of government property" charges.
I think that it's time for a movement led by a leader in the fight for freedom, such as the EFF, to send a message to our elected "lawmakers". We need to let them know we support a free press. We support the press' right to report on information they are given regardless of from where it came. We support Julian Assange not because we love him or hate him but because what HE DID is not in violation of the laws of the United States as we have known them since The Pentagon Papers.
Sure, you can set a Port-Out PIN, but the "hacker" doesn't need to port your number [to a different carrier] at all.
They can simply do a SIM swap, on the same carrier, suggesting to the customer service person that the customer is simply activating a new SIM on the account and switching phones, something that's done all the time.
The US carriers currently have no reasonable methods in play to prevent this, mainly because they want to make it convenient to sell their customers a new phone, thrown in a new SIM, activate it, move the telephone number (TN) and voila it all works.
In soviet russia the system tells you who you work for
In a free country we don't legislate requiring people to work for free.
It's not "volunteerism" because they didn't volunteer, it's "conscription."
I do appreciate the appeal of your socialist ideas. They aren't part of our Constitutional democracy.
E P.S. "Let them make as much as they want the other 50% of the time" -- absurd. People want to "make as much as they can" 100% of the time. Except when THEY volunteer. Note the use of the words "they" and "volunteer" meaning it's by choice.
Thank you very much for letting us know your filing system. I find it very fascinating and look forward to learning more about you.
What bumper stickers do you have on your car? Is your kid a faded honor student from a school that's no longer open but you left it on because you ran out of goo-gone? Are you a believer in Mercedes but bad kids added a vertical bar in a spat of graffiti and now it looks like you're an anarchist?
Is your license plate holder yet another mechanism for you to broadcast to the world your most dearest beliefs, because nothing says you care to communicate like littering the ass-end of your car with your political opinions, stick figures of your family, types of animals, and hobbies and sports. Perhaps you've done a half-marathon... don't leave off the 13.1 sticker!
I do appreciate knowing how you intend to file Tim Cushing stories, and TechDirt in general. Thanks for letting us know what you're going to avoid.
I always sign my name. I'd be honored if you'd add me to your "Filed Under" tag or whatever idiocy you use to not tax your brain with concepts that strain it.
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Re: Lying to Shareholders
If it's in the news media it's just a quote in the wind.
Look at their 10K and 10Qs. I doubt you'll find any language anywhere about how they are doing other than in the vaguest of terms.
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Heard.
Heard.
I will refrain from bringing this up again.
I don't consider myself a troll. Trolls agitate for no particular purpose other than causing upheaval and angst. They don't further discussion, and detract from the topic. As I said I will refrain, this won't be a justification of my note... just that I don't see myself as a troll... and yes, I'm a regular TD reader just like the rest of (non-trolls, I guess), and a supporter (to the best of my ability), and a fanboi to the extent I tell everyone I know to read TD and often reference TD articles elsewhere.
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ISPs
Still, Karl Bode insists on calling them ISPs.
Sorry, Karl, us ISPs resent you lumping us all in because it's too difficult for you to tell the difference between the bad guys (LECs and Cable COs) and the good guys (independent ISPs).
Readers: Next time you think "ISP" don't think "bad guy", think "good guy". Next time you see "cable company" or "telephone company" think "bad guy".
If the distinction is confusing, you're with Karl. If it's pretty simple and you get it, Karl is on his own planet.
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Justice is a subjective cultural ethic
However, our ides of -what- that "just way" (or justice) is varies by culture, religion, upbringing, values, etc.
Then when it's taken a step further moving it from "justice" to "equal justice"... then we're no longer discussing justice...
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within is one word
Further, justice or lack thereof doesn't dictate reporters knowledge or beliefs. "...reporters should know..." has nothing to do with what reporters report (hopefully, just the facts!)
In sum, you made two arguments:
1. There should be equal justice
2. Reporters should stick to their lane
My response
1. There's no such thing, and bringing it up demonstrates you know nothing
2. There's no such thing, and bringing it up demonstrates you know nothing.
Please don't reply -- your reply will be not of equal justice, and outside your limit areas.
Act appropriately, and BE CAUTIOUS! (--djt)
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Made up definitions of "reporter"
Fox News regularly doesn't "provide all the data they receive", yada yada yada.
Stop making up stuff.
Assange is just as much as a reporter as anyone who publishes information not previously known, or opines on it.
If you don't like it, find a country where there's a 'requirement' to equally report on all information received, show every side, etc. It's not on this Earth.
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typo
sieze - bad
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Re:
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
That's why you're the attorney general.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Espionage Act, and EFF time
E <-- note the signature
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Ron Wyden gets it
It will be sad when he's gone and there's nobody there to speak for those of us who care about privacy, protections, rights, and freedoms. (Grandstanding aside.)
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Espionage Act, and EFF time
There's no fine line. Wikileaks was given information which they published, just like WashPo and NYT do every day.
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Re: I don't want him prosecuted
/scratch head
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Espionage Act, and EFF time
The Washington Post as recently as June 30th discussed US Attorney General Jeff Sessions' obsession with charging Assange under this and "theft of government property" charges.
I think that it's time for a movement led by a leader in the fight for freedom, such as the EFF, to send a message to our elected "lawmakers". We need to let them know we support a free press. We support the press' right to report on information they are given regardless of from where it came. We support Julian Assange not because we love him or hate him but because what HE DID is not in violation of the laws of the United States as we have known them since The Pentagon Papers.
Ehud
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Port-out PIN
They can simply do a SIM swap, on the same carrier, suggesting to the customer service person that the customer is simply activating a new SIM on the account and switching phones, something that's done all the time.
The US carriers currently have no reasonable methods in play to prevent this, mainly because they want to make it convenient to sell their customers a new phone, thrown in a new SIM, activate it, move the telephone number (TN) and voila it all works.
As it does for the "hacker" stealing the TN.
Ehud
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In soviet russia the system tells you who you work for
It's not "volunteerism" because they didn't volunteer, it's "conscription."
I do appreciate the appeal of your socialist ideas. They aren't part of our Constitutional democracy.
E
P.S. "Let them make as much as they want the other 50% of the time" -- absurd. People want to "make as much as they can" 100% of the time. Except when THEY volunteer. Note the use of the words "they" and "volunteer" meaning it's by choice.
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Yes, and what DO you have on your bumper sticker?
What bumper stickers do you have on your car? Is your kid a faded honor student from a school that's no longer open but you left it on because you ran out of goo-gone? Are you a believer in Mercedes but bad kids added a vertical bar in a spat of graffiti and now it looks like you're an anarchist?
Is your license plate holder yet another mechanism for you to broadcast to the world your most dearest beliefs, because nothing says you care to communicate like littering the ass-end of your car with your political opinions, stick figures of your family, types of animals, and hobbies and sports. Perhaps you've done a half-marathon... don't leave off the 13.1 sticker!
I do appreciate knowing how you intend to file Tim Cushing stories, and TechDirt in general. Thanks for letting us know what you're going to avoid.
I always sign my name. I'd be honored if you'd add me to your "Filed Under" tag or whatever idiocy you use to not tax your brain with concepts that strain it.
Ehud
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Sentence fragments do not a conclusion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQCU36pkH7c
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psychonomy
A word ending in "ology" is the "study of".
A word ending in "onomy" is the "science of."
Astrology is not a science. It's a study of the stars.
Astronomy is a science.
Psychology is not a science. It's a study of the psyche.
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Re: Crime as a failure of state
Wow. You really said it so very very well.
Amen, brother!
Ehud
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