... there's a case coming up about how legal our data collection efforts are ... you might want to think about what data we have on you before you think about taking on that case.
Hey "future crime cops" ... come arrest me... I plan on pirating a cup of coffee while wearing a Guy Fawkes mask and an EFF NSA t-shirt under my tech-dirt hoodie. That should count for at least a 5-yr charge...
Seriously? This better be followed up by "board fires clueless CEO"
TheResidentSkeptic (profile), 19 Feb 2014 @ 9:59am
You are pissing off the terrorists
Several key terrorist organizations are in an emergency meeting to determine how to accomplish THEIR goal of destroying the governments of the "free world" before the governments do it themselves.
We need to stop this foolishness! Think of the Terrorists!
[ I'd put /sarc but I don't think I'm actually being sarcastic... ]
TheResidentSkeptic (profile), 16 Jan 2014 @ 9:54am
Competition is NOT in the government's best interest
As government "programs" invest heavily in the stock of these companies - anything which would cut into their profit-making potential can not be tolerated. The massive return on investment enabled by the government granted monopoly given by the left hand enables the other government program on the fight hand to make what it needs to...
gov't->monopoly rents->paid by public->monopoly stock value->gov't
Why would this be allowed to change? No one "important" is getting screwed by this plan...
TheResidentSkeptic (profile), 13 Jan 2014 @ 9:13am
People will network
Pre-internet saw the rise of the BBS - where people wanted to share files, and did so with NO central oversight. BBS phone numbers were freely copied and shared - many people connected to hundreds of "sites" with simple dial-up modems. A LOT more was done than the industries ever realized. The "internet" centralized it where it became visible and made it a target. Pre-"It's mine and you can't use it" we had every monthly magazine publishing SOURCE CODE which was freely shared (remember @copyleft?) because people wanted to share and wanted to learn and wanted to share what they enjoyed.
The internet allowed us to do so on a much grander scale - because people want to share what they love and technology allows them to do so easier than ever before. (Try typing in 1000 lines of code out of a magazine with folds in it ... you really learn debugging!)
CULTURE comes from sharing what we love. "The Internet" is just the current mechanism for doing so. Go ahead and take it over. See what happens. Just as has been pointed out - DRM is broken in minutes; phones are jailbroken the day they come out; there is NO technology that can't be circumvented (laws that no one believes in are useless).
People will develop "another way". And, it will be harder to track, harder to find... and the companies will still be standing around wondering what happened and why no one is using their nearly useless service.
Adapt or Die. The net doesn't care. People don't care about the success or failure of YOUR business. They care about the things they enjoy. CULTURE is something which MUST BE shared and enjoyed. Locking it up will fail. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
TheResidentSkeptic (profile), 10 Jan 2014 @ 2:30pm
Oh yes they are...
many states are working to finish replacing tool booths with "toll by plate" wherein they just snap a pic of your plate as you go by and mail you the bill...so they do know where you are driving and exactly how long it takes you to get from toll booth to toll booth. They could easily do the math and throw in a speeding ticket with the toll bill. ANY set of plate readers could be used this way. I know they aren't tracking cars yet on other roads as I regularly hit 100+ on back roads down here in Florida and I haven't gotten a bill or a visit from those wonderfully friendly guys in blue uniforms...
TheResidentSkeptic (profile), 6 Jan 2014 @ 12:13pm
Can we get a "we the people" petition going
to perform a full-on drug test of all our congress critters? I really wonder what it would turn up. I'm very skeptical that these guys can make these statements "straight". They must be on some really good stuff that they aren't sharing.
TheResidentSkeptic (profile), 6 Jan 2014 @ 11:13am
Under What Program
Anyone who believes bullet #2 has not been paying attention to the new meaning of words from our government agencies.
Let's see how that really reads...
"We just have a file on everyone IN the united states - citizen or not"
"We just happen to have 350 million files, which just happens to match the number of people in the US".
Or the other game:
First, define "keep". Second, define "file"
"we don't have a FILE on them, just a lot of records about them".
Hey.. I'm getting pretty good at this game... maybe they will call me and offer me a job - after all, they and/or the NSA have my contact information...
TheResidentSkeptic (profile), 27 Dec 2013 @ 9:20am
And in following news...
Swedish collection societies have applied for a $2,900 "you must be a pirate tax" on this income as it is obviously targeted to file sharers who are stealing the artists work.
TheResidentSkeptic (profile), 20 Dec 2013 @ 6:05am
Obama is Correct... for the wrong reasons.
He is correct in that he can NOT "pardon" Snowden. A "Pardon" is only granted to someone who has done something WRONG. Obama could grant "Pardons" to all the lying bastards behind the mess for all of THEIR wrong-doing - but not to Snowden. History will be on Snowdens' side when all is said and done.
TheResidentSkeptic (profile), 16 Dec 2013 @ 9:16am
Calling All Tradesmen
Get your lawyers out! If an "artist" can get paid every time... why not you? Every time a house is sold - get your cut.. for the electrician who installed the wiring, the carpenters who built it, the plumbers, the painters...
How about using "Hollywood" accounting/residuals model? Then you could get paid every time the lights turn on...or the lock unlocks...or the water runs...
I bet we can NOT come up with something more insane than the government does...
On the post: A Look Back In Techdirt History
The saddest part of this is
On the post: Turkish Prime Minister Bans Twitter... Turkish People Turn Around And Ban The Ban
Conversation with IT
IT: Who is this guy? Doesn't he know that won't work? Yeah.. Let's just shine him on ... "Yes Sir! We can implement a DNS block for you"
PM: "OK... that's what I need. Do it now"
IT: "sure... here you go"
Internet: Damage Detected. Re-routing.
On the post: Senator Feinstein Finally Finds Surveillance To Get Angry About: When It Happened To Her Staffers
TO: SysAdmins of all classified materials rooms (CIA/NSA/et. al)
Thank you
...problem solved.
On the post: Supreme Court Takes A Pass On Challenging Legality Of Government Surveillance Programs
Hi Guys
Just sayin'
you know who...
On the post: US Solicitor General's Office, Run By Former Top MPAA Lawyer, Shockingly Sides With Broadcasters Over Aereo
Damn pirates
On the post: Keurig Will Use DRM In New Coffee Maker To Lock Out Refill Market
Please arrest me
Seriously? This better be followed up by "board fires clueless CEO"
On the post: UK Court Rules Miranda Detention At Heathrow Airport Was Lawful, But Questions Remain About What Was Seized
You are pissing off the terrorists
We need to stop this foolishness! Think of the Terrorists!
[ I'd put /sarc but I don't think I'm actually being sarcastic... ]
On the post: GAO Finds Handling Of Intelligence Contractors Just As Screwed Up As Everything Else It's Investigated
So to fix all these problems
That will make it all better.
/sarc
On the post: UK Man Jailed For Not Giving Police Thumbstick Password
For all authorities
The password is "SnowdenRocks"
It contains a copy of the constitution and bill of rights.
I know you have never seen them - so enjoy studying them for all the "radical ideas" they contain.
On the post: Losing Net Neutrality Is The Symptom, Not The Problem: Now Is The Time To Focus On Real Competition
Competition is NOT in the government's best interest
gov't->monopoly rents->paid by public->monopoly stock value->gov't
Why would this be allowed to change? No one "important" is getting screwed by this plan...
On the post: Hollywood Needs The Internet More Than The Internet Needs Hollywood... So Why Is The W3C Pretending Otherwise?
People will network
Pre-"It's mine and you can't use it" we had every monthly magazine publishing SOURCE CODE which was freely shared (remember @copyleft?) because people wanted to share and wanted to learn and wanted to share what they enjoyed.
The internet allowed us to do so on a much grander scale - because people want to share what they love and technology allows them to do so easier than ever before. (Try typing in 1000 lines of code out of a magazine with folds in it ... you really learn debugging!)
CULTURE comes from sharing what we love. "The Internet" is just the current mechanism for doing so. Go ahead and take it over. See what happens. Just as has been pointed out - DRM is broken in minutes; phones are jailbroken the day they come out; there is NO technology that can't be circumvented (laws that no one believes in are useless).
People will develop "another way". And, it will be harder to track, harder to find... and the companies will still be standing around wondering what happened and why no one is using their nearly useless service.
Adapt or Die.
The net doesn't care.
People don't care about the success or failure of YOUR business. They care about the things they enjoy. CULTURE is something which MUST BE shared and enjoyed. Locking it up will fail. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
This network may die. But the next one...
On the post: Ford VP Claims The Company Is Tracking Everyone's Driving Habits... Then Denies It
Oh yes they are...
On the post: Rep. Peter King Says NSA Should Spy On Congress, Because They Might Be Talking To Al Qaeda
Can we get a "we the people" petition going
On the post: FBI Admits It's Not Really About Law Enforcement Any More; Ignores Lots Of Crimes To Focus On Creating Fake Terror Plots
Under What Program
Let's see how that really reads...
"We just have a file on everyone IN the united states - citizen or not"
"We just happen to have 350 million files, which just happens to match the number of people in the US".
Or the other game:
First, define "keep". Second, define "file"
"we don't have a FILE on them, just a lot of records about them".
Hey.. I'm getting pretty good at this game... maybe they will call me and offer me a job - after all, they and/or the NSA have my contact information...
On the post: Terrorist Appeaser Peter King Blasts NY Times For Supporting 'Terrorist Appeaser' And 'Traitor' Ed Snowden
I wonder
I marvel at folks who never allow truth or facts to get in the way of their beliefs.
I remain skeptical that they will ever learn.
On the post: Dell's Twitter Account Apologizes For The 'Inconvenience' Of Helping NSA Install Spyware
You missed a fine point, and need a translation..
"dellcaresPRO" does care, and can help.
Translation: NSA paid us $50 to put it in; pay our PRO service $250 and they will take it out.
On the post: How To Solve The Piracy Problem: Give Everyone A Basic Income For Doing Nothing
And in following news...
On the post: Zynga's Founder Asks Obama To Pardon Snowden
Obama is Correct... for the wrong reasons.
On the post: Report Suggests NSA Engaged In Financial Manipulation, Changing Money In Bank Accounts
And here I thought
Well, if they need a place to hide money, they can put some in my account...I can promise to spend it more wisely than the government would...
On the post: US Copyright Office Supports Artists Getting Paid Multiple Times For Same Work, Harming New Artists To Benefit Established Ones
Calling All Tradesmen
How about using "Hollywood" accounting/residuals model? Then you could get paid every time the lights turn on...or the lock unlocks...or the water runs...
I bet we can NOT come up with something more insane than the government does...
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