“The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul producing holy witness Is like a villain with a smiling cheek,
A goodly apple rotten at the heart. O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!”
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: But for the evidence, we are
Ah! The old "no one directly told ME that the EXACT actions I took were in fact illegal, hence I get a free ride." Yes, that will likely get them off the hook as we've seen quite a few times. However, it may still give them trouble in courts later were the shredding shows the willful covering of illegality, tainting any testimony from those involved.
We don't recognize the username just yet. When AAC or TOG make a post like yours, everyone knows who they are and how they like to post. We're now learning to add your posts in to the group.
In addition to Poe's Law, we've seen trolls who sometimes made grammatical errors in their post that made single lines seem a little off, but who otherwise meant everything they said. You're getting mistaken for one of those. I think I'll remember you after this. :)
Hollywood is nowhere near as large as they pretend to be, and the record labels are even smaller, yet look at the legislative club they wield in the US. Don't equate "small" with powerless.
I still have my bootleg VHS of Akira. And when it came to the theaters later I went to see it in the theater... and bought the DVD... and the manga... and the blue ray. "Piracy" was the ONLY form of advertising willing to spend the money to create a market that would have otherwise never existed.
It's not G.I. Bro at all and nobody is going to think otherwise, except apparently for Booker T and whatever lawyers he convinced to file this lawsuit.
Did he convince a lawyer, or did a scuzzbag lawyer convince him? It's kind of a toss here. Either is just as likely these days. I'd fully believe there are lawyers that scour the net looking for similarities between anything new or big, and old properties, then make pitches at the original folk about how the big bad company is stealing their precious.
Future mirrors will be cameras mounted on flat screens with built in facial recognition, with an always-on connection to the net to make sure all the proper fees are paid per usage. ;)
You're deliberately conflating apples and oranges. This isn't a "fishing trip" by the public to find hidden evidence, this is more like the employee personnel records companies keep. And while employee personnel records are in general private, many people have a right to access those records to see what you're up to. This new law simply extended that right to the public when it comes to police personnel records.
I got the CreationKit for Skyrim from a separate download that was widely available. Too bad that's not the case with FO4 CK. I've only got the Beth launcher on my laptop, and I've left it in case I need it for something else (not likely). I've moved the FO4 CK over to my main PC as it doesn't need the launcher, which is why it's so stupid that the only way to get it is through the launcher. Copy the files into you FO4 directory and run from the desktop (or from MO2) and you're good.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Might have been the wrong address
No, they'd do it anyway since it's just an excuse to stop EVERYBODY and run checks. Outstanding warrant somewhere? Going to jail. Not a legal resident? Going to jail. Outstanding tickets? Going to jail. Broken tail light? Getting a ticket. Small bag of pot? Going to jail and losing car. Out of town? Going to jail and losing car. ;)
They'll never stop the DUI checkpoints because they're a leading money maker.
I only have the Bethesda launcher installed because it's the only way to get the CreationKit for modding. Their client is really crappy - it doesn't even work in WINE; you have to run it in Windows. At least Steam works fine in WINE, and many Windows games work great in Steam under WINE (like Doom 2016).
No, if anything, it increases the risk. McDonald's is going to be fuming over this whole mess while it works on an appeal, and will put it's full weight against the first smaller company to put a toe over the line to assert its dominance in the market. "Burger King might dare, but the rest of you are insects."
Without the "giants", shopping would be problematical. Example: I have a certain kind of cup soup I like that my local stores quit carrying about four months ago. Rather than drive further and further hoping SOMEONE still has it, I checked online. Now I buy it on the net. If you don't at least have a search engine, how are you supposed to find online sellers with the product you're looking for?
Back in the bad old days before search engines, and even before the internet, you were just screwed. If a local store quit carrying something, you drove longer distances to get it, or you did without it. When I was a kid, we'd sometimes (once every few months or so) all pile into the station wagon and drive three hours to get to a city large enough to have some of the rarer items we wanted. We'd then buy enough to hopefully last until the next major trip. And they want us to go back to that? Screw them sideways!
Re: Re: 'They're peasants, why would we, the nobility, care?'
To be fair, Washington's army fought the same exact way. He was trained in the traditional European manner of war, and felt that if you fought like the Indians, you'd lose like the Indians. That's why Washington lost most battles. The only thing he really did right was keep the army going, causing Britain to eventually lose because it cost too much to win.
On the post: California Court Says New Records Law Covers Past Police Misconduct Records
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Ask a stupid question...
This quote seems to be relevant here.
On the post: California Court Says New Records Law Covers Past Police Misconduct Records
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: But for the evidence, we are
Ah! The old "no one directly told ME that the EXACT actions I took were in fact illegal, hence I get a free ride." Yes, that will likely get them off the hook as we've seen quite a few times. However, it may still give them trouble in courts later were the shredding shows the willful covering of illegality, tainting any testimony from those involved.
On the post: California Court Says New Records Law Covers Past Police Misconduct Records
Re: Re: Re: Isn't that unfair?
We don't recognize the username just yet. When AAC or TOG make a post like yours, everyone knows who they are and how they like to post. We're now learning to add your posts in to the group.
In addition to Poe's Law, we've seen trolls who sometimes made grammatical errors in their post that made single lines seem a little off, but who otherwise meant everything they said. You're getting mistaken for one of those. I think I'll remember you after this. :)
On the post: Good Luck, Japan: Government About To Make All Copyright Infringement A Criminal Offense
Re: Re:
Hollywood is nowhere near as large as they pretend to be, and the record labels are even smaller, yet look at the legislative club they wield in the US. Don't equate "small" with powerless.
On the post: Good Luck, Japan: Government About To Make All Copyright Infringement A Criminal Offense
Re:
I still have my bootleg VHS of Akira. And when it came to the theaters later I went to see it in the theater... and bought the DVD... and the manga... and the blue ray. "Piracy" was the ONLY form of advertising willing to spend the money to create a market that would have otherwise never existed.
On the post: Wrestler Booker T Sues Activision For Copyright Infringement Over Fairly Generic Character Depiction
Toss up
Did he convince a lawyer, or did a scuzzbag lawyer convince him? It's kind of a toss here. Either is just as likely these days. I'd fully believe there are lawyers that scour the net looking for similarities between anything new or big, and old properties, then make pitches at the original folk about how the big bad company is stealing their precious.
On the post: Sony Using Copyright To Take Down Its Own Anti-Piracy Propaganda
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Future mirrors will be cameras mounted on flat screens with built in facial recognition, with an always-on connection to the net to make sure all the proper fees are paid per usage. ;)
On the post: Georgia Gov't Employee Somehow Manages To Get Criminally Charged For Violating Public Records Laws
It's only illegal if you get caught
She's only getting charged because she was stupid enough to leave a paper trail.
On the post: FBI's Internal Investigations Of Shootings By Agents Clears Agents 98% Of The Time
Re:
"Your gun went off accidentally?"
"Yep."
"But you had to reload three times!"
"It's a really faulty gun."
On the post: Monster Energy Loses Appeal On Monsta Pizza Trademark Ruling
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Little Kaiser's Pizza.
On the post: California Court Says New Records Law Covers Past Police Misconduct Records
Re: Isn't that unfair?
You're deliberately conflating apples and oranges. This isn't a "fishing trip" by the public to find hidden evidence, this is more like the employee personnel records companies keep. And while employee personnel records are in general private, many people have a right to access those records to see what you're up to. This new law simply extended that right to the public when it comes to police personnel records.
On the post: Steam Responds To Epic's Competition By Weaponizing The Steam Community
Re: Re: Re: Re: Article Quality
I got the CreationKit for Skyrim from a separate download that was widely available. Too bad that's not the case with FO4 CK. I've only got the Beth launcher on my laptop, and I've left it in case I need it for something else (not likely). I've moved the FO4 CK over to my main PC as it doesn't need the launcher, which is why it's so stupid that the only way to get it is through the launcher. Copy the files into you FO4 directory and run from the desktop (or from MO2) and you're good.
On the post: After No-Knock Raid Goes Horribly Wrong, Police Union Boss Steps Up To Threaten PD's Critics
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Might have been the wrong address
No, they'd do it anyway since it's just an excuse to stop EVERYBODY and run checks. Outstanding warrant somewhere? Going to jail. Not a legal resident? Going to jail. Outstanding tickets? Going to jail. Broken tail light? Getting a ticket. Small bag of pot? Going to jail and losing car. Out of town? Going to jail and losing car. ;)
They'll never stop the DUI checkpoints because they're a leading money maker.
On the post: Steam Responds To Epic's Competition By Weaponizing The Steam Community
Re: Re: Article Quality
I only have the Bethesda launcher installed because it's the only way to get the CreationKit for modding. Their client is really crappy - it doesn't even work in WINE; you have to run it in Windows. At least Steam works fine in WINE, and many Windows games work great in Steam under WINE (like Doom 2016).
On the post: Initial Fallout From McDonald's Losing Its EU 'Big Mac' Trademark Is Mockery From Burger King
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No, if anything, it increases the risk. McDonald's is going to be fuming over this whole mess while it works on an appeal, and will put it's full weight against the first smaller company to put a toe over the line to assert its dominance in the market. "Burger King might dare, but the rest of you are insects."
On the post: Techdirt Podcast Episode 198: Life Without The Tech Giants
Shopping nightmare
Without the "giants", shopping would be problematical. Example: I have a certain kind of cup soup I like that my local stores quit carrying about four months ago. Rather than drive further and further hoping SOMEONE still has it, I checked online. Now I buy it on the net. If you don't at least have a search engine, how are you supposed to find online sellers with the product you're looking for?
Back in the bad old days before search engines, and even before the internet, you were just screwed. If a local store quit carrying something, you drove longer distances to get it, or you did without it. When I was a kid, we'd sometimes (once every few months or so) all pile into the station wagon and drive three hours to get to a city large enough to have some of the rarer items we wanted. We'd then buy enough to hopefully last until the next major trip. And they want us to go back to that? Screw them sideways!
On the post: DNA-Matching Company Decides To Open Its Doors To The FBI Without Bothering To Inform Its Users
Re: And for new customers...
Somehow, I see this going this direction:
Did you know you share identical DNA to John Doe 23881? And for a modest fee of $500 per month (subject to change at any time), we won't tell the FBI.
On the post: Another Pre-Super Bowl 'Sex Trafficking Sting' Busts A Bunch Of People Trying To Buy Sex From Cops Pretending To Be Teens
Could be worse
And all the rest were killed by SWAT in their no-knock raids.
On the post: Another Pre-Super Bowl 'Sex Trafficking Sting' Busts A Bunch Of People Trying To Buy Sex From Cops Pretending To Be Teens
Re: Re: If they are looking for violations of sexual soliticiati
Third time's the charm! :)
On the post: UK Forum Hands Out Public Records Request-Dodging Guidance To Over 100 Government Agencies
Re: Re: 'They're peasants, why would we, the nobility, care?'
To be fair, Washington's army fought the same exact way. He was trained in the traditional European manner of war, and felt that if you fought like the Indians, you'd lose like the Indians. That's why Washington lost most battles. The only thing he really did right was keep the army going, causing Britain to eventually lose because it cost too much to win.
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