Landlords regularly run credit checks. Try to find a car that will pass inspection, that's also cheap enough to buy out of pocket. You can't even finance an appliance without a decent credit score.
A credit score definitely determines who can live where and what vehicle they can own.
If you "got the money," you most likely have the credit score to match.
I had to clear both cache and cookies to actually exit the beta. The button was sending me to the main Techdirt page, but I was being redirected to the beta site again afterwards.
By opening and using the software, you agree to the EULA. The Nintendo EULA probably has restrictions listed in it that agree to abide by Nintendo's terrible, confusing rules that would normally be void, but Bowers v. Baystate Technologies said that EULAs are more binding than normal contracts, and able to restrict fair use.
By posting to Techdirt, you agree to grant them a permanent, non-exclusive license to your comment. The comment is still "yours," as in, you can say the same exact thing somewhere else, and they can't stop you. The permanent, non-exclusive license just means you can't sue Techdirt 5 years from now for still having your comment visible.
Well, you can't sue them for copyright infringement, at least.
What massive defect did this lab have, to let slide the use "personal equipment" in the first place? I'd say the "reputational damage" was well deserved, and probably not nearly severe enough, by the time it's over.
I've done lab work myself, albeit for a much less important but more lucrative industry. What sort of idiot hires the sort of idiot that would use their own tools instead of those supplied by the lab? You're supposed to periodically test and calibrate everything. Even at my job, using improper equipment wouldn't just get you canned, there was a possibility of real legal consequences. Filling out documentation with those numbers made your documents fraud. For a crime lab, it would seem to be fraud AND perjury.
And let me tell you, the tech's coworkers almost definitely knew what was going on. The sort of person who prefers their personal equipment over supplied equipment isn't quiet about it. They complain to anyone who'll lend them an ear, and typically act proud of the fact that they've "got one over" the supervision.
It's one thing doing quality control for the petrochem industry, but it's a whole different matter when justice for victims and liberty for the falsely accused are at stake. The fact that "only" 19 cases are in question is ALMOST DEFINITELY a lie. This sort of bad behavior is usually systemic, and has a lot to do with the management tolerating otherwise fire-able offenses.
In my professional opinion (literally), everything the lab touched is poisoned. Unless they can prove otherwise, any evidence that went through them should be suspect. Frankly, if the DA/PD/whoever keeps using that lab, it's just evidence that they like the kind of false results the lab usually sends them.
It very close to literally pains me that my first reaction to this judgement on an obvious abuse of power was being happy.
Like, happy that it was different this time. Happy that at least one judge didn't see the color of an involved uniform and rubber-stamp anything they touched, like the judge who issued the warrant did.
It should be business as usual, not a delightful surprise.
Calling it "theft" when no copies are missing is also word play.
You're comparing depriving me of money that I have already earned to maybe losing money that has not yet been earned, compounded by the fact that as many units are available for sale after "theft" as before "theft".
If I take a gold watch without the owner's permission, he's lost his gold watch, and it's stealing.
If I post a video/MP3/whatever without the owner's permission, he is not missing any copies, AND, depending on the context, I may be posting a perfectly legal critique, a parody, a review, a comparison between works A and B, or many, many other legal uses.
As copyright maximalists love to say, fair use is only a defense. Under Article 13, how can a website allow any use that does not have an explicit license, if the only way to prove fair use or fair dealing is a literal court case?
Now all I can think of is @StealthMountain, the twitter account whose entire existence is based on correcting people who say "sneak peak" instead of "sneak peek."
If that's what you think made voting "not secret," you seem to misunderstand what's "secret" about a "secret ballot."
Your vote has to be counted, therefore someone, somewhere, will eventually look at your vote. Your vote will be seen by someone, that's the point of voting.
It's still a "secret ballot," though, IF nobody is able to identify which vote belongs to which voter. Unless you sign your ballot, or take a selfie with it, no-one can link a specific person to a specific ballot. No number of tracking ink patents can change that, since the polling place has no control over which ballot you take, nor which booth you fill it out in.
If you were required to keep a portion of your ballot to match you to a specific vote, that would be different. But you aren't required to keep your ticket stub, it's not a movie theater. All tracking-ink technology has been proven to do is prevent polling workers from printing off extra, possibly fraudulent, ballots.
Could it be abused? Well, yeah, sure. But it hasn't. You would need some pretty air-tight evidence to convince anyone otherwise, too.
After all, like they say: Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof.
Re: Re: Re: First you put the ball on the tee, and then swing
Puh-lease... This is probably the same dope who tries regularly to claim that the FTC, EPA, FDA, and Library of Congress are all "changing laws" when they exercise regulatory powers written as part of a law. Reading is like kryptonite to people like that.
This guy, and/or another like him, refuses to recognize Congress's power to delegate, nor the fact that the Supreme Court recognized that power as Constitutional. The last guy I tried to have a discussion about the subject with even went so far as to try to imply the Supreme Court was in violation of the Constitution by deciding court cases about Constitutionality.
Since the DRM was broken before release, any sales lost because of it are negative losses! Therefore, if my calculations are correct, Denuvo has saved the company eleventy billion dollars in lost sales.
Hitman 2 is now the best selling game of all time.
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Re: Re: Rosks off
Dammit. I missed your title. Oh well. I laughed at my joke.
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Re:
I love it when people say someone "got off on a technicality."
I'd say that, more often than not, that "technicality" is the frikkin' CONSTITUTION!
I know, I know, who cares about a ~250 year old contract, as long as someone gets punished, right?
I guess it is a technicality, if you mean, "Technically, we only violated the highest laws of the land."
An unconstitutional warrant? DA says "technicality."
Didn't read someone their rights before interrogating them? "Technicality."
Unconstitutionally searched a house? "Technicality."
Illegally seized property? "Technicality."
Denied a suspect access to his lawyer? "Technicality."
Illegally recorded a suspect's privileged conversations with said lawyer? "Techni-fucking-cality."
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Re: Rosks off
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Your credit score can keep you out of work.
Landlords regularly run credit checks. Try to find a car that will pass inspection, that's also cheap enough to buy out of pocket. You can't even finance an appliance without a decent credit score.
A credit score definitely determines who can live where and what vehicle they can own.
If you "got the money," you most likely have the credit score to match.
If you don't, and have bad credit?
Forget 90210, you ain't living anywhere.
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Re: Re:
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Re: Bug reporting button?
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Bug reporting button?
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Re:
Well, more like because: EULA!
By opening and using the software, you agree to the EULA. The Nintendo EULA probably has restrictions listed in it that agree to abide by Nintendo's terrible, confusing rules that would normally be void, but Bowers v. Baystate Technologies said that EULAs are more binding than normal contracts, and able to restrict fair use.
By posting to Techdirt, you agree to grant them a permanent, non-exclusive license to your comment. The comment is still "yours," as in, you can say the same exact thing somewhere else, and they can't stop you. The permanent, non-exclusive license just means you can't sue Techdirt 5 years from now for still having your comment visible.
Well, you can't sue them for copyright infringement, at least.
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Re: information fiduciary ??
Basically, speech as an oligarchy.
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Re: Re: Re:
"Malicious Compliance"
Good band name, too.
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Since no-one has mentioned it...
What massive defect did this lab have, to let slide the use "personal equipment" in the first place? I'd say the "reputational damage" was well deserved, and probably not nearly severe enough, by the time it's over.
I've done lab work myself, albeit for a much less important but more lucrative industry. What sort of idiot hires the sort of idiot that would use their own tools instead of those supplied by the lab? You're supposed to periodically test and calibrate everything. Even at my job, using improper equipment wouldn't just get you canned, there was a possibility of real legal consequences. Filling out documentation with those numbers made your documents fraud. For a crime lab, it would seem to be fraud AND perjury.
And let me tell you, the tech's coworkers almost definitely knew what was going on. The sort of person who prefers their personal equipment over supplied equipment isn't quiet about it. They complain to anyone who'll lend them an ear, and typically act proud of the fact that they've "got one over" the supervision.
It's one thing doing quality control for the petrochem industry, but it's a whole different matter when justice for victims and liberty for the falsely accused are at stake. The fact that "only" 19 cases are in question is ALMOST DEFINITELY a lie. This sort of bad behavior is usually systemic, and has a lot to do with the management tolerating otherwise fire-able offenses.
In my professional opinion (literally), everything the lab touched is poisoned. Unless they can prove otherwise, any evidence that went through them should be suspect. Frankly, if the DA/PD/whoever keeps using that lab, it's just evidence that they like the kind of false results the lab usually sends them.
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It makes my head hurt...
It very close to literally pains me that my first reaction to this judgement on an obvious abuse of power was being happy.
Like, happy that it was different this time. Happy that at least one judge didn't see the color of an involved uniform and rubber-stamp anything they touched, like the judge who issued the warrant did.
It should be business as usual, not a delightful surprise.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Quit while you’re behind.
Calling it "theft" when no copies are missing is also word play.
You're comparing depriving me of money that I have already earned to maybe losing money that has not yet been earned, compounded by the fact that as many units are available for sale after "theft" as before "theft".
Yeah, I'm the one putting out red herrings.
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Re: Re: your shit got pushed in by a zombie last week.
He's woke, fool! Ain't no chem trails getting their fluoride through HIS tin foil!
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Re: Re: Quit while you’re behind.
Except his analogy is bullshit.
If I take a gold watch without the owner's permission, he's lost his gold watch, and it's stealing.
If I post a video/MP3/whatever without the owner's permission, he is not missing any copies, AND, depending on the context, I may be posting a perfectly legal critique, a parody, a review, a comparison between works A and B, or many, many other legal uses.
As copyright maximalists love to say, fair use is only a defense. Under Article 13, how can a website allow any use that does not have an explicit license, if the only way to prove fair use or fair dealing is a literal court case?
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Copyright ALL the stuff
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Re: You've missed the point
If that's what you think made voting "not secret," you seem to misunderstand what's "secret" about a "secret ballot."
Your vote has to be counted, therefore someone, somewhere, will eventually look at your vote. Your vote will be seen by someone, that's the point of voting.
It's still a "secret ballot," though, IF nobody is able to identify which vote belongs to which voter. Unless you sign your ballot, or take a selfie with it, no-one can link a specific person to a specific ballot. No number of tracking ink patents can change that, since the polling place has no control over which ballot you take, nor which booth you fill it out in.
If you were required to keep a portion of your ballot to match you to a specific vote, that would be different. But you aren't required to keep your ticket stub, it's not a movie theater. All tracking-ink technology has been proven to do is prevent polling workers from printing off extra, possibly fraudulent, ballots.
Could it be abused? Well, yeah, sure. But it hasn't. You would need some pretty air-tight evidence to convince anyone otherwise, too.
After all, like they say: Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof.
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Re: Re: Re: First you put the ball on the tee, and then swing
Puh-lease... This is probably the same dope who tries regularly to claim that the FTC, EPA, FDA, and Library of Congress are all "changing laws" when they exercise regulatory powers written as part of a law. Reading is like kryptonite to people like that.
This guy, and/or another like him, refuses to recognize Congress's power to delegate, nor the fact that the Supreme Court recognized that power as Constitutional. The last guy I tried to have a discussion about the subject with even went so far as to try to imply the Supreme Court was in violation of the Constitution by deciding court cases about Constitutionality.
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It's obvious!
Since the DRM was broken before release, any sales lost because of it are negative losses! Therefore, if my calculations are correct, Denuvo has saved the company eleventy billion dollars in lost sales.
Hitman 2 is now the best selling game of all time.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
He's woke, fool.
No chemtrails gettin' him, no way. They can't pick up his brain waves through the tin foil.
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