Re: Re: Re: Techdirt re-writer ignorant of bus-transfer switches.
I don't see -- so you'll have to show -- where it's "illegal" to use your solar-generator when it's NOT connected to the grid
Here's a novel idea: Try reading the story. It quotes the source material....
Thanks to power-company rules, it's impossible across Florida to simply buy a solar panel and power your individual home with it. You are instead legally mandated to connect your panels to your local electric grid. More egregious, FPL mandates that if the power goes out, your solar-power system must power down along with the rest of the grid, robbing potentially needy people of power during major outages.
You're REQUIRED to connect your panels to the grid. Once a hurricane knocks out the power, you have to make an appointment for the power company to come out and disconnect your house from the (dead) grid. They'll be a bit busy at that point, so you'll probably have to wait until power is restored to generate your own.
BTW: again, split up into three because Techdirt seems now to prevent long posts at least from TOR.
So you make a fool of yourself across multiple posts. The net effect is the same.
Re: Oooh, bullet points! You must see SESTA as dire indeed!
Sheer predictive assertion. I predict that if not passed, teh internets will become MORE of a haven for drug trade and sex trafficking.
That's like predicting - a century or so ago - that more bank robbers would be switching from horse to automobile as the getaway vehicle of choice. It's still not a valid reason to hold auto manufactures and mechanics responsible for bank robberies.
My view has the advantage of evidence and common sense.
Once filed in the FCC's rulemaking record, there are limits on the agency's ability to delete, change, or otherwise remove comments from the record. Doing so could undermine the FCC's ability to carry out its legal obligation, which is which is to respond to all significant issues raised in the proceeding.
If those fraudulent comments can't be taken down, then neither can any comments that include links to sex trafficking. The same probably goes for any government site where citizens' submissions become public record.
Some of the shows on my list, like Last Week Tonight and Samantha Bee, deal with current events. Watching them six months later ruins much of the enjoyment.
Anything with a fan base - like Star Trek: Discovery - is going to have a lot of discussion online. Much of it unavoidable. Watching it six months means you not only can't take part in the discussion, but plot points have already unavoidably been spoiled.
And some shows I just plain want to watch as they come out.
Re: Re: Re: I agree: corporate shouldn't have stopped it!
OKAY, so you agree up to a point. While denying. Typical Techdirt.
Yeah; recognizing civil rights in addition to the need for law enforcement. Insane, right?
If corporate used threat of firing to prevent employees from doing this on their own, then corporate is extorting them: preventing from actions otherwise legal.
Nonsense. A corporation has an obligation - if not legal, then ethical and for its own long-term self-interest - to prevent employees from violating customers' rights without valid reason.
A police investigation into a specific crime would be a valid reason. Drift-net trawling is not.
This device makes me realize that we owe a debt of gratitude to New Jersey.
Back in 2002 they passed the Childproof Handgun Bill into law, requiring that all guns sold in New Jersey have a mechanism to prevent unauthorized users from firing it, taking effect three years after such a smart gun is approved by the state.
And so all efforts to introduce a smart gun anywhere in the US are met with protests, the NRA arguing that allowing them anywhere would trigger the law.
Which is why we're not seeing handguns with Alexa, Siri and Cortana integration. And less ammosexuals talking to their guns than there might have been.
Setting aside your other wingnutty fallacies - included, no doubt, for consistency....
Corporations are REQUIRED to help "law enforcement".
Only in the case of specific crimes. That's not the case here.
This was drift-net trawling to see what they could dredge up. Hopefully they'd catch a criminal they didn't know about, while violating the privacy of many innocent people. No, corporations are NOT required to help with fishing expeditions. If anything, they're required to NOT help with this sort of behavior.
Consider how the U.S. Department of Justice decided to steal the Motel Caswell through through civil forfeiture, because someone who once stayed there committed a crime.
Nevertheless, the U.S. Department of Justice is in the process of confiscating the motel without any compensation, through civil forfeiture, because it was used in the commission of a crime. The local police with whom the Caswells actively cooperated for years are the ones who reported them to the federal agency. Why? Because, under a policy known as “equitable sharing,” the Tewksbury police department stands to gain as much as 80 percent of the value of the seized property.
That's how you get other hotels to cooperate "without asking."
I just attempted to check the streaming price and availability of my particular five shows here in Canada.
Realistically, only two are available for streaming; one for $7.99/month, and one for $79/year. And I'd disqualify one of those, because the show will only stream some time beyond its original release. From experience, that could mean five years later. The other service has a yearly contract.
The other shows are only available as "If you pay $130/month for cable with premium channels, then you may stream them."
But say all the shows were available for $8/month plus taxes each. And yes, they're each on a separate service. You're still looking at $50 month, at least a couple contracts, and five separate monthly bill payments. And you won't watch a couple of those services, because you'll STILL be pirating the shows to see them when they're released.
You're dealing with two sets of leaks from Manning:
The military leak, including the "Collateral Murder" video. This was indeed whistleblowing.
The State Department cables. Which, given that three million government workers and soldiers had access - and in some cases foreign government officials - with no tracking of their access and distribution - were marked "secret" only ironically.
Don't forget "Climategate", where a university email server was hacked and thousands of climate research emails and files were leaked.
Climate change deniers went "AHA!!!" only to find... nothing to support their conspiracy theories. Eight committees investigated the allegations and published reports, finding no evidence of fraud or scientific misconduct.
The deniers had to settle for claims of "deleting evidence" based on someone trying to fit a report onto one printed page.
Yes dear. (Please excuse me if I respond in the tone of voice of a condescending aunt to a retarded four-year-old. I have no idea what's up with that.)
While this is a bit of a throwaway line, it's actually important -- and it's one that David Slater should pay attention to. Allowing PETA to toss out the lower court settlement might not end his legal troubles over this matter. Anyone else alleging to be Naruto's "next friend" might go right back to court.
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Re: Re: Re: Techdirt re-writer ignorant of bus-transfer switches.
Here's a novel idea: Try reading the story. It quotes the source material....
You're REQUIRED to connect your panels to the grid. Once a hurricane knocks out the power, you have to make an appointment for the power company to come out and disconnect your house from the (dead) grid. They'll be a bit busy at that point, so you'll probably have to wait until power is restored to generate your own.
So you make a fool of yourself across multiple posts. The net effect is the same.
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Re: Oooh, bullet points! You must see SESTA as dire indeed!
That's like predicting - a century or so ago - that more bank robbers would be switching from horse to automobile as the getaway vehicle of choice. It's still not a valid reason to hold auto manufactures and mechanics responsible for bank robberies.
No, that's a big fail on the common sense.
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FCC.gov: Remember the recent Techdirt story "The FCC Insists It Can't Stop Impostors From Lying About My Views On Net Neutrality"
If those fraudulent comments can't be taken down, then neither can any comments that include links to sex trafficking. The same probably goes for any government site where citizens' submissions become public record.
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Some of the shows on my list, like Last Week Tonight and Samantha Bee, deal with current events. Watching them six months later ruins much of the enjoyment.
Anything with a fan base - like Star Trek: Discovery - is going to have a lot of discussion online. Much of it unavoidable. Watching it six months means you not only can't take part in the discussion, but plot points have already unavoidably been spoiled.
And some shows I just plain want to watch as they come out.
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Re: Re: Re: I agree: corporate shouldn't have stopped it!
Yeah; recognizing civil rights in addition to the need for law enforcement. Insane, right?
Nonsense. A corporation has an obligation - if not legal, then ethical and for its own long-term self-interest - to prevent employees from violating customers' rights without valid reason.
A police investigation into a specific crime would be a valid reason. Drift-net trawling is not.
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Back in 2002 they passed the Childproof Handgun Bill into law, requiring that all guns sold in New Jersey have a mechanism to prevent unauthorized users from firing it, taking effect three years after such a smart gun is approved by the state.
And so all efforts to introduce a smart gun anywhere in the US are met with protests, the NRA arguing that allowing them anywhere would trigger the law.
Which is why we're not seeing handguns with Alexa, Siri and Cortana integration. And less ammosexuals talking to their guns than there might have been.
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Re: I agree: corporate shouldn't have stopped it!
Setting aside your other wingnutty fallacies - included, no doubt, for consistency....
Only in the case of specific crimes. That's not the case here.
This was drift-net trawling to see what they could dredge up. Hopefully they'd catch a criminal they didn't know about, while violating the privacy of many innocent people. No, corporations are NOT required to help with fishing expeditions. If anything, they're required to NOT help with this sort of behavior.
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Consider how the U.S. Department of Justice decided to steal the Motel Caswell through through civil forfeiture, because someone who once stayed there committed a crime.
That's how you get other hotels to cooperate "without asking."
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Realistically, only two are available for streaming; one for $7.99/month, and one for $79/year. And I'd disqualify one of those, because the show will only stream some time beyond its original release. From experience, that could mean five years later. The other service has a yearly contract.
The other shows are only available as "If you pay $130/month for cable with premium channels, then you may stream them."
But say all the shows were available for $8/month plus taxes each. And yes, they're each on a separate service. You're still looking at $50 month, at least a couple contracts, and five separate monthly bill payments. And you won't watch a couple of those services, because you'll STILL be pirating the shows to see them when they're released.
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If there are five shows you'd want to watch regularly, you have to pay for five different streaming services.
(Plus the streaming service that came with you cell phone contract, which shut down immediately after but which you're still paying for.)
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Is your policy limited to universities? What about grocery stores and hospitals?
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Where does the story say that anyone did that?
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Re: Manning is not Snowden
You're dealing with two sets of leaks from Manning:
The military leak, including the "Collateral Murder" video. This was indeed whistleblowing.
The official government assessment of both sets of leaks is that no real damage was done.
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Climate change deniers went "AHA!!!" only to find... nothing to support their conspiracy theories. Eight committees investigated the allegations and published reports, finding no evidence of fraud or scientific misconduct.
The deniers had to settle for claims of "deleting evidence" based on someone trying to fit a report onto one printed page.
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Statute of limitations?
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(Everyone looks at Charles Harder...)
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