A. Lloyd Flanagan’s Comments

• Nov 15th, 2011 @ 7:33am

  Let it pass.

  on House Judiciary Committee SOPA Hearings Stacked 5 To 1 In Favor Of Censoring The Internet
  It's time for a real knock-down drag-out fight with the copyright pros, and it's not going to happen until the average person feels the pain. Let them enact any crazy thing they want, then watch people find a million ways around it.
• May 24th, 2011 @ 7:43am

  Re: Scientific ethics

  on The Federal Government's Vindictive Legal Assault On NSA Warrantless Wiretapping Whistleblowers
  The problem with your point of view is that presupposes that the inventor of a technology can anticipate the uses to which it will be put, and take action to prevent the "bad" ones. In fact, it is rare that an inventor is able to guess the future path of his/her work. The guys who developed a resilient network for military communications, for example, had no way of knowing it would become a global network where just anyone could post comments. It's not their fault they never put in a "troll filter". ;)
• Jan 5th, 2011 @ 9:31am

  Re: doctor-patient confidentiality

  on US Gov't Strategy To Prevent Leaks Is Leaked
  Not a problem. Any psychiatrist who claims to be able to tell who's a leaker from an interview has no ethics to violate.
• Jan 5th, 2011 @ 9:30am

  Re: BETTER IDEA

  on US Gov't Strategy To Prevent Leaks Is Leaked
  Damn, beat me to it.
  
  Actually, you're clearly a radical subversive with an anti-American agenda. As will be verified by the "psychiatrists" over there with the government IDs.
• Sep 15th, 2010 @ 7:24am

  Verizon had another motive

  on Would A Moron In A Hurry Confuse R2D2 With An Ad Platform? No? But George Lucas Would...
  There's no excuse for LucasFilm. However, it's worth pointing out one big advantage to Verizon for their license: they can legitimately play up the "Star Wars" connection in their advertising. That might be worth a fair chunk of change all by itself.