So you're suggesting that the blog in question is being hosted on the defendant's laptop and cellphone and not a server in a data center somewhere? Interesting suggestion.
Unfortunately despite things like willfully destroying the unemployment system and continuing to wreck the environment, he's quite popular with the base, because the whole point now is apparently to see how horrible one can be to people that 'ain't like us'
I can't find the video now, one of our democratic state senators posted it a couple of weeks ago when she asked the sponsor of that part why and got a really nonsensical and illogical reply about Disney+ which doesn't even host any user generated content.
That would be the state senators who created this shit bill and the Governor for signing it.
I'd love if there was any actual repercussions but it's my taxes paying for free advertising for him in re-election next year by trumpeting his standing up for the unfairly blocked nutcases.
He's a very smart and loathsome toad our governor is.
Dickey said Publix did not demand that he shut down the social media account, just two related businesses that were profitable for him. Last year, Dickey said he had made $5,000.
“I’ve decided that I’m not going to let not making money get in the way of me living out that mission statement of bringing joy to the internet and connecting people through Publix subs,” Dickey said.
I would just like to single out this sentence as being particularly amusing given the state of the environment in Florida:
"No policymaker would allow a company to dump toxic waste into a river upstream of a thriving town he is charged with governing."
Hi Marco, are you familiar with the red tides and algae blooms caused by runoffs from the farming industry into Lake Okeechobee and then flowing down the rivers to flow into the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean causing havoc to the various water based businesses in the towns that rely on them?
Or the current situation in Bradenton with a phosphate dumping pond threatening to overflow causing the evacuation of local residents a couple of weeks ago?
Which politicians have been in charge of this state and allowing these industries free and unregulated power to do whatever they want again?
Flying out of Orlando the weekend after Thanksgiving I could see relaxed screening in operation - there was a half hour wait to get through security (which is fairly high at that airport, it's generally one of the more fluid security lines for a busy airport) - in two lines we could hear the TSA officer telling people to keep their shoes on, belts on, all electronics / laptops in the bag, and just put it through the x-ray.
I of course had chosen the line that required all the normal shoes off, electronics out, etc. Which led to confusion as the officer directing our line didn't say much of anything and people were confused because of the directions from the other line.
And of course you just smile and try not to look like you require secondary screening and get through.
I remember when the locals in my area were all overjoyed that our local cable company (with good local based tech support and pretty good customer service) was bought by Spectrum and how this was going to make things soooo much better.
Haven't heard them praising it much since they took over and ruined support and service.
I live in an area where I get every broadcast channel clearly in HD with a leaf antenna - I have a USB TV Capture card and a DVR app - and I have apps that can play to the TV via DLNA.
So there's a big savings for all broadcast shows I may wish to watch and record. For other shows that are cable only, buying a season pass on iTunes or Amazon or Google is still cheaper than the entire season would be in cable costs (about $70/mo). - I figured that even subscribing to a season pass for the shows I watch would still only cost me about 2 months of cable for the entire season.
This is keeping everything strictly legal and legit. The Gawker article is total click bait wtf.
Well, Honey Boo Boo aired on TLC which is also owned by Discovery Networks, so that's a minor point, but on the whole all of Discovery Network's channels (History, Discovery, TLC, Science) have plummeted.
TLC was The Learning Channel and became the trainwreck reality show channel, History became ancient aliens and hitler, I don't even know what Discovery channel is anymore and Science is airing Secret Alien Nasa Files and other dreck.
Mythbusters was the only show I still watched (I once upgraded my cable service back when digital was new to get more History channel stuff, back when they aired actual good content like Engineering an Empire and such) - and Mythbusters was doing a lot of BS shows like episodes that were advertisements for other DSC shows like Storm Chasers, and then an entire episode that was a big advertisement for The Green Hornet movie that had just come out.
The Mythbusters advertising wouldn't be so galling if Adam didn't proclaim loudly at eveyr chance he gets that they are real science.
Yet another example of why not everything needs to be connected to the internet - especially when security is not the number one concern when creating the product.
The biggest take away I had from this article was horror that they did this demonstration on a public highway with a good amount of traffic - this should have been demonstrated in a controlled environment where the only people who were endangered were the ones who knowingly participated - not every other car and passenger on the highway at the time. They cut power to the vehicle when there was no place to pull over - in a 70mph zone - completely reckless.
I am still thinking that this very stupid act is going to turn out to giving subcontractors who are possibly not from this country vague instructions on removing "offensive uses" (the term used in the e-mail set to developers affected) and the typically stupid Apple non responding to any inquiries at all.
These apps will likely return after enough ridicule has been heaped on Apple for yet another idiotic problem with app store rejections.
Thanks - I missed that that one was in review that long, my error.
The delay on the new app is still within the normal approval range from what I've read elsewhere. No excuse on the first app, the review process is far too opaque and arbitrary.
That the app wasn't actually waiting 43 days - Pebble revoked the version when it was approved and submitted a bug fix - that put it back to step one. Many other iOS developers have chimed in on other forums to point out this is all normal.
Techdirt is a fantastic site except when it comes to reporting on Apple - there is a decided bias and the usual well researched stories go for OMG APPLE BAD EVIL which is a shame.
They are not a public entity in the sense a university or other taxpayer funded organization is - they are not the government and therefore they have no capacity to stamp on anyone's freedom of speech. They are under zero obligation to provide a platform for behavior they do not wish to tolerate.
The trailer being leaked didn't damage people wanting to watch the trailer, it damaged them from making it part of a show they want people to watch - namely Agents of SHIELD.
Having the first airing during the show was the way to get more people to tune intot he show, so yes, it did conceivably harm their interests to have it leaked early to the 'net.
Give them credit for realizing the genie was out of the bottle and putting the full HD trailer up for people quickly.
Re:
So you're suggesting that the blog in question is being hosted on the defendant's laptop and cellphone and not a server in a data center somewhere? Interesting suggestion.
Re: Time for a name change?
We do already down here in the state.
Unfortunately despite things like willfully destroying the unemployment system and continuing to wreck the environment, he's quite popular with the base, because the whole point now is apparently to see how horrible one can be to people that 'ain't like us'
Re: aka Disney Censorship Bill
ManGovernor Wastes More Florida Taxpayer Money Appealing Ruling About His Unconstitutional Social Media LawI can't find the video now, one of our democratic state senators posted it a couple of weeks ago when she asked the sponsor of that part why and got a really nonsensical and illogical reply about Disney+ which doesn't even host any user generated content.
Re:
ManGovernor Wastes More Florida Taxpayer Money Appealing Ruling About His Unconstitutional Social Media LawThat would be the state senators who created this shit bill and the Governor for signing it.
I'd love if there was any actual repercussions but it's my taxes paying for free advertising for him in re-election next year by trumpeting his standing up for the unfairly blocked nutcases.
He's a very smart and loathsome toad our governor is.
New updates to the story
From the Orlando Sentinel, who knows what's actually gong on here.
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/os-ne-publix-twitter-pubsub-dispute-20210429-hqomjrnr oraizpq7t3kswn3cny-story.html
Dickey said Publix did not demand that he shut down the social media account, just two related businesses that were profitable for him. Last year, Dickey said he had made $5,000.
“I’ve decided that I’m not going to let not making money get in the way of me living out that mission statement of bringing joy to the internet and connecting people through Publix subs,” Dickey said.
Re:
Well it was the NY Post who has a very tenuous grasp on ethics.
As a FL resident....
I would just like to single out this sentence as being particularly amusing given the state of the environment in Florida:
"No policymaker would allow a company to dump toxic waste into a river upstream of a thriving town he is charged with governing."
Hi Marco, are you familiar with the red tides and algae blooms caused by runoffs from the farming industry into Lake Okeechobee and then flowing down the rivers to flow into the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean causing havoc to the various water based businesses in the towns that rely on them?
Or the current situation in Bradenton with a phosphate dumping pond threatening to overflow causing the evacuation of local residents a couple of weeks ago?
Which politicians have been in charge of this state and allowing these industries free and unregulated power to do whatever they want again?
Observation shows this happening
Flying out of Orlando the weekend after Thanksgiving I could see relaxed screening in operation - there was a half hour wait to get through security (which is fairly high at that airport, it's generally one of the more fluid security lines for a busy airport) - in two lines we could hear the TSA officer telling people to keep their shoes on, belts on, all electronics / laptops in the bag, and just put it through the x-ray.
I of course had chosen the line that required all the normal shoes off, electronics out, etc. Which led to confusion as the officer directing our line didn't say much of anything and people were confused because of the directions from the other line.
And of course you just smile and try not to look like you require secondary screening and get through.
Gotta love Spectrum
I remember when the locals in my area were all overjoyed that our local cable company (with good local based tech support and pretty good customer service) was bought by Spectrum and how this was going to make things soooo much better.
Haven't heard them praising it much since they took over and ruined support and service.
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https://www.polygon.com/2018/3/5/17082816/trump-gun-violence-video-game-industry-meeting-es a
And broadcast
So there's a big savings for all broadcast shows I may wish to watch and record. For other shows that are cable only, buying a season pass on iTunes or Amazon or Google is still cheaper than the entire season would be in cable costs (about $70/mo). - I figured that even subscribing to a season pass for the shows I watch would still only cost me about 2 months of cable for the entire season.
This is keeping everything strictly legal and legit. The Gawker article is total click bait wtf.
(untitled comment)
TLC was The Learning Channel and became the trainwreck reality show channel, History became ancient aliens and hitler, I don't even know what Discovery channel is anymore and Science is airing Secret Alien Nasa Files and other dreck.
Mythbusters was the only show I still watched (I once upgraded my cable service back when digital was new to get more History channel stuff, back when they aired actual good content like Engineering an Empire and such) - and Mythbusters was doing a lot of BS shows like episodes that were advertisements for other DSC shows like Storm Chasers, and then an entire episode that was a big advertisement for The Green Hornet movie that had just come out.
The Mythbusters advertising wouldn't be so galling if Adam didn't proclaim loudly at eveyr chance he gets that they are real science.
(untitled comment)
The biggest take away I had from this article was horror that they did this demonstration on a public highway with a good amount of traffic - this should have been demonstrated in a controlled environment where the only people who were endangered were the ones who knowingly participated - not every other car and passenger on the highway at the time. They cut power to the vehicle when there was no place to pull over - in a 70mph zone - completely reckless.
(untitled comment)
These apps will likely return after enough ridicule has been heaped on Apple for yet another idiotic problem with app store rejections.
Re: Re: Well except..
The delay on the new app is still within the normal approval range from what I've read elsewhere. No excuse on the first app, the review process is far too opaque and arbitrary.
Well except..
Techdirt is a fantastic site except when it comes to reporting on Apple - there is a decided bias and the usual well researched stories go for OMG APPLE BAD EVIL which is a shame.
Re: Re: Re: Re:
Re: Re:
You're looking at it the wrong way
Having the first airing during the show was the way to get more people to tune intot he show, so yes, it did conceivably harm their interests to have it leaked early to the 'net.
Give them credit for realizing the genie was out of the bottle and putting the full HD trailer up for people quickly.
maybe not quite so much
the Verge did a bit more digging into what is actually happening.
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