JTD’s Comments

• Jan 25th, 2013 @ 5:23am

  Re: Tautologies

  on Newspaper Editorial Insists Hackers Must Be Punished, While Misunderstanding Nearly Every Detail
  You can resolve the paradox by thinking about them as sets, rather than single instances.
  
  GRAND THEFT AUTO ⊂ STEALING
  SHOPLIFTING ⊂ STEALING
  
  since not all cases of stealing are cases of grand theft auto or shoplifting. (It is possible to have a case of GRAND THEFT AUTO && SHOPLIFTING, at least if the dealership has a large enough window.)
  
  Of course, I doubt the Globe and Mail is concerned at all with the proper rigor of set theory, or indeed any form of logic whatsoever.
• Jan 15th, 2013 @ 5:45am

  (untitled comment)

  on EFF Gets Secret Interpretation Of FISA Spying Law... And It's Almost Entirely Redacted
  These are troubling findings.