hjweth’s Comments

• Sep 16th, 2015 @ 1:16pm

  Re: naive set of circumstances

  on Police Drop Case Against Kid Who Made Clock, While Mayor Worries About The Impact... On The Police
  Seems to me that all the naivete here was exhibited by people much older than 14.
  
  I for one must join this young man in not recognizing any suspicious nature in his situation. I mean, of course, until the grownups hauled out their pitchforks. Who's with me?
• Jul 14th, 2015 @ 12:52pm

  (untitled comment)

  on 9th Circuit: Amazon's Search Results Too Useful, Must Be Trademark Infringement
  I was initially interested in justice, but maybe this will do.
• Feb 4th, 2014 @ 12:09pm

  (untitled comment)

  on Mike Rogers Tries To Make The Case That Glenn Greenwald Should Be Prosecuted For 'Selling Stolen Material'
  Doesn't it warm your heats to know that there's a place in the public sector for those with extra special needs that even our most powerful anti-psychotic medications cannot help?
• Dec 5th, 2013 @ 6:19pm

  Re: copying is copying

  on Appeals Court Considers Overturning Ruling That APIs Can't Be Covered By Copyright
  When the preprocessor copies the APIs via #include, my program is violating the copyright, so I should definitely avoid writing any code that calls those Oracle functions.
• Nov 5th, 2013 @ 1:44pm

  Re:

  on Former DHS/NSA Official Attacks Bruce Schneier With Bizarre, Factually Incorrect, Non-sensical Rant
  These days, journalism seems to mostly be about chasing "celebrities" and printing press releases. What actual information I do get mostly comes from blogs.
• Sep 16th, 2013 @ 12:43pm

  (untitled comment)

  on FEMA Grounds Private Drones That Were Helping To Map Boulder Floods, Threatens To Arrest Operators
  We're from the government, and we're here to help.
• Aug 19th, 2013 @ 10:45am

  Didn't mean it

  on NSA Defenders Insist Their Lawbreaking Should Be Ignored Because They 'Didn't Mean It'
  I, for one, am comforted by this revelation that the security of my nation rests in the hands of the juveniles living in my house.
• Jun 25th, 2013 @ 9:28am

  Re:

  on White House Petition To Pardon Edward Snowden Zooms Past 100,000 Signatures
  Of course it will be ignored. Everybody knows that when the government really wants to know what you're thinking about something, they just read your gmail account.