Miles Barnett’s Comments

• Feb 16th, 2017 @ 6:57pm

  Protect the Constitution

  on Pro-Marijuana Student Organization Wins Court Case Over Using School Logos
  With all the yapping from these clowns about protecting the constitution, you would think they would take some time to actually read it and learn what it means.
• Jan 6th, 2017 @ 11:24am

  (untitled comment)

  on FBI Dismisses Child Porn Prosecution After Refusing To Hand Over Details On Its Hacking Tool
  FBI: "We refuse to enforce the law unless we're allowed to break the law."
• Jan 5th, 2017 @ 9:27am

  (untitled comment)

  on Single Choke Point Problems: Apple Removes NY Times App From Chinese App Store After Chinese Gov't Complains
  This is the latest example of Apple's "walled garden". "You can do anything with your iPod/iPhone/Mac that we tell you can do."
  
  This is why I refuse to purchase/use any Apple product.
• Sep 2nd, 2016 @ 8:31pm

  Re:

  on Court Tosses Prestigious Pets' $1 Million Defamation Suit Against Unhappy Customers
  KlearGearian. I like it!
  
  Sheese, I need to proof read.
• Sep 2nd, 2016 @ 8:30pm

  (untitled comment)

  on Court Tosses Prestigious Pets' $1 Million Defamation Suit Against Unhappy Customers
  KlearGearian. Iike it!
• Apr 22nd, 2016 @ 4:50pm

  Uncalibrated Drug Detection Device

  on Court Says Government Needs More Than The Permission Of A Couple Of Underperforming Drug Dogs To Justify Seizure Of $276,000
  "Though drug dogs had alerted to the safe and currency, the government did not submit to the court any evidence of the dogs’ training, methodology, or field performance."
  
  It sounds like they are using an uncalibrated drug detection device.
  
  If it was a piece of machinery, there would be all kinds of rules to make sure the device was working properly. It seems that dogs are assumed to be 100% accurate 100% of the time.
• Feb 9th, 2016 @ 11:19am

  Their argument comes down to this:

  on Senator John McCain Weighs In On 'Going Dark' Debate -- Insists That He Understands Cryptography Better Than Cryptographers
  You must leave your doors unlocked in case law enforcement need to enter. If someone comes in and steals your stuff, that's just the price we have to pay as a society to make our job easier.
• Jan 22nd, 2016 @ 5:10pm

  Their Real Argument

  on California Legislator Says Encryption 'Threatens Our Freedoms' Calls For Ban On Encrypted Cell Phones
  What they are really saying is "You are now required to leave your front door unlocked because the police may need to enter at any time."
  
  "Oh, and if a crook walks into your home and steals all of your stuff, that's just the price we have to pay as a society in order to make my job easier."
• Dec 29th, 2015 @ 11:07am

  I can't wait for my next flight out of SeaTac

  on Who Needs A No-Fly List When You Can Just Ground 91 Million Citizens?
  I frequently fly out of SeaTac airport (Seattle), and with Washington now on the shit list there are going to be a lot of pissed off people. Let's see how long this lasts before they are forced to cave.
• Jul 29th, 2015 @ 12:48pm

  I Won a Vizio TV

  on Vizio Latest Manufacturer To Offer More Ways For TVs To Watch Purchasers
  I won one of their "smart" TV's in a drawing. When I turned it on, the first thing that came up was a license agreement for me to click "agree". I'll be damned if I agree to a license just to watch TV. I never hooked up Wifi or ethernet. Besides, my setup is way more sophisticated that their TVs ever will be.
• Jul 23rd, 2015 @ 12:46pm

  Where can I get one of those door mats?

  on Geniuses Representing Universal Pictures Ask Google To Delist 127.0.0.1 For Piracy
  I want one!
• Jul 21st, 2015 @ 7:20am

  "because most customers are OK with it"

  on Verizon Support Wants You To Know That Twitter Is A Perfectly Secure Way To Send Them Your Social Security Number
  When I go to buy something, and they hand me a form to sign, I always read it. I usually get a response from the clerk "Just sign it. Everybody else does." So, because everybody else is a fool, I have to be one too.
• Apr 21st, 2015 @ 12:13pm

  Re: Re: Pounding sand

  on Our Response To Sony Sending Us A Threat Letter For Reporting On The Company's Leaked Emails
  Remember also that Boies' firm was the one that litigated the SCO vs Linux (technically IBM) case. He's done plenty of bad stuff along with the good.
• Apr 21st, 2015 @ 12:08pm

  Re:

  on Our Response To Sony Sending Us A Threat Letter For Reporting On The Company's Leaked Emails
  That was the first thing that came to my mind. I'm glad I read sites like Techdirt so I know about such things.
• Mar 18th, 2015 @ 7:03am

  Why Bother

  on DRM; Or How To Make 30,000-Hour LED Bulbs 'Last' Only One Month
  My guess is that after 30 days if I don't reset mine, and you do reset yours, they both will have the same level of effectiveness.
• Mar 9th, 2015 @ 11:47am

  It's not Fair

  on The Cartoonist Has No Idea How Fair Use Works
  It's not Fair to Use an author's own work as a weapon to hurt the author's fee-fees.
• Mar 4th, 2015 @ 11:22am

  Encryption Backdoors Will Always Turn Around And Bite You In The Ass

  on Encryption Backdoors Will Always Turn Around And Bite You In The Ass
  Then maybe we should all purchase some Ass Armour(TM).
• Feb 27th, 2015 @ 4:28pm

  That Logo is Priceless

  on Under Armour Files Trademark Suit Against Ass Armor
  I was expecting some crass, adulterated version of the Under Armor logo. That thing is LOL funny. I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I'm not confused.
• Feb 24th, 2015 @ 4:27am

  (untitled comment)

  on NYPD Union Turns On President Pat Lynch For Using Two Officers' Deaths To Fight A Pointless War With The Mayor
  I so much wanted to punch this asshat out. This is much better. I hope he loses all respect and power.
  
  Every time there's an incident, police apologists like Lynch just screech louder "There will be no conversation!" The conversation will eventually take place, and the results will not be pretty.
• Dec 17th, 2014 @ 12:40pm

  Re: Protect and serve

  on Cleveland Police Union Rep: Citizens Think They Understand The Law? Ridiculous!
  LAPD changed their motto years ago to "We treat you like a king."

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