TheUglyOne’s Comments

• May 23rd, 2017 @ 11:46am

  Misleading Title

  on ICE Using Stingrays To Track Down Immigrants Because Of Course It Is
  Somewhat a pet peeve but the title is misleading in that it says that stingray devises are targeting immigrants. While this is not a story about the politics of immigration it falsifies the premise of the story by not clarifying that these are undocumented immigrants being targeted. ICE covers all immigrants but this specifically targets undocumented. I compare this to one of my local radio stations covering an explosion in Manchester. That is true but not the story. The story was a terrorist attack not simply an explosion.
• Mar 23rd, 2016 @ 11:49am

  Perfect Model

  on Former DHS Secretary Says We Can Make Airports Safer From Terrorists By Rearranging Security Checkpoints
  People may not want to admit it but the security apparatus at Israeli airports should be a model for other international airports. Anyone wonder why they don't have this happen? This would necessarily include profiling and behavioral analysis. The system is broken in the US considering TSA allows 67 out of 70 weapons or explosives through inspection.
• Dec 5th, 2013 @ 4:21pm

  Copyright anyone?

  on Comedic Artistry In Amazon Reviews
  Yeah the next thing you will see is a reviewer suing for copyright infringement for reposting his review.
• Nov 11th, 2013 @ 11:46am

  CFAA

  on GCHQ's Response To Hacking Slashdot And LinkedIn: No Comment, But It Was Perfectly Legal
  If they did this (NSA too) to a US based company, they should be threatened with 35+ years in prison for a CFAA violation.
• Sep 4th, 2013 @ 2:45pm

  Stop and Frisk the Mayor

  on Petulant Billionaire NY Mayor Continues To Insist He's Never Wrong; Sues City Council Over Stop-And-Frisk Legislation
  Next time Mayor Bloomberg visits a high crime area to show his "support" for the peasants, the police should stop and frisk him and his menacing body guards that we all know are carrying. Ahh, wouldn't that be sweet irony?
• Aug 27th, 2013 @ 11:45am

  Re:

  on Shooting The Messenger: SF Fire Dept. Officials Attack Firefighter, Helmet Cam After Asiana Airlines Crash
  I don't know about other laws but HIPPA specifically controls the release of medical information to unauthorized parties. (eg. an ex husband cannot have access to his ex wife's medical records) I don't see this situation as a violation because no medical information was released. If that were the case then first responders would have to erect a barrier immediately around any crash, etc. so a gawking public would not violate the HIPPA rights of the victim.
• Aug 27th, 2013 @ 11:41am

  Re:

  on Shooting The Messenger: SF Fire Dept. Officials Attack Firefighter, Helmet Cam After Asiana Airlines Crash
  Agreed. My thought was at some level privacy is lost at the time of a tragedy. People's "private parts" have to be exposed at times so the first responders do their job. Having footage of the incident does not violate privacy unless it is released PUBLICLY. Johnson did not release the footage for gain, he turned it over to aid the investigation. No privacy was lost. Hayes-White is just terrified of the coming lawsuit because she will have no defense against it.
• Jul 16th, 2013 @ 10:43am

  Complain about payment but use Free services

  on Pulling Music Off Spotify Sends Exactly The Wrong Message
  Interesting how many artist complain about not getting paid for their work but then do not pay others for their work. Are they using twitter, Facebook, Google+, etc. for marketing and connections with fans? If so are they paying the programmers or engineers for their work. If not they are free loaders plain and simple. These social media services should charge the artists for their use to pay they poor engineer who has to turn their patents over to the company. Its only fair right?
• May 14th, 2013 @ 11:03am

  ESPN vs. FoxSports

  on Why ESPN's Offer To Pay To Have Its Content Bypass Data Cap Meters Plays Right Into The Hands Of Wireless Providers
  What you will also see happen is fragmenting of the market rather than competition. For example, ESPN will be on AT&T and FoxSports will be on Verizon with Sprint and T-Wireless and regional carriers having nothing or third rate content providers. It will once again take away choice from consumers. Rather than an open and free internet it will be limited by the players willing to pay the most.
  
  (Yes I know they will claim you can still access competing services but it will be at a direct cost to the consumer in a charge against data caps.)
• May 6th, 2013 @ 6:58am

  Re: Re: Re: Liability Issues

  on Doctors Call Out Novartis For Insane Pricing On Cancer Drug
  I'm sure not all, but most companies have liability insurance to help cover such lawsuits so even that is generally not an issue.
• Apr 8th, 2013 @ 3:03pm

  Re: Steal your next copy of the New York Times

  on In Which NY Times Reporter Jenna Wortham Accidentally Reveals How She Violated Both The CFAA & The DMCA
  Actually, just share your subscription password to the NYT paywall site with all of your friends and see what they think about that.
• Mar 25th, 2013 @ 2:31pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  on Copyright Lobby: The Public Has 'No Place In Policy Discussions'
  As a matter of fact, my interpretation of Mike's view on copyright is that the term should be reasonable not death +70 years. Further, the limitations that are placed by copyright holders are frequently so backwards and draconian that it actually creates incentives for people to find alternative methods to access said copyrighted material.
  
  Then again, I'm no mind reader so I could be wrong.
• Mar 13th, 2013 @ 11:26am

  Re: Re: Not surprising?

  on Disappointing: Tim Berners-Lee Defends DRM In HTML 5
  Big Shots who Support it are probably getting a nice Fat Check to say they Support it.
  
  When I first read this I thought it said "Fat Chick". I suppose they may be getting that too.