http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/09064523528/germanys-spies-have-nsa-envy-working-their-own-comprehensive-snooping-system.shtml#c153 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:26:39 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/09064523528/germanys-spies-have-nsa-envy-working-their-own-comprehensive-snooping-system.shtml#c153 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/23230923541/if-you-were-bradley-manning-what-would-you-do.shtml#c32 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:23:24 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/23230923541/if-you-were-bradley-manning-what-would-you-do.shtml#c32
I'd simply escape all the torture and psychological harm by hiding inside myself.

I wonder what kind of person Bradley will be if somehow people manage to make to free him from the dictatorship.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/23230923541/if-you-were-bradley-manning-what-would-you-do.shtml#c14 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:22:52 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/23230923541/if-you-were-bradley-manning-what-would-you-do.shtml#c14 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/13581923535/microsoft-capitulates-removes-online-drm-xbox-one.shtml#c1143 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:20:20 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/13581923535/microsoft-capitulates-removes-online-drm-xbox-one.shtml#c1143 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/16530423522/arizona-court-skeptical-medical-excuse-prenda-lawyers.shtml#c287 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:20:19 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/16530423522/arizona-court-skeptical-medical-excuse-prenda-lawyers.shtml#c287 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130617/17584023513/new-orleans-cops-set-up-private-company-to-fill-pockets-with-red-light-camera-cash.shtml#c277 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:08:08 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130617/17584023513/new-orleans-cops-set-up-private-company-to-fill-pockets-with-red-light-camera-cash.shtml#c277
i am HIGHLY skeptical of red-light camera improving 'safety' to any *significant* extent, ESPECIALLY in comparison to any of a dozen other tactics which would be more effective, but don't generate extortion money for someone...

oh, please, please, please, Big Daddy, make me safe against my own will...
...OR, GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY LIFE, goons for the state...

art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/13581923535/microsoft-capitulates-removes-online-drm-xbox-one.shtml#c1133 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:55:23 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/13581923535/microsoft-capitulates-removes-online-drm-xbox-one.shtml#c1133 http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130619/10395523531/next-time-someone-says-twitter-is-killing-deep-thinking-with-short-quick-messages-show-them-this.shtml#c511 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:55:08 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130619/10395523531/next-time-someone-says-twitter-is-killing-deep-thinking-with-short-quick-messages-show-them-this.shtml#c511 But this is clearly off topic.
Sorry.

I disagree. Or I wouldn't have posted it. I think this story responds to the assertion]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/09064523528/germanys-spies-have-nsa-envy-working-their-own-comprehensive-snooping-system.shtml#c130 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:53:54 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/09064523528/germanys-spies-have-nsa-envy-working-their-own-comprehensive-snooping-system.shtml#c130
Prison Fraud?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130619/01031623524/more-details-emerge-as-states-attorneys-general-seek-to-hold-back-innovation-internet.shtml#c381 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:49:14 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130619/01031623524/more-details-emerge-as-states-attorneys-general-seek-to-hold-back-innovation-internet.shtml#c381 http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130619/01031623524/more-details-emerge-as-states-attorneys-general-seek-to-hold-back-innovation-internet.shtml#c380 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:47:54 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130619/01031623524/more-details-emerge-as-states-attorneys-general-seek-to-hold-back-innovation-internet.shtml#c380
Kudos for making an effort, don't be disappointed that it failed, Anonymous Coward (Jun 19th, 2013 @ 5:17pm), your success is that you argued without being a jerk about it.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/09064523528/germanys-spies-have-nsa-envy-working-their-own-comprehensive-snooping-system.shtml#c117 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:42:43 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/09064523528/germanys-spies-have-nsa-envy-working-their-own-comprehensive-snooping-system.shtml#c117 Prismafreude]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/16530423522/arizona-court-skeptical-medical-excuse-prenda-lawyers.shtml#c271 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:42:18 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/16530423522/arizona-court-skeptical-medical-excuse-prenda-lawyers.shtml#c271
Cathy is the crazy copyright lady.

Hilariously, she, as much as the other trolls, has failed to tell us what her interest in copyright is.

"Everyday good," my ass.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/16530423522/arizona-court-skeptical-medical-excuse-prenda-lawyers.shtml#c263 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:41:58 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/16530423522/arizona-court-skeptical-medical-excuse-prenda-lawyers.shtml#c263 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/16530423522/arizona-court-skeptical-medical-excuse-prenda-lawyers.shtml#c238 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:39:54 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/16530423522/arizona-court-skeptical-medical-excuse-prenda-lawyers.shtml#c238
Judge Snow 'put up' with many of Mr. Harris's filings that were less than kind and was displeased with some. But I think he has started to understand that that learned lawyer standing in the courtroom before him (or hiding in another state behind a "medical emergency") is everything Mr. Harris has claimed from day one. That this case is an abomination with so many flaws and "issues" with candor and truth.

One can only hope that Judge Snow beats them senseless and then sees fit to award Mr. Harris compensation for all of the misery they inflicted upon him and then some. Goodhue needs to be referred to the bar at a minimum, someone needs to finally make an example of the CL lawyers who are willing to sign their name to cases they know nothing about for an "easy" payday.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130620/00581223542/ftc-planning-to-go-after-patent-trolls.shtml#c42 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:39:04 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130620/00581223542/ftc-planning-to-go-after-patent-trolls.shtml#c42 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/13581923535/microsoft-capitulates-removes-online-drm-xbox-one.shtml#c1121 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:35:50 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/13581923535/microsoft-capitulates-removes-online-drm-xbox-one.shtml#c1121
There were still many AAA titles being released for the PS2 and Xbox 1 years after the PS3 and 460 came out.

So it would make a hell of a lot more sense financially to keep the current gen for a while until they have got rid of all the hardware and software bugs. (RROD or YLOD anyone?)]]> http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130619/01031623524/more-details-emerge-as-states-attorneys-general-seek-to-hold-back-innovation-internet.shtml#c364 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:34:39 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130619/01031623524/more-details-emerge-as-states-attorneys-general-seek-to-hold-back-innovation-internet.shtml#c364 those who run these companies come from the human race

I really gotta stop posting comments before I eat breakfast.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130619/01031623524/more-details-emerge-as-states-attorneys-general-seek-to-hold-back-innovation-internet.shtml#c352 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:30:13 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130619/01031623524/more-details-emerge-as-states-attorneys-general-seek-to-hold-back-innovation-internet.shtml#c352 Service providers, even if a mere free-to-use physical bulletin board, DO in fact have SOME degree of responsibility to police their area.

While true, said policing goes hand-in-hand with the notion that a service provider can]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/16530423522/arizona-court-skeptical-medical-excuse-prenda-lawyers.shtml#c222 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:28:15 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/16530423522/arizona-court-skeptical-medical-excuse-prenda-lawyers.shtml#c222
I think this is the reason Mr. Harris has been so vehement in his demand they reveal how they got his information, because it would open a much larger can of worms and set 2 Judges in 2 District upon them.

I await my external brain SJD to arrive and confirm I am remembering correctly.]]>