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(Funnily enough, the first quote from that post is also from Wheaton v. Peters, but it most certainly does not imply copyright was merely recognizing a natural right, but rather created one that wasn't there before).]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130510/13023123037/lots-people-dont-turn-off-their-devices-when-they-fly.shtml#c1257 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:51:48 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130510/13023123037/lots-people-dont-turn-off-their-devices-when-they-fly.shtml#c1257
TV receivers also have local oscillators, it used to be used by the radio detection people who could tell if you had a TV or radio without the license for it.

Also used by the military to detect and track the location of the enemy even if they are not transmitting, as the receivers also emit specific radio frequencies.

Single Side band radio's also have another oscillator called a "beat frequency oscillator, required to re-insert the 'carrier' wave of an other Amplitude modulated signal.

Also frequency synthesisors have multiple oscillators and mixers designed to provide a wide range of frequencies from the local oscillator chain.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/12483923107/nz-supreme-court-will-review-kim-dotcoms-extradition-case.shtml#c831 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:39:07 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/12483923107/nz-supreme-court-will-review-kim-dotcoms-extradition-case.shtml#c831 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/06185923116/rice-university-professor-skynets-gonna-take-ur-jerbs.shtml#c107 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:26:23 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/06185923116/rice-university-professor-skynets-gonna-take-ur-jerbs.shtml#c107
Foxconn plans to replace 500,000+ workers with robots:
http://singularityhub.com/2011/12/13/chinese-company-continues-plan-to-replace-workforce-with-500000-robots/

South Korea plans to replace 30,000 English teachers with robots by the end of the decade:
http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/future-guide/replacing-human-teachers-with-robots-36644

Now don't get me wrong, some jobs are probably better left to machines, but eventually the economy is going to burst and the fallout isn't going to be pretty. Unemployment is already at record highs, people are graduating from college only to find themselves living back at home (and in debt) and there's hardly any job creation, let alone security. Even where they don't use robots, employers find ways to dance around keeping people employed long-term so as to not have to pay benefits; it's much easier for them to hire a contractor who will outsource the cheaper labor, then replace as necessary.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/06185923116/rice-university-professor-skynets-gonna-take-ur-jerbs.shtml#c104 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:06:29 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/06185923116/rice-university-professor-skynets-gonna-take-ur-jerbs.shtml#c104 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20040330/0046215.shtml#c21023 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:59:25 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20040330/0046215.shtml#c21023 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110215/10434313108/dailydirt-diy-junk-food.shtml#c56 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:54:42 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110215/10434313108/dailydirt-diy-junk-food.shtml#c56 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/14465423109/aps-attempt-drming-news-shuts-down.shtml#c119 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:42:54 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/14465423109/aps-attempt-drming-news-shuts-down.shtml#c119 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121106/21382720956/gema-gets-bailed-out-germanys-parliament-allowed-to-proceed-with-venue-killing-rate-hikes.shtml#c978 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:38:40 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121106/21382720956/gema-gets-bailed-out-germanys-parliament-allowed-to-proceed-with-venue-killing-rate-hikes.shtml#c978 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/12483923107/nz-supreme-court-will-review-kim-dotcoms-extradition-case.shtml#c809 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:37:47 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/12483923107/nz-supreme-court-will-review-kim-dotcoms-extradition-case.shtml#c809 as more outs and more appeal levels than almost any court system on the planet

Interestingly the court systems where There are better and more appeal levels and work more with procedural fairness (what the US Systems DOES NOT HAVE) are the New Zealand and Australian ones... Based off the English system... Canada isn't far behind those two either.. the UK sadly has become more US like in its judicial processes.

Kim would NEVER have a fair trial in the US court systems, and the notion of a fair trial nowadays with anything to do with high profile criminal or civil cases in the US is ONLY when it suits the USG's purposes. Your (the US's) societal system is crumbling already, you're just too blinkered and close to understand what you have lost over the last 30yrs]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/12483923107/nz-supreme-court-will-review-kim-dotcoms-extradition-case.shtml#c806 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:32:48 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/12483923107/nz-supreme-court-will-review-kim-dotcoms-extradition-case.shtml#c806 Remember, extradition doesn't equate to guilt.

Correct, his guilt has already retrospectively been decided beforehand by your Grand Jury (called a Star Chamber everywhere else). The extradition is just to allow the GJ process to get to do what it does best, convict everyone and their ham sandwich based on third party unreliable unauthentic hearsay and rhetoric]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/02413623115/bogus-lawsuit-plus-threats-to-those-who-write-about-it-leads-to-epic-response.shtml#c738 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:31:29 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/02413623115/bogus-lawsuit-plus-threats-to-those-who-write-about-it-leads-to-epic-response.shtml#c738 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15445423110/framework-copyright-reform.shtml#c1393 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:25:22 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15445423110/framework-copyright-reform.shtml#c1393 the power to issue "exclusive rights"'Grant', 'create', 'issue', 'bestow'?

The Constitution actually says 'SECURE'.

How can one who so evidently misreads the Constitution criticise others for misreading the Constitution?

See my comments here: https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/abridy/copyrights-fundamental-rights-and-the-constitution/

The author clearly has a natural (common law) right to exclude others from their writings.

Per Wheaton v Peters

while the common law undoubtedly protected the right to one]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130510/13023123037/lots-people-dont-turn-off-their-devices-when-they-fly.shtml#c1256 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:13:41 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130510/13023123037/lots-people-dont-turn-off-their-devices-when-they-fly.shtml#c1256
All electronics in aircraft are shielded, there have been none, zilch, nada, Zero cases of ANY consumer electronic devices causing ANY problems whatsoever with any aircraft sub systems or external systems like TACAN, etc anywhere on the planet in the history of air travel.

There is already a quasi Faraday cage around every single commercial aircraft anyway.. it's caused by the friction of going through the air at speed above 150mph giving off a static charge. There are even subsystems on the aircraft to compensate for this problematic static charge and faraday effect.

Whether the instruments are in the cockpit (in commercial airliners the cockpit holds the least amount of computers.. in fact most computers etc in 747's etc are normally in a hold above the front wheel truck) is irrelevant to any interference from devices that barely come close to matching background radiation (sunspots cause more problems than anything else ever).]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/14465423109/aps-attempt-drming-news-shuts-down.shtml#c110 Sat, 18 May 2013 02:42:55 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/14465423109/aps-attempt-drming-news-shuts-down.shtml#c110 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/06185923116/rice-university-professor-skynets-gonna-take-ur-jerbs.shtml#c88 Sat, 18 May 2013 02:39:20 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/06185923116/rice-university-professor-skynets-gonna-take-ur-jerbs.shtml#c88 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/16203623112/nintendo-exchanges-goodwill-control-issues-mass-monetization-claims-lets-play-videos.shtml#c274 Sat, 18 May 2013 02:31:20 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/16203623112/nintendo-exchanges-goodwill-control-issues-mass-monetization-claims-lets-play-videos.shtml#c274 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yX4io2O4EI TotalBiscuit (A popular youtube video game reviewer) Put up a well informed take on this.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/12483923107/nz-supreme-court-will-review-kim-dotcoms-extradition-case.shtml#c774 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:48:21 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/12483923107/nz-supreme-court-will-review-kim-dotcoms-extradition-case.shtml#c774
If Kim can't get some semblance of a fair trial, then society as a whole is done. It's sad that your entire justification for hoping a criminal can hide in another country is because you think your own legal system is so broken that letting walk is better.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/02413623115/bogus-lawsuit-plus-threats-to-those-who-write-about-it-leads-to-epic-response.shtml#c724 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:46:57 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/02413623115/bogus-lawsuit-plus-threats-to-those-who-write-about-it-leads-to-epic-response.shtml#c724 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15583223111/congress-grandstanding-over-google-glass-privacy-concerns-next-up-privacy-concerns-over-your-eyes.shtml#c2216 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:44:47 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15583223111/congress-grandstanding-over-google-glass-privacy-concerns-next-up-privacy-concerns-over-your-eyes.shtml#c2216
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