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  • On the post: Baltimore PD Hides Its Stingray Usage Under A Pen Register Order; Argues There's Really No Difference Between The Two

    MondoGordo ( profile ), 10 Jan, 2015 @ 09:04am

    Re: Re: Liars

    the 2 things are not parallel and should never be treated that way.

    ianal but the difference is that lying in court is a criminal offence called ~perjury~... requiring a separate criminal proceeding to resolve.
    a foul on the ball field is a rules violation that is administratively punished under the same rules during the same "proceeding" (the legal parallel is contempt of court).

    the referee (who hands out fouls) in sports is theoretically impartial; the district attorney (who pursues indictments) isn't and has a vested interest in not calling "foul" on the law enforcement "players".

    it's like the coach for the home team has taken over the job of referee.
    we wouldn't accept that in sports why do we accept it in court?

  • On the post: Children Are Leading The Cord Cutting Revolution

    MondoGordo ( profile ), 22 Dec, 2014 @ 12:57pm

    Re: Re:

    Actually ... that's ok ... it's reading your newspaper while driving your horse-less carriage that's a problem!!

  • On the post: Children Are Leading The Cord Cutting Revolution

    MondoGordo ( profile ), 22 Dec, 2014 @ 12:55pm

    Bravo Sir !!!!

    I loudly applaud your proper usage of the much abused and mangled expression! Well Done!

  • On the post: Children Are Leading The Cord Cutting Revolution

    MondoGordo ( profile ), 22 Dec, 2014 @ 01:03pm

    Drilling holes in peoples heads ....

    While i'm against doing this to the mentally ill to "let the demons out" I suspect that with the right subjects restrained for the trepanning tool it could be highly entertaining ... infact i'm sure that there are people that would pay to watch!

  • On the post: DailyDirt: How Many Passwords Do You Know?

    MondoGordo ( profile ), 14 Nov, 2014 @ 10:52am

    Re: Re:

    Brute Force Search Space Analysis:
    Search Space Depth (Alphabet): 26+26+10+33 = 95
    Search Space Length (Characters): 26 characters
    Exact Search Space Size (Count):
    (count of all possible passwords
    with this alphabet size and up
    to this password's length) 2,663,234,997,260,162,
    196,476,097,223,547,872,
    948,519,727,017,017,120
    Search Space Size (as a power of 10): 2.66 x 1051
    Time Required to Exhaustively Search this Password's Space:
    Online Attack Scenario:
    (Assuming one thousand guesses per second) 8.47 hundred trillion trillion trillion centuries
    Offline Fast Attack Scenario:
    (Assuming one hundred billion guesses per second) 8.47 million trillion trillion centuries
    Massive Cracking Array Scenario:
    (Assuming one hundred trillion guesses per second) 8.47 thousand trillion trillion centuries

  • On the post: DailyDirt: How Many Passwords Do You Know?

    MondoGordo ( profile ), 14 Nov, 2014 @ 10:51am

    Re:

    that's pretty damn secure ... and not a little paranoid!

    Check out Steve Gibsons article on generating passwords that are memorable and hard to guess https://www.grc.com/haystack.htm

    my password manager password shows the following results for "crackability" using his tool and it's easy to remember, a pain in the ass to type, but easy to remember.

    Couple with your approach to storing pass words with his approach to generating memorable passwords and you're almost unhackable.

  • On the post: David Cameron Says People Aren't Radicalized By Poverty Or Foreign Policy, But By Free Speech Online, So ISPs Agree To Censor Button

    MondoGordo ( profile ), 14 Nov, 2014 @ 11:37am

    How long until calling it censorship is considered an "extremist" position as well?

    About 5 minutes ... .

  • On the post: Eric Holder Says He Regrets Lying To A Judge And Saying A Reporter Was A 'Co-Conspirator' But The Law Made Him Do It

    MondoGordo ( profile ), 30 Oct, 2014 @ 10:17am

    Holder vs. Aereo

    Funny how when the DOJ circumvents the letter of the law by lying about the facts, the law forced them to do it; But when Aereo complies with the letter of the law, they're accused of deliberately circumventing it and slapped down.

  • On the post: A Tale of Two Riots: 'Hands Up, Don't Shoot' Vs. 'Bring Out The BearCat'

    MondoGordo ( profile ), 23 Oct, 2014 @ 02:17pm

    Re: Re: Double Std maybe-- but let's not forget

    That Keene happened AFTER Ferguson ... in the aftermath of a similar incident the Keene PD acted with the clear benefit of hindsight which is always 20/20.

    Maybe we can attribute their more restrained response to them learning a lesson from someone else's mistake instead of attributing it to a racial motivation.

    But hey if we did that ... it wouldn't be "news" would it ?

  • On the post: 5 Year Old Who Drew A Gun In Crayon Forced To Sign No-Suicide Contract With School

    MondoGordo ( profile ), 17 Oct, 2014 @ 01:00pm

    oh my ...

    Mommy, where are we going? And, why are we in this hand-basket?

  • On the post: Nintendo Bricks Wii U Consoles Unless Owners Agree To New EULA

    MondoGordo ( profile ), 16 Oct, 2014 @ 01:29pm

    IANAL but ...

    Isn't it a universally accepted principle under the law that coerced agreement isn't binding on the coerced party?

    So then ... this is just propaganda and intimidation. For my money I say click "Agree" and ignore it!

  • On the post: New York City Dept. Of Education Suspends Special Needs Instructor For Helping Student With A Kickstarter Project

    MondoGordo ( profile ), 03 Oct, 2014 @ 01:16pm

    I'd like to say this surprises me ...

    but in all honesty i have to admit that this sort of capriciousness is exactly what I've come to expect from those in authority.

    God help us.

  • On the post: Another Story Of A 'Fake' Brilliant Inventor? Is 'Scorpion Walter O'Brien' A Real Computer Security Genius?

    MondoGordo ( profile ), 25 Sep, 2014 @ 09:40am

    Bullshittery aside ...

    The show is pretty entertaining ... if more than a little over the top.

  • On the post: Horrifying 'Rape Scam' Case Leads To Questionable Ruling About Blaming A Website For Failing To Warn Of Rapists

    MondoGordo ( profile ), 18 Sep, 2014 @ 10:42am

    Re: in the position to turn that access off

    Possibly ... but that assumes they used the same accounts for their subsequent predations. If the predators indeed used the same accounts, then MM clearly facilitated their actions. I seriously doubt this was the case ...

  • On the post: NSA Agent Is Oh So Shy About Being Filmed/Questioned In Public

    MondoGordo ( profile ), 18 Sep, 2014 @ 02:14pm

    legano, no legano ... is grey area

    the nsa guy says it's legal ... he is telling the truth. laws were passed, executive orders issued and court precedents set that makes it all "legal".


    it's also unconstitutional, but until SCOTUS rules on the laws in place and declares them unconstitutional it remains "legal".


    "you're going to find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view." Obi-Wan Kenobi and from the NSA point of view everything they are doing is perfectly in accordance with the law.

  • On the post: Released Memos Justifying Warrantless Wiretapping Point To Limitless Executive Branch Authority

    MondoGordo ( profile ), 08 Sep, 2014 @ 12:12pm

    Questions ....

    Doesn't a "war" require a declaration of Congress to actually be a war ? And since no war has been declared by Congress, how does the Executive reasonably use the provisions of war to justify unconstitutional activity?

    Put simply ... Even if you agree with the prima facie argument that in time of war the Executive has the power to ignore the Constitution; Since Congress never declared war and thus no state of war exists, the provisions of war that grant the Executive the power to ignore the Constitution don't apply and any argument that they do is entirely specious. Simply calling something a "war" doesn't make it one.

  • On the post: Software Company Loses Trademark Case Against Batman Over Fictional Software

    MondoGordo ( profile ), 18 Aug, 2014 @ 09:08am

    Re:

    or too little money in their pockets ...

  • On the post: Business Insider Ridiculously Blames Ed Snowden For All The Damage The NSA Has Caused

    MondoGordo ( profile ), 01 Aug, 2014 @ 09:18am

    No, let's blame the guy who blew the whistle on it. Incredible.

    Interesting that you think this is incredible Mike ... There is a long and storied tradition of blaming the messenger. I think it's inevitable that the messenger will be blamed by the powers that be and their hired shills.

  • On the post: Guy Files Dishwasher User Manual As An FCC Comment On Net Neutrality

    MondoGordo ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2014 @ 02:42pm

    Perhaps ...

    it's commentary on the efficacy of the FCC commenting process.
    We all know the FCC is, statistically speaking, most likely to do whatever the moneyed interests want without regard to the interests and opinions express by the public commentary.

    Perhaps this is his way of illustrating his recognition of the probable futility of commenting, and at the same time participating in the process. Like writing "Maytag Repairman" on your ballot ...

  • On the post: Why Does Rep. Marsha Blackburn Want To Block You From Having Competitive Broadband?

    MondoGordo ( profile ), 16 Jul, 2014 @ 10:40am

    Re: Help me understand

    In short ... Title II of the telecommunications act covers the regulation of telecommunication services (like telephone) ... and the FCC has a lot of power under Title II to regulate providers. Internet service providers are currently classified as information services, not telecommunications providers, and are not subject to title II provisions.

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