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  • On the post: Trump Ponders Banning All Chinese-Made Gear From US 5G Networks

    Gerald Robinson ( profile ), 26 Jun, 2019 @ 08:34am

    5G fake

    5G is a tell wet dream for ripping off the public! So I get 10mg data that's great for the Telco (remember the 100mB data cap) to make more money faster! A real boost to the economy would be for Congress to fix the FCC, they are congressman's critter not the president's, by recalling tax breaks, subsidies, and band width until they meat their promises and obligations. Lack of real broadband is strangling youth the giants and the startups. Not just the internet companies, but all companies that rely on the internet.

    5G is a fake and should be banned until the Telco make good.

    As for 'net connected junk broadcasting your data-you don't own it so why is it in your house spying on you?!

  • On the post: After Decades Of Demanding China 'Respect' US Patent Law, Senator Rubio Pushes Law That Says US Can Ignore Huawei Enforcing Patents

    Gerald Robinson ( profile ), 22 Jun, 2019 @ 08:36am

    Patent & Copyright past their best by date?

    At one stage in the evolution of the U.S. Patent and copyright made sense. The advantages of them have been reduced by politics and technology to the point where they actually da mage the U.S. and it's citizens. When products were for physical devices they made sense, but today parents are for methods and ideas (SW). While the Supreme Court has made some good fillings in the area patents simply are no longer useful! Likewise Copyright has bloated to the point it's detremental. With the advent of anti circumve nation the doctrine of first sale is dead and you can no longer own what you buy. Not only does your nifty new refrigerator broadcast private information to everyone in 6 years or less you will have to buy an upgrade as repair will no longer be available (my old dumb refrigerator still works after 30+ years and I can get it fixed). Further copyright of scientific articles is paid for (either the research/publican, or both) with public funds the access to these publications costs $ billions a year and is paid for with public funds.

    There are other examples. Simply throw out Parents and Coyright!

  • On the post: Supreme Court Signals Loud And Clear That Social Media Sites Are Not Public Forums That Have To Allow All Speech

    Gerald Robinson ( profile ), 21 Jun, 2019 @ 09:00am

    Re: Re: Re: Re:

    I agre! One enduring test of suitability is when " just use your judgement " enters the job it can't be automated. This has held up sense the late '50s and still holds up today! I do disagree as some of the forms are so large that they have become a kin to what the the public parks once were. Either you speak on them or you are not heard!

  • On the post: Google CEO Admits That It's Impossible To Moderate YouTube Perfectly; CNBC Blasts Him

    Gerald Robinson ( profile ), 21 Jun, 2019 @ 09:22am

    Ban content moderation

    The real problem is not that YouTube is too big to fix, but rather that the Human race is too large to moderate.

    —Anonymous Coward

    I agree. The examples in China, Russa, ... If using circumlocution, alternate ids, etc. are some of the reasons that the task is not possible! If a human can't do it a computer can't either!

    3rd party moderation might prove feasible but it seems unlikely. Some of these companies are simply do large that they have become defacto public platforms.

  • On the post: Supreme Court Signals Loud And Clear That Social Media Sites Are Not Public Forums That Have To Allow All Speech

    Gerald Robinson ( profile ), 20 Jun, 2019 @ 11:00am

    Public forum

    Unfortunately a few huge Platforms have become so dominant that considering them public platforms makes sense. Prager's remarks are not silly but not entirely off just like the recent Supreme Court hair splitting mistake.

  • On the post: AT&T Lays Off Thousands After Nabbing Billions In Tax Breaks And Regulatory Favors

    Gerald Robinson ( profile ), 20 Jun, 2019 @ 09:38am

    AT&T breakup?

    AT&T has repeatedly scaled the American people through Congressional greed! Fiber back haul is what makes cell (including 5g) work. If AT&T really made hard promises to get the tax breaks then they should be defended and penalties applied. But doesn't look like they did anything but pay off Congress! Should we penalize AT&T- maybe. Should we penalize the dishonest Congress-defanitely! A start is Congressional term limits, limit lobying, and apply limits to staff. A better approach would be to limit voting to those who understand the issues; good luck!

  • On the post: Once More With Feeling: There Is No Legal Distinction Between A 'Platform' And A 'Publisher'

    Gerald Robinson ( profile ), 18 Jun, 2019 @ 11:09am

    Platform is becoming a buzzword

    The AR/M16/M10 type of modular rifle/pistol is increasingly revered to as the AR platform. A platform being anything which encourages user modification to some extent. Unfortunately 'platform ' is getting used generacly: aero, geo, astro, structured programming .... Some years 'he's became ubiquitous and an acquaintance had Seats Catalog reject an order to New Mexico with the reason "we don't ship to foreign countries" . Platform is likewise in danger of becoming a noise word!

  • On the post: Comcast Forgets To Delete Evidence It's Using Evil Fansubs In Its Streaming Service

    Gerald Robinson ( profile ), 18 Jun, 2019 @ 10:42am

    EU/Swis law

    EU copyright requires "moral rights" of public domain material to be respected by the user. www.Addic7ed.com material is explicitly public domain so Sky is legally obliged to give credit.

  • On the post: Huawei Now Using Patent Claims To Demand $1 Billion From Verizon, As The US Tries To Chase Huawei Out Of The US Market

    Gerald Robinson ( profile ), 18 Jun, 2019 @ 10:27am

    Obtaining evidence of backdoors is nearly impossible

    It would require design documents for the SW&HW which are not forth coming! A detailed examination of recompiled code would typically require hundreds of man years by specialized (unstable readly) analysts and would likely price inconclusive. The U.S. VISa operations in this area were revealed by a leak and are still ongoing. DJIs answer to keep our zones for their drones was enabling code in most drones that sends an I'd and location to their servers in China (likely elsewhere as well) and then sending back a code that would take over the drone and prevent intrusion! This inadvertent revelation of malign code probably didn't lead to Huawei's unmasking- almost certainly it was a human leak.

    I realize that pricing a negative is impossible but Huawei didn't make even a real gesture. Possibly as it would reveal the extent their phones and tablets snoop on users!

  • On the post: The Future Of School Safety Includes Round-The-Clock Surveillance Of Students

    Gerald Robinson ( profile ), 08 Jun, 2019 @ 04:18am

    Yet more school stupidity!

    Today schools fail in their primary duty-to produce a reasonably well rounded citizen who can successfully support themselves. Implied in the US Constitution is that each person is responsible for their own life and wellfare. This includes being armed and if necessary shooting bullies. Over protection leads to a needy population out of touch with reality. The Green New Deal is an example.

    The only way to prevent abuse of shopping and false data is to prohibit its collection and disemation. California has taken a start in banning facial recognition, because of its inaccuracy. It isn't good enough of one person is saved at the cost of another person's life being destroyed!

  • On the post: The Impossibility Of Content Moderation Plays Out, Once Again, On YouTube

    Gerald Robinson ( profile ), 08 Jun, 2019 @ 03:56am

    Ban content moderation

    "...clearly a company can set in place a policy that works that says "stop just the assholes I don't like."". Illustrates why content moderation is not Only impossible but undesirable ! After all hate speech is speech I hate!

    Banning most content moderation is necessary for the 'net to continue to be useful and used.

  • On the post: Pai FCC 'Solution' To Nation's Great Robocall Apocalypse? More Meetings

    Gerald Robinson ( profile ), 16 May, 2019 @ 03:52pm

    Pai is a symptom of congressional greed and incompetence

    The DVD is a compromise kludge. The Congress critters were afraid that any meaningful regulation of communications will be used to unfairly disadvantage them. They are right but it matters not whether the regulation is managed e.g. the FCC or the old unregulated internet. The Committee part of the DVD insures that unless Congress does its job the DVD is a guaranteed failure!

    The answer is to kick out the 'good ok boyes' and implement congressional term limits and restrict idiots from voting. Much easier said than done!

  • On the post: Facebook's 'Please Regulate Us' Tour Heads To France

    Gerald Robinson ( profile ), 15 May, 2019 @ 07:51am

    There have been numerous studies and examples of the failure of moderation. I can characterize me as a bit as hate speach! It's not really but it's a good example of why moderation is a big waste of time. We can all agree on definition of SPAM. So eliminating that may be feasable. As for "filled with junk" ones junk may be someone's revelation and we have to wade through junk in any case!

  • On the post: Facebook's 'Please Regulate Us' Tour Heads To France

    Gerald Robinson ( profile ), 14 May, 2019 @ 03:18pm

    The reality is that the only possible moderation is no moderation! It's impossible to define hate speech, PORN (the Supreme Court failed), .... The attempt to get a nonpartisan organization resulted in the mess that is the FCC, real success!

    Z BAN ANY MODERATION!!

  • On the post: Content Moderation is Broken. Let Us Count the Ways.

    Gerald Robinson ( profile ), 04 May, 2019 @ 11:40am

    Ban content moderation

    Basically content moderation is required by a bunch of bad laws which are either anti American companies (EU "snippet tax") or nasty censorship laws like China and Miramar. These governments have been playing whack a mile with covert commentary for years with no great success, but they have silenced most of the opposition. Reasonable (GOOD) content moderation has been proved not only impossible but determental.

  • On the post: Megamergers Can't Help Charter Spectrum As Cord Cutting Exodus Continues

    Gerald Robinson ( profile ), 04 May, 2019 @ 11:10am

    DSL

    I don't understand the fixation with DSL! It was a dumb idea, quick fix, technology that started out broken and got worse. It can't be upgraded except by replacement with good tech.

  • On the post: Content Moderation is Broken. Let Us Count the Ways.

    Gerald Robinson ( profile ), 03 May, 2019 @ 03:09pm

    Re: Re: Ban content moderation

    Unfortunately there are no sights. This is currently against EU & US law!

  • On the post: Content Moderation is Broken. Let Us Count the Ways.

    Gerald Robinson ( profile ), 03 May, 2019 @ 04:00pm

    Ever hear of FOSTA? THE EU has several different laws which apply starting with 'The Right to Be Forgotten '!

  • On the post: CBP, ICE Have No Idea If Their Thousands Of Warrantless Device Searches Are Actually Making The Country Safer

    Gerald Robinson ( profile ), 03 May, 2019 @ 10:01am

    I'VE CBP

    Abolishing ICE & CON is an obvious solution, but is silly. Simply require a warent.

  • On the post: Content Moderation is Broken. Let Us Count the Ways.

    Gerald Robinson ( profile ), 03 May, 2019 @ 09:56am

    Ban content moderation

    It has become obvious to the trivial observer that non-adversiarial moderation is inherently unfair. Applying due process simply makes things less fair-anyone who has felt with or is aware of courts should realize this. All that it does is make things expensive and so slow as to not matter. Consider a takedown that takes 90 days-that's no takedown!
    So long as we have vague terms:
    HATE Speech dfn: Speech which I hate!
    fair content moderation is impossible. Further given that:
    Defamation dfn: is any thing that I feel may be harmful to me,
    There is no way to fix the problem except-
    BAN ALL CONTENT MODERATION!

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