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• On the post: Did Comcast's Infamous Customer Service Call Open The Company Up To Legal Troubles For Lying About Speeds?

  

  SolkeshNaranek ( profile ), 22 Jul, 2014 @ 01:37pm

  Comcast and Reddit AMA - at the same time?

  I am following your AMA (good responses btw) and also noted this article going up at them same time.
  
  That is some clever multitasking, or perhaps you have minions chained in your basement creating articles? ;)

• On the post: Italy's Public Prosecutor 'Seizes' Giant Webmail Provider And Cloud Storage Provider, Because Copyright

  

  SolkeshNaranek ( profile ), 21 Jul, 2014 @ 06:00am

  Re: Re: 'Due process', another phrase that apparently doesn't translate well

  Due Process is a phrase that is not even in the vocabulary of copyright holders.
  
  au contraire
  
  Everything anyone does that may involve copyright, they do want a process to get paid or shut it down.

• On the post: FBI Thinks Driverless Cars Could Be Criminals' New Best Friends

  

  SolkeshNaranek ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2014 @ 04:26am

  F.B.I.

  Among many state and local LEAs, the initials FBI are jokingly referred as standing for "Fumbling Bunch of Idiots".
  
  There is a reason for that reference.

• On the post: Congress Agrees To Make It Harder To Get Competitive High Speed Broadband

  

  SolkeshNaranek ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2014 @ 04:20am

  What the...?

  You folks are acting like she's the only bought off scum bag politician to back stab her constituents you've ever heard of.
  
  Reading back over political news article from the last hundred years or so, you will see she's "business as usual".
  
  The USA has the best corporate representation that money can buy... and it's all concentrated in D.C.

• On the post: DOJ Tells Court That Of Course It Can Go On A Fishing Expedition Globally For Emails Microsoft Stores Overseas

  

  SolkeshNaranek ( profile ), 16 Jul, 2014 @ 05:13pm

  Law vs. Ego

  The DOJ has never been an organization to let a few laws (or Constitutional Amendments) stand in the way of their ego.

• On the post: Techdirt Sued For $10 Million In A Frivolous Lawsuit For Posting An Earlier Frivolous Lawsuit

  

  SolkeshNaranek ( profile ), 14 Jul, 2014 @ 11:22am

  {Not to mention the fact that I don't actually "reside" at TD HQ.}
  
  I had visions of TD writers being chained by the ankle to tiny desks in a dimly lit basement while furiously pounding away on antiquated typewriters and being fed a diet of warm flat beer and cold stale pizza.
  
  (sigh)

• On the post: After Microsoft Returns All Of No-IP's Seized Domains And Settles Lawsuit, No-IP Is Still Angry

  

  SolkeshNaranek ( profile ), 11 Jul, 2014 @ 10:49am

  Re: Re: Re: Judge

  "Superman is cured from his kryptonite weakness"
  
  "That's actually happened a few times".
  
  In that case can we hope for politicians to turn honest and actually represent the people that elected them?
  
  Maybe we could toss in a wish of imprisonment for the ODNI head and his minions.

• On the post: Ridiculous Lawsuit Filed (And Now Dropped) Against Tor Project Gets Even More Ridiculous: Now Involving Hate Group Leader

  

  SolkeshNaranek ( profile ), 10 Jul, 2014 @ 03:20pm

  Re: Has anyone filed a grievance yet?

  I did send them an email (with links to various articles about Van Dyke) earlier today.
  
  It bounced around their offices and ended up with a nice lady suggesting I file a formal grievance.
  
  I replied that since I am not a client of his, nor a resident of Texas, I don't think I have standing to file.
  
  I have yet to hear back from her.
  
  Too bad...

• On the post: Files About UK's Role In CIA Renditions 'Accidentally' Destroyed

  

  SolkeshNaranek ( profile ), 10 Jul, 2014 @ 12:13pm

  Re:

  I'll bring marshmallows and hot dogs if you can bring the roasting sticks.

• On the post: DC Comics Refuses To Let Superman Logo Adorn The Headstone Of A Young Child Who Was Starved To Death [Updated]

  

  SolkeshNaranek ( profile ), 09 Jul, 2014 @ 08:52am

  Letl DC Comics know what you think

  DC Comics can be contacted here:
  
  http://www.dcentertainment.com/contact
  
  You can fill out their short form, then there is a space to let them know your thoughts about this type of behavior.
  
  I sent them a nice little note (along with a link to this article) asking if perhaps their legal department could stop being such a herd of jackasses and perhaps show a little humanity and compassion.
  
  (I know, I know... humanity and compassion from a bunch of corporate lawyers).
  
  I also let them know I would be posting this article to Reddit as I think it needs the widest possible amount of coverage.
  
  Maybe some public scrutiny will cause them to act more like humans.

• On the post: Lindsay Lohan Moves Forward With Lawsuit Against GTAV

  

  SolkeshNaranek ( profile ), 03 Jul, 2014 @ 02:02pm

  Reality as interpreted by Lohan?

  When the majority of your life has been spent in a downward spiral so that you passed the "dregs" long ago and have finally hit bottom, the only direction you can see is "down".
  
  Lohan appears to have started digging with a team of backhoes just so she can keep moving in a familiar direction.

• On the post: Austrian Tor Exit Node Operator Found Guilty As An Accomplice Because Someone Used His Node To Commit A crime

  

  SolkeshNaranek ( profile ), 02 Jul, 2014 @ 10:32am

  Re: Re: arm waving frantic

  Re: arm waving frantic
  False.
  
  I am an attorney. I use Tor a lot.
  
  Just because someone wants to avoid being traced does not mean they are involved in criminal acts. This is along the same lines as "If you have nothing to hide..."
  
  By your analogy, because some people use cars to commit crimes, then all people use cars to commit crimes, and therefore, not only the owners of Volkswagen, but the car dealers that sell Volkswagen cars (they provide the vehicle...) are just as liable as the Tor node operator.
  
  I guess the O.P. of this particular thread would surmise you are a "criminal" attorney.
  
  /s

• On the post: Austrian Tor Exit Node Operator Found Guilty As An Accomplice Because Someone Used His Node To Commit A crime

  

  SolkeshNaranek ( profile ), 02 Jul, 2014 @ 09:40am

  V.W.

  Under this sort of thinking, Volkswagen would be liable if someone drove a VW as the getaway car in a bank robbery
  
  Good thing they weren't using a G.M. vehicle. A failed ignition switch would have thwarted the getaway before it began.

• On the post: Law Enforcement, DOJ Already Plotting How To Get Around Supreme Court's Warrant Requirement To Search Phones

  

  SolkeshNaranek ( profile ), 27 Jun, 2014 @ 11:59am

  Jim Pasco, the executive director of the Fraternal Order of Police, points out that due process should be ignored when gangs are around
  
  If the police don't feel the need to follow the law, why should anyone else?

• On the post: TPP Agreement: Obama Wants Something The Public 'Can Look At' In November

  

  SolkeshNaranek ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2014 @ 06:08am

  Re: "What exactly does the President's statement mean?"

  The president's statement means that he opened and closed his mouth while producing sound.
  
  There would likely be more truth to a statement made by the president if he did it by opening his sphincter while making a sound.

• On the post: Keith Alexander Wants $1 Million Per Month For 'Cybersecurity' Consulting

  

  SolkeshNaranek ( profile ), 23 Jun, 2014 @ 09:22am

  Douchebags that serve the Kool-Aid, and the dochebags that drink it

  It is too bad taxpayers and citizens ultimately foot the bill for banks that listen to bullshit spewed by idiots like Alexander.
  
  I seem to recall during the financial crisis banks "needed" to pay their high ranking officers exorbitant salaries to keep the best and brightest working for them.
  
  If these best and brightest are listening to the likes of Alexander, then someone at the helm (of those banks) has failed to noticed all the burnt out bulbs in upper management.

• On the post: German Newspapers Want Google To Pay Them For Appearing In Search Results (Even As They Try To Rank Higher)

  

  SolkeshNaranek ( profile ), 20 Jun, 2014 @ 01:13pm

  I want 11% of your "nothing". (Under German publisher "interpretation" of how things should work, this request seems to be fair.)

• On the post: More Details Emerge Showing The US Government Has No Idea How To Solve A Problem Like Snowden

  

  SolkeshNaranek ( profile ), 16 Jun, 2014 @ 09:29am

  Prevention is worth a pound of cure?

  How about:
  
  1. the NSA does not violate the rights of its citizens?
  
  2. Congress doesn't pass unconstitutional laws infringing on citizens rights?
  
  3. the administration doesn't hide illegal government actions from the light of scrutiny?
  
  4. politicians stop lying to citizens about what the government is doing, and how effective those same "doings" have been
  
  5. politicians and the administration stop being yellow backed cowards that see terrorists behind every blade of grass across the world
  
  
  If they could that, then perhaps they wouldn't be wringing their hands over what to do about the Snowdens that will keep popping up to blow the whistle on them.

• On the post: EFF Tells Court That The NSA Knowingly And Illegally Destroyed Evidence In Key Case Over Bulk Surveillance

  

  SolkeshNaranek ( profile ), 03 Jun, 2014 @ 10:26am

  DOJ response to EFF filing

  >And now we wait to see how the DOJ tries to tap dance out of this one.
  
  For those so inclined, you can see a preview of the DOJ's rebuttal argument here:
  
  https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7140/8165207064_3e01c438b3_o.gif