..one of their techniques, whenever some do-gooder published their advance and expensive books on the 'Net, they would: 1) drag the do-gooder to court, charging them with copyright violations; 2) claims that those weren't the real books anyway.
Scummy, unprincipled, and dishonest tactics then. Scummy, unprincipled, and dishonest tactics now.
It's a particularly American thing to view the whole world as if it's the 'States. And, at the same time, to view the rest of the world as too foreign, too bizarre, so as to be unliveable...
A long time ago, as a kid, I recall the figurative slap in the face I got when Amnesty International called out the Canadian Government for the pre-trial jailing of some of the Séparatistes during the 'October Crisis' in 1970. The Government had to release them. I've never looked at my country the same since.
Hopefully, Mr. Weiwei's comments will have the same effect on enough American citizens, so as to effect change for the better.
..Given the very odd collection of supposed/claimed/purported/bull..cough clients that Prenda Law claimed to represent, wouldn't it be more accurate to say that they were Curius Amicae?
I used to GM (gamemaster) Paranoia every once in a while.
The poor, hapless clones (the other people role-playhing) always thought that if they phrase the question just the right way, they'll get the information they need to, er, survive to the end of the game.
One of my main jobs as GM was to invent, usually on the fly, all sorts of reasons why "that information is above your security clearance".
That Prenda Hearing dialogue sounded like half the games I ran... Good times.
Voice-activated? Fingerprint? Er...haven't these been fooled by work-arounds? Besides, by displaying the password, aren't you:
1) forcing the user to use easy-to-type-in passwords?
2) exposing yourself to "over-the-shoulder" cryptanalysis attacks?
Rogers and Ruppersberger have learned from the Scientologists..
..one of their techniques, whenever some do-gooder published their advance and expensive books on the 'Net, they would: 1) drag the do-gooder to court, charging them with copyright violations; 2) claims that those weren't the real books anyway.
Scummy, unprincipled, and dishonest tactics then. Scummy, unprincipled, and dishonest tactics now.
Thank you, Ai. (Can I call you Ai?)
It's a particularly American thing to view the whole world as if it's the 'States. And, at the same time, to view the rest of the world as too foreign, too bizarre, so as to be unliveable...
A long time ago, as a kid, I recall the figurative slap in the face I got when Amnesty International called out the Canadian Government for the pre-trial jailing of some of the Séparatistes during the 'October Crisis' in 1970. The Government had to release them. I've never looked at my country the same since.
Hopefully, Mr. Weiwei's comments will have the same effect on enough American citizens, so as to effect change for the better.
Next they'll say...
..that this isn't news.
It's in the playbook.
Imagine, if you can...
..that instead of reading this (and other similar stories) on TechDirt, you were reading this in, say, Newsweek.
OK? Now pretend it's the early eighties, and it's Soviet Russia instead of Florida... Now, gauge your reaction.
Re:
...says the Anonymous Coward...
/Sorry, I couldn't resist.
Prenda Law and Amicus Curiae
..Given the very odd collection of supposed/claimed/purported/bull..cough clients that Prenda Law claimed to represent, wouldn't it be more accurate to say that they were Curius Amicae?
Err, I was going to say...
Riiiight! Like you don't drink/eat/breathe in thousand of bugs every day anyways, eh?
(untitled comment)
Are you talking about their stance vis-à-vis DRM/always-connected vs. not calling their customers thieves?
"..all the vowels except for "y".."
Thank you, Joyce!
I've never understood the (American?) idea of "y" being a consonant...
Re: Re:
You can read all about it on Cory's blog:
http://craphound.com/homeland/download/
Tor went _all_ DRM-free last year. But they've always published Cory's book as DRM-free. In any case, read the text at the link above.
Don't go for the information third-hand.
Court transcripts as Paranoia dialogue...
I used to GM (gamemaster) Paranoia every once in a while.
The poor, hapless clones (the other people role-playhing) always thought that if they phrase the question just the right way, they'll get the information they need to, er, survive to the end of the game.
One of my main jobs as GM was to invent, usually on the fly, all sorts of reasons why "that information is above your security clearance".
That Prenda Hearing dialogue sounded like half the games I ran... Good times.
Would using...
..freeware be considered an unfair competitive advantage?
..smart people be considered an unfair competitive advantage?
..underpaid workers be considered an unfair competitive advantage?
..basing your factory in a country with lax environmental regulations be considered an unfair competitive advantage?
Re: Re: Re.: myIDkey...
Thanks!
I forgot to mention: Yubikey plus a string you prepend to the password stored on the key.
Re.: myIDkey...
Voice-activated? Fingerprint? Er...haven't these been fooled by work-arounds? Besides, by displaying the password, aren't you:
1) forcing the user to use easy-to-type-in passwords?
2) exposing yourself to "over-the-shoulder" cryptanalysis attacks?
My suggestion? Yubikey and LastPass.
Re: Re: Check
Did you do a GIS? I got results!
Link to the actual paper...
"Capital Controls in a Small Open Economy"
https://editorialexpress.com/cgi-bin/conference/download.cgi?db_name=CEF2012&paper_id= 396
If you don't trust the link, (and really, you shouldn't) just google the authors' names. It should be the first hit:
Bianca De Paoli and Anna Lipinska
Get rid of washroom doors where you can...
..and install chicanes.
(Y'know: a wall feature where you walk in through a "u", so you don't have to touch anything.)
So there's still a chance..
..that Bradley Manning will be selected? Or is it safe to assume that Times has no cohones?
/Yes, it's a rhetorical question. I already know the answer.
Well-troden territory - The Terrorist as Gumby. (No, not the plasticine figurine.)
Bruce Schneier, Portrait of the Modern Terrorist as an Idiot
http://www.schneier.com/essay-174.html
Byman & Fair, The Case for Calling Them Nitwits
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/07/the-case-for-calling-them-nitwits/30813 0/
Max Fisher, The Incompetent Terrorist
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2010/05/the-incompetent-terrorist/56272/
Tim Harford, Dumb Bomb
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/the_undercover_economist/2007/07/dumb_bomb.html
..as well as many other essays.
Me, I want to read those 6 comments.
..but something seems to be wrong with my mouse.