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• On the post: Further Details On The Foreign Spying The NSA Is/Isn't/Is Doing And How Much The Administration Knows/Doesn't Know/Knows

  

  Arsik Vek ( profile ), 31 Oct, 2013 @ 07:37am

  This news inspired the NSA's unpaid PR flack, Dianne Feinstein...
  
  
  Let's be fair, if she's not being well compensated now, she will be when her time in Congress ends.

• On the post: Watch The Video Of Rep. Mike Rogers Attacking Fellow Reps For Saying They Had No Idea NSA Spied On Foreign Leaders

  

  Arsik Vek ( profile ), 30 Oct, 2013 @ 08:21am

  You were absolutely given that information. Buried in this giant haystack of possibly tangentially related material. If you had a proper method to search through that haystack, and the inclination to do so, you would have the capabilities to know whatever you wanted.
  
  
  
  This viewpoint seems oddly appropriate coming out of the NSA.

• On the post: Mike Rogers: You Can't Have Your Privacy Violated If You Don't Know About It

  

  Arsik Vek ( profile ), 30 Oct, 2013 @ 06:28am

  I'm honestly not surprised he's claiming that something is only illegal if you get caught.

• On the post: David Cameron Working To Stop UK Press From Publishing Anything More From Snowden Leaks

  

  Arsik Vek ( profile ), 29 Oct, 2013 @ 06:47am

  Sure is a nice newspaper you got there. It'd be a shame if something happened to it.

• On the post: MN Supreme Court Finds DUI Blood Draws Aren't 'Coerced,' Despite Refusal Resulting In Criminal Charges

  

  Arsik Vek ( profile ), 25 Oct, 2013 @ 12:56pm

  Re: Re: And so I have no driver's license.

  Which is fine if you live somewhere those things are available. For a large number of people living outside major metropolitan areas, that's really not an option. I know that my first few jobs were all 7-20 miles from my home, which isn't that significant in a car, moving at highway speeds, but is a much different story on foot or by bike. Doubly so when you consider that, at a northern climate, a large part of the year there was heavy snow. As a rural area, there was no real public transportation, and while I could theoretically have taken a cab, the cost was prohibitive.

• On the post: MN Supreme Court Finds DUI Blood Draws Aren't 'Coerced,' Despite Refusal Resulting In Criminal Charges

  

  Arsik Vek ( profile ), 25 Oct, 2013 @ 11:53am

  So, if I tell someone to give me their wallet or I'll smash their knees with a pipe wrench, that's not coercion because they can still say no?

• On the post: Gov't Contractor Uses Copyright, Fear Of Hackers To Get Restraining Order Against Open Source Developer

  

  Arsik Vek ( profile ), 23 Oct, 2013 @ 08:29am

  Re: Big RED heiring

  Duplicating the functionality is not a violation of copyright. He admits he's created similar functionality, that's not illegal. If you come at a problem in a different language, the methodology (and therefor the code) you use to recreate that functionality will be different.
  
  Nor is duplicating functionality (with different code) inherently going to expose vulnerabilities in the original. They're written differently and will have different vulnerabilities.

• On the post: People Happily Sign Petition Supporting The 'Orwellian Police State Based On Nazi Germany'

  

  Arsik Vek ( profile ), 22 Oct, 2013 @ 11:29am

  Being unable to access youtube from work, is there any report of how many signatures the petition got?

• On the post: Internal Investigation Into Pursuit And Shooting Results In The Suspension Of 63 Cleveland Police Officers

  

  Arsik Vek ( profile ), 16 Oct, 2013 @ 09:50am

  49 rounds in 20 seconds? That must have been a rifle. I don't think I could get off that many shots with a handgun.

• On the post: As Expected, MPAA's Filter For IsoHunt Blocks Plenty Of Legit Content, Even As MPAA Whines It's Not Good Enough

  

  Arsik Vek ( profile ), 20 Sep, 2013 @ 08:30am

  I agree. These filters aren't good enough. And they'll never be good enough as long as they continue to block any amount of non-infringing content. And as long as they're not good enough, they shouldn't be used.

• On the post: Eight Months In Jail For Teaching People How To Pass A Lie Detector Test

  

  Arsik Vek ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2013 @ 06:35am

  I've had to take a polygraph for work before. They couldn't get a passing result, so I ended up taking it like, four times. Take it til you pass is not a security measure, unless you admit that it's just a prop for a normal interview.

• On the post: PA Hospital First To Open Inpatient Treatment Program For Addiction To The Internet

  

  Arsik Vek ( profile ), 04 Sep, 2013 @ 06:52am

  I admit, as a software developer, I spend eight hours of work a day on the internet (some of it is even work related). I then go home, and hop online to relax (Youtube channels like SciShow, Veritasium, and MinutePhysics being cheaper and more entertaining than the cable TV service I cancelled years ago). Clearly I am hopelessly addicted to the internet, and belong back in the psych ward. Obviously going home and watching the latest episodes of whatever the current reality tv craze, or the half hour of "infotainment" the 24 hour news channels recycle all day would be far healthier.

• On the post: Unfortunate Ruling Says Changing Your IP Address Can Be 'Unauthorized Access' To A Public Website

  

  Arsik Vek ( profile ), 22 Aug, 2013 @ 08:57am

  Re: Shop-In's

  Except that neither of their original claims suggested 3taps was causing service interruptions or other usability issues. They were founded in claims of copyright infringement and terms of use violation.
  
  Your reason by analogy is based on a faulty analogy. This is more like someone looking through a real estate agent's listings and then telling a friend about places for sale, then sending to the agent to purchase.

• On the post: Mississippi Attorney General Says Its Google's Fault He Can Find Infringing & Counterfeit Items

  

  Arsik Vek ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2013 @ 10:12am

  So, in a shocking twist, the search engine returns what you ask for. Clearly, we shouldn't go after the people providing the material. Clearly, we shouldn't go after the people receiving the material. Obviously, we should go after the streetmap telling the druggies how to get to the buy.

• On the post: Morgan Pietz Objects To Duffy's Bond In Prenda Case, Points Out More Typical Prenda Tricks

  

  Arsik Vek ( profile ), 07 Jun, 2013 @ 11:41am

  I love the line from Pietz' May 22 email
  
  
  "I wanted to follow up and inquire: were you planning on complying with the Court's order, and, if so, when?"

• On the post: Student Wins Intel Science Fair; Threatened With Patent Infringement Claims For Patent Not Yet Granted

  

  Arsik Vek ( profile ), 03 Jun, 2013 @ 08:02am

  Somehow, all my science fair projects as a kid now feel even more underwhelming.

• On the post: So It's Come To This: Seven High School Students Arrested For Throwing… Water Balloons

  

  Arsik Vek ( profile ), 22 May, 2013 @ 08:30am

  Clearly all those petitions to ban dihydrogen monoxide were right.

• On the post: Quack Professor Releases Dumbest Violent Video Game Theory Ever

  

  Arsik Vek ( profile ), 22 May, 2013 @ 05:24am

  Holy balls (to oppose the Testicilians).... this guy is nuts.

• On the post: Congress Grandstanding Over Google Glass 'Privacy' Concerns; Next Up: Privacy Concerns Over Your Eyes

  

  Arsik Vek ( profile ), 17 May, 2013 @ 05:17am

  Here's my question: Why is this getting so much attention when there are semi-concealed security cameras all over almost every major city recording everything that goes on in or outside?

• On the post: Some Data: Big Kickstarter Projects By Famous People Actually Help Other Projects

  

  Arsik Vek ( profile ), 16 May, 2013 @ 04:35am

  Big names getting into Kickstarter are fantastic. I discovered it during the Project: Eternity kickstarter, and have gone on to pledge almost $5k across 14 projects.

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