... why typing in your password to decrypt a drive or even to gain access to a PC is different than compelling someone to open a safe. In both cases you are unlocking a thing so the contents can be seen. The only difference is that in one case the contents are physical things and in the other they are digital. I presume that a search warrant is still required in either case and that should mean that the state has provided sufficient evidence to a court that there may be evidence pertient to the legal proceeding in the locked thing.
What about packing the device into a small box and then send it via FedEx or something to some address in Lebanon or similar. Could be fun for the FBI to track. If it sounds like a good idea maybe we should agree on where to send them all. Then the FBI can start worrying that all their suspects are suddenly gathering at a single location.
"So, I mean, in cases where there are no tools of communication, people still get together. So I don't see that as being a - in looking at history, I don't see the absence of efficient tools of communication as being a limiting factor on the ability people to socially"
Actually, reading this, there is a valid point to be made: that, the absence of efficient communications tools does not limit the ability of people to interact. It may impede that interaction by adding significant time delay but there are many means to communicate that do not require direct interaction. For example: 1000 years ago, people separated by 1000 miles wrote letters to each other.
What I see missing the logic is the point, already made, that efficient forms of communications increase the speed at which the personal interaction occurs. Moreover, there is still the issue that in many of these protest uprisings, person to person communications would still be fairly efficient because the population density allows word of mouth to quickly pass neighboorhood to neighboorhod without the need of the physical carrier to travel any great distance.
Sony has its right to treat its customers any way it likes. However, if you don't like the way that Sony, or any other company for that matter, then don't become a customer. The net result is that they will have only happy or complacent customers and you will be happy not to be under the thumb of the tyrant.
Well, that MIGHT be my real name. But,everything else about me is pure fiction.
I gave Assange the instructions for adding automatic doorlocks to the Prius AND the means to disable the lock that prevent entering a destination into the NAV system WHILE the vehicle is in motion. But, don't tell anyone.
My Prius is a rolling arsenal of potential piracy tools. ANd, it's both mobile AND stealth.
My Prius has something like 14 major computers in it. If I commit any crive, am I going to be charged with 14 counts of using a computer while committing a crime? Plus, I have an iPhone. That would be 15 counts.
We do it, so they're gonna do it. If all the US Internet censors and supporters of censorship jumped off a bridge, would he Chiness equivalents do that as well? Oh, wait, that would be a good thing. Carry on!
How does a computer glitch explain that an apparently dead police office signed and certified the tickets? The computer signs for the officer? Then the human did not do it. The officer tells the computer that it's ok to sign and send the ticket? Then someone was logging on with the credentials of the dead officer. Either way, a lie. "Computer gliches" almost never explain the actual problem.
Do you guys have any control over the ads served up by Google on your postings? I mean, it's kinda funny that on a page taling about trademark abuse, etc. you see the following ads:
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... hinder emergency responders. A while ago I was in a theater where a guy collapsed from a heart attack. Several people ran out to find the theater management. About a dozen more (yes, overkill, but, there was a guy dying in the aisle) called 911. The paramedics showed up within 3 minutes. The theater manager came in AFTER the paramedics to find out what was going on. Yes, we got emergency help before there were cell phones, but many venues like this are now run by quite a reduced staff so that it's more difficult to find help. The cell phone, and 911, removes at least one impediment.
Appropriation: a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner; "the necessary funds were obtained by the government's appropriation of the company's operating unit"; "a person's appropriation of property belonging to another is dishonest"
So, by one definition, Koons is a thief seeking to increase the value of his theft.
We have the choice to fly or don't. Sometimes flying is the only realistic alternative.
But, once you make the decision to fly, your choices are reduced to which personal assault you will opt for.
Would I prefer to have the scan or be groped? I'll take the scan. I'm more comfortabe with a light X-ray than some TSA perv feeling me up.
Would I want my daughter or girlfriend to be scanned? If the choice I have is to ask her to do the X-ray than being felt up by some TSA perv, I'll ask her to do the X-ray. My blood would boil at watching either be groped by some TSA perv.
Oh, and the idea of going as the true Scotsman, fabulous! Hmmm, I wonder if the TSA pervs wear gloves, and if they change them before each grope.
My original statement was: "If you need to do something that distracts you from paying attention to the road, traffic, etc. then find a safe place to pull off and do what needs to be done". I said nothing about "talking on the phone distacting all drivers equally". That was not even implied. People need to realize that the phone, textig, the radio, conversation with passengers, etc. is ALWAYS secondary to driving the vehicle. So, instead of additional laws, let's get people into the mindset that when operating a vehicle, safely driving the vehicle is THE only important thing; everything else is secondary.
I would love to see billboards banned. And, if not all then at least the ones that have mothion etc. Those are highly distracting. And, they are generally fairly ugly as well.
I stand by my original statement: If what you're going to do distracts you from the primary task of driving the vehicle then don't do it. If changing the volume of the radio cannot be done safely, then don't. If pulling down your visor interferes with safe driving then don't (although, one might consider that if a person cannot safely do that task then maybe that person should not be driving at all). Your primary goal is to safely drive the vehicle, not to engage in phone conversations, texting, searching for a radio station, etc. And, I said nothing about new laws. This is something for which PEOPLE have to take responsibility. Laws will not necessarily make for safer drivers. And, certainly banning little bits piece by piece will do nothing of real value.
... If you're driving then your attention should be on driving, not on the other stuff going on inside the car or talking on the phone, etc. If you need to do something that distracts you from paying attention to the road, traffic, etc. then find a safe place to pull off and do what needs to be done. There's nothing so important that it's worth risking your life or the lives of those around you.
... didn't the sued company just send in a note to the court saying they were the wrong group? I mean, the sued company actually got served, didn't it? Would have solved everything early on.
Not sure I see ...
... why typing in your password to decrypt a drive or even to gain access to a PC is different than compelling someone to open a safe. In both cases you are unlocking a thing so the contents can be seen. The only difference is that in one case the contents are physical things and in the other they are digital. I presume that a search warrant is still required in either case and that should mean that the state has provided sufficient evidence to a court that there may be evidence pertient to the legal proceeding in the locked thing.
Mail
What about packing the device into a small box and then send it via FedEx or something to some address in Lebanon or similar. Could be fun for the FBI to track. If it sounds like a good idea maybe we should agree on where to send them all. Then the FBI can start worrying that all their suspects are suddenly gathering at a single location.
Still Some Validity
"So, I mean, in cases where there are no tools of communication, people still get together. So I don't see that as being a - in looking at history, I don't see the absence of efficient tools of communication as being a limiting factor on the ability people to socially"
Actually, reading this, there is a valid point to be made: that, the absence of efficient communications tools does not limit the ability of people to interact. It may impede that interaction by adding significant time delay but there are many means to communicate that do not require direct interaction. For example: 1000 years ago, people separated by 1000 miles wrote letters to each other.
What I see missing the logic is the point, already made, that efficient forms of communications increase the speed at which the personal interaction occurs. Moreover, there is still the issue that in many of these protest uprisings, person to person communications would still be fairly efficient because the population density allows word of mouth to quickly pass neighboorhood to neighboorhod without the need of the physical carrier to travel any great distance.
Just say no
Sony has its right to treat its customers any way it likes. However, if you don't like the way that Sony, or any other company for that matter, then don't become a customer. The net result is that they will have only happy or complacent customers and you will be happy not to be under the thumb of the tyrant.
Re: Re: Yup
Well, that MIGHT be my real name. But,everything else about me is pure fiction.
I gave Assange the instructions for adding automatic doorlocks to the Prius AND the means to disable the lock that prevent entering a destination into the NAV system WHILE the vehicle is in motion. But, don't tell anyone.
My Prius is a rolling arsenal of potential piracy tools. ANd, it's both mobile AND stealth.
Yup
My Prius has something like 14 major computers in it. If I commit any crive, am I going to be charged with 14 counts of using a computer while committing a crime? Plus, I have an iPhone. That would be 15 counts.
Pre-requisite ...
... for a politician, or a lobbyist: the ability, nay, the predisposition, to lie.
We Do It ...
We do it, so they're gonna do it. If all the US Internet censors and supporters of censorship jumped off a bridge, would he Chiness equivalents do that as well? Oh, wait, that would be a good thing. Carry on!
Glitch
How does a computer glitch explain that an apparently dead police office signed and certified the tickets? The computer signs for the officer? Then the human did not do it. The officer tells the computer that it's ok to sign and send the ticket? Then someone was logging on with the credentials of the dead officer. Either way, a lie. "Computer gliches" almost never explain the actual problem.
Funny
Do you guys have any control over the ads served up by Google on your postings? I mean, it's kinda funny that on a page taling about trademark abuse, etc. you see the following ads:
Free Cease & Desist Form The Easiest Way to Make Cease & Desist Letters Online. Free to Try! RocketLawyer.com
Fast Trademark Filings Register Your Trademark in Minutes. Featured by Entrepreneur and CNN. LegalZoom.com
Trademark Registrations High Quality Service-Efficient Work Product-Low rates www.klonglaw.com
Yes, Jammer Can ...
... hinder emergency responders. A while ago I was in a theater where a guy collapsed from a heart attack. Several people ran out to find the theater management. About a dozen more (yes, overkill, but, there was a guy dying in the aisle) called 911. The paramedics showed up within 3 minutes. The theater manager came in AFTER the paramedics to find out what was going on. Yes, we got emergency help before there were cell phones, but many venues like this are now run by quite a reduced staff so that it's more difficult to find help. The cell phone, and 911, removes at least one impediment.
Darwin
Serves the f*cker right!
We should expect to see this guy near the top of the 2011 Darwin Awards
Makes Sense
Appropriation: a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner; "the necessary funds were obtained by the government's appropriation of the company's operating unit"; "a person's appropriation of property belonging to another is dishonest"
So, by one definition, Koons is a thief seeking to increase the value of his theft.
Improvement
A vuvuzela could only improve the Michael Jackson experience on any platform. Kudos to Ubisoft for being the first.
Choices
We have the choice to fly or don't. Sometimes flying is the only realistic alternative.
But, once you make the decision to fly, your choices are reduced to which personal assault you will opt for.
Would I prefer to have the scan or be groped? I'll take the scan. I'm more comfortabe with a light X-ray than some TSA perv feeling me up.
Would I want my daughter or girlfriend to be scanned? If the choice I have is to ask her to do the X-ray than being felt up by some TSA perv, I'll ask her to do the X-ray. My blood would boil at watching either be groped by some TSA perv.
Oh, and the idea of going as the true Scotsman, fabulous! Hmmm, I wonder if the TSA pervs wear gloves, and if they change them before each grope.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Still holds: (as ron)
My original statement was: "If you need to do something that distracts you from paying attention to the road, traffic, etc. then find a safe place to pull off and do what needs to be done". I said nothing about "talking on the phone distacting all drivers equally". That was not even implied. People need to realize that the phone, textig, the radio, conversation with passengers, etc. is ALWAYS secondary to driving the vehicle. So, instead of additional laws, let's get people into the mindset that when operating a vehicle, safely driving the vehicle is THE only important thing; everything else is secondary.
Re: Re: Re: Still holds:
I would love to see billboards banned. And, if not all then at least the ones that have mothion etc. Those are highly distracting. And, they are generally fairly ugly as well.
Re: Re: Still holds:
I stand by my original statement: If what you're going to do distracts you from the primary task of driving the vehicle then don't do it. If changing the volume of the radio cannot be done safely, then don't. If pulling down your visor interferes with safe driving then don't (although, one might consider that if a person cannot safely do that task then maybe that person should not be driving at all). Your primary goal is to safely drive the vehicle, not to engage in phone conversations, texting, searching for a radio station, etc. And, I said nothing about new laws. This is something for which PEOPLE have to take responsibility. Laws will not necessarily make for safer drivers. And, certainly banning little bits piece by piece will do nothing of real value.
Still holds:
... If you're driving then your attention should be on driving, not on the other stuff going on inside the car or talking on the phone, etc. If you need to do something that distracts you from paying attention to the road, traffic, etc. then find a safe place to pull off and do what needs to be done. There's nothing so important that it's worth risking your life or the lives of those around you.
Why
... didn't the sued company just send in a note to the court saying they were the wrong group? I mean, the sued company actually got served, didn't it? Would have solved everything early on.