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• On the post: Police, Yet Again, Arrest Someone For Filming Them, Saying It's Obstruction Of Justice

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 08 Aug, 2011 @ 04:46pm

  Bad boys, bad boys!

  After all those years of the TV show "COPS", it really is mystifying how police these days can't cope with the even larger presence of cameras.
  
  Granted, the TV show was voluntary and they were able to portray themselves in the best light possible, but these days, cameras are practically omnipresent.
  
  You cops (the ones that don't like being filmed) out there need to realize that when you make a traffic stop, or arrive on the scene, if there's a crowd gathered, SOMEONE has a camera and is filming whether you like it or not, and there's not thing one you can do about it. Especially if it's a public place.

• On the post: University Of Calgary Refusing To Pay Access Copyright Any More

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 26 Jul, 2011 @ 05:21am

  Re: Re: Re: HOW DARE THEY!

  No, it's a collection of villages....

• On the post: Phoenix DA Decides Not To File Charges Against Woman Accused Of Groping TSA Agent

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 20 Jul, 2011 @ 04:53pm

  Re: It's a waffle because of publicity.

  ...extra-legally punished by anything up to murdered.
  
  What? first.. extra-legally? umm.. what??
  
  second.. she could be punished...up to murdered. So the DA could have her murdered? umm... what??
  
  Yes, I know you meant something like "she could be *charged* with anything up to and including murder."
  
  Again... what??
  
  Are you really that daft to think that this would go unnoticed and unreported by anyone if something like that were to be considered? Do you really think the DA is that stupid to pursue something like that? That DA obviously has SOME smarts because the DA office decided to ditch this case.

• On the post: Belgian Newspapers 'Give Permission' To Google To Return Them To Search Results

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2011 @ 08:51am

  Stick with brewing beer

  Please, Belgium, just stick with brewing beer. It is, perhaps, the one thing you truly excel at.

• On the post: Woman Faces Felony Charges For Groping A TSA Agent

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2011 @ 11:02am

  Re: Re: @Dark Helmet: always focus on trivial, especially sexual.

  6) The only reason it's not pointed out it is because you're of the "in" group here, among (equally low) peers.
  
  I can hear Garth Brooks singing Friends in Low Places now.

• On the post: TSA Agents Continue To Lie And Say You Can't Photograph Or Videotape Checkpoints

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 15 Jul, 2011 @ 10:08am

  Re: Is it just US Citizens

  No, you've just been extremely lucky, or haven't traveled here recently, since this level of "security" is fairly recent.

• On the post: Woman Arrested For Not Letting TSA Grope Her Daughter

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 14 Jul, 2011 @ 09:58am

  Re: Re: Re:

  uh huh huh huh... you said crack

• On the post: University Of Copenhagen Giving Away Patents For Free… If You Have A Credible Plan

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 14 Jul, 2011 @ 07:52am

  Re: Re:

  A tiger?... in Africa?

• On the post: Vancouver Rioters Trying To Abuse Copyright To Avoid Being Identified, Which Only Helps Identify Them

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 11 Jul, 2011 @ 06:09am

  Re:

  If Google were smart, and I think they are, anyone complaining and wanting something taken down would be denied if giving a name such as John Doe, Jane Smith, unless conclusively proven that that is, indeed, their real name.

• On the post: Major US ISPs Agree To Five Strikes Plan, Rather Than Three

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 07 Jul, 2011 @ 11:19am

  They're only blocking web access, but not killing the account...
  
  This is so you still have to pay for your entire account, and probably an extra fee since they have to use a few minutes of labor to put the blockade in place.

• On the post: Murdoch Phone Hacking Story Just Gets Worse And Worse

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 07 Jul, 2011 @ 08:32am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Fox news not factual? wha?
  
  In your opinion, they aren't factual because you apparently believe that the likes of CNN, MSNBC and the NYT are factual. That's a laugher.
  
  I will agree with you on your last sentence. Republicn (conservative)/Democrat (liberal) are corporatist, the thing is, liberals don't admit it and claim to be for "the working man" or "the little guy."
  
  
  @eejit.. umm, esplain how Fox and NYT are the same entity?

• On the post: US Airways Employee Handles Complaining Passenger The 'TSA Way'

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 06 Jul, 2011 @ 05:06pm

  Re: Hold the fort

  That was exactly my first thought. TSA fail.. as usual.

• On the post: The Latest Attempt By The Obama Administration To Punish Whistleblowers

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 06 Jul, 2011 @ 06:23am

  Re: Don't forget that all the leaks were about the Bush administration.

  Yet you probably give a pass to Clinton and his lies, which far outnumber any other president with maybe the exception of Carter and Nixon.

• On the post: Mayor Bloomberg Demands SAIC Pay Back $600 Million In Cost Overruns For NYC Computer System

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 01 Jul, 2011 @ 05:22pm

  Re: Re: Government Designed Systems

  The client may be NYC, but the "sub-clients" like NYPD, NYFD, schools, etc., all want their own specifications built in.
  
  I work for a defense contractor, and while at a military health systems helpdesk, we dealt with Army, AF, and Navy with all sorts of applications like CHCS, DMHRSi, AHLTA, CCQAS, et al. And for each application, you had to build into the software specs for each branch of service since they couldn't agree on one format.
  
  I'm guessing the same thing is happening in NYC with all the cities agencies wanting their own personal look to it all.
  
  This doesn't excuse SAIC from what its employees did, and they ought to be held liable. They should give back the money & provide a working system.
  
  And on a personal note, when we lost the MHS contract to HP/SAIC due to them vastly underbidding, I was 2 days away from accepting the job with SAIC before LM offered me another position.

• On the post: Developer Takes Game Down Due To Piracy, But With A Twist

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 01 Jul, 2011 @ 11:53am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: OT/Meta Comment

  I was being sarcastic to the green AC's comment.

• On the post: Developer Takes Game Down Due To Piracy, But With A Twist

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 01 Jul, 2011 @ 10:20am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: OT/Meta Comment

  I can't stand his drivel either. Tim, stop drivelling everywhere, will ya? At least clean it up after you drivel on the floor so I don't step in it.

• On the post: Leaping The Uncanny Valley: Japanese Pop Star Turns Out To Be A Computer Generated Mashup

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 30 Jun, 2011 @ 06:15am

  Re: There's no such thing as bad publicity

  or **AA exec's and the politicians they pay off....

• On the post: Danish Law Enforcement Would Like To Outlaw Anonymous Use Of The Internet

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 29 Jun, 2011 @ 04:12pm

  record all sorts of info such as IP addresses, browser histories and records of who the user interacted with.
  
  This gives new emphasis on the L in ASL in chat rooms/IRC. If that L comes back as Denmark, and to be safe, any neighboring country (Sweden, Norway, Germany...) then I will refuse to talk to you, unless maybe you're on the Swedish Bikini Team. I might make that an exception.

• On the post: California Politician Who Wrote Unconstitutional Anti-Video Game Law Plans To Try Again With New Law

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 29 Jun, 2011 @ 01:39pm

  Why would Senator Yee make a statement that is clearly dishonest?
  
  California State Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco)
  
  That says it all really. Democrat, California, and above all that, a State Senator (read: politician.)

• On the post: Capcom's Resident Evil DRM Is Evil: You Get To Play The Game Once And That's It

  

  Greg G ( profile ), 28 Jun, 2011 @ 01:51pm

  Re:

  ...and once you break the seal, it's yours.
  
  Wait. I thought it was still theirs....

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