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  • On the post: Thomas Goolnik Gets Google To Forget Our Story About Him Getting Google To Forget Stories About Thomas Goolnik

    anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 09 Oct, 2018 @ 09:40am

    Re: Re: Not forgetting, but don't really care too much

    Not directly, but indirectly. What the hell did you do to get banned from a search engine? Or maybe better put, what did they think you did?

  • On the post: Stupid Law Firm Decides To Threaten Something Awful Over Hot-Linked Hitler Picture

    anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 09 Oct, 2018 @ 10:52am

    When wankers wank, they wank to the utmost, expect more wanking

    Maybe this finally got through to the Higbee & Associates. There have been no further legal threats issued since this last salvo by Kyanka.

    A likely theory for their lack of follow through on this claim is that they are busy trying to figure out if they can make a defamation claim over the response. A response which is purely opinion and none defamatory facts. Which does not mean they won't try.

  • On the post: Thomas Goolnik Gets Google To Forget Our Story About Him Getting Google To Forget Stories About Thomas Goolnik

    anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 09 Oct, 2018 @ 08:06am

    Not forgetting, but don't really care too much

    Beyond the silliness of the GDPR and the whole RTBF thing is the concept that Google ≠ The Internet. One finds things, if they want just by using a different search engine.That we find a number of articles about Thomas Goolnik is not surprising, including a couple from Techdirt, what is surprising (or maybe expected) is who else thinks Thomas Goolnik is not only ignorant and unreasonable, but the whole RTBF is ignorant and unreasonable.

  • On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

    anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2018 @ 04:42pm

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    Except, fool, Mike doesn't vote for funny, neither do any of the other staff. The rest of us do. Have a flag vote.

  • On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

    anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2018 @ 03:56pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

    How would you know?

  • On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

    anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2018 @ 03:56pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: The reasons he should not have been confirmed

    Exactly. I am proud to be a US citizen, but I am sorely ashamed of my government. The people I voted for are not in office, and even if they were it would not matter. The system put others in positions they should not have. I blame the system, and those that run it.

    So far as leadership, we have been very successful in installing despot regimes around the world, we have been very successful in negotiating trade agreements that benefit the few rather than the many, we have taken positions that exacerbate situations we (and by we I mean likely most of us) do not want. All done by people I did not vote for.

    So, I am a proud American (though that refers to the entire western hemisphere, of which the US is a part of the North American portion of America) but I am ashamed of my governments behavior, and have been for a few decades.

  • On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

    anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2018 @ 05:25pm

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    No doubt. The reasons he should not have been confirmed have nothing to do with any unproven accusations, but because his appointment was political rather than qualified in nature. The same is similar for a number of recent appointments. Some of which worked out, to the consternation of their appointing entities, and others have not. This is not limited to the Supreme Court, all Federal judges and Appellate judges face the same issue, and the same issue exists in the Senate for all of them. How many positions are currently open in those two slots? When is the Senate going to get off their collective asses and do their duty (which is defined as advise and consent, not take political or ideological temperatures)? When will the Executive branch stop playing politics with judiciary appointments (probably never, but that is a different problem than the Senate problem, though there are some similarities)? The Senate's responsibility should be the same whether the majority is the same party as the Executive or not. So should their behavior.

  • On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

    anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2018 @ 04:05pm

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    This would be true if the Senate contained itself to 'advise and consent' rather than their fairly recent (last half century or so) litmus tests on ideology or party affiliations and affinity. Those tests change depending upon which party is dominate at the time, but those tests should not even be part of the curriculum.

    They should be looking for ability and clear unbiased reasoning (most of which should be found in their body of work), only.

  • On the post: Heisman Trophy People Sue HeismanWatch For Using Images Of The Trophy And Stating Its Name

    anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 05 Oct, 2018 @ 12:28pm

    The art of confusion

    I am so glad you gave a description of HeismanWatch because as I read the article I was wondering why the hell the Heisman Trophy Trust wasn't thanking them for creating works of art (timepieces) that could be given to Heisman Trophy winners as an additional accolade. But we find out that no, HeismanWatch is not producing watches. Nor are they giving out trophies. They are talking about sports, specifically those in contention for, who should be in contention for, and those who actually win said Heisman Trophy.

    So that takes care of the trademark, now as to the copyright issue, why isn't the Heisman Trophy Trust suing every newspaper, magazine, TV show, radio program, or other blog that mentions the Heisman Trophy? They are discussing candidates and picks, not producing a clone of the trophy.

  • On the post: Now Twitter's 'Report' Function Being Used To Disappear Complaint About GDPR Being Used To Disappear Public Court Document

    anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 04 Oct, 2018 @ 04:32pm

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    And that has what to do with forgetting?

    If we read the criteria critically, something usual under most laws, the remembering part is, ahem, illegal. Which brings up another point. If I remember, but don't say so, technically I have broken their law, but how are they gonna know?

    The whole concept is stupid, and impossible to enforce. Which won't stop the witch hunts and the injuries it causes.

  • On the post: Now Twitter's 'Report' Function Being Used To Disappear Complaint About GDPR Being Used To Disappear Public Court Document

    anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 04 Oct, 2018 @ 01:12pm

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    Another thing about the right to be forgotten is, how the hell are they going to get it out of my head?

  • On the post: AT&T Claims It Wants Meaningful Privacy Rules…After Just Lobbying To Kill Meaningful Privacy Rules

    anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 04 Oct, 2018 @ 07:23am

    Re: 'If we didn't write them, they don't count.'

    I think it is more like AT&T wants privacy for themselves, but not their customers. The customers data creates cash flow. AT&T data creates controversy through disclosure of things they want to whitewash (AKA butt hurt and embarrassment). Come to think of it, a lot like Hollywood accounting.

  • On the post: Can We Make Congress Less Dumb About Technology?

    anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 04 Oct, 2018 @ 01:38pm

    From the two people digging the hole, five filling it in dept.

    "Can We Make Congress Less Dumb About Technology?"

    I doubt it! Especially when their paymasters (hard and soft money providers) have an agenda and regulating technology to benefit them (we aren't even on the list) is high on the list.

  • On the post: Spanish Court Moves Forward With Prosecution Of Man Who Offended A Bunch Of Religious Lawyers

    anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 04 Oct, 2018 @ 12:30pm

    Inquisition Redux

    Another thing Spain is famous for is the Spanish Inquisition. Back then they appear to have gotten creative in both what they were looking for as well as how they 'inquired'. Seems like religious intolerance is back in vogue...again. Will they so as far this time? Don't know, but it looks like a good start.

  • On the post: Travelers To New Zealand Now Face $3,000 Fines If They Don't Give Their Device Passwords To Customs Agents

    anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 04 Oct, 2018 @ 07:18am

    Curiosity demands to know

    Other than child porn, has anyone, anywhere ever found any actually incriminating evidence on a cell phone? Or do they just use what they find to concoct conspiracy theories, legitimate or not? Aren't these types of searches more about control and intimidation than actual intelligence gathering?

  • On the post: The Entire Broadband Industry Just Sued California For Daring To Protect Net Neutrality

    anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 03 Oct, 2018 @ 04:55pm

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    Everyone would probably be better off if we separated the infrastructure from the ISP's. Running multiple cables doesn't seem like a great idea, in the end we all pay for that overbuilding. Make it so that each customer gets to choose their ISP and all ISP's use the same infrastructure, and pay some modest amount for infrastructure upkeep. Then run fiber to every resident except for those who are very far from anyone. I hear they have some different solutions for those folks that isn't practical for the bulk of the population.

  • On the post: The Entire Broadband Industry Just Sued California For Daring To Protect Net Neutrality

    anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 03 Oct, 2018 @ 02:37pm

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    "The nation’s broadband providers are the innovation engine of America’s digital economy and remain committed to an open internet for consumers."
    The dumb pipe (well they're supposed to be dumb pipes) providers are not innovators. Platforms are. The only thing innovative about broadband providers are the new ways they come up with to lie, cover their lies, and screw over their own customers. That is if you don't consider 4G and 5G as innovative. Maybe they did some monkeying around with DSL to improve performance, but then let it rot in the ground. They only get away with this because they have 'innovatively' created ways to block competition through regulatory capture via the use of hard and soft money (aka bribes) to legislators and other government officials.

  • On the post: Six Months Later, People Are Finally Realizing That FOSTA Actually Is Putting Lives At Risk

    anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 03 Oct, 2018 @ 10:08am

    Re: Re: Creative Incredulity

    I guess I should have included the /s.

  • On the post: Six Months Later, People Are Finally Realizing That FOSTA Actually Is Putting Lives At Risk

    anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 03 Oct, 2018 @ 10:07am

    Re: Re: Creative Incredulity

    If you look at the comment form there is a box for URL. If you sign out and look at the comment form there is also a place for email and URL. I am not sure if that email gets posted or not, it appears that the URL becomes a link with your login name.

  • On the post: Lawsuit Settlement Looking To Kill Philadelphia's Severely Abused Forfeiture Program

    anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 03 Oct, 2018 @ 04:30pm

    Almost there

    Too bad they didn't get to the point where all forfeitures require a conviction of the person in possession of the asset, regardless of who the owner is and regardless of the size of the asset. And to go a step further, why is the owner of the asset, if not present at the arrest, a part of anything? If they prove some connection in court, and get a conviction for that connection, it would be a different matter.

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