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• On the post: Voting Device Manufacturer Encourages Users To Use (And Re-Use) Easily-Guessed Passwords

  

  Coyne Tibbets ( profile ), 06 Nov, 2018 @ 10:25pm

  Hmmmm I wonder...

  ...if any entry that starts with "Unisyn" will sign you on. For example, you set the password to "Unisyn14" but you can sign on with "Unisyn1" or "Unisyn42" or "UnisynMT".
  
  I heard of a (non-voting) system one time that did that, it really cuts down on service calls arising from "forgotten" passwords.

• On the post: Copyright Office Extends Anti-Circumvention DMCA Exemptions To All Filmmakers, Not Just Documentarians

  

  Coyne Tibbets ( profile ), 03 Nov, 2018 @ 04:43pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: law was reseolved ?

  Go read the United States section of this page, especially:

  However, the Supreme Court ruled in J. W. Hampton, Jr. & Co. v. United States (1928)[1] that congressional delegation of legislative authority is an implied power of Congress that is constitutional so long as Congress provides an "intelligible principle" to guide the executive branch: "'In determining what Congress may do in seeking assistance from another branch, the extent and character of that assistance must be fixed according to common sense and the inherent necessities of the government co-ordination.' So long as Congress 'shall lay down by legislative act an intelligible principle to which the person or body authorized to [exercise the delegated authority] is directed to conform, such legislative action is not a forbidden delegation of legislative power.'"

  Unless and until SCOTUS overrules this, you're wrong: they can delegate their legislative power.

• On the post: Stupid Patent Of The Month: How 34 Patents Worth $1 Led To Hundreds Of Lawsuits

  

  Coyne Tibbets ( profile ), 03 Nov, 2018 @ 01:36am

  Re:

  Who said anything about hidden? One of the main features of corporate law is limited liability of shareholders:

  One of the basic principles of modern corporate law is that people who invest in a corporation have limited liability. For example, as a general rule shareholders can only lose the money they invested in their shares.

  Shell companies are used for stop-loss. In this case Shipping & Transit LLC (STL) was probably owned by a company we will call X, and the $1 million was probably paid to X as a dividend. Now STL is bankrupt and X is not liable for STL's debts. The $1 million is safe. The only thing X can lose is it's share value in STL, and since that usually amounts to something nominal like a single $100 share,...meh. This kind of thing is done all the time.

• On the post: Gov't Says Accused CIA Hacking Tools Leaker Leaking Even More Classified Info From Behind Bars

  

  Coyne Tibbets ( profile ), 03 Nov, 2018 @ 01:00am

  Re: Justa Thought

  Or, "He's using something called [slang language] we don't understand."

• On the post: Gov't Says Accused CIA Hacking Tools Leaker Leaking Even More Classified Info From Behind Bars

  

  Coyne Tibbets ( profile ), 03 Nov, 2018 @ 12:56am

  Re: Re:

  Bet it wasn't classified when they gave it to him. They classified it after delivery so they can add to his list of charges.

• On the post: Judge Says Memphis PD's Surveillance Of Protesters Violated 40-Year-Old Consent Decree

  

  Coyne Tibbets ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2018 @ 05:06pm

  Remedy?!

  Here's what the city will be doing to remedy this.

  Haw...haw...haw...hoo...hee...hee...haw...haw...! Stop, you're killing me with these jokes!

  IF you think anything is changing, other than the MPD surveillance going dark, you haven't been paying attention.

• On the post: Court Tells Cops Playing Hunch Roulette Is No Way To Run An Investigation

  

  Coyne Tibbets ( profile ), 31 Oct, 2018 @ 11:40pm

  Re: Techdirt again leaves out facts: alien with heroin

  Again, police "hunch" is proved entirely accurate. Again, no argument over evidence. Again, known criminal alien hoping to escape by relying on lawyering to obtain the benefits of American principles while actively trying to destroy border control and health of persons within.

  Suppose the subject was named Logan and the hunch(es) all proved wrong: Would that be okay with you? My guess is that you'd be fine with that, because if we can't trash innocent people's Rights based on weak hunches then we wouldn't be able to trash guilty people's Rights based on weak hunches. I mean, it just isn't reliable to go by the "he looks sort of guilty-ish" approach. If only there were some common principles that allowed us to distinguish the probably-innocent from the probably-guilty. Something like...probable cause, maybe. Hmmm... Say, would you mind if the cops dropped by your place tomorrow to search it based on a few weak hunches? You wouldn't want them to be unable to do the same to a Lopez, right? You wouldn't mind helping uphold the principle?

• On the post: Stupid Patent Of The Month: How 34 Patents Worth $1 Led To Hundreds Of Lawsuits

  

  Coyne Tibbets ( profile ), 31 Oct, 2018 @ 11:00pm

  View from the cynical seats

  Let's see, that would mean the entire portfolio of patents could be bought by a successor patent troll...for just $1. Anyone want to take bets on whether one is already being incorporated?

  Where did more than $1 million dollars it received go?

  Well, duh, into the parent shell corporation. (Which is busy incorporating the successor troll.) The bankruptcy is obviously tactical, to avoid paying judgments.

  Shipping & Transit LLC is obviously tapped out reputation-wise, so ash-can it and start over with a clean slate and a new troll...and maybe even recycling the same crappy patent portfolio.

  Whack-a-mole.

• On the post: Charter Spectrum Jacks Up Rates (Again) Thanks To Merger 'Synergies'

  

  Coyne Tibbets ( profile ), 29 Oct, 2018 @ 07:14pm

  Re: Re: Spectrum leaves money on the table with their own house ads

  No kidding. Every time I see a company throwing money around like this, I think, "Government subsidized."
  
  AOL, Xfinity, Spectrum...

• On the post: Charter Spectrum Jacks Up Rates (Again) Thanks To Merger 'Synergies'

  

  Coyne Tibbets ( profile ), 29 Oct, 2018 @ 08:14pm

  Re: Nice post

  No, this is the first time. Honest.

• On the post: Charter Spectrum Jacks Up Rates (Again) Thanks To Merger 'Synergies'

  

  Coyne Tibbets ( profile ), 29 Oct, 2018 @ 07:08pm

  Can I get in?

  What in the world are these "synergy" things I keep hearing about? They must be enormously expensive, because every time one of these companies gets a bunch their rates go up. Can I manufacture some? Mine some? Are they like Bitcoins?

• On the post: Texas E-Voting Machines Switching Votes For Non-Nefarious But Still Stupid Reasons

  

  Coyne Tibbets ( profile ), 29 Oct, 2018 @ 06:52am

  Be prepared

  The Democratic Party is blaming the government for not doing more, which is a very Democratic Party thing to do.

  IF the Democrats win, be prepared to do an s/Democratic/Republican/g replacement on this line.

• On the post: Detailed And Thorough Debunking Of Bloomberg's Sketchy Story About Supply Chain Hack

  

  Coyne Tibbets ( profile ), 27 Oct, 2018 @ 06:55am

  Re: Re: What about the capabilities the BMC does have?

  Since BMC has control of the BIOS, couldn't it turn off PXE boot and turn on ISO boot?

• On the post: Appeals Court Judge Tears Into ATF's Life-Wrecking, Discriminatory Stash House Stings

  

  Coyne Tibbets ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2018 @ 09:14pm

  Re: Well, here is the problem:

  If you have one population group where 4% are likely to commit a crime, and one population group where 6% are likely to commit a crime, [...] check the second group 100% of the time.

  Okay, that's a point. But what if the first group was 6% and the second 4% (i.e. more like reality). Would you still check the second group more? Even if you've fished out the second, smaller, fishing hole: would you stubbornly keep fishing there rather than move on to the first hole?

• On the post: NSA Will Try To Stop Turning Whistleblowers Into Leakers With Kinder, Gentler Official Channels

  

  Coyne Tibbets ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2018 @ 08:08pm

  Re: Free bridge with every report through official channels!

  "It's a trap!" shouted Admiral Obvious.

• On the post: Another Terrible Court Decision In Europe: Insulting A Religion Is Not Free Speech

  

  Coyne Tibbets ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2018 @ 07:57pm

  Re:

  Yeah that's what you get when you're married to an underage girl and have sex with her! You're a pedophile. Period.

  Unless you lived 14 centuries ago when it was legal and considered perfectly normal in the place you lived.

• On the post: Another Terrible Court Decision In Europe: Insulting A Religion Is Not Free Speech

  

  Coyne Tibbets ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2018 @ 07:50pm

  Re:

  I'll just say that you should withhold judgement until after the real downsides appear. Think there won't be any? Do you trust your government? Do you really think they've told you the worst news yet? Or is it more likely that the politicians have deferred the real bad news to be handed out by their successors?

• On the post: Another Terrible Court Decision In Europe: Insulting A Religion Is Not Free Speech

  

  Coyne Tibbets ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2018 @ 07:41pm

  Re:

  Reconsider, bearing in mind how the ruling defines "justified" and also how it clarifies a clear division between "objectve" vs. not. I think you'll find that both such definitions are very subjective...and law based on subjectivity is usually dangerous to freedoms.

• On the post: Another Terrible Court Decision In Europe: Insulting A Religion Is Not Free Speech

  

  Coyne Tibbets ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2018 @ 07:28pm

  Re: I am an XXX will be an insult to anyone who is a YYY

  Which one will it be? The religion of the last survivor of humanity, after killing the next-to-last survivor.

• On the post: The Craft Beer UK Market Saw A 20% Increase In Trademark Registrations In 2017

  

  Coyne Tibbets ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2018 @ 09:22pm

  It's a growing industry

  Here's predicting a 40% growth in trademark lawsuits, soon...

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