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• On the post: DOJ Forfeiture Directive Gives Local Law Enforcement A Chance To Dodge State Reform Efforts

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 25 Jul, 2017 @ 04:27pm

  It really is simple to understand. Thieve's gotta steal, and it's not really theft if you steal from criminals now is it? This type of cognitive dissonance is why so many police departments don't allow people with high IQs to become cops. Because it's hellaciously difficult to pull this kind of logical fuckup when the few honest cops left can suss out your BS from a mile away.

• On the post: Tim Berners-Lee Sells Out His Creation: Officially Supports DRM In HTML

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 08 Jul, 2017 @ 11:31am

  Re:

  No. He is a coward, plain and simple. Physical courage isn't hard to find, it is abundant amongst us humans. Moral courage however is much rarer. TBL just proved he lacks any semblance of moral courage and should no longer be in charge of anything, let alone W3C. He just agreed to screw over billions of fellow humans, and for what? Hmmmm. I wonder if this proposal violates the ECHR?

• On the post: Wikileaks Attempts To Bully Wikileaks Documentary With C&D Notices

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 23 Jun, 2017 @ 03:40am

  Tea Snarf

  You owe me a new keyboard as mine is currently swimming in tea. Sigh, no need for a neti pot today.

• On the post: Legislators Want To Open Up Wiretap Laws To Target Sex Workers And Their Customers

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 22 Jun, 2017 @ 06:26pm

  Patriarchal Christianity hates women, that's the root cause of almost all of this BS. From this type of bill to anti-contraceptive crap to laws in TX guarantee it has the highest infant mortality rate in the First World. Want to do the US a favor? Never vote for a Christian again.

• On the post: May And Macron's Ridiculous Adventure In Censoring The Internet

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 14 Jun, 2017 @ 12:34pm

  Two Words They Need to Remember

  Clipper chip.

• On the post: Should Tumblr Be Forced To Reveal 500 People Who Reblogged A Sex Tape?

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 13 Jun, 2017 @ 06:37pm

  Re: Danger of calling this "child porn" and criminalizing it.

  Of course it is! Unfortunately our child porn statutes are prime examples of reductio ad absurdum in action. It is always best to remember that in the US our court system has zero to do with that nebulous concept called 'justice'. It only services the law.

• On the post: Monkey Selfie Case Gets Even Weirder, As The Monkey's 'Next Friends' Are In A Criminal Dispute With Each Other

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 10 Jun, 2017 @ 12:45am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: PETA: Silly Is What We Do

  When PETA slaughters animals at its NY 'no-kill' shelter (1000s/year) they tend to mumble something about Xenu and engrams. Most serial killers start off with animals before graduating to homo saps.

• On the post: Monkey Selfie Case Gets Even Weirder, As The Monkey's 'Next Friends' Are In A Criminal Dispute With Each Other

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 09 Jun, 2017 @ 03:30pm

  Re: Re: Re: PETA: Silly Is What We Do

  PETA is more akin to a cult than an activist organization. They are basically what happens when Scientologists go full vegan crazy.

• On the post: New Cracking Group May Have Delivered Denuvo Its Death Blow

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 09 Jun, 2017 @ 03:21pm

  Re: Does it work?

  Oopsy, hit return instead of tab.
  ---------------------------------
  
  INSTALLATION:
  1.Unpack, burn or mount iso
  2.Install the game (if you already have DX, VS, ... installed
  you can uncheck those at the end of the installation)
  3.Start the Game by launching our Keygenerator from your desktop
  shortcut or from the game folder (stp-xxx.exe)
  4.That's it, Enjoy the Game
  
  It is that simple, and while I haven't pirated the game, I do know several people who have. It works just fine.
  
  The keygen is not keygen that generates a license key you then have to manually enter but a wrapper for the games .exe that generates a license specific to the PC and HDD it is installed on. Basically, the crypto keys for Denuvo were obtained by the crackers somehow. Would much rather see a full crack from someone though.

• On the post: New Cracking Group May Have Delivered Denuvo Its Death Blow

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 09 Jun, 2017 @ 03:08pm

  Does it work?

• On the post: Theresa May's Plan To Regulate The Internet Won't Stop Terrorism; It Might Make Things Worse

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 08 Jun, 2017 @ 04:44pm

  Re:

  No, what the West, and in particular the US, needs to do is stop fucking with countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Remember that the founder of Daesh did so in response to his torture at US/Iraqi hands. Just as al-Qaeda is the result of blowback from CIA actions in Afghanistan. Sad it say it, but much of the current troubles are the direct result of American actions and malfeasance.

• On the post: Theresa May's Plan To Regulate The Internet Won't Stop Terrorism; It Might Make Things Worse

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 08 Jun, 2017 @ 04:29pm

  Re: Re:

  Yes, all good ideas. They will be made illegal though. And actually doing this will be seen as evidence of nefarious intent, not as a logical move to allow private communications.

• On the post: Theresa May's Plan To Regulate The Internet Won't Stop Terrorism; It Might Make Things Worse

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 08 Jun, 2017 @ 05:01am

  It will be interesting when Chrome, Firefox, Safari and IE make a UK only version of their browsers. It will be 1996 all over again.
  
  "We're sorry, but due to your location, the UK, you may only download and install a browser with 40-bit encryption. We are saddened to inform you that you will not be able to connect to any website that uses TSL outside of the UK. (So no https folks.)"
  
  If they actually start implementing anything like this they will essentially be kicking themselves off the Internet at large. Well, except for government offices of course, they will be exempt.
  
  The citizens of the UK might put up with this bullshit for a few days, but no longer than that. Once they realize that they will be completely unable to use Facebook, or indeed any social networking site, the fur will fly.
  
  Needless to say, like most politicians, they are completely tech and science illiterate. Now if only we could force all candidates for office to pass basic tests on the 3 R's and STEM subjects. After all, if they are too dumb/ignorant to pass 9th grade competency tests, they can always become cops.

• On the post: VMProtect Accuses Denuvo Of Using Unlicensed Software In Its Antipiracy DRM

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 07 Jun, 2017 @ 10:49am

  Just another reminder that there is no honor amongst thieves. Or digital restrictions management providers.

• On the post: That Lawsuit About A Tweet… Is Both A Publicity Stunt And An Attack On Free Speech

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 06 Jun, 2017 @ 12:08am

  Re: She’s Doing A Trump

  And Trump learned it at his daddies knees. Welcome to the hell of congenital defectives not just surviving, but thriving, due to wealth.

• On the post: Stupid Patent Of The Month: Ford Patents A Windshield

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 01 Jun, 2017 @ 07:48pm

  What I find amazing is that four people are credited with this 'invention'! Damn, imagine what they could do if they had real jobs.

• On the post: ISP-Loyal Marsha Blackburn Pushing New Broadband Privacy Law, But It's A Hollow PR Show Pony With No Chance Of Passing

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 31 May, 2017 @ 04:12pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Well, lawyers do have the second highest rate of sociopathy amongst the professions.

• On the post: ISP-Loyal Marsha Blackburn Pushing New Broadband Privacy Law, But It's A Hollow PR Show Pony With No Chance Of Passing

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 31 May, 2017 @ 11:19am

  Re: Re:

  Almost no politician actually believes what they profess to believe. They can't - there are too many contradictions for anyone but a sociopath to encompass. And while there are sociopaths in Congress, most are just shallow and venal, and thus easily corruptible. Consider that over 50% of what a congress-critter does is fundraising. They have not the time to actually do what they are elected to do. It doesn't help matters that the main occupation of being in Congress, seems to just be being in Congress.
  
  They have become a living manifestation of Sturgeon's Law; the embodied avatar of kakistocracy. To pile on one more, they obviously have heard of Wheaton's Law and seek to violate it at every turn. Rule 37: No matter how fucked up it is, there is always worse than what you just saw. And it will be on MSNBC and FOX News tomorrow night.

• On the post: Strike Three: Lexmark Can't Use Patents, Trademarks Or Copyright To Block Third Party Ink Cartridges

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 30 May, 2017 @ 11:30pm

  Re:

  They're known as contracts of adhesion and they have been a pestilence for decades now.

• On the post: More Legislators Jump On The 'Blue Lives Matter' Bandwagon

  

  discordian_eris ( profile ), 27 May, 2017 @ 04:20pm

  Re: Re:

  It may not be a legal obligation, but it sure as hell is the moral obligation of the job. If a LEO cannot accept that, there are many other careers they can pursue. And you are conflating legal obligation with duty in regards to this.

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