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• On the post: Man Who's Spent Three Years Challenging IL's Eavesdropping Act Suddenly Finds He Has No Case

  

  drkkgt ( profile ), 03 Oct, 2013 @ 08:49am

  Chief Speaks

  Interesting wording though for the Chief:
  Our department will not arrest civilians if they audio-record any on-duty police officers in a public place
  So does this mean that they will arrest you if you film them in a private business? or your home? While this is probably over analyzing, this guy does seem to give words a twist when he speaks. (Reference his previous statement: "He honestly thought he was OK to do it, so now if he continues to do it, I can?t tell you that he certainly won?t be arrested.?

• On the post: Congressional Oversight? Dianne Feinstein Says She's 'Not A High-Tech Techie' But Knows NSA Can't Abuse Surveillance

  

  drkkgt ( profile ), 02 Aug, 2013 @ 08:38am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Buy stock of light bulb company via the subsidiary of their shell company. Promote said Company's light bulbs as brighter thus allowing for better security from terrorists and child molesters. Also fight for local light bulb installer union and how the LED consortium is trying to take away good American jobs,
  Then after all the lobbying, fighting, delaying tactics, and closed door trade agreements are done: we pay 16.63 million for a guy with a top secret security clearance to come in and screw in a light bulb.

• On the post: Harry Potter And The Missing Middlemen: Where The Pottermore Store Goes Wrong

  

  drkkgt ( profile ), 27 Mar, 2012 @ 04:15pm

  Re: Bought the collection this morning

  actually - you violated the terms:
  12.3 You may not and may not permit others to do any of the following things in relation to any book or extract:
  
  print-on-demand or copy or burn the book or extract to a device whose principal function is to act as a storage device, for example, a CD/DVD or USB stick;

• On the post: Guy Gets Bogus YouTube Copyright Claim… On Birds Singing In The Background

  

  drkkgt ( profile ), 27 Feb, 2012 @ 10:26am

  Payment

  I didn't see anything about them having to pay back and money made while the ads run. In reality, if rumblefish did this with a bunch of vids that weren't really theirs and only half of the owners stopped them by arguing RF would still make quite a bit of change wouldn't they? Maybe that was their plan? (I get that they won't make a ton on ads but I could see where it would all add up if they did this a lot.

• On the post: People In Poland Come Out To Protest ACTA In Large Numbers; Polish Gov't Calls It 'Blackmail'

  

  drkkgt ( profile ), 26 Jan, 2012 @ 01:01pm

  Re: Re:

  more like: America...the backbone of freedom...the pelvic thrust of hypocrisy.

• On the post: Imagine If Everyone Had To Start From Scratch And Reinvent The Wheel Every Time They Wanted To Build A New Car?

  

  drkkgt ( profile ), 08 Sep, 2011 @ 03:12pm

  Apple Settlement

  When I read this, I wondered if this was actually part of an undisclosed agreement between Apple and Giz to make the whole iPhone prototype thing go away. I know the DA dropped charges a while ago but just made me wonder if this was the plan all along.

• On the post: Shouldn't Users Have Been At The Table For The Six Strikes Negotiations?

  

  drkkgt ( profile ), 20 Jul, 2011 @ 10:58am

  Re: Re: A lesson from the fictional future.

  All citizens are equal but some Citizens??? are more equal than others.

• On the post: You Can't Sue Google If You Get Hit By A Car While Following Google Walking Directions

  

  drkkgt ( profile ), 17 Jun, 2011 @ 11:47am

  Re:

  Mom: OK please sign this indemnification clause for me (since I gave you permission) and this other statement that states I am your sole beneficiary in the case of your accidental death and that your father has no claim on any funds you or I receive.

• On the post: Should Young People Have Their Votes Count More?

  

  drkkgt ( profile ), 17 May, 2011 @ 10:36am

  "would take into effect the level of political understanding"
  
  I love this line. So "someone" would need to come up with a test or evaluation method that would check political understanding as part of the Census (per the article.) Does this mean the incumbents would vote on defining "political understanding" prior to the Census so that they ensure the right set of voters?

• On the post: RIAA Lawyer In Limewire Lawsuit Recommended As A Federal Judge

  

  drkkgt ( profile ), 19 Apr, 2011 @ 03:14pm

  Re: I gotta stop reading this stuff

  They do have interest in We The People. it's just that the "people" are the corporations not the us ants who toil.

• On the post: TSA Boss: Naked Scanners Are Great At Stopping The Last Attack; Don't Ask About The Next One

  

  drkkgt ( profile ), 04 Apr, 2011 @ 01:09pm

  Re: Checkers?

  More like jacks. Somebody bounced a ball and they are trying to grasp at whatever idea someone tossed out there. No idea whether they are going to get poked or not.

• On the post: Replay Six Months Of A German Politician's Life Thanks To His Mobile Phone Data

  

  drkkgt ( profile ), 29 Mar, 2011 @ 01:45pm

  Re: But what about the Public Public?

  It does because of the choice of people.
  If I choose to make this information publicly available then the government has free access to it no warrant involved.
  If I choose NOT to post these types of things, then the government doesn't get free reign to it without a proper warrant.
  If I choose to share this information say on Facebook but lock it ONLY to friends then the government should not be allowed to snoop my facebook account without a warrant. Granted, if my friends share the info with them, then I will have a few less friends but no beef with the government (which is funny because the government also thinks that this is completely fair EXCEPT when wikileaks does it of course.)

• On the post: Patent System Gone Mad: Google Doodles Is Now Patented

  

  drkkgt ( profile ), 22 Mar, 2011 @ 03:18pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  we're all out of cake. we didn't expect such a run.

• On the post: Homeland Security Gets Walmart To Tell You To Inform On Your Neighbors

  

  drkkgt ( profile ), 08 Dec, 2010 @ 03:12pm

  Re:

  Yeah I was just talking to my girlfriend about how our government seems to be taking 1984 as a manual rather than a warning.

• On the post: BP Ignored Safety Software In Setting Up Oil Well

  

  drkkgt ( profile ), 03 Dec, 2010 @ 02:46pm

  Re: Re: Captain Renault...

  Oh I am sure they will make BP pay....well pay this congressman and this one and this one over here, oh that one in the back too. That way these poor public servants can "get their lives back too" after all the complaining of their constituents and from having to spend all that energy blustering about the tragedy for votes.

• On the post: ISP Owner Finally Able To Admit That He Stood Up To The FBI Over Questionable Data Request

  

  drkkgt ( profile ), 10 Aug, 2010 @ 09:17pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  here, they beat you with a gavel

• On the post: And, Of Course, Gov't Agencies Recorded And Stored Body Scan Images

  

  drkkgt ( profile ), 05 Aug, 2010 @ 08:44am

  Re: Re: Re:

  that would be easy if you have an idea of who the person is. Every checkpoint I have seen has a cctv as well so watching time stamps would probably get you right on the money.

• On the post: Pillsbury Sends Cease & Desist To 'Dough Girl' Bakery

  

  drkkgt ( profile ), 03 Aug, 2010 @ 09:52am

  Re: Re: Re: Bullying

  exactly, it always makes me laugh how whichever party has the majority ALWAYS blames the other party when their particular agenda doesn't get passed even though it's based on a majority vote and then the local sheeple take up the cry of damn republicans or stupid democrats. Let's face it, neither group has adhered to the foundation of those two parties in decades and nor do most of them seem to have a foundation they actually stand on for more than a few days.

• On the post: Would A Moron In A Hurry Confuse Military Equipment With A Bamboo Fishing Rod?

  

  drkkgt ( profile ), 21 Jul, 2010 @ 10:57am

  This is because of that super secret black project for a rocket assisted, nuclear powered, depleted uranium core fishing rod Lockheed Martin is making for those 4 star, security conscious, generals.

• On the post: Plastic Surgeon Sues Online Reviewers Who Gave Her Bad Reviews

  

  drkkgt ( profile ), 15 Jul, 2010 @ 08:49am

  Re: libel v malpractice

  In this day of business leaning arbitration, suing for malpractice isn't really an option. So if you can't sue and don't have a lot of hope in arbitration, what's your third choice? Be quiet? Seems to me that being quiet about shady practices of businesses and govt is what got us here in the first place.

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