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  • On the post: Brewery Looks To Reform Trademark Practices After Its Lawyers Bully A Pub Over Its Name

    JustMe ( profile ), 03 Apr, 2017 @ 03:40am

    Let me guess

    They came up with the clever name Lone Wolf after watching Dr. Who?

  • On the post: Monster Energy Attempts To Run From Laughable Trademark Spat It Started With Thunder Beast Root Beer

    JustMe ( profile ), 31 Mar, 2017 @ 08:39am

    Donated!

  • On the post: The Web Screws Artists Again… By Letting Them Have A Normal Life

    JustMe ( profile ), 29 Mar, 2017 @ 11:18am

    I'm a big supporter of indie artists

    And just last night commissioned a wood-cut piece of art from someone on one of the social networks. I really dislike paying the big corporations for their recycled drek.

  • On the post: California News Publisher Files SLAPP Suit Against Competing Online Publisher

    JustMe ( profile ), 29 Mar, 2017 @ 11:10am

    Also, Miles Barber, welcome to the Streisand Effect!

    Happy to have you as a member of my popcorn club.

    Wow, you're one special idiot. I heard you published a column in which you derided female City Council members, saying they could “barely spell their name.” That statement makes you a misogynist in my book, but that is my own opinion and I did not read it in anything published in Santa Clara.

  • On the post: NY Senator Pulls Sponsorship From 'Right To Be Forgotten' Bill, Effectively Killing It

    JustMe ( profile ), 27 Mar, 2017 @ 05:31am

    Marc Randazza

    I am frequently confused by that guy. While he usually fights the good fight he also makes some weird arguments. Case in point ==> http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/14/opinion/randazza-google-right-to-privacy/

    Despite supporting the First Amendment he thinks we need a right to be forgotten. A right to be forgotten would certainly result in unwanted content being removed, conceivably denying someone else their First Amendment right.

  • On the post: eBook Pirates Tend To Be Older And Well Off, Which Means They Pirate Because Of Human Intuition On Economics

    JustMe ( profile ), 23 Mar, 2017 @ 09:54am

    Double props to Baen

    Great group of folks.

    The Black Library (WH & WH40K) books also work on all of my devices as do all of my Humble Bundle books.

  • On the post: Man Actually Arrested For Assault With A Deadly Tweet

    JustMe ( profile ), 22 Mar, 2017 @ 04:51am

    I hope he ends up in jail

    And here's why...

    This wasn't a spur of the moment tweet; he took the time to research and find specific pictures that would cause epileptic seizures, attached it to the tweet, and added text that indicated he was intending to injure or kill.

    This is =NO= different than if someone researched how to cut a break line, cut the line, and then left a note under the car saying that he hoped the victim would die.

    I would also argue this is not much different than releasing embarrassing nude photos of an ex and then telling them to kill themselves.

    Just because it is digital doesn't mean it isn't a crime.

  • On the post: Research Shows ATF's Bogus Stash House Stings Target Poor Minorities, Do Almost Nothing To Slow Flow Of Drugs And Guns

    JustMe ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2017 @ 05:47am

    Re: A/C's comment

    You don't understand how the Feds work. In some cases they aren't telling the victims to commit a "crime". Instead, they probably aren't saying they are Feds and are just normal people who are asking for help get guns off the street in order to protect neighborhood children. Or to steal drugs because they need help solving the local drug problem, saying the drugs can be disposed of properly.

    But even if none of that is true, they are locking people up for decades for nothing worse than thinking of a crime. That is often longer than actual drug dealers and murderers who go before a judge and jury. How is this helping society?

  • On the post: Civil Liberties Groups Point Out More Reasons Why The 'Privacy Shield' Framework For Transatlantic Data Flows Is At Risk

    JustMe ( profile ), 10 Mar, 2017 @ 09:18am

    There simply aren't enough consumers in the US

    To support the level of industrialization and manufacturing that currently exists here. An additional problem is that if, as AC keeps insisting, we are supposed to stop importing goods produced from overseas then we need to create even more factories, but economies of scale mean that either the wages will be super low or the prices for those goods will be super high. Our only hope is to t sell to the emerging middle classes in the BrIC countries.

  • On the post: Civil Liberties Groups Point Out More Reasons Why The 'Privacy Shield' Framework For Transatlantic Data Flows Is At Risk

    JustMe ( profile ), 10 Mar, 2017 @ 04:52am

    Not great news

    We need the Privacy Shield framework in order to participate in the global economy.

  • On the post: Scottish Sheriff Awards Couple Compensation For 'Distress' Caused By Neighbor's Use Of CCTV

    JustMe ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2017 @ 04:38am

    Hadn't seen this story

    Thanks for pointing it out, Glyn. The privacy implications are interesting but I really like your rhetorical question at the end.

  • On the post: Ransomware Attack Left DC Police Surveillance Blind Shortly Before The Innauguration

    JustMe ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2017 @ 04:04am

    The hotel story

    I read it when it came out and something isn't right about being locked 'inside' their rooms.

    The door locks aren't normally connected to the internal network. Instead, each door is preprogrammed to accept a valid keycode (which would use something similar to certificates in an idea world, but then you have the problems of revocation and non-repudiation because the device isn't networked).

    Additionally, since when would a certification agency or the local fire department allow a safety device like a door handle inside the room to 'fail locked' in any scenario (door locked, power outage, etc.)?

  • On the post: San Francisco Police Department Kicks FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force To The Curb

    JustMe ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2017 @ 03:57am

    How many sock puppets can one guy have?

    Sheesh

  • On the post: Wawa Versus Dawa: Trademark Dispute Blamed On A Need To Police That Doesn't Exist

    JustMe ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2017 @ 03:37am

    Great - my family can stop shopping at Wawa

    Most excellent Techdirt, I appreciate the service you provide by letting me know which clueless and litigious companies I can safely avoid.

    I see their Privacy Policy (https://www.wawa.com/privacy.aspx) and Terms and Conditions (https://www.wawa.com/terms.aspx) both require Javascript to be enabled, which is probably a violation of some fair access act.

    This level of precision is also dumb:"© 2017 Wawa, Inc. (Version: 2.13.6236.25792 on PRDWCW02)"

  • On the post: California Man Brings Class Action Lawsuit Against Apple For Not Preventing Drivers From Doing Stupid Stuff

    JustMe ( profile ), 25 Jan, 2017 @ 04:19am

    Re: Andrew D. Todd

    I do actually understand that principle. You presume a couple of things, sir.

    A) That the jamming device isn't aftermarket, probably made in China
    B) That the people making the device have Clue One and aren't amping up the output to make it "more effective" than their competition (I recall stories about radar and laser jammers in the 90's impacting nearby businesses and houses, although it isn't obvious if any of these are valid (properly sourced) and it isn't worth logging in to search for research papers).



    I'm too lazy to do the math and I think the difference is minimal, but at freeway speeds the vehicle behind the jammer moves ever so slightly closer in to range

  • On the post: California Man Brings Class Action Lawsuit Against Apple For Not Preventing Drivers From Doing Stupid Stuff

    JustMe ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2017 @ 05:44am

    Not just passengers

    Although non-driving adults and children would certainly be impacted by the theories in the comment section as well, but also bus and train passengers. Additionally, the jammer idea above would prevent real-time traffic updates and possibly satellite and terrestrial radio (depending on the quality of the jammers and how much care is given to concern about frequency overlap) and even innocent people in their homes (depending on the signal strength needed to fully jam signals within the vehicle). One could also see this impacting vehicles near the jammers (in every passenger car), just as police and ambulance services.

  • On the post: CBS & Paramount Finally Settle With Fan Film Axanar

    JustMe ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2017 @ 04:14am

    This is why I don't see movies from CBS & Paramount

    Haven't seen one of the new Trek movies yet and I don't plan to. Plenty of other things to watch in this world so I elect not to support their franchise.

  • On the post: Philly PD Bows To Union Pressure, Guts Independent Officer-Involved-Shooting Board Ordered By The DOJ

    JustMe ( profile ), 19 Jan, 2017 @ 07:30am

    Re: Anon E. Mous

    How is that not destruction of evidence? Wouldn't any civilian accused of the same act be charged with additional crimes? Sheesh.

  • On the post: Techdirt's First Amendment Fight For Its Life

    JustMe ( profile ), 12 Jan, 2017 @ 03:19am

    Fight the good fight

    Ayyadurai really didn't invent email. He wasn't part of ARPAnet in the mid 70s and also didn't participate (and isn't cited) in any of the SMTP RFCs, which came along later than he claims to have invented the concept. Pretty soon he'll start with his tired claim that anyone who doesn't believe him is a racist.

    I contributed to the Insider program again this year.

  • On the post: Another Convicted Felon Tries To Use The DMCA Process To Erase DOJ Press Releases About His Criminal Acts

    JustMe ( profile ), 11 Jan, 2017 @ 08:39am

    Ohh! This is my favorite game!

    I'm reading where Chad Hatten is trying to abuse the DMCA process to hide his criminal convictions for ID theft and access device fraud.

    I also personally think it is pretty scummy of Chad Hatten to pretend to be the noted inventor Chad Hatten (who seems to be a good egg), and misuse the DMCA process but that's pretty much on-par for this felon. And make no mistake, he is a felon, having resided in a federal penal institution after pleading guilty to ID theft and access device fraud. If Chad Hatten is upset that HIS OWN ACTIONS are placing his life at-risk, then perhaps he shouldn't have decided to perform ID theft and access device fraud. It isn't the page rank of the results that caused this Chad my-boy, it was you.

    You too can read about Chad Hatten's criminal past (a known fact, since he pled* guilty). These links show you that Chad Hatten has criminal convictions for ID theft and access device fraud.

    https://web.archive.org/web/20140218014236/http://www.justice.gov:80/criminal/cybercrime/press-releases/2005/hattenPlea.htm

    https://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/2005/November/05_crm_582.html

    https://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/2006/July/06_crm_424.html

    http://digitalcommons.law.villanova.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1626&context=thirdcircuit_2009

    Again, view the links above for information about Chad Hatten and his criminal convictions for ID theft and access device fraud.

    * www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publications/solosez/PleadedVsPled.pdf


    Chad Hatten criminal convictions ID theft and access device fraud

    Chad Hatten criminal convictions ID theft and access device fraud

    Chad Hatten criminal convictions ID theft and access device fraud


    No known relation to the innocent victim and noted "good guy" in this story, the inventor Chad Hatten, employed by an Illinois-based energy company.

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