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• On the post: Copyright Troll Malibu Media Tells Court That Its Critics (And Opposing Lawyer) Are Part Of A Psychopathic Hate Group

  

  Khym Chanur ( profile ), 12 Jun, 2014 @ 11:50pm

  Serious question: do there exist "illegal extrajudicial tactics" aside from vigilantism?

• On the post: Everyone Go Crazy: Prepare To Blame The Internet For Murder-Inducing Ghost Stories

  

  Khym Chanur ( profile ), 03 Jun, 2014 @ 03:00pm

  The difference with Slender Man

  Now I'm not trying to lay the blame for this at the feet of the Slender Man phenomenon, but there is a big difference between things like video games and Dungeons & Dragons vs Slender Man, which is that the former are games to be played, while with Slender Man a lot of it is non-game content presented as if it was real. If you're playing a game then what you're playing can't be real, as you're in the middle of playing it, so you'd have to be really delusional to think it's real. But with Slender blogs and vlogs, since they're not something being played, a person doesn't need to be nearly as delusional to think they're real.
  
  Of course, if these two girls actually believe what they're saying, in addition to being delusional, they're sociopathic enough to not only be willing to commit human sacrifice, but they also want to be the servants of an eldritch abomination. With a pair of delusional sociopaths like that, it would only have been a matter of time before they ended up doing something horrible.

• On the post: French KlearGear Rep Fires Off Email Defending Company's Actions, Claims Suit Against It Wasn't Served Properly

  

  Khym Chanur ( profile ), 21 May, 2014 @ 05:51pm

  The Hague Convention

  Hmmm. According to the Hague Convention:

  Another proper method of service is to serve a subsidiary corporation. ... Service within the forum state is not governed by the Hague Convention.

  And, according to KlearGear's webpage, it's based in Michigan. So, assuming that KlearGear was served, then everything is fine according to the Hague Convention.

• On the post: New Lawsuit Claims FBI Used No Fly List To Pressure Muslims Into Becoming Informants

  

  Khym Chanur ( profile ), 25 Apr, 2014 @ 11:26am

  The "Secret exception"

  Maybe the "secret exception" is "we want to get leverage on this person".

• On the post: US Has A 'Secret Exception' To Reasonable Suspicion For Putting People On The No Fly List

  

  Khym Chanur ( profile ), 18 Apr, 2014 @ 04:34pm

  even though the government fully admits that she is no threat

  Ah, but you see, implicit in that was the "reasonable suspicion". That is, the government fully admits that there is no reasonable suspicion that she is a threat. But the government has met a burden of proof besides "reasonable suspicion" to put her on the list. Of course, I wouldn't be so churlish as to say that they have an unreasonable suspicion. No, it must be that the government has come up with a new form of reasoning which transcends usual logic; they have a "transreasonable suspicion". Of course, they have to keep this new system of logic secret, lest the terrorists use it, so it's covered under the "secret exception".

• On the post: Mike Rogers Still Pushing His 'Snowden Is A Russian Spy' Delusion, Citing Every Single 'Counterintelligence Official' In Support

  

  Khym Chanur ( profile ), 07 Apr, 2014 @ 03:50pm

  Re: let's just use Roger's logic with Ninja's statements

  Snowden wasn't trying to go *to* Russia originally, he was trying to go *through* Russia. Rogers et al trapped him there.

  But you see, that just how diabolically clever he is! He was depending on them trapping him in Russia to give him plausible deniability.

• On the post: Chilling Effects: Climate Change Deniers Have Scientific Paper Disappeared

  

  Khym Chanur ( profile ), 04 Apr, 2014 @ 06:09pm

  Re: Re: Bad Paper

  Stating your opinions about people, and criticizing them, is like the Spanish Inquisition? Really?

• On the post: Chilling Effects: Climate Change Deniers Have Scientific Paper Disappeared

  

  Khym Chanur ( profile ), 04 Apr, 2014 @ 06:23pm

  ARRRGHH!

  This is an article about a paper being removed due to legal threats. While some people debate about the subject at hand (for instance, people arguing that the paper actually was libelous, so removing it was okay), everyone else instead debates about AGW itself. It's like the Popehat article on Mark Steyn's counterclaims against Michael Mann. Instead of talking about the counterclaims, most everyone talks about AGW itself, leading to Ken eventually shutting down the thread in exasperation.
  
  Look, people, if you want to discuss AGW itself, there's already a zillion and one places to do it. You don't need to turn every related topic back too AGW itself.
  
  ...
  
  Well, you don't need to, but you're going to anyway. Why I'm even bothering to type this comment out? *sigh*

• On the post: New We The People Petition Asks White House To Respond To Eligible Petitions Within 30 Days

  

  Khym Chanur ( profile ), 02 Apr, 2014 @ 04:26pm

  I wonder if it would be possible to create a paradoxical petition? "Ignore this petition" wouldn't work, since they already ignore petitions that cross the threshold.

• On the post: Exasperation Shines Through As Google Angrily Responds To Contempt Motion Over Innocence Of Muslims

  

  Khym Chanur ( profile ), 01 Apr, 2014 @ 10:17pm

  Re:

  How have they been playing with the the DMCA?

• On the post: NSA Denies Everything About Latest Intercept Leak, Including Denying Something That Was Never Claimed

  

  Khym Chanur ( profile ), 14 Mar, 2014 @ 01:50pm

  As for its "national security directive," it made a mockery of that when it proudly announced in its documents that "we hunt sys admins."
  
  Well, heck, that's easy. Since the computers of the sys admins are just means to an ends, simply define "target" in a way that excludes anyone whose computers are compromised as a means to an end.

• On the post: NYPD Foils FOIL Request For NYPD FOIL Handbook

  

  Khym Chanur ( profile ), 18 Feb, 2014 @ 03:21pm

  Are we sure this isn't some form of performance art?

• On the post: 'State Secrets,' Non-Denials And Lies: How The Government Tried To Bury Its 'No Fly' List Screwup

  

  Khym Chanur ( profile ), 14 Feb, 2014 @ 03:57pm

  Re:

  Perhaps the scenario they're afraid of is like this: a terrorist calls up the "no-fly list dispute" number and demands to be taken off the list. The person handling the call replies "sir, you aren't even on the list" or replies "to get off the list you must [whatever]". Now, without exposing themselves to any risk, the terrorist knows if they've been found out.
  
  Of course, if they are afraid of something like that, then they could require that to challenge being on the list you have to initiate the challenge procedure in person, where either: 1) you'll be arrested if you're an actual terrorist, or 2) if you're an actual terrorist who they want to monitor some more before arresting, they lie to you and say you aren't on the list, thus giving the terrorists a false sense of security.

• On the post: Baybrook Remodelers, Still In The Midst Of Suing People For Negative Reviews, Deploys A Disastrous SEO Hitman

  

  Khym Chanur ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2014 @ 02:16pm

  Re: Isn't calling someone a "crazy woman" defamation?

  IANAL, but my impression is that him calling her a "crazy woman" would be treated as a hyperbolistic insult and/or as a matter of opinion, and thus not defamation.

• On the post: U2 Manager Paul McGuinness: Google Should 'Take Down' Sites And 'Keep Them Down'

  

  Khym Chanur ( profile ), 06 Feb, 2014 @ 11:53pm

  I wonder if these people have so little understanding of how Google in particular and computers in general work, that they think since Google has made an algorithm to automatically rank web pages, then Google must be able to just easily create an algorithm to detect pirate sites. I mean, unless they're just grandstanding, their demands very strongly imply they think that way.

• On the post: This Is Trademark: Kate Spade Had To Go To Court To Use The Term 'Saturday' In A Clothing Line

  

  Khym Chanur ( profile ), 01 Feb, 2014 @ 04:21pm

  Re: Re: Timmy comes out for regulating businesses! Merely "for the purpose of commerce" must never stifle others.

  You know who doesn't? YOU. You can't say this in one breath and talk up copyright, another legislated monopoly, with the other.[emphasis added]

  If he's merely a contrarian troll, he certainly can.

• On the post: California Cracking Down On Coding Bootcamps For Teaching Coding Without A License

  

  Khym Chanur ( profile ), 31 Jan, 2014 @ 12:58am

  Re:

  I have the perfect idea to settle this matter. Unfortunately ...
  
  ... it won't fit into the margin of this book.

• On the post: King Cries Trademark Over The Banner Saga

  

  Khym Chanur ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2014 @ 08:40pm

  Ah, the grand old trademark Nuremberg Defense: it's not our fault we're acting this way, trademark law made us do it. ... There are a myriad of ways in which to wade these waters and come to an agreement that don't involve sending out threat letters to innocent content producers.

  IANAL, but my understanding of trademark law is that a company can lose their trademark if they don't take steps to enforce it. Thus some companies think it's prudent to establish a paper trail of enforcement efforts by sending out threat letters to anyone who even looks at their trademark funny. This way if there ever is a case of someone actually violating their trademark, and the defendant claims that they didn't bother to enforce their trademark, they can reply "no, we did take steps to enforce our trademark, look at these gazillion and one frivolous threat letters we sent out to everyone and their dog".

• On the post: 'Most Transparent' Administration Once Again Irritates A Federal Judge By Refusing To Cough Up A Requested Document

  

  Khym Chanur ( profile ), 31 Dec, 2013 @ 05:53pm

  So, according to this theory, all the President has to do is only ever directly communicate with his advisors, and have his advisors redistribute all communications to their ultimate destinations, and then everything the President does is covered by Exemption 5, and thus nothing the President does can be requested via FOIA.

• On the post: Judge And Intelligence Task Force Both Seem Stunned By Lack Of Evidence That Bulk Phone Collection Program Stops Terrorists

  

  Khym Chanur ( profile ), 23 Dec, 2013 @ 06:56pm

  In the ruling by Judge Richard Leon, there's a very telling footnote, number 65, where he notes the following:
  
  The Government could have requested permission to present additional, potentially classified evidence in camera, but it chose not to do so.

  Well, obviously the judge doesn't have a sufficient security clearance to view the evidence.

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