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• On the post: Appeals Court Dismisses Gang Designation Lawsuit Against The FBI Brought By Insane Clown Posse Fans

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 02 Jan, 2018 @ 04:01pm

  Re: "It's not our fault they take what we say seriously, we're only the FBI!"

  Uh huh. More like intent. And knowing Juggalos are, as a group, guilty of nothing more then not knowing how fucking magnets work (has something to do with Jesus apparently), we might call this malice aforethought. (Something of a current or older usage will work. Charitably, less than intent to kill, but more than depraved indifference.)

• On the post: Chinese Billionaire Got A US Court To Issue An Unconstitutional Gag Order On A Critic

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 02 Jan, 2018 @ 11:43am

  Seems like China was asking for the address of this shady character while ordering him home to China. I fail to see the problem. Perhaps the judge would like to issue an injunction against China, then.

  I did particularly enjoy the complaint listing all of this hoser's probable crimes.

  The publication of these false statements has harmed Mr. Jia's and Faraday's reputation at a critical time for the company as it continues to raise capital needed to begin mass production of its vehicles.

  It seems like a bad risk, and China told him to cough up the damn cash himself for LeEco (or whatever else falls in his "empire's" domain). Not sure why he should be enabled to continue scamming in the States for the cardboard Faraday.

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of 2017 At Techdirt

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 01 Jan, 2018 @ 10:52am

  Re: Re:

  Since he's kind of like the most extreme Kirk/Shatner parody ever, Zap Brannigan, FT could be "Fookin' Tiberius". Not sure how common the practice is, but inserting Tiberius into someone's name is something i and a few of my friends used to do to indicate their high level of dramatics. So it's just the first thing come immediately to mind. But then, i am delirious with fever, so... disclaimers about quality, you know.

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of 2017 At Techdirt

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 01 Jan, 2018 @ 10:56am

  Have a forcibly insightful New Year! We live in Interesting Times.

• On the post: Hawaiian Supreme Court Says The First Amendment Protects Filming Law Enforcement

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 29 Dec, 2017 @ 01:35pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  If holding the button to power off the phone does not turn it off lock it, idk what is wrong with your phone. And you can do that with no problem at any time or while complying with an order to stop recording. If you want it recording as long as possible, you have to live with the possibility that they will poke it enough to keep it unlocked, unless you don't use a password, code, fingerprint, etc., lock when the screen goes off. Using a strong password only for screen timeout in that case would seem sensible yeah?

• On the post: FCC Announces National Roll Out Of Amber Alerts But For Cops

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 27 Dec, 2017 @ 05:25pm

  Re: New game!

  Blue Alert Bingo

• On the post: Diego Gomez Is Safe, But His Legal Battle Demonstrates How Copyright Policy Creates Dangers To Research

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 27 Dec, 2017 @ 05:24pm

  I seriously don't get the rationale behind "digital" copyright offenses, particularly like this. As if a paper copy can't be read and referenced by more than one person. _This Master's thesis will self-destruct in five hours._ As if you going to a library, archive, or repository is fine because you had to do more work to get to it. But screw you if you give or get it over a network or some other digital medium, you evil little person.
  
  Those theses should be on uni servers accessible to the public anyway.

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 24 Dec, 2017 @ 02:34pm

  Re: AI and Bias

  _ I wonder what types a true AI would develop? _
  
  A bias against analyzing and policing human behavior for other humans? Boooorrrriiiinnnggg.

• On the post: The Original 'Fashion Santa' Gets His Trademark After Mall Decides To Settle

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 21 Dec, 2017 @ 02:53pm

  OK, so he stopped being Fashion Santa, but now has the trademark.
  
  Hmm.

• On the post: Homeland Security Adviser Pins Wannacry Attack On North Korea In Wall Street Journal Op-Ed

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 20 Dec, 2017 @ 03:18pm

  1. Things are so bad, we need to continue ratcheting up tensions with North Korea simply to fuel a distraction.
  
  2. This generates another handy occasion to have a go at "industry" for "security" to prod them to do what authoritarians in government want (work with them under the table, hand over data, compromise products, make questionable new "security efforts", backdoor encryption, etc.) instead of suggesting they ever write better code, make less insanely insecure products, or exercise ancient, basic security measures in their networked systems.
  
  And a good time was had by all.

• On the post: How The Muppets And A Font Choice Hurt The Star Trek / Dr. Seuss Mashup In Court

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 19 Dec, 2017 @ 01:07pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  Cool story.

• On the post: How The Muppets And A Font Choice Hurt The Star Trek / Dr. Seuss Mashup In Court

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 19 Dec, 2017 @ 12:46pm

  Oh, the sales you could have made
  
  (Any exclamation marks omitted for fear of personal safety.)

• On the post: Would-Be Congressman Wants A Law Forcing Social Media Platforms To Keep All His Alt-Right Buddies Online

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 19 Dec, 2017 @ 09:59am

  So... this guy essentially claims that all GOP voters are down with the social reactionary conservative types who are so foul they get moderated on platforms like Twitter. E.g., all Republicans are way racist and into threats of harm and rape.
  
  I don't think so, but OK then, dude.

• On the post: Florida Public Officials Face Criminal Charges For Dodging Public Records Laws

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 14 Dec, 2017 @ 02:24pm

  Re: mining industry

  Yeah, you are supposed to conspire with industry, particularly with major-cost-externalizing, heavy polluting industry, not members of the public.
  
  Conspiring with members of the public is probably the new term for unpaid lobbying, aka, bringing the concerns of the electorate to public officials, but that doesn't change the fact that said officials shouldn't be playing games with public records.
  
  Of course, let's see the documents (lol) that show why things went in favor of Lake Point for so long in the first place.
  
  Let's see if anyone but a corporate power ever gets results on this or anything else for that matter.

• On the post: Smart Handgun Safe Not Smart Enough Not To Let Basically Anyone Break Into It

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 14 Dec, 2017 @ 01:40pm

  Re: Re:

  However did i guess...
  
  Prescient glimpse of the future, that, i'd say.

• On the post: Smart Handgun Safe Not Smart Enough Not To Let Basically Anyone Break Into It

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 14 Dec, 2017 @ 01:28pm

  Re: A firmware update.

  The other fun bit: Anyone can probably supply a firmware "update" via USB.
  
  As far as official updates go, i think we know enough about those. They fix one thing (maybe) and introduce new regressions or vulnerabilities. Particularly in commercial code, released asap to make a buck, in in their scramble-to-patch-after-denial-doesn't-work updates. Thank god a gun safe doesn't need an entire OS. (Then again, neither do TVs and what, but you know.)

• On the post: Smart Handgun Safe Not Smart Enough Not To Let Basically Anyone Break Into It

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 14 Dec, 2017 @ 01:15pm

  Re: It isn't

  I'm sorry, but i reeeeaaaalllly need to be able to unlock my gun safe remotely, over the internet, like when i am in Singapore or something. Because reasons. Home defense! Honestly, you'd think those who so admire the craftsmanship of firearms would also appreciate the beauty of keys.

• On the post: Comic Con Verdict: Salt Lake Comic Con Loses The Battle, Now Seeks To Win The War

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 14 Dec, 2017 @ 01:02pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  But but but... people will be confused between my company Acme Metalworking, and their company, Zenith Metalworking! And they are just riding on our good name.
  
  Trademark law has become beyond stupid, and the trademark approvals, the cases, and the rulings are worse.

• On the post: Comic Con Verdict: Salt Lake Comic Con Loses The Battle, Now Seeks To Win The War

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 14 Dec, 2017 @ 12:57pm

  Re:

  That's the kind of event title that begs for a deep-voiced, echo-y TV announcement, like for big trucks in a giant mudpit at your coliseum, in the days of yore.

• On the post: Two Separate Studies Show That The Vast Majority Of People Who Said They Support Ajit Pai's Plan… Were Fake

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 14 Dec, 2017 @ 12:26pm

  Re: coder's veto

  Or a legal fiction granted the status of a person-in-law.

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