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• On the post: Wikipedia Warns That SESTA Could Destroy Wikipedia

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 11 Nov, 2017 @ 07:35am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Criminal facilitation is generally offering substantial or significant assistance in committing a felony. If that is so clear, then we don't need SESTA whatsoever, and it is merely another waste of time and money "we're doing something" law, like phoning/texting while driving laws, and should be opposed on those counts, if no others. It is plainly obvious criminal facilitation is already prosecutable, the shining example being the issue which started all of this.

• On the post: Wikipedia Warns That SESTA Could Destroy Wikipedia

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 11 Nov, 2017 @ 07:30am

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  Sex trafficking: Pretty sure Ninja means what SESTA promoters keep banging on about when throwing examples around - people held captive by one method or other and forced one way or other to provide sex services. But certainly, this is a central problem with the law, both conceptually and particularly as written, that proponents slide from one definition to another as is convenient, and conflating all definitions in the spectrum to confuse everyone. Sometimes it is sloppy thinking, and sometimes it must be done quite deliberately.

• On the post: DRM Strikes Again: Sonic Forces Just Plain Broken Thanks To Denuvo

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 11 Nov, 2017 @ 07:20am

  Re:

  Omg, Spinball. But hey, they want to release chaos so Sonic can fight it, right?

• On the post: Celebrate The 20th Anniversary Of A Seminal Section 230 Case Upholding It With This Series Of Essays

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 11 Nov, 2017 @ 07:23am

  Intermediaries: Better than gatekeepers, and let's keep it that way at the least.

• On the post: And Another Thing: Those Dumb Social Media Guidelines For Journalists Are Going To Paint A Target On Their Backs

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 11 Nov, 2017 @ 07:15am

  It's funny watching who goes on about bias the most.
  
  This is actually a result of a twofold problem. One part is as stated in the post. The other part is the prior mistake of giving equal weight to well considered and explicated opinions or facts, and repetitive, loud, and illucid whingeing and pontificating. (Not to say that those with less ability to express themselves necessarily don't have valid ideas or experience.)

• On the post: Wikipedia Warns That SESTA Could Destroy Wikipedia

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 10 Nov, 2017 @ 12:16pm

  Re: Re: Re: The bill is needed....

  By "broken" i did not merely mean "repetitious".

• On the post: Wikipedia Warns That SESTA Could Destroy Wikipedia

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 10 Nov, 2017 @ 11:38am

  Re: The bill is needed....

  Broken record is broken.

• On the post: Recent Intel Chipsets Have A Built-In Hidden Computer, Running Minix With A Networking Stack And A Web Server

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 10 Nov, 2017 @ 10:41am

  Re: Re: Re:

  I don't know but it gets crappier all the time, and has for years. I rarely ever go to it for a secondary search option anymore.

• On the post: Recent Intel Chipsets Have A Built-In Hidden Computer, Running Minix With A Networking Stack And A Web Server

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 10 Nov, 2017 @ 10:29am

  Re: Re:

  LMAO. I only saw one ME system ever, and it didn't last long in that setup. Now I am frightened.
  
  But actually i wasn't thinking in terms of Minix being bad, it's just Intel's behavior. I've been a bit of an admirer of Minix for years, and play around with it occasionally. I think i still have 3.1.2 alpha on CDs somewhere, as those were convenient for storage when that was released.
  
  Maybe Intel should cough up that USB support back upstream, if it is implemented in the OS code.

• On the post: Recent Intel Chipsets Have A Built-In Hidden Computer, Running Minix With A Networking Stack And A Web Server

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 10 Nov, 2017 @ 10:13am

  Re: Re:

  But goddammit we don't want you booting anything but the preinstalled Windows OS. Of course "security" should be in tiny black boxes on the mobo!

• On the post: Recent Intel Chipsets Have A Built-In Hidden Computer, Running Minix With A Networking Stack And A Web Server

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 10 Nov, 2017 @ 10:06am

  Re: Re: Intel owns You

  You aren't allowed to discuss something more than a day after it happens. And then you will be condemned for having the memory and attention span of a news cycle.

• On the post: Dear Al Franken: Net Neutrality Is Not A Magic Wand You Can Wave At Any Company

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 10 Nov, 2017 @ 10:04am

  Re: I read the title wrong

  Saudi Arabia granted it citizenship.

• On the post: Dear Al Franken: Net Neutrality Is Not A Magic Wand You Can Wave At Any Company

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 10 Nov, 2017 @ 09:59am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Okay nice job!

  No, we are sitting in the middle of the failure of allowing corporations to exist. Your move.

• On the post: Logitech Once Again Shows That In The Modern Era, You Don't Really Own What You Buy

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 09 Nov, 2017 @ 09:54pm

  Re:

  I will believe it has anything to do with patching security holes when i see it.
  
  The general security problems with these sorts of devices are that they are IoT for no readily discernible reason in the first place (other than slurping your information and behavioral data), so one can secure them by not making them internet-connected. If someone really needs to turn on their TV while they are 500 miles away, give them that as an extra option instead of a main functionality, and don't require the traffic go to a company server - there is zero need for that.
  
  Another problem is that the code and settings should not be so laughably poor that a ridiculous little device could ever require so many software patches in the first place.
  
  But the thing is, the number of IoT devices receiving security patches is laughably small, so claiming that as a reason for product EOL (literally, EOL), requires some evidence first and reasons why a patch or other fix is impossible next.

• On the post: Recent Intel Chipsets Have A Built-In Hidden Computer, Running Minix With A Networking Stack And A Web Server

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 10 Nov, 2017 @ 04:45am

  I never much cared for the supposed "corporate management" features, but this is absurd. Never mind that as consumers, we pay for the hardware and its development. Thanks for all the sneaky BS and the lovely attack surface, Intel.
  
  Joanna Rutkowska was right.

• On the post: Recent Intel Chipsets Have A Built-In Hidden Computer, Running Minix With A Networking Stack And A Web Server

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 10 Nov, 2017 @ 04:07am

  Minix? It's running Minix?!

• On the post: Playboy Sues BoingBoing For Linking To Collection Of Centerfold Pictures

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 09 Nov, 2017 @ 11:33pm

  _law boutique_
  
  Artisanal lawyering?

• On the post: Algorithmic Videos Are Making YouTube Unsuitable For Young Children, And Google's 'Revenue Architecture' Is To Blame

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 09 Nov, 2017 @ 09:27pm

  I thought the "Finger Family" thing was already a well-known thing / meme / mystery kind of like "Hey Kids".

• On the post: Deputy Shoots Family's Terrier; Complains About Cost Of The Bullet

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 09 Nov, 2017 @ 12:44am

  Re: With that logic

  Police only understand what they train and urge their dogs to do, so of course they see dogs as a threat.

• On the post: Dear Senators Portman & Blumenthal: What Should Blogs Do If SESTA Passes?

  

  orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 08 Nov, 2017 @ 12:43pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Maybe we should start working on reclaiming the word 'law'.

  A travesty of a mockery of a sham of a mockery of a travesty of two mockeries of a sham.

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