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  • On the post: After Controversial Traffic Stop, Police Chief Says He Won't Release Recordings To 'Anti-Police' Requesters

    orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 06 Mar, 2018 @ 01:28pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re:

    Lord no, you will have to be satisfied with an SSBN. There are limits, you know.

  • On the post: After Controversial Traffic Stop, Police Chief Says He Won't Release Recordings To 'Anti-Police' Requesters

    orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 06 Mar, 2018 @ 01:25pm

    Re: Re: stupidity

    No. While it is true that one is better safe than sorry, it is not the police who die by the thousands over nothing. It is very, very clear from what we have seen, and what officers will even tell you, is that while they may reasonably act to lower the risk of being attacked that one time in a billion, their speech and behavior in these moments belies what is actually occurring. Much of the time, they don't act reasonably at all. Readying oneself and stating a simple "no, don't reach for it yourself," in a calm manner will suffice. Shouting like lunatics and acting violently will not stop anyone who actually planned to take on a cop with a pocket knife. So the police and trainers can tell themselves that their behavior is intended to stun and confuse a potential threat, but it is frequently clear that what happens is that 1) they are unfit to be a cop, and/or 2) they make a lot of noise to play up the "threat" for potential witnesses. I am all for cops, good ones and rather poor or criminal one, surviving their day unharmed. But i am also for all citizens surviving their encounters with police and not being afraid to call upon them when necessary. Some cops are just bad, some of their exalted training is bad, pseudo-militarization is bad, and their culture is rather poisonous. It also makes the putative job of the police harder when citizens are anywhere from leery to terrified of them. Perhaps if they translated the effort from getting "wins" (even utter crap ones) to show the public they are "doing something", over to being reasonable, accountable, and connected to the communities they supposedly serve, then things would go a lot better for them, as well as everyone else. For the sake of clarity, i am obviously not talking about police or departments who are better and do good work. I am not suggesting that they "be so nice they get killed". I am suggesting that they should be more effective and less aggressive.

  • On the post: MPAA Opposes Several Filmmaker Associations Request For Expanded Circumvention Exemptions

    orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 06 Mar, 2018 @ 12:42pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: "Recall that the entire purpose of copyright law in America is to promote the creation of more works for public consumption." --- Nope, it's to "secure to Authors and Inventors the exclusive right", and

    Good comment though, and readable in it's current position.

  • On the post: MPAA Opposes Several Filmmaker Associations Request For Expanded Circumvention Exemptions

    orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 06 Mar, 2018 @ 12:36pm

    Re: Economics of movie creation

    Internet hobbyists already do that. Filmmakers (including the filmmakers who make the films which might be sampled, and also sample other films) are not hurting any market by doing something they are already allowed to do. It is being asked that an extra artificial barrier in the way of so exercising fair use be removed. No one is going to skip watching The Matrix because they saw some clip in another film.

  • On the post: Angry Pick-Up Artist Says He Won't Issue Bogus YouTube Claim On Critic's Video; Issues Bogus Claim On Critic's Video

    orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 06 Mar, 2018 @ 12:08pm

    Re: Re: Re:

    All of your sentences pretty much demonstrate that you don't treat the matter objectively whatsoever.

  • On the post: Trump Announces One-Sided Plan To Meet With Video Game Makers Over Gun Violence

    orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 06 Mar, 2018 @ 03:53pm

    Oh, i am rather certain the reason there was an announcement with no one invited was that !0 Trump does that sort of thing and 2) no one moderated his yammering because they knew there would be a response, and they can spin that as "the industry refuses to cooperate, they hate our children". See also, encryption, etc.

  • On the post: After Controversial Traffic Stop, Police Chief Says He Won't Release Recordings To 'Anti-Police' Requesters

    orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 06 Mar, 2018 @ 12:45pm

    When trying to effect better policing is anti-police.

    I think i have their number.

  • On the post: Court Hands Jason Leopold A Partial Victory In Case Involving Sealed Dockets And Electronic Surveillance

    orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 05 Mar, 2018 @ 10:36am

    Unintended consequences: Sometimes FOIA "terrorism" causes the System to get a little better at its job, even when the requests are not entirely successful.

  • On the post: Wireless Carriers, Hardware Companies Use Flimsy IOT Security To Justify Attacks On Right To Repair Laws

    orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 05 Mar, 2018 @ 10:22am

    I can fully determine so often that i assume !00% of products i don't even know about come from an OEM or software vendor whose only concern over my privacy is that they know everything possible about me and have no regard for security.

    The only downside i can imagine for 3rd party repair other than a poor job or failure is that they accidentally increase the security of a device by breaking something. If i send it to them with my data on it, i am an idiot, so that vector is ignored. Sure, some repair outfits or guys may do something evil, but i don't see how the same sort could not be working for the oh-so-trustworthy original vendor, so i find this point moot also.

    Holding an invisible watermelon does not make your argument valid, The Security Innovation Center. Also, your entire cake is clearly a lie.

  • On the post: EU Commission Says Social Media Companies Must Take Down 'Terrorist Content' Within One Hour

    orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 05 Mar, 2018 @ 09:37am

    Oh, it's crazy demands time, OK.

    Governments, we demand you keep terrorists off our sites and services. Please drone bomb them within an hour of us - or you! - finding any terrorist or child porn content on our sites. Kthxbye.

  • On the post: Stupid Patent Of The Month: Buying A Bundle Of Diamonds

    orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 01 Mar, 2018 @ 10:29am

    Re: Re: Re: Two wrongs do not a right make

    People inventing and dealing in financial instruments generally are.

  • On the post: Rhode Island Legislator Proposes A Tax On Video Games Based On Existing Entirely Voluntary Ratings System

    orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 01 Mar, 2018 @ 10:25am

    Re: Two thoughts:

    It's not just in politics, that behavior pervades our culture. We institutionalize and even enshrine, sometimes, things based in one sort of behavioral tendency over others. Meanwhile, we constantly congratulate ourselves on being rational and empirical.

  • On the post: Rhode Island Legislator Proposes A Tax On Video Games Based On Existing Entirely Voluntary Ratings System

    orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 01 Mar, 2018 @ 10:18am

    Re: Re: Re:

    I would have assumed they were merely agreeing with you, and adding their own thought on what is correlated with aggression, at least anecdotally.

  • On the post: Rhode Island Legislator Proposes A Tax On Video Games Based On Existing Entirely Voluntary Ratings System

    orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 01 Mar, 2018 @ 10:15am

    Re:

    They can get the money from any other arbitrary source. Why should there be a 10% tax on games for mental health resources? In politics, mental health is bullshit anyway. This is one of the first things that gets shitcanned by anyone "looking to save money". The tax itself would probably be diverted immediately anyway. And none of them care one whit about mental health until they try to blame that for shootings or whatever else. Various mass or spree killings might have a mental health component, but only in the loose sense. They actually invoke Teh Crazy as a scapegoat. Most people with clinically diagnosable issues are nonviolent and never get the help they need. If this is a mental health issue, our entire culture needs enforced counseling.

  • On the post: AT&T Continues Its Bullshit Sales Pitch For A Fake Net Neutrality Law

    orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2018 @ 07:31pm

    Re: Re:

    He's just phoning it in. The comment doesn't even make sense.

  • On the post: Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments In Microsoft Email Case

    orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2018 @ 03:30pm

    Re: Re:

    Yeah. Pretty sure most of those MLAT procedures that "don't work" never happened, or were simply so egregious that a foreign power (foreign foreigners who are not even blessed by our Exceptional Constitution, the poor savages) simply had to decline.

  • On the post: AT&T Continues Its Bullshit Sales Pitch For A Fake Net Neutrality Law

    orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2018 @ 03:22pm

    Re: Re: Re: Your daily reminder:

    No, there is a clear difference between a person with different or directly opposing ideas, and trolls. I find much of the commentariat here is pretty well aware of the distinction.

  • On the post: AT&T Continues Its Bullshit Sales Pitch For A Fake Net Neutrality Law

    orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2018 @ 03:21pm

    Re: Re: Re: Soo....

    Same as you buddy, if that's the case.

  • On the post: AT&T Continues Its Bullshit Sales Pitch For A Fake Net Neutrality Law

    orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2018 @ 03:20pm

    Re: Re:

    They bought up a lot of the other Baby Bells or their successor outfits, as well as AT&T.

    It's far worse than when the original AT&T owned everything, plus they provide exactly zero innovation and research. We had a short honeymoon.

  • On the post: Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments In Microsoft Email Case

    orbitalinsertion ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2018 @ 02:48pm

    Re: Re: Justice Sotomayor is wrong

    So were corporations which stored their papers, microfiche, and other media, outside the US. As well as their money.

    If they really go this route, we ought also to be able to collect taxes on money stashed anywhere, including those super private tax havens, and regardless as to whether a former US corporation reincorporated elsewhere.

    I f we are going to keep reaching into other countries, let's have at it all the way, not selectively.

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