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• On the post: Dear Free Haters: No One Has Said 'Everything' Is Free

  

  DJ ( profile ), 05 Jun, 2009 @ 11:48am

  Re: Time to throw a wrench into the works.

  Here. I'll show you where the consumer DOES NOT pay directly; and I'll do so with your own statement.
  
  "Ads are funded by consumer product purchases as well as licenses by product purchases of wares."
  
  That statement epitomizes the term "INDIRECTLY".
  
  If consumer(s) had paid for the ads directly, they would have gone down to the studio and written out a check (or cash or credit) for, at least, a portion of the cost of the advertisement. But that doesn't happen. Ever.

• On the post: Dear Free Haters: No One Has Said 'Everything' Is Free

  

  DJ ( profile ), 05 Jun, 2009 @ 11:42am

  Re: shh

  Ah if only that were true. Unfortunately, however, legislators see these bogus comments and pass laws to uphold them.
  
  Thankfully no one has yet figured out a way to pass a law upholding "there is no business if everything is free", but I guarantee SOMEONE is out there trying....

• On the post: No Smiling On Your Drivers License. It Makes Our Software Sad

  

  DJ ( profile ), 01 Jun, 2009 @ 06:29pm

  Lowest bidder

  Ahh, the sub-par performance of the lowest bidder....

• On the post: No Smiling On Your Drivers License. It Makes Our Software Sad

  

  DJ ( profile ), 01 Jun, 2009 @ 06:26pm

  Re:

  You are neither allowed to grow a beard nor shave one off....

• On the post: No Smiling On Your Drivers License. It Makes Our Software Sad

  

  DJ ( profile ), 01 Jun, 2009 @ 06:23pm

  Re: Uh....

  Virginia's not a state, it's a Commonwealth...

• On the post: Guy Sues Guinness For Naming Him The Most Litigious Person In The World

  

  DJ ( profile ), 26 May, 2009 @ 12:24pm

  Re:

  The REALLY sad thing about this is he's probably got a way to make the lawsuit stick....

• On the post: MLK Children Abusing IP Law (Again) To Try To Squeeze Money Out Of Anyone Who Honors Him

  

  DJ ( profile ), 21 May, 2009 @ 03:55pm

  Re: Stereotypes

  I hereby call for Mike to remove that post by "tack". Not only did it have nothing to do with the topic, but it was hateful, unproductive, and otherwise uncalled-for.

• On the post: If You Have WiFi, a Cell Phone, Or Lots Of Other Things, The FCC Thinks It Can Search Your House

  

  DJ ( profile ), 21 May, 2009 @ 03:51pm

  Re: Re: "search and seizure laws"

  ummm...been living under something OTHER than the US constitution while inside the US??????

• On the post: If You Have WiFi, a Cell Phone, Or Lots Of Other Things, The FCC Thinks It Can Search Your House

  

  DJ ( profile ), 21 May, 2009 @ 03:46pm

  Re: Re: Re: RF Energy huh?

  Kind of....
  "Unintentional radiators" are either not DESIGNED to emit RF (per the definition of unintentional), and therefore, though you could be subject to an equipment investigation, the FCC would still have to be able to PROVE that you KNEW what you were doing.
  
  Or, if you were legally emitting RF within standards via a piece of equipment, but one of its harmonics was causing EMI (electromagnetic interference), they could inspect your equipment. Again, however, to hold you liable, they would have to prove it was intentional.

• On the post: If You Have WiFi, a Cell Phone, Or Lots Of Other Things, The FCC Thinks It Can Search Your House

  

  DJ ( profile ), 21 May, 2009 @ 03:39pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: They already have a backdoor...

  about the warrant needing to be specific that is.

• On the post: If You Have WiFi, a Cell Phone, Or Lots Of Other Things, The FCC Thinks It Can Search Your House

  

  DJ ( profile ), 21 May, 2009 @ 03:39pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: They already have a backdoor...

  A search warrant allows them to actually search through your house, so if they DO find something unrelated they can open a whole new case on that. And no, if they have a warrant, the things they find do NOT have to be in plain view.

• On the post: If You Have WiFi, a Cell Phone, Or Lots Of Other Things, The FCC Thinks It Can Search Your House

  

  DJ ( profile ), 21 May, 2009 @ 03:38pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: They already have a backdoor...

  I stand corrected.

• On the post: MLK Children Abusing IP Law (Again) To Try To Squeeze Money Out Of Anyone Who Honors Him

  

  DJ ( profile ), 21 May, 2009 @ 03:24pm

  I have a reverie!

  A fanciful hope, if you will, of sometime in the future, when our blood legacy shall no longer be required to earn money by way of their own devices, but by the content of the works of their heritage.

• On the post: If You Have WiFi, a Cell Phone, Or Lots Of Other Things, The FCC Thinks It Can Search Your House

  

  DJ ( profile ), 21 May, 2009 @ 03:17pm

  Re: Re: Of course, there's a catch

  As long as you allow the FCC agent access to inspect the equipment, there's not a judge in the whole country who's crooked enough to authorize a warrant simply because you made an FCC agent wait outside your door for an hour (or more).

• On the post: If You Have WiFi, a Cell Phone, Or Lots Of Other Things, The FCC Thinks It Can Search Your House

  

  DJ ( profile ), 21 May, 2009 @ 03:14pm

  Re: Of course, there's a catch

  oops, hit enter on accident.
  
  The catch is that, if the FCC shows up at your house and asks to inspect equipment, A)you don't have to let them in, at risk of a fine; B)if you DO have something illegal out, simply tell them to hold on a minute, go hide everything, and THEN let them in.
  
  They can't search your house, just inspect the RF equipment.

• On the post: If You Have WiFi, a Cell Phone, Or Lots Of Other Things, The FCC Thinks It Can Search Your House

  

  DJ ( profile ), 21 May, 2009 @ 03:11pm

  Of course, there's a catch

• On the post: If You Have WiFi, a Cell Phone, Or Lots Of Other Things, The FCC Thinks It Can Search Your House

  

  DJ ( profile ), 21 May, 2009 @ 03:02pm

  Re:

  Neither is the IRS in the Constitution. The 16th ammendment simply grants Congress "...power to lay and collect taxes on incomes...", but nowhere is the Internal Revenue SERVICE (stress on the last word) mentioned.
  
  let's see...
  FDA, FCC, FBI. Just more examples of "federal" agencies which are not in the Constitution. However, with the exception of the IRS, which was simply grandfathered in, they all have been instated as legal government agencies by Congress.
  
  So neither your question, nor my reply have anything to do with the topic at hand.

• On the post: If You Have WiFi, a Cell Phone, Or Lots Of Other Things, The FCC Thinks It Can Search Your House

  

  DJ ( profile ), 21 May, 2009 @ 02:53pm

  Re: RF Energy huh?

  Yes, there is a miniscule amount of induction loss from all electronic cables. However, these "laws" only apply to devices which are DESIGNED to emit RF.

• On the post: If You Have WiFi, a Cell Phone, Or Lots Of Other Things, The FCC Thinks It Can Search Your House

  

  DJ ( profile ), 21 May, 2009 @ 02:51pm

  Re: Re: They already have a backdoor...

  Only if the warrant specifically states that. If it's a general search warrant, they can take whatever they want.

• On the post: MLK Children Abusing IP Law (Again) To Try To Squeeze Money Out Of Anyone Who Honors Him

  

  DJ ( profile ), 21 May, 2009 @ 02:46pm

  Wait for it....

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