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• On the post: Copyright Ruins Everything Again: How Dare A Sports Writer Get People Excited About The Olympics!

  

  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2021 @ 12:28am

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  The fact that they didn't create the material themselves, means that they should really obtain license to display the material in their web page. [ ... ]

  We are all probably dumber for having read this. And, under this theory, you probably need a license from me to have your computer display this response. Like I said above, the value comes from telling you where to find the stuff in which you are likely to be interested. Google do not create the content, any more than the guy at the gas station creates the store you are seeking, but they do provide value by giving directions.

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  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2021 @ 12:09am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: still want to know

  26 States times 100,000 signatures

  Works out to 2.6M out of over 300M population, or less than 1%. Given an effective party aparatus, you can have that in a few days. Indeed, 100,000 signatures is required just for a citizen amendment to our (Volusia) county charter, and we are far from the biggest in the state. So, 100,000 from an entire state does not strike me as difficult. That might be a challenge if you have to get them from Wyoming or Vermont where the populace is spread about great bunches of mountains. However, there are enough urban states that getting so many signatures from half would be no problem. We would have a constant oscillation as the two parties each remove the other's choices.

• On the post: Appeals Court Says Iowa's Ag-Gag Law Is About 50 Percent Constitutional

  

  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 28 Aug, 2021 @ 11:54pm

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  You are right as to the published standards; whole milk is now only required to be 3.25% to be sold as such. But real product as it comes from a cow has undergone three steps which make this misleading:

  1. separation of fat, called ``skimming''
  2. thorough blending, called ``homogenization''
  3. cooking, called ``pasteurization''

  Many vendors add back the minimum 3.25% after separation in order to have a standardized product which meets requirements. Some indeed still target 4%. In some states, if you know someone you can get the real product as it comes from the cow, though it is sufficiently illegal here that the product is costly.

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  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 28 Aug, 2021 @ 05:07pm

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  find one (ONE - JUST ONE) civil rights case the ACLU has taken on in the last 10 years where they defended someone to the right of AOC. I'll wait.

  I hope you were not holding your breath while you waited, because you could have turned blue. It took Mike about three-quarters of a day to put up a long list for you. Yes, a good chunk of that time was hours of sleeping and probably some time spent eating and working as well. That would not make you any less blue from oxygen deprivation, however.

• On the post: Google Report Shows 'Reverse Warrants' Are Swiftly Becoming Law Enforcement's Go-To Investigative Tool

  

  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 28 Aug, 2021 @ 05:01pm

  Re: Wait, you can't ask people in an area?

  The only reason there's a warrant involved at all is that they can't get the information by just looking around

  Certainly that is an important difference. What a cop can see by just looking around does not need a warrant. However, to go in your house to nose about does require one because he cannot see inside your house by just looking around. Even going in the club and asking the patrons what they saw is different. There, you have an identifed group (those who were in a position to see something) and they are free to speak to the cop, or not, as they will. What Google is getting is what we used to call a general warrant: give us info on everyone whose phone was in the area, whether or not they were actually in position to commit the act under investigation. That is not readily distinguished from the old general warrant to search everyone who passes by such a location.

• On the post: Trumpist Gettr Social Network Continues To Speed Run Content Moderation Learning Curve: Bans, Then Unbans, Roger Stone

  

  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 27 Aug, 2021 @ 05:02am

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  what opinions are being censored that are the strongest?

  Strongest, in the sense of ``that pig manure sure is strong'', in the sense pf the third formulationm below:

  1. "It is a crock of shit, and it stinks."
  2. "It is a crock of excrement and none may abide the odor thereof."
  3. "It is a container of excrement, and is very strong, such that none may abide before it."
  4. "It is a vessel of fertilizer and none may abide by its strength."
  5. "It containeth that which aids growth and it is very strong."
  6. "The powerful new Project will help promote the growth of the Laboratories."

• On the post: Trumpist Gettr Social Network Continues To Speed Run Content Moderation Learning Curve: Bans, Then Unbans, Roger Stone

  

  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 27 Aug, 2021 @ 04:52am

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  What specific conservative views do you believe are being censored

  I believe Twitter disabled the account for a major proponent of the idea that people should storm the Capitol by force of arms, fight like hell''</a>, and conducttrial by combat''. People thus encouraged even went so far as to tear down and replace the U.S. flag. That is a private act, and may not be properly considered ``censorship''. Still, in the casual sense of the word, it may qualify. At the least, they have discouraged the use of their platform for spreading the conservative view that the U.S. govt should be overthrown by force. So there, you have a specific conservative view being disfavored.

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  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2021 @ 04:11am

  No Oops Here

  you said oopsie changed our minds again

  Actually, no. They never said they changed their minds again. They only said that they had ``suspended'' their planned change, which I presume means that when convenient the planned change will be put into effect.

• On the post: Ninth Circuit Affirms MSNBC's Anti-SLAPP Motion Against OAN Network's Bullshit Defamation Lawsuit

  

  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 24 Aug, 2021 @ 07:52pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Show on the Other Foot Test

  Working for [a state media outlet] does not make someone and whoever hires them paid propaganda

  Actually, working for a state media outlet is pretty nearly the definition of a paid propagandist. If a person working for a state media outlet takes a second job outside of that state media outlet, such person and the second employer should both expect some suspicion to fall upon the second employer. Either that second employer is not fully informed, or that second employer is knowingly providing a platform for a paid propagandist. In this case, it appears from the Daily Beast article that Herring Networks (OAN) provide a platform for a state media outlet employee, and that employee uses the platform to insert unreliable material consistent with the state media outlet's views. See pg 4 of the article furnished as docket 18-3 (exh `A') in the trial court. Here, I have corrected you twice this evening. Please consider yourself insulted in the grossest terms you can imagine.

• On the post: Ninth Circuit Affirms MSNBC's Anti-SLAPP Motion Against OAN Network's Bullshit Defamation Lawsuit

  

  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 24 Aug, 2021 @ 07:38pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Its a Matter of Law Now

  The 9th circuit is trying their best to tip toe around the issue but the obvious inference in their decision is that anything said on the show is opinion

  Actually, the court said nearly the opposite. What it said was that [a] reasonable viewer would be able to differentiate between Maddow’s commentary and the actual news she is reporting'' [slip op. pg 18]. It goes on to say thatMaddow discloses all relevant facts'' surrounding her commentary [slip op. pg 19]. It went on to discuss Yagman, 55 F.3d 1430, for a more extreme example of opinion based on disclosed facts. You may want to review that case as well.

• On the post: Unilever Sends Letter To Firm In Israel Over Use Of 'Ben & Jerry's' Trademark

  

  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2021 @ 07:52am

  Re: Re: subjective objective

  If he's not crazy that just leaves corrupt and/or stupid

  The one-party govt in Florida has long appeared to be coin-operated. From your choice quoted above, however, I think I will pick ``and'' based on recent observations.

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  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2021 @ 01:13am

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  MasterCard's new rules

  Might be a business opportunity for a competing card processor. If AmEx or Diner's Club decided to handle such things, there might be a notable increase in custom for their offerings.

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  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2021 @ 01:07am

  Re: [4 - profit!]

  what they have demanded the site do is going to remove any chance of profits.

  Depends on where you are in the chain:

  1. Ban adult content from popular web site selling rotating air-movement devices
  2. Sell out before the value tanks because kids do not buy fans
  3. [ ??? ]
  4. Profit!

  Assuming you are at step 2, it might work. Not if your step 2 is buy before'', but if you are atsell before'', then it might work.

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  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 22 Aug, 2021 @ 04:21pm

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  What do you do when a country becomes a training ground for terrorists attacking your country?

  I cannot say that I have an ideal solution. But when I compare a great huge boxcar-full of bugger all to what we actually did, the great huge empty boxcar load of nothing looks pretty darn attractive.

• On the post: Copyright Cops Go After Town For Creating Little Mermaid Statue

  

  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 22 Aug, 2021 @ 04:03pm

  Re: Re: Withdrawn

  stop taking other people's ideas and copying them

  I know of no regime recognizing property in ideas. Sometimes people can take ideas and instantiate them. For instance, people may write stories about mermaids, or make statue of them, but the idea itself is generally recognized as being free for all to use.

  Even thus, there is something wrong with an estate hanging around over an hundred years after the work was created, trying to restrict its use or enjoyment. Vampires, back to your coffins, the sun is coming! Leeches, back to your ponds! Zombies, back to your corporate offices!

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  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 22 Aug, 2021 @ 03:51pm

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  So now that the air is clear what's your point in pointing out my website?

  Depending on where people go to school, theymay be taught that witness bias can affect credibility. Your web site suggeests the possibility of bias: you profit from the prison-industrial complex.

  Your readers should be aware of that potential bias as they evaluate your credibility as you assert that more people should go to prison.

• On the post: Judge Says Voting Machine Company Can Continue To Sue Trump's Buddies Over Bogus Election Fraud Claims

  

  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 20 Aug, 2021 @ 08:30am

  Re: Re: Additional Dominion Cases of note

  there is a lawyer who'd sign their name to this 'defamatory trespass to feelz' lolsuit

  Interestingly enough, the lawyer's address appears to be a pack-and-ship. It may be a crowded pack-and-ship, because it seems to be the home of the Newman Law Firm, including Russell A. Newman. Fitting a law firm in a lack-and-ship is quite a feat, and Russell A. Newman can be proud of that, even if this lawsuit is not one that will redound to his glory.

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  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 20 Aug, 2021 @ 07:53am

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  if lawyers know that their money is on the line for taking cases like that the number willing to do so is likely to be slim indeed

  You do realize that this is the reason for Rule 11 sanctions. We want to discourage attys from bringing frivolous suits. Yes, that Colorado case was certainly uncontaminated by merit. The judge found three routes to sanctions: inherent authority, statute, and Rule 11.

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  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 19 Aug, 2021 @ 05:53am

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  whole milk is ~3.5% milkfat

  Whole milk from cows has a much higher milkfat content. Even with some of the good stuff skimmed off, ``whole milk'' in the grocery is supposed to be 4% milkfat. It is also cooked, which affects the flavor but is intended as a health and safety measure. In many states, uncooked milk is barred from retail sale. When I was in undergrad, a group of us would take turns driving across the state line to purchase uncooked whole milk from farms.

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  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 18 Aug, 2021 @ 01:49am

  Public Records Exceptions in Florida

  Agencies can attempt to withhold documents by citing exceptions, but it's up to the state Attorney General (and the courts if a lawsuit ensues) to make the final call

  In Florida, it can be tougher than that. Depending on whether the requester knew how to make his request, the agency is required to specify the statutory exception and why they believe it applies. This applies not only to entire records, but to redactions within records.

  Since this request is from Orlando, the Florida law applies. And, as observed in the original article, the person requesting a budget appropriation does not get to ask for a new exemption. This holds even if he wants the preferred bidder to get a no-bid contract.

  Sometimes an agency can stonewall a request long enough for a coin-operated legislature to create a new exemption, which can then be applied retroactively. That would be the Dale Earnhardt situation.

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