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• On the post: Gone To Pot: The Toronto Maple Leafs And Snoop D-Oh-Double-G In Trademark Spat

  

  timmaguire42 ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2016 @ 04:57am

  Re:

  I live in Toronto and I never even noticed that Leafs is spelled wrong. Not that I don't know how to spell, just that their "distinctiveness" is too insignificant to think about.

• On the post: Stopping Turnkey Tyranny: What The Obama Administration Can Do About The NSA On The Way Out

  

  timmaguire42 ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2016 @ 08:52am

  Is there some reason to think you and Obama are on the same side vis a vis the NSA? Is there some reason to think President Trump (oh my!) is less on your side than President Obama?

• On the post: Gone To Pot: The Toronto Maple Leafs And Snoop D-Oh-Double-G In Trademark Spat

  

  timmaguire42 ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2016 @ 04:53am

  How funny that a Canadian organization thinks it's well known enough by Americans that Americans will think of them when they see something kinda sorta similar.
  
  Most Americans can't even name the Premier, and we're supposed to automatically think of some corporate entity that owns a hockey team when we see a common word with a slightly wrong spelling?

• On the post: Cold War Documents Show The FBI Thinks It Can Be The CIA — And The US Military — If Just Given The Chance

  

  timmaguire42 ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2016 @ 04:35am

  That's not surprising--the FBI is doing what it is in the nature of bureaucracies to do. And we, unfortunately, have to remain ever vigilant against it.
  
  On a side note: "Long before Sarah Palin was keeping an eye on pesky Russians from the governor's mansion..."
  
  Sarah Palin never said that, Tina Fey said that while playing Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live. I do wish you people would get off the politics. Your thing is technology issues from a somewhat libertarian perspective. Every time you venture into partisan politics, you reveal yourselves to be ignorant and stupid.

• On the post: UK Home Secretary Agrees To Turn Over Accused Hacker Lauri Love To US Government

  

  timmaguire42 ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2016 @ 09:34am

  Re: Re: And is that the standard for not facing prosecution now?

  As I often say, "we're all on the spectrum." Yes, Asberger's is a mostly made up condition.

• On the post: UK Home Secretary Agrees To Turn Over Accused Hacker Lauri Love To US Government

  

  timmaguire42 ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2016 @ 09:33am

  Re: Re: And is that the standard for not facing prosecution now?

  Is that how it works? You are welcome to argue that that is how it SHOULD work, but if it's not how it works, then you should respectfully return all those misguided "insightful" clicks.

• On the post: Rutgers Lecturer Forcibly Sent For Psych Evaluation By NYPD For Some Tweets About The Election

  

  timmaguire42 ( profile ), 16 Nov, 2016 @ 11:40am

  Re:

  Agreed, that is a much closer call than anyone would guess from reading this thread. If he said "if" instead of "when," he'd have a stronger complaint. But he didn't. He said "when."

• On the post: Florida Voters Vote Down Bill Aimed At Hamstringing Solar Competition

  

  timmaguire42 ( profile ), 16 Nov, 2016 @ 08:46am

  Re: Re:

  Repeat after me: "Malthusians are always wrong. Always."

• On the post: Trump Transition Website Has Some Copyright Problems — Both In Copying Content & In Claiming Copyright

  

  timmaguire42 ( profile ), 16 Nov, 2016 @ 04:51am

  I refute you thus:

  "There is, at least, a strong argument of fair use here"

• On the post: Florida Voters Vote Down Bill Aimed At Hamstringing Solar Competition

  

  timmaguire42 ( profile ), 16 Nov, 2016 @ 04:40am

  "in an electoral climate where voting against your best self interests is the new sexy"
  
  Don't presume to know what is in my self-interest. You're not that smart.

• On the post: Let Them Eat Facts: Why Fact Checking Is Mostly Useless In Convincing Voters

  

  timmaguire42 ( profile ), 15 Nov, 2016 @ 11:24am

  Re: Re: Re: I doubt it

  Thanks to Anonymous Coward, below, Politifact, not Politico. I like Politico. Sorry for slandering you, Politico.

• On the post: Let Them Eat Facts: Why Fact Checking Is Mostly Useless In Convincing Voters

  

  timmaguire42 ( profile ), 15 Nov, 2016 @ 11:21am

  Re: Re: I doubt it

  As any politico reader knows, if Trump accurately says other NATO nations aren't pulling their weight, but also says he had bacon and eggs for breakfast when really he just had eggs, while Clinton correctly says her dress is white and then lies about taking bribes while secretary of state, then they are both 50% honest.
  
  And if Trump goes on to say he drives the speed limit when he was clocked doing 66 in a 65 zone while Hillary says nothing while her campaign pays people to go to Trump rallies and start fights so the press can write about violence at Trump rallies, then Hillary is, statistically speaking, more honest than Trump.

• On the post: Let Them Eat Facts: Why Fact Checking Is Mostly Useless In Convincing Voters

  

  timmaguire42 ( profile ), 15 Nov, 2016 @ 11:15am

  Re: I doubt it

  That went through my mind too--that fact could use a fact check. But it will never get one.

• On the post: Fighting For The First Amendment Is Going To Be A Priority: Help Us Do It

  

  timmaguire42 ( profile ), 15 Nov, 2016 @ 11:03am

  By the way, last week I accepted four free weeks from the New York Times with no obligation to buy. Am I counted as a new subscription? I bet I am.
  
  I'm going to go ahead and score that one a win for Trump. (Note their recent 96% drop in profits.)

• On the post: Fighting For The First Amendment Is Going To Be A Priority: Help Us Do It

  

  timmaguire42 ( profile ), 15 Nov, 2016 @ 11:00am

  Almost everyone hates political correctness in the abstract, but almost everyone has their sacred cows that must be protected. You can tell someone's true level of support for free speech by how they react when you gore their ox.
  
  (Is that a mixed metaphor? Or close enough for government work?)

• On the post: Let Them Eat Facts: Why Fact Checking Is Mostly Useless In Convincing Voters

  

  timmaguire42 ( profile ), 15 Nov, 2016 @ 10:54am

  Fact checking itself is a biased business with a problematic history. (Most fact-checking outlets are rightfully seen as shading their judgments to benefit a particular candidate or party.) If Facebook gets into that game, they will undermine themselves without adding a meaningful benefit to their audience.
  
  Best to let people fight it out among themselves.

• On the post: Comey Can't Say How Often Encryption Thwarts Investigations, But Probably A Lot

  

  timmaguire42 ( profile ), 15 Nov, 2016 @ 07:13am

  Dang liberty!

  Living in a free society, where citizens have rights necessarily entails making things harder for law enforcement. The KGB, the Stasi, they had it made. But that doesn't create any great desire in me to go commie. I'm fine with a police force that has to do a bit of extra leg work and occasionally can't close case. That's a trade off I'll happily take.

• On the post: Time Warner Cable Sued Again Over Sneaky Hidden Fees…By Plaintiff Not Seeking Monetary Damages

  

  timmaguire42 ( profile ), 15 Nov, 2016 @ 07:07am

  What doesn't have hidden fees these days?

  Fuel surcharges on airplanes (because apparently the airline didn't anticipate needing fuel when it set its prices), half a dozen line items on your phone bill, your cable bill. Buying a car? Good luck getting it for the agreed-upon price. Dealer delivery fee? Seriously?
  
  Hidden charges are everywhere. Supposedly we have laws against false advertising, but one would never know it doing business in this country.

• On the post: James Comey To Congress: About Those Hillary Clinton Emails I Mentioned Last Week? Meh, Forget About It, Nothing To See

  

  timmaguire42 ( profile ), 07 Nov, 2016 @ 05:27am

  Re: Re:

  "First off, eliminate all emails not having Clinton on the recievnig end."
  
  Why? What possible reason could there be to focus on emails sent to Clinton? If Clinton had to be involved, it should be as sender. But there's no reason for that limiter either. It should be all emails from or to Huma where the other party is in any way associated with the Clinton campaign. Anyone who gave a number is making it up out of whole cloth.

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

  

  timmaguire42 ( profile ), 07 Nov, 2016 @ 09:16am

  Insightful? You misspelled "laughably obtuse"

  There's something wrong with judging police by different standards than Syrian refugees? Really?
  
  That's an argument so dumb it's impossible to believe that even the person making it believes it. And that's your choice for insightful?

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