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• On the post: Investigators, Reporters Close In On The Origins Of Those Fake Net Neutrality Comments

  

  xebikr ( profile ), 22 Feb, 2019 @ 07:49am

  Re: Hijacking your name

  Dictionaries will always lag behind actual English meaning. Dictionaries describe how words are used, they don't prescribe how we must use them. As long as the meaning behind the statement is understood by a majority of the audience, the word used is correct. You might successfully argue that a different word would be portray the intended meaning to larger percentage of readers, but that doesn't mean the original choice was wrong, only that it was less clear.

• On the post: Internet Archives Liberates Old Books Using Never Used Before Provision Of Copyright Law

  

  xebikr ( profile ), 13 Oct, 2017 @ 09:29am

  Re: Re: Re: So where's the problem?

  (B) a copy or phonorecord of the work can be obtained at a reasonable price;
  
  The 'moron' part was completely uncalled for, though.

• On the post: Outgoing FCC Boss Reminds Trump Supporters That Net Neutrality Is Good For Them, Too

  

  xebikr ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2017 @ 08:30am

  Re: Re: On a side note

  I think less important than the number of EO's are the subject and scope. I don't have time to research this right now, but I think that kind of analysis would be very interesting.

• On the post: Basically All Big Tech Companies Deny Scanning Communications For NSA Like Yahoo Is Doing

  

  xebikr ( profile ), 05 Oct, 2016 @ 05:49am

  Typo?

  'it seems worth nothing' or 'it seems worth noting'? With all the secrecy, their denials might be considered worth nothing, but I think you meant the latter.

• On the post: Court Dumps Cops' Complaint They Were Unfairly Treated After Shooting Two Unarmed Suspects 47 Times

  

  xebikr ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2016 @ 08:15am

  Re: Re: And knives. Don't forget about knives.

  How about this one? It was a toy sword. http://www.rawstory.com/2014/11/no-charges-for-utah-cops-who-shot-man-holding-cosplay-sword-six-times-in-back/

• On the post: FBI's Scorched Earth Approach To Apple Means That Tech Companies Now Have Even Less Incentive To Help Feds

  

  xebikr ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2016 @ 11:37am

  Re: Re: Re:

  I think your issue is you insist on defining a backdoor as immediate access, and almost no one else does. You can argue with people forever if you redefine the terms to suit yourself.
  
  My definition of backdoor is a ham sandwich. The FBI is absolutely not asking Apple for a ham sandwich.

• On the post: Judge Says Warner Chappell Doesn't Hold The Copyright On Happy Birthday (But Not That It's Public Domain)

  

  xebikr ( profile ), 23 Sep, 2015 @ 10:30am

  Orphened work

  So now... Happy Birthday is not in the public domain AND there is no way to license its use? Does this mean lawyers are going to argue against including it at all?

• On the post: Company Acquires Rights To Drug Used By AIDS/Cancer Patients; Immediately Raises Per Pill Price From Under $14 To $750

  

  xebikr ( profile ), 21 Sep, 2015 @ 10:25am

  Re: Re:

  Dammit! I saw "acquired the rights" and "drug" and I completely missed the not patented part. So, is something preventing a generic company from coming in and offering it? And what are the rights that were acquired? Is this now trademark law that is killing people?

• On the post: Company Acquires Rights To Drug Used By AIDS/Cancer Patients; Immediately Raises Per Pill Price From Under $14 To $750

  

  xebikr ( profile ), 21 Sep, 2015 @ 08:23am

  Remember kids, patents kill!

• On the post: Sexting Teen Charged With Sexually Exploiting Himself

  

  xebikr ( profile ), 04 Sep, 2015 @ 07:03am

  Re:

  So a law that was designed to protect children from adults should be used by adults to hurt children? Because "the law is the law"? Every time I hear about one of these cases it infuriates me. It's just so painfully stupid. To those involved with bringing charges: Stop wasting resources ruining kids' lives, and go do something productive.
  
  And the newspaper? I want to punch that writer and his editor in the nose. Exceptionally irresponsible 'journalism'.

• On the post: SciFi Headline Turns Real: US Drone Kills ISIS Hacker

  

  xebikr ( profile ), 27 Aug, 2015 @ 10:00am

  I know, right? It's just an execution, unilaterally decided with no trial, evidence, or legal justification. Why would this require more than mild disapproval?

• On the post: The Day Someone Signed Me Up For An Ashley Madison Account (That Day Would Be Yesterday)

  

  xebikr ( profile ), 21 Aug, 2015 @ 10:44am

  Re:

  At some point one of our trolls will confuse sites and post here using the nick "wtf15604". No?

  
  I would never be that careless.

• On the post: Anti-Whistleblower 'Ag-Gag' Law Ruled Unconstitutional

  

  xebikr ( profile ), 04 Aug, 2015 @ 08:08am

  Re:

  I agree. Pay attention, European courts.

• On the post: Hollywood Resists Revealing Details Of Its Cozy Relationship With Mississippi AG Jim Hood, But Glimpses Come Out

  

  xebikr ( profile ), 06 Jul, 2015 @ 10:08am

  whose hand was shoved so far up Hood's behind that it was a bit unseemly.

  
  The metaphor started strong, but ended weak. Please reword. Suggestion: whose hand was shoved so far up Hood's behind that even proctologists were uncomfortable watching it.

• On the post: Russia's Internet Propaganda Farm Is Being Dragged To Court For Labor Violations

  

  xebikr ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2015 @ 10:14am

  Re:

  You're late. This story's been up for an hour already.

• On the post: Google Was Gagged For Four Years From Talking About Fighting The Wikileaks Investigation

  

  xebikr ( profile ), 24 Jun, 2015 @ 12:12pm

  To overuse a metaphore:

  They are under separate roofs, but the buildings all share walls with big holes in them so they can scratch each others' backs. Or something. Maybe it's a communal sink. Now I'm confused.

• On the post: Google Was Gagged For Four Years From Talking About Fighting The Wikileaks Investigation

  

  xebikr ( profile ), 24 Jun, 2015 @ 11:36am

  Re: DoJ is Judicial Branch

  Well actually: the DoJ is Executive. Easy mistake, though, as they like to pretend they are Judge, Jury, and Executioner.

• On the post: Senate Rejects Fast Track Bill For TPP Agreement: Back To The Drawing Board

  

  xebikr ( profile ), 12 May, 2015 @ 02:03pm

  “I’ll always be open, but we’ve just been jerked around here too much,” Hatch said. “I expect people to live their word just like I do.”

  
  
  Well with the bar set so low, how could people ever fail to meet his expectations?

• On the post: Law Enforcement's Cluelessness On Display In Congressional Hearing On Undermining Encryption

  

  xebikr ( profile ), 30 Apr, 2015 @ 11:27am

  Let's think outside the triangle

  I'm no expert. I'm probably the least mathematically savvy guy in this room, maybe. But, there are a lot of great minds in the United States. I'm trying to figure out a way to balance the interests here. So I would say to the math community, let's get the best minds in the United States on this. We can balance the interests here. We can somehow find a way to apply Pythagoras's Theorem selectively. We can't handicap our law enforcement by requiring them to work with the assumption that a^2 + b^2 *always* equals c^2 in right triangles. Do you want ISIS on your front lawn! THAT'S what were talking about here!

• On the post: Designer Still Pursuing Bogus Takedown Of Periodic Table Of HTML Elements; Has No Idea How Copyright Works

  

  xebikr ( profile ), 24 Apr, 2015 @ 02:03pm

  Please check your facts before you publish!

  And this has to be the first recorded use of the phrase "jarringly similar."

  A cursory search easily found this, a book from 1979. This lapse of editorial control has ruined TechDirt's reputation for me forever.

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