Nope. As you can see from her previous posts, Kathleen investigates legal proceedings extensively, so legalese was not a problem for her. Public Citizen first offered to help a few days ago as I recall.
Public Citizen offered to help, but AFAIK, they didn't have to do anything. Her pro se motion to quash was top-notch. That said, Public Citizen could presumably take this further if Kathleen and they think it's warranted.
She filed pro se. I understand Kathleen got some help from knowledgeable friends, but that's about it. The online free speech project at Public Citizen had offered to provide their legal help, but it would seem that Kathleen did such an excellent job with her pro se filing that Public Citizen didn't have to file anything.
Why not round up all those who might remotely be under suspicion of being communists too, then? Oh, wait, has been done.
Kathleen is a mother of a teen on the autism spectrum. It is utterly ridiculous to suspect she's being paid to blog about autism by "big pharma". Has a single instance of that ever been found to occur? A conspiracy theory is not a valid reason to burden bloggers with subpoenas.
17. The subpoena was not issued in good faith because its manifest purpose is not to elicit information relevant to determining Bayer's liability for Wesley Sykes' medical and developmental problems, but to indulge his parents' and their attorney's curiosity about my motivations and associations; to aggressively communicate their suspicion that I am not merely a fellow citizen who openly, intelligently and conscientiously disagrees with their public statements and actions, but a covert agent of the government, the pharmaceutical industry, or some other hidden force; to disrupt my relationships with my associates and news sources; and to intimidate, harass and retaliate against me for exercising my constitutional right to report and express opinions about matters of widespread public interest in which plaintiffs and plaintiffs' counsel are involved. These are not legitimate reasons to invoke the judicial subpoena power. Indeed, in so doing, Mr. Shoemaker has engaged in a sanctionable abuse of his authority as an officer of the court.
WHEREFORE, Kathleen Seidel prays her motion to quash this unconstitutional, unreasonable, irrelevant, excessive, invasive, burdensome, frivolous, and clearly retaliatory subpoena be ALLOWED.
Except that all the information Kathleen posts is supported by publicly available information, and Mr. Shoemaker no doubt knows this. The subpoena was issued 4 hours after Kathleen posted information about the money Shoemaker makes by losing vaccine injury cases. See her motion to quash.
Make no mistake, some people would like to silence Kathleen and at the same time indulge their delusions that she's part of an government/pharma/illuminati conspiracy. What has happened is clearly a threat to freedom of speech. Imagine if lawyers could just issue subpoenas if they see an opinion on the web they don't like.
I happen to think that the C# language is notably more fun and better to program in than Java, but that's just my opinion. So you must have used Java 1.4 pre-Eclipse, right?
This belief that God created humans "through evolution" is a little weird to be honest. Did he game the evolutionary process? The alternative is that he didn't know what would come out, sort of like a computer simulation of evolution (which has been done). But then, God is all-knowning, right? There's no guarantee either way that sentient or civilized beings would be the result.
Did God come about through evolution as well? How do you explain something infinitely complex just existing without the need for a creator? That's a tough one.
Evolution is science. Perhaps faulty, but still science. Correct or not, it does conform to the scientific method. It's a study of how the universe came to be. What are you even talking about?
As long as there is a way to manually audit the machines at random (a paper trail) I think computer counting is fine. Exit polls also act as a sort of double-check, but then, Kerry won the exit polls in 2004.
"'There's a real need to have better identity management, to declare your age and to know that when you're talking to, say, Barclays bank, that you're really doing so,' said Jonathan Zittrain"
The second part is HTTPS. The first part is probably client authentication.
"If you are a geek and high IQ I STRONGLY suggest taking etiquette classes, social interaction classes and do everything in your power to have the knowledge to fake being good at party socializing. You have to be the guy that everyone loves in the first 15 minutes of meeting them. Speak eloquently, be good at faking that you really are interested in how well her pedicure went and how that CEO of that company had a horrifying day because he had to way 30 minutes for road service to show up and fix his flat tire."
I would advise the opposite. Be who you are. Don't change yourself for the benefit of others or for a few extra bucks. Try to change the world instead.
Whoever thinks "I'm not only smart but clearly normal or better in every other way, except perhaps misunderstood" needs a reality check. The world doesn't work like that most of time. You'll be skilled in some areas and lacking in others. And I'm not saying that there's something wrong with "nerd". It's simply a word that describes a (relatively rare) type of person.
"High IQ teens stop and think and realize that risks of Sex as a teenager (STD, Pregnacny) will get in away with their life plans being with higher IQ society expects more from them with their life plans so they stay away from such risks."
Does anyone else buy this sort of rationalization?
An additional variable is that most posters here are not likely to be intellectually disabled (IQ below 70). If you consider this, then the grandparent's argument still applies.
No one has measured the average IQ in Slashdot. You're speculating. Although I'd like to know if there's a difference in Weschler vs. RPM scoring in this group. There isn't just one way to test IQ you know.
Slashdot Mirror
For those who distrust published science because of "conflicts of interest", if you'd like to analyze historic data yourself, it's not very difficult.
Are you sure that's not SkyNet?
Nope. As you can see from her previous posts, Kathleen investigates legal proceedings extensively, so legalese was not a problem for her. Public Citizen first offered to help a few days ago as I recall.
Public Citizen offered to help, but AFAIK, they didn't have to do anything. Her pro se motion to quash was top-notch. That said, Public Citizen could presumably take this further if Kathleen and they think it's warranted.
She filed pro se. I understand Kathleen got some help from knowledgeable friends, but that's about it. The online free speech project at Public Citizen had offered to provide their legal help, but it would seem that Kathleen did such an excellent job with her pro se filing that Public Citizen didn't have to file anything.
Why not round up all those who might remotely be under suspicion of being communists too, then? Oh, wait, has been done. Kathleen is a mother of a teen on the autism spectrum. It is utterly ridiculous to suspect she's being paid to blog about autism by "big pharma". Has a single instance of that ever been found to occur? A conspiracy theory is not a valid reason to burden bloggers with subpoenas.
That is incorrect. RTFMTQ (...Motion To Quash).
My name is not Kathleen, but check out the I am Kathleen campaign that has resulted from all this.
Except that all the information Kathleen posts is supported by publicly available information, and Mr. Shoemaker no doubt knows this. The subpoena was issued 4 hours after Kathleen posted information about the money Shoemaker makes by losing vaccine injury cases. See her motion to quash. Make no mistake, some people would like to silence Kathleen and at the same time indulge their delusions that she's part of an government/pharma/illuminati conspiracy. What has happened is clearly a threat to freedom of speech. Imagine if lawyers could just issue subpoenas if they see an opinion on the web they don't like.
This belief that God created humans "through evolution" is a little weird to be honest. Did he game the evolutionary process? The alternative is that he didn't know what would come out, sort of like a computer simulation of evolution (which has been done). But then, God is all-knowning, right? There's no guarantee either way that sentient or civilized beings would be the result. Did God come about through evolution as well? How do you explain something infinitely complex just existing without the need for a creator? That's a tough one.
to the insurance company I'm sure. It does not make sense socially.
As long as there is a way to manually audit the machines at random (a paper trail) I think computer counting is fine. Exit polls also act as a sort of double-check, but then, Kerry won the exit polls in 2004.
Except that borrowing older mythology is a more likely explanation.
If you apply the doomsday argument, the space program will not last that much.
Skynet Activation Imminent.
"'There's a real need to have better identity management, to declare your age and to know that when you're talking to, say, Barclays bank, that you're really doing so,' said Jonathan Zittrain" The second part is HTTPS. The first part is probably client authentication.
I would advise the opposite. Be who you are. Don't change yourself for the benefit of others or for a few extra bucks. Try to change the world instead.
Whoever thinks "I'm not only smart but clearly normal or better in every other way, except perhaps misunderstood" needs a reality check. The world doesn't work like that most of time. You'll be skilled in some areas and lacking in others. And I'm not saying that there's something wrong with "nerd". It's simply a word that describes a (relatively rare) type of person.
Hence, why nerds are realtively rare in the species, despite presumably having some cognitive advantages.
"High IQ teens stop and think and realize that risks of Sex as a teenager (STD, Pregnacny) will get in away with their life plans being with higher IQ society expects more from them with their life plans so they stay away from such risks." Does anyone else buy this sort of rationalization?
An additional variable is that most posters here are not likely to be intellectually disabled (IQ below 70). If you consider this, then the grandparent's argument still applies.
No one has measured the average IQ in Slashdot. You're speculating. Although I'd like to know if there's a difference in Weschler vs. RPM scoring in this group. There isn't just one way to test IQ you know.