I'll assume and hope that the paper does not have the person's real name. This can only lead to fishing expeditions on other issues where the authorities will demand that people identify themselves. These kinds of demands must be resisted, or there will be to pay down the line.
Yup. And shouldn't this type of information be shielded from broad powers of electronic surveillance?
Newspapers in the U.S. aren't really "empowered". They are given shielding from certain types of liability, such as that you must prove actual malice when accusing them of defamation of character.
Do the police have probable cause to suspect a crime was committed? Do they have the legal right to access that electronic communication? Whole lot of questions here.
Agreed. Either way the information flows, doesn't it really amount to electronic surveillance of your online communications by the courts? Seems like a dangerous step in the direction of "Big Brother".
But doesn't that set another strange/dangerous precedent? Why should the court be providing identifying info on jurors to newspapers? Would that later become a wide-spread practice?
Meh - you live in the country, you've got an inate responsibility. You don't want to sit on juries? Move to North Korea. Kim Jong Un will decide everything for you.
What is it then? If it travels faster than light, can you really still call it "light"? Needs a new name - I propose that instead of "light" or "fast light", we call it "Speedy Gonzales".
Exactly! We're talking iOS6 Maps, MobileMe, buttonless iPods, fart apps. Really advanced cruft that normal humans couldn't possibly comprehend. All we can do is stand in awe of the "Godlike" hipsters who wield these magical technologies.
What would a "God" really be? Someone with vastly higher intelligence, using technology that you can't comprehend. Everything they did would seem magical, mystical, miraculous. Since you couldn't even comprehend their world, all you would be able to do is make up myths and legends and tall tales to explain their "Godliness".
Desktop Android would steal 30% of the market for new laptop installations from MS within just a few years. If Asus wants to make monster profits, it would push for Desktop Android to get to market on its devices sooner rather than later.
No, actually Linus stole it from the likes of Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson.
Oddly these names rarely ever get mentioned in Linux discussions. I guess it really burns the fanbois to pay respects to the true giants of computing.
Shocking! Say it ain't so! It must be because nasty old Linus stole all that technology from Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson and Darl McBride.
Exactly! Tech "journalist": "Uh-huh, uh-huh -- free software, free as in free, freedom. OK - got it. No, I don't need a DVD - I'll just download the app onto my iPhone. You said its free, right?"
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I'll assume and hope that the paper does not have the person's real name. This can only lead to fishing expeditions on other issues where the authorities will demand that people identify themselves. These kinds of demands must be resisted, or there will be to pay down the line.
Yup. And shouldn't this type of information be shielded from broad powers of electronic surveillance?
Newspapers in the U.S. aren't really "empowered". They are given shielding from certain types of liability, such as that you must prove actual malice when accusing them of defamation of character.
Do the police have probable cause to suspect a crime was committed? Do they have the legal right to access that electronic communication? Whole lot of questions here.
Agreed. Either way the information flows, doesn't it really amount to electronic surveillance of your online communications by the courts? Seems like a dangerous step in the direction of "Big Brother".
But doesn't that set another strange/dangerous precedent? Why should the court be providing identifying info on jurors to newspapers? Would that later become a wide-spread practice?
But - could the commenter make an argument that this is some form of illegal electronic surveillance?
There's a simple way around that - don't say garbage on the internet that you wouldn't want people to know you are saying.
Meh - you live in the country, you've got an inate responsibility. You don't want to sit on juries? Move to North Korea. Kim Jong Un will decide everything for you.
What is it then? If it travels faster than light, can you really still call it "light"? Needs a new name - I propose that instead of "light" or "fast light", we call it "Speedy Gonzales".
Exactly! We're talking iOS6 Maps, MobileMe, buttonless iPods, fart apps. Really advanced cruft that normal humans couldn't possibly comprehend. All we can do is stand in awe of the "Godlike" hipsters who wield these magical technologies.
What would a "God" really be? Someone with vastly higher intelligence, using technology that you can't comprehend. Everything they did would seem magical, mystical, miraculous. Since you couldn't even comprehend their world, all you would be able to do is make up myths and legends and tall tales to explain their "Godliness".
Apple reported an $8.2 billion net profit for the quarter, not $15 billion. It was up 24% from $6.6 billion in the same quarter last year. http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2012/10/25Apple-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-Results.html
They reported net profits of $230 million - up 43% from $160 million last year. Its in the engadget article.
Desktop Android would steal 30% of the market for new laptop installations from MS within just a few years. If Asus wants to make monster profits, it would push for Desktop Android to get to market on its devices sooner rather than later.
Die in the game - take a taser blast to the butt from XBox. Wonder how many "hard core" gamers would prefer that over character deletion?
No, actually Linus stole it from the likes of Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson. Oddly these names rarely ever get mentioned in Linux discussions. I guess it really burns the fanbois to pay respects to the true giants of computing.
Shocking! Say it ain't so! It must be because nasty old Linus stole all that technology from Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson and Darl McBride.
... errrr .... I mean, "AC"?
Happy now, Darl
Anonymous might put their Guy Fawkes masks on and you'd have a full-blown 8-person protest outside the Hoover building.
They'll help your used chips find good homes in school computers and so forth: http://www.cristina.org/aboutus.html
You are absolutely wrong. 75% of super computers run on Linux. Go and see.
Shocking! Say it ain't so! It must be because nasty old Linux stole all that technology from Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.
Yeah, those nuns - HUGE problem.
Can it play Angry Birds? How many fart apps will run on it? These are the important questions.
Cause I mean - their like, so FAST. Right? Right? Surely not grubby old, crufty old Linux - right?
Computers are evil - didn't you know?
... that Linux (cloud) and Linux (Android) and BSD (Apple) made the stand-alone Desktop obsolete.
Exactly! Tech "journalist": "Uh-huh, uh-huh -- free software, free as in free, freedom. OK - got it. No, I don't need a DVD - I'll just download the app onto my iPhone. You said its free, right?"