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  1. Re:If you don't like it, don't watch it. on "Sensationalized Cruelty": FCC Complaints Regarding Game of Thrones · · Score: 4, Funny

    How cute. You actually believe that the majority of people who watch GoT pay for it.

    I believe that the majority of people who steal it don't have the balls to call the FCC and complain about it.

  2. Re:Glad they didn't read the books on "Sensationalized Cruelty": FCC Complaints Regarding Game of Thrones · · Score: 1

    Does Jesus count as a zombie?

    If you're dead for 3 days and then come back to life, you're a zombie. Jesus is the very definition of a zombie.

    That is not accurate. Zombies are not alive. They are undead. If you come back to life, you are not undead, you are alive.

  3. Re:I just got bored of the bloody thing on "Sensationalized Cruelty": FCC Complaints Regarding Game of Thrones · · Score: 1

    as one who has thoroughly enjoyed reading the books, and generally enjoys the show, i'm hardly unbiased. i'm also not going to argue for historical accuracy or realism, since, obviously, it's a work of fiction. but in the sense of depicting a time/place where people were generally assholes, and sometimes did terrible things to each other, i find the sometimes-very-graphic depictions of those things perfectly acceptable.

    For some reason, I was very strongly reminded of work.

  4. Re:Unintended consequences on California Bill Would Dramatically Limit Commercial Drones · · Score: 1

    If a real estate agent is taking pictures of a house, then that is for commercial purposes and is subject to a whole other set of rules.
    The California law doesn't prevent the rel estate agent from going up to the neighbor's house and knocking on the door and explaining that they want to take pictures of their listing and they may accidentally stray over the neighbor's property and get permission to do so.

  5. Re:Cry me a river on California Bill Would Dramatically Limit Commercial Drones · · Score: 1

    Imagine logging on to a grocery store website, choosing the items you want and clicking deliver. Drone is loaded up at the warehouse and flies the goods right to your door.

    That would be far too expensive to do by drone. They should do it with a delivery truck instead and load up all of the orders in an area together.

  6. How many license plates is that? on Oakland Changes License Plate Reader Policy After Filling 80GB Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    7 bytes for the number. 8 bytes each for longitude and latitude, 4 bytes for the date. allow 3 bytes for indexing. So basically 30 bytes per record. That is enough storage space for over 2.5 billion license plates or 205 records per registered vehicle in California.

  7. Re:Free wifi on AT&T Hotspots Now Injecting Ads · · Score: 1

    WARNING: Web pages you view may be recorded or altered by AT&T or its affiliates. Web pages and other content retrieved may not reflect the content available over a standard internet connection. Information you enter or retrieve may be transferred or sold to third parties. AT&T is not responsible for malware injected into your content by its affiliates, or damage done to you or your computer by said malware.

    Add to that "Do not use this connection under any circumstances."

  8. Re:Can You Say Lawsuit? on AT&T Hotspots Now Injecting Ads · · Score: 1

    No they aren't placing ads on someone's web site. They are injecting ads when the traffic transits their network. Completely different and I would say it is fine to do. After all it is THEIR network that you are using for free. Personally I would avoid using such networks.

    Not for free. It is included as part of your service as an AT&T customer.
    The browser can avoid using such networks, but the people serving up the websites should also be outraged by this illegal copyright infringement. Their only shoice is to sue or block the AT&T backbone.

  9. Re:Copyright? on AT&T Hotspots Now Injecting Ads · · Score: 2

    Along those lines, is using adblock+ copyright infringement? Is something that was served up dynamically copyrightable?

  10. Re:Copyright? on AT&T Hotspots Now Injecting Ads · · Score: 1

    It definitely won't be the criminal penalties you or me would face if we did the same thing for monetary gain. There are two standards. One for corporations, and another standard for individuals. It's been that way for far too long.

    So incorporate. No reason not to enjoy the protections that the law was specifically written to provide.

  11. Re:What a bunch of stupid Republicans on Massachusetts Boarding School Sued Over Wi-Fi Sickness · · Score: 1

    They hate science, as their xian religion demands, so they don't understand anything. They just lash out and attack like scared animals. That is what they're acting like. Scared animals. Their kind just doesn't think logically.

    Please produce the documents which prove that these people are Republicans and Christians and not just whatever kind of stupid worthless waste of carbon that you are.

  12. Re:You're missing the point..... on Massachusetts Boarding School Sued Over Wi-Fi Sickness · · Score: 1

    Wonder if they have a microwave in their house? Or any CFL?

    No doubt they have WiFi. That's why they had to send their kid to boarding school.

  13. Re:commentsubjectsaredumb on Massachusetts Boarding School Sued Over Wi-Fi Sickness · · Score: 1

    The doctor has every "alternative" medicine category listed on her website, and strangely enough, she doesn't accept any form of insurance. I guess when people pay cash, she's willing to tell people whatever they want to hear and she doesn't have to worry about an insurance company questioning her care.

    Insurance companies only pay for western medicinal treatment, not witch doctorin'.

  14. Re:commentsubjectsaredumb on Massachusetts Boarding School Sued Over Wi-Fi Sickness · · Score: 1

    My personal favorite:

    Different tests are used to assess the regulatory ability of the body such as Heart Rate Variability, line cell analysis. The dental impacts on health are also assessed. Treatments include diet/nutrition, intestinal balancing, sauna, IV nutrients, complex homeopathy as well as herbs, vitamins, minerals, and enzymes. Healing requires a commitment to change. An individual needs to be willing to participate in their healing. The goal is to remove toxins or blockages and allow the body to heal itself.

    How she's not been reported to her state's medical board is beyond me.

    Wow, the defense needs to present this in court so her diagnosis can be laughed out the door. This woman is practicing superstition, not medicine.

  15. Re:What does Science have to say about this? on Massachusetts Boarding School Sued Over Wi-Fi Sickness · · Score: 1

    This is a California thing in general. There are some additional California rules that go beyond ADA requirements that tend to be abused. There is essentially no enforcement though, except by roving bands of lawyers who threaten to sue people. This is by design because it is cheaper than hiring regulators paid by the state (and it's also Republican friendly to have private enterprise suing people). It's cheaper to pay off the lawyer than to go to court and get an exemption or time extension or clarification of the rules.

    This happens in Oklahoma City, too. When business gets slow, painting companies will drive around looking for houses that need paint and report them to the city, then within a couple of days of the notices getting sent out, this company goes door to door seeing if they would like their house painted.

  16. Re:What does Science have to say about this? on Massachusetts Boarding School Sued Over Wi-Fi Sickness · · Score: 1

    A mental illness is still an illness. So the ADA would still apply.

    Yes but what should the school do about it? Screw everyone else because they have one disabled child? Or provide a facility for the disabled child to work within the system.

    I say we put the kid in a cage.

    Well, I know that in public schools they will compromise the health of the rest of the student body by removing healthy nuts from the menu due to one child's allergy, so I would not be surprised if they required the school to hardwire every classroom. Kind of sucks for tablets and phones though.

  17. Re: What does Science have to say about this? on Massachusetts Boarding School Sued Over Wi-Fi Sickness · · Score: 1

    Can bad parenting be considered a disability?

    In today's society? Absolutely. You can get away with all kinds of criminal activity just by claiming poor home life or being bullied when you were a kid.
    Pretty much every body has this excuse because it usually takes about 25 years before the average person learns how to be a good parent.

  18. Give the inmates guns on 2 Arrested In Plot To Fly Contraband Into Prison With Drone · · Score: 1

    Give the inmates guns and let them shoot down the drones.

  19. Re:more corporate cronyism courtesy of the FTC on Court: FTC Can Punish Companies With Sloppy Cybersecurity · · Score: 0, Troll

    We shouldn't be punishing companies for lax security. We should be punishing criminals for breaking in. There should be no need to even have a password. There should be only a user name to identify the customer. The fact that we accept that people are going to try to access other people's accounts and rather than consider punishing them, we consider instead to punish the victim of the crime for wearing such a short skirt is just appalling.
    We shouldn't have to have passwords, lock doors, have security systems, or any of this. people who seek to access other people's accounts, break into their houses or businesses, or steal their stuff don't deserve to be part of our society.

  20. Re:Hmmm ... on Swatch Trademarks "One More Thing..." · · Score: 1

    Section 14 is far too broad and section 09 is insanely too broad. Trademark denied.

  21. Re:Very sad - but let's get legislation in place N on Ashley Madison Hack Claims First Victims · · Score: 1

    Because he likely is unable to actually compensate for the loss. Most criminals breaking and entering houses are poor. That's why they are B&Eing houses.

    Yes, that would be why they always go straight for the refrigerator and the pantry.

  22. Re:Very sad - but let's get legislation in place N on Ashley Madison Hack Claims First Victims · · Score: 1

    Why isn't the criminal responsible for the homeowner's loss?

  23. Re:Very sad - but let's get legislation in place N on Ashley Madison Hack Claims First Victims · · Score: -1

    This should create the head of steam required to get some legislation passed to make companies and specific executives SUFFER if they screw up their data security. Ultimately that means if an executive is advised that a system is insecure, fails to act and it gets hacked, the executive needs to personally liable, with a small taste of prison. It happening once is all that is required....

    Let's do that for homeowners too. If you are told that your door is unlocked, but you still don't lock it, and some robber comes and steals your stuff, the homeowner should be thrown in jail. And the burglar should be given a medal for exposing the lack of security in the house.
    Sadly, somebody will think this is serious and not just an analogy.

  24. Against the ToS on Twitter Blocks API Access For Sites Monitoring Politicians' Deleted Tweets · · Score: 1

    Political or not, keeping deleted tweets is against the Terms of Service. No need to jump up and down and cry foul just because the summary mentioned political tweet apps that were shutdown. Nobody is supposed to be doing it.
    Jump up and down if other clients are doing it and not getting banned.

  25. Murder is a petty crime? on In Baltimore and Elsewhere, Police Use Stingrays For Petty Crimes · · Score: 1

    So the one example the give us is a murder. Maybe that is petty crime in Baltimore. These days that seems likely. In other parts of the country, murder is frowned upon. The annoying thing is that, by ignoring all the rules, this murderer is likely to be let off with a technicality and be back on the streets, murdering with impunity.