Slashdot Mirror


User: sumdumass

sumdumass's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
21,443
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 21,443

  1. Re:And the motorcycles .... on Ask Slashdot: Hacking Urban Noise? · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Like I said, it's legal. and I don't care what other think. If they can turn up their stereo, if they can argue with their spouses at the top of their lungs, of they can yell for their kids instead of going and getting them, if they can hammer something or run an electric saw or anything else that makes a loud noise, so can I.

  2. Re:Constitutional challenge to the DMCA on New Content-Delivery Tech Should Be Presumed Illegal, Says Former Copyright Boss · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I doubt he would get laughed out of court. Because not only would he argue article 1, he would argue 9th amendment as in it limits the copyright clause and the interstate commerce clause and that because the DMCA authorizes the library of congress to designate what technology can be circumvented but creates a situation where it cannot legally be circumvented by the lay person.

    He would also have to argue that the WPPT and WTC WIPO treaties as ratified are unconstitutional too seeing how the DMCA is a product to comply with them. But if the anti-circumvention clauses of the DMCA is granted then the supremacy clause would also kick in because regardless the content of a treaty, it has to be made pursuant to and in line with the constitution.

    Either way, those are some legitimate questions that would need to be answered if brought up. Laughing wouldn't really be on the table. On the other hand, he would have to show cause in order to get the case heard which is highly unlikely to happen without being in jeopardy of the punishment of the laws. It would cost lots of money.

  3. Re:Boat-like? on Concept Aquatic Rover May Explore a Lake On Titan · · Score: 1

    The amount and type of power needed for a sub might pose a problem without something on the surface. Perhaps the first priority might be to get there and see how long we can last, then use the boat as a relay for communications or something.

  4. Re:And the motorcycles .... on Ask Slashdot: Hacking Urban Noise? · · Score: -1, Troll

    Your freedom to make noise ends where my ears begin.

    Do you think? The law doesn't think so.

    Or else you'll find I express my freedom through smashing up your truck.

    You don't even have the balls to post your threat under a real name/moniker. I highly doubt you will have the balls to act on any of your threats. But come and try, we will put that internet black belt to use.

  5. Re:Small Peckers on Ask Slashdot: Hacking Urban Noise? · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    lol.. I like your style of asshatery. I already stated the reasons, I like the heart pumping sound of raw power. Not only do you declare what I am doing is because of something you demand, you then go on to tell me what I must do to be free.

    Well, Fuck off..lol If I didn't want to be free, I would listen and do what you tell me to do with my money and property. But since I want to be free, you can suck my undersized whatever (that you will find to be large enough for you to doubt your own manhood) for all I care. I will do what I want for the reasons I want and you will have an easier time doing anything else then you will trying to shame me or force me to do something different.

    We are free, not free as long as I do as I'm told. You remind me of someone who buys land beside a hog farm the bitches about the smell trying to run the farm out of business. You also remind me of the type of person who don't go to bars any more because they always get their ass kicked.

  6. Re:I can only assume on The Text Message Typo That Landed a Man In Jail · · Score: 1

    All such laws are illegal, as they violate fundamental rights arising under the 9th and 10th Amendments, rights retained by the people, and rights reserved to the people. The 9th Amendment provides for rights to reasonable conduct and to not be subject to any penalty, including the penalty of wasted time, for any innocent action. It is necessarily the case that the circumstances of an action are always relevant to determining whether or not wrongdoing has occurred.

    Well, first off, the texting happened in England, but the laws I know of in the US have existed for quite some time. Take driving a car with expire/no registration. If you are caught doing it, it does not matter what your intent it, you are in a violation of it. That actually happened to me, A friend called and told me he was drunk at a bar and wanted a ride home. I caught a ride to pick him up and drove his car home. I got a citation for expired tags in his car and there was nothing I could do about it because the law only asks if the circumstances were true or false- did I drive a car with expired tags.

    Judges or other legal professionals, or other government officials, who permit laws to the contrary are violating their oaths to uphold the Bill of Rights. In the eyes of the 9th Amendment, for a government official to arrest or imprison someone in such matters is indistinguishable from a private citizen engaging in criminal kidnapping. It is not within the legal authority of government to grant either immunity or right to pardon to government officials or to legal professionals that enforce such patently illegal laws. Any rulings to the contrary by any court, up to and including Supreme Courts, are illegal rulings that place the judges involved in such rulings in violation of their oaths to uphold the Bill of Rights and immediately disqualify them from holding any position of public trust or responsibility.

    I'm not sure the amendment mean exactly as you think they do. Obviously, the courts who adjudicate the laws do not.

    Juries always have the authority, right, and responsibility to refuse to enforce such laws.

    You do not always get a right to a jury for minor infractions. Although this isn't necessarily a minor infraction concerning the texts, but they aren't subject to the US constitution either.
    .
    The rest of your post, I do not necessarily disagree with except maybe the entire race based slavery. Before this country was ever a country, race determined class of people and what type of rights they were capable of. This is the direct result of a slave escape in which many plantation owners and their families were killed circa 1600 or so. White slaves banded together with black slaves and tried to escape to a free spanish colony in Florida. The result was laws put into effect that mandated Africans would never be the same class of people as whites and that whites could potential secure their freedoms and become regular citizens. This was in effect a way to stop all the slaves of a plantation from ganging up on the owners and free workers in charge because the whites could become free normal people eventually.

    The post civil war problems with racism was also a result of that sub-citizen mentality with a new mentality concerning job protection. Slave newly released did not have an income or a way to feed themselves so when they were dumped into the economy, they often took jobs from the whites at lesser pay (think illegals and the debate today and substitute Negros for those illegals). This sparked the KKK and other groups who fired up feelings of hatred to preserve jobs and values for the whites. It was more or less the continuation of the sub-citizen culture that was at one time mandated by law and a cultural norm. It would take several dozen decades for this to end.

  7. Re:are the windows.. on Ask Slashdot: Hacking Urban Noise? · · Score: 1

    In a sort of opposite way, I never had issues with road noise at a location I lived in until the city took out two mature trees and a couple dozen shrubs to repair some sewer line that went through the property I was renting.

    After all that was removed, the road noise was noticeable where it wasn't in the first place. a first we thought it was the construction work fixing the lines but it lasted long after they left. After talking with the land lord and finding he had no intention of replacing the trees or shrubs, we moved to a farm house just outside the city.

    So don't be afraid to look at other things like natural sound deadening plants and stuff outside the house too.

  8. Re:And the motorcycles .... on Ask Slashdot: Hacking Urban Noise? · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You think that not conforming to your ideal quiet life style is not about freedom?

    It's like saying, yeah, all motorcycles are about freedom except those over there that won't do what we expect of them. Let's make fun of them and say it's because they have small peckers or need attention.

    I put loud exhausts on my cars and trucks because I want to. They sound good and I like the heart thumping sound of raw power. It isn't because I want anyone's approval or attention, it's because I want to do what I want to do and have something that sounds like I like it to sound. If that isn't about freedom in your book, you need to search for a better definition.

  9. Re:FTA... on The Text Message Typo That Landed a Man In Jail · · Score: 1

    Anti-Science Movement? Intelligent design in schools. Portraying scientists as "academic elitists" who shouldn't be listened to.

    That's not quite anti science, it's more equall access. Besides, school curriculum is a state issue, not a federal one. Let's look at your other ideas.

    backwards Rights for Women: Cutting availability of contraception and childcare at the same time.

    First, neither of those is a right. Second, the contraception thing was about extending additional coverage mandates, not taking something that was there and established away. As for the childcare, I'm not entirely sure what you are talking about. I would hope the federal government is not involved in providing childcare at all.

    Insisting on extremely invasive procedures before legal medical procedures as a method of discouragement/punishment/humiliation.

    lol.. I need some cites. I've not heard of this. I've heard of counseling and making sure the woman understand exactly what an abortion is before having one, but nothing extremely invasive. And as far as I know, that is a state issue because the Roe decision said the feds couldn't get involved. Now I have seen where Romney wants to see Roe over turned, but he's not running to be a judge.

    Removal of regulations for equal pay for women.

    Bullshit. What they want to remove is the new law saying that women can sit for 50 years then decide they weren't paid the same as a man and sue where in some situations, records are not even available to defend themselves. The problem with the new law is that any woman who negotiates a salary less then any comparable male's salary, even if it is just to get a job, they now have grounds to sue (because of their own actions) 200 years later if they are still alive.

    Allowing employers to cut medical care for women based on religious beliefs (which subjugate women).

    I'm calling bullshit on this one too. A group of unelected officials all the sudden decides that all religious organizations have to ignore their doctrine and provide something that has been a spiritual off limits device ever since it was created. And after the outrage over it, the Obamacare panel (the unelected officials who aren't even confirmed by congress) decided that Churches do not have to provide birth control but they have to pay the premium for it because they know the damn decree was unconstitutional. In the past, we would wait for congress to pass a fucking unconstitutional law, now we have appointed committees not governed by congress decreeing it by proclamation. And to this point, the federal government should not be dictating everyone gets birth control in the first place. Sex is a private issue and your enjoyment or participation in it, unless there is an over ridding medical condition that needs addressed, should be taken care of by those participating in it- not the federal government. Now you got the government in your bed room which is quite frightening, especially when they decide that anal sex and Vaginal to vaginal sex is too dangerous because of the spread of aids and the lack of effectiveness of condoms so it will be outlaws as decreed by this unelected panel who congress doesn't even confirm to the post.

    If you think any of that is a good idea, you are crazy.

    Marriage is a contract. The ability of all people to enter into a contract is a Civil Right. The guarantee of Civil Rights is a federal issue.

    Marriage is a licensed activity that state government regulates who can and cannot participate in as to the interest of the society it serves. It is not a contract else you would not need a prenuptial agreement or a divorce decree issued and or approved by a judge. Children can enter into contracts with their parents permission and yet, children cannot get married. Brother and Sister can legally enter a contract and yet they cannot get married.

    I've seen a lot of things you simply have not thought through. I hope you decide to do a better job on that when you get back to me on those other issues.

  10. Re:FTA... on The Text Message Typo That Landed a Man In Jail · · Score: 0

    Here is a question I can't seem to get an answer to. If insurance is ok for obamacare, then why isn't it ok for medicare? Medicare already pays insurance companies to do its billing and processing. I'm not sure there would be a big difference outside the government keeping the funds payed in buy the citizens who die early.

  11. Re:FTA... on The Text Message Typo That Landed a Man In Jail · · Score: 0

    What backwards slide in rights for women? And what growing anti science movement?

    Marriage is a state issue. It shouldn't even be on the federal stage.

  12. Re:Wait, what? on The Text Message Typo That Landed a Man In Jail · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Are you sure about that? Sentencing someone to 18 months in prison for a mistakenly sent text?

    I think I would temper the condescending tone a bit. The reason why kids get driven to events in the US is largely because they are far away and too close together to school or other obligations to make it on public transportation and/or a bike in time. There is also the problem of early sunsets in the winter time (when school is in session) where a lot of sports events are held after dark making riding a bike a bit dangerous. We also aren't crammed into boxes living assholes to elbows from each other like a lot of people are in Europe..

      Besides, this is all pointless because the coach probably asked for a contact number and the kids gave him their cell numbers instead of the home phone or their parent's cell number. At least with the kid's number, they didn't have to worry about if Dad or Mom was taking them or if they were riding with someone else or whatever could happen when you can't contact someone directly.

  13. Re:I can only assume on The Text Message Typo That Landed a Man In Jail · · Score: 2

    The law probably is specific and doesn't take intent or mens rea into consideration outside of X is illegal, is this X for the less obvious ways to approach someone for sex.

    It may be that the jury had nothing to say in the matter other then he was behind the messages. WE have a few laws like that in the US. Mostly, they are trivial laws like driving a motor vehicle without valid registration.

    http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/s_to_u/sentencing_manual/s10_causing_or_inciting_a_child_to_engage_in_sexual_activity/

    It appears if he didn't say skin on skin, or name any genitalia, he would have gotten community service at the first hearing.

  14. Re:ASIC!? Oh... on ASIC Seeks Power To Read Your Emails · · Score: 1

    Me too. My first thought was a spam filter on a chip... Then I read the summery.

  15. Re:Do unto others on What Should Start-Ups Do With the Brilliant Jerk? · · Score: 1

    Maybe that is where the movie got the idea from. It's been that way in the US for ages.

    I did a quick check, it appears that you need and understanding of the constitution, able to read and write, and know some US history. However, I didn't see where you had to take a test like traditional routes. It isn't a full term of service either. It's one year during peace times and 1 day or more during designated times of hostilities which is laid out in the immigration and naturalization act as long as your separation from the military was honorable.. Curiously, until a president writes an executive order stating otherwise, we have been in one of those designated times of hostilities since Sept. 11 2001.

  16. Re:Are 'smart' meters mandatory? on Smart-Grid Control Software Maker Hacked · · Score: 1

    On demand gas or propane is the best solution for a water heater. The smart grid turning your water heater off is problematic if you are not a 9-5er or had a couple of kids. I can easily run out of hot water on certain days because the damn thing is off and need to take a shower in the cold to save making the kids do the same. God forbid someone starts a load of laundry at the wrong time either.

    Well, when I say can, I meant before I change the heater out. Put in an on demand gas system and never run out of hot water. I spend less money to boot.

  17. Re:smart grid, stupid access and control sw on Smart-Grid Control Software Maker Hacked · · Score: 1

    I had 3 t1 connections connecting 3 buildings in 2 different states together in 2000 and none of it provided internet.

    If you can get the internet, you can get communications not on the internet. It doesn't solve all the problems you listed, but isolating control systems and using a VPN to access their networks means you can at least have a front end that has good patch management/antimalware/security monitoring systems and processes. It will just cost more.

  18. Re:Beware third Parties on Google Gets Into Politics With Civic Info API · · Score: 2

    You mean with the app itself poisoning the results? I would imagine that enough people would complain about it that it would be at least suspect.

    The type of people who would use an app for purposed like this are the type who can easily find places to complain to. The app store who distributed it is a logical one, but facebook and others would be right up there too.

  19. Re:So the google gay marriage campaign...? on Google Gets Into Politics With Civic Info API · · Score: 1

    Here, they only send the paper out if your poling location changed for whatever reason. You have to actually request one when you change your address if you move. Otherwise it si in the same place it was the year before.

  20. Re:imprisoned indefinitely without trial on US Military Designates Julian Assange an "Enemy of State" · · Score: 1

    Declaring war is not the "only" way to declare a state or an organization or person an enemy of the US. We never declared war against the USSR but the cold war definitely had them listed as the enemy. The President is head of state and foreign relations. We do not need to go to war to have enemies.

  21. Re:The Jerk on What Should Start-Ups Do With the Brilliant Jerk? · · Score: 1

    no, jerk-off is slang for jack-off which is where your uncle Jack, who is often a jerk, is stuck on a roof and you need to get him down. About once a week, jack would be chased onto the roof for being a jerk and at the end of the day, someone had to help Jack off.

  22. Re:Do unto others on What Should Start-Ups Do With the Brilliant Jerk? · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure why they would be concerned about you being born in Canada unless that made you an illegal immigrant. The US military has lots of non-citizens in it. In fact, that's one of the easiest and most direct way for foreigners to become a citizen. Serve a complete term in the military and its automatic with no tests or anything.

    I bet it had more to do with downsizing.

  23. Re:No need to.... on Why Apple Replaced iOS Maps · · Score: 1

    How about both of them are?

    I mean he gave a good convincing post on why he thinks the way he does and it is obvious from the passion in his posts that he cares about something involved. Just because it may be the case of the pot calling the kettle black doesn't mean that they aren't both similar.

  24. Re:So that's what he gets... on US Military Designates Julian Assange an "Enemy of State" · · Score: 1

    I'm still waiting on all the damning stuff. So far, all it seems to be is petty BS that amounts to about as much scandal as some high school chik having the hots for another girl's man and trying to break them up.

    Hell, even the collateral murder video was nothing alarming once you saw the real version instead of the cut down for whatever reason version. .

  25. Re:imprisoned indefinitely without trial on US Military Designates Julian Assange an "Enemy of State" · · Score: 1

    Well, you could always become one of them (media or politician) and be the person that makes the difference. Or you could ignore the designation and the possible repercussions and go to wikileaks and face the consequences.

    I'm sure there are a lot of things that can be done about it. But i think the media does do a decent job of reporting on the military. I'm willing to bet most of your illegal shit isn't actually illegal either.