Comment Re:What benefit to announcing it? (Score 2) 203
My Western Electric Model 1500 begs to differ.
My Western Electric Model 1500 begs to differ.
There's an easier way. Just put the phone in airplane mode. Problem solved.
(Some minor loss in functionality may occur, but you can never be too safe....)
You can get all of that stuff from alt.binaries.erotica.* without needing a YouTube account.
I figured they'd love "China will grow larger."
That precise experience inspired the sig I've had for a few years.
What's so damned special about relationships? If it's about equality, then tell me, why does a childless married couple pay less in tax than a widow with a child who earns the same as the couple? I'd say the widow's relationship to the child matters to society, the couple's relationship doesn't matter to anyone but them.
Why is it legal to discriminate on the basis of marriage?
Why does any government in a secular country have anything at all to do with marriage?
A large proportion of the time it ends with MS sending patches. On Patch Tuesday the damned thing is useless for an hour sometimes. Other times I have to reboot it to make it usable.
Windows: "Quality? Why make a quality product when crap sells so well?"
If I had a dollar for every variation of "Anonymous Coward" I've seen over the years, I could probably be retired.
This is a legal principle that literally goes back to Greek antiquity.
In Common Law jurisdictions we have another principle that goes back for 800+ years: mens rea. Meaning that you have to have a guilty mind (i.e., intent) to have broken the law. Unfortunately this principle is being steadily eroded in favor of "strict liability" laws that require no intent, thus criminalizing more behavior and further expanding the power of the State.
Source?
The Krebs article linked in TFS mentions as much.
"We're on the doorstep of [confirming] who we believe is the culprit, and unfortunately that may have triggered this mass publication," Biderman said. "I've got their profile right in front of me, all their work credentials. It was definitely a person here that was not an employee but certainly had touched our technical services."
Watch out for the Tracebuster-buster-buster !
Webster defines terrorism (emphasis mine) as "the use of violent acts to frighten the people in an area as a way of trying to achieve a political goal"
The FBI also requires a political bent: "Appear to be intended (i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or (iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping"
Swatting is not terrorism, at least in this instance. Not by the definition of the word or as it is commonly applied by western law enforcement agencies. *shrug* Sometimes an asshat is just that, an asshat, with no deeper motivation than the desire to be a dickhead.
If other judges follow this precedent, it will be the death knell of civil litigation involving the internet in any way. I don't like how trolls do business, but I don't think changing the rules like this is a good idea overall.
This isn't changing the rules. This is following the rules.
See my article in the ABA's Judges Journal about how judges had been bending the rules for the RIAA. "Large Recording Companies v. The Defenseless: Some Common Sense Solutions to the Challenges of the RIAA Litigation". The Judges' Journal, Judicial Division of American Bar Association. Summer 2008 edition, Part 1 of The Judges Journals' 2-part series, "Access to Justice".
Did eBay tell you which item to list and when to list it? Did eBay set the price? Did eBay dictate that you couldn't be in your pajamas when you listed the item? Did eBay refuse to let you sign up because the item you wanted to list was old and looked like a piece of junk? Did eBay structure their platform so the only way your items get bids is if you spend 50 minutes of every hour logged in to eBay?
He who has but four and spends five has no need for a wallet.
