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• On the post: California College Tells Student He Can't Hand Out Copies Of The Constitution On Constitution Day

  

  TheLastCzarnian ( profile ), 19 Sep, 2013 @ 12:22pm

  Re: police just doing his job

  So were the guards in the concentration camps.
  Your profession does not entitle you to abdicate your moral and ethical duties as a human being.

• On the post: California College Tells Student He Can't Hand Out Copies Of The Constitution On Constitution Day

  

  TheLastCzarnian ( profile ), 19 Sep, 2013 @ 12:26pm

  This is how democracy dies: the death of a thousand cuts.
  And we're already 500 in.

• On the post: How Ruling On WiFi Snooping Means Security Researchers May Face Criminal Liability

  

  TheLastCzarnian ( profile ), 19 Sep, 2013 @ 07:03am

  Police wardriving

  So, the police who were wardriving for unsecured wifi and warning owners are now at risk for wiretapping charges, right?

• On the post: RIAA Whines To Congress That It Doesn't Like Google's Search Results

  

  TheLastCzarnian ( profile ), 18 Sep, 2013 @ 11:31am

  Re:

  I've had the same experience searching for other things. No pirated content in sight.
  
  I think the RIAA/MPAA are trying to get Congress to pass some completely bogus laws as a threat to Google and tech companies in general.
  
  "You don't wanna play ball? We'll just go get Congress to pass some more laws! Now pay up!"

• On the post: NSA Needs To Give Its Rank-and-File New Talking Points Defending Surveillance; The Old Ones Are Stale

  

  TheLastCzarnian ( profile ), 17 Sep, 2013 @ 01:52pm

  scammers

  If the NSA is tracking all overseas e-mail and financial transactions, why do they let so many Americans send money to scammers? Why can't these scammers be prosecuted? Are we supposed to believe that they filtered the scammers out? That no scammer money goes to some terrorist somewhere?
  Damn, do something useful with that ill-gotten data.

• On the post: Student Arrested And Charged With 'Terrorizing' For Shooting Classmates… With An iPhone App

  

  TheLastCzarnian ( profile ), 16 Sep, 2013 @ 07:22am

  Duh!

  Of course the authorities go after the kid who gets bullied! Do you think we get bullied because we are strong, cool, well-spoken, or rich? No, we get bullied because we are weak and poor, wearing 10-year-old fashions because we shop at the Good Will instead of Abercrombe.
  Did you think people who get into positions of authority were the bullied, or the bullies?

• On the post: Eight Months In Jail For Teaching People How To Pass A Lie Detector Test

  

  TheLastCzarnian ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2013 @ 08:02am

  Re:

  I think you mean fMRI. Or CT, PET, EEG, MEG, or NIRS.

• On the post: Why The NSA Must Be Reined In — For Democracy's Sake

  

  TheLastCzarnian ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2013 @ 10:35am

  Already happening

  I think we can see what will happen pretty clearly from what happened 2 days ago. Dubbed a "day of rememberance", it seems to me like a "day to remember to be fearful, and support whatever measures necessary to stay safe." If politicians and the media can still play this card 12 years down the line, a good NSA, CIA or FBI head can easily play it for 50.

• On the post: James Clapper Admits That The Debate Snowden Created 'Needed To Happen'

  

  TheLastCzarnian ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2013 @ 09:50am

  Always darkest before it goes totally black

  Journalists examining the surveillance programs that Snowden disclosed "go to the deepest darkest place they can and make the most conspiratorial case for what the intelligence community is doing."
  
  ...and a week later, a new leak shows it was really deeper and darker than anyone thought.

• On the post: Court Says WiFi Isn't Radio Because It's Not Audio; Therefore WiFi Sniffing Can Be Wiretapping

  

  TheLastCzarnian ( profile ), 10 Sep, 2013 @ 01:30pm

  Most Radio is audio...

  WTF is television? I'm pretty sure they broadcast that in on the RADIO. As a matter of fact, I have consumer radios that pick up the VIDEO portion as well as the audio portion of a broadcast (well, they did before digital, anyway.)
  Someone needs to send these intellectually challenged judges back to grade school, or buy them a "How and Why" book. (How and Why, for those who do not know, are books from the '60s and '70s which simplifies science for 8 to 12-year-olds)

• On the post: Latest Leak Shows NSA Engaging In Economic Espionage — Not Fighting Terrorism

  

  TheLastCzarnian ( profile ), 09 Sep, 2013 @ 11:04am

  Re: Financial Crisis

  B-B-B-But they could prevent the next global catastrophy!
  And there could be 1000 invisible teapots orbiting Saturn!
  And monkeys could fly out of my butt!

• On the post: Apple Rejects Thomas Jefferson Book App, Claiming It's Just A Book… Even Though It's Not

  

  TheLastCzarnian ( profile ), 06 Sep, 2013 @ 03:18pm

  Re: Re:

  Wait, are you saying Windows Mobile was already on version 6.5 when Apple invented the smartphone?
  
  It can't be a smartphone unless it has a capacitive touchscreen! Resistive and button interfaces are featurephones!

• On the post: The NSA Needs To Get In Front Of The Leaks: Stop Lying And Open Up

  

  TheLastCzarnian ( profile ), 05 Sep, 2013 @ 11:13am

  Re: The leaks have mostly stopped

  Syria? Seriously? The administration wants to try to reign in the use of chemical weapons which could easily be used on nations neutral or friendly to the US, and you see that as only a smokescreen.
  It was a lie about chemical weapons that got us into Iraq. This time, there is actual evidence.
  I would prefer that we had support of more countries, not just France.

• On the post: Questionable Court Order Says Twitter Must Reveal Owner Of Political Parody Account

  

  TheLastCzarnian ( profile ), 04 Sep, 2013 @ 09:03pm

  When you a fishin' buddy wit da judge, he'll do whuteva fo ya. An akarse it wodnt be good if you let slip about his girlfriend to his wife, o vise-versa...

• On the post: AT&T Has Employees Embedded In The Gov't Providing Near Realtime Searches On Nearly Every Phone Call

  

  TheLastCzarnian ( profile ), 03 Sep, 2013 @ 09:39am

  Re: Re: What. The. Fuck...

  Why do people continue to spout thist stupidity?
  Who the hell can afford to run for office? Joe the Plumber? No, he has to feed his family.
  
  You have to find someone who has the time and money to run for office.
  
  Unfortunately, most of those people are rich bastards. Therefore, we get a choice of rich bastards to elect, rather than competent and rational people.
  
  So, no, we do not "get the government we want."

• On the post: Former NSA Boss: Mass Surveillance Is Very Important, But Perhaps NSA Should Stop Lying About It

  

  TheLastCzarnian ( profile ), 03 Sep, 2013 @ 07:17am

  Re: Problem, meet reason:

  I think the concept of "The Government" erodes democracy more than anything else, because it concerns career employees rather than elected officials.
  If they need our trust to do their job, they probably aren't doing their job.

• On the post: Canadian Member Of Parliament, Responsible For Opposition Trade Policy, Denied Access To TPP Negotiations

  

  TheLastCzarnian ( profile ), 30 Aug, 2013 @ 08:10am

  Re: germany , UK , canada say no to syrian war

  The US only wants to do "something" for civilians.
  Can't really back either side, 'cause the only thing they have in common is a hatred of the West.
  
  I'm not really sure what anyone expects out of any military action.

• On the post: Texas Deputy Sues 911 Caller For Not 'Adequately Warning' Him Of Potential Danger Or 'Making The Premises Safe'

  

  TheLastCzarnian ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2013 @ 08:22am

  Re: Re: Re:

  On top of the coffee being unreasonably hot, they also refused the woman any sort of aid.
  
  Kinda like someone running into the unflagged 2x4 you have sticking 10 feet out of the back of your car, and laughing that their face is bloody.

• On the post: 1,000 Sys Admins Can Copy Any NSA Document Without Anyone Knowing About It; Think Only Snowden Did?

  

  TheLastCzarnian ( profile ), 27 Aug, 2013 @ 06:17am

  Re: Re: Have those 1000 sysadmins actually been terminated?

  Real Sysadmins don't spend months or years creating a beautiful, functional system just to tear it down at the threat of termination. It would be like cutting the left pinky-finger off of your child. It's sick.

• On the post: Was DEA's Fake Claims Of Not Being Able To Intercept iMessages Part Of Evidence Laundering Efforts?

  

  TheLastCzarnian ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2013 @ 07:16am

  Wikileaks

  Does anyone believe that Adrian Lamo exposed Manning of his own accord? Doesn't really fit with his MO...

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