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  1. So, in a nutshell, Aaron hacked an MIT computer, downloaded JSTOR articles, was charged with all sorts of fraud charges, declined a plea bargain, faced 35 years in prison, and then hanged himself in his apartment. 

     

    Tragic on many levels for sure. 

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    What do those beauties go for? $$$$$

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    I really enjoy this forum, and as such, I wish to observe the rules. Please either send me a "private message" or email to: toolshedamps@gmail.com

     

    Thanks for your understanding,

     

    TS Matt.

     

     

    Ahm wink wink! Gotcha!

  3. The Aaron Swartz doc is incredible and very chilling.  I recall the events, especially the anti-SOPA crusade which I actively supported.  But somehow this giant remains almost unknown.  He should have a large statue.  Yes, it is long...but watch anyway.

     

    Dave

     

    Can you provide a brief synopsis? I plan to watch it this evening. But, for this discussion, it would be nice to have an idea of it. Is it about IP?

  4. According to you, good. That way, software developers can't prevent unauthorized access to their applications. According to me, bad. Intellectual property rights are a good thing for developers. Further, unrelated to software development, people should be able to communicate using whatever means is available to them to secure their right to privacy.

    Anything wrong with preventing access except through a judge's order -- in other words, get a warrant?
    The technologist properly argues that once a tool is created, everyone will have it. Just like the back doors in the internet.

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  5. Suppose the dead terrorist had buried his data in the desert. Can the government require construction companies with lots of digging gear to go dig in the desert to help them find the box, using this all writs law?

    Apple says they are not a party to the case.

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  6. Most of the people in Bend ARE Californians.

    Bend is very nice. I would never want to be that far inland, or that far from a metro area, but if you don't mind rural, it's not a bad place to live or die. For the same money you could live in a decent coastal area like, Florence though.

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  7. Why would you be trying to avoid the concise argument here in this thread by rambling on about unrelated events in another thread, unless you just had no case at all? Everything I have posted here is simple, straight forward. It doesn't rely on any other thread. That's why I said "in this thread."

    The relevance is very clear. You can't hide behind a pretend "thread-barrier."

    Duck Dodgers.

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    There's nothing to hide. Old political science is bad, and new is better. The old Framers were slavers, and new ones would not be. The old Framers designed very poor popular representation, and new ones would not. Old Framers prevented females from voting, new ones would not.

    Pretty simple.

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  8. I would love to have those rights here. Which was the point I was making about old versus new blue prints.

    You do realize that the piece of paper merely says they have those rights. Have you investigated what life is actually like over there? What's the point of the prison warden telling me how "free" I am?

    Exactly, why would you rely on some anonymous government bureaucrat to provide your housing, food, water, and healthcare. Sounds like a good way to end up dead.

    You too are making the same error in logic as old TeX. A constitutional right doesn't how it is accomplished.

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  9. I would love to have those rights here. Which was the point I was making about old versus new blue prints.

    You do realize that the piece of paper merely says they have those rights. Have you investigated what life is actually like over there? What's the point of the prison warden telling me how "free" I am?

    Well duh. Why are you continuing to conflate the blue print with the building? It's illogical.

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  10. I've heard a lot about the Swartz documentary, but have not watched it yet. I will probably see it soon.

    How is Comey planning on accomplishing this new law? I assume it will be national security related? He has been grumbling very loudly of late.

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  11. According to you, good. That way, software developers can't prevent unauthorized access to their applications.

    According to me, bad. Intellectual property rights are a good thing for developers. Further, unrelated to software development, people should be able to communicate using whatever means is available to them to secure their right to privacy.

    Ha ha! Very good. But I'd be happy to trade copy protection for my own ability to keep my digital information completely private under any and all circumstances. So, I say, bad, very bad!

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  12. The leaders of the FBI wasn't to make encryption illegal. I suppose by making the same of software illegal.

    Specifically, they want to deny citizens the right to encrypt a computer file, or disc, tablet, or phone.

    Is that a good idea or bad?

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  13. I think it is far simpler than is being made out. Our Founders ratified a Constitution permitting slavery, and no suffrage for women. That alone, with no more analysis, defines an old set of ideas by men who could think no better. A modern Constitution, from modern thinkers, would have no such hurdles to over come.

    The Constitution, as amended, is the law. You are criticizing something which was long ago superseded.

    Anyway, if you are unable to see the inconsistency in your various positions concerning restrictions on government and conspiracy-theories, then, there is little left to argue. I am not in your shoes, but when I spot myself being inconsistent or confused, I tend to admit it. It keeps me open-minded and capable of learning.

    Again with the conspiracy theories? Where do you get this stuff?

    I haven't mentioned any conspiracy here. But I did demonstrate easily that old is not virtuous when it comes to blueprints for a nation.

    Whenever you are flummoxed you resort to an escape hatch of yelling "conspiracy theory." Find the conspiracy theory in this thread and quote it.

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    "n this thread?" Why does it have to be in this thread? If it's not in this thread, does it mean you no longer believe it?

    Why would you be trying to avoid the concise argument here in this thread by rambling on about unrelated events in another thread, unless you just had no case at all?

    Everything I have posted here is simple, straight forward. It doesn't rely on any other thread. That's why I said "in this thread."

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  14. From Wiki:

    The tort of nuisance has existed since the reign of Henry III, with few changes, and most of them merely technical.[5] It originally came from the Latin nocumentum, and then the French nuisance, with Henry de Bracton initially defining the tort of nuisance as an infringement of easements.[6] The tort was in line with the economic status quo of the time, protecting claimants against their neighbours' rights to develop land...

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuisance_in_English_law
    By comparison, the modern Constitution of S.A>

    Chapter 2 of the Constitution of South Africa

    Chapter 2 is a bill of rights which enumerates the civil, political, economic, social and cultural human rights of the people of South Africa. Most of these rights apply to anyone in the country, with the exception of the right to vote, the right to work and the right to enter the country, which apply only to citizens. They also apply to juristic persons to the extent that they are applicable, taking into account the nature of the right. The rights enumerated are:

    Section 36 allows the rights listed to be limited only by laws of general application, and only to the extent that the restriction is reasonable and justifiable in "an open and democratic society based on human dignity, equality and freedom."[10]

    Section 37 allows certain rights to be limited during a state of emergency but places strict procedural limits on the declaration of states of emergency and provides for the rights of people detained as a result.

    Gee, we eventually fixed slavery and women's suffrage. I wonder how long it wolf take to get to this Bill of Rights?

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    Look at all those rights. Wow! I wonder how they're doing over there.

    I would love to have those rights here. Which was the point I was making about old versus new blue prints.

    Once more, I invite you to consider that a blue print is not the building.

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  15. From Wiki:

    The tort of nuisance has existed since the reign of Henry III, with few changes, and most of them merely technical.[5] It originally came from the Latin nocumentum, and then the French nuisance, with Henry de Bracton initially defining the tort of nuisance as an infringement of easements.[6] The tort was in line with the economic status quo of the time, protecting claimants against their neighbours' rights to develop land...

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuisance_in_English_law

    By comparison, the modern Constitution of S.A>

    Chapter 2 of the Constitution of South Africa

    Chapter 2 is a bill of rights which enumerates the civil, political, economic, social and cultural human rights of the people of South Africa. Most of these rights apply to anyone in the country, with the exception of the right to vote, the right to work and the right to enter the country, which apply only to citizens. They also apply to juristic persons to the extent that they are applicable, taking into account the nature of the right. The rights enumerated are:

    Section 36 allows the rights listed to be limited only by laws of general application, and only to the extent that the restriction is reasonable and justifiable in "an open and democratic society based on human dignity, equality and freedom."[10]

    Section 37 allows certain rights to be limited during a state of emergency but places strict procedural limits on the declaration of states of emergency and provides for the rights of people detained as a result.

    Gee, we eventually fixed slavery and women's suffrage. I wonder how long it wolf take to get to this Bill of Rights?

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