Lessig on the DoJ's vindictive prosecution of Aaron Swartz - Boing Boing: "Prosecutorial bullying out of proportion to the alleged crimes sums it up well (especially since the bullying victim is, yet again, an eccentric geek). I suspect the Justice Department never forgave him for embarrassing them in the PACER case, where he helped liberate publicly owned information they have a vested interest in keeping expensive and locked up.
As others have mentioned, we see the exact opposite of the problem, namely prosecutorial leniency out of proportion to the proven crimes, in re: the money-laundering executives of HSBC and the economy-wrecking executives of the "too big to fail" financial services corporations."
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Thursday, January 17, 2013
Lessig on the DoJ's vindictive prosecution of Aaron Swartz - Boing Boing
Lessig on the DoJ's vindictive prosecution of Aaron Swartz - Boing Boing: "If you look at all the violence that's considered normal, part of the status quo, it adds up to quite a lot.
I didn't get to know Aaron Swartz, but I have known a lot of people just barely hanging on. I don't know his reasons for doing this, but I've thought of plenty of my own. The only thing that would make the effort to stay alive worthwhile, would be to make this struggle easier for the next generation of shy geniuses."
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I didn't get to know Aaron Swartz, but I have known a lot of people just barely hanging on. I don't know his reasons for doing this, but I've thought of plenty of my own. The only thing that would make the effort to stay alive worthwhile, would be to make this struggle easier for the next generation of shy geniuses."
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Phone hacking: mother of murder victim Clare Bernal sues NI | Media | guardian.co.uk
Phone hacking: mother of murder victim Clare Bernal sues NI | Media | guardian.co.uk: "who was murdered by a former boyfriend while working at Harvey Nichols, has joined the second wave of alleged victims of News of the World phone hacking suing News International for damages.
Patricia Bernal has lodged a high court claim against the publisher after she was shown notes kept on her by the private investigator at the centre of the scandal, Glenn Mulcaire.
The notes were made available under legal disclosure by the Metropolitan police and it is understood they show that Patricia Bernal's voicemail was hacked into within hours of her daughter's death in September 2005."
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Patricia Bernal has lodged a high court claim against the publisher after she was shown notes kept on her by the private investigator at the centre of the scandal, Glenn Mulcaire.
The notes were made available under legal disclosure by the Metropolitan police and it is understood they show that Patricia Bernal's voicemail was hacked into within hours of her daughter's death in September 2005."
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The Golden Gag Awards
The Golden Gag Awards: ""defiant and disorderly" and was imposed in lieu of an arrest, Spencer High School assistant principal Alfred Parham said.
The confrontation Wednesday began after the 17-year-old junior got a call at lunchtime from his mother, Sgt. 1st Class Monique Bates, who left in January for a one-year tour with the 203rd Forward Support Battalion.
Mobile phones are allowed on campus but may not be used during school hours. When a teacher told him to hang up, he refused. He said he told the teacher, "This is my mom in Iraq. I'm not about to hang up on my mom."
Parham said the teen's suspension was based on his reaction to the teacher's request. He said the teen used profanity when taken to the office.
"Kevin got defiant and disorderly," Parham said."
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Note: The essence of Rebuzz.Org
The confrontation Wednesday began after the 17-year-old junior got a call at lunchtime from his mother, Sgt. 1st Class Monique Bates, who left in January for a one-year tour with the 203rd Forward Support Battalion.
Mobile phones are allowed on campus but may not be used during school hours. When a teacher told him to hang up, he refused. He said he told the teacher, "This is my mom in Iraq. I'm not about to hang up on my mom."
Parham said the teen's suspension was based on his reaction to the teacher's request. He said the teen used profanity when taken to the office.
"Kevin got defiant and disorderly," Parham said."
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Note: The essence of Rebuzz.Org
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Important Precautions to Take When Buying a Domain Name (thesitewizard.com)
Important Precautions to Take When Buying a Domain Name (thesitewizard.com): "Domain name front running occurs when someone monitors attempts to check out currently nonexistent domain names, and then quickly snaps up those names before the person inquiring can buy it through a registrar. The intention is to sell the domain name to the interested party at a higher price, thereby making a tidy profit without even having to develop a website on the domain.
At the time I write this, it has not been proven that these practices occur. However, since such monitoring is technically possible and easily accomplished, and anecdotal accounts from victims abound, many people believe that domain name front running is very real. Particularly when they lose a domain name they have just checked."
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At the time I write this, it has not been proven that these practices occur. However, since such monitoring is technically possible and easily accomplished, and anecdotal accounts from victims abound, many people believe that domain name front running is very real. Particularly when they lose a domain name they have just checked."
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Important Precautions to Take When Buying a Domain Name (thesitewizard.com)
Important Precautions to Take When Buying a Domain Name (thesitewizard.com): "Domain name front running occurs when someone monitors attempts to check out currently nonexistent domain names, and then quickly snaps up those names before the person inquiring can buy it through a registrar. The intention is to sell the domain name to the interested party at a higher price, thereby making a tidy profit without even having to develop a website on the domain.
At the time I write this, it has not been proven that these practices occur. However, since such monitoring is technically possible and easily accomplished, and anecdotal accounts from victims abound, many people believe that domain name front running is very real. Particularly when they lose a domain name they have just checked."
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At the time I write this, it has not been proven that these practices occur. However, since such monitoring is technically possible and easily accomplished, and anecdotal accounts from victims abound, many people believe that domain name front running is very real. Particularly when they lose a domain name they have just checked."
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Gaga For God (Things that make Me Crazy For God!): Did Albert Einstein Believe in a Personal God?
Gaga For God (Things that make Me Crazy For God!): Did Albert Einstein Believe in a Personal God?: "Did Albert Einstein Believe in a Personal God?
Did Albert Einstein Believe in a Personal God?: "There is Too Much Evil and Suffering For God to Exist?
Where is God When Bad Things Happen? Why Natural Evil Must Exist
Famous Scientists Who Believed in God
Why are Most Scientists Atheists If There is Evidence for Belief in God?
Science and Faith Associations"
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Did Albert Einstein Believe in a Personal God?: "There is Too Much Evil and Suffering For God to Exist?
Where is God When Bad Things Happen? Why Natural Evil Must Exist
Famous Scientists Who Believed in God
Why are Most Scientists Atheists If There is Evidence for Belief in God?
Science and Faith Associations"
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