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Comment Re:Do people still remember "oxygen-free copper"? (Score 1) 23

If you've got speakers with ethernet then they've got multiple levels of error correction involved and then the final result depends on the codec and how it's implemented. You could reasonably send audio with ECC which allowed you to reconstruct lost data over spdif, but I don't think I've ever heard of that or anything.

Comment Re:We really should stop jerking Ukraine around (Score 1) 22

China sure as shit doesnâ(TM)t steal it to win DEFCON hacking prizes.

Steal it? First of all, it's not stealing when we send it there. Second, they designed their own superior drones, that's why most people are buying them from them. The time when they had to steal shit was decades ago. Now they are leading in a number of fields.

Comment Re:Overdue... (Score 1) 162

So many rules and laws, including the one being discussed about destroying "evidence", that any one of us breaks a law or rule without knowing it 100 times a day. That's dangerous

Yes, this is why law enforcement should be required to prosecute known crimes in some kind of sensible order, like starting from the most serious and working down. Don't be fucking with jaywalkers until the wage thieves have been handled.

I'd argue that you are not truly free until you are in prison - there are a much smaller set of consequences and WAY fewer laws to inadvertently be breaking.

That's truly not how anything works.

Comment Re:Where my 2nd amendment boys at (Score 1) 162

A person in any state without a record can get a semi-automatic weapon in a reasonably short period of time, so practically anybody can be armed legally. Most people can't even afford to feed a fully automatic weapon, so not being allowed to have one is almost purely irrelevant. The same people who can afford the ammo can afford to hide parts and/or guns. While these laws might be objectionable, they don't really have any significant negative effects except on lead distribution-related enjoyment in a couple of states.

I do agree with you, though, about the taxes. I also think the import restrictions are simple protectionism.

Comment As evidence for my claims (Score 1) 162

You can see this is true because despite their constant claims that downranking their content so fewer people see it is censorship, the same clownfucks who weep those tears love to mod me down to try to stop people from seeing my comments.

It's a lack of self-awareness leading to hypocrisy all the way down. And the number one thing they cannot bear is having someone point out their utter lack of integrity.

Comment Re: You cannot destroy data, harmless or not ... (Score 1) 162

So every corporation is liable for obstruction now for following their own data retention policies?

That depends on their policies. If they have competent legal counsel (and don't own/rent significant numbers of their own politicians) then those policies will not be only about what to delete when, but also what must be retained.

I'm not a lawyer, but your argument sounds like nobody should ever be able to delete any file, on any device, ever.

That's not how anything works either. If you have reason to believe it might be relevant to a court case, you're obligated to retain it. If you have no reason to believe it might be relevant, you're allowed to delete it. What can and can't be proven in court in between these things absolutely matters, but when it's obvious that something is pertinent, then you're obviously not allowed to delete it.

When a person is informed that the cops want to search their device, deleting information from it (including, obviously, tricking them into doing it) is obviously destroying evidence, so we're just having a fun conversation here which isn't relevant to the current discussion at all. It's very clear that what he did was destruction of evidence. I think it's approximately equally clear that he was being pretexted, but he still blundered and will still pay, and the only important takeaway lesson for anyone trying to learn something directly from this story is don't do that.

Yes, this is all terrible fuckery. Yes, in fact the laws are terrible too; making them less terrible wouldn't get someone out of this situation once they got into it, but it might keep them out of it to begin with. But wow, what a foolish thing to plan to do. And that's the problem with even having a device with a delete code — what's the legitimate use of a feature like that? To protect you from industrial espionage? How plausible a threat is that for you? Etc etc.

Comment Re:They are explicitly allowed to lie (Score 1) 162

Your first sentence is true. But your second sentence isn't a logical conclusion drawn from the first.

That's your opinion, My Friend. I think you know what I think that's worth already.

Just because they lie, doesn't mean they "don't work for us."

I would not intentionally pay anyone to lie to my face, because I'm not a simpering cuck. I don't know why you love watching the people we are supposed to trust to protect us fuck our freedoms, but it's not my kink, and it's not OK.

Comment Re:We really should stop jerking Ukraine around (Score 1) 22

I've been ranting about this for quite some years now. The war[s] of the future will be fought with toy technology, and practically all of the toys are made in China. They are well known for their drones. Everyone else is cooked, and had better up their fucking game instead of playing stupid games with no prizes.

Comment Re: Projection (Score 1) 162

That does not prevent investigation and prosecution. The protects the identity of a minor.

It doesn't, really. But even if it did, the files were sealed. They couldn't be used. It doesn't matter why they are sealed.

Actually not a Trump supporter. I just believe in intellectual honesty.

You forget, we've read your comments. We know that to be false.

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