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Re: Aaron Swartz

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Post by dmix » Wed, Jan 30, 2013, 4:04 AM UTC

neumann_alfred wrote: post #3

If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them. The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry. -- Ernest He…

Some of the great minds in history have accepted this fact and viewed death as a very real possibility by adopting views deemed radical by society.

But they saw a strong enough morality in what they were doing to perceiver.

This dates as far back in human history lore such as in the bible. And probably well before that.

Human societies always seems to be well structured to suppress radical thought. I'm curious if the internet is changing that.

Re: Aaron Swartz

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Post by hkmurakami » Wed, Jan 30, 2013, 4:07 AM UTC

dominotw wrote: post #5

genwin wrote: post #4

Please sign the petition to oust Assistant U.S. Attorney Steve Heymann at https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/fire-assistant-us-... . It needs 14K more signatures by Feb. 11, so share it. Regardless what you may think of the petition's wording, no one should be allowed to continue to do what's obviously wrong with impunity. Ortiz (Heymann's boss) has indicated that she has no intention of stopping extorting ple…

Do you know what happened to the petition signed to oust Ortiz . Has the whitehouse responded to that?

Demand Progress posted this [1] and sent it out to all its subscribers today, to urge the government to stop stonewalling on the Ortiz issue.

[1] http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/wh_ortiz/?akid=1973.22538...

Re: Aaron Swartz

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Post by hkmurakami » Wed, Jan 30, 2013, 4:08 AM UTC

I read a bunch of Aaron Swartz obituary articles and blog posts, both professional and amateur, yet this is the first time I've encountered the actual name of the script he ran to download the JSTOR documents: keepgrabbing.py

Re: Aaron Swartz

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Post by monochromatic » Wed, Jan 30, 2013, 4:24 AM UTC

tyang wrote: post #6

Call your Congressperson and urge them to pass Aaron's Law. Aaron’s Law is in the process of being introduced and debated by members of Congress. The bill would fix the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) to prevent the type of prosecutorial abuse that led to the death of Aaron Swartz. Aaron’s Law is being introduced by Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren and is only two pages long. You can view a draft here: http://1.usa.gov/…

Actually, "Aaron's Law" would not have materially changed the prosecution in this case.

Yet again, a law named after a person is a hastily constructed, poorly thought-out, bad idea. Has there ever been a counterexample to that rule?

Re: Aaron Swartz

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Post by warmwaffles » Wed, Jan 30, 2013, 4:34 AM UTC

hkmurakami wrote: post #13

I read a bunch of Aaron Swartz obituary articles and blog posts, both professional and amateur, yet this is the first time I've encountered the actual name of the script he ran to download the JSTOR documents: keepgrabbing.py

Eh, it's details. Something that really wasn't important or big. But, I do agree with you. It did stand out.

Re: Aaron Swartz

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Post by hkmurakami » Wed, Jan 30, 2013, 4:38 AM UTC

warmwaffles wrote: post #15

hkmurakami wrote: post #13

I read a bunch of Aaron Swartz obituary articles and blog posts, both professional and amateur, yet this is the first time I've encountered the actual name of the script he ran to download the JSTOR documents: keepgrabbing.py

Eh, it's details. Something that really wasn't important or big. But, I do agree with you. It did stand out.

Agreed. But since I wasn't expecting anything new in terms of information from a standard news outlet, I was pleasantly surprised.

Re: Aaron Swartz

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Post by warmwaffles » Wed, Jan 30, 2013, 4:39 AM UTC

erik757 wrote: post #10

Probably like a lot of people, I'm addicted to reading these articles now. I had a lot of respect for Aaron when he was still here, and even though he's gone now, it's encouraging that his actions continue to inspire so many people to make change for the better. The Economist did a really good job on this. And I have to imagine Aaron would have laughed too when he heard them call Perl an "elegant langauge".

I, too, chuckled at this.

Re: Aaron Swartz

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Post by gggggggg » Wed, Jan 30, 2013, 4:46 AM UTC

_dark_matter_ wrote: post #8

Is anyone else equally excited to see what's on his hard drive? Is that already available?

I read the link and came here also to ask this question. I cant find it on google anywhere where anyone has any info about this.

Re: Aaron Swartz

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Post by Anechoic » Wed, Jan 30, 2013, 5:07 AM UTC

tyang wrote: post #6

Call your Congressperson and urge them to pass Aaron's Law. Aaron’s Law is in the process of being introduced and debated by members of Congress. The bill would fix the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) to prevent the type of prosecutorial abuse that led to the death of Aaron Swartz. Aaron’s Law is being introduced by Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren and is only two pages long. You can view a draft here: http://1.usa.gov/…

Call your Congressperson and urge them to pass Aaron's Law.

Sorry but no. I am going to contact my Congress critters and urge them for justice system reform. At best "Aaron's Law" will help one small demographic when the problem is much, much larger.

Re: Aaron Swartz

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Post by dominotw » Wed, Jan 30, 2013, 5:12 AM UTC

hkmurakami wrote: post #12

dominotw wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you know what happened to the petition signed to oust Ortiz . Has the whitehouse responded to that?

Demand Progress posted this [1] and sent it out to all its subscribers today, to urge the government to stop stonewalling on the Ortiz issue. [1] http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/wh_ortiz/?akid=1973.22538...

A petition for the petition.