Over-bored summer intern. Non-story.

/seriously, guys?

namatad: who should be arrested ...
TADA

And charged with stupidity. Seriously, some people have no self-control.

Hopefully all this shiat will derail the RIAA's stupid train... It worked for MADD and their charge for a 2nd Prohibition when the top people got nailed for DUI.

I don't get this.

I read Fark and the whole Gawker family of sites at work plenty, but I keep any porn and otherwise shady activities to my home computers.

What is wrong with these people? Who is dumb enough to do this at work? Last I heard most govt. jobs have pretty strict IT policies and this would get them in pretty serious trouble.

"Guys this YouHaveDownloaded site is great, but we need to get more people to fall into the trap. How will we promote it?
"How's about we show off that many big institutions pirate software, causing ironic humor? That will make people curious enough to try it."

I guess twenty gangland cream pies just wasn't enough.

E=MC2

Weaver95: I wonder if there's a breakdown by politlcal party...? does one party favor gay porn over straight? which catagories of porn do they prefer?

these are important questions for anyone who wants to lobby congress.

Does party really matter here?

"Overzealous staffers, non story." will be the default reply.

I'm shocked they know how to torrent.

Weaver95: I wonder if there's a breakdown by politlcal party...? does one party favor gay porn over straight? which catagories of porn do they prefer?

these are important questions for anyone who wants to lobby congress.

I'm just wondering if either party pays for their porn.

Weaver95: Keyser_Soze_Death: Weaver95: I wonder if there's a breakdown by politlcal party...? does one party favor gay porn over straight? which catagories of porn do they prefer?

these are important questions for anyone who wants to lobby congress.

Does party really matter here?

you don't want to send the cute and barely clad lobbyist chick to the guys downloading tons of gay porn. market research is important.

Too true.. Too true. Carry on then.

Weaver95: Keyser_Soze_Death: Weaver95: I wonder if there's a breakdown by politlcal party...? does one party favor gay porn over straight? which catagories of porn do they prefer?

these are important questions for anyone who wants to lobby congress.

Does party really matter here?

you don't want to send the cute and barely clad lobbyist chick to the guys downloading tons of gay porn. market research is important.

That's what I've been doing wrong!
Wait. What?

duffman13: I don't get this.

I read Fark and the whole Gawker family of sites at work plenty, but I keep any porn and otherwise shady activities to my home computers.

What is wrong with these people? Who is dumb enough to do this at work? Last I heard most govt. jobs have pretty strict IT policies and this would get them in pretty serious trouble a strongly worded letter of reprimand.

Weaver95: I wonder if there's a breakdown by politlcal party...? does one party favor gay porn over straight? which catagories of porn do they prefer?

these are important questions for anyone who wants to lobby congress.

I'll certainly feel more personally connected to my elected official if I know we both shot a wad to the same whack material.

"Dear Senator, while I'm disappointed of your support for SOPA, I was happy to hear we both share an interest in waxing our noodle to Faye Reagan..."

If actual pols wanted films or TV shows they'd just ring up studios and ask for copies.

This is low level staff young enough to be savvy enough to use the torrents.

And if it turned out to be an elected pol actually doing the downloading? PeteTownshend defence.

i think that the citizens of the USA should be very careful not to embarrass their leaders for their vices, lest the ultra-fundamentalists in the House use the embarrassment as an opportunity to oust the downloaders and secure their power more completely.

A public outcry against the vices of the elite is how Talibans gain control of countries.

how hard is it to get in the door?

Weaver95: I wonder if there's a breakdown by politlcal party...? does one party favor gay porn over straight? which catagories of porn do they prefer?

I think this applies to "affairs": seems to me that democrats have scandalous straight affairs, while republicans have gay ones.

Weaver95:
also, if you can find out which porn stars are trending on capitol hill you can probably score bonus points for dressing up interns to look like favorite porn stars and use them as eye candy to get you into the front door.

Hell, I'd love to just see what porn is currently trending (and by whom). That would be farking hilarious.

mjjt: This is low level staff young enough to be savvy enough to use the torrents.

torrents are ghetto. usenet is where it's at.

Bennie Crabtree: i think that the citizens of the USA should be very careful not to embarrass their leaders for their vices, lest the ultra-fundamentalists in the House use the embarrassment as an opportunity to oust the downloaders and secure their power more completely.

A public outcry against the vices of the elite is how Talibans gain control of countries.

Right, because when you think American Taliban, you think Jim Risch.

/He might be pretty far right, but he's not exactly a rabid tea-hadist - more of a clone of his forebear.
//Senator Craig's replacement, if you don't get the reference.

Youhavedownloaded equals



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Overzealous staffers

Weaver95: also, if you can find out which porn stars are trending on capitol hill you can probably score bonus points for dressing up interns to look like favorite porn stars and use them as eye candy to get you into the front door.

Or just hire the porn star in question and then send them to the congrescritters office wrapped in $100 bills.

Farking While Farking: Weaver95: also, if you can find out which porn stars are trending on capitol hill you can probably score bonus points for dressing up interns to look like favorite porn stars and use them as eye candy to get you into the front door.

Or just hire the porn star in question and then send them to the congrescritters office wrapped in $100 bills.

It already sounds like they do this. At least in the Office of Mineral Management, where the people whose job is to regulate the oil industry were instead having drunken coke-fueled orgies with oil industry 'lobbyists'.

namatad: WTF is the point of laws in the first place?

To keep the plebs in line.

It's all because of an an unsecured wireless access point and a rogue staffer or two.

Move along.


Nothing to see.

Let us get back to the business of ruinning the country.

Weaver95: also, if you can find out which porn stars are trending on capitol hill you can probably score bonus points for dressing up interns to look like favorite porn stars and use them as eye candy to get you into the front door. In fact, you probably could benefit from finding out who does wardrobe and makeup for porn production companies and hire them as consultants. the key is to get your eye candy in front of your target and push your message across.

sure it's low down dirty scuzzy tactics but we're talking about lobbying in the big time here. morality is for suckers when you play at that level.

What do you do with a politician who only downloads tentacle pr0n, then?

quatchi: Weaver95: also, if you can find out which porn stars are trending on capitol hill you can probably score bonus points for dressing up interns to look like favorite porn stars and use them as eye candy to get you into the front door. In fact, you probably could benefit from finding out who does wardrobe and makeup for porn production companies and hire them as consultants. the key is to get your eye candy in front of your target and push your message across.

sure it's low down dirty scuzzy tactics but we're talking about lobbying in the big time here. morality is for suckers when you play at that level.

What do you do with a politician who only downloads tentacle pr0n, then?

Make them ambassador to the Internet?

duffman13: I don't get this.

I read Fark and the whole Gawker family of sites at work plenty, but I keep any porn and otherwise shady activities to my home computers.

What is wrong with these people? Who is dumb enough to do this at work? Last I heard most govt. jobs have pretty strict IT policies and this would get them in pretty serious trouble.

Unless you're in congress/senate. Nobody monitors their computers because they have access to non-public information. There's probably a couple of child-porn rings being run in the House.

LincolnLogolas: Unless you're in congress/senate. Nobody monitors their computers because they have access to non-public information. There's probably a couple of child-porn rings being run in the House.

That's a disturbing thought.. but then they could also likely get away with snuff films..

If Wikileaks had broke the story, included the titles of the adult themed self-help videos, and told which Rep's comp downloaded it, they wouldn't be so hard up for cash

Boing-Boing. When NDAA was going through - barely a whimper. When someone threatens to take away their "free" movies? Jihad!

erik-k: Youhavedownloaded equals

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Seriously, they dont have anything for me and I'm downloading Dr. Who right now!

YodaBlues: I was happy to hear we both share an interest in waxing our noodle to Faye Reagan..."

to be fair, who DOESN'T?

namatad: if the watchers are not willing to police themselves ...
Dont we WANT to hold our public officers to higher standards?
and if not, WTF is the point of laws in the first place?


1. Welcome to politics.

2. Yes we do, but we are too concerned with trivial shiat and cut people slack based on their having a party affiliation.

3. To provide order in society and/or to secure the power of those who happen to be ruling it.

Next time you see an up and coming candidate getting slammed from all sides with adds and news articles, remind yourself that all of that costs his opponents alot of money.
When you realize who is paying for that campaign, and how they get paid, its not surprising that a bunch of laws revolving around copyright and patent are being written in favor of the big guys. Also not surprising that those laws will be selectively enforced so as not to ensnare a high profile offender, like a politician or corporation, in its own web.

The people who get elected already have a to-do list that doesn't include any of the stuff they promised us.

Random Anonymous Blackmail: Hopefully all this shiat will derail the RIAA's stupid train... It worked for MADD and their charge for a 2nd Prohibition when the top people got nailed for DUI.

You assume that today's politicians give a flying f*ck what the peasants think.

Hobodeluxe: mjjt: This is low level staff young enough to be savvy enough to use the torrents.

torrents are ghetto. usenet is where it's at.

There's still a Usenet? Most ISPs dropped that ages ago I thought.

This just confirms my theory that congresscritters are a bunch of insecure wankers.

TV's Vinnie: Hobodeluxe: mjjt: This is low level staff young enough to be savvy enough to use the torrents.

torrents are ghetto. usenet is where it's at.

There's still a Usenet? Most ISPs dropped that ages ago I thought.

Yes, most usenet users get it through a private host, one that only provides that kind of service.