asciilifeform: 'Such an order by a US court is exceptional, Carroll says. “In general, our federal courts do not have the power to issue orders against people or entities that were not part of the lawsuit.” But he adds that US federal rules for civil procedures such as this do sometimes allow injunctions against persons who are in ‘active participation’ with an enjoined party. The current lawsuit is an example of that, he says.'☟︎
asciilifeform: S could request Internet services including web providers, search engines and domain-name registrars to stop linking or to block access to Sci-Hub and the various domains it is hosted under.'
asciilifeform: meanwhile, in the world of 31333337 w4r3z and trials in absentia, https://archive.is/SCF7O >> 'The American Chemical Society (ACS) has won a lawsuit against the pirate research-paper website Sci-Hub ... ordered Sci-Hub's operators to pay the ACS US$4.8 million ... The judge also ordered that any party “in active concert or participation” with Sci-Hub should “cease facilitating” access to the repository. This means that the AC
asciilifeform: trinque: why sad ? sounds like happy memory neh
asciilifeform: tho fwiw i have nfi whether they had chix in attendance , or sat like redditors in modern american dormitory, salivating . asciilifeform familiar with the period largely through myth & legend.
asciilifeform: and i suspect that the story dwells on the cassette because being in a room full of chix, who may nor may not be whoring, was generally not an indictable crime
asciilifeform: ( process seems to resemble chukchas discovering vodka )
asciilifeform: ask the arabs ? or whatever monkeys just recently discovered pr0n
asciilifeform: ( re why folx bought sov-made vcr, in preference to better-quality sony. answ : it had spring-powered cassette ejector, cops cut mains current when busting 'pr0n house' but could still get rid of the tape, in sov vcr )
asciilifeform: зяин салона успевал вынуть кассету с эротикой и спрятать - за показ таких фильмов давали три года.' )
asciilifeform: ( meanwhile, in very vintage lulz -- https://www.msk.kp.ru/daily/26735/3763226/ >> 'Когда милиция устраивала облаву, в доме вырубали электричество. Импортные видаки без света не отдавали кассету с запретным видео. А у ВМ-12 был привод на пружинке, работал без энергии. Поэтому хо
asciilifeform: the basic problem of agrarians -- insufficient fire under the heels
asciilifeform: from asciilifeform's pov this is what culture ~is~ -- when ben_vulpes writes own vtron, or mircea_popescu makes own jazz riff on asciilifeform's 'chumps' article, or the various other.
asciilifeform: but somehow when old shakespeare does it , 'mega-writer'
asciilifeform: i could think of worse things to be than 'time capsule' of old roman periphery tho.
asciilifeform: ( and nao their rubbish is everywhere to this day )
asciilifeform: the english managed to solve 2 without making any dent in 1
asciilifeform: common feature of all agraristans neh
asciilifeform: iirc in mircea_popescu's piece just the other day was 'caragiale didn't need no stinking flag'
asciilifeform: folx living in what is today romania. but did they do it 'under flag' of romania ?
asciilifeform: what kind of literate man wants to stay in nebraska.
asciilifeform: rather like the literary-sterility of, e.g., nebraska in usa.
asciilifeform: ( ionesco in particular comes to mind )
asciilifeform: if your best literators learn french and move to paris -- problem.
asciilifeform: 'literary sterility' in this case i suspect comes from being very new to 'being country' -- not so much literature from finland, for instance, likewise
asciilifeform: dunno, at least from my perch common d00d's pov was 'europistan-lite', 'less retarded than us because at least slightly farther in magic compass direction'
asciilifeform: better to train the cattle to open on own power.
asciilifeform: i suppose the breaking-doors thing was deemed arduous, traumatic, costly
asciilifeform: in other lulz, amazon co nao offering... i shit thee not, 'Not at home? Not a problem. As a Prime member, you can get packages securely delivered into your home without being there. Plus, grant access to the people you trust, like your family, friends, dog walker, or house cleaner—no more leaving a key under the mat.' << 'cloud'-controlled door lock.☟︎
asciilifeform: ancient persia had an answer for the 'aerogel insulates' problem. they stuck wicks, of a sort, in the patient, and lit'em
asciilifeform: redditus may in fact be suitable for self-sustaining fire in a way ww2 folx were not.
asciilifeform: ( in particular re the effect of fat )
