My thoughts in response to the lawsuit against the Internet Archive

Re:My thoughts in response to the lawsuit against the Intern... by CamperBob2 on Thursday July 23, 2020 @10:03PM (#23934926)

You don't kneel to bullies if you want them to stop, you fight back

If you get a speeding ticket on a road where you believe the speed limit is unreasonably low, do you "fight" with the cop at the side of the road, or with the transportation department in a meeting room at city hall?

They're doing the former, which just wastes everybody's time and money.

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Re:My thoughts in response to the lawsuit against the Intern... by nitrogen on Friday July 24, 2020 @01:18AM (#23935979)

I've read elsewhere, via HN, that speed limits are generally set to the 85th percentile of traffic speeds. So in order for a speed limit to change, you probably need to show that more than 15% of drivers are speeding. You might do that by showing that this stretch of road is generating a disproportionate number of tickets.

You need a critical mass to be "on the wrong side". That's how marijuana was legalized, for example. Someone has to be the seed crystal around which the critical mass can grow.

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