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Ed Gerck wrote:
> > I'm curious, tho'. Where are you licensed to practice law?
>
> In the US, amateur engineers are not allowed by law, but amateur
> lawyers are. Accordingly, everyone is also expected to know the law --
> not just lawyers, which of course does not apply to the more complex
> art of engineering or physics. My qualifications are public, btw, if you
> want to know just do an altavista search.
>
Apparently, you've never even seen the Stac decision that you argue
supports your rhetoric, and don't follow important cases on this
subject. Unfortunately, you just ran into someone who has some
actual knowledge of the case. That's why I asked for citations.
Your incorrect first sentence compounds the error. Perhaps you
could provide citations here, also? (At least in Michigan, legal
representation by non-lawyers is prohibited by law, engineering
advice from non-engineers is not -- lawyers write the laws.)
The lawyer that shares my social life thought the opinions were
ill-informed; she guessed correctly as to your practice status.
> So, Sonny v Connectix is NOT your trump card in this thread,
> as you seem to take it for. Quite to the contrary, I show above
> that a logical reading of the decision both supports my arguments
> as well as it denies what you have been assuming all along. I take it thus
> as one of my trump cards, thank you, conveniently at hand as you might say.
>
It would be really, really helpful when you would actually read the
entire text quoted, check the cited cases, and most importantly,
refrain from amazingly tortured and contorted interpretations of fairly
straightforward court decisions.
(Again, I followed that particular case because I'm personally
acquainted with the defendants. I Am Not A Lawyer -- but, I've won
a fair number of cases pro se in both Federal and Michigan courts, at
District, Circuit and Appellate level, and take some satisfaction
that several judges have congratulated me on my preparation. Heck,
I'm not a cryptographer, either, or a "licensed" engineer -- but I've
designed a few security protocols that have some degree of
widespread use. I've never removed any signatures from written
documents for a military hunta. Wow, what a qualification!)
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