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• On the post: New Netflix DRM Blocks Rooted Phone Owners From Downloading The Netflix App

  

  PlagueSD ( profile ), 16 May, 2017 @ 03:27pm

  Re:

  "we can't match the billing data with the account login".

  Lol. There's so much wrong in that statement. Hey Netflix. here's a clue. You set up a back-end database that has a referential link between "billing" and "login". When someone logs in, you look at your database and link it to the billing info.

• On the post: French Theater Owners Freak Out; Get Netflix Booted From Cannes Film Festival

  

  PlagueSD ( profile ), 16 May, 2017 @ 11:51am

  Why compete when we can just eliminate the competition. Seems much easier to do.

• On the post: Microsoft Is PISSED OFF At The NSA Over WannaCry Attack

  

  PlagueSD ( profile ), 16 May, 2017 @ 08:50am

  The "Golden" key

  So, tell me again why it would be a good idea for government to have a "Golden" key to backdoor encryption again? I missed it the first 2,000 times...

• On the post: Tough Mudder Threatens Local Rotary Club Over 'Significant Use Of The Color Orange'

  

  PlagueSD ( profile ), 12 May, 2017 @ 02:15pm

  Re: I'll Be Honest...

  Thunder Run <> Tough Mudder...Reading the title on the page is enough to clear any confusion for me.

• On the post: Tough Mudder Threatens Local Rotary Club Over 'Significant Use Of The Color Orange'

  

  PlagueSD ( profile ), 12 May, 2017 @ 12:57pm

  2 differernt colors

  Taking a sample from the websites using "color picker" and comparing them, I have determined the color "Orange" is not the same.
  
  Thunder Run
  RGB - 235,102,6
  Hex - #EB6606
  
  Tough Mudder
  RGB - 227,126,54
  HEX - #E37E36

• On the post: Austrian Court's 'Hate Speech' Ruling Says Facebook Must Remove Perfectly Legal Posts All Over The World

  

  PlagueSD ( profile ), 11 May, 2017 @ 11:23am

  Re: Europeans

  lol..Obviously, you haven't been paying attention to US politics. I think this is Austria trying to one-up the United States.

• On the post: This Makes No Sense: US To Ban Laptops On All Flights From Europe

  

  PlagueSD ( profile ), 11 May, 2017 @ 09:46am

  Re: Re:

  Not if they install "hardware" in the device.
  
  http://www.infoworld.com/article/2608141/internet-privacy/snowden--the-nsa-planted-backdoors-in-cisco-products.html

• On the post: This Makes No Sense: US To Ban Laptops On All Flights From Europe

  

  PlagueSD ( profile ), 10 May, 2017 @ 04:06pm

  Stolen Laptop reports on the rise

  I'll be interested in the trend of missing/stolen laptops with regard to this flying ban. By checking with your luggage, you're basically inviting your laptop to go "missing" or at the very least, have a DHS agent in baggage "cloning" hard drives.

• On the post: The FCC Is Using Garbage Lobbyist Data To Defend Its Assault On Net Neutrality

  

  PlagueSD ( profile ), 09 May, 2017 @ 10:21am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Wasn't that AOL back in the early 90's??

• On the post: Police Union Sues Toy Gun Maker For Not Doing Enough To Keep Cleveland Cops From Killing 12-Year-Old Boys

  

  PlagueSD ( profile ), 05 May, 2017 @ 04:02pm

  Largest "Gang" in America - The Cops

  https://www.dontcomply.com/americas-largest-street-gang-isnt-the-bloods-or-the-crips-its-police-officers/

• On the post: Police Union Sues Toy Gun Maker For Not Doing Enough To Keep Cleveland Cops From Killing 12-Year-Old Boys

  

  PlagueSD ( profile ), 05 May, 2017 @ 12:05pm

  It's not just toy guns:
  
  Hands in pocket:
  He's got a gun!!! Shoot him!
  
  Holding a toy car:
  He's got a gun!!! Shoot him!
  
  Holding a cell phone:
  He's got a gun!!! Shoot him!
  
  Standing around with hands raised:
  He's got a gun!!! Shoot him!
  
  
  I think the police need training on how to properly identify guns.

• On the post: Homeowner's House Burns Down, He Tries To Rebuild… But Facing Copyright Threats From Original Builder

  

  PlagueSD ( profile ), 01 May, 2017 @ 11:23am

  So the blueprints are under copyright? Just do what all the cell phone companies do. Make a rectangle with "rounded" edges. Move a wall, add a door, add a window. Make any small change so you're not following the original blueprints exactly. Problem solved.

• On the post: Response To Facebook Video Of Murder Is The Call For An Actual 'Godwin's Law'

  

  PlagueSD ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2017 @ 12:13pm

  Godwin's Law...Distant cousin of Streisand Effect??

• On the post: No, The Wall St. Bull Sculptor Doesn't 'Have A Point'

  

  PlagueSD ( profile ), 18 Apr, 2017 @ 11:08am

  Screw the girl. Someone should have put up a statue of Bugs Bunny in front of that bull.

• On the post: Hypocritical CIA Director Goes On Rant About Wikileaks, Free Speech

  

  PlagueSD ( profile ), 18 Apr, 2017 @ 09:56am

  "The FBI/CIA walks like a hostile intelligence service and talks like a hostile intelligence service. It has encouraged normal citizens to commit acts of terror in order to spread fear mongering. It directed Waad Ramadan Alwan and Mohanad Shareef Hammadi to send money and weapons to militant groups in Iraq. And it overwhelmingly focuses on the United States, while seeking support from anti-democratic countries and organizations."

  Fixed that for you...

• On the post: Moral Panics: Don't Blame Facebook Because Some Guy Posted His Murder Video There

  

  PlagueSD ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2017 @ 11:30am

  Open and close murder case for police

  Looks like the police will have a pretty good lead on the "suspect".

• On the post: Uber Now Banned In Italy… Because Competition Is Bad?

  

  PlagueSD ( profile ), 12 Apr, 2017 @ 01:54pm

  Uber. Just Another Taxi Company

  How do the taxi companies have a standing in this? Is there only one taxi company in Italy? If so, that's a monopoly and shouldn't be allowed. Is there more than one taxi company? If so, then this shouldn't be an issue as Uber is just like another taxi company and there's already "competition".

• On the post: Homeland Security Starts Banning Laptops & Tablets On Planes From The Middle East

  

  PlagueSD ( profile ), 21 Mar, 2017 @ 11:34am

  How else is TSA going to get "free" ipads. Sarcasm aside, you and I both know the "real" reason they are doing this. It's so they can image any device they want when they open the bag to "inspect" it.

• On the post: San Francisco Ponders The Largest Community Broadband Network Ever Built

  

  PlagueSD ( profile ), 20 Mar, 2017 @ 01:50pm

  The problem is convincing people to pay for it.

  Well, now that marijuana is legal in California, we can use some of that tax money to fund this. Just look at Colorado. They made so much on taxes, they actually had to give some back to the residents...