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On the post: Court Orders Small Ohio Speed Trap Town To Refund $3 Million In Unconstitutional Speeding Tickets

Oblate ( profile ), 13 Feb, 2017 @ 10:58am

Re: 3 million......and the rest

It won't cost them a thing, overall. The refunds will be available in person only, at the end of a very long, flat, straight road. With a 5 mph speed limit, unposted.

On the post: Trump Issues Executive Orders To Make A Safe Nation Safe And Protect Cops Who Don't Need Protection

Oblate ( profile ), 10 Feb, 2017 @ 01:53pm

More of the same...

Trump's task force is charged with "Crime Reduction And Public safety".

Pretty much what we've come to expect. At least they're correctly labeling what they're giving us now.

On the post: Rudy Giuliani To Head Up Trump's Cybersecurity Team As The Internet Laughs At Giuliani's Security Bona Fides

Oblate ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2017 @ 10:43am

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Maybe they hired a real cybersecurity company, and they put the website out of its misery.

On the post: Streisand Effect Derails Man's Analog Plan To Buy Up All The Newspapers Detailing His DWI Arrest

Oblate ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2017 @ 07:28am

What a genius...

So Mr. Talbot has now achieved notoriety for being caught doing something while sober, the only explanation for which would be to have been drunk, to try and cover up being caught doing something while drunk that should only be done while sober.

Just wanted to clear that up.

On the post: Google Finally Wins One Of Those Nutty Defamation Lawsuits Down Under

Oblate ( profile ), 23 Dec, 2016 @ 09:31am

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A company policy about "barring employees from writing novels"

But what if it were about "barring employees from writing novels on a computer" ?

On the post: White House Tells Feinstein CIA Torture Report Will Be 'Preserved' But Not Declassified

Oblate ( profile ), 13 Dec, 2016 @ 05:22pm

Re: Response to: AnonCow on Dec 13th, 2016 @ 9:19am

Chuck E. Cheese or McDonalds, either way it's some clown running the party.

With Bernie it would be like a birthday party at a salad bar, but at least there would be an adult table.

On the post: Wall Street Is Dreaming Of Megamergers Under Trump — Including A Verizon-Comcast Super Union

Oblate ( profile ), 01 Dec, 2016 @ 08:26am

Re: Re: Re: And...

Trump is less dishonest about what he wants to do.

I think this is the more honest version.

On the post: Appeals Court To Cops: If You 'Don't Have Time' For 'Constitutional Bullshit,' You Don't Get Immunity

Oblate ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2016 @ 10:46am

Re: Re: The only surprising thing about this...

Some electric stoves, when on, will cause the stove top to heat up hot enough to start a fire. The only possible reason I can think of why they left it on is they wanted to start a fire there (or possibly to show off their burning level of incompetence). A little bit surprised they weren't charged with attempted arson.

On the post: James Comey To Congress: About Those Hillary Clinton Emails I Mentioned Last Week? Meh, Forget About It, Nothing To See

Oblate ( profile ), 07 Nov, 2016 @ 10:44am

an issue that everyone can come together and agree on: James Comey is a terrible FBI director.

I didn't check- were any of Comey's e-mails sent around 3:00 AM? Maybe his staff should take away his e-mail access.

On the post: After North Carolina Law Bans Municipal Broadband, One ISP Gives Gigabit Connections Away

Oblate ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2016 @ 10:35am

This narrative usually involves framing all municipal broadband efforts as unmitigated financial disasters

They will undoubtedly now advertise the municipal broadband as "so bad they can't even sell it outside of the county".

On the post: Car-Freshener Wields Little Trees Trademark To Bankrupt Non Profit That Helped Ex-Cons And Recovering Addicts

Oblate ( profile ), 27 Oct, 2016 @ 10:56am

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Please don't turn this into a competition. I'm sure they're both very good at being sociopaths, there's no need to try and prove which one is better.

On the post: Samsung Issues Takedown On Video Of Grand Theft Auto 5 Mod Turning Galaxy Note 7 Into A Weapon

Oblate ( profile ), 19 Oct, 2016 @ 10:17am

Maybe Samsung is just upset someone else thought of this use first? They do have a giant pile of these phones to get rid of.

On the post: Argentina Not Only Wants To Bring In E-Voting, It Will Make It Illegal To Check The System For Electoral Fraud

Oblate ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2016 @ 10:44am

This does make some things simpler...

No need to spend time counting the votes, the results are going to be 86,000,000,000.02 to 0xcccccccc.

On the post: YouTube Takes Down European Parliament Video On Stopping Torture For 'Violating Community Guidelines'

Oblate ( profile ), 06 Oct, 2016 @ 10:14am

Maybe they should have spliced a few minutes of video of kittens playing at the beginning. Those videos seem to never go away.

On the post: How I Taught A Jury About Trolls, Memes And 4Chan — And Helped Get A Troll Out Of Jail

Oblate ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2016 @ 09:57am

Re: Fat Man Gadget =?

Lucky for him that the troll didn't reference the Little Boy bomb, they would have charged him with child porn!

Also, wonder what he's going to post about the prosecutor once this is dismissed...

On the post: 46 California Cities Join Rush To Impose 'Netflix Tax'

Oblate ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2016 @ 10:04am

.. and just why are they involved? Oh...

Am I the only one who read the headline and wondered why a Canadian band was involved with taxation in American cities?

On the post: NYC Kills Internet Browsing At Free WiFi Kiosks After The City's Homeless Actually Use It

Oblate ( profile ), 16 Sep, 2016 @ 11:21am

Re: help

I missed the word 'find' when I first read this. Gives the post a very different meaning.

On the post: UK Politician's Campaign Staff Tweets Out Picture Of Login And Password To Phones During Campaign Phone Jam

Oblate ( profile ), 12 Sep, 2016 @ 05:52am

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Any writing I put on a whiteboard is encrypted. That is if you listen to the complaints from those trying to read it...

On the post: Techdirt's New T-Shirt: The 2016 Election Choice… In Code

Oblate ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2016 @ 02:06pm

Maybe void would be better?

Is the return value an int? Because it just doesn't seem like this should be real...

On the post: AT&T Fined For Turning A Blind Eye As Drug Dealers Ripped Off Its Customers

Oblate ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2016 @ 10:15am

While Comcast gets the lion's share of the public's loathing, there's an argument to be made for AT&T actually being a worse company.

Comcast will surely see this as a challenge. I tremble to think what new punishments will rain down upon Comcast's customer base in their quest to regain the top spot.

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