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  • On the post: Australian Public Servants Warned Against Liking Social Media Posts That Are Critical Of Government Policies

    DarkKnight ( profile ), 10 Aug, 2017 @ 04:06am

    #Really?

    Yea,

    This is why I operate under pseudonyms, on social networks. Privacy matters. It's a pretty bad idea to link with employers, recruiters, or co-workers on social media, so if you're making who you "really are" known on social media, you have to expect that to be a problem. I don't, so I won't be having to deal with something like this.

  • On the post: Winnipeg Man Has Vanity Plate Referencing Star Trek Recalled Over Complaints Of How Racist It Is

    DarkKnight ( profile ), 26 Jul, 2017 @ 04:29am

    BS

    Anyone who think this license plate is "Racist", is reaching for into the realm of "I need drugs". It's about the BORG. Nothing else. Actual racism is something else, entirely. All this bloke has to do in court is show one clip from the Star Trek Next Generation TV show of the 90's, to make it clear that this plate is NOT racist. Done. Over. Onto something else to complain about that isn't likely to be racist....

  • On the post: Massachusetts Lawmaker Wants To Make It A Felony To Have Secret Compartments In Your Car

    DarkKnight ( profile ), 21 Jul, 2017 @ 05:18am

    Re:

    Sure. And how will you defeat the cameras filming you do that? Good like actually trying this.

  • On the post: Massachusetts Lawmaker Wants To Make It A Felony To Have Secret Compartments In Your Car

    DarkKnight ( profile ), 21 Jul, 2017 @ 05:15am

    Re: Re: Re: Re:

    That would make my '96 Volvo 850 GLT Non Turbo on the cops "No Thanks" list. Thankfully, I'm nowhere near Massachusetts. Just one more State to go on the "Won't ever move/Live there" list....

  • On the post: Court Says Gov't Has To Give Back $167,000 It Seized During A String Of 4th Amendment Violations

    DarkKnight ( profile ), 29 Jun, 2017 @ 04:24am

    Noted...

    El Paso Texas? Duly noted. Florida. Texas. Where else? So, driving too slow, or driving too fast and these crooked cops stop and basically rob the public? How the HELL do they get to just seize cash and let the driver go? Note to self- Have very little cash on hand, leaving no cause for civil rights violations. Cops get to shoot and kill and get away with it, due to "fearing for their safety". They get to rob, due to whatever they like. Can't trust the cops. Can't trust anyone in Government. Who can we trust?

  • On the post: Facial Recognition Software Brings Personalized Ads To The Supermarket

    DarkKnight ( profile ), 23 Jun, 2017 @ 05:38am

    NO

    I don't care about targeted advertising. I wouldn't be looking at the camera or screen. I'm more interested in Police Cams in neighborhoods like mine, to make it easy to identify known criminals or unknown criminals, and identify anyone attempting any illegal activities. That makes sense and would allow the Police to do the jobs that we pay taxes toward them doing. Advertisers can go to >>>>

  • On the post: NCAA Forces UCF Football Player To Choose Between His Athletic Career And His YouTube Channel

    DarkKnight ( profile ), 16 Jun, 2017 @ 05:09am

    RIDICULOUS

    This is just ridiculous.

    These athletes fill the NCAA's pockets with billions and that pales in comparison to any scholarships that may receive. What they do for the athletes pales in comparison to what the athletes are earning them and the schools that they go to. This is a one sided deal that is in favor of the NCAA and just isn't fair, or right. No wonder athletes who don't end up as professional athletes/stars, end up as crooks. That's basically what the NCAA is. A crooked organization.

  • On the post: Comcast Pinky Swears That The Death Of Net Neutrality Won't Hurt In The Slightest

    DarkKnight ( profile ), 08 Jun, 2017 @ 04:20am

    #REALLY??

    Maybe Comcast should focus on why their TV, Internet, and Phone services all went down and took hours to be restored Monday and Tuesday of this week and a couple of days, last week. They haven't provided any answers on why this happend. Perhaps it has something to do with their recent Wireless Services deal with Verizon and Charter Cable?

  • On the post: Cheap DNA Testing Is Giving Some Insurers Even More Ways To Deny Coverage [UPDATED]

    DarkKnight ( profile ), 08 Jun, 2017 @ 04:12am

    #NO

    Not curious enough about my family history to contribute DNA, so I'll definitely pass on this and anything else requiring a blood test. Catalog someone else's DNA. Having to deal with Human DNA is enough of a handicap.

  • On the post: How Document-Tracking Dots Helped The FBI Track Down Russian Hacking Doc Leaker

    DarkKnight ( profile ), 07 Jun, 2017 @ 05:25am

    Hmmmm....

    From the girl's name, to her getting caught so quickly, the whole thing just looks too conveniently staged, to me. That this happened a couple of days before Comey testifies to Congress? My Spider Sense is tingling on this situation...

  • On the post: Inspector General Report Shows DEA Covering Up Its Role In A Shooting That Left Four Foreign Citizens Dead

    DarkKnight ( profile ), 03 Jun, 2017 @ 01:51am

    Really?

    Business as usual, in the War on Drugs. Don't be too shocked if all the seized drugs and money doesn't arrive to the Evidence Locker. That is after all, what the "War on Drugs" is really about. Ill gotten gains. When a drug seizure occurs and they tout what they seized, it should be obvious that stacks of cash, drugs, cars, and whatever else, "disappeared" and will never be shown as "evidence". Is it much of a stretch to assume that some of these DEA blokes actually work for a competing Drug Lord?

  • On the post: Stupid Patent Of The Month: Ford Patents A Windshield

    DarkKnight ( profile ), 03 Jun, 2017 @ 01:34am

    Really?

    Suppose I want a Bullet Proof Windshield on my Ford? This patent is BS. I can see how and why the Auto Manufacturers want freeze out repair shops. They want us all to be forced to go to dealerships for repairs and be forced to deal with ridiculous prices, shoddy service, and pointless lock in. Ford especially would like to recoup losses in their stock price. Look for the new CEO to try this nonsense with more parts. As one who's spent far too much time and money at Ford Dealerships, I've never had a positive experience at a Ford Dealership. Other repair shops? DEFINITELY.

  • On the post: Judge Smacks NYPD For Its 'Gotcha' Tactics In Forfeiture Public Records Lawsuit

    DarkKnight ( profile ), 31 May, 2017 @ 12:03pm

    BS

    The only logical reason the NYPD would be making it near impossible to obtain information on seized property, is that the property is being stolen and they are covering their tracks. There is no other logical reason. Why would the NYPD be seizing anyone's "credit cards"? Those can be cancelled and made unusable, with one phone call by the account holder to the issuer? Bunch of crooks!!

  • On the post: Samsung's 'Airtight' Iris Scanning Technology For The S8 Defeated With A Camera, Printer, And Contact Lens

    DarkKnight ( profile ), 27 May, 2017 @ 04:03am

    Both a fingerprint reader and iris scanner are less effective than a pin code. Someone (or a couple of people) can force you to open your eyes, look at the phone, and that iris scanner will unlock it, or place your finger on the figure print reader and unlock it. If the wrong pin code is typed in enough times, the phone could be wiped, so I'll be sticking with a pin code and avoiding fingerprint readers and iris scanners. No thanks.

  • On the post: More Legislators Jump On The 'Blue Lives Matter' Bandwagon

    DarkKnight ( profile ), 27 May, 2017 @ 03:56am

    HMMMM....

    How about some technology to provide Police with Non Lethal Weaponry, that disables law breakers and knocks them out, without killing them? The end of Police brutality style killings, a great PR upgrade, and less fear and loathing, from the public?

  • On the post: Brazilian Journalist Detained By UK Border Police For Reading A Book About ISIS

    DarkKnight ( profile ), 26 May, 2017 @ 04:04am

    Really?

    Perhaps this bloke should've read this as an e-book, on his phone, making it next to impossible for anyone to clearly see what he was reading? The bloke looked "Hispanic" or "non-white" and so, that made him appear to perhaps be Middle Eastern, because let's be honest, if this had been a Donald Trump appearing bloke reading the same book, there would not have been an issue with his reading material and thus, no problem with the authorities?

  • On the post: Brazilian Journalist Detained By UK Border Police For Reading A Book About ISIS

    DarkKnight ( profile ), 26 May, 2017 @ 04:04am

    Really?

    Perhaps this bloke should've read this as an e-book, on his phone, making it next to impossible for anyone to clearly see what he was reading? The bloke looked "Hispanic" or "non-white" and so, that made him appear to perhaps be Middle Eastern, because let's be honest, if this had been a Donald Trump appearing bloke reading the same book, there would not have been an issue with his reading material and thus, no problem with the authorities?

  • On the post: Boston Globe Blocks Readers Using Privacy Modes In Browsers

    DarkKnight ( profile ), 25 May, 2017 @ 12:02pm

    Re: Hmmmh

    Ya.

    What J. R. Said, times a million. Ublock and Self Destruction Cookies are now added.

  • On the post: Boston Globe Blocks Readers Using Privacy Modes In Browsers

    DarkKnight ( profile ), 25 May, 2017 @ 04:49am

    Re: Firefox Add-ons

    "Self Destruction Cookies"? Hmmmm....

  • On the post: Boston Globe Blocks Readers Using Privacy Modes In Browsers

    DarkKnight ( profile ), 25 May, 2017 @ 05:00am

    Really?

    Good Luck to the Boston Globe using this method to increase subscription. I don't live in Boston, so their local news isn't something I need. I can obtain international news without a subscription to the Boston Globe.

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