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• On the post: Appeals Court OKs F-Bombs For Federal Trademark Protection

  

  Dirkmaster ( profile ), 12 Jan, 2018 @ 09:31am

  Re: Re: Children

  There is no such thing as common decency. There is common and there is decency, but never the twain shall meet. Just as with common sense.
  
  It's a fantasy propagated by those who wish to inflict their morals on you. Just say no.

• On the post: Cop Shuts Off Dashcam During Drug Dog Sniff. Appeals Court: This Is Fine.

  

  Dirkmaster ( profile ), 18 Dec, 2017 @ 12:11pm

  Re: Why ...

  Because the police and their union wouldn't let them purchase ones that didn't.

• On the post: Cards Against Humanity's Trolling Of Trump's Border Wall Shows How The Internet Has Removed Gatekeepers

  

  Dirkmaster ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2017 @ 12:14pm

  Re: Re: The bigger picture here

  Well, there is Bears vs Babies.
  
  https://www.bearsvsbabies.com
  
  Dirkmaster

• On the post: FCC Boss Demolishes Media Ownership Rules In Massive Gift To Sinclair Broadcasting

  

  Dirkmaster ( profile ), 02 Nov, 2017 @ 01:23pm

  Re:

  Ajit Pai - Prime Source of Fake News!

• On the post: Big ISPs Lobby To Kill Attempts At More Accurate Broadband Mapping

  

  Dirkmaster ( profile ), 20 Oct, 2017 @ 09:21am

  Re: ISPs are incompetent at mapping it

  Yeah, I have FIOS too (Now Frontier, alas), and I love how they send their salespeople out without the list of the houses that are already subscribers, so hey know on the doors of their existing customers. Happens about once a month here.

• On the post: After Backlash, Verizon Will Give Rural Data Users A Bit More Time To Get The Hell Off Its Network

  

  Dirkmaster ( profile ), 28 Sep, 2017 @ 11:30am

  Re: Re:

  If lube is not available, SuperPolyGrip (R) and birdseed may be substituted at our sole discretion.

• On the post: Shockingly, NY Times Columnist Is Totally Clueless About The Internet

  

  Dirkmaster ( profile ), 20 Sep, 2017 @ 07:54am

  Re: Re: I think your wording can be wrongly interpeted

  oh no! Too late!

• On the post: Body Cam Footage Of A Cop Planting Evidence Leads To Dozens Of Dismissed Cases

  

  Dirkmaster ( profile ), 03 Aug, 2017 @ 09:14am

  Re: It's not a serious crime, get over it

  you sir, just broke my sarcasm meter.

• On the post: Senator Wyden Argues FCC Is Either Incompetent Or Lying About Alleged DDoS Attack

  

  Dirkmaster ( profile ), 25 Jul, 2017 @ 12:48pm

  Re:

  Consequences? This is a government agent we are talking about. There are no consequences for them.

• On the post: House Budget Proposal Includes The Creation Of The United States Space Corps.

  

  Dirkmaster ( profile ), 13 Jul, 2017 @ 08:07am

  Re:

  This is exactly what I was wondering. Isn't there a treaty from the 60's that directly forbids this kind of thing?
  
  But a quick Google search led me (of course) to Wikipedia and
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty
  
  So, evidently not.

• On the post: People Would Pay A Hell Of A Lot More If DRM Were Gone

  

  Dirkmaster ( profile ), 13 Jul, 2017 @ 07:41am

  Re: Re: Re:

  I think you were lucky.

• On the post: Patent Trolling Lawyers May Have Picked With The Wrong Company To Shake Down: Cloudflare Hits Back

  

  Dirkmaster ( profile ), 12 May, 2017 @ 12:31pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  BWAHAHAHAHH
  
  Open Source companies are SO well known to be well-funded lobby organizations. Ease up on that crack, son.

• On the post: UK Parliament Takes First Step Towards Making Google & Facebook Censor Everything

  

  Dirkmaster ( profile ), 10 May, 2017 @ 10:01am

  Re: Its a non issue for speech

  Did you even bother to read the article? Judging by your missing the entire point, I'd guess no.
  
  Then kindly STFU.
  
  thanx

• On the post: Here Comes The Attempt To Reframe Silicon Valley As Modern Robber Barons

  

  Dirkmaster ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2017 @ 11:31am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Hate to say it, that 'Monopoly' Title has some merit...

  And why no mention of Comcast, Verizon, or AT&T today? Shouldn't we be divesting them of some of their assets? Comcast is much closer to a monopoly in many locales than Amazon or Google ever dreamed of being.

• On the post: Guy Fined $500 For Criticizing Government Without A Permit Sues Oregon Licensing Board

  

  Dirkmaster ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2017 @ 11:58am

  So, I got a question

  Are all physical science teachers in the state licensed engineers? That definition would certainly sound like they'd need to be. And users of CAD programs, or Makers?
  
  Maybe if Trump is so into getting rid of regulations, he should look at abolishing these kinds of "licensing boards".

• On the post: Congress Just Voted To Kill Consumer Broadband Privacy Protections

  

  Dirkmaster ( profile ), 24 Mar, 2017 @ 09:41am

  Re: On the Bright side...

  I did the same, but to Conyer. Told him he should be proud that he's the highest paid of all Telecom recipients. He got more from just those AT&T and Verizon than most of his constituents make in a year. Just those two! Guess we know who he works for.
  
  As you say, probably pointless. I didn't vote for the slug!

• On the post: Our Humanity

  

  Dirkmaster ( profile ), 30 Jan, 2017 @ 12:57pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Something we have NEVER seen Trump do, I would note.

• On the post: Our Humanity

  

  Dirkmaster ( profile ), 30 Jan, 2017 @ 12:49pm

  Re:

  "No one except children are swayed by emotional arguments"
  
  Really? Seems like religion has done pretty well over the centuries, using ONLY that to convince people.

• On the post: Confirmed Horrible Person James Woods Continues Being Horrible In 'Winning' Awful Lawsuit To Unmask Deceased Online Critic

  

  Dirkmaster ( profile ), 04 Jan, 2017 @ 01:16pm

  Re:

  Okay, I may be a sick puppy, but I think this is the funniest thing I've read today. Well done, sir.

• On the post: NYPD Officers Search Wrong Home; Post Photos Of Handcuffed Family To Snapchat

  

  Dirkmaster ( profile ), 28 Dec, 2016 @ 01:24pm

  Re:

  This, a thousand times this. I want to nail this comment on every police station door, and glue it to the forehead of every police union boss.

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