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• Oct 18, 2022 @ 06:05am
  on 250 Groups Urge Senate To Stop Being Corrupt Jackasses and Finally Confirm FCC Nominee Gigi Sohn

  I just don't get any of the US political stuff at all being a British person... Why aren't all these lobbyists arrested for corruption...? I'm guessing the sitting Senators and Congressmen and women can't be because they would probably have the equivalent of Diplomatic Immunity but the lobbyists surely wouldn't would they?? The DOJ would have an open and shut case surely... or is it a lot more complicated than I realise...

• Oct 09, 2021 @ 08:57am
  on If You Want To Know Why Section 230 Matters, Just Ask Wikimedia: Without It, There'd Be No Wikipedia

  Why are China blocking Wikimedia? I have a feeling that it's about Taiwan.....

• Jul 14, 2021 @ 11:40pm

  Question about the Document

  on Trump Notifies Attorney General He's Challenging The Constitutionality Of Section 230 On The Dumbest Grounds Possible

  I don't know what the protocol is for ex-presidents but why in the document is Trump referred to as the 45th President when he is filing this lawsuit as a civilian not the president...

  (UK here so just wondering why...)

• Aug 12, 2019 @ 10:55pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: What is the relevant law?

  on Class Action Lawsuit Hopes To Hold GitHub Responsible For Hosting Data From Capital One Breach

  Not mention Microsoft has a shedload of stuff of their own on Github so I doubt they would want to mess with Github...

• May 15, 2019 @ 11:19am

  Re: Davinci Resolve

  on Adobe Warns Users Someone Else Might Sue Them For Using Old Versions Of Photoshop

  There is a free version with slightly less functions that you could try out before buying the full...

• Jul 28, 2017 @ 12:20pm

  Lawsuits for Scrambled data

  on TSA To Require Separate Scanning Of Electronics 'Bigger Than Cellphone'

  How soon are you betting that there are going to be lawsuits for the value of scrambled data on the computers going through the xray machines?
  
  Or have I got it all wrong and the machines are not using magnetics...?

• May 20, 2015 @ 09:21pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Nuclear disaster? More like sour grapes!

  on New Whistleblower Claims UK's Nuclear Submarine Fleet A 'Disaster Waiting To Happen'

  The design of the reactor had built in flaws that were made worse by the tests they were doing so it all can be pinned on the cooling system.
  
  See this article...
  http://articles.latimes.com/1986-08-23/news/mn-15781_1_design-flaws