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• On the post: Verizon Just Obliterated Ajit Pai's Justification For Killing Net Neutrality

  

  musterion ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2018 @ 11:17am

  OK, go tell your congress critter

  to deal with this. Net Neutrality whether good or bad was beyond the scope of the FCC. Have Congress authorize the FCC to handle this, and while you are at it, have Congress include a "Fairness Doctrine" so the regulated carriers like Facebook and Twitter can't selectively censor viewpoints they don't like.

• On the post: Apple's Incoherent App Approval Process Strikes Again, Net Neutrality App Banned For No Real Reason

  

  musterion ( profile ), 19 Jan, 2018 @ 06:42am

  How about "Net Transparency"

  It seems the decision making in these large net/tech companies is completely opaque and Kafkaesque.

• On the post: It Begins: Some Comic Conventions Refusing To Fold After San Diego Comic-Con Gets Its Trademark Win

  

  musterion ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2018 @ 08:04am

  Hollywood Money

  This whole brouhaha shows he corrupting influence of Hollywood money, and I suggest that a certain company known for it vigorous legal team and control freak attitude that now owns the biggest movie franchises is probably the biggest corruptor in the whole deal.

• On the post: Would-Be Congressman Wants A Law Forcing Social Media Platforms To Keep All His Alt-Right Buddies Online

  

  musterion ( profile ), 19 Dec, 2017 @ 11:38am

  A name for this

  We could call it "the fairness doctrine"

• On the post: Judge Hands Back $92,000 Taken From Musician By Cops For Failing To Buckle His Seatbelt

  

  musterion ( profile ), 05 Dec, 2017 @ 07:54am

  Remember

  You do not have to talk to the police. Enough of these incidents have happened.
  
  You get stopped, and the officer asks you:"Do you know why I pulled you over?" If you say something like: "I must have been speeding." You have just incriminated yourself. If you answer at all, you could say: "Officer, I have no idea why you pulled me over?" You have answered their question and have not incriminated your self.

• On the post: Dead People Mysteriously Support The FCC's Attack On Net Neutrality

  

  musterion ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2017 @ 08:38am

  Voters

  These must be democrat voters.

• On the post: Vermont State Police Rewrite Press Rules To Withhold As Much Information As Possible

  

  musterion ( profile ), 15 Sep, 2017 @ 06:46am

  Remember, this is the state that Bernie Sanders represents.

• On the post: Multiple Legislators Looking To Neutralize AG Sessions' Rollback Of Federal Forfeiture Reforms

  

  musterion ( profile ), 07 Sep, 2017 @ 06:49am

  Re: Who to blame?

  blame the so-called "War on Drugs" IT has been the excuse for most of the erosion of our (in the US) civil liberties.

• On the post: Apple Says Nebraska Will Become A 'Mecca For Hackers' If Right To Repair Bill Passes

  

  musterion ( profile ), 21 Feb, 2017 @ 07:13am

  Re: John Deere to the rescue!

  Why would John Deere do this? Who runs the company now? Is it someone with a farm background, or some idiot with an MBA from Stanford, or Wharton? That will tell you.

• On the post: San Francisco Police Department Kicks FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force To The Curb

  

  musterion ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2017 @ 09:40am

  Re: I remember...

  Yes, SF just painted a big target on itself. I bet they dont run their own counter terror organization like NYC did. Probably for them terrorist organization are solely "right wing"

• On the post: Chinese Officials With Government Access To Every Kind Of Personal Data Are Selling It Online

  

  musterion ( profile ), 19 Jan, 2017 @ 08:03am

  Is China the testing grounds for Samaritan?

  "Person of Interest" reference. If you have not seen this show, I highly recommend it.
  
  If data can be collected, it will be collected.
  If data can be abused, it will be abused.
  
  The old canard "If you have done nothing wrong, you have nothing to fear" becomes meaningless when the definition of wrong is slippery or subject to vast interpretation.

• On the post: Hollywood Accounting Back In Court: How Has Spinal Tap Only Earned $81 In Merchandise Sales For Its Creators?

  

  musterion ( profile ), 27 Oct, 2016 @ 11:50am

  Smart actors

  always get paid as a percentage of the gross, and not the net.

• On the post: Cops Dodge 4th Amendment By Phoning In 'Anonymous' Tips; Watch Their Drug Bust Vanish After They're Exposed

  

  musterion ( profile ), 30 Sep, 2016 @ 07:10am

  Laws are for little people

  Look at what Hillary Clinton gets away with.

• On the post: Will The Washington Post Give Back Its Pulitzer And Stand Trial With Snowden?

  

  musterion ( profile ), 20 Sep, 2016 @ 07:33am

  Give back a Pulitzer? You must be kidding

  Just like the NY TImes would give back it Pulitzer for Walter Duranty lying reporting on the Stalinist Soviet Union in the 30's

• On the post: Compare And Contrast: Treatment Of Thomas Drake & Hillary Clinton For Having Classified Info

  

  musterion ( profile ), 29 Mar, 2016 @ 10:36am

  Laws are for little people.

  Hillary the grifter is not a little person.

• On the post: Hulk Hogan's $115 Million Win Against Gawker Raises Serious First Amendment Questions

  

  musterion ( profile ), 21 Mar, 2016 @ 07:43am

  Burn baby burn

  Absolutely! Sadly most of the contributors will find homes on sites like Wired and Ars Technica.

• On the post: DailyDirt: Nature Doesn't Play By Our Rules…

  

  musterion ( profile ), 29 Jan, 2016 @ 07:53am

  So, what is a species?

  If dog, wolf, and coyote can interbreed and produce fertile offspring how are they different species, and not simply variants of the same species? A wolf, a coyote, and a German Shepard look a whole lot more like similar animals that a German Shepard and a Dachshund.

• On the post: After A Decade Of Waiting For Verizon, Town Builds Itself Gigabit Fiber For $75 Per Month

  

  musterion ( profile ), 29 Dec, 2015 @ 08:24am

  Service

  Do you mean a town that is home to a large state university?
  
  I remember in the 70s when, if it rained there was wso much line noise that a 300 baud acousting couple modem was nearly worthless.

• On the post: Self-Driving Cars Have Twice The Accidents, But Only Because Humans Aren't Used To Vehicles Following The Rules

  

  musterion ( profile ), 23 Dec, 2015 @ 07:12am

  Getting rear ended

  if you are driving the speed limit when everyone alse around you is doing the limit plus 10--you are the problem.

• On the post: Techdirt Reading List: Economics Rules: The Rights And Wrongs Of The Dismal Science

  

  musterion ( profile ), 11 Dec, 2015 @ 07:35am

  Re:

  In the field of econimics, one thing is for sure - and that is that Marxisn and Keyensianism are complete failures. That does not bother some, they simply double down claiming they didn't implement it hard enough--Cuba/Venezulea I'm looking at you.

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