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• On the post: US Officials Have No Problem Leaking Classified Surveillance Information… As Long As It Fits Their Narrative

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 08 Nov, 2015 @ 08:39pm

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  Sounds like I need to make a new plugin that allows comments at the bottom of ANY web page.

• On the post: How The Redskins' Delightfully Vulgar Court Filing Won Me Over

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2015 @ 04:16pm

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  Yep. Their morality is great. But any morality coming from the right is "repressive censorship".

• On the post: Court Punishes Bogus Removal Of Juror Who Questioned Police Corruption By… Removing Troublesome Juror

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2015 @ 04:56am

  Isn't that the point?

  "But left with the unpalatable options of allowing an independent citizen to begin investigating the machinery of government"
  
  Isn't the point of a Grand Jury to allow the jury to try to poke holes in the case to see if it's worth prosecuting?
  
  I mean, I imagine that prosecutors do a good job of having their cases together before going to trial, so I understand that it looks like a rubber-stamp committee sometimes, but it's pretty bad that a guy is being kicked off for asking the appropriate questions.

• On the post: Court Tosses Bogus Wiretapping Charge Against Man Who Recorded Cops Who Raided His House

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 03 Nov, 2015 @ 12:08pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Wait until he gets home from court.

• On the post: With 12% Of Comcast Customers Now Broadband Capped, Comcast Declares It's Simply Spreading 'Fairness'

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 30 Oct, 2015 @ 12:43pm

  Re: Rural Internet and Caps

  The first thing I would do is install adfreetime at the router. It's $2 per month and will block all ads on your network on any device.

• On the post: With 12% Of Comcast Customers Now Broadband Capped, Comcast Declares It's Simply Spreading 'Fairness'

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 30 Oct, 2015 @ 12:42pm

  Re: Woe to the Cord Cutters

  I finally checked my usage the other day. I am solidly in the low 300 GBs. We watch a lot of Netflix, but we are not cord-cutters and if we were, we would probably use a lot more.
  
  Thankfully, no caps on TWC. Thanks, TWC!

• On the post: With 12% Of Comcast Customers Now Broadband Capped, Comcast Declares It's Simply Spreading 'Fairness'

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 30 Oct, 2015 @ 12:39pm

  Re: Comcast and Zero Rating

  Given the FCC's Net Neutrality rules, I'm going to say, "No".

• On the post: With Another Major Expansion, Google Fiber's Looking Less Like An Adorable Experiment And More Like A Disruptive Broadband Revolution

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 30 Oct, 2015 @ 12:30pm

  Re: It's worked great here

  You may think it's related, but we have no competition in Southern California and Time Warner did the same thing here.
  
  I have 50 Mbps for $45 a month and I could get up to 300 Mbps.

• On the post: Fox News Anchor's Suit Over Toy Hamster Likeness Results In Hilarious Point-By-Point Hasbro Rebuttal

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 30 Oct, 2015 @ 02:33pm

  I think this is a blatant attempt to make money off her celebrity

  I think this is a blatant attempt to make money off her celebrity.
  
  As such, I don't think her likeness is that off base.
  
  What's next, a cute hamster named "Batman" with a mask and cape? "But it's not a rich billionaire, it's a hamster."

• On the post: Lego Tells Political Artist To Hit The Bricks, Refusing To Sell Him Legos

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 28 Oct, 2015 @ 08:43pm

  Re: I hate to be pedantic, but

  Legos, legos, leGOS.

• On the post: Lego Tells Political Artist To Hit The Bricks, Refusing To Sell Him Legos

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 28 Oct, 2015 @ 08:43pm

  Re: Plenty of other options for him...

  My family really enjoyed the Jelly Belly factory tour (and the free samples weren't enough).

• On the post: Lego Tells Political Artist To Hit The Bricks, Refusing To Sell Him Legos

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 28 Oct, 2015 @ 08:41pm

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  Barbra...

• On the post: Lego Tells Political Artist To Hit The Bricks, Refusing To Sell Him Legos

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 28 Oct, 2015 @ 08:39pm

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  Or BIBLICAL pornographic scenes (NSFW, I guess).
  
  http://www.thebricktestament.com/genesis/the_descendants_of_seth_and_cain/01_gn04_25.html

• On the post: Right To Be Forgotten Now Lives In Australia: Court Says Google Is The 'Publisher' Of Material It Links To

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 28 Oct, 2015 @ 11:09am

  In other news...

  Telstra found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder for providing the phone used by a woman hiring a hitman to kill her husband.

• On the post: With Tim Wu's Help, New York AG Launches Belated Investigation Into Whether ISPs Intentionally Slowed Netflix

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 27 Oct, 2015 @ 10:52am

  Re: Re:

  It really doesn't matter. Dealing with that sort of investigation is a major hassle and business expense.
  
  They are going to get the message that they can't do this sort of stuff in the future, which is the whole point.
  
  And who knows, they may find that one idiot's e-mail after all.

• On the post: Competitor Steps In To Offer Toxoplasmosis Drug For $749 Less Per Pill Than Martin Shkreli And Turing Pharma

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 23 Oct, 2015 @ 01:25pm

  Re: Old price is wrong

  Still costs 2¢ per pill in India...

• On the post: Competitor Steps In To Offer Toxoplasmosis Drug For $749 Less Per Pill Than Martin Shkreli And Turing Pharma

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 23 Oct, 2015 @ 01:24pm

  Re: Re:

  Or, he can purchase it from his competitor for $1 a tablet as long as he allows them to charge that.

• On the post: Advocacy Groups, Lawyers Want Dept. Of Education To Enforce Campus Yik Yak Bans, Encourage First Amendment Violations

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 23 Oct, 2015 @ 01:17pm

  Re: Found it!

  Real picture:
  
  http://www.kmblegal.com/sites/default/files/staff_photos/Katz_Debra.jpg
  
  Yeah, we get it. You were abused by a man...

• On the post: Slate Informs Its Readers That Confusing, Unnecessary, Anti-Competitive Broadband Usage Caps Are Simply Wonderful

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 23 Oct, 2015 @ 10:19am

  We already have price tiers

  Time Warner has tiers from 1.5 mbps to 300 mbps and the prices range from $19.99 to $109.99.
  
  No data caps required to meet all ranges.

• On the post: Nearly All Tech Hardware And Services Get Cheaper Over Time — Except For Cable TV

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 22 Oct, 2015 @ 11:22am

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  Yes. On T-Mobile I'm getting $25 per line for 4 phones (2.5 GB each, which is plenty if you only install updates on WiFi), especially since music services don't count.
  
  I used to pay almost $50 per line a few years ago.

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