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• On the post: To Combat Dropping Ratings, The NFL Thinks Fining Its Teams For Sharing Video On Social Media Is The Answer

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 12 Oct, 2016 @ 10:29am

  Re:

  They are paying their cheerleaders exactly minimum wage.
  
  If there are enough women that want to take that job, then apparently they are paying enough.

• On the post: To Combat Dropping Ratings, The NFL Thinks Fining Its Teams For Sharing Video On Social Media Is The Answer

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 12 Oct, 2016 @ 10:09am

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  Closer to home, they could ask Dollar Bill Wirtz how well that worked for the Chicago Blackhawks.
  
  He shut down every possible way of watching or hearing about the team using blackouts and blocking websites.
  
  The fans hated him so much, that when they announced his death there was a standing ovation.
  
  His son Rocky took over and undid all that stuff and put the Blackhawks out there as much as possible. Since then, they've sold out hundreds of straight games and won 3 Stanley Cups.

• On the post: Judge Posner Smacks Around Cabbies For Thinking That Cities Allowing Uber Violates Their 'Property Rights'

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 11 Oct, 2016 @ 11:14am

  Re:

  It's not the same.
  
  You can't hail Uber or Lyft on the street. You have to pre-schedule, which makes them the same as black car services (limos, etc.), which they DO have to follow the same regulations as in most places.

• On the post: Judge Posner Smacks Around Cabbies For Thinking That Cities Allowing Uber Violates Their 'Property Rights'

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 11 Oct, 2016 @ 11:12am

  Dogs vs. other animals

  It's absolutely discrimination that the horses can crap all over the trails near my house, but dogs (and only dogs) are not allowed to.

• On the post: 8 Years Later: Saeed Malekpour Is Still In An Iranian Prison Simply For Writing Open Source Software

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2016 @ 10:53am

  Re: 'Interesting' standards

  Porn? Bad.
  
  Threats of rape? A-OK.
  
  (shakes head)

• On the post: John Oliver Takes On Police Accountability And The Colossally-Stupid 'Bad Apple' Defense

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 03 Oct, 2016 @ 01:45pm

  Re: If you're a cop who doesn't publicly call out bad cops...

  Easier said than done.
  
  Michael Dornan tried this...

• On the post: EFF Asks Court To Block The DOJ From Prosecuting Researcher For DMCA Violations

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 03 Oct, 2016 @ 01:43pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  "And if you think there is a possibility that an average Joe citizen can make a difference in who gets elected or who even gets promoted to be the candidates you are living in Disney Land."
  
  Disneyland is run by a dictatorial rodent... He's been in power for over 60 years!

• On the post: Intel Community To Institute Actual Whistleblower Award For 'Speaking Truth To Power'

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 30 Sep, 2016 @ 10:22am

  Re:

  Exactly what I was thinking, complete with Admiral Ackbar's face.

• On the post: A Massive Cable Industry Disinformation Effort Just Crushed The FCC's Plan For Cable Box Competition

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 30 Sep, 2016 @ 10:01am

  It doesn't matter anymore

  Dish already has Sling TV, and there is Playstation Vue, Southern Fibernet and DirecTV, Verizon and Hulu are starting OTT cable services. Even heard of a new player yesterday called Cellon TV.
  
  All of these will be available over the internet before the end of the year.
  
  Comcast, Cox, etc. better get their act together or they will be left behind overnight.

• On the post: What Cord Cutting? Cable Sector Hiked TV Prices 40% In Last Five Years

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2016 @ 06:51am

  Re: Re:

  Exactly. The best part of cord-cutting is not having to play their stupid games anymore.

• On the post: Can Someone Explain To The RIAA That SOPA Didn't Actually Pass?

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 28 Sep, 2016 @ 10:00am

  Different than a VCR

  Seriously, Mike, did you even read it?
  
  They copy the file to their own site first for processing before downloading it to you.
  
  So they ARE distributing copyrighted material without a license.

• On the post: Movie Theater Security Guards Assault Women, Claim They Were Pirating Movie

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 26 Sep, 2016 @ 02:33pm

  Re: Re:

  That explains everything!
  
  Hollywood doesn't want anyone "improving" their movies by only recording the first half!

• On the post: Hillary Clinton To Silicon Valley: To Silence Terrorists, Nerd Harder, Nerds!

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 21 Sep, 2016 @ 11:43am

  Re: Magic Etch A Sketch

  Or Obama's entire Change™ and Transparency™ platforms.

• On the post: Hillary Clinton To Silicon Valley: To Silence Terrorists, Nerd Harder, Nerds!

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 21 Sep, 2016 @ 11:41am

  Re: NSA: Spy Harder

  Because any programmer with a brain refuses to work at a TLA.

• On the post: Lenovo Accused Of Locking Linux Out Of Certain Laptops At Microsoft's Request

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 21 Sep, 2016 @ 10:50am

  Re: Ha... ha... haha... hahahahahaha

  They may have learned their lesson, since their corporate response (not the initial rep) has been confirmed to be accurate.

• On the post: Lenovo Accused Of Locking Linux Out Of Certain Laptops At Microsoft's Request

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 21 Sep, 2016 @ 10:49am

  Re: Enquiry in re other operating systems

  Does BSD have Intel RMT RAID drivers built-in to the kernel?

• On the post: Lenovo Accused Of Locking Linux Out Of Certain Laptops At Microsoft's Request

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 21 Sep, 2016 @ 10:47am

  Re: Re: update

  The Linux drivers exist but they are not in the install CDs.
  
  Linux devs can easily change that and then Linux would install easily.
  
  But right now there's a catch-22, because you can't load far enough to load the driver, since the common workaround (switch the BIOS to AHCI) is locked.
  
  Once RAID drivers are installed in Linux by default, it won't be a problem anymore.
  
  People are also having a VERY difficult time reinstalling Windows 10 on this tablet.

• On the post: Lenovo Accused Of Locking Linux Out Of Certain Laptops At Microsoft's Request

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 21 Sep, 2016 @ 10:44am

  Re: Re: update

  Windows doesn't re-install either.

• On the post: House Intel Committee Says Snowden's Not A Whistleblower, 'Cause He Once Emailed His Boss's Boss

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 16 Sep, 2016 @ 10:00am

  Re:

  Let's all write-in Snowden for President. He would easily do better than Hillary or Trump. Spread the word.

• On the post: House Intel Committee Says Snowden's Not A Whistleblower, 'Cause He Once Emailed His Boss's Boss

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 16 Sep, 2016 @ 09:58am

  Re: Snowden is done for

  In 20 years, someone will pardon him and welcome him back as a hero.

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