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• On the post: FBI Investigating New Information Regarding Hillary Clinton… Because Of The Anthony Weiner Sexting Investigation

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 28 Oct, 2016 @ 01:31pm

  We should have expected this. Weiner (the 2016 film) got a 96% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and already its getting a sequel.

• On the post: Australian Teen With Wacky Mullet Sues The Media For Making A Meme Out Of His Haircut

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 28 Oct, 2016 @ 08:01am

  Probably needs a Tic Tac

  A guy known by his name and his weird hair, with no sense of humor and a tendency towards frivolous litigation. With his hands all over the nearest woman.
  
  Sounds familiar...

• On the post: The Senate Summoned The Wrong Time Warner To Talk About AT&T Merger

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 27 Oct, 2016 @ 03:53pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  Mr Big Content gave an even better example below.

• On the post: Alibaba's Boss Says Chinese Government Should Use Big Data Techniques On Its 'Citizen Scores' Surveillance Store

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 27 Oct, 2016 @ 08:13am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Rather than another cold war, America and China agreed years ago to meet each other half way. At authoritarian capitalism.

• On the post: The Senate Summoned The Wrong Time Warner To Talk About AT&T Merger

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 27 Oct, 2016 @ 03:02pm

  One day, after America is attacked, they'll approve the invasion of the wrong country.

• On the post: New Docs Detail How AT&T Planned To Profit Massively By Helping Law Enforcement Spy On The Public

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 25 Oct, 2016 @ 01:17pm

  Re: Re: I imagine a future when we've had enough of this.

  Space is really going to give humanity freedom again.

  Not in the first century of colonization. It'll be like living on submarines. People living in close quarters, in an otherwise dangerous environment, highly dependent on everyone else, requiring a strict command structure. Little ability to up and move if the neighbors are anti-social, and anti-social could get you killed. They'll dream of the freedom of living on Earth. Once colonies are large and established enough to get over that, the political structures won't look much different from what we have now.

• On the post: Techdirt Podcast Episode 96: Death Knell For Software Patents

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 25 Oct, 2016 @ 01:36pm

  This week, we discuss what this opinion means...

  What it means is waves of hyperbole from patent trolls and their owned and operated congressmen in the near future.

  "First they came for the One-click patent I did not speak out, because I did not license the One-click patent...."

• On the post: New Docs Detail How AT&T Planned To Profit Massively By Helping Law Enforcement Spy On The Public

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 25 Oct, 2016 @ 12:14pm

  Waiting for George Orwell's widow to get involved...

  Shameful: Perfectly Reasonable Report On AT&T Killed By Bogus Copyright Claims

• On the post: Chinese Company Recalls Cameras, DVRs Used In Last Week's Massive DDoS Attack

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2016 @ 02:29pm

  Re: Re: IoT

  Time to watch Buster Keaton's The Electric House (1922). Fair warning on the sheer madness of the idea of wiring up a home with electric gadgets.

• On the post: Chinese Company Recalls Cameras, DVRs Used In Last Week's Massive DDoS Attack

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2016 @ 01:02pm

  Re:

  I've heard the same thing from Smart Car reviewers and smart bomb targets.

• On the post: Chinese Company Recalls Cameras, DVRs Used In Last Week's Massive DDoS Attack

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2016 @ 12:36pm

  Re: But...

  Our (rebranded but obviously Chinese-made) security camera system is port-forwarded to the internet. That way you can watch from a browser app at home, or for an iPhone or Android app.

• On the post: Dumb & Dumber Claims About Last Week's Internet Attack (SOPA?!? Really?)

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2016 @ 10:56am

  Re: predictable coincidence

  Whatever the reason and operatives behind the DDos attack, the timing was perfect for diverting the news media's attention from Clinton's embarrassing (if not outright scandalous) leaked-email revelations.

  Considering that this scandal has been in the news since 2012, which DDos are you referring to? For that matter, given the ample media attention, which alternate universe are you referring to? 2016 candidates Scott Walker, Marco Rubio, Chris Christie, Rick Perry and Bobby Jindal, who each have their own email scandals. As does Mitt Romney, who was considering running. And of course so does Jeb!. If their party had decided that any of them made a better leader than Trump, would you be declaring the DDos to be the media diverting attention from THOSE scandals?

• On the post: Zuckerberg Momentarily Curbs 'Hate Speech' Moderation Stupidity At Facebook To Reinstate Posts By Donald Trump

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2016 @ 08:18am

  Re:

  Trump is the only candidate that Hillary could have beaten.
  
  Don't kid yourself. She could have beaten anyone in the 2016 Republican primaries.
  
  The only serious competition Trump had was Ted Cruz. Even Hillary makes Cruz look likable and honest by comparison, and she more than beats him on eligibility and experience.
  
  Jeb! was eligible and probably more likable. But the only thing hiding the skeletons in his closet are all the skeletons piled up in front blocking the door. Republicans wouldn't even be able to talk about Hillary's mail server; Jeb! was doing the same thing.
  
  Each of the rest had their own major flaws.

• On the post: Chinese Company Recalls Cameras, DVRs Used In Last Week's Massive DDoS Attack

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2016 @ 12:21pm

  That vast majority of those camera and DVR owners will never hear about the recall. Their security camera systems will have been bought - often rebranded - from third-party companies.

• On the post: How Could NSA Contractor Harold Martin Have Been Taking Home Classified Info For 20 Years Without NSA Noticing?

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 21 Oct, 2016 @ 05:36pm

  Re:

  "Sorry, NSA, but since Mr. Martin has 50TB of classified data and went 20 years without a security breach, he IS the NSA now."

• On the post: Actor James Woods Gloats Over Death Of Random Twitter Troll He Sued To Unmask [Updated]

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 21 Oct, 2016 @ 12:01pm

  Re:

  Careful there. Trump is turning being labelled "disgusting" or "nasty" into badges of honor.

• On the post: 'Nice Internet You've Got There… You Wouldn't Want Something To Happen To It…'

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 21 Oct, 2016 @ 11:23am

  Re:

  Nah. Look at the sites affected. If you're afraid of the citizens, you don't cut off the bread and circuses.

• On the post: Actor James Woods Gloats Over Death Of Random Twitter Troll He Sued To Unmask [Updated]

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 21 Oct, 2016 @ 11:04am

  Re:

  He's that guy who sued Sean Young for $2 million, accusing her of stalking him after they appeared together in the movie The Boost. Young countered that Woods had overreacted after she had spurned his advances on set, and was awarded $227,000 to cover her legal costs.

• On the post: Come On Elon! Tesla Stupidly Bans Owners From Using Self-Driving Teslas For Uber

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 21 Oct, 2016 @ 08:29am

  Re: Re: If Tesla invests in Pizza Hut...

  That sort of thing has been common in the automotive industry for a long time.
  
  Examples from 2001: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=98336

• On the post: This Is Huge: New Project Releases All Current (Non-Confidential) Congressional Research Service Reports

  

  Roger Strong ( profile ), 21 Oct, 2016 @ 06:33am

  Re: Re: They'll Be Missed

  On the other hand, thank you for demonstrating my point (partisan opposition to a source of credible non-partisan reports).

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