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• On the post: Pakistan Aims To Take Home 'Worst Cybercrime Legislation In The World' Trophy With Prevention Of Electronic Crimes Bill

  

  scatman09 ( profile ), 03 Dec, 2015 @ 05:20am

  Slavery requires obedience. Until the people under these tyrannical governments raise up and throw off the shackles of Islam, which perpetuates this rigid class system of oppression, nothing will change...the new king will be the same as the last king.

• On the post: DailyDirt: Lots Of Cool Carbon-Based Molecules

  

  scatman09 ( profile ), 03 Dec, 2015 @ 04:59am

  target elevator

  a space elevator...really?
  You'll shoot your eye out, kid--er, I mean--a terrorist will fly a plane into that, kid.

• On the post: Congress Still Fighting SEC's Investigation Of Alleged Insider Trading By Its Members

  

  scatman09 ( profile ), 03 Dec, 2015 @ 04:52am

  we only need 2 changes to fix congressional impropriety

  1. to be elected to congress, your children must serve in the military or be military veterans
  2. (say it with me)CONGRESSIONAL TERM LIMITS

• On the post: As Predicted: Encryption Haters Are Already Blaming Snowden (?!?) For The Paris Attacks

  

  scatman09 ( profile ), 16 Nov, 2015 @ 05:54am

  This is why terrorism works; it always gets the victims to blame each other instead of blaming the terrorist themselves.

• On the post: Patrick Zarrelli Claims He's Filing Criminal Charges Against Us Because He Doesn't Like Our Post About Him

  

  scatman09 ( profile ), 11 Nov, 2015 @ 05:32am

  Patrick Zarelli is the new SLR Guy.

• On the post: T-Mobile Exempts Video Streams From Wireless Data Caps, Sets A Horrible Precedent

  

  scatman09 ( profile ), 11 Nov, 2015 @ 05:05am

  data caps...ransomware...same thing

• On the post: Colorado Residents Vote Overwhelmingly In Favor Of Municipal Broadband

  

  scatman09 ( profile ), 11 Nov, 2015 @ 04:54am

  This just replaces 1 monolopy, duopoly (Comcast & CenturyLink, etc. for another (Colorado's Municipal Broadband), and thus, still doesn't fix the problem. Remember the problem--LACK OF COMPETITION?
  
  When are the people of a US city gonna man up and rewrite the ISP competition laws so that every ISP (Comcast, TimeWarner, CenturyLink, SuddenLink, Cox, et. al.) can simultaneously provide service to its citizens? WILL WE EVER SEE TRUE COMPETITION IN THE ISP SPACE?

• On the post: US Government Successfully Issues Contract For Open Source Code… For $1

  

  scatman09 ( profile ), 10 Nov, 2015 @ 05:14am

  creating vital code for the US government: 1 hr
  
  payment for said code: $1
  
  having a back door into the General Services Administration: priceless
  
  (then having the TechDirt website freeze when trying to make a smart alec comment: WINNING!)

• On the post: US Government Successfully Issues Contract For Open Source Code… For $1

  

  scatman09 ( profile ), 10 Nov, 2015 @ 05:10am

  creating vital code for the US government: 1 hr
  
  payment for said code: $1
  
  having a back door into the General Services Administration: priceless

• On the post: DailyDirt: Can You Teach An Old Machine New Tricks?

  

  scatman09 ( profile ), 10 Nov, 2015 @ 04:57am

  "real eyes
  realize
  real lies"

• On the post: Comcast CEO Admits You 'Can't Keep Raising Prices Forever,' But Seems Intent On Trying Anyway

  

  scatman09 ( profile ), 18 Sep, 2015 @ 12:55pm

  Re: Re: but cable cutting is still a fallacy

  In the immortal words of Rocket: Boo Hoo Hoo
  The people in Selma who boycotted the local mass transit system didn't have a bunch of other ways to get to work during their protest, so guess what, they walked. Yeah, I'm sure it sucked, but it got the stupid Jim Crow laws repealed didn't it? No one wants to sweat. "We want our (fill in the blank), and we want it now!!" (but don't disconnect my internet access, don't cut my cable, don't taze me, bro).
  
  The whole point of a boycott is to be disruptive and uncomfortable for both sides until proper negotiation and redress occurs. It's just easier to complain though...
  
  Boycott or bend over

• On the post: Comcast CEO Admits You 'Can't Keep Raising Prices Forever,' But Seems Intent On Trying Anyway

  

  scatman09 ( profile ), 18 Sep, 2015 @ 08:20am

  but cable cutting is still a fallacy

  because most of these so called "cutters" are just dropping cable tv service and trying to get all their shows from the same ISP via the net--hence the broadband rate hike. So instead of 2 or 3 inflated bills (tv, internet, phone), the "cutters" are down to just 1, but still to the same monopoly and still inflated. The ISPs will continue to get their money from us because most of us are still paying. To get true lower prices we have to have competition, and the quickest way to get competition is to BOYCOTT. Stop paying the ISPs for a few months and see if the exclusionary rules don't change.
  I'll keep beating the same drum: Boycott or bend over

• On the post: Best Buy 'Fesses Up That Website In Stores Is Not BestBuy.com… And Often Not Your Best Buy

  

  scatman09 ( profile ), 05 Mar, 2007 @ 07:01am

  former bestbuy enthuisiast

  first they refuse to allow their employees to say "Merry Christmas", now this
  
  Who need's bust buy?