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  • On the post: Man Bravely Saves His Xbox From Burning House

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 13 Feb, 2014 @ 08:51pm

    Yeah well I have heard worse.

    I have heard a woman threaten with lawyer in tow (public conversations suck) to sue Apple because an iOS update caused her device to have to be restored and she lost all her progress in Candy (Don't Sue Me) Crush. No Joke.

  • On the post: New FISA Court Appointees Are A Pro-Government Prosecutor And An Unknown Quantity

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 10 Feb, 2014 @ 02:46pm

    Yeah. FISA should be expected to be neutral, NOT

    FISA is nothing but a GOV rubber stamp court. We all know it and they know it.

  • On the post: Network Solutions Tries To Auto-Enroll Users Into Its $1,850/Year Domain 'Protection Plan'

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 28 Jan, 2014 @ 10:02am

    Netsol has live is a bygone era.

    They refuse to see the changing Internet landscape. I used to host over 200 domains and websites for clients with Netsol in years long past because they were the place to host domain names and websites. But for too many years than I can remember they are not even close to market rates. SO they lost over 120 domains and hosting accounts.

    This is just their deathknell. They are looking to milk the last of the revenues the can from the those that were to stupid to leave them 5 years ago.

  • On the post: President Obama Surpasses Exceptionally Low Expectations On NSA Reforms, But Reforms Are Still Very Weak

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 17 Jan, 2014 @ 10:29am

    Re: Foreigners, screw you

    What that means is if you are not "US" (both meanings)then your info will be gotten. And FU!!!!! You have been PWNED and your info OWNED!

  • On the post: President Obama Surpasses Exceptionally Low Expectations On NSA Reforms, But Reforms Are Still Very Weak

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 17 Jan, 2014 @ 10:25am

    Re: Re: Really?

    Mike are you lying to us? I am not sure I seen you miss something like that ever or miss including something that should have been. Are you pulling an Obama on us trying to CYA (cover your assets)and then blame it on someone else?

  • On the post: TSA Granting Expedited Security Checks To Entire Lines Of Travelers Undercuts Everything About Its Security Theater

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 15 Jan, 2014 @ 09:13am

    Re: Re: In other news TSA proves it does nothing!

    Google Search= Define: TSA = To See Asses

  • On the post: TSA Granting Expedited Security Checks To Entire Lines Of Travelers Undercuts Everything About Its Security Theater

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 15 Jan, 2014 @ 09:05am

    Re: Re: Re: Long predicted division into privileged classes.

    AC you are right. I am so, so very sorry!!! I did do the unpostable.

  • On the post: TSA Granting Expedited Security Checks To Entire Lines Of Travelers Undercuts Everything About Its Security Theater

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 15 Jan, 2014 @ 08:37am

    Re: Long predicted division into privileged classes.

    OOTB,

    This is not a class warfare thing. Wow I bet you enjoy your paranoid world view, but those that seek to address real world grievances to our privacy and restrictions do not see it the same way.

    But I will agree with you on a couple points.

    Yes the best tactic to get people to except something is the graduale method.

  • On the post: TSA Granting Expedited Security Checks To Entire Lines Of Travelers Undercuts Everything About Its Security Theater

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 15 Jan, 2014 @ 08:28am

    In other news TSA proves it does nothing!

    Why are people paid just above the minimum wage allowed to decide anything?

    They are nothing more than food service vendor employees that wanted to get a fake badge and exercise authority over people that can afford to fly somewhere. They are paid the same. They prove time and time again they do nothing but exercise their own will and preconceived desires to cause discomfort to those that are better off than they are.

    They are skilled in nothing but BS scanning procedures that do nothing to actually protect air travelers.

    So in the final conclusion expedited security checks are nothing but a PR stunt. Nothing but marketing BS to the masses that they are trying to help and secure.

  • On the post: Disappointing: Google Releases… Then Removes Great Privacy Feature From Android

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 16 Dec, 2013 @ 09:23am

    Sorry but this should be standard and required by common sense.

    Google, Apple, M$, et al should make these kind of privacy features standard. Period.

    It speaks volumes about how much this type revenue brings in that they do not.

  • On the post: US Works Its Way Up To The Middle Of The Pack In Broadband Speed

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 04 Dec, 2013 @ 08:54am

    Re: Truth in advertising soon to hit ISPs!

    Oh yeah replying to my own comment!

    Just saw this article on ARS about why your ISPs are not selling you gigbit internet. http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/12/why-comcast-and-other-cable-isps-arent-selling-you-gigabit-internet/

    Also the follow up: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/12/give-us-your-internet-horror-stories-how-does-your-isp-enrage-you/

  • On the post: US Works Its Way Up To The Middle Of The Pack In Broadband Speed

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 04 Dec, 2013 @ 08:38am

    Re:

    Ninja,

    I have actually been in Comcast test areas in Georgia and have gotten 10 times (no joke) the speed both upload and download I was paying for, but then they extended the bandwidth to others and it dropped.

  • On the post: Twitter Hashtag Inventor Explains Why Patenting It Would Have Been The Wrong Thing To Do

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 04 Dec, 2013 @ 08:28am

    Re: Unpatentable

    Agreed, but obvious is not implemented.

  • On the post: Dallas Police Rule Change Gives Officers 72 Hours To Get Their Stories Straight After Shooting Citizens

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 04 Dec, 2013 @ 08:27am

    Re: *Sigh*

    Police have by need, circumstance, and desire for power forgotten that they are there to "To Protect and Serve".

    Instead they believe they are there to do what they think is OK and act as if they are the power when the power is derived from the authority we give them to enforce the laws we should be defining. They have gone to a place where they react first from over-caution instead of using rational thought.

    IMHO if an officer shoots someone it has to be shown without a doubt that they were doing what was required to protect innocents or themselves from real harm. Not just a dude that was unarmed and "OMG" lunging. That officer was a person we do not want helping to enforce our laws.

  • On the post: NSA FOIA Response Claims Data On Vendor Contracts 'Unsearchable'

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 04 Dec, 2013 @ 08:16am

    Huh? What? No clue what they mean.

    The NSA is quoted as saying "What we collect is only available if we need it to be and your request does not provide that need"

  • On the post: Twitter Hashtag Inventor Explains Why Patenting It Would Have Been The Wrong Thing To Do

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 04 Dec, 2013 @ 08:11am

    Another example of innovation being freed

    I know not directly related to this article but please support the patent troll legislation.

    https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/12/you-have-48-hours

    And Kudos to Chris Messina for being so forward thinking!!

  • On the post: Dallas Police Rule Change Gives Officers 72 Hours To Get Their Stories Straight After Shooting Citizens

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 04 Dec, 2013 @ 08:02am

    Sounds like it makes sense, no, not really...

    So time and time again it has been proven that memory of an event can be modified by our own needs, emotions, morals, and perception.

    And studies have show that memory accuracy decreases over time.

    See:
    http://www.nasams.org/forensics/for_lib/Documents/1150823205.44/Article-Intl%20J.%20L.%20Psy.-Accuracy%20of%20eyewitness%20memory...Morgan.pdf

    http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/How-Our-Brains-Make-Memories.html

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashbulb_memory

    So it totally makes sense to let officers to submit statements 72 hours after they have seen video or other evidence to contradict what they might have said.

  • On the post: US Works Its Way Up To The Middle Of The Pack In Broadband Speed

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 04 Dec, 2013 @ 07:48am

    Truth in advertising soon to hit ISPs!

    In other news, regulation to require ISPs to provide true speeds and inform consumers about data caps in their advertising has been met by much resistance from ISPs.

    Comcast is quoted as saying "Having to quote the actual speed a consumer will get is too complicated. Additionally, if we are forced to let consumers know that there are caps in a transparent way before they sign we are put at a competitive disadvantage."

    So as usual regulators have offered to allow the ISPs to do whatever they want.

  • On the post: Boston PD Drops Ridiculous Felony Charges Against Carlos Miller And Taylor Hardy

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2013 @ 05:51pm

    Look not defending the cops in this but...

    I can understand why cops are leery of being recorded. Video can be edited to show a different story than what really happened. Video can be taken out of context and it will show a different story. And things that occur off screen could alter opinions about what really happened.

    I also know that cops don't want to be monitored because sometimes they forget they are there to serve us not rule over us.

  • On the post: US Intelligence Effectively Admits That, Despite Earlier Statements, They Don't Think Snowden Gave Docs To Russians

    Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 25 Oct, 2013 @ 02:24pm

    The statements above suggest not only that Snowden was being truthful, but also that administration and Congressional officials who insist that Snowden gave the documents to the Russian are ignorant or lying.

    Mike, mike, my over informed long time friend, what it suggests is that they need to CYA not that they really are lying or are ignorant. Those people did not get there by luck, they know what they are doing. So enough giving them the benefit of the doubt and call a f**ka*s a f**a*s they are and will always be about their power and their privilege. They knew what they were doing and are doing what they can to not lose what they have.

    Mike sometimes you are just to diplomatic. They suck and you know it.

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