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On the post: Judge Tells FBI To Stop Screwing Around And Search For Documents Requested By Man Seeking To Clear His Name

Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2015 @ 03:07pm

Idiots

The FBI has too many idiots on staff that object to being called what they are - corrupt, ass-covering, schmucks! Time for early retirement!

On the post: Sen. McConnell Undercuts USA Freedom Act By Dropping Bill To Reauthorize PATRIOT Act Until 2020 Directly On The Senate Floor

Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2015 @ 02:23pm

Nausious

Whenever I see McConnell's name, or see his picture, I suddenly get a really bad stomach ache. Is this just a "knee-jerk" reaction, or is there something about him that is just plain noxious?

On the post: Senators Introduce Anti-Aaron's Law To Increase Jail Terms For 'Unauthorized Access' To Computers

Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2015 @ 02:19pm

Wyden

Too bad he voted to push forward TPP. Can we spell hypocrite? Let's see - 'h' 'y' 'p' 'o' 'c' 'r' 'i' 't' 'e'. Yep, that about does it.

On the post: Jeb Bush Compliments Obama For Continuing And Expanding His Brother's War On Terror

Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2015 @ 02:16pm

Damned?

Talk about being damned with faint praise! That's like saying "Jack the Ripper helped reduce prostitution in London"...

On the post: Cybersecurity Official Believes Encryption Can Be Backdoored Safely; Can't Think Of Single Expert Who Agrees With Him

Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2015 @ 08:19am

You can beat the maths

Encryption is mathematical at root. If there is a "backdoor", then it can be broken. How much time? Given that most such efforts have fatal flaws, probably about a week...

On the post: Corporate Sovereignty Trumps National Laws; Here's How The US Thinks It Can Get Around That

Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2015 @ 07:50am

Not just foreign companies

I think domestic ones could sue as well. "What?! No fracking?! We're suing for 10 gazillion $$ in lost profits!"

On the post: GM Says That While You May Own Your Car, It Owns The Software In It, Thanks To Copyright

Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2015 @ 07:48am

Sigh

I guess I won't be able to modify our Prius to be a killer autocross racer! What a drag (so to speak)...

On the post: Comcast Merger Chances Stall As Regulators Realize Comcast Meddled In Hulu Management, Ignored NBC Deal Conditions

Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 22 Apr, 2015 @ 09:19pm

What?

What? Comcast going back on its word? Lying to get its way? Why, that could never happen, could it? :rolleyes:

On the post: Richard Dreyfuss Takes Disney To Court Over Its Refusal To Allow An Outside Auditor To Examine Its Accounting Methods

Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 22 Apr, 2015 @ 12:51pm

Re: Re: Re: Let's list the basic subjects Hollywood failed:

Yeah. I think that someone cut off all of their fingers and toes so they have nothing to count with!

On the post: Chris Dodd Implies US Gov't Should Go After Wikileaks For Publishing Leaked Sony Emails

Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 22 Apr, 2015 @ 11:52am

Webster's Dictionary

Definition: hypocrite
See: Chris Dodd

On the post: Telco Trade Group USTelecom 'Supports' FCC Neutrality Rules, Just Not The FCC Actually Being Able To Enforce Them

Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 22 Apr, 2015 @ 06:31am

Real net neutrality?

These farks don't support real net neutrality, just their version of it. They are kind of like the IRS - how much did you make? Send it in!

On the post: As Sony Continues Threatening Reporters, NY Times Reporter Wins Pulitzer For Reporting On Sony's Emails

Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2015 @ 02:06pm

Death rattle...

Is that the death rattle of the mighty thunder lizard that I hear? Will Sony be a subject of study by future paleontologists? Stay tuned to these Internet channels and find out!

On the post: Sony Execs Freaked Out That Its Marketing People Wanted To Use Torrents For Marketing

Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2015 @ 01:22pm

It wasn't an asteroid or comet

It wasn't an asteroid or comet that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. It was their being too stupid to adapt to changes in the climate. This is now happening to "big media".

On the post: Our Response To Sony Sending Us A Threat Letter For Reporting On The Company's Leaked Emails

Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2015 @ 11:18am

Pounding sand

Given that Boies seems to have a head full of sand, you could pound his head for the same effect. Sony deserves all the bad press that it is certainly going to get as these messages are released into the wild. Returning to the sand metaphor, they are going to be hit with a real sand storm!

On the post: UK Judges Take Their Robes And Go Home After Julian Assange Added As Speaker At Legal Conference

Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2015 @ 05:48am

Anyone...

Anyone who wears a curly horsehair wig to work has no right to object to whomever is speaking at a conference, at least in my opinion.

On the post: Is Merely Explaining The Streisand Effect To Someone A 'Threat'?

Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 20 Apr, 2015 @ 01:03pm

An explanation is in order

Since you invented the term Mike, perhaps you should be so good as to explain what it is to Arcaya, and that it is too late anyway to stop it from turning him into the toasty turd that he is already!

On the post: Sony Once Again Ridiculously Warns The Media Not To Report On Leaked Emails

Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 20 Apr, 2015 @ 09:04am

Pimp?

If one were to call Boies a pimp for Sony and the media industry, it would be an insult to pimps world-wide! My only question is why he still has a license to practice law when he is so obviously a corrupt and corrupting influence?

On the post: Australia Considers New Copyright Law That Could Be Interpreted To Ban VPNs

Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 20 Apr, 2015 @ 09:01am

Right mind?

No tech company or research organization (university) in its right mind would stay in Australia if this is passed! It is time for the Australian people to throw their "representatives" into the street, and invite all the local dingos to come for lunch!

On the post: Facebook's Zuckerberg Thinks Aggressively Violating Net Neutrality Is Fine…If You Just Mean Well

Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 20 Apr, 2015 @ 08:06am

Zuckerberg and FB

Mr. Z is a spoiled billionaire who won't listen to anyone but himself and his bank account. What's a few million$ in "philanthropy" when you make that much in a day, and can use it as a tax deduction?

On the post: Wall Street Journal Suggests Snowden Gave China Its 'Great Cannon' Software… Based On Pure Random Speculation

Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2015 @ 10:36am

Rupert strikes again!

This has Murdoch's fingerprints all over it! He just can't leave well enough along, can he?

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