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• On the post: Comcast Ramps Up Ad Campaign Claiming To Support Net Neutrality, Even As It Really Supports Killing It

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 25 Jul, 2014 @ 07:08am

  Anything that Comcast says and $5 will get you a nice latte at Starbucks

  Anyone who believes anything that Comcrap says should invest in futures for a really nice bridge I "own" between Manhattan and New Jersey. It is a classic of the suspension form...

• On the post: California Highway Patrol Seizes Medical Records Of Woman An Officer Was Caught On Tape Beating

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 21 Jul, 2014 @ 03:22pm

  Assuring personal safety

  By shooting the "perpetrator" in the head next time, no doubt... :-(

• On the post: DOJ Claims Judge Who Trashed 'Made Up Plot' Should Be Removed For Being 'Hostile' To The Gov't

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 16 Jul, 2014 @ 08:48am

  Hitler is smiling

  Hitler is smiling from his seat in hell - he has won... :-(

• On the post: MPAA Stretches DMCA To Breaking Point With Questionable Take Down Request For Popcorn Time Repositories

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 15 Jul, 2014 @ 07:16am

  No github for me

  If Github won't stand up for their users/supporters, then they don't deserve to continue in existence. Shame on you Github!

• On the post: Government Continues To Pretend People Use Cell Phones Simply To Create A Wealth Of Data For Law Enforcement To Access Without A Warrant

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 15 Jul, 2014 @ 07:08am

  No warrent? Meh...

  "We are the government. We are here to protect you. Get over it!" :Rolleyes:

• On the post: Awesome Stuff: One Last Chance To Join With Thousands Of Others To Help Limit The Influence Of Money In Politics

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 04 Jul, 2014 @ 06:28pm

  Re: Re: Almost there

  Woo hoo! Over the top! Good going folks! Huzza!

• On the post: Awesome Stuff: One Last Chance To Join With Thousands Of Others To Help Limit The Influence Of Money In Politics

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 04 Jul, 2014 @ 06:24pm

  Re: Almost there

  Less than $20K now... :-) Looking good folks!

• On the post: Awesome Stuff: One Last Chance To Join With Thousands Of Others To Help Limit The Influence Of Money In Politics

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 04 Jul, 2014 @ 05:43pm

  Re: Donated because of the shills

  You may be anonymous, but you aren't a coward! Thanks for joining the PAC to end all PACs.

• On the post: Awesome Stuff: One Last Chance To Join With Thousands Of Others To Help Limit The Influence Of Money In Politics

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 04 Jul, 2014 @ 04:36pm

  Re: I gave

  Ok. Dig behind your couch and seat cushions for some more and send that in too! :-) I am currently unemployed (thanks to Microsoft's takeover of Nokia Mobile Phones), but I gave at least $25. In any case, for whatever amount you did give, good for you!

• On the post: Awesome Stuff: One Last Chance To Join With Thousands Of Others To Help Limit The Influence Of Money In Politics

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 04 Jul, 2014 @ 04:31pm

  Time zones

  Ok. Just checked with the Mayday web site and the deadline is midnight in Hawaii. So, we have a few more hours than I thought, but it will be close. Shake out your pants and purses, look behind your couch and seat cushions for some loose change, and send it in!

• On the post: Awesome Stuff: One Last Chance To Join With Thousands Of Others To Help Limit The Influence Of Money In Politics

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 04 Jul, 2014 @ 04:20pm

  If we fail

  The Koch brothers will laugh all the way to the bank! It is OUR $$ that they are spending (from stuff we buy, like Bounty paper towels, gasoline, etc), so let's spend some to tell them to take a hike and don't fuck with our democracy!

• On the post: Awesome Stuff: One Last Chance To Join With Thousands Of Others To Help Limit The Influence Of Money In Politics

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 04 Jul, 2014 @ 04:17pm

  Down to $250K

  We can do this. Giving $10 is only 2 lattes at Starbucks... Drink office coffee for 2 days, and you'll feel better about yourself!

• On the post: Awesome Stuff: One Last Chance To Join With Thousands Of Others To Help Limit The Influence Of Money In Politics

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 04 Jul, 2014 @ 04:00pm

  I've given twice

  Time to pony up folks! I don't know what time zone is relevant to the "deadline", but we only have a few hours yet to get this funded! If US WST (California), then it is about 8 hours to raise about $273,000.

• On the post: Microsoft Orders UK's National Health Service To Pay Overdue Licensing Fees; NHS Presses 'Remind Me Later' Button In Response

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 04 Jul, 2014 @ 06:55am

  Difficult

  For an organization the size of the NHS, switch even partially to Linux is a huge undertaking which would likely take several years, even if intelligently staged. At the least though, they should start creating WindowsLinux bridge servers (OpenLDAP, email, etc), supporting alternative user applications (Open/Libre Office, etc) and start migrating users to Linux. Once they get to some sort of "break even point", they can start retasking their Windows systems in bulk. Big costs in training though as by that point the remaining Windows users will be dragging their heels to change how they have worked for years...

• On the post: Local Blog Outs Local Politician's Crazy But Anonymous Comments. So…Is That Okay?

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 03 Jul, 2014 @ 07:20pm

  Re: To those saying politicians should not be anonymous

  That was my point. They were private citizens who had the right to privacy, hence anonymity. When elected officials, those rights change. Privacy, yes. Anonymity no. Just MHO. I suspect that Franklin, Paine, et al would agree. Now, I just have to get into my Way Back Machine to verify that! :-)

• On the post: Microsoft Orders UK's National Health Service To Pay Overdue Licensing Fees; NHS Presses 'Remind Me Later' Button In Response

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 03 Jul, 2014 @ 07:28pm

  What the NHS really said to MS

  Just go suck some eggs! Take two aspirin, and call us at the end of the year... :-)

• On the post: Local Blog Outs Local Politician's Crazy But Anonymous Comments. So…Is That Okay?

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 03 Jul, 2014 @ 04:10pm

  Huppenthal is a public "servant"

  Anything he says in public should be public. People need to know what their public servants are saying in public, and commenting on a blog post or newspaper article should be properly attributed. If he were not a public servant, then let him keep his anonymity.
  
  All in all, I favor the option of being anonymous on the web, but as I said, I believe this is one exception to the rule. The people who voted for him need to know what a crankshaft he is!

• On the post: SCOTUSblog's Best Trolling Of People Who Think Its Twitter Account Is The Supreme Court Itself

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 01 Jul, 2014 @ 03:29pm

  Who is what's behind?

  "who is behind"? Well, we know that SCOTUS is a bunch of behinds... :rolleyes:

• On the post: EFF Changes Position On Net Neutrality: Recognizes FCC Must Act, But Narrowly

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 01 Jul, 2014 @ 03:25pm

  The internet is a phone service

  Today, most phone service is carried over internet backbones. The idea to change ISPs from being "information providers" to "telecommunications providers" makes a huge amount of sense to me! Let's regulate them accordingly!

• On the post: Snowden, Meet Godwin: British Ambassador Says Leaks Would Have Helped Hitler

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 27 Jun, 2014 @ 09:46pm

  Insults to idiots

  Calling this idiot an idiot is an insult to idiots. Godwin is Ambassador to the US from GB? He should be more properly a trash collector in his town of residence, although that would be disparaging to the trash collectors of his town...

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