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• On the post: College Reacts To Negative Press By Attempting To Seal Court Documents Exposing Its Ridiculous Actions

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 27 Jun, 2014 @ 09:40pm

  At the very least

  I think the college should pay his tuition, and all other expenses, to the college of his choice until he gets at least a master's degree... What knuckleheads!

• On the post: Massachusetts SWAT Teams Claim They're Private Corporations To Get Out Of Transparency Requests

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 27 Jun, 2014 @ 12:36pm

  Hitler is laughing

  I think Hitler is laughing in his grave - the Nazis have won, and we are all screwed!

• On the post: The Future Is Now: Cheating In Online Games Leads To Arrests In Japan

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 27 Jun, 2014 @ 08:46am

  If cheating is illegal

  Can we arrest all of our so-called government representatives and officials now? They steal our hard-earned $$ by giving themselves unearned salary raises, take taxpayer-funded cruises, etc, etc...

• On the post: Everytime AT&T Wants Federal Approval Of Merger Or Policy, It Promises It's Necessary To Deliver 100% Broadband… Then Doesn't Deliver

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 24 Jun, 2014 @ 11:26am

  AT&T lies

  AT&T had been trying to get me to subscribe to Uverse for my business internet connect for a couple of years now. They keep saying "fiber to the premises", but that's a lie. It is fiber to the neighborhood, unless you have a totally new building... I'd subscribe to Comcrap, but they are even worse than AT&T! We had a local attempt to provide city-provided fiber some years ago (blocked by big $$ and false propaganda by the such as AT&T and Comcrap). I recently spoke with my neighbor who voted against the initiative - he is sorry now that he did!

• On the post: Keith Alexander Wants $1 Million Per Month For 'Cybersecurity' Consulting

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 23 Jun, 2014 @ 09:13am

  $ value of Alexander's offering == $0

  Anybody who pays this dickhead for "cybersecurity" services get what they deserve - absolutely nothing! Unfortunately, their stockholders and employees will be the ones who ultimately pay for this crud... :-(

• On the post: Court Rejects Request That Secret NSA Evidence Used Against Terrorism Suspect Be Shared With Suspect's Lawyers

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 17 Jun, 2014 @ 05:39pm

  When kangaroos rule the courts...

  Gah! Why bother with a trial - just shoot the poor bastard!

• On the post: City Of London Police Claim That 'The Tor' Is 90% Of The Internet, And Is A Risk To Society

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 16 Jun, 2014 @ 12:51pm

  If Scotland secedes...

  If Scotland secedes from GB, will the Metropolitan Police have to drop the name "Scotland Yard"? What idiot inspectors will Sherlock be able to work with then?

• On the post: More Details Emerge Showing The US Government Has No Idea How To Solve A Problem Like Snowden

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 16 Jun, 2014 @ 12:47pm

  The worst offense of all

  Snowden is guilty of the worst offense of all in the eyes of our "intelligence" services - he has made them look like the fools they are to everyone, everywhere...

• On the post: Ed Snowden Helps A Reporter Having A Seizure While Interviewing Him Remotely

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2014 @ 03:51pm

  Attack by the flickering facebot!

  Gah! My granddaughter is epileptic, and though seizures are not as common now that she is in her mid-20's, they still can happen. Kudos to Snowden for saving the life of someone he is not beholden to! Screw Rogers and the rest of his ilk!

• On the post: Forget The FCC: Should We Be Looking To The FTC To Save An Open Internet?

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2014 @ 02:37pm

  FTC or whoever

  Or whatever TLA government body can reign in these pirates (I mean the ISP types) and force them to provide us with the services/benefits we are paying them for, then I say "go for it dude!". Good article Mike. I think you hit the nail on the head.

• On the post: Chicago Cops Being Sued After Being Caught On Tape Physically And Verbally Abusing A Massage Parlor Employee

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 10 Jun, 2014 @ 05:07am

  Re: Re: Anyone else think it's suspicious...

  I guess these buttheads don't realize that the Internet forgets nothing! Not even if you issue a "forget me" notice to Google!

• On the post: High School Principal Cancels Entire Reading Program To Stop Students From Reading Cory Doctorow's 'Little Brother'

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 09 Jun, 2014 @ 03:28pm

  My hero!

  Cory Doctorow is a hero (and internet friend) of mine. Give them another kick up the backside Cory! :-)
  
  -Spiff (aka Rubberman)

• On the post: General Keith Alexander Is An Opportunistic Coward

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 09 Jun, 2014 @ 03:24pm

  Amen

  To that Tim. That is definitely calling the Lion a feline!

• On the post: Yes, Verizon Is At Fault In Netflix Dispute; It's Not Delivering What It Sold Customers

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 09 Jun, 2014 @ 03:20pm

  I pay for bandwidth

  I don't care who I want bandwidth from, but I pay AT&T (or whomever) for X MBps, and I expect to get that, no matter from whom it is coming. If they cannot deliver, then they are in violation of our (presumed) contract. Unfortunately, the verbiage is usually on the order of "up to X MBps", if if it's less, I have no basis for complaint... What a crock!

• On the post: EU Commissioner Says 'Right To Be Forgotten' Compliance Will Be Just As 'Easy' As Fighting Piracy

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 09 Jun, 2014 @ 03:15pm

  What planet does this person live on?

  He seems totally unaware of the fact that Google is NOT the Internet, and the Internet forgets nothing! What a bonehead!

• On the post: Secret Trials: UK Holds A Secret Terror Trial, As US Appeals Court Holds Secret Hearing In Terror Case

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 09 Jun, 2014 @ 03:01pm

  It was 70 years ago

  But it seems that Adolph Hitler has finally won the 2nd world war... :-(

• On the post: Harmless High School Prank That Occurred Completely Off Campus Turned Over To School Police Officer

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 09 Jun, 2014 @ 02:50pm

  1/2 way through, and LMAO!

  Crass, vulgar, offensive, and REALLY, REALLY HILARIOUS! The best response to this sh!t would have been to simply ignore it! Anyway, kudos to the perps of this prank! Way worse than any I have perpetrated, but I think might have conspired with them to do this my younger years... :-)

• On the post: John Oliver: Stop Calling It Net Neutrality; It's 'Preventing Cable Company F**kery'

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2014 @ 04:06pm

  Re: brill!

  You beat me to it! Couldn't agree more! :-)

• On the post: If Comcast CEO Brian Roberts Really Believes Netflix Gets Bandwidth For Free, Will He Pay Netflix's Bandwidth Bill?

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2014 @ 04:55pm

  Netflix vs. Comcrap

  Instead of folding into Comcast's extortionate demands, Netflix should have told their Comcast customers that they could no longer get Netflix until Comcast restored a level playing field. Guess how long Comcast would have kept throttling Netflix content under a deluge of millions of customers threatening to drop their service?
  
  Unfortunately, most of those customers have few (if any) options other than Comcrap for internet access in their area... :-(

• On the post: Supreme Court Won't Hear Reporter's Appeal; James Risen May Now Face Jail For Not Revealing Sources

  

  Spaceman Spiff ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2014 @ 03:48pm

  It will make a great book

  I hope he stands his ground. If they jail him, then at least he can retire comfortably on the proceeds of the book(s) he will write while in prison.

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