Pigs fly, hell freezes over, the skies rain blood, Jared and Cosby travel back in time to stop themselves from being rapists, and Mt. Rushmore grows limbs and roams the land terrorizing cities with its four fire-breathing faces.
Nah, I get comments held for moderation too. They always show up eventually, but holding comments for moderation has a similar effect to newspapers deliberately printing false news then burying the retraction on page 27.
In the newspapers' case (or other media) the inmitial lie is what sticks in people's minds, but if called on having their pants on fire they can just claim it was an honest mistake and they printed a retraction on page 39a in the middle of the obituaries.
Likewise when TD holds comments for moderation, it means the initial comments by vetted users shape the discussion and potentially dissenting opinions are buried until after they matter less.
The easy solution to this soft censorship would be to immediately post all comments no matter the source, and rely on the already present and easy to use "flag this post as abusive/trolling/spam" button that's next to literally every single post in the comments.
"Onanism"? Really? We have words for masturbation, including "masturbation" that don't reek of an 80 year old nun with a ruler yelling about hairy palms and spilling your seed on the ground.
I looked this VPN up on thatoneprivacysite.net, and this one actually looks halfway decent. They get dinged on ethics and being in a five eyes country (Canada), but besides that this one is way way better than the usual shit advertised here.
It's still not the best choice of VPN, but it's a heck of a lot closer than usual.
They tricked people into it? That just looks like a list of ways to be a better citizen, although I suggest that painting snails is more for our amusement then theirs.
If they really want the TOS to demonstrate just how onerous a TOS can be they should FORBID the hugging of kitties.
On the other hand Capcom has been very accepting of fan games, going so far as to promote one themselves in the case of Street Fighter Vs Megaman. (Which was not a very GOOD fangame, but they haven't shut down several which ARE good games.)
http://megamanfanon.wikia.com/wiki/Fan_games has a list of quite a few, of which several directly infringe Capcom's IP and are pretty fun. Megaman Super Fighting Robot and Megaman Unlimited really stand out as examples of such, and haven't received even a peep of protest from Capcom's legal beagles.
Given his responsibilities as a piggy to uphold the law, his supposedly greater knowledge of the law due to his training, and his abuses of the power he was given to wield, he should receive an automatic maximum sentence, then double it.
Cops should receive a harsher punishment than your everyday citizen.
The only people I'd recommend this sad excuse for a VPN to would be Kim Jong Un so the NSA can spy on him a bit easier than with no VPN.
Mike, I'm sad you allow this ad on your site. I know curating ads takes time and effort, but allowing this one is doing a disservice to readers that don't know enough to assess a VPN for themselves.
There are actually people attempting to make "smart" guns to do that. OFC, they don't realise they're just adding extra failure modes to something you want to be as reliable as possible.
The modern revolver has been around for over 150 years, and most likely will be around for several hundred more just because it is as simple and reliable as possible.
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HOORAY!
Now to shit on that fraud's senate run...
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In the newspapers' case (or other media) the inmitial lie is what sticks in people's minds, but if called on having their pants on fire they can just claim it was an honest mistake and they printed a retraction on page 39a in the middle of the obituaries.
Likewise when TD holds comments for moderation, it means the initial comments by vetted users shape the discussion and potentially dissenting opinions are buried until after they matter less.
The easy solution to this soft censorship would be to immediately post all comments no matter the source, and rely on the already present and easy to use "flag this post as abusive/trolling/spam" button that's next to literally every single post in the comments.
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He's not as entertaining as Rob Ford was, but when you have a burning desire to watch a dumpster fire of a mayor, he'll do.
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Ch eck the comments.
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An actually ok VPN for once?
It's still not the best choice of VPN, but it's a heck of a lot closer than usual.
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Tricked?
If they really want the TOS to demonstrate just how onerous a TOS can be they should FORBID the hugging of kitties.
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http://megamanfanon.wikia.com/wiki/Fan_games has a list of quite a few, of which several directly infringe Capcom's IP and are pretty fun. Megaman Super Fighting Robot and Megaman Unlimited really stand out as examples of such, and haven't received even a peep of protest from Capcom's legal beagles.
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Cops should receive a harsher punishment than your everyday citizen.
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OFC, you can hack with a phone too, but that adds difficulty to the task.
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They're located in a five eyes country.. that's bad
They log timestamps... this is unacceptable.
They log bandwidth... not cool, Brosephina.
They log IP addresses... Do these chunderchewers even grok the point of a VPN?!
They block some P2P ports... Ahahahaha, how much more useless can a VPN get?
Check for yourselves, https://thatoneprivacysite.net/vpn-comparison-chart/
The only people I'd recommend this sad excuse for a VPN to would be Kim Jong Un so the NSA can spy on him a bit easier than with no VPN.
Mike, I'm sad you allow this ad on your site. I know curating ads takes time and effort, but allowing this one is doing a disservice to readers that don't know enough to assess a VPN for themselves.
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The modern revolver has been around for over 150 years, and most likely will be around for several hundred more just because it is as simple and reliable as possible.
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As someone who voted for Trump, and strongly disagrees with Mike and his posts on subjects such as jihadi immigration, you're plain wrong, man.
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