scatman’s Comments

• May 20th, 2015 @ 7:09am

  gas pipes...data pipes...

  on North Carolina's Broadband Policy: Wasting Tax Dollars Pretending To Care About Wasting Tax Dollars
  I'm not old enough to know, but when gas stations (owned be different oil companies) started being built throughout the land, I wonder if they divided and conquered like the modern cable/ISP's are doing. Did Exxon say "we're gonna service all of the south eastern states", and did Chevron say "we're gonna take all the western states", etc...? How is it that we can have multiple gas stations owned by different oil companies--and all all kinds of pipes/underground oil lines--in almost every US city, but we can't do the same 'infastructurally' speaking with cable/ISP's? Is it logistically impossible, or just greed blocking the works?
  If governments (fed., state, local) were serious about competition, they'd legislate such that the more competition a monopoly (duopoly, oligopoly, etc.) has--the less that monopoly is taxed. Why not promote competition through lower taxation?
• May 19th, 2015 @ 6:09am

  (untitled comment)

  on FBI Investigating Chris Roberts For Hacking Flight WiFi, Taking Control Of Engines
  "everyone should be thanking the universe"?? Why not just thank feces...it's just as pointless. Silly Timothy, when will you learn? Jesus Christ loves you the most.
  
  Anywho...we won't have safe air travel until all travelers, on all airlines worldwide, are forced by international law to fly buck naked.
• Apr 29th, 2015 @ 5:50am

  vocational term limits

  on US Marshal Shuts Down Citizen Recording By Grabbing Phone And Smashing It On The Ground
  Cops need vocational term limits. Their lives are routinely threatened; they're regularly exposed to gruesome crime scenes, they're increasingly threatened by those whom they've sworn to 'protect & serve'--all of this stress adds up. Not to excuse their actions, but some of these bad cops are just burnt out, and they probably can't financially afford to quit their jobs as police officers.
  
  Let them be employed as police officers for 10 yrs., then they need a mandatory 1 or 2 yr. time out from law enforcement. Let the local police unions deal with their benifits/compensation during their time out.
• Apr 23rd, 2015 @ 6:41am

  in the immortal words of Rocket...

  on Cable's Top Lobbyist Just Can't Understand Why People Like Google Better
  BOO HOO HOO
• Apr 14th, 2015 @ 7:32am

  how many times must I say it

  on The Mere Threat Of Google Fiber Has Time Warner Cable Offering Speeds Six Times Faster At The Same Price
  competition is the only fix for the local ISP monopolies
  BOYCOTT OR BEND OVER
• Apr 13th, 2015 @ 11:47am

  it's just paving the way for prophesy

  on White House Floats Idea Of Crypto Backdoor... If The Key Is Broken Into Multiple Pieces
  Revelation 13:11-18
  
  Yeah, I know; call me a religious nut. I'll be that; I welcome the ridicule. Yet no one can honestly deny that all of the technology (monitoring systems, tracing systems, surveillance systems, erosion of privacy, GPS, RFID, yada, yada, yada...) is consistently heading to a point in time where one political leader can monitor almost everyone...but I'm nut.
  
  So what's the fix? Buy a gun and move to the desert? No. Accept Jesus Christ as your savior and escape Hell and/or the tribulation.
• Apr 13th, 2015 @ 11:19am

  the fix is

  on Teen Changes Wallpaper On Teacher's Computer; Gets Charged With A Felony By Sheriff's Office
  all the kid has to do is say that he (himself) is gay, and all is forgiven
• May 18th, 2010 @ 11:25am

  captured

  on Time Warner Cable Stands Up To Automated Copyright Infringement Filing Factory
  monitors with encased webcams and biometric passwords will trap you all...mmmmhhhuuaaaaaa haaa ha