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  • On the post: RNC, Chamber Of Commerce Want Robocallers To Be Able To Spam Your Voicemail Without Your Phone Ringing

    Haywood ( profile ), 24 May, 2017 @ 12:13pm

    I'm so happy now, that I never set up my voicemail.

  • On the post: Tough Mudder Threatens Local Rotary Club Over 'Significant Use Of The Color Orange'

    Haywood ( profile ), 12 May, 2017 @ 12:24pm

    Re:

    UPS has gotya covered on that one. https://www.quora.com/How-did-UPS-trademark-the-color-brown

  • On the post: Court: No Immunity For Federal Agent Who Made Elderly Woman Stand In Urine-Soaked Pants For Two Hours While He Questioned Her

    Haywood ( profile ), 19 Apr, 2017 @ 06:47am

    The really sad part is;

    When I see a police car parked across the street, I feel more threaded than reassured. Supposedly my tax dollars are paying for a group of citizen policemen, and policewomen, to stand between me and the bad guys. Time has eroded that notion, and they are now about as welcome as the KGB, or the Gestapo.

  • On the post: Vice President Fails To Demand An FBI Investigation After His Private Email Account Is Hacked

    Haywood ( profile ), 03 Mar, 2017 @ 12:43pm

    Apples / oranges

    This is important because we know state governors have a top secret clearance. Oh wait....

  • On the post: Chicago PD Uses Copyright To Refuse Release Of Its 35-Year-Old Deadly Force Training Film

    Haywood ( profile ), 02 Mar, 2017 @ 02:52pm

    It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses.

    Police Dispatcher: Use of unnecessary violence in the apprehension of the Blues Brothers HAS been approved.

  • On the post: Our Humanity

    Haywood ( profile ), 30 Jan, 2017 @ 01:14pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: To me it is 1st. a math problem, 2. what's in it for the USA?

    Age and control of the english language. There, now you can label me a racist and whatever else you want, I couldn't care less, this country will perhaps be saved perhaps not, but to have a country, you need borders and culture. Neither of which has been protected for a long time. Is a large part of our culture taken from immigrants? Sure, melding goes both ways. I think I'll go have some German sausage on a tortilla.

  • On the post: Our Humanity

    Haywood ( profile ), 30 Jan, 2017 @ 12:41pm

    Re: Re: To me it is 1st. a math problem, 2. what's in it for the USA?

    "Immigrants, by and large, are not penniless good for nothings who just line up for welfare as soon as they're in."

    But that that were so. Have you visited a Social security office lately? Wall to wall immigrants looking for a handout, with a very few pensioners mixed in.

  • On the post: Our Humanity

    Haywood ( profile ), 30 Jan, 2017 @ 12:33pm

    Re:

    That was when we "needed" people, the economy was stuck on growth, now another warm body is another mouth to feed. Pretty much the same argument I have to the pro-life movement folks.

  • On the post: Our Humanity

    Haywood ( profile ), 30 Jan, 2017 @ 11:26am

    Re: Re: To me it is 1st. a math problem, 2. what's in it for the USA?

    I don't give 2 shits what you're running from,

    Well, that's kinda the point of my article. IF that's really true, I'd urge you to take a step back and ask yourself what kind of person "doesn't give 2 shits" about people in trouble?

    I think a realist, there is likely always going to be an abundance of folks who could use a helping hand. You do the world no favors drowning yourself trying to rescue others.
    "Ships don’t sink because of the water around them. They sink because of the water that gets in them." unknown.

  • On the post: Our Humanity

    Haywood ( profile ), 30 Jan, 2017 @ 11:02am

    Re: Re: To me it is 1st. a math problem, 2. what's in it for the USA?

    Didn't miss it, don't find it relevant. Charity begins at home, we have plenty of homeless and disadvantaged right here, if you need a do-gooder fix. Did you miss the America First thing?

  • On the post: Our Humanity

    Haywood ( profile ), 30 Jan, 2017 @ 10:46am

    To me it is 1st. a math problem, 2. what's in it for the USA?

    If there is one citizen who is unwillingly unemployed, the gates shut until there are openings. I don't give 2 shits what you're running from, only what you bring to the table. Are you a an asset or a liability. If you have no intention of melding, please stay where you are, and try to improve that.

  • On the post: Almost Every Word Of John McCain's Response To Chelsea Manning's Sentence Commutation Is Flat Out Wrong

    Haywood ( profile ), 18 Jan, 2017 @ 12:10pm

    Almost Every Word Of John McCain's mouth

    Almost Every Word Of John McCain's mouth is Flat Out Wrong. No real news there. Why he continues to sit on the conservative side of the isle is a mystery. He could make a success of being a progressive, he sucks at being a Conservative.

  • On the post: How One Young Black Man Supporting Trump Massively Skews The LA Times Presidential Poll

    Haywood ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2016 @ 08:57am

    Polls are shit anyhow

    The biggest variance is; private people don't even participate. I get calls all the time (in spite of being on every no calling list) asking my opinion. I tell them that is none of their business and hang up. I'll vote, and have already made up my mind which way, I just don't see any reason to share. Trump voters, in general, are fed up with the whole process, and are less likely to respond to polls i the first place.

  • On the post: Techdirt Podcast Episode 82: Chatbots: Fad Or The Future?

    Haywood ( profile ), 20 Jul, 2016 @ 03:18am

    Even there it is 403 forbidden, both the link, and the media file. Just for grins I tried it on a computer in my network, but not on my VPN, and it is all good. So it is VPN blocking.

  • On the post: Techdirt Podcast Episode 82: Chatbots: Fad Or The Future?

    Haywood ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2016 @ 05:17pm

    Re: Re: 403 Forbidden?

    Nope more 403, doesn't matter I;m not addicted, just seems a little silly on the very spot that shames people with sign up walls and pay walls................

  • On the post: Techdirt Podcast Episode 82: Chatbots: Fad Or The Future?

    Haywood ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2016 @ 02:51pm

    403 Forbidden?

    All of the podcasts show up this way. I assume it is due to my VPN being blocked, which considering this it Techdirt, is totally bizarre.

  • On the post: Millions Annoyed As Frontier Bungles Acquisition of Verizon Customers Across Three States

    Haywood ( profile ), 27 May, 2016 @ 03:19pm

    Ya mon I can't fix that

    A Texas Verizon DSL now on Frontier. I had one service call, the fellow looked like a street person from Jamaica, driving an ancient pick-up. He was nice enough, but the service is still spotty, the phone has a constant hum, the DSL mostly works though. They aren't filling me with confidence

  • On the post: Judge In Child Porn Case Reverses Course, Says FBI Will Not Have To Turn Over Details On Its Hacking Tool

    Haywood ( profile ), 17 May, 2016 @ 12:03pm

    Re: Re: Re:

    On the plus side he will see his wife and kids again.

  • On the post: Want To Tell The Copyright Office To Stop Abusive DMCA Takedowns? Here's How

    Haywood ( profile ), 01 Apr, 2016 @ 02:34pm

    Re: I told 'em.

    Excellent, except that it ties the penalty to an individual, and an organization could easily round robin their employees right down to the janitor, and never miss a beat.

  • On the post: The Cord Cutting The Pay TV Sector Keeps Saying Isn't Happening — Keeps Happening

    Haywood ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2016 @ 07:04am

    It's not just price

    I'm old enough to remember the birth of pay TV. The sales pitch was that it would be commercial free. There was still some doubt that it would be widely adopted. Though in fringe areas, it was a boon, as previously those folks could do little with an antenna. Introducing it to the cities, where free TV could be had with rabbit ears, took a bit more persuasion, and to begin with it was a low enough price and a good enough product to entice the public. Fast forward to today; we have the internet, cable TV has degenerated to reruns, commercials, 200+ channels with nothing on, and a few really good shows. Is it any wonder the customers are running for the exit.

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