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ParticipantHow do you know? Might be enough irate voters to turn the Senate and House blue.
ParticipantComey and Assange are useful, if not quite heroes.
Not that I like Trump, but I enjoy seeing politicians of all stripes squirm under the magnifying glass. 90% of American politicians call and vote for decreased privacy for the common person, for increased policing powers, for more government intrusion into private lives. They do little or nothing to rein in corporate invasions of privacy and data collection. (In places like Europe, privacy is seen as a civil right and taken seriously by politicians.)
It gladdens my heart immensely to see Clinton on the receiving end of an invasion of privacy and feeling the power of the state. Sunlight disinfects as well as stinging.
I don’t think that Trump is any better than Clinton on the police state, privacy, etc (if anything he’s worse). But her record has been far from stellar. Let her suffer a bit of indignity. She’s earned it, along with most American politicians.
If she wins, it might make her just a bit more humble. And maybe instill a healthy concern for privacy issues in her mind.
ParticipantCan’t you get a line of credit against the equity in the property in Europe?
ParticipantYou mean water, Chinese melamine, and cans of soup?
ParticipantInvestigations are bureaucratic, slow things. Do you think they’ll have some Earth-shaking answer in 11 days? If she wins, then gets arrested, Tim Kaine will be our next President.
ParticipantI’d like stuff being “stunk” via the “clown.” Directly. Not saved on Crapple’s, Scroogle’s, or M$’s servers.
October 24, 2016 at 4:19 PM in reply to: OT: I really wish Google Fiber would be in San Diego #802597ParticipantAs far as ATT Uverse, their “Wifi gateway” is likely just a DSL modem. Can you get any old Verizon/Westell unit, put in the correct authentication info and return their device?
Re: Time Warner. If I go to their site and put in a San Diego address, they’re now ONLY showing the 100 Mbps package for new subscriptions. $40/mo with or without modem rental. They charge extra for WiFi for some dumb reason though, even though routers are about $40.
Did they upgrade everyone to 100, and why is 300 not available?
ParticipantThis is why Crapple and Cripple are the same word, pronounced differently 🙂 Cripplecrapple.
And people wonder why I don’t have a tablet when excellent, robust used laptops that run a real OS (Win 7 or Linux) can be had for under $200.
Why not get the laptop — it’s so much more pleasant to use for most tasks than an iPad or other fondleslab that the lack of aggravation is worth a C-notes.
October 24, 2016 at 4:00 PM in reply to: OT: I really wish Google Fiber would be in San Diego #802595ParticipantTWC in SD was 2/1 for $15. Upped to 3/1.
LOL! Guess my tenant is on 3/1 then. As long as he doesn’t complain…
TVs are getting so big now that you need a whole wall. People who have nooks or above fireplace TVs will need to remodel.
Only if they want a big idiotbox. I see plenty of 60″ and under TVs for sale. Why should anyone remodel just because marketing filth tell them that a TV-wall is the latest thing and everyone’s doing it.
October 24, 2016 at 2:11 PM in reply to: OT: I really wish Google Fiber would be in San Diego #802587ParticipantOriginal cable here was $15/mo for 2/1, upped to 6/1 (or maybe 10/1 now). So I’m grandfathered on TWC’s $15/mo plan in the rental.
I’m surprised that you’re paying Cawks $38/mo for 5 mbps. As far as I know, TWC is $35/mo for 50/10 service pretty much nationwide.
Hookers about 4k. I mean who cares? You need either a huge TV or a magnifying glass to get any real benefit from 4k. Human vision makes it irrelevant.
ParticipantBut you can get “neutered” ROMs for Android devices. No such luck with Apple.
October 24, 2016 at 12:20 PM in reply to: OT: I really wish Google Fiber would be in San Diego #802582ParticipantThis isn’t VZW, this is land-line Verizon. Problem was that they took public subsidies in NY and NJ and then didn’t deliver, so you might in fact be worse off, since your taxes would have gone to subsidize a boondoggle.
October 24, 2016 at 12:07 PM in reply to: Recommendations for an economical tethering data plan for travel (international?) #802581ParticipantProblem is that T-mo has made all NEW plans “unlimited 4G” but with heavily throttled tethering. Starting price, $70 per month.
October 24, 2016 at 11:05 AM in reply to: OT: I really wish Google Fiber would be in San Diego #802577ParticipantCareful what you wish for … Verizon is awful. It has reneged on commitments to expand its fiber network to cover NYC (with city support) and threatened to cut service for users with water-damaged copper circuits entirely vs upgrading the areas to FiOS. It took a lawsuit to force them to replace copper with fiber, as opposed to giving customers a glorified MiFi box.
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