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Re: Windows 11 is nagging users to try OneDrive to “fully backup” your PC

djallyn — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 19:10:48 -0000

Well, THIS is stupid.

Microshaft wants us to back up our computers on one drive?

One drive just died for me today. ALL of my data is on OneDrive and it is now all unaccessible.

Microshaft can go pound sand.

Re: US netflix

djallyn — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 18:58:02 -0000

Wired connection into a brand new ROKU TV on a 1 gig fiber network in Seattle and get the Netflix error tvq pb 101 (1.9 0) code. Googling the code will not get you anywhere -- it's a non-code.

Definitely a Netflix issue.

Re: Water is wet, and veggie burgers aren’t the same as real burgers

djallyn — Sun, 11 Jul 2021 10:11:51 -0000

I am supposed to eschew red meat for medical reasons. Much to the chagrin of my doctor, I fail about 30 percent of the time. But compared to when I was a much younger buck, it's as if I quit altogether.

I do more chicken and fish now, but I have also tried the "bean meat" alternatives like the Impossible burger. They aren't all that bad -- not like the old veggie burgers of the past. Would I give up a beef hamburger for one? Sure, sometimes. That doesn't mean my car won't inexplicably stop at the hamburger joint on my way home this afternoon...

Re: Reviews for Q F C - Quality Food Centers Inc - Main Office - Bellevue

djallyn — Mon, 27 Jul 2020 15:39:16 -0000

I have shopped at the West Seattle QFC for the past twelve years. UNTIL TODAY. I can no longer feel safe going into this store because the manager allows his employees to go without wearing masks, claiming that the union prevents him from forcing them to wear them or to reassign them away from customers if they are not medically able to wear them.

Since the law mandates both employees and customers to wear masks or make other arrangements to ship, then that also applies to those who claim a 'medical' reason for not wearing them. The job requires a person to be physically fit to perform the functions of the job, and that includes the ability to wear PPE such as masks.

The safety of the customers should come first, before the alleged comfort of the employees. There is already a large discussion on the local Nextdoor website about this particular store and its manager refusing to enforce the law and company policy. As customers, we are deciding to boycott this particular store until such time the store is compliance.

I took this photo of two employees that weren't wearing masks. The one saw me with a camera and quickly tried to cover up his face, and the other said that he refuses to wear a mask because he "can't breathe".

The manager, James, is quoted in the Nextdoor story as saying he's 'frustrated', because the union will not allow him to reassign or let go these employees for not following the law and company policy. He claims that the employees have given him 'doctor's notes' excusing them from having to wear masks.

We all know that's not a "thing", and even if it were, the doctor and employee is literally admitting by way of a 'note' that they are not fit to work.

So this store will continue to hemorrhage customers if it doesn't fix this issue immediately. https://uploads.disquscdn.c...

Re: The Walking Dead: Executive Producer Gives Update on Season 10 Finale Delay

djallyn — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 11:53:31 -0000

If past is prologue, this will probably spell the end of TWD franchise.

The writer's strike of 2007-08 ended a LOT of shows and severely changed the trajectory of many others. Networks, desperate for new product, started airing more and more 'reality shows' because of their availability and the fact that they are MUCH cheaper to produce.

All that said, TWD relies on viewers who have invested time into the story line. Producers of shows with an ongoing story line have the ability to keep fans going between the hiatus of production -- otherwise they lose viewers due to a loss of interest or forgotten story line.

Fear The Walking Dead is going to have some SERIOUS problems if and when it returns on air. Most of us will have forgotten the story line by the time it finally returns, and most viewers will probably not want to spend time to RE-watch the previous episodes to 'catch back up'.

Putting the finale to season 10 off until some later date will also have the same effect that faces FTWD. It might be a “It’s a great episode,” right now, but the longer it goes until air time, the less impact it will ever have.

This was my industry. I was a sound engineer on several television series from the mid-1990s through 2018.

Re: large-homeless-encampment-involved-in-drug-ring-bust-to-be-cleared

djallyn — Mon, 20 May 2019 13:30:40 -0000

Terminal 5 has been empty for years. Put up containers to house the homeless there while their individual circumstances are sorted out.

Re: sdot-sam-zimbabwe-name

djallyn — Sat, 18 May 2019 12:45:25 -0000

This is what passes for controversy in Seattle? SERIOUSLY?

Why in the flying Frack is this even on someone's radar other than to denigrate someone? Does this solve ANY of the problems we face as a city or a society?

I know Dori spends most of his show time whining about things, and blaming Democrats for everything, but I have yet to hear him offer up any constructive solutions.

Instead, he will spend his time questioning the motives of why someone chose a name for his family.

Judging by this article -- and I assume the show that sparked it -- I have zero idea who SDOT Director Sam Zimbabwe is or what his planned vision for Seattle's transportation issues are. Instead, we are forced to Dori's more important questions as to why he picked his last name, and whether there were any political motives behind it.

Way to go after the REAL issues.

This guy could call himself Fester Bestertester for all I care. Tell me what he STANDS for -- for me that is much more important than this stupid crap...

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Re: dori-kirkland-hate-crime

djallyn — Sat, 18 May 2019 10:12:43 -0000

This isn't unique to Seattle, or even Washington.

The courts are usually booked up with cases, prosecutor offices are budgeted for a small amount of trials every year, so they pretty much have to offer plea 'bargains' in order to move cases through the system.

Both the state and US Constitutions have "speedy trial" requirements. Generally, the courts have determined that a 'speedy trial' is to be sixty days if the defendant is in custody, and ninety days if the defendant is out of custody. Extensions are allowed and are almost automatically granted upon motion from either the prosecution or defense.

Often, the court themselves will require its own extension if there is a conflict in hearings and trials.

94 percent of state cases end up in a plea agreement. 97 percent in the federal system. The rest end up in trials that can take upwards of a year to schedule -- blowing past the speedy trial provisions of the Constitution.

Here's the problem that the government has in prosecutions:

At any given time in this country, there are roughly 630 thousand people in jail awaiting disposition of their crimes. These are people waiting for court. Imagine that every single one of them decided to exercise their constitutional rights of a speedy trial by their peers.

The government would have to let 95 percent of them go without convictions due to the sheer numbers and the lack of court and proprietorial resources to hold trials on each and every case.

So the government has to keep the system running as best as it can with the resources it has.

As I said somewhere above, prosecutors need to prioritize those who are repeat offenders. If a defendant is a repeat offender, then the last thing a prosecutor should be offering them is a "bargain". Instead, the defendant should be allowed to plead guilty to the strongest charges that can be filed, or face a trial.

"Bargains" should be reserved for the first time offenders. Diversions should be offered for these people if the crime is a minor one.

But repeat offenders? Throw the book at them.

Re: dori-kirkland-hate-crime

djallyn — Fri, 17 May 2019 20:47:34 -0000

The problem here is that the state was trying to expedite a conviction, instead of charging the guy for the actual crime(s) he committed.

There was a clear case for a 2nd degree armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon, but the state chose to charge him with assault and theft, for which he got the maximum sentence of five years.

Because the charges he was convicted of are not considered to be "violent" offences, he is entitled to earn up to one-third of his time off for "good time" and "earned time".

That means a five year sentence is done in 3 years and four months if he keeps his nose clean inside.

Had he been convicted of either a robbery or the 1st degree assault he should have gotten, he would have been required to serve 85 percent of his sentence instead of the 66.6 percent.

It seems to me that if a person has more than one or two previous convictions, that the State should be REQUIRED to refuse any and all plea 'bargains', and the defendant be forced to be tried or plead guilty to the most serious charges that can be filed..

Re: seattle-leaders-angry-repeat-assaulter-jail

djallyn — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 15:24:48 -0000

Not quite right correct.

Democrats rejected it because of the plan to report illegal aliens to ICE, whether they passed the background check or not.

Subtract the ICE requirement and Dems would have easily voted for it.

That doesn't mean illegal aliens shouldn't be arrested for attempting to illegally purchase firearms -- THEY SHOULD. That is an actual felony, and should be charged as such.

But the immigration status of a perpetrator shouldn't be an enhancement of THIS particular law.

Immigration status should be dealt with strictly under the immigration laws -- of which need overhauling.

Do both, but not both under a gun control law.

Re: seattle-leaders-angry-repeat-assaulter-jail

djallyn — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 14:09:04 -0000

Being "homeless" is not a crime. Committing crime while homeless IS a crime and should be dealt with regardless of the perpetrator's economic situation.

Not having money is NOT an excuse to rob and / or steal. Being poor or without a home as NOT a passport to commit crimes.

I don't know why this is such a hard concept for some people...

Re: dori-seattle-snowstorm-panic-shopping

djallyn — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 22:05:19 -0000

My cat walking around on the keyboard could come up with something more coherent than what Dori dropped here.

It's like someone told him to a 350-word essay about the snow, supermarkets, and the word 'socialism'

GO.

How about just writing the obvious:

The threat of being snowed in this weekend prompted people to stock up on food before the storm hit.

NOTHING about this says anything about 'socialism'.

We see the same exact thing going on in places like Florida and Texas in front of a major hurricane.

That's socialism too?

Get a grip.

Re: dear-mike-obrien-driving-bus-lanes-seattle

djallyn — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 16:06:32 -0000

I say get rid of all the set-aside bike lanes, HOV lanes, Bus lanes, specialized vehicle lanes, "Lexus Lanes", and every other restricted use lane.

The only reason we had them in the first place was to appease the feds for highway dollars. Now that the feds have stopped giving money back for road construction we should demand the release of all these specialized lanes.

OPEN THOSE LANES UP.

Re: ron-and-dons-last-show-on-kiro-radio

djallyn — Sun, 13 Jan 2019 11:29:38 -0000

Way to go.

Long time listener here. About 45 years of listening. That ended today.

For the past couple of years, your programming has gone downhill. I used to have my radio tuned in to KIRO all day long at work and in my car.

But a couple of years ago, I had to turn it off when Dori Monson came on -- because he would rile about half of my customers and co-workers, so we all agreed to change the station during that time.

Ron and Don were our favorites. Now they are gone from KIRO.

And now so are WE.

Re: ron-and-dons-last-show-on-kiro-radio

djallyn — Sun, 13 Jan 2019 11:11:32 -0000

HUH? Some of the dumbest people I know are Conservative. They listen to FAUX News and Conservative opinion talk radio exclusively. They tend to be the most misinformed people I know.

So whatever 'information' they are consuming, it is the WRONG information.

Oh and here's some information for you: the term "low information" was originally coined to describe -- wait for it -- uniformed Conservatives.

But hey, don't let that get in your way...

Re: Michael Flynn Sentencing: Washington Owes Him an Apology - Bloomberg

djallyn — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 19:37:10 -0000

Here's an Op-Ed that didn't age well. Maybe the author was counting on that defense memo alleging that Flynn was 'tricked' into lying because he wasn't informed he as in an actual interview?

But more likely that the author just doesn't know -- or wants to know -- that while the act he plead to wasn't all that serious, that the OTHER UNCHARGED crime(s) he could have been charged with were a whole lot worse.

And that Flynn should be thanking the GOVERNMENT for allowing him off the hook like they have.

Apparently, the judge feels the same way...

Re: betos-blunder

djallyn — Sat, 27 Oct 2018 23:17:34 -0000

Settle down, sparky. Take a breath. Your response has nothing to do with what I asked. You sound like a campaign slogan bot.

Re: betos-blunder

djallyn — Sat, 27 Oct 2018 15:58:29 -0000

Should Beto have lied?

And why should anyone here care? This isn't Texas.

Re: west-seattle-health-club-rv-fire

djallyn — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 11:42:58 -0000

I'm starting to think that the only real solution here is for a state and/or local initiative to change the law on this crap.

Relying on or expecting the Seattle City Council to do anything is proving to be ludicrous.

Re: dori-death-penalty-ban

djallyn — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 19:37:05 -0000

Hyperbolic much, Dori? The Supreme Court is 'paid off'? Or does it just reflect the will of the people who VOTED for the Justices of the Court?

I'm going with the later.

The application of the death penalty is what eventually put an end to it.

The death penalty is supposed to be the 'ultimate' punishment, saved for the worst of the worst. In 2016 Washington State had 216 homicides. In 2015 there were 239. 211 the year before. Yet there are only five people on death row.

The Washington State Department of Corrections is full of people who have committed murder. About thirty percent of them have committed crimes far more heinous than those committed by the five inmates currently sitting on Death Row.

Gary Ridgeway is one prime example. If there was a murder who was tailor-made for the death penalty, it would have been Ridgeway. Reichert wants to pretend that it was the threat of the death penalty that caused Ridgeway to cooperate, when in reality it was almost the other way around: the STATE wanted to avoid a costly investigation and trial, and the twenty years worth of appeals that would have followed.

NEWSFLASH: Gary Ridgeway only needed to be charged with ONE murder in order to receive the death penalty. The state could have easily gotten that conviction and sentence and he'd be sitting on DR right now today.

No, people, the reality is exactly what I described above: COST.

We don't regularly hand out the death penalty because of the cost.

A death penalty trial runs about $2 million for an average murder. The cost of the appeals can go as high as $10 million and can take upwards of twenty years.

Multiply that by the 216 homicides in Washington in 2016. It gets real expensive real fast.

The victims families do not get any kind of closure while the defendant is still fighting his or her appeal. Again, that can take upwards of twenty years.

Now, if instead of the death penalty, murder carried a Life without parole sentence, a person can be convicted and buried in a prison system never to be heard from again. Victim's families can get their closure and the murderer is subsequently forgotten in time.

Re: rantz-horrible-lid-i-5-wont-die

djallyn — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 17:15:06 -0000

Is this a news site or an opinion site? I mean, MNWN seems to blur the two here.

This should be labeled "OPINION" Otherwise, "Fake news".

Re: seattle-bar-deny-college-republicans

djallyn — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 20:32:02 -0000

As the bar pointed out, they are in business to serve a sports fan element, and they don't want to get involved in a political battle ground just because one group wants to rub salt in the wounds of another group.

The bar, faced with potential fall out from BOTH sides requested that they hold their celebration somewhere else.

But the arrogance of the one group decided to push the matter and we end up here with this stupid discussion.

The bar wasn't picking one group over the other -- they weren't picking sides. They decided they would rather not have either group there.

This has nothing to do with the 'tolerance' of one political group over the other, it has more to do with trying to avoid trouble.

The irony here is that it is usually the Republicans who are against all of this political correctness and snowflakes.

Until they want THEIR correctness.

Re: car-stolen-everett

djallyn — Sat, 06 Oct 2018 18:08:27 -0000

So basically, they did a "Kavanaugh" investigation.

Re: dori-library-drag-queen-story-time

djallyn — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 17:50:34 -0000

You and I realize that -- and so does Dori. When this was pointed out to Dori today, he countered by saying that he is paying for the BUILDING.

This is why I broke down what his 'share' actually was.

In responding here, I forgot part of the equation. Dori's share -- per day -- divided by 48 locations is actually less than the one cent I stated above. It would be 1/48th of a penny.

But still, Dori spent even more time making a fool out of himself today.

Re: dori-library-drag-queen-story-time

djallyn — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 15:54:21 -0000

Dori said: "I’m a King County taxpayer. I send a healthy amount of money every single year to the King County treasury through my property taxes. And a big chunk of that money goes to the King County Library System."

Okay, so exactly how much do you suppose Dori personally paid here?

The median annual property tax payment in King County is $4024.

King County Library system gets 2.64 percent, meaning that the median payment per taxpayer is roughly $126. NONE of that went towards this event. The event was paid for by donations. Only the space was reserved.

But Dori want's to claim that because it is housed in a building owned by taxpayers, that HE is somehow on the hook for this -- because the building was being used.

Okay, let's just assume that Dori's entire tax payment to the King County Library system went to just the building itself. $126 divided by 365 tells us that Dori paid almost 30 cents a day for his share of that building cost.

Now lets assume that this even is an hour long. Simple math tells us that Dori "spent" almost an entire PENNY on this event.

Whether there is an event of not, Dori (and you and I) pay for this day in and day out.

TODAY, he felt the need to continue on with is nastiness.

He speculated that the King County Librarian would only cater to drag queens. He asked if the library would host something like a "Marine Story Telling Hour" and then said, "I doubt it".

He just pulled that right out of his rear end.

I dunno, Dori, why not ask? Here's another idea: why not have a Dori Monson Story time at that library? I mean, all you have to do is set it up -- they would be more than happy to make that happen.

But no, it is much easier for Dori -- who has never really done anything outside of media himself -- to sit on the radio and kvetch about stupid stuff like this.

FINALLY,

Dori wonders about the appropriateness of a drag queen reading stories to children.

Anyone remember Gertrude of the JP Patches show?