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  1. Re:Only one thing to do with traitors on Developer Of Anonymous Tor Software Dodges FBI, Leaves US (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    There are lots of places to run and escape the evil empire the US has become. Just like before 1989 Russian dissidents fled to the west, now western dissident flee to other countries.

  2. Re:DNA on Genetically Modified Crops Are Safe, Report Says (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    RNA does not exist of amino acids, so no, it won't be built into proteins. Into other RNA or DNA perhaps.

  3. Re:And this will change nobody's minds.. on Genetically Modified Crops Are Safe, Report Says (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Imaginary property laws on living beings should not exist in the first place. On other subjects it should be severely reduced too.

  4. Re:MS is missing the obvious on Microsoft To License Nokia Brand To Foxconn, Says Report (techtimes.com) · · Score: 1

    No, some MS-junks at the support desk would probably advocate that, but the employees would not go for it. I've seen it happen, the (MS-only) IT department wants WP but the higher managers won't have it.

  5. Re: Microsoft's reverse Midas-touch on Microsoft To License Nokia Brand To Foxconn, Says Report (techtimes.com) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    No, I got that information from some of David Attenborough's documentaries on primates in Africa.

  6. Re:Much better ways to hurt the US economy on Al-Qaeda Calls For the Execution Of Bill Gates and Others To 'Damage the US Economy' (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps another war would finally drive the US so much in debt that their foreign investors would not accept newly printed US dollars as payment any more but demand real money. The best thing ISIS could do to do that would be to make sure Hillary becomes president.

  7. Re:Wrong info shown on Microsoft Auto-Scheduling Windows 10 Updates (tomshardware.com) · · Score: 1

    Optimist, and you believe they will stop? They have already said that people using tols for disabled can still upgrade for free. They'll just label every setting as sush a tool and continue to push.

  8. Re:Confirmed on Microsoft Auto-Scheduling Windows 10 Updates (tomshardware.com) · · Score: 1

    Not yet. I bet when windows 7 gets out of support they label Windows 10 as a critical security update.

  9. Is Sarah Palin still available? :-)

  10. Re:define your terms first on Ask Slashdot: How Could You Statistically Identify The Best Sci-Fi Books? · · Score: 1

    And there it starts to fail. Although there is an overlap in readers, science fiction and fantasy are really two different genres. I like SF but hardly read any fantasy (unless you consider Harry Potter fantasy).

  11. Sounds right on Bison To Become First National Mammal Of The US (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    For a bull to be the national animal of a bully state.

  12. In most countries, people don't use sms that often due to exhorbitant prices, WhatsApp and others have jumped in. Now, after the Snowden leaks, it's not interesting because it's unencrypted. Most decent messengers have now added end to end encryption.

  13. Re:Science Fiction is the Prediction! on Inside 'Emojigeddon': The Fight Over The Future Of The Unicode Consortium (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 1

    That may be an issue when there are large cultural differences between the people who are trying to communicate.

  14. Re:Not the business of Unicode! on Inside 'Emojigeddon': The Fight Over The Future Of The Unicode Consortium (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 1

    MMS is dead, and the cost factor was indeed one of the an important reasons why it died (interoperability issues being another one). That's why WhatsApp, Line, WeChat, Viber, etc. are so popular in most countries.

  15. Re:Not the business of Unicode! on Inside 'Emojigeddon': The Fight Over The Future Of The Unicode Consortium (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 1

    That is already done this way: see the descriptions like the ones on http://apps.timwhitlock.info/e... ?

  16. So the STASI has arrived in the USA on Schools Are Helping Police Spy On Kids' Social Media Activity (orlandosentinel.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And Americans are tought from a young age to keep their mouth shut when they might want to voice opinions that their masters don't like. At least Putin has more sense of humor than the kind of teachers implementing things like that.

  17. Re:meh on Hacker Collective Attacks KKK Sites (theepochtimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Only accusations, nothing really happened.

  18. Re:Practical issue on Hacker Collective Attacks KKK Sites (theepochtimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Meh, outlet. Did the KKK burn any nigger lately? Or are they these days just nostalgic people dressing up in white costumes with pointy hats?

  19. Re: In other news on Dutch Police Seize Encrypted Communication Network With 19,000 Users (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Public network, maybe. However, this company sold access to a private BES server. WhatsApp and Signal are legal here too, but they are encrypted as well.

  20. The Dutch prosecution TRIED to have those biker gangs declared illegal, but failed several times before several courts until they gave up on that.

  21. Re:Manipulation by media on Dutch Police Seize Encrypted Communication Network With 19,000 Users (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    He sold ridiculously expensive access to his own BES server combined with modified BlackBerry mobiles (he disabled the microphone and GPS unit against tracking or remote listening). Today, apps like Signal or SMSSecure offer better functionality for free.

  22. Re:Which criminal law? Is there a generic law? on Dutch Police Seize Encrypted Communication Network With 19,000 Users (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    It is not, unless you specifically aim yourself at criminals but that can hardly ever been proven (look up the company SMSCOM and see what they deliver, guess who most of their customers are, they are still in buyisiness).

    But if the Dutch prosecution has nothing but still want to destroy the company they claim "money laundering", which can be used even against any local shop owner who sold anything to a criminal. Then after several years, if they can still pay the legal costs, the tax payers may pay the damages.

    BTW, you could just close the curtains on your own windows.

  23. Re:Dutch Motorcycle Gangs on Dutch Police Seize Encrypted Communication Network With 19,000 Users (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Taking over the red light district with treats and blackmail... That sounds alot like the actions of city council of Amsterdam after they got fooled by the lies of Valérie Lempereur. The same idiot (Asscher) who was fooled by her is now a Dutch minister.

  24. Re:Dutch Motorcycle Gangs on Dutch Police Seize Encrypted Communication Network With 19,000 Users (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Prostitution is legal here, although some chruistian moralists from several parties are trying to end that. Christians will never stop trying to force others to live by their dessert morals.

  25. Re:proper response on North Korea Launches Missile From Submarine (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    The destruction of the SK industry would not be entirely unwelcome by the EU industry, they are huge competitors.