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  1. Re:Feels weird agreeing with scientologists on Scientology Group Urged Veto of Mental Health Bill · · Score: 2

    No, the == sign is incorrect: there are otrher forms of mental illness than religions.

  2. Can';t say I disagree on Scientology Group Urged Veto of Mental Health Bill · · Score: 1

    I am certainly no friend of the scientology cult, but I can't say I disagree with them on this point. After this happens a few times many people who are mentally confused will stop going to a doctor at all in fear of being locked up against their will.

  3. Re:Concorde 2.0 on Supersonic Jet Could Fly NYC To London In 3 Hours · · Score: 1

    But the cost is mostlyb related to the massive fuel consumption, and since going over Mach 1 increases pressure a LOT this plane will nstill suffer from that. There is a reason that all commercial jets have a cruising speed around Mach 0.9: that't the most economic speed to fly. Go much faster and your fuel consumption over distance ratio increases significantly.

  4. Re:Don't worry about it on Encryption Rights Community: Protecting Our Rights To Strongly Encrypt · · Score: 1

    End to end encryption where keys are disposed when the message is decrypted at the endpoint. Like TextSecure and SMSSecure use. Even if they start torturing me I just can't help them decrypt any messages they intercepted, and access to my phone is useless as well after the messages are deleted.

  5. Re:They have no intent to ban Whatsapp and others on Snoopers' Charter Could Mean Trouble For UK Users of Encryption-Capable Apps · · Score: 1

    Blocking WhatsApp would be done by blocking their messaging servers. Preventing the software from entering the country is, of course, impossible. But if you can't send any messages with it it's useless.

  6. Re:The end of on-line banking and shopping on Snoopers' Charter Could Mean Trouble For UK Users of Encryption-Capable Apps · · Score: 1

    Someone should step out of this strange fundamentalistic limited capitalistic thinking that only companies can provide encryption products. The best encryption software is open source: GnbuPG for email, TextSecure and Redphone / Signal for chats and calls on Android cq iOS, SMSSecure provides a secure SMS solution. Sourcecode is freely available, no government backdoors present.

  7. Re:All hair our new four-brained overlords! on An Organic Computer Using Four Wired-Together Rat Brains · · Score: 1

    Why stop at only four? 6 billion minds, all acting as one.

  8. Re:Just wait. on An Organic Computer Using Four Wired-Together Rat Brains · · Score: 1

    Humans acting as one mind. You will be assimilated, resistence is futile. We are superior.

  9. Re:I hereby announce my plans for terrorism on Senate Advances Plan To Make Email and Social Sites Report Terror Activity · · Score: 1

    There is power in repetition... Ceterum autem censeo American imperium esse delendam

    Hey, Cato the Elder made it work for the Romans too!

  10. Re:My Plans for Firefox on Mozilla's Plans For Firefox: More Partnerships, Better Add-ons, Faster Updates · · Score: 1

    Yes - never call it malice if it is adequately explained by stupidity.

    That said, bloating feature-complete programs is unfortunately commonplace. And adapting GUI's according to the largest idiot's preferences seems to be the latest hype in UI development.

  11. Re:My Plans for Firefox on Mozilla's Plans For Firefox: More Partnerships, Better Add-ons, Faster Updates · · Score: 2

    Unlikely, the maker of Palemoon doesn't like Australis as he explains on https://www.palemoon.org/layou....

    No Auastralis is the main thing why most current Palemoon users use it instead of Firefox.

  12. Re:Growing Herbs in the Netherlands? on Philips Is Revolutionizing Urban Farming With New GrowWise Indoor Farm · · Score: 1

    I don't think so, this is in the beginning much too expensive for that. You loose the equipment if there is a police raid so you try to limit the equipment costs as much as posible. That is why LED lights are not used very much in that sector too. They usually tap power illegally before the meter so more power consumption is no consideration (as long as the power lines are able to handle it).

  13. Re:Find the source code on GitHub on Hacking Team Hacked, Attackers Grab 400GB of Internal Data · · Score: 3, Funny

    Some 0-day leaks were found too, so I think MS will be quick to patch them.

  14. We are hearing that excuse since windows phone 7: "but wait until the next version". It will fail too, since running Android apps won't be flawlessly (see Blackberry how that works out) and "universal apps" won't be developed outside MS since desktop users, where windows is large, are not interested in mobile apps but in full-sized desktop programs. The usage stats of the included windows 8 apps were dramatic, even among the windows 8 adepts.

  15. Re:Let that be a lesson for ALL!! on Brazilian Evangelicals Set Up a "Sin Free" Version of Facebook · · Score: 1

    They have a surplus on their balance sheet WITHOUT the debt payments. So they don't need to borrow if they give the banks the finger. Unformtunately the EU citizens were made to pay for the banks once again.

  16. Re:Brazilian evangelicals are for cows. on Brazilian Evangelicals Set Up a "Sin Free" Version of Facebook · · Score: 2

    It's probably still better than my own translation...

  17. Most users of windows phone can be added to that list too. Except those where MS-indoctrinated company MCSE's pushed it on them.

  18. Re:causing serious emotional distress? on Trolls No Longer Welcome In New Zealand · · Score: 1

    If you can't even do a force choke to bring the disbeliever back in line he has every reason to lack faith.

  19. Re:Lawyers do all these things on Trolls No Longer Welcome In New Zealand · · Score: 1

    I'm used to offensive lawyers, got even complains from Kendrick Moxon in the 90's (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendrick_Moxon) when anti-scientology websites were the issue of some lawsuits here. I survived that, so I'm affraid there won't be much lawyers who can intimidate me anymore. :-)

  20. Re:So... on Trolls No Longer Welcome In New Zealand · · Score: 1

    No, in this case I stand for what I say.

    BTW, it looks like your sarcasm detector is defective.

  21. Re:More reason on Cameron Asserts UK Gov't Will Leave No "Safe Space" For Private Communications · · Score: 1

    He said WESTERN world. India is not in that part of the world. Outside it there are indeed countries who are even worse, like India where the government is also setting up a surveillance state.

  22. Re:Privacy is for Luddites. on Cameron Asserts UK Gov't Will Leave No "Safe Space" For Private Communications · · Score: 1

    Privacy app users use TextSecure, SMSSecure and Redphone on Android, and Signal on iOS to communicate. No pesky government can read that.

  23. So... on Trolls No Longer Welcome In New Zealand · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    All xian gay niggers should commit suicide! And NZ politicians who voted for this law too.

  24. Re:alogrithms aren't racist on Google Apologises For Photos App's Racist Blunder · · Score: 4, Informative

    The algorithm wasn't that far off. I'm sure the gorilla will come over it.

  25. Re:So where is the line? on Google Asks Android Developers To Show Sensitivity To Disasters and Atrocity · · Score: 2

    Conservative porn, is that porn with Sarah palin as actor?