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  1. Re:Do No Evil so why not delete the info? on Google Has Received Over 41,000 Requests To "Forget" Personal Information · · Score: 1

    Does uploading a coroner's report into the death of a "patient" who purchased fake medicine count as personal?

    I never post anything I wouldn't be prepared to defend in court, but it doesn't stop the cease and desist letters, DDoS and other tactics (threats of harm). This gives people another tool to try and hide the truth.

  2. Re:Do No Evil so why not delete the info? on Google Has Received Over 41,000 Requests To "Forget" Personal Information · · Score: 1

    "should some random dude be able to remove _my_ information that I _want_ to be available?"

    I don't know if you were implying otherwise, but it's probably worth making it explicitly clear that they can't easily do so, because Google require proof of ID to honour a request.

    What if I'm writing about someone, do they have the power to hide what I've written?

  3. Re:Do No Evil so why not delete the info? on Google Has Received Over 41,000 Requests To "Forget" Personal Information · · Score: 1

    I have received cease and desist letter from scammers, one case the scammer was going after me because they didn't like a coroners report that criticised them for selling fake medicine to the now deceased victim. These people will never take me to court where evidence would be examined, now thanks to the EU they don't have to.

  4. Re:Do No Evil so why not delete the info? on Google Has Received Over 41,000 Requests To "Forget" Personal Information · · Score: 1

    Because censorship IS evil.

  5. Re:Would never work on How the USPS Killed Digital Mail · · Score: 1

    In the real world people are less likely to lie on paper than in a digital form.

    But it's still possible for them to lie if they are using paper.

  6. Re:Would never work on How the USPS Killed Digital Mail · · Score: 1

    The only reason you ever want a snail mail, when you need a verify the senders and receivers identity. If you digitize it, it's all lost. You could have made that in photoshop.

    Because nobody would ever lie on paper?

  7. Re:No thanks on Nuclear proliferation... on Waste Management: The Critical Element For Nuclear Energy Expansion · · Score: 2

    Coal is guaranteed to kill people in the best case scenario.

    Nuclear MIGHT kill people in the worse case scenario.

  8. Re:No thanks on Nuclear proliferation... on Waste Management: The Critical Element For Nuclear Energy Expansion · · Score: 1

    Nuclear plants might be safer/cleaner than coal and all, but when they fail (and they always seem to, due to people attempting to cut costs and corners) it leaves areas of land unusable to us humans.

    We've moved on since Chernobyl.

    Nuclear is the still the safest source of power available in existence, even if we had another chernobyl or two Nuclear would still retain the title of safest and cleanest energy source.

  9. Re:Old idea on Transformer-Style Scooter Lets You Ride Your Briefcase To Work · · Score: 1

    It has been done before. I think it was in the 90's I saw a briefcase scooter/gocart thing.

    I remember the demo being a blue plastic briefcase with a two stroke motor.

  10. Re:FB filters spam better than some email provider on The Era of Facebook Is an Anomaly · · Score: 1

    And that's the problem. Internet mail became less useful to people when spammers learned how to defeat Bayesian filters.

    I get more spam on Facebook than I ever had in email. Spam or not emails are also much easier to sort, organise and archive.

  11. Re:Exposure .... on How Japanese Scientists Are Monitoring Fukushima Babies For Radiation Exposure · · Score: 1

    The "pro-nuclear" "crowd" makes up bullshit "victimstance" to try to pretend there is nothing unsafe about 3 melted down nuclear reactors.

    What meltdown?

    It seems like lying is a prerequisite for joining the anti-nuclear brigade.

    http://www.theage.com.au/comme...

  12. Re:Regulation of currency on MtGox Sets Up Call Center For Worried Bitcoiners · · Score: 1

    I'm still waiting for cash withdrawals since July, the writing was on the wall back then. In fact I was in the process of bailing out of Mt Gox when my last few transactions got stuck.

  13. Re:Exposure .... on How Japanese Scientists Are Monitoring Fukushima Babies For Radiation Exposure · · Score: 4, Informative

    The anti-nuclear crowd like to terrorise people with irrational fear.

  14. Garbage Truck. on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Sort? · · Score: 1

    The garbage truck sorts my paperwork for me.

  15. Re:Bill specifically about Glass is a bad idea... on Google Fighting Distracted Driver Laws · · Score: 1

    It is perfectly reasonable to text while stopped at a light, not so much while moving.

    Except to the people behind you who miss the lights as a result of you not paying attention.

  16. Re:Professional Email Address on Facebook Shuts Down @Facebook Email System · · Score: 1

    Generally speaking, you're full of shit. It's 2014, not 1994. Setting up a domain is about as easy as ordering a cup of coffee.

    >

    Which makes using a free domain even less professional.

  17. Re:That's stupid; you're stupid on Facebook Shuts Down @Facebook Email System · · Score: 1

    You can tell who the free-webmail users are in this thread.

  18. Re:Professional Email Address on Facebook Shuts Down @Facebook Email System · · Score: 1

    When I see someone with a personalized domain name for their e-mail address, I tend to think they are either a narcissist, or they are over-compensating.

    Just like the guy who wears a suit to the job interview? I'm sure you'll be fine walking around in your underwear.

  19. Re:Professional Email Address on Facebook Shuts Down @Facebook Email System · · Score: 1

    If you judge people based on their choice of free or low-cost email provider then you, sir, are the hack.

    People are also judged on their choice of free or low-cost clothing. Which is why the guy wearing clothes from the charity bin doesn't get the executive job. It's called professionalism. You wouldn't wear track pants to work in a professional environment so why would you use hotmail on your resume?

  20. Re:So? on Ghostwriter Reveals the Secret Life of WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So if I accuse you of rape, you should be dragged to my country for a crime you haven't even been charged with and then deported to a third country to face execution for breaking their laws?

  21. Re:Oh Good on Facebook To Buy WhatsApp · · Score: 1

    Check out Threema https://threema.ch/en/

  22. Re:I imagine it will stay on When Cars Go Driverless, What Happens To the Honking? · · Score: 1

    The driverless car will likely have stored video to show what really happened.

    Let's start thinking up names for the TV show:

    America's Dumbest Pedestrians.

    Road Kill - When man and machine come together!!!.

  23. Re:I imagine it will stay on When Cars Go Driverless, What Happens To the Honking? · · Score: 1

    There will be people diving in front of driverless cars attempting to empty the deep pockets of the manufacturers.

    People already dive in front of regular cars, just try driving around any major city. People care more about answering that text message than they do about looking for traffic.

  24. Re:I imagine it will stay on When Cars Go Driverless, What Happens To the Honking? · · Score: 1

    Good, natural selection at work. Don't play on the road, idiot.

  25. Re:Put AdSense on your blog on Court Victory Gives Blogger Same Speech Protections As Traditional Press · · Score: 1

    So if you do charity work it's not professional?

    Correct, if you not being paid then it's not professional.