User: easyTree

Re:Is anyone actually suprised?

On: Two Years Later, White House Responds To 'Pardon Edward Snowden' Petition

Lets face it the American public has actually shown themselves to be rather discerning on this issue.

Taking mental note of those posters who've used words like 'traitor' in this topic, on a site apparently populated by those generally more clued-up than the average critter, indicates otherwise.

Re:Remember the Pentagon Papers

On: Two Years Later, White House Responds To 'Pardon Edward Snowden' Petition

I'm definitely sensing a whiff of "they're saying no but they mean yes."

Remember, No Means No.

Re: Is anyone actually suprised?

On: Two Years Later, White House Responds To 'Pardon Edward Snowden' Petition

What do you expect from a country that has a Department of Homeland Security? It sounds like something from Nazi Germany or Soviet Russia. (Fatherland, motherland, homeland ...)

It wouldn't be democratic to deny all those gold-bearing nazi war criminals their constitutionally-protected right to 'lobby' for their interests to be represented.

Re: Doublespeak...

On: Two Years Later, White House Responds To 'Pardon Edward Snowden' Petition

function furtherAndMoreInvasiveSurveillanceIsJustified () {
    return true;
}
while (furtherAndMoreInvasiveSurveillanceIsJustified ()) {
    continueAsBefore ();
}

Re:Jury Nullification

On: Two Years Later, White House Responds To 'Pardon Edward Snowden' Petition

From mere curiosity - who here would feel better about the situation if the government just explicitly avoided all the weasel-words and came out to say "we've rigged the whole system, you're fucking with our corruption/lies and now we're gonna screw you big-time in a way that you have no chance of escaping" ?

Re:Jury Nullification

On: Two Years Later, White House Responds To 'Pardon Edward Snowden' Petition

Much as I disagree with the multi-level corruption, what else could they do?

The premises of the system should be self-supporting; to allow otherwise would allow the validity of the whole system to be put in doubt. Noone wants the current system to be replaced by something better; do they?

Re:Got e-mail this morning from mail.whitehouse.go

On: Two Years Later, White House Responds To 'Pardon Edward Snowden' Petition

You might have noticed that *noone* cares to think about, less-still legislate on the topic of what is right.

Shame on you for even implying that they should.

Re:Got e-mail this morning from mail.whitehouse.go

On: Two Years Later, White House Responds To 'Pardon Edward Snowden' Petition

Regardless of your tinfoil suit there is no documented case of where the spying the NSA did has had a negative effect on the citizens of the USA.

You know, you're right. Please paste a link to your personal channel of the Panopticon - oh, and ensure to have your walls replaced by glass toute-de-suite

Re: Got e-mail this morning from mail.whitehouse.g

On: Two Years Later, White House Responds To 'Pardon Edward Snowden' Petition

Synesthesia much?

Re:No surprises there...

On: Two Years Later, White House Responds To 'Pardon Edward Snowden' Petition

then you really have to wonder if the Presidency isn't being completely controlled by someone else.

Uhh, I'm no student of history but didn't this understanding come about at about the same time the assassinations stopped? I do actually live under a rock so I've probably missed the historical-rewrite on this one (as I did with the one about how GeeDubYah wasn't actually elected.)

Re:Translation

On: Two Years Later, White House Responds To 'Pardon Edward Snowden' Petition

It cannot rationally be illegal to 'out' the government's own violations of the law.

Uhh, it can - the government makes its own laws. It's a basic premise of the system: 'we are *always* in the right.'

Re:Translation

On: Two Years Later, White House Responds To 'Pardon Edward Snowden' Petition

Don't seem so surprised. These government systems evolved out of a barbarism dominated by 'might is right'.

They're local-minima / stable states on the way to something better.

Re:Translation

On: Two Years Later, White House Responds To 'Pardon Edward Snowden' Petition

Are you aware of any evidence he every sold any secrets? I am not.

Of course they're not. It's US government shilling.

Did Fox buy slashdot already?

Re:Yeah, be a man!

On: Two Years Later, White House Responds To 'Pardon Edward Snowden' Petition

If he comes back to the US, he'll probably "commit suicide" in prison awaiting trial.

I didn't realize that Snowden was black! wth?

Re:Yeah, be a man!

On: Two Years Later, White House Responds To 'Pardon Edward Snowden' Petition

Where are the feds going to find 12 whistle blower heroes?

In a shallow grave?

ProTip: If I go missing, you'll know it was a mistake to type this :S

That's awesome

On: Cell Service At US Airports Varies From 1st Class To Middle-seat Coach

Now we know where to sit when we're feeling undercooked :D

Re: Equitable pay?

On: Google Staffers Share Salary Info With Each Other; Management Freaks

I stand corrected lol :D

Re:Negotiating salaries is for the birds.

On: Google Staffers Share Salary Info With Each Other; Management Freaks

A myth propagated by employers to ensure that employees are self-enslaving.

Re: Negotiating salaries is for the birds.

On: Google Staffers Share Salary Info With Each Other; Management Freaks

Some of my favourite weasel-words are:

'Competitive' in the sense of fighting a losing battle against a stronger opponent.
'Exciting Opportunity' means really shitty rate/wage with mind-numbing conditions.
'Market rate' == intangible amount dictated by our opinion.

I'm impressed by the many strategies used to trick initiates into looking away from salary for intangible benefits that cannot be exchanged for food.

Re: Equitable pay?

On: Google Staffers Share Salary Info With Each Other; Management Freaks

NEVER GO INTO PUBLIC SECTOR WORK

The word 'WORK' is misleading when applied to the public sector. Standing around the coffee machine wearing sandals / stroking your beard whilst openly counting the minutes until your three-hour shift ends doesn't count as work. Just saying; a never-ending supply of free money, no competition, standards, oversight, penalties for poor performance or indeed a a requirement to complete projects does little incentivize 'staff' to wake from their dream that often.

Link or it didn't happen

On: Google Staffers Share Salary Info With Each Other; Management Freaks

Anyone?

Re:We're a tech company...

On: Uber Faces $410 Million Canadian Class Action Suit

laws are for poor people

I can't understand why I'm sensing an element of sarcasm with respect to something that is clearly accurate.

Re: Reasons I'm not a judge.

On: Vancouver Area Teen Sentenced To 16 Months For Swatting

How do we distinguish between what you are calling intent to cause homicide and intent to cause serious upset/inconvenience using SWAT ?

Re: Reasons I'm not a judge.

On: Vancouver Area Teen Sentenced To 16 Months For Swatting

Please; are they still calling it the justice system? How is schmoozing around a coffee machine making deals with other people's lives justice?

Re: Reasons I'm not a judge.

On: Vancouver Area Teen Sentenced To 16 Months For Swatting

So... SWAT have such momentum that they can't be stopped easily once in their flow?