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  1. Briar Patch on The UK's Internet Porn Filter and Fighting Censorship Creep · · Score: 1

    Given that both the US and UK governments no longer operate according to their own laws, is it really insane to posit that all those that fully opt-out will be placed on a list curated by the organs of state security? And if any of those on that list dare speak up or protest the doings of NSA / GCHQ, they will be backdoored, child pron / snuff placed on their devices and promptly arrested? "See? the system works! And the rest of you lot best reconsider opting back in or you're next."

    As Goering said: "It's the same in every country."

  2. Compromise on Searching the Internet For Evidence of Time Travelers · · Score: 1

    I'd be satisfied with a paper that could explain the last third of Primer to me.

  3. Re: dependent on subscriber fees? on ABC Kills Next-Day Streaming For Non-Subscribers · · Score: 1

    Did you know producing and marketing high quality TV and movies costs money? Shocking news!

    Did you know I'd be willing to directly pay the actual talent for their work provided not a red cent went to useless ads and leeching middlemen? Shocking news!

  4. Fine, but on Unencrypted Windows Crash Reports a Blueprint For Attackers · · Score: 1

    If you have any honor, either as an individual or a company, you will now encrypt the bloody things. Setting aside your a-hole buddies in the NSA, the other bad guys are exploiting these plain-text treasure troves as well, FFS.

  5. Scared? on PC Makers Plan Rebellion Against Microsoft At CES · · Score: 1

    According to Microsoft, they own Android - and they have ~$2 Billion in extortion money to prove it (just not ever in a court of law).

  6. Fuck your dots, Pauley on US Federal Judge Rules NSA Data Collection Legal · · Score: 2

    Citation: BOSTON MARATHON

  7. Destination: Void on Neural Net Learns Breakout By Watching It On Screen, Then Beats Humans · · Score: 1
  8. Attachment points on Ford Rolls the Dice With Breakthrough F-150 Aluminum Pickup Truck · · Score: 1

    Significant steel components will have to be bolted to the aluminum body, and since bean-counters still rule the US automotive world, whatever galvanic corrosion barrier they slap on will just barely get through the warranty period (and it wouldn't surprise if the warranty period/mileage is lowered or has a buried caveat about said specific corrosion), these will be used vehicles to avoid like the plague (or like Panteras or Vegas).

  9. Growing Up on Internet Commenting Growing Away From Anonymity · · Score: 1

    into a curated society where real privacy is only given to the top 1% and the security organs of the state.

    Great plan, Mr. & Mrs. Unintended.

  10. Never, but Never on NSA Drowns In Useless Data, Impeding Work, Former Employee Claims · · Score: 3, Interesting

    In response to questions about Mr. Binney's claims, an NSA spokeswoman says the agency is 'not collecting everything, but we do need the tools to collect intelligence on foreign adversaries who wish to do harm to the nation and its allies.'

    ,
    But never, ever dare ask why so many wish to do harm to the Imperial Us and our henchman, upon pain of treasonous death.

  11. Smallest Violin on Surge In Online Orders Overwhelms UPS Christmas Deliveries · · Score: 1

    You're foolish or lazy enough to cut ordering gifts that close and have the unmitigated gall to whine when the dice you rolled came up snake-eyes? Eff right off.

  12. Very few countries have the separation between church and state that is jealously guarded in the US.

    You're the one that needs to get out in the real (non-costal) US a bit more. I wish you were right, but the facts on the ground are that in most of the rural US, the state and the predominant Christian sect church are hand in hand and full lock step, even to the point of prayers opening county and city government meetings.

  13. Oh, right on Mikhail Kalashnikov: Inventor of AK-47 Dies At 94 · · Score: 1

    I always forget: the nerds on this site completely dump all their capability of rational thought and intellect when it comes to the topic of their favorite penis supplement, the gun.

  14. Karma Denied on Mikhail Kalashnikov: Inventor of AK-47 Dies At 94 · · Score: -1

    It would have been far better had he been plugged by his own killing machine.

    If there has ever been an antithesis to the Nobel Peace Prize, the AK-47* is it.


    * given that it has a far larger body count than Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined.

  15. Reporters as Lawyers on RSA Flatly Denies That It Weakened Crypto For NSA Money · · Score: 1

    We need reporters that can craft absolutely air-tight, weasel-proof questions to force both corporate and governmental officials into an inescapable corner.

    Even Bill Clinton would be impressed by the linguistic gymnastics now being displayed by liars of the highest order.

  16. Wish I could credit properly on Enormous Tunneling Machine 'Bertha' Blocked By 'The Object' · · Score: 1

    Not sure where I saw it, but the funniest explanation I've seen is this:

    Zunes

  17. American Exceptionalism on China Rejects 545,000 Tons of US Genetically Modified Corn · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "How dare China import lead-tainted goods! Ban!"
    "How dare China ban our GMO exports!"

    American Exceptionalism is Exceptional Hypocrisy.

  18. Dodge Ball Redux on Company That Made the First 3D Printed Metal Gun Is Selling Them For $11,900 · · Score: 1

    "If you can print a wrench, you can print a ball."

  19. Now that they've decided to become 'kept women' by investor money, forget about them being a continued source of freedom, rapidity, or actual innovation. Selling out to the 'man' means they will end up being just another awful corporatized Android skin chock-full of shovelware that can never be removed. Yay, greed.

  20. Missed One on Clear Solar Cells Could Help Windows Generate Power · · Score: 1

    The primary challenges now are: Installation costs
    Electrical connection costs (i.e. an inverter)
    and Storage (or grid hookup costs)

    Power companies lobbying for more obstacles and increased costs to be placed in front of consumers daring to consider panels.

  21. Unanimous on UN Votes To Protect Privacy In Digital Age · · Score: 1

    Unanimous at the UN = Meaningless. Doubtful it even has gums, let alone any teeth.

  22. The most shocking part on Newly Discovered Greenhouse Gas Is 7,000 Times More Powerful Than CO2 · · Score: 0

    The most shocking part of this environmental research was that it slipped through the Koch Whore-driven informational Iron Curtain of the Harper government.

  23. Thermostat is stuck open on Coolant Glitch Forces Partial Space Station Shutdown · · Score: 2

    always happens in winter.

  24. Not quite on Snowden Document Shows Canada Set Up Spy Posts For NSA · · Score: 1

    No the problems start at the top, Senators, Presidents, powerful Congressmen, generals.

    No, the real problem is that after ten years of unfettered spying on everyone, the NSA is now at the top of that list, with dirt on everyone from the POTUS on down. THIS is why no real reform will ever occur.

  25. Futurama on Gut Microbes Linked to Autism-Like Symptoms in Mice · · Score: 1

    "All I know is my gut says 'maybe'."

    'Maybe' onto something here.