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  1. Re:new argument to undo copyright extension on Has the Supreme Court Made Patent Reform Legislation Unnecessary? · · Score: 1

    The Constitution itself takes freedom from the people by giving Congress the power to grant a copyright.

  2. Re:I just must be drunk. on Fighting Scams Targeting the Elderly With Old-School Tech · · Score: 0

    Think about it as being along the lines of the "just say no" campaign. Grandparents have no legal duty to bail out grandchildren, and both grandparents and grandchildren should be taught that.

  3. Re:A rightwing wankfest? on Fighting Scams Targeting the Elderly With Old-School Tech · · Score: 1

    birth control,

    There is at least one major world religion that will launch a crusade if that became universal.

  4. Re:I just must be drunk. on Fighting Scams Targeting the Elderly With Old-School Tech · · Score: -1

    Because hearing gets bad as you age and you're not totally sure it's your grandkid or not.

    My point was seniors need to be taught that grandchildren are not their responsibility, they are their children's responsibility. All they need to do if they receive such a call is "call your mother".

  5. A rightwing wankfest? on Fighting Scams Targeting the Elderly With Old-School Tech · · Score: 2

    I didn't mean to launch one at all by my post. In the long run though, 90% of all human production will be automated so, unless you are willing to bring back "The Commons" from which people can pluck from what they want, some basic form of subsistance will need to be created. The way it is now a man can hardly go on a hunt without violating some government enforced property right.

  6. I just must be drunk. on Fighting Scams Targeting the Elderly With Old-School Tech · · Score: 1

    I was going to reply to the article, but for the life of me I couldn't find the "post" button. Things have been really out of sorts on the top menu too., Guess this is Dice's way of forcing "beta" upon us no matter how much we've told them we don't like it.

    Anyway, back on topic. Why not just teach seniors to tell anyone claiming to be their grandchild to call their parents if they need money? It's not as if haven't spent a good portion of their lives paying to support parasites already, right?

  7. First off, are zero plays... on Pandora Pays Artists $0.001 Per Stream, Thinks This Is "Very Fair" · · Score: 1

    ...considered a plus or a minus? I think that would be good starting point to consider what is fair and what is not. For example, if a song expects $1,000,000 per play and get zero plays then that song nets $0. A song netting $0.0001 per play that is played 1 time obviously out performs the song played 0 times as far as returns per songs played is concerned.

    Fuck it, that makes no sense. It is the cocksuckers counting tenths of pennies per play who are keeping the rest of us from having anything nice.

  8. Samsung seems intent on going the Sony... on Samsung Takes On Apple Pay By Acquiring Mobile Wallet Startup LoopPay · · Score: 0

    ...route, and I hope the suffer the same inglorious fall from grace.

  9. Samsung will know. on Ask Slashdot: How Could We Actually Detect an Alien Invasion From Outer Space? · · Score: 1

    Just a few years ago I would have implicated Sony, but Samsung's recent moves tell us that it is they who will violate confidentially.

  10. Out Sonying Sony? on Samsung Smart TVs Don't Encrypt the Voice Data They Collect · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Is this really what Samsung wants to do? I've been steering everyone I know away from Sony products for more than a decade now, and what I suggest when they ask what brand they can trust I have always told them Samsung. I ask you, is there any major brand who are on the side of consumer/customer privacy out there anymore?

  11. These types don't... on FAA Proposes Rules To Limit Commercial Drone Use · · Score: 0

    ...think they should pay anything for stealing the rights away from property owners.

  12. What about fees that should... on FAA Proposes Rules To Limit Commercial Drone Use · · Score: 2

    ...be paid to landowners for easements? We've already been sold down the river when it comes to commercial aircraft and radio waves that pass over our property. Personally, I think the line should be drawn here. You want to fly a drone a few feet over my house, you pay.

  13. Re:Maybe I'm not keeping up? on Netatmo Weather Station Sends WPA Passwords In the Clear · · Score: 2

    So WPA2 wasn't necessary? Really looking forward you to enlightening me here.

  14. Re:Maybe I'm not keeping up? on Netatmo Weather Station Sends WPA Passwords In the Clear · · Score: 2

    Are you sure? I thought WPA2 was created to solve the problems with WPA.

  15. Maybe I'm not keeping up? on Netatmo Weather Station Sends WPA Passwords In the Clear · · Score: 2

    I thought WPA was found to be insecure a long time ago! Are there really still entities that depend on it for security?

  16. Oldest Yet Discovered on Oldest Twin Remains Found In Siberia · · Score: 1

    Surprised that a site for scientific minded people does not include that caveat.

  17. For us normal folk... on Measuring the Value of Open Hardware Designs · · Score: 1

    ...open hardware could prevent us from paying exorbiant prices for decent performance and allow us to get the full value out of the hardware we invest in. I had to allow scripts from "academia-assests.com" to view the text of the first link if anyone else runs into the same blank page I did when I clicked on it.

  18. The death of humanism? on Using Machine Learning To Find a Better Job · · Score: 1

    I don't know, and perhaps it isn't so.
    But the more machines control our gates,
    The less we humans can control our fates.
    But into the future we go!

  19. It is only logical... on If a Financial Institution Mishandles My Data, What Recourse Do I Have? · · Score: 1

    ...that banks are 100% liable in cases such as this. It is up to them to verify that any access to the accounts that they hold are made by the legitimate account holders. Seriously, think of what the world would be like if any yahoo could write a check against any account without them veryifying the authenticity of the signature.

  20. Somebody needs to put these paid taxi services to bed. Ride sharing in no way involves set fares.

  21. Re:Only a matter of time... on Indian Woman Sues Uber In the US Over Alleged New Delhi Taxi Rape · · Score: 0

    Because criminals doesn't deserve a second chance...

    No, rapists should not be given a chance to rape again.

  22. Re:Only a matter of time... on Indian Woman Sues Uber In the US Over Alleged New Delhi Taxi Rape · · Score: 1

    How about self regulation? This isn't simple fleecing of riders we are talking about here, this is rape! So just what is Uber and the other ride "sharing" companies doing to ensure their drivers will not rape their riders anyway?

  23. I'm going to... on EFF Unveils Plan For Ending Mass Surveillance · · Score: 1

    ...surveil that plan!!

  24. Education? on Davos 2015: Less Innovation, More Regulation, More Unrest. Run Away! · · Score: 2

    Is it the lack of education that keeps the poor taking from each other rather than taking from the rich? I'm sure mine is not the only city that has "Boardwalk" located close enough to "Baltic" that the poor without much effort could take what they want from the rich. Yet still, the poor continue to rob from the poor.

  25. Free Markets on Verizon, Cable Lobby Oppose Spec-Bump For Broadband Definition · · Score: 1

    It is free markets that keeps the US so highly rated among the developed nations in providing internet service to its citizens and, as everyone knows, the US is all about providing infrastructure that encourages competition. Imagine, if you will, how bad it would be if a single corporation were allowed to control access to all the roads in a nation! That corporation could dictate rates and refuse service to any and all who refuse to meet their price. Thankfully the majority in the US have come to the understanding that such travesties must be regulated against.