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  1. Re:Not Convenient on Google Blocks 'Innocence of Muslim' Video In Indonesia and India · · Score: 1

    If you were brought up in a Muslim culture you'd be saying Google are evil for leaving the videos viewable in other countries.

    Granted that the outcome is likely, but it should not be used or accepted as an excuse. Blindly following any culture without applying reason will lead to someing taking advantage of you. Every individual should take personal responsibility for their own actions and not try to deflect their guilt onto their parents/town/country/religion.

  2. Re:Well, with a lot of differences on Google Blocks 'Innocence of Muslim' Video In Indonesia and India · · Score: 1

    England does not have Sharia courts with any legal standing.

    While you're technically correct, I don't think the matter is black and white. For example look at the case with forced marriages & circumcision. The UK has laws against that behaviour however the tradition still persists and people suffer because of it. Sharia courts can be abused and people taken advantage of.

  3. Re:Well, with a lot of differences on Google Blocks 'Innocence of Muslim' Video In Indonesia and India · · Score: 0

    There are plenty of perfectly reasonable people of all races and religions, and a minority of extremists.

    I have yet to meet an adherent of any religion who is reasonable. They all seem to have a basic problem with the fundementals of reason.

  4. Re:EPIRB on Ask Slashdot: What Tech For a Sailing Ship? · · Score: 1

    Take a spare hull to go along with that EPIRB.

  5. Re:Everyone is doing it on Sir Tim Berners-Lee Accuses UK Government of "Draconian Internet Snooping" · · Score: 1

    with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard'.

  6. Re:Hold still on The UK's New Minister For Magic · · Score: 1

    If the patient dies from the lack of treatment then the NHS will have saved money.

  7. Re:Liquid Metal CPU cooler on Intel Embraces Oil Immersion Cooling For Servers · · Score: 1

    People self heal. Computers not so much...

  8. Re:It's not iTunes or Apple, it's RIAA on Bruce Willis Considering Legal Action Against Apple Over iTunes Collection · · Score: 1

    You're crazy to think people would pay for accounting services if their work could be replicated without cost.

  9. Re:Can't stand your neighbor's dog yepping ? on Widely Used Antibacterial Chemical May Impair Muscle Function · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There is a huge, symbiotic, non-human, microbial biomass that make our lives possible.

    These microbes outnumber us, in our OWN bodies.

    It is not your own body, you are just the biological protective suit for the bacterial life form inside you.

  10. Re:In the air? on Could Flying Cars Actually Be On Their Way? · · Score: 1

    Unless you strap something like this to your hang glider, its going to be difficult to commute.

  11. Re:And nothing of value was lost on Facebook Faces High-Level Staff Exodus · · Score: 1

    I guess the rest of facebook are doomed to die from a keyboard pathogen in the near future then.

  12. Re:A good reason to go independent on Is Your Neighbor a Democrat? There's an App For That · · Score: 1

    When group X doesn't take action against the "random idiot" espousing "Something Stupid Y" in the name of group X. Then its fair to suggest that group X either does believe in "Something Stupid Y" or doesn't care.

  13. Re:Hawii on Tokelau Becomes First Country To Go 100% Solar · · Score: 1

    You would need to store less if you used more when it was available and less when it wasn't available. This would require a change if behaviour though which arguably is more difficult than building expensive storage.

  14. Re:You mean... on How Intuit Manages 10 Million Lines of Code · · Score: 1
    Your suits might have a point about predictibility being worth paying a bit more for, however because of

    lots of hidden costs in the reduced quality of the work, in talent management (staff turnover and getting the replacement hires up to speed, something I see a lot of in outsourcing partners), loss of agility and the ability to react to changing circumstances...

    And the fact that a lower quality team may fail alltogether to actually produce the desired product, there is actually no more predictibility anyway. The problem is they manage by numbers, regardless of if the numbers are correct or not.

  15. Re:The first rule of controlling a market... on Author Claims Apple Won't Carry Her ebook Because It Mentions Amazon · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought we were here to bash apple. Whats this about a book?

  16. Re:What about the Activists? on EFF: Americans May Not Know It, But Many Are In a Face Recognition Database Now · · Score: 1

    Just recently BMG illegally took down a political campaign ad from Barack Obama's opposition. Of course, I know that Barack Obama's minions had nothing to do with this. So no subversion going on here.

    Mitt Romney's ad was criticizing Barack Obama, therefore it clearly falls under Section 107 (Fair Use) of US Copyright.

    I'm guessing the campaign ad was on youtube or somesuch? The moral of the story is: If you're running a political campaign, host your own damned content.

    What are you talking about? The internet is one way communication only, established big companies publish while everybody else subscribes.

  17. Re:would i rather on Why Amazon Wants To Pay Sales Tax · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately it works the same way when choosing politicians too.

  18. Re:That was not the final broadcast on What's Wrong With American Ninja Warrior? · · Score: 4, Funny

    There are two more episods in the July 9th episode, they only did the first stage of Mount Midoriyama.

    I do agree that the American show emphasizes competition against each other with the line "who will be the first" instead of "will anyone".

    But I do have to ask, how on-point can a review be if the reviewer didn't even watch the show enough to notice it didn't actually go to the end?

    You're just trying to piss of the reviewer now aren't you.

  19. Re:There must be a winner on What's Wrong With American Ninja Warrior? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    actually we now do this in kiddie sports where everyone is a winner every season. supposedly people hate it

    "people are praised for trying their best" is not the same as "everyone is a winner".

  20. Re:Why? on Why Ultra-Efficient 4,000 mph Vacuum-Tube Trains Aren't Being Built · · Score: 1

    If man wasn't meant to fly, he'd have been born with roots.

  21. Are you talking about leavened or unleavened bread?

  22. Re:Thank you, Captain Obvious. on Study Finds Alcohol, Not Marijuana, Is the Biggest Gateway Drug For Teens · · Score: 1

    I prefer the notion of mandatory treatment or punishment (depending on circumstances) for people who commit crimes. Period.

    Completely agree, I use to be homosexual but now thanks to the mandatory treatment using estrogen I have been cured.

  23. Re:Here it comes on UCLA Develops World's Fastest Camera To Hunt Down Cancer In Real Time · · Score: 1

    Have you been reading enders game again?

  24. Re:You are so, so wrong on Ron Paul's New Primary Goal Is "Internet Freedom" · · Score: 1, Insightful

    What does Mit Romney (or anyone else for that matter) have to do with what Obama has or has not done. Obamas record must stand on its own.

  25. Re:So what? on Ron Paul's New Primary Goal Is "Internet Freedom" · · Score: 1

    The US elected the lesser of two evils at that time (a choice we have to make every time).

    Yes, we wouldn't want the wrong lizard to get elected.