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  1. Re:Like the phonograph.... The what? on Young People Prefer "Sizzle Sounds" of MP3 Format · · Score: 1

    And a vinyl record is a much more durable medium than a polycarbonate CD will ever be.

    As long as you never scrape its grooves with a diamond chip.

  2. HST on One of HST's Cameras Is Back In Action · · Score: 4, Funny

    When I read the headline I thought it had something to do with a secret surveillance network left behind by Hunter S. Thompson.

  3. Re:Age on UK Proposes Banning Computer Generated Abuse · · Score: 1

    Oh, haven't you heard? The burden of proof is on the photographer these days. You're assumed guilty, and even if you can prove yourself innocent, it doesn't matter, you have to prove yourself innocent *first* and register your proof with a document retention company 18 USC 2257 does not permit the use of a document retention company. All mandated records (each image, the models in it, where it is published, the models' proof of age [which must be a US-gov't issued photo ID], all in a thoroughly cross-referenced database) must be held at the producer's place of business and available for Federal inspection during (undefined) regular business hours, until seven years after the producer has gone out of business under the weight of the recordkeeping or fear of his home-office being invaded by FBI agents while his wife and kids are home.


    Or, so I've heard.

  4. Re:It's about psychology on UK Proposes Banning Computer Generated Abuse · · Score: 1
    I believe it was Dick Cavett who once asked, "If violence on television causes violence in the streets, why doesn't comedy on television cause comedy in the streets?"


    Are people responsible for their own behavior or not? Should the government be allowed to make up their own minds for me?

  5. Re:Thought Police! on UK Proposes Banning Computer Generated Abuse · · Score: 1

    what is actually being targeted is porn that is computer generated from actual images This is "law." What is nominally being targeted, what is actually being targeted, and what is hit, are three different things.
  6. Re:Terrible idea on Computer Models Find Patterns In Asymmetric Threats · · Score: 1

    Which ideologies (currently) have terrorism ? Simple answer : socialism and islam.

    Remind me again: which was Timothy McVeigh?

  7. Re:Lifetime of USA classified secrets: 18 days on Classified Cyber-Security Directive Puts NSA In Charge · · Score: 1

    Our enemies are Washington Post Staff Writers?

  8. Re:Is it really a bad thing? on Australia Plans to Censor the Internet · · Score: 2, Funny

    Seems to me "the fuck of the internet" is exactly what they're trying to ban.