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  1. A Strong Case for Gun Control on Call of Duty Gaming Community Points To 'Swatting' In Wichita Police Shooting (dailydot.com) · · Score: 2

    Let's start with the government, just to show good faith.

  2. Paywall on Google and Facebook 'Must Pay For News' From Which They Make Billions (yahoo.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The solution already exists, and is already in use.

  3. "Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the predator party?"

  4. Re: That doesn't change the situation. on Mobile Homes Are So Expensive Now, Hurricane Victims Can't Afford Them (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Use your vote to remove the rules, and the gold becomes useless because there is nothing to buy.

  5. Re: That doesn't change the situation. on Mobile Homes Are So Expensive Now, Hurricane Victims Can't Afford Them (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    So you have eloquently described the real problem, not the symptoms. Why don't you direct your energy and outrage at fixing the cause, instead of complaining about the symptom?

    Is that because it would take less government intrusion and regulation? The FDA controlled by the drug companies - never forsaw that outcome! Gut the FDA.

  6. Re:English as a second languarge on Is American English Going To Take Over British English Completely? (scroll.in) · · Score: 1

    What I mean is, that Americans that speak English at home, almost always cannot speak another language. Your interpretation of my phrasing proves my point, I think.

    English is famously accretive. That does not change anything.

    Inviting a person to make a sexual departure in another language does not count.

  7. English as a second languarge on Is American English Going To Take Over British English Completely? (scroll.in) · · Score: 1

    It struck me that Americans speak English as if it were their second language. Of course, it is their only language, but their fluency, vocabulary, cultural references, idioms and figures of speech are those of a non-native speaker.

  8. Re:Shocking energy usage in the us... on One Bitcoin Transaction Now Uses As Much Energy As Your House In a Week (vice.com) · · Score: 1, Troll

    And Germans are using 10X as much as natives hiding in the Amazon rain forest. Shame on Germany!

  9. The US has attempted to regulate cryptography as a "munition".

    I therefore assert my Second Amendment right to use strong encryption.

  10. Re:I can help with that. on Missouri Considers Hyperloop Route Between St. Louis and Kansas City (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    The monorail of our time.

  11. Re:Nice to have Cyber Security Team on Former Equifax CEO Blames Breach On One Individual Who Failed To Deploy Patch (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What do the other 224 do?

  12. Buggy whips are gone, but the need for horsehoe nails remains.

  13. Wake me up when women have to register for the draft, and their life expectancy is the same as that of men.

  14. Re:Time for Finesse on AT&T Seeks Supreme Court Review On Net Neutrality Rule (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 0

    The whole ethos of the IETF and the internet has always been for net neutrality.

    The whole point of finesse is that the government does not tell people how to run their networks. So you have (deliberately?) misunderstood - they can do what the hell they want with the networks they built.

    But at the same time, if they are providing some parody of the internet, then it is proper that they not mislead their customers. And if the state is protecting, supporting or subsidizing the provision of internet, they do not qualify.

  15. Time for Finesse on AT&T Seeks Supreme Court Review On Net Neutrality Rule (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The Internet is a set of agreed protocols and standards. If these protocols are not adhered to, then the service provided is not "Internet". It becomes something like the late, unlamented AOL.

    So if an ISP violates net neutrality, like deep packet inspection, blocking ports, injecting data, prioritizing or blocking specific traffic, it is violating one or more of the protocols or standards.

    In such a case, the ISP should lose all Safe Harbor protection, government subsidies and assistance, such as peering, right-of-way access, tax breaks and the like. Of course, under truth-in-advertising regulations, they may not use the word "internet" in advertising or describing their product.

  16. "... it's a step in the right direction..." on New Diesel and Petrol Vehicles To Be Banned From 2040 In UK (bbc.com) · · Score: 0

    Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

  17. Remember two hours of groping, humiliation and 4th Amendment violation.

  18. Compare to landfill on Here's Elon Musk's Plan To Power the US on Solar Energy (inverse.com) · · Score: 1

    100 hundred years of US garbage will need a landfill 100 ft high, and 18 miles on each side.

    People lose their minds over the landfill "problem", so it seems Mr. Musk is going to have a hard time convincing them to switch to solar.

  19. Re:Very public location, no constitutional issue on Is Homeland Security's Face-Scanning At Airports An Unreasonable Search? (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    If the President has to submit to this before boarding Air Force 1, then we are living in a Republic. If not, we are living in a feudal kingdom.

  20. Re:What happens? on What Happens To Summer TV Binges If Hollywood Writers Strike (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    And nothing of value was lost.

  21. You don't only get paid for what you do, you also get paid for your future potential and value to the company.

  22. Re:The government won't enforce this new law eithe on Bill Would Stop Warrantless Border Device Searches of US Citizens (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    "It lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it. While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it." - Learned Hand

  23. Re:Lies? on Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Lies Programmers Tell Themselves? · · Score: 5, Informative

    "I am worth what they pay me."
    "I am an engineer."
    "Users wish they knew who created this wonderful software."

  24. Re:Costco can hold their own on A Lawsuit Over Costco Golf Balls Shows Why We Can't Have Nice Things For Cheap (qz.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.

  25. Re:Flaws.. on Ebay Asks Users To Downgrade Security (krebsonsecurity.com) · · Score: 1

    On the contrary, there is no flaw. This is frustrating the NSA, which has asked eBay to be more Patriotic. Would be a shame if something were to happen to their nice website.

    Does eBay/PayPay have a warrant canary?