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  1. Re:This just in on Julian Assange Faces Rape Investigation In Sweden — Updated · · Score: 1

    "Notice how the Time magazine cover sporting the nose-less girl went virtually unnoticed on the left" Maybe those of us on the left noticed it and realized that us being there last year didn't stop it.

  2. Re:This just in on Julian Assange Faces Rape Investigation In Sweden — Updated · · Score: 1

    There is a key difference here. We know he has pissed off a lot of very powerful people. That doesn't mean he is innocent, though the withdrawn charges point that way, it just means we should be even more skeptical than usual.

  3. Re:It's still illegal in Illinois on Court OKs Covert iPhone Audio Recording · · Score: 1

    There is generally a sign in concert venues if taping is occurring.

  4. Re:Either that on Google's CEO Warns Kids Will Have to Change Names to Escape "Cyber Past" · · Score: 1

    It may be a rosy picture where you are, but here is a counter example from zip code 44107 http://www.esorn.ag.state.oh.us/Secured/p23.aspx?oid=B5K4SgwTrBM= Theft and robbery don't fit most people's definitions of sex crimes, but there he is with those as the only crimes listed.

  5. Re:I don't know.... on 'Wi-Fi Illness' Spreads To Ontario Public Schools · · Score: 1

    We're all quick to assume it is purely psychosomatic, but there may be another explanation. Poor ventilation choices, bad lighting, or paint could all cause the problems they mention.

  6. Re:Unsafe at *almost* any speed? on New Jaguar XJ Suffers Blue Screen of Death · · Score: 1

    Another reminder of the importance of safe following distance, even for cops.

  7. Re:Troubling on ISP Owner Who Fought FBI Spying Freed From Gag Order · · Score: 1

    Really? He had to break the law to speak to his attorney. That doesn't sound like a law that worked.

  8. Re:Well it is an alternate form of bumping on Buried By The Brigade At Digg · · Score: 1

    Are you unable to see the difference between someone who blew up stuff, but not people, and went on to do stuff with his life and someone who killed lots of people. Separate from that most of us on the left never really give Ayers any thought. He makes a better boogieman for the right than icon for the left.

  9. Re:Way to block Bush and the Republicans on Court Rejects Warrantless GPS Tracking · · Score: 1

    Neither of the two I've mentioned wrote the bill in question, so they didn't get to leave that part out. They came around to it on the balance of the whole package.

  10. Re:Way to block Bush and the Republicans on Court Rejects Warrantless GPS Tracking · · Score: 1

    I'm not saying they are perfect, just that there are Democrats fighting for privacy. Bills like the Affordable Care Act aren't about a single issue like your health records, but hit a bunch of different points. Sometimes one priority wins out over another it doesn't mean that privacy is unimportant.

  11. Re:Isn't that Nashe's theory? on Samsung, Toshiba, Others Accused of LCD Price-Fixing · · Score: 1

    The second paragraoh doesn't really apply to this data set because it has the information broken down by sector as well as straight GDP info. Looking at other parts of the site it appears they use nation of production rather than nation of ownership of the companies. http://unstats.un.org/unsd/industry/docs/M90.pdf It starts laying out the relevant parts of the methodology on page 13.

  12. Re:Isn't that Nashe's theory? on Samsung, Toshiba, Others Accused of LCD Price-Fixing · · Score: 1

    The UN stats disagree with you. http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/dnllist.asp

  13. Re:Way to block Bush and the Republicans on Court Rejects Warrantless GPS Tracking · · Score: 1

    Protecting one governmental organization from FOIA requests isn't related to privacy questions, the topic at hand. They have both voted against things like the patriot act and FISA expansions.

  14. Re:Way to block Bush and the Republicans on Court Rejects Warrantless GPS Tracking · · Score: 1

    I went with the Democrat, because you mentioned them specifically. There's also Barbara Lee of California. I 'm not saying the Democrats are doing well on this issue, I just take issue with the word All. There are differences among congresspeople and they should be acknowledged when present.

  15. Re:Isn't that Nashe's theory? on Samsung, Toshiba, Others Accused of LCD Price-Fixing · · Score: 1

    The US is still the world's largest manufacturing nation and many manufacturing companies are based in the US. http://www.industryweek.com/research/iw1000/2010/iw1000rank.asp Can we put this myth to rest at least until the US slips to second or third.

  16. Re:Price-fixing creates opportunity for little guy on Samsung, Toshiba, Others Accused of LCD Price-Fixing · · Score: 1

    DeBeers was able to sustain a wildly lucrative monopoly without government assistance for roughly a century.

  17. Re:Way to block Bush and the Republicans on Court Rejects Warrantless GPS Tracking · · Score: 1

    All? Dennis Kucinich would beg to differ.

  18. Re:I'm on Fios and Youtube is insanely slow. on Google and Verizon In Talks To Prioritize Traffic (Updated) · · Score: 1

    1Gb/s internet connections have been rolled out in the US. http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20100324/FREE/100329930

  19. Re:I guess... on FBI Instructs Wikipedia To Drop FBI Seal · · Score: 1

    If it is enlarged or shrunk sufficiently, then yes it is.

  20. Re:Photoshop! on Indian Police Using Facebook to Catch Scofflaw Drivers · · Score: 1

    People lying and fabricating evidence has always been an issue. If they have a good vetting process I can see it being very useful.

  21. Re:Eh? on Internal Costs Per Gigabyte — What Do You Pay? · · Score: 1

    If they aren't producing something on the scale of at least a terabyte they probably don't have an IT department large enough to justify an internal charge back system and enterprise class storage.

  22. Re:Patchless ATM "hack" on ATM Hack Gives Cash On Demand · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You should inform the FTC, it seems they aren't aware of that fact. http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/credit/cre04.shtm If you are slow to report it you are responsible with a debit card more than you are with a credit card.

  23. Re:US abuse on WikiLeaks Publishes Afghan War Secrets · · Score: 1

    A puny sword cut in a pre-antibiotic military camp was no laughing matter.

  24. Re:Oakland needs to mellow out on Industrial Marijuana Farming Approved In Oakland · · Score: 1

    Goat pricing is wildly variable in my experience. If you buy it in the suburbs it runs more than beef or pork. If you buy it in little ethnic shops it is dirt cheap.

  25. Re:It has to be said on Crytek Dev On Fun vs. Realism In Game Guns · · Score: 1

    "the trade suffers from a distinct lack of ethics and an abundance of greed and selfishness." Have you looked at the business world at any point in your life? It may go against popular image, but a lot of drug dealers rely on their reputation and trust more than most business people. If a deal goes wrong they can't resort to the courts and violence is costly.