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  1. Re:Concerns.. on Anonymous Takes Down Turkish Government Site · · Score: 1

    I'm more concerned with what happens when the so-far-silent majority decides they are a threat and does something. It can only mean another step on the road to Treacherous Computing.

  2. Re:I still found it amusing; harmless and humorous on PBS Web Sites and Databases Hacked · · Score: 1

    But if we only focused on the important stuff, there wouldn't be anything for the legal system to do the other 80% of the time.

  3. Re:CLI is no longer essential on The Case Against GUIs, Revisited · · Score: 2

    The GUI is not good for building tasks from a set of data and a set of actions. OS X's Automator is a good example of the GUI's failure here.

  4. Re:Mortgage on Congressman Wants YouTube Video Covered Up · · Score: 1

    According to various sources in TFA, he has two houses. Do you have an extra house you could sell to reduce your debt load?

  5. Re:One thing... on US Competitiveness Chief Immelt's GE Tax Bill: $0 · · Score: 1

    It's not fraud when rich people do it.

  6. Re:If you're taking a game that serously, you fail on Top French Chess Players Suspended For Cheating · · Score: 1

    And those people who make a living and get the most attractive members of the opposite sex for being able to do 100 apm in Starcraft are taking the game too seriously?

  7. Why do we need more efficiency on A Look At the World's Dwindling Food Supply · · Score: 4, Insightful

    When 30% of our food doesn't even get eaten?

  8. Re:protests on UN Intervention Begins In Libya · · Score: 1

    I agree mostly with this, reduce our army of conquerors, keep our national guard, and only use our forces as part of UN actions. I would agree with it even more if the UN Security Council wasn't broken as designed, but that's an issue for another day.

  9. Re:Does that include building a time machine? on UN Intervention Begins In Libya · · Score: 2

    So because we didn't do anything in the past, we should never do anything in the present or future? We (the United States) are not allowed to admit we made a mistake in Iraq and try to fix that mistake by stopping our unilateral regime-change actions and instead joining a UN action against Gaddafi? That it is the French and US providing the forces does not change that it is a UN mission.

  10. Re:What's the goal of it? on UN Intervention Begins In Libya · · Score: 2

    Also, if we wanted oil, they'd be called "Terrorists", not "rebels" or "freedom fighters".

  11. Re:protests on UN Intervention Begins In Libya · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The people against Bush were against the questionable intelligence of WMDs by the Hussein regime. This UN-sanctioned action is to protect civilians against a violent quelling of a peaceful uprising. Can you see a difference there?

  12. Re:What's the goal of it? on UN Intervention Begins In Libya · · Score: 5, Informative

    FTFA: "The UN Security Council has passed a resolution authorising "all necessary measures" to protect civilians in Libya from pro-Gaddafi forces."

  13. Re:Have you noticed... on William Shatner Wakes Up Crew for Final Discovery Mission · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Adam West started doing it earlier. So it's a shouting match you want, eh? Well game on Quahog! AAAAAH! AAAAAH! AAAAH! AAAH AH! I'm beating you!

  14. Re:Farscape on Does Syfy Really Love Sci-Fi? · · Score: 1

    It's not Joss Whedon presents Cowboy Bebop, it was Joss Whedon presents Outlaw Star

  15. Re:And the worst offender is... on Why IP Laws Are Blocking Innovation · · Score: 1, Troll

    Don't forget that Microsoft wants to reform our patents to be "First to file", putting even more shackles on innovation. You fail to patent, or file slowly? That's okay! We will patent for you, and then sue you for violating our patent!

  16. I don't care about unlimited on Loophole Means Unlimited Data For AT&T iPhone · · Score: 1

    Just let me use the bandwidth you give me any way I want to! Why does tethering cost more? Why does adding a 3G hotspot device cost more?

  17. Re:Human beings are closer to being an idea on Woman's Voice Restored After Larynx Transplant · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I had to go bring my eyes in for their 20-year tune-up, and they were rooting around in my liver and noticed a bit of cirrosis causing some blockage so I'm gonna have to go back in and get that removed. Might have them take a look at my spleen while they're at it, my blood cell count has sounded a bit low recently.

  18. Re:Pirating since my 15's on Book Piracy — Less DRM, More Data · · Score: 1

    I go to my local library, too

  19. There was other evidence on Unwise — Search History of Murder Methods · · Score: 3, Informative

    Someone testified that Mark confessed to him and tried to get him to kidnap a potential witness. His wife was suspicious and told other people such. The search evidence isn't the only thing around this guy's neck.

  20. Re:Such hypocrisy on The Right's War On Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    Or better, when the major backbone providers catch on and decide they should be getting a slice of the pie? They control the pipes, and oligopolies are doing so well for consumers in the telephone and television markets.

  21. ABCNews unstoppable autostarting flash advert on UK Asks News Outlets Not To Publish WikiLeaks Bombshell, US Prepares For Fallout · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Our governments may all suck, but I've joined the tens of dozens of people who enjoy FlashBlock with their browsing experience! FlashBlock, now available for Chrome and other major browsers, lets you block stupid marketing tools that wake up your roommates with unexpected sounds. FlashBlock! Don't browse the web without it! (endorsement not paid for by anybody, unless they want to)

  22. Re:OCR is not a verb on Canon Blocks Copy Jobs Using Banned Keywords · · Score: 2, Funny

    Verbing weirds language.

  23. Re:Chinese people know... on China Blanks Nobel Peace Prize Searches · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Because there's absolutely no money to be made in China. There's no history or culture to explore in China. There's no opportunity in China except to bang Chinese chicks. Wonder if he'll bring her back home to America where there's money, history, and culture...

  24. Re:Important distinctions on Rackspace Shuts Down Quran-Burning Church's Sites · · Score: 1

    (2) There's a legal and moral distinction between being insulting or derogatory speech (Westergaard, Onion) and inciting violence (Dove).

    So if I make everyone know that by insulting my pet cat, they are inciting violence, then it is against the law? "Inciting violence" is no reason to stop speaking, it's the best reason to keep speaking.

  25. Re:He Is Quick to Forgive Apple, Of Course on Steve Jobs Publishes Some "Thoughts On Flash" · · Score: 1

    I don't want Flash in the mobile browser, I want Flash as a mobile app development kit.