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  1. Re:He could always... on Patriot Act Up For Renewal, Nobody Notices · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Is there something that makes you think the will of the Democratic party is much different from that of the Republican party?

  2. Re:In case anyone forgot on Palin's E-Mail Hacker Imprisoned Against Judge's Wishes · · Score: 2

    To expose a corrupt official? Absolutely!

    If your opponent is cheating but you say you are above that, you will lose every time!

  3. Re:In case anyone forgot on Palin's E-Mail Hacker Imprisoned Against Judge's Wishes · · Score: 2

    Yes; she was sentenced to writing a bestselling book and having her own TV show.

  4. Re:In case anyone forgot on Palin's E-Mail Hacker Imprisoned Against Judge's Wishes · · Score: 1

    Salvador Allende would be proud!

  5. Re:Does prison get worse with distance? on Palin's E-Mail Hacker Imprisoned Against Judge's Wishes · · Score: 1

    I think if i land in prison, i'd rather not have a steady influx of family visitors. I'd hope i was as far from home as possible.

    You'd rather be completely isolated??

  6. In case anyone forgot on Palin's E-Mail Hacker Imprisoned Against Judge's Wishes · · Score: 4, Informative

    The account he broke into was being used by Palin to conduct state business that she wanted to hide from being recorded in her official state email account.

    Just a reminder.

  7. Re:I have a much more ambitious vision on The Continued Censorship of Huckleberry Finn · · Score: 1

    But by tossing the cup out the window, someon will get paid to pick it up. That means theya re paid. So not ther eis another person who has money to help the economy. Meaning more taxes for a better education so some kid can grow up and develop a better cup.

    Congratulations; you have discovered the broken window fallacy! +10 gamer points

  8. Re:Huh? on Unwise — Search History of Murder Methods · · Score: 2

    Sure, but it's no joke.

    timothy, like most self-described "nerds", is probably a tremendous asshole who reckons his own intelligence to be superior to that of those around him based solely on his good taste in video games.

  9. Re:Now that GS invested 1/2 billion into Facebook. on Goldman Invests $450m In Facebook · · Score: -1

    Since it's written in PHP, I'm sure there's plenty of amazing ways it can still fail!

  10. Re:Wow... on VoIP Now Technically Illegal In China · · Score: 1

    No actual commie has considered China (or Vietnam or Laos &c.) as a state working to build communism for decades.

    If you've got a stomach for reading over-the-top longwinded speeches, Enver Hoxha did a good job of explaining revisionism in the USSR, Yugoslavia, and China.

  11. Re:What a load of crap on Why WikiLeaks Is Unlike the Pentagon Papers · · Score: 1

    there's no explanation for this other than a visit from the guys in the black SUVs.

    I'm not sure of all the details of that particular example, but the answer is always money, not the threat of violence. The (owners of) media stands to gain by supporting the existing order.

    Noam Chomsky wrote a detailed book about this a while back called Manufacturing Consent.

  12. Re:What a load of crap on Why WikiLeaks Is Unlike the Pentagon Papers · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Perhaps it should be rephrased as "no misconduct that surprises anyone who's been paying attention for the last century or two"

  13. Re:Is this one of them? on The 57 Lamest Tech Moments of 2010 · · Score: 0

    I guess this means you made 57 posts in 2010?

  14. Re:Here's a video from the workers talking about i on Labor Lockout Lingers At Honeywell Nuclear Plant · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm so angry for at the corporate world that pays me all year long

    You should be! The only way the shareholders make any money is by paying you less than the full value of your work and keeping the rest for themselves.

  15. Re:Unions in nuclear power industry is a bad combo on Labor Lockout Lingers At Honeywell Nuclear Plant · · Score: 2

    and an attitude that they know more or better than the owners of the company

    Any competent worker has this attitude.

  16. Re:Wait a minute... on North Korea Says War With South Would Go Nuclear · · Score: 1

    Ha! As if the US (or anyone) would try to invade a country with nuclear weapons.

  17. Re:How much more on UN Considering Control of the Internet · · Score: 0

    Thanks for all that elitist bullshit about how stupid the commoners are

  18. Re:the whole team was let go just yesterday on Yahoo! To Close Delicious · · Score: 1

    Bwahahaha you think anyone who doesn't have an MBA gets a bonus??

  19. Re:Blame it on the translators on 'Reading Level' Filter Added To Google Search · · Score: 1

    Sure, that sounds like a tough contradiction for a translator to face.

    One of the things I've noticed about German speakers and was brought up in a class I had in college about foreign cultures was that Germans and very thorough about historical exposition; this seems to be a mostly cultural boundary that is difficult for Americans to come to terms with since we prefer a much faster pace. I've come to appreciate the approach of leaving no stone unturned; however, I still can't get into Hegel.

  20. Re:Okay quick on 'Reading Level' Filter Added To Google Search · · Score: 1

    Choosing a selection from the first chapter of Capital rather than a later chapter as an example of understandable German writing is dialectical as fuck, especially as a reply to Hegel.

    Marx is a really impressive guy, using Hegelian methods to create works that are not only understandable, but relevant and durable. Not even Hegel himself came close to doing that!

  21. Re:High school math versus college math on 'Reading Level' Filter Added To Google Search · · Score: 1

    IIRC, Hegel managed to get kicked out of grad school for being a bad writer. He still managed to be quite influential as far as philosophers go, although he is consistently (and perhaps intentionally) opaque.

  22. Re:High school math versus college math on 'Reading Level' Filter Added To Google Search · · Score: 1

    But that actually does sound useful for grading the sophistication required of the reader. Judging the sophistication of the author would be a much more difficult task for a computer, wouldn't it?

  23. Re:High school math versus college math on 'Reading Level' Filter Added To Google Search · · Score: 1

    There's no "Business Math" in high school!

  24. Re:Okay quick on 'Reading Level' Filter Added To Google Search · · Score: 1

    Not opaque enough; everyone knows German writers are the most difficult to understand!

    Some, who are thought to be taking a profound view, are heard to say that everything turns upon the subject-matter, and that the form may be ignored. The business of any writer, and especially of the philosopher, is, as they say, to discover, utter, and diffuse truth and adequate conceptions. In actual practice this business usually consists in warming up and distributing on all sides the same old cabbage. Perhaps the result of this operation may be to fashion and arouse the feelings; though even this small merit may be regarded as superfluous, for “they have Moses and the prophets: let them hear them.” Indeed, we have great cause to be amazed at the pretentious tone of those who take this view. They seem to suppose that up till now the dissemination of truth throughout the world has been feeble. They think that the warmed-up cabbage contains new truths, especially to be laid to heart at the present time. And yet we see that what is on one side announced as true, is driven out and swept away by the same kind of worn-out truth. Out of this hurly-burly of opinions, that which is neither new nor old, but permanent, cannot be rescued and preserved except by science.

  25. Re:From TFA on Venezuelan Gov't Seeks Internet Content Bill · · Score: 1

    Haven't you heard? Hugo Chavez is an EVIL SOCIALIST DICTATOR; no more analysis needed