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  1. Re: Nothing "free" about "our" world... on Ask Slashdot: Is There a Way To Experience the Chinese Internet From Outside? (fffff.at) · · Score: 2

    Still waiting for hitler on ice, too!

  2. Re: Nielsen hasn't figured this trick out by now? on TV Networks Hide Bad Ratings With Typos, Report Says (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Seriously. Don't they charge a lot for their services? Wouldn't advertisers be demanding accurate info or find another way to get it? Or are these industries totally ossified with denial?

  3. Not sure what you mean by traditional values or old religions, but most of the things that ever made America great: meritocracy, egalitarianism, liberalism and thinking, are mostly in opposition to religious thinking.

  4. Re:Legalization on Opioid Dealers Embrace the Dark Web To Send Deadly Drugs by Mail (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    So, I don't think anyone who makes decisions on a cost/benefit basis really disagrees.

    The problem is, most of the people making the decisions these days--counting voters--are basing their decisions on morals. To them, drug use is immoral, and society can only be set right (balanced with justice) by punishing those who make immoral decisions. This what people mean when they say folks must "pay" for their crime. Reformation, in their view, comes from God, if at all.

  5. Re:The legalized dark web of profit. on Opioid Dealers Embrace the Dark Web To Send Deadly Drugs by Mail (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    You're both right and wrong.

    Most people taking legally prescribed opioids according to their prescription don't die.

    Trouble is, the legally prescribed dosage rate is generally a longer period than the active time of a particular dose, leading patients to take the drug more frequently than prescribed, leading them to run out, and then turn the nefarious dark web for relief . . .

  6. Re:Declare victory in the war on drugs and end it. on Opioid Dealers Embrace the Dark Web To Send Deadly Drugs by Mail (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    >Failure is rewarded with yet even more money and power -- the exact opposite of what happens in the private sector.

    Maybe true in some subsectors of the private sector, but I see lots of well-rewarded private sector failures reported in the news. Something about a golden parachute.

    Also, there's plenty of well-punished successes in the private sector.

    Relatedly, there's also plenty of things the private sector leaves undone altogether.

  7. Re:Declare victory in the war on drugs and end it. on Opioid Dealers Embrace the Dark Web To Send Deadly Drugs by Mail (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    >Offer people safe places to take the drugs

    This may work for a few addicts, but many addicts are not just addicted to the drug, they are addicted to the lifestyle.

    Now, decriminalizing the drugs may take away much of the lifestyle's appeal, so it's still probably a good idea.

  8. Re: Even if there was hacking.... on Top-Secret NSA Report Details Russian Hacking Effort Days Before 2016 Election (theintercept.com) · · Score: 1

    Without providing any evidence, their bare assertions are useless. They have at least as many reasons to misrepresent te truth as they do to provide accurate information. Remember the baseless justifications for invading Iraq?

  9. Re: shitty content on Hollywood Sees Illegal Streaming Devices as 'Piracy 3.0' (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't pirate these days, but many days i really want to.

    The reason is that there is no legal way-at any price-to get content in an form where i can watch whatever, whenever, wherever.

    Streaming services of course all require an internet connection. Downloadable content is tied to a platform. Physical media is not legally transferrable, and even if it were, takes time and other resources to get there.

    Quite disappointing, really.

    Note the above applies to video content only. Plenty of legal audio options.

  10. I'm sure mit really is the one misunderstanding. on Trump Misunderstood MIT Climate Research, University Officials Say (reuters.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    After all, it's mass inst of *technology*, not mass inst of *science*.

  11. Re: Bit of CNN on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Choose a News Source? (csmonitor.com) · · Score: 1

    It could be that trump and brexit are objectively bad.

  12. Re: I would suggest... on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Choose a News Source? (csmonitor.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Witnesses are not called in to court to be viewed, they are called in to be cross-examined.

  13. The interface really stinks, makes it hard to share posts. Speed increase not worth it.

    Most sites have a web optimized version that's plenty fast.

  14. Re: Good on France on Le Pen Concedes Defeat To Macron In France's Post-Hack Election (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Username checks out.

  15. I say this a huge apple fan on Apple AirPods Customers 'Satisfied' With the Product (techpinions.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This article and it's associate 'research' are annoyingly pointless. Of course the early adopters love them! When they cost half as much and a third of iphone users have bought them, let's repeat this survey (assuming it's subject selection methodology is sound) and see what results we get.

  16. Re: Patriot on CIA, FBI Launch Manhunt For WikiLeaks Source (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Isn't it funny how so many iriginalists lose their principles when it comes to the fourth, fourteenth and first amendments?

  17. What is this 'competition' of which you speak?

  18. Re: TI-99/4A on Ask Slashdot: What Was Your First Home Computer? · · Score: 1

    I thought i was going to be the only oldie on here. Loved my ti. Parsec ftw! Also, that thing had a 16 bit ensoniq sound chip.

  19. Re: Blank check? on US Congress Votes To Shred ISP Privacy Rules (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    You are a making assumptions about the definition of "unreasonable" and "search".

    Whike i disagree, a reasonable mind could conclude that where you go on the internet has the same legal status of which stores you visit at the mall.

  20. Well damn. on US Federal Budget Proposal Cuts Science Funding (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 0

    Where is athena when you need her?

  21. Re: Yeah he should have just said "of course we ta on Michael Flynn Resigns As Trump's National Security Adviser (go.com) · · Score: 1

    Rukes for thee but not for me.

  22. Managers and engineers on Goldman Sachs Automated Trading Replaces 600 Traders With 200 Engineers (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Vonnegut called it in what, 1955?

  23. Re: Paging Dr. Faustus on Scientists Marvel At 'Increasingly Non-Natural' Arctic Warmth (msn.com) · · Score: 1

    Coverage is only part of the equation. There's also thickness. And reflectivity.

  24. The dac in the apple provided dongle is inferior to that in the iphone 6.

  25. Re:Life is better with AMP on The Problem With Google AMP (80x24.net) · · Score: 1

    I lost count of the number I times I tried that until uncovering what AMP was and switching my mobile search provider to DDG.