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  1. Re:Solution on FBI Seizes Servers In Virginia · · Score: 1

    Name one place that won't do exactly the same thing...

  2. Re:Dang I misread this... on Europe Set To Build Experimental Transport Spacecraft · · Score: 0

    Transparent would make it newsworthy, and very cool.. But as it is, they may as well do studies on whether it will ever be worth the effort to manufacture color TVs

  3. Re:it's hard to make a good superhero movie on Review: Green Lantern · · Score: 1

    Yes, the original was the best by far..

  4. Re:It doesn't matter. on Military Drone Attacks Are Not 'Hostile' · · Score: 1

    Well, how things are supposed to work and how things actually work are two entirely different things(?). The fact is that nobody's pursuing the case.. What good is a law if nobody will stand up for it? Least of all the people with their finger on the trigger? Under these circumstances the law is meaningless, just a lot of hot air and pontificating. It all totally depends what the guy behind the gun thinks and does.

    ...it is the right and the duty of the States to either ignore or nullify said legislation.

    Yeah, they tried that once.. The results didn't exactly turn out as expected.. It will be a very long time before you see another similar act of defiance against the feds. The whole affair proved just how ineffective the law is. Debating it is a tremendous waste of time. We need to approach it from a much more fundamental angle, more akin to psychotherapy than anything else, because that's what the society needs right now.

  5. Re:It doesn't matter. on Military Drone Attacks Are Not 'Hostile' · · Score: 2

    Nothing says mental masturbation like 'law'... And that people argue like it actually matters only shows how good they are at wasting time. Case in point? I mean, aside from the almost 500 comments in this thread? The 'validity' of any law on the books can be decided by a simple majority of a judicial panel.. It doesn't get much more absurd than that.

  6. Re:Do you think they know what a thermodynamic is? on US Senate Votes For Repeal of Ethanol Subsidies · · Score: 1

    :-) I'm hip...

  7. Re:Do you think they know what a thermodynamic is? on US Senate Votes For Repeal of Ethanol Subsidies · · Score: 1

    whAt dO rAnDoM CapS mEan?

  8. Re:Physics: an alternative political spectrum on US Senate Votes For Repeal of Ethanol Subsidies · · Score: 1

    To save yourself a lot of angst, just vote for the one with the biggest tits.. They're just following orders, so actually a dart board, or pulling a name out of a hat would be just as good

  9. Re:Small problem... on 11 Pathogens Pose Big Security Risk For Research · · Score: 1

    For effect, you'll need to form a well-distributing aerosol, in a manner that germs survive, and that is an art in itself.

    Damn, and here I am thinking a simple sneeze on a crowded subway would do the trick...

  10. Re:Creative, but predictable. on Libyan Rebels Weaponize Power Wheels Toys · · Score: 1

    I know - I'm a dreamer.

    But you're not the only one...

  11. Re:define "collecting" on Franken Bill Would Protect Consumers Location Data · · Score: 1

    ...they weren't "collecting" it in any meaningful sense of the word.

    How do you know?

  12. *sigh* on Reason Seen More As a Weapon Than a Path To Truth · · Score: 1

    This argument has been settled a very long time ago...

  13. Re:sometimes on Italy Votes To Abandon Nuclear Power · · Score: 1

    I say we should vote on it...

  14. Re:Hurrah! on Italy Votes To Abandon Nuclear Power · · Score: 1

    ...leave the planet free from radiation.

    Ah, so now you want to blot out the sun?

  15. Solution? on Italy Votes To Abandon Nuclear Power · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What do you do when the voters are conditioned and misinformed and the majority is wrong?

  16. Re:It's China... on Chinese Spying Devices Installed On Hong Kong Cars · · Score: 2

    Yeah really, pretty clumsy effort.. In the 'west' we do it right, we build the device into the car.. inside your rear view mirror is a hidden camera and mic

  17. Re:How do you not see such a device... on Chinese Spying Devices Installed On Hong Kong Cars · · Score: 1

    The government tells you not to see, so you don't. Nothing unusual about it..

  18. Re:How do I find my cell phone in the dark? on Google's Android Ambitions Go Beyond Mobile · · Score: 2

    Ring it from your land line..

  19. Re:No we are not. on Google's Android Ambitions Go Beyond Mobile · · Score: 2

    Well, if the light does come on automatically, it probably means you're pissing in the refrigerator..

  20. Re:Too much attention on LulzSec Hacks the US Senate · · Score: 1

    They gotta print something.. Not much happening at Apple today

  21. Dear World on First Challenge To US Domain Seizures Filed · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Our lawyers, guns, and money make anything you say or try to do irrelevant... yes, to this day

  22. 'Privacy breaches' on Legislation In the Works To Require Companies To Report Privacy Breaches · · Score: 1

    Nothing but a scapegoat to cover up intentional 'leaking' of data to the highest bidder. Then some expendable CIO will get thrown in front of the bus to 'close' the case... rinse repeat.. Just more noise.. You have no privacy

  23. Re:Ugh, polygraphs on New FBI Operations Manual Increases Surveillance · · Score: 1

    It's because perps, except the true psychopaths, are scared shitless of them.

    So the machine can really only tell if you're lying or crazy.. Eh, that's probably the case with most people..

  24. Re:4th? on New FBI Operations Manual Increases Surveillance · · Score: 2

    Yeah.. So?

  25. Re:Plenty of part-timers are in unions on Apple Store Employee Attempts To Form Union · · Score: 1

    neoliberalism... and social policy is designed to appease big business... She and Reagan are peas in a pod..

    And you're right.. GM should not have been bailed out. The money should have gone directly to the people that were owed, starting with the workers.. If GM had gone under, it would leave a nice opening for somebody else to fill in. As it is, the speculators win the day.. They make the rules.