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  1. Clement Stone on Read Better Books To Be a Better Person · · Score: 1

    "You are a product of your environment." --Clement Stone

  2. Zero sum on Nobel Winners Illustrate Israel's "Brain Drain" · · Score: 1

    Unlike capitalism, globalization is zero-sum.

  3. Snowden on China Arrests Anti-Corruption Blogger · · Score: 1

    Sounds like Snowden episode to me.

  4. Re:"hack" on Want To Hijack a Domain? Just Get a Fax Machine · · Score: 1

    What is the difference between injecting code into a machine to make it do what you want, and injecting an idea into a human to make the human do what you want.

    RELIGION

  5. Status_quo_bias on EU Court Holds News Website Liable For Readers' Comments · · Score: 1

    No regime appreciates people who can think out of the box.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_quo_bias

  6. Constitution on Digital Revolution Will Kill Jobs, Inflame Social Unrest, Says Gartner · · Score: 1

    Rewrite your Constitution within the context of digital revolution and globalization.

  7. Re:Wages as share of GDP dropping since 1972 on Digital Revolution Will Kill Jobs, Inflame Social Unrest, Says Gartner · · Score: 1

    Regulate market capitalization of all listed companies to twice their quarterly revenue.

  8. Reagan on Ask Slashdot: Time To Regulate Domestic Drones? · · Score: 1

    "If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." --Reagan

  9. Piracy = Advertisement on More Evidence That Piracy Can Increase Sales · · Score: 1
  10. I disagree on The Luddites Are Almost Always Wrong: Why Tech Doesn't Kill Jobs · · Score: 1

    The Luddites are NOT wrong within the context of Globalization.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage_slave

  11. Truth on The Memo That Spawned Microsoft Research · · Score: 1

    Governments are Corporations cannot appreciate/accommodate people who think out-of-the-box.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_quo_bias

  12. Triffin dilemma on U.S. Government: Sorry, We're Closed · · Score: 1

    US economy will continue to slide till https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triffin_dilemma is resolved.

  13. Anatole France on Ask Slashdot: Suitable Phone For a 4-Year Old? · · Score: 1

    "If 7 billion people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing." -- Anatole France

  14. Alexander Warbucks on Snowden Strikes Again: NSA Mapping Social Connections of US Citizens · · Score: 1

    "If you wish to keep slaves, you must have all kinds of guards. The cheapest way to have guards is to have the slaves pay taxes to finance their own guards. To fool the slaves, you tell them that they are not slaves and that they have Freedom. You tell them they need Law and Order to protect them against bad slaves. Then you tell them to elect a Government. Give them Freedom to vote and they will vote for their own guards and pay their salary. They will then believe they are Free persons. Then give them money to earn, count and spend and they will be too busy to notice the slavery they are in." --Alexander Warbucks

  15. Arctic/Antarctic. on Upper Limit On Emissions Likely To Be Exceeded Within Decades · · Score: 1

    What will happen if ice glaciers of Arctic/Antarctic rapidly melt?

  16. Google should register itself as a Political Party.

  17. LEGALIZE Insider Trading. on Somebody Stole 7 Milliseconds From the Federal Reserve · · Score: 1

    Problem solved.

  18. In democracy it's your vote that counts; In feudalism it's your count that votes.

  19. So on Apple Maps Flaw Sends Drivers Across Airport Runway · · Score: 1

    "Heads I Win. Tails You Lose" --Apple

  20. Reality on Brazil Announces Plans To Move Away From US-Centric Internet · · Score: 1
  21. is a good start for such complex systems.
    "A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that works." --John Gaule

  22. Get real on NYT Publisher Says Not Focusing on Engineering Was A Serious Mistake · · Score: 1

    Engineering is Outsourced to CHNINDIA.

  23. Taxes on The Sharing Economy Fights Back Against Regulators · · Score: 1

    Sharing or not sharing, Govt expects you to pay taxes.
    Govt can print currency. But Govt is imposing taxes to keep us subservient. http://www.lietaer.com/2010/03/the-worgl-experiment/

  24. Zone file information on NSA Spies On International Payments · · Score: 1
  25. Re:I still want... on US, Russia Agree On Plan To Dispose of Syria's Chemical Weapons · · Score: 1

    They're inexpensive WMD