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  1. Then what the hell is the problem of the GP?

  2. That new US Prez sitcom is better than anything I've ever watched. At first I was skeptical because it looked like a cheap Spin City knockoff or a weak rehash of That's my Bush, and, well, basically it is, but they really manage to spice it up and get to new heights week after week.

    Though I have to admit, it slowly starts to get a wee bit unrealistic.

  3. Re:A natural reaction to leftist censorship on Region-Locked Content Drives UK Users To Try a VPN (itproportal.com) · · Score: 1

    What the fuck are you talking about? Can you watch Tom&Jerry cartoons with the infamous blackface running gag (Tom looks into a teapot, Jerry blows up a cracker in it, boom, Tom looks like a N-word parody) on TV? I can. Show me one network in the US that would DARE to even come close to showing something like that.

    When was the last time you saw a nipple on US TV? And I'm not talking about "nipplegate", the big scandal that was more considered a scandal for being a scandal over here. Fuck, our ads have more naked skin than your pay-per-view-only-after-watershed movies.

    And don't start me on the goddamn bleeping in your TV shows.

    IF you want to look for censorship, you don't really need to look across the pond, yank.

  4. Aww, your business model fails when the internet touches it? Looks like your business model is shit.

  5. Then sell it to me in the US and let me worry about my local laws when I "import" the content.

  6. Yeah, right. I said "make me a ham sandwich" and now I have mustard in my eye and you don't even WANT to know where it put the mayo.

  7. Re:How bad is this, really? on Group Linked To NSA Spy Leaks Threatens Sale of New Tech Secrets (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    CAs protect against rogue actors. Normal criminals. Protection against criminal governments takes more effort.

  8. Re:Facebook Should Say Goodby To EU on European Privacy Regulators Take Coordinated Action Against Facebook · · Score: 1

    (insert tasteless joke about Muslims and goat fucking here)

  9. I am a simple mind of simple tastes, I can't complain about the current president sitcom. Every week a new blunder and hilarious cover up, it's like Spin City never got canceled but instead got more budget and was pumped from NYC mayor to US prez.

  10. In the US, yes. In a sensible country, court fees are applied after settlement. And loser pays all.

  11. Re:Freak show on Chelsea Manning Set To Be Released From Prison, 28 Years Early (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    He only has to last 4 more years. If only to avoid Pence as prez.

  12. Re:When leaking national secrets was cool on Chelsea Manning Set To Be Released From Prison, 28 Years Early (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    He sure was the lesser evil. I don't doubt that.

    Unfortunately the election process does not allow for "neither, reroll!"

  13. Re:Obsession With The New on The Tech Sector Is Leaving the Rest of the US Economy In Its Dust (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Really? You can somehow get me the required software to even find out what's wrong with my Kia's engine? Let alone repair it and reset the check engine light?

  14. Re:When leaking national secrets was cool on Chelsea Manning Set To Be Released From Prison, 28 Years Early (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    Maybe because he did it for the wrong reasons?

    Then again, it's nice to see a president I can relate to. A loudmouth, bigot, braggard... at first I thought he's just another rich, spoiled brat, but now I know, he's a rich, spoiled brat, all right, but still kinda one of us.

  15. Re:Freak show on Chelsea Manning Set To Be Released From Prison, 28 Years Early (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Don't be ridiculous. Trump isn't suicidal.

  16. Why do you want to print the ovaries? Be honest, you're actually looking for the STL for a related but very different part...

  17. Re:Restoring fertility - on Scientists 3D-Print Ovaries To Allow Infertile Mice To Mate and Give Birth (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes. Because we're human beings for fuck's sake!

    Eugenics is so 1940s, get with the times!

  18. A better human trap, maybe? I wonder what to use as bait, the trolling may commence now!

  19. Actually I was more concerned that the GOP healthcare bill goes along the lines of having more young people die young so we can harvest and sell their organs to rich people to prolong their lives.

  20. Right, they should have researched a cure for baldness. Or impotence. Or something to make my armpits less sweaty. Or make my feet smell good.

    But yes, I agree, the last thing we need is more people. We already have way too many and we'd be better off if some just vanished. You and your post just reminded me of this.

  21. Basically I don't care about Apple. I just think that the patent application process should include the question "could a 3 year old come up with the idea?" and if the answer is yes, throw it out on principle.

  22. Enjoy it while you have it, you must not use those now patented features anymore in the future! By punishment of catapult!

  23. Re:HTTPS = pure bullshit (slowdown & breakable on Group Linked To NSA Spy Leaks Threatens Sale of New Tech Secrets (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    So I read the document provided and I can spare the rest of the community the work: The (insert three letter agency of choice here) have a supercomputer in the making or already ready that's a few 100 times faster than anything they had before and that can easily break 1024bit key encryption.

    So switch to 4096bit and SHA256.

    That's basically the gist of the document and the solution to this the-sky-is-falling problem. They have not broken https, they just threw more computing power against it. Which is pretty pointless when you have an asymmetric problem like encryption. By doubling my workload to encrypt, I can increase your workload to break by the tune of 10^10. All you have to do when you know your enemy is increasing its brute force computing power is to increase the key size, and unless something spectacular changes in the game, it more than nullifies his attempt.

    Until recently I actually thought that you knew a thing or two about security...

  24. A few more like this and you have a comedy stand-up routine.

  25. Re:Why should we be different to studios? on Our Obsession With Trailers Is Making Movies Worse (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    When we get to part "XXL" I'll throw in the towel...