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  1. That's why the defendant has a lawyer.

    Must be nice to afford that! Sorry, the state has no right, and their threats of prison are extortion.

  2. The First Amendment does not magically waive our right to abide by those laws.

    Maybe you should read it sometime and tell me where the exceptions are. The power of the word, both positive and negative, comes from the listener, not the speaker.

    Bad behavior is a problem because most of the time society rewards it with great wealth and power.

  3. Can you even explain why such a right would be written into law?

    It is written into law, in the Bill of Rights, and several other subsequent amendments. All we need now is for more people to actively protect those rights. You don't seem to agree.

  4. Re:Look at it this way on Qualcomm Is Seeking US Import Ban For iPhones (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Then where is the incentive to offer the loan in the first place?

  5. Well, you'll have to do it without violating their rights, and since it can be done already, what else is there to say? Violation of rights is for expedience, not justice.

  6. Re:Look at it this way on Qualcomm Is Seeking US Import Ban For iPhones (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    When you pay off a loan early the bank loses interest. They don't like that.

  7. Yes, I have. The state has no right to compel your assistance in your own prosecution, or in anybody else's. It really is that simple. There is nothing to prove with something that is self evident.

    And what the hell was "it makes criminals more likely to be convicted" supposed to mean? It was total nonsense, completely of the wall, without logic of any kind.

  8. Re:Look at it this way on Qualcomm Is Seeking US Import Ban For iPhones (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    my right to accelerate the payments to the bank.

    Be very careful with that. You may have the right, but it's an expensive one.

    If Apple were to buy Qualcomm's debts, they might be able to do what they want with it.

  9. Re:Look at it this way on Qualcomm Is Seeking US Import Ban For iPhones (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    You're right! The banks sold the mortgages with full knowledge they were junk. So, if it makes you feel better, replace 'banks' with 'hedge funds' in the first post.

  10. Re:Look at it this way on Qualcomm Is Seeking US Import Ban For iPhones (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I hear Apple has some cash. Can't they just buy Qualcomm out? Maybe they could buy their debts and demand immediate payment, you know, kinda like what the banks did with those home mortgages.

  11. How does that hurt anyone?

    I don't understand why you don't want to understand this. They don't have the right. The only issue to me is that nobody is standing up to this abuse. So, we need to make it so it doesn't matter, through a technical means (A self destruct function the phone for instance). Then we won't have to argue about it anymore.

  12. It already was abused when demanding the owners reveal their passwords, pins, whatever. That is abuse.

  13. A dupe within the same story on Samsung May Overtake Intel As World's Largest Chip Maker In 2017 (pcmag.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Intel first became the world's largest chipmaker back in 1993 and has held the title ever since. But as the mobile market has exploded, so did the need for the chips that make them work. Unlike on PC where Intel dominates, mobile is a different matter entirely, and Samsung is on hand to provide the DRAM and NAND chips they require.

    Intel first became the world's largest chipmaker back in 1993 and has held the title ever since. But as the mobile market has exploded, so did the need for the chips that make them work. Unlike on PC where Intel dominates, mobile is a different matter entirely, and Samsung is on hand to provide the DRAM and NAND chips they require.

  14. Compelling you to assist the state in your own prosecution in any way is just plain wrong. Unfortunately there isn't enough public resistance to stop this abuse, so now we need a technical means.

  15. Hulu engages in nasty geoblocking on Hulu Launches Its Live TV Streaming Service (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    We shouldn't be supporting anybody who does that.

  16. It's just a phase. Something we have to get though by guidance, not obstruction. We don't want or need society telling us what we can put up on the internet. That's just another form of dictatorship. You don't have to read or watch.

  17. Yes, but it's still too easy to have stuff taken down. We need something robust to prevent that.

  18. I'm sorry, what? You want to ban or restrict these tools so as not to offend people? Well, if Facebook ditches them, I hope an alternative pops up, in a fashion that can't be taken down by anybody.

  19. What a waste on Facebook Hiring 3,000 To Monitor Videos After Murders, Violence Shown Live (usatoday.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Being a censor is becoming the biggest segment of Facebook employment.

  20. Re:it worked perfectly last time (not sarcasm) on You Can't Change the Default Browser or Switch To Google Search In Windows 10 S (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    It was reincarnated as Firefox

    No, it was simply renamed 'Seamonkey', and remains as it always was, the best browser ever, and with a familiar user interface.

    Firefox is just another browser (very Chrome like) that uses the gecko engine. It is just as fat as Seamonkey with none of its extra features. I really don't know why it remains so popular. It's illogical

  21. Re:Meanwhile, somewhere in Europe.. on You Can't Change the Default Browser or Switch To Google Search In Windows 10 S (betanews.com) · · Score: 2

    Remember: The USA is only 4% of the world.

    And 22% of the world's prisoners. I see a huge market opportunity...

  22. Yes they are... but there is a feeble effort being made to change that...

  23. Re:Senator? Clean up your own shit first! on Senate Republicans Introduce Anti-Net Neutrality Legislation (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    you have to start getting involved and supporting candidates who will support a Constitutional amendment that will remove corporate money from U.S. politics.

    If they can do that, they can vote for candidates who *just say no* to the money. There is no need to stomp on the first amendment to mitigate the herd mentality.

  24. If you're going electric, go in style!

  25. Re:thereÃ(TM)s simply no foolproof way to kil on 'There's No Good Way To Kill a Bad Idea' (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Sure, one has to determine how one stores-up energy to use when the planet's rotation obscures the sun

    Maybe a good idea is in order... But then who says international cooperation is a good idea these days?