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  1. Re:5th Amendment on Drone Kills Top Al Qaeda Figure · · Score: 1

    "So, Constitutionally when a cop sees a person threatening the life of another the officers is not permitted too use deadly force to stop the act?"

    Many Slashdotters object to that too, because all cops are pigs and all sweet, sweet civilians are victims.

  2. Re:Name the only candidate that would stop this.. on Drone Kills Top Al Qaeda Figure · · Score: 0

    Attacking enemy troops on the global field of battle has zilch to do with my liberty.

    Now that Ron Paul demonstrated he doesn't know the difference between the Law of Armed Conflict and civil policing I'll be sure to bring up this example often!!

  3. Re:War /= civil process. on Drone Kills Top Al Qaeda Figure · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Your choice to equate asymmetric WARFARE with "organized crime" is amusing.

    The US didn't attack "Yemen", it attacked enemy personnel IN Yemen.

  4. Re:One of 'us' on Drone Kills Top Al Qaeda Figure · · Score: 0

    The people aren't actually "worried" because they object to the war itself, and they aren't interested in the difference between military combat and civil policing.

    They are simply being deliberately contrarian.

  5. Re:He has been linked? on Drone Kills Top Al Qaeda Figure · · Score: 1, Insightful

    In War there is no requirement to try every enemy soldier before opening fire.

  6. War /= civil process. on Drone Kills Top Al Qaeda Figure · · Score: -1

    No one seriously argues that Awlaki wasn't an enemy actor, therefore there is zero logical argument against killing him. His citizenship couldn't be less relevant because the rules of WAR apply in WAR.

    He was an active member of a hostile force.

    He demonstrated hostile intent.

    Attacking him was a "necessity" because there was no other way to interdict his activities.

    Force used was "proportional" because it was sufficient to decisively counter a hostile act or hostile intent, but reasonable in intensity, duration and magnitude.

  7. Re:Netscape on Firefox 8.0 Beta Available · · Score: 1

    "On the bright side, something good is sure to rise from Firefox's ashes."

    http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/74561/Phoenix_browser_rises_from_Mozilla_efforts

  8. Re:are you kidding me? on Firefox 8.0 Beta Available · · Score: 1

    "Not having mail client is actually one of my major reason in adopting firefox, and abandoning netscape"

    I don't USE the mail client, so it poses no penalty.

  9. Re:UI is one component of good engineering on The (Mostly) Sad Fates of 32 First-Generation iPad Rivals · · Score: 1

    "If something is mainstream, they start hating it to make themselves appear to have more sophisticated tastes."

    That of course doesn't exclude mainstream suckage.

  10. Kill the binaries groups so Usenet sucks less. on Dutch Usenet Provider Ordered To Remove Infringing Content · · Score: 1

    Snuff the binaries groups and improve Usenet. It will still be spammy though.

  11. Trash can on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Destroy Hard Drives? · · Score: 1

    Damage the controller cards and throw the drives out with your nastiest kitchen debris.

  12. Re:On your own? Sure. In business? No! on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Destroy Hard Drives? · · Score: 1

    ENOUGH wth the drill bullshit and messy high-effort drive destruction methods.

    I have all the options from 570 amp stick welder to shotgun. I use a hammer.

    Just wear a face shield or safety glasses and give 'em a HARD whack with a large hammer to drive the case into the platters. They stay contained. the case is visibly deformed, problem solved.

  13. Re:This attitude makes me sick and I'm tired of it on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Destroy Hard Drives? · · Score: 1

    HDs are trivially cheap. It's easy to verify destruction, and a quick shot with a hammer will smash the platters without even bothering with a punch. Deform the case into them. Large ball pein for teh win.

    The customer can "see" their data is destroyed.

  14. Re:debt on Boston Dynamics Unveils AlphaDog Quadruped Robot · · Score: 1

    Clearly we should not do war research because there is no payoff.

    Likewise we should boycott its products, so GTFO the internet.

  15. Re:FUCK you MS on How Google Drove Samsung Away · · Score: 1

    "OTOH why Department of Justice/antitrust regularities cannot look into deals like this?"

    I thought Tan Jesus was going to change things. Oh, wait, he's actually Beige Bush III.

  16. Asserted conclusion: on Outlining a World Where Software Makers Are Liable For Flaws · · Score: 1

    "There is little doubt that my proposal would increase software quality and computer security in the long run, which is exactly what the current situation calls for."

    Nice troll too.

  17. Re:Rezwan Ferdaus is a moslem on Man Charged in Model Airplane Plot To Bomb Pentagon · · Score: 1

    It certainly gives more intellectual freedom than superstition. Modern man know religion is utter nonsense, yet it is such AFFIRMING, SEDUCTIVE nonsense even some "scientists" don't denounce it.

  18. Re:Great on HIV Vaccine Trial Shows 90% Immune Response · · Score: 1

    The plural of "anecdote" is not "data".

  19. Re:Great on HIV Vaccine Trial Shows 90% Immune Response · · Score: 1

    "are the guys advocating abstinence trolls, serious or just ones who cant get any?'

    The three are not mutually exclusive.

  20. Re:prc117 on Cold-War Missile Launches Military Satellite · · Score: 1

    "I used to use the PRC-25 set."

    "Pterodactyl 21, we have hostile Triceratops fording the river.
    Request trebuchet fire on both banks, urgent!" (runs)

  21. Re:Well that's fantastic on Cold-War Missile Launches Military Satellite · · Score: 1

    As long as people are willing to trump all other methods with force, only force remains to deal with them.

    Force trumps all and cares not a whit what you like.

  22. Re:Well, good thing I didn't research this area. on Man-In-the-Middle Remote Attack On Diebold Voting Machines · · Score: 1

    A serious effort can simply produce tape and seals, even hologram and barcode style. Election stealing is big money.

    Don't have too much faith in "tape and tags".

  23. Re:Correct me if im wrong on Australian Users Petitioning Against Windows 8 Secure Boot · · Score: 1

    "Doesnt Apple allready practice this? Where was the uproar and outrage then?"

    Safely contained by the RDF.

  24. Re:Silly on Mozilla Foundation Releases Firefox 7 · · Score: 1

    Enjoy the warmth of your fellow Firefanbois. You didn't counter my contention.

    Opera is fast. Opera is stable. Opera is light. FF are not interested in the enterprise or their management would DEMONSTRATE such interest.

    Have a lovely day. I'm off to wank. :P

  25. Re:Lack of news on Conflict Between Occupy Wall Street Protestors and NYPD Escalating · · Score: 1

    Considering they should be media-savvy, why aren't we seeing pics from their own discreetly planted photographers?

    The lamestream media are one thing, the internet another.