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  1. Re:I'm torn on Ultra-Orthodox Jews Rally For a More Kosher Internet · · Score: 1

    There's nothing to be torn about.

    Your superstition guarantees you paradise if you obey, so nothing you to other than religious obedience matters. Your physical life is nothing at all compared to eternity so you have no reason the cherish it.

    You don't need intellectual freedom or indeed anything outside religion, so stop wanting that.

    Religionists are either Fundamentalists or hypocrites for whom religion is just a comforting social club. Which are you?

  2. Re:"supporting the government" on Amazon Poised To Get Cut of CA Sales Taxes · · Score: 1

    Government does what it will, so if I am breaking no law anyone who dislikes my preferred method of compliance can get stuffed.

    Let's not confuse paying taxes with social contribution.

    Most of your taxes in the US either go to war, war-related costs, or other waste like the War on Some Drugs. The rest merely ENABLE those operations by providing minimal funding for others.

  3. Re:The internet isn't their problem on Ultra-Orthodox Jews Rally For a More Kosher Internet · · Score: 1

    That worked for the Catholic Church.

    Prospective Mods: "It's not a Troll when it's true."

  4. Re:Oh please on Who's Pirating Game of Thrones, and Why? · · Score: 1

    "Instead of threatening to sue, you send them a package with a dead puppy in it."

    Sweet! I can counter-sue for "stuff", and I don't like puppies that much.

  5. Re:needs moderation system on Facial Recognition Cameras Peering Into Some SF Nightspots · · Score: 2

    "just need some vetted moderators"

    Crowdsource mods at 4chan!

    What could possibly happen?

  6. Re:Thought Experiment: on Pakistan Blocks Twitter Over 'Blasphemous' Images · · Score: 1

    There's a whole genre of racist cartoons depicting blacks as primitive creatures. It goes back before the Civil War and is much in evidence on the internet:

    http://www.resist.com/CARTOON%20GALLERY/NIGGERS/page_0002.html

    Trayvon Target:

    http://www.amsterdamnews.com/news/national/hiller-armament-uses-trayvon-martin-image-as-gun-target/article_697026a6-9fa4-11e1-b3

  7. Re:theocracy in the making on Pakistan Blocks Twitter Over 'Blasphemous' Images · · Score: 2

    What we need is to switch sides and help progressive India and China instead of the Pakiban.

    The only cure for Pakistan is an Indian first strike, and the only thing barely keeping the Pakiban in their box is the Indian military.

  8. Re:This is none of your fuckin business on Pakistan Blocks Twitter Over 'Blasphemous' Images · · Score: 1

    When their cult gains influence in your backyard it will be too late to foment effective resistance.

  9. Re:Blocked for being post-mediaeval on Pakistan Blocks Twitter Over 'Blasphemous' Images · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Superstition is nonsense, unsupported by evidence and therefore deserving NO respect.

    If it's not truth then propagating it is bad, end of story.

    The only people who defend superstition ARE superstitionists. I have no use for the unsupported beliefs of flat-earthers.

    Prove a deity exists and I'll recant then grovellingly kiss his/her/it's Noodly Appendage. Until then, fuck off.

  10. Re:Hanlon's Razor on Apple Lifts Ban On the Word "Jailbreak" · · Score: 1

    The two are not mutually exclusive.

  11. Re:Blocked for being post-mediaeval on Pakistan Blocks Twitter Over 'Blasphemous' Images · · Score: 5, Insightful

    True religion at work.

    Superstition is slavery.

  12. Re:Another option. on MS Will Remove OEM 'Crapware' For $99 · · Score: 1

    Quite right. Me bad for forgetting that trick too.

  13. Re:Same same on Sidestepping Tactical Nuclear Weapons Limits With Strategic Bombs · · Score: 1

    Small tac nuke wars aren't necessarily "armageddon."

    The equivalent of a small nuclear war was detonated above ground in the US, and again in the Pacific.

    Here's a fun exercise.

    Print a paper map of Iran and of Israel, grab a thumb tack for every atmospheric nuclear test, and "get to sticking".

    They could largely exterminate each other without doing much collateral damage. Yes, really.

  14. Re:Sure, but... on Sidestepping Tactical Nuclear Weapons Limits With Strategic Bombs · · Score: 1

    Tactical nukes make nuclear war practical. Be careful what you wish for.

  15. Re:They got it all wrong on Aero Glass UI No More On Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    Shelby Cobra replica kit cars come to mind.

  16. Re:They got it all wrong on Aero Glass UI No More On Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    Plus 10 Insightful!

  17. Multifuel has already been done with injectors. on Diesel-Like Engine Could Boost Fuel Economy By 50% · · Score: 1

    Wake me when this thing is more than a one-lunger test mule.

  18. Make recovery media first. on MS Will Remove OEM 'Crapware' For $99 · · Score: 1

    I always make recovery media for any PC I lay hands on. Even if you don't use it, it's often handy for reloading others machines.

  19. Re:Another option. on MS Will Remove OEM 'Crapware' For $99 · · Score: 1

    "$100 starting to sound like a deal?"

    It never sounded like a deal, so my first PC was a tool to learn how to install and maintain operating systems.

  20. Re:Is "tactical nuclear weapon" a bad word now? on Sidestepping Tactical Nuclear Weapons Limits With Strategic Bombs · · Score: 1

    Tac nukes are in fact much smaller, and were detonated in atmospheric testing which _proved_ limited nuclear war to be quite practical.

    This wasn't done for shits and giggles. Testing validated NBC protective gear (which was also tested in chambers with live nerve agent and still is), armored fighting vehicle filtration and ventilation systems, shelters and bunker systems, etc, etc.

  21. US Russian and Chinese nukes aren't the problem. on Sidestepping Tactical Nuclear Weapons Limits With Strategic Bombs · · Score: 1

    The have ensured a remarkably peaceful era and continue to do so.

  22. Re:Preaching To The Choir on MS Will Remove OEM 'Crapware' For $99 · · Score: 1

    Windows is still free and free Windows competes with Free Linux.

    It's easier to install Windows 7 with a loader and OEM serial than it is to activate conventionally.

    I don't bother because I dislike Windows.

  23. Re:I do it for free... on MS Will Remove OEM 'Crapware' For $99 · · Score: 1

    AMI, Phoenix?

    Let the BIOS fanboi wars begin!

  24. Re:I do it for free... on MS Will Remove OEM 'Crapware' For $99 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Works for me. I keep Windows contained in a VM, but don't use it much.

    It's really MORE convenient to run Windows in a VM. No malware problems and Snapshots anytime you want them.

  25. Another option. on MS Will Remove OEM 'Crapware' For $99 · · Score: 2

    You paid for a Windows OEM license.

    There are clean Windows .isos available for free download from certain MSFT VARs.

    There are well-known loaders and OEM keylists to go with them.

    Do what you think ethical.