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  1. Re:Does China need NASCAR? on Over Half a Decade, China Closed 130,000 Internet Cafes · · Score: 1

    Yes, because everyone who's given the option between being an oppressed state programmed automaton and real freedom becomes a NASCAR obsessed moron, right?

  2. Let's Declare A No-Fly Zone! on Over Half a Decade, China Closed 130,000 Internet Cafes · · Score: 1, Informative

    How is China different than Gaddafi's Libya? Oh right, it's far worse. But they have no oil. And they're not weak. And they allow the West to exploit their their people, as long as the CCP get their cut.

  3. No Value on White House Wants New Copyright Law Crackdown · · Score: 1

    Anything that can perfectly reproduced instantly, easily and for free has no value. Sorry.

  4. 4 is the new 30 on New York Judge Rules 6-Year-Old Can Be Sued · · Score: 2, Interesting

    So if 4-year-olds are now held to same accountability standards as adults, are they now allowed to drink, vote, be drafted into the army and carry concealed firearms as well?

  5. 101010 on Ubuntu 10.10 Release Candidate Launched · · Score: 4, Interesting

    42... The Meaning of Life Day!

  6. Scientists Shouldn't Try to Understand the Public on Do Scientists Understand the Public? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Unless they're anthropologists, or involved in some related field, they shouldn't be concerned with the public. They should focus on their field of expertise. When they deviate from this they're out of their element, thus just another laymen.

  7. Who are these companies? on Congress Mulls China's Networked Authoritarianism · · Score: 1

    Is there any web resource that tracks and lists these unscrupulous companies doing business with human rights violators? It would be nice to publicly out these guys.

  8. Great! Maybe now we can make our money back. on $1 Trillion In Minerals Found In Afghanistan · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Great! Maybe now we can make our money back. What's the going rate for a dead soldier again?

  9. GMail's Security is Crap on Escalating Gmail/Spamming Attacks · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Gmail's security sucks and it's customer service is non-existent. Try getting Google to respond to your attempts to regain control of your own gmail account after it's been hacked.

    My friend had her gmail hacked recently. The hackers locked her out, changed her private info, and then sent this email to every single one of her contacts:

    "i'm sorry for this odd request because it might get to you too urgent but it's because of the situation of things right now,We are stuck in london right now,we came down here on vacation ,we were robbed, worse of it is that bags, cash and cards and cell phone were stolen at GUN POINT, it's such a crazy experience for us, we need help flying back home, the authorities are not being 100% supportive but the good thing is that we still have our passport but dont have enough money to get on a plane back home, and i need you to loan me some cash just to complete the ticket fee till we are back home to refund it back to you,i'm dead serious about this.hope to read back from you asap."

    The hackers then sat logged-in to her account pretending to e her, and chatted with her contacts via gmail chat begging them to Western Union cash ASAP.

    Over the course of many hours, we tried to regain control of the account via Google's automated system, but we were repeatedly denied. There was no way to contact an actual human being at Google. After a day of pleading on Google forums, control was finally returned to the accounts rightful owner, but the damage was already done.

    Google encourages people to trust gmail with their most sensitive personal data. I think their negligence and lack of response regarding their own products' defects borders on criminal.