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  1. Re:Oh my on The Logical Leap: Induction In Physics · · Score: 1

    E-e-e-e-e-e-manuel Kant was a great pissant who was very rarely stable...

  2. Re:Stop with the "Just a plant" nonsense on Pot Grower's Privacy Challenged · · Score: 1

    Short story longer: marijuana does not cause COPD; smoking it does. There are many other ways to enjoy this plant; eating is one that does not cause COPD.

  3. Re:I have a better idea on New Laser Makes Pirates Wish They Wore Eye-Patches · · Score: 1

    So let's start denying those ports of our goods? At some point, it makes sense to have a minimum of armature. Especially when the risks keep increasing.

  4. Re:Decriminalize it on Pot Grower's Privacy Challenged · · Score: 1

    Or the other possibility, that consuming cannabis helps their condition.

  5. Re:OK, so I don't know the whole story... on Pot Grower's Privacy Challenged · · Score: 1

    Cannabis cures cancer. Wake the fuck up.

  6. Re:OK, so I don't know the whole story... on Pot Grower's Privacy Challenged · · Score: 1

    LOL, coffee. Much stronger and more dangerous substance.

  7. Re:Let's put it up on Wikileaks on Pot Grower's Privacy Challenged · · Score: 1

    Yes, plants should not be illegal. Substances created through industrial processes, however, like the harmful products of the pharmaceutical industry; yes, they should be illegal until testing proves otherwise.

  8. Re:Stop with the "Just a plant" nonsense on Pot Grower's Privacy Challenged · · Score: 1

    Please watch "Does Cannabis Cure Cancer?" Short answer: it does. Enjoy.

  9. Re:Let's put it up on Wikileaks on Pot Grower's Privacy Challenged · · Score: 1

    You are correct, sir.

  10. Re:Sentence. on EMC Engineer Steals Almost $1 Million of Kit One Piece at a Time · · Score: 1

    Um, prison is irrational.

  11. Re:wire fraud on EMC Engineer Steals Almost $1 Million of Kit One Piece at a Time · · Score: 1

    Agreed; read "Three Felonies a Day".

  12. Re:Ok, some clarification. on Twitter Fights US Court For WikiLeaks Details · · Score: 1

    Which is nice, if it turns out the grand jury doesn't find it even worth indicting you, right?

    Completely fucking wrong. I want to know when government officials are considering that I am worth investigating.

  13. Re:How about on US Government Strategy To Prevent Leaks Is Leaked · · Score: 0

    And, your views are uniformed. Big fucking deal. I preserve my life by not being in crosshairs.

  14. Re:How about on US Government Strategy To Prevent Leaks Is Leaked · · Score: 1

    That is, if they leave... And, agreed.

  15. Re:Ok, some clarification. on Twitter Fights US Court For WikiLeaks Details · · Score: 1

    I broke my condom on wikileaks. There, now maybe they'll come after me instead of the high-value targets.

  16. Re:Dead on. on Is Mark Zuckerberg the Next Steve Case? · · Score: 1

    I think I can sum up the GP pretty succinctly with: Facebook will die; Slashdot will live on. (We may have a self-important streak too, but it is earned. :) )

  17. Re:In Car technology I want on In-Car Technology Becoming More Important Than Horsepower · · Score: 1

    I'm sure he has considered multiple cameras and rejected it for some reason (perhaps cost), but I would be willing to pay. I'd be interested in working with him on it (I've done testing before :) ).

    Perhaps he might be able to help with a pet project of mine: I cannot see from my left eye, crater in the center of the optic nerve from birth. I can see peripherally, and had surgery a decade or so ago to correct it because it was crossed (my brain wanted to put the part that could see, towards the front).

    Well, a decade or so after the surgery, my eye is starting to go back (stupid brain!). I don't want another knife, so I have had the idea of "Marty Feldman training": a camera watching my face, with two big eyes on the monitor, showing my eyes' relative positions. The goal would be to get my left eye to move "outwards", while my right eye kept looking forward at the eyes on the monitor.

    Please share my plight and idea with him, and ask if he is interested in collaborating?

  18. Re:How about on US Government Strategy To Prevent Leaks Is Leaked · · Score: 1

    I've long thought military recruitment strategies were targeted at lesser brains...

  19. Re:Perhaps they should study the KGB? on US Government Strategy To Prevent Leaks Is Leaked · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No, I think the majority of the laws on the books are because some rich people wanted to further abuse the peasants. Look at marijuana law, it was enacted to prop up the forests of William Randolph Hurst. Another angle, they restricted the right to vote from felons, and then made a whole bunch of innocuous acts into felonies. Read the book "Three Felonies a Day", which talks about exactly that; the average citizen commits three felonies a day because the laws are so vaguely written. I disagree with the premise, and I also disagree that the federal government needs to be so large. Or exist at all. I wonder how the EU member states' citizens feel about their (relatively) new overlord?

  20. Re:You don't have to have one! on Obama Eyeing Internet ID For Americans · · Score: 1

    In the 90s, I refused to do business with Budget because they required my SSN. Fuck them, I went to Alamo instead.

  21. Re:Security and profits? on Obama Eyeing Internet ID For Americans · · Score: 1

    In essence, when personal privacy is on the line, corporate officials are just government officials who are *guaranteed to be corrupt*.

    But then, you repeat yourself.

  22. Re:Security and profits? on Obama Eyeing Internet ID For Americans · · Score: 1

    Further, there's little you can do that is stupider than trusting the government to be secure about anything. They are constantly leaking [...]

    Let's all get jobs at the IRS.

  23. Re:how about no on Obama Eyeing Internet ID For Americans · · Score: 1

    If "national healthcare" involves "forcing everyone to purchase insurance from a private company at gunpoint", then yes, it is exactly about controlling people. You can get some from your local farm (pharm?). Sure, there are "exemptions" but you need to fill out a whole bunch of forms to qualify. Next?

  24. Re:how about no on Obama Eyeing Internet ID For Americans · · Score: 1

    Yeah, the "reporting laws" are privacy violations as well. And unconstitutional. But whatever, Idle American is on!

  25. Re:Double standards. If this was a Republican... on Congresswoman and Staff Gunned Down · · Score: 1

    People other than me dying is always funny. And no, taking a weapon out on your opponent generally means you win.