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  1. What goes around, comes around on Swiss Launch of Apple Watch Hit By Patent Issue · · Score: 1

    Couldn't happen to nicer group of patent trolling litigious bastards.

  2. Iran: "Destroying Israel is nonnegotiable" on Why the Framework Nuclear Agreement With Iran Is Good For Both Sides · · Score: 1

    > The commander of the Basij militia of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said that “erasing Israel off the map” is “nonnegotiable,” according to an Israel Radio report Tuesday

    http://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-militia-chief-destroying-israel-nonnegotiable/

  3. Islamic nations do not deal in good faith on Why the Framework Nuclear Agreement With Iran Is Good For Both Sides · · Score: 1

    There are countless examples. Often, Islamic nations break their arrangements the next day.

    Iran did not respect the embassy.

  4. Re:I do not understand on Sen. Feinstein Says Anarchist Cookbook Should Be "Removed From the Internet" · · Score: 2

    > No, for Democrats it comes down to hoping that they'll make the hard/unpopular choices of keeping the environment clean, protecting citizens' rights in the face of "for the children" and "or the terrorists win" crap, etc.. Unfortunately, they (like the Republicans) are typically more interested in getting corporate sponsorships to get re-elected, and will generally sell out everything they pretend to believe in to get it.

    I defy you to offer any evidence to support that. Do you realize it was Nixon who created the EPA, and the Marin Mammal Protection act? That along with ending the war in Vietnam, stopping the selective service, SALT I and SALT II, and opening relations with China. Way more the current scum we have has ever done, or ever will do.

    BTW: I am not a democrat, or a republican.

  5. Americans will just be replaced by visa workers on Why America's Obsession With STEM Education Is Dangerous · · Score: 1

    Why bother?

  6. Who is really behind this? on Apple's Tim Cook Calls Out "Religious Freedom" Laws As Discriminatory · · Score: 1

    Who has lobbied for this? What businesses, or churches, are pushing for this?

  7. Re:Gnome??? on GNOME 3.16 Released · · Score: 1

    I use MATE, anything is better than Gnome 3.x. It's a shame, Gnome 2.x was great.

  8. Re:Obligatory Discussions on GNOME 3.16 Released · · Score: 1, Insightful

    To be fair, Gnome 3.x sucked before the systemd abomination.

  9. PR Stunt? on Obama To Announce $240M In New Pledges For STEM Education · · Score: 1

    We are trying to get more Americans in STEM, but until we have enough, we need more H1Bs.

  10. 2500 gallons of water for 1 pound of beef? on How 'Virtual Water' Can Help Ease California's Drought · · Score: 1

    Anybody know if statistics like that are true?

  11. Another contribution to peace. Thanks Islam. on Islamic State Doxes US Soldiers, Airmen, Calls On Supporters To Kill Them · · Score: 1

    PC mush heads still don't get it.

  12. Southpark explains Obama's proposal in 1 min video on Obama: Maybe It's Time For Mandatory Voting In US · · Score: 1

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pSh0VAVYn4

  13. Re:Contradiction? on Obama: Maybe It's Time For Mandatory Voting In US · · Score: 1

    Forcing voting is *not* forcing democracy.

    Nice try.

  14. I would rather live a free country on Obama: Maybe It's Time For Mandatory Voting In US · · Score: 1

    Forcing people to vote sounds like something North Korea would do.

    Obama is a tyrant.

  15. Re:freedom on Obama: Maybe It's Time For Mandatory Voting In US · · Score: 1

    Get your facts straight. Obama is even worse than GWB.

  16. Re:IBM should put SCO out of misery on Not Quite Dead: SCO Linux Suit Against IBM Stirs In Utah · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Microsoft also a huge part of this. Those $50M "loans" had to be backed by somebody.

    Just a MS smear campaign against Linux.

    And Microsoft gets to pretend they had nothing to do with it.

  17. Scox scam just another successful MS scam on Not Quite Dead: SCO Linux Suit Against IBM Stirs In Utah · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Microsoft was behind it all along.

    Who do you think arranged all these just-in-time multi-million dollar "loans."

    For Microsoft, $100M is nothing. Less than the cost of one commercial.

    A successful Linux smear campaign for $100M is a bargain.

  18. SCOX would not sell you a license if you begged on Not Quite Dead: SCO Linux Suit Against IBM Stirs In Utah · · Score: 1

    I know because I called, and asked to buy a license - twice.

    I suspect that selling a license to something you don't own is seriously illegal.

  19. Why don't courts demand evidence right away? on Not Quite Dead: SCO Linux Suit Against IBM Stirs In Utah · · Score: 1

    Court: do you have evidence IBM stole your code?
    SCOX: nope
    Court: case closed.

    Instead, the case drags on 13 years while scox plays "hide the ball" with evidence.

  20. Re:Was SCO really that bad? on Not Quite Dead: SCO Linux Suit Against IBM Stirs In Utah · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I agree: systemd has damaged Linux far worse than scox.

    IMO: both systemd, and scox, stem from the same idea: companies like Linux being free, but dislike not being able to own Linux.

    IMO: Red Hat, the company behind systemd, is much smarter, and is much more likely to successfully steal Linux.

  21. Cite your source? on How To Execute People In the 21st Century · · Score: 1

    > The USA is the only G7 country that still executes people and they don't care if it's a woman, a juvenile, or someone with autism.

    Why should a woman not be receive the same justice as man?

    When was a juvenile sentenced to execution?

    When was someone with autism sentenced to execution?

  22. Let's start with you on How To Execute People In the 21st Century · · Score: 1

    You don't seem "precious." I am sure you are not totally innocent.

  23. ISIS bungee jumping? on How To Execute People In the 21st Century · · Score: 1

    No strings attached.

    I think that might only be for gays.

  24. Re:Easy on How To Execute People In the 21st Century · · Score: 1

    According to what I learned from some murder documentary, a lethal overdose of heroin can be a horrible way to die.

  25. Beheading - once Islam takes over on How To Execute People In the 21st Century · · Score: 1

    But that, probably, won't happen for another ten years.