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  1. Re:Goes to prove the point . . . on Gates: Not Much To Show For $5B Spent On Education · · Score: 1

    And the majority of rural America isn't either.

  2. Re:Looks like on Terror Attack On Norwegian Government · · Score: 0

    You have not read the bible then. The bible explicitly commands you to convert or kill non believers.

  3. Re:Umm...yeah no shit. I could have told you this. on Can a Playground Be Too Safe? · · Score: 2

    Intelligence as measured by IQ is defined as a normal distribution.

  4. Re:Ron Paul 2012 on Fed Audit's Initial Report Reveals Trillions in Secret Loans · · Score: 1

    Alchemy does not exist. Producing gold with a nuclear reaction is not feasible, and definitely not profitable considering the energy states required.

  5. Re:Failed attempt. on Do Two-Screen Laptops Make Sense? · · Score: 1

    I have seen 5inch monitors that get power and data over a USB connection.

  6. Re:What is it with these knuckleheads? on Sheikh Carves His Name In Desert So It's Visible From Space · · Score: 1

    Saddam Hussein built the "Mother of all Battles" mosque, now called "Mother of all Cities." It was supposed to have an artificial lake and an island with the shape of his thumb - so big "God could see it from space." Don't know if they actually got around to making the island, tho the mosque is there.

    What? Was he planning to hitchhike to heaven?

  7. Re:TFS is so PC on Sheikh Carves His Name In Desert So It's Visible From Space · · Score: 1

    I intent to complain about the dimension damn it.

    Its a channel. It has length, width and depth, not height.

  8. Re:Planet on NASA's Hubble Discovers Another Moon Around Pluto · · Score: 2

    All orbiting objects orbit around a non-fixed barycenter. The only factors determining if that center is inside or outside one of the planets is the ratio of masses of an object pair, the distance between them and the radius of the more massive object.

  9. Re:Short games are fine, but... on Developer Panel Asks Whether AAA Games Are Too Long · · Score: 1

    Play Dwarf Fortress, Terraria or Dungeon of Dredmor and then come back and say the same thing.

  10. Re:Probably an honest mistake on Google Plugs Hole That Lets You Remove Any Website · · Score: 2

    Trust but verify. Verify the crap out of anything you get from the user. Even if its a read only field, even if its a hidden field, even if it is encrypted.

  11. Re:Bobby tables on Google Plugs Hole That Lets You Remove Any Website · · Score: 1

    They are both inserting unexpected data into an unverified field. The only difference is that with SQL injection you are inserting sql to do what you want instead of just data.

  12. Re:being an asshole does not merit 35 years in pri on Aaron Swartz Indicted in Attempted Piracy of Four Million Documents · · Score: 1

    Copyright law does not grant the right to copy. It restricts your natural right to copy. Copying is not property, and copying can not be taken away from the author. Inherent in taking something away from the victim is that they no longer have it.

    How in any way did you read my statement that copying is not theft to mean that copyright infringement is not civilly actionable and occasionally a crime? My problem is with the god damn corruption of the English language.

    Piracy is taking ships by force at sea.
    Theft is taking the property of someone else away from them.
    Neither applies to copyright infringement which is the enforcement of an artificial monopoly.

  13. Re:Tax cuts for the rich? on Can Long Term Research Survive the Coming Age of Austerity? · · Score: 1

    I assume you are being facetious? Because the exact opposite is what actually happened.

  14. Re:Wrong question on Can Long Term Research Survive the Coming Age of Austerity? · · Score: 1

    I suppose it is a bit of schadenfreude when I know that Germany is suffering the same basic disease as my country (USA). Unless of course I am completely misinterpreting your post?

  15. Re:being an asshole does not merit 35 years in pri on Aaron Swartz Indicted in Attempted Piracy of Four Million Documents · · Score: 1

    By making a copy, you gain control of a copy, not the original. The owner of the original still has full control over his property.

    For it to be theft, I would have to delete, destroy or otherwise remove your ability to make use of your copy.

    It can be a license violation, infringing a state sanctioned monopoly or possibly even considered trespass, but NEVER theft.

  16. Re:being an asshole does not merit 35 years in pri on Aaron Swartz Indicted in Attempted Piracy of Four Million Documents · · Score: 2

    Theft is removing property of another person from their possession and control. Copying is NEVER theft.

  17. Re:survived? on iPhone 4 Survives Fall From Skydiver's Pocket · · Score: 1

    Who do you think you are? Chev Chelios? Making a phone call while falling to earth, and then surviving to make a sequel.

  18. Re:7 billion? No wait, 8? 9? on Earth's Population To Hit 7 Billion This Year · · Score: 1

    No, it is mostly because many strains of religion which are most popular in the developing world demand that women be treated as property and have less opportunities than men.

  19. Re:7 billion? No wait, 8? 9? on Earth's Population To Hit 7 Billion This Year · · Score: 1

    Um no, the single best mass contraceptive in existence is a modern western lifestyle full of material excess. The US, Europe and Japan are below the replacement rate.

  20. Re:7 billion? No wait, 8? 9? on Earth's Population To Hit 7 Billion This Year · · Score: 1

    NO. Human population is already reaching a plateau. The reproduction rate of Japan, US and Europe is at or below the replacement rate and falling. It is only by immigration that we can achieve population stability. As the rest of the worlds standard of living improves, their reproduction rate will fall as well. Human population will not rise over 10 to 12 billion.

  21. Re:7 billion? No wait, 8? 9? on Earth's Population To Hit 7 Billion This Year · · Score: 1

    The developing world is developing. As their standard of living increases, people eat more because they starve less.

  22. Re:Facts: Lets be clear on some facts here on Wired Releases Full Manning/Lamo Chat Logs · · Score: 1

    The military is also proceeding with illegal proceedings such as torture and denial of other rights to the accused.

  23. Re:Reward him on Wired Releases Full Manning/Lamo Chat Logs · · Score: 1

    The problem is that Manning upheld his oath to the constitution, but not the chain of command because the chain of command was in the wrong.

    He is both a hero and a criminal. He does not deserve to get away without punishment, he also does not deserve the torture he has been subject to for years. At this point the only just thing to do is set him free.

  24. Re:I have TSA in my pants on TSA Announces Pilot of Trusted Traveler Program · · Score: 2

    I'm sure the enhanced patdown will be able to find it.

  25. Re:Svlabard has a 5 TB cable? on Undersea Cable Map Shows Where The Data Pipes Are · · Score: 3, Insightful

    just like the rest of the internet.