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  1. ...that you know about.

  2. Hm. I think the word you are looking for is sinister

  3. Re:Spreadsheets are not a database on Stop Using Excel, Finance Chiefs Tell Staffs (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    In the 70s they were probably still better than paper.

    Hunh. In the 70s they were probably still paper.

    FTFY

  4. Silly. They find you!

  5. Re:States want "rights" over local broadband on AT&T, Comcast Kill Local Gigabit Expansion Plans In Tennessee · · Score: 1

    You have it a little backwards; pre-civil war the slave states were against states rights as that implied the ability for states to allow escaped slaves to exist in relative freedom in the North. They depended on the strong federal government to defend the slavery laws which were embodied in the constitution, (as well as the national tariffs that protected the cotton growers from competition.) It wasn't even talked about much once the Union occupation / reconstruction ended, since Jim Crow was tolerated on a national level. It was really only after Truman integrated the military, and especially Brown vs. the Board of Education that it became such a standard complaint from the racists that their state laws should overrule anything else. That ATT and Comcast can profit off of that, well, that's the free market for you!

  6. Re:Dude-centric on The Most Disruptive Technology of the Last 100 Years Isn't What You Think · · Score: 2

    All of them are the same; who do you think was doing all the canning, smoking, pickling and preserving? It's all about women's work, the contraception too. Condoms have been around for centuries, but there's still no male pill, it's still up to the women if they don't want to raise another kid.

  7. Re:In other news on Spy Industry Leaders Befuddled Over 'Deep Cynicism' of American Public · · Score: 1

    Back in the '80s, a company distributing Russian or East German propaganda videos would be shut down

    What a crock of shit. I used to go to my friends house and browse his copy of "Soviet Life" all the time. Another friend regularly travelled to both East Germany and Poland in the early 80's on a regular basis. Sure, they earned a thick folder from Reagan's black hat brigades, but otherwise it didn't impact their lives one bit.

  8. Re:Only mostly dead? on Attempted Breach of NSA HQ Checkpoint; One Shot Dead · · Score: 2

    Double-plus dead, now another visit from Minitrue for you.

  9. Re:And now why this can not be done in the USofA on Costa Rica Goes 75 Days Powering Itself Using Only Renewable Energy · · Score: 1

    It will be, and sooner than you think.

  10. DHS red alert! on Homeland Security Urges Lenovo Customers To Remove Superfish · · Score: 1

    Because, just like with robbery, the government hates competition.

  11. Re:Why are we protecting these guys? on Bank Hackers Steal Millions Via Malware · · Score: 1

    yes. does this help people who believe stuff like "you can vote with your wallet" understand that they are working with a flawed model of the world? sadly, no.

  12. Re:Your cat thinks you're a moron on An Automated Cat Litter Box With DRM · · Score: 1
  13. Did I read that right? on Texas Instruments Builds New Energy Technology For the Internet of Things · · Score: 2

    The internet will be powered by " . . .collections of vibrators" ?

    But then what powers the . . .

  14. Re: Valid release on 9th Circuit Will Revisit "Innocence of Muslims" Takedown Order · · Score: 1

    We are all whores; always have been, always will be. We perform tasks for money, and have no control over the results of those tasks once performed.

    Lay back and enjoy!

  15. Terroir on Apparent Islamic Terrorism Strikes Sydney · · Score: 4, Funny

    Fundamentalists. They hate us for our chocolate.

  16. Re:I don't blame WalMart Employees on Customers Creating Fake Amazon Pages To Get Cheap Electronics At Walmart · · Score: 1

    40 hr workweeks at Walmart? And then you woke up. . .that would require benefits beyond links to the SNAP card application website.

  17. Re:why does the CRTC need this list? on Canadian Regulator Threatens To Impose New Netflix Regulation · · Score: 1

    Oh yeah! I drive through Ontario all the time, tune in CBC two, and they really bring great unheard of (even on alt US stations) bands. Along with every Gordon Lightfoot song ever, over and over.

  18. Re:Hmmm ... on HP Brings Back Windows 7 'By Popular Demand' As Buyers Shun Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    Using one of the 3rd party start menu replacements helps a lot of the symptoms, but it doesn't cleanse the taint.

    ISWYDT

  19. Re:The USA a free country ? on Fearing Government Surveillance, US Journalists Are Self-Censoring · · Score: 1

    Stop punching yourself! Why do you keep punching yourself?

  20. Everyday, I like to put a little time aside on A Plan To Fix Daylight Savings Time By Creating Two National Time Zones · · Score: 1

    . . . then at the end of the year, I have a few days to myself.

    - Steven Wright

  21. Re:Normally it is drugs or mental issues on Homeless, Unemployed, and Surviving On Bitcoins · · Score: 1

    Actually, most mentally ill folks know very well that something is not right with their thinking; the sad part of mental illnesses is to make you not trust people who see you as mentally ill, and only some of that is irrational. Drug and alcohol abuse are almost always inseparable from mental illness as well; there is no such thing as a mentally "well" addict.

  22. Ran out of funds? on Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol. 1 Released in HTML Format · · Score: 2

    If anything screams kickstarter, this is it.

  23. no more secrets on Info Leak Wars To Get Messier · · Score: 1

    this is the way of the electronic revolution, where once again (like in the village), whatever you do is "public", and you better behave the way you are "supposed" to. the only fun part of the story is watching the watchers spazz out as they look through their panopticon and discover a big eyeball blinking at them.

  24. Pyrate saying: on Silent Circle Follows Lavabit By Closing Encrypted E-mail Service · · Score: 1

    Anything known by more than one person is no secret!

    Arrrgh!

  25. But can they make it print . . . on Study Finds 3D Printers Pay For Themselves In Under a Year · · Score: 1

    A 3D printer? That would be some savings!