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  1. Twitter as engine of social change? on Twitter Capitulates To Governments, Censors Users · · Score: 1

    If your social revolution depends on Twitter, you've already lost.

  2. Re:Zounds?! on Linux Sucks (Video) · · Score: 1

    And, Linux has no sense of humor.

  3. Really no one has to make certain cultures hat the USA, they've been at war with everyone around them for centuries. In the US what is feeding the hate are pseudo news organizations who fan the flames of bigotry and xenophobia to draw viewers and sell more ads. Oh, and "polio" state?

  4. Re:Fearmongering at it's worst on Gen. Keith Alexander On Metadata, Snowden, and the NSA: "We're At Greater Risk" · · Score: 2

    Source please.

  5. Back them up on Your Old CD Collection Is Dying · · Score: 1

    Rip them to your HDD and store them in the cloud(s) as a backup.

  6. The good Dr. needs remedial training on Ask Slashdot: Does Your Job Need To Exist? · · Score: 1

    With a little additional training I'm pretty sure David Graebner could handle, "can I super-size that for you?".

  7. If that's the best they can do, it's doomed. on Duo Sneak an Oculus Rift Onto Roller Coaster For a Wild Ride · · Score: 1

    The really need a more compelling reason for or use of the technology.

  8. And the point is ... on Duo Sneak an Oculus Rift Onto Roller Coaster For a Wild Ride · · Score: 5, Insightful

    pointless.

  9. Re:Government must be transparent on Maintaining Internet Freedom Isn't Easy (Video) · · Score: 2

    Negotiating in public means absolutely nothing will get done because no one will dare cross the line and compromise. While in theory 100% transparency in gov't sounds like a good idea, in practice it's a recipe for gridlock.

  10. Meanwhile, in other news ... on Snowden: NSA Spied On Human Rights Workers · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    The sun rose in the east, the sun set in the west, and a whiny-pants fugitive hiding out in Putin-land continues to cry for attention. There will be no film at 11.

  11. Re:Desensitizing the masses on NSA Infiltrated RSA Deeper Than Imagined · · Score: 1

    They know how to sell themselves ... it involves large bags of unmarked currency and plausible deniability.

  12. Re:@people from the US on GCHQ and NSA Targeted World Leaders, Private German Companies · · Score: 1

    When you consider that Germany is doing the same to every country on the planet you begin to understand why this whole Snowden/NSA/Spying thing is not news except to those suffering from terminal naivete. Of course every other country is doing the same ... so at the end of the day it's all equal.

  13. Re:We're on Google Apps/Chromebooks on Why Buy Microsoft Milk When the Google Cow Is Free? · · Score: 1

    That covers the ads being served "at school" but not the saving of their surfing habits and the subsequent data mining and serving of ads when the kids get home and surf on their computers away from school. Anyone who thinks Google does this out of generosity is naive. Google is setting up profiles for later use and data mining; that's their business model.

  14. Re:We're on Google Apps/Chromebooks on Why Buy Microsoft Milk When the Google Cow Is Free? · · Score: 0

    The combination of quick boot time, instant data save to the cloud, low acquisition costs, no "obvious" ongoing costs, and targeted ads from Google to our kids simply can't be beat. FTFY

  15. Statistics on Why P-values Cannot Tell You If a Hypothesis Is Correct · · Score: 1

    Lies ... damned lies ... and statistics. The P value only tells you if there is statistical significance in the data, not whether your hypothesis is correct or incorrect.

  16. I see the script kiddies on Is Intel Selling Bay Trail Chips Below Cost? · · Score: 0

    are behaving like kiddies.

  17. Let the Russians keep him on Ask Slashdot: What Does Edward Snowden Deserve? · · Score: 1

    Good riddance.

  18. All things come to an end on Facebook Mocks 'Infection' Study, Predicts Princeton's Demise · · Score: 1

    Just look at any communications technology from the early to mid 20th century that was the "cutting edge" of the day but now is the technology dinosaur. For example pony express/snail mail - telegraph - telephone - fax - email - social media. Think it will end? Hardly.

  19. It's simple business on The SEC Is About To Make Crowdfunding More Expensive · · Score: 1

    Crowdfunding is no different than any other form of investment; it promises to deliver something in return for money. That's business and just because the business is done on the internet, mostly by people with little or no understanding of what's involved in legally soliciting capital investment, doesn't make it exempt from normal business regulation.

  20. The usual platitudes and bullshyte promises on Yahoo Advertising Serves Up Malware For Thousands · · Score: 3

    They'll continue to monitor, as in do something about a malicious ad once someone else identifies it and spreads the word.

  21. Exile in Russia not as comfy as he thought? on The New York Times Pushes For Clemency For Snowden · · Score: 1

    It's not like Snowden managed to change anything other than the public dialog. Anyone who thinks every country on the planet isn't doing the same thing as the NSA is dangerously naive. Snowden deserves his exile if for no other reason than being naive enough to think he'd actually change the way the world works.

  22. Vocal minorities always think they're in the major on No Question: Snowden Was 2013's Most Influential Tech Figure · · Score: 1

    In fact it's likely the trolls and their bait that agree with you.

  23. Every year it's the same thing on No Question: Snowden Was 2013's Most Influential Tech Figure · · Score: 1

    People are touted as being "the most influential" who are nothing more than drama fodder for the 24x7 news organizations. Snowden will soon be a memory, heck he's almost a memory now, and bitcoin and its ilk will fare no better over time. It used to be that people expected 15 minutes of fame, now with the pace of information flow they should expect 15 ms of fame at best.

  24. There wolves.

  25. Re:Trolling vs. Technological Ingenuity on Bitcoin Tops $1,000 For the First Time · · Score: 1

    That's not fair ... many of us know a technological bubble when we see one.