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  1. Re:Journalists have been self-censoring a long tim on Fearing Government Surveillance, US Journalists Are Self-Censoring · · Score: 1

    Do you have a study or statistics to support your claim? Sounds more like an ignorant anecdote. In my news browsing I see plenty of stories negative to Democrats.

  2. Re:Deluded ... on Fearing Government Surveillance, US Journalists Are Self-Censoring · · Score: -1, Troll

    Please list some of the things you would like to do but can't because you are not free. I can't think of any.

  3. Re:Government is too powerful on Fearing Government Surveillance, US Journalists Are Self-Censoring · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If your statement were true then Germany, Norway, Belgium, and lots of other countries would be police states. If you want to argue for smaller government you're doing it wrong.

  4. Re:Solution timetable on Judge Rules In Favor of Volkswagen and Silences Scientist · · Score: 5, Informative

    Suspending the first... amendment? This didn't happen in the USA.

  5. Re:Elsewhere on Massachusetts Enacts 6.25% Sales Tax On "Prewritten" Software Consulting · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That results in the poor paying proportionately more taxes than anyone else since they use almost all of their money to purchase necessities.

  6. Anyone hear of anything similar being considered in other states?

  7. Re:Completely reasonable on Microsoft Blocks 3d-Party Browsers In Windows RT, Says Mozilla Counsel · · Score: 1

    You should really educate yourself. Your facts are incorrect. You've obviously never worked with what we're discussing here. Calling others names doesn't make them wrong and you right.

  8. Re:Completely reasonable on Microsoft Blocks 3d-Party Browsers In Windows RT, Says Mozilla Counsel · · Score: 1

    Wrong again. You only pay that to upload to the store.

  9. Re:Completely reasonable on Microsoft Blocks 3d-Party Browsers In Windows RT, Says Mozilla Counsel · · Score: 1

    Considering that the store is the only way to install any software in iOS

    More lies. This is why I usually avoid these conversations online. The store is NOT the only way to install software. I can create anything on my desktop and upload it to my phone. I can take any app a friend makes and upload it to my phone. Apple is not involved in any way and it is not jailbroken. Please stop with the ridiculous misinformation.

  10. Re:Completely reasonable on Microsoft Blocks 3d-Party Browsers In Windows RT, Says Mozilla Counsel · · Score: 1

    Us Apple shills? I don't give a shit about Apple. I just don't like the lies you're spreading. An OS that lets me install anything on my own and use all of its APIs it not locked down. Sorry to disappoint.

  11. Re:Completely reasonable on Microsoft Blocks 3d-Party Browsers In Windows RT, Says Mozilla Counsel · · Score: 1

    No I called you a troll because you brought Apple into the discussion specifically to start an argument. What MS is doing here is not at all what Apple does.

  12. Re:Completely reasonable on Microsoft Blocks 3d-Party Browsers In Windows RT, Says Mozilla Counsel · · Score: 1

    I didn't say open source. I said open, as in all APIs built in are available for use. iOS and OS X are not locked down or restricted in any way (other than iOS apps needing to be signed).

  13. Re:Completely reasonable on Microsoft Blocks 3d-Party Browsers In Windows RT, Says Mozilla Counsel · · Score: 1

    This is still not accurate. Apple does not restrict the capabilities of iOS for 3rd parties. They restrict what they sell via their store. But you can install anything you want on the device and use whatever APIs are available.

  14. Re:Completely reasonable on Microsoft Blocks 3d-Party Browsers In Windows RT, Says Mozilla Counsel · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Stop trolling. The Apple desktop is a completely open Unix OS. I develop on it all day long and never run into any restrictions like this.

  15. Re:Surely just any thinking at all would do it on Analytic Thinking Can Decrease Religious Belief · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Even orthodox Jews don't take all the stories in the bible as literal. They study them as lessons to learn. Devout religious belief is about much more than taking the religion's documents literally.

  16. Not for me on Good News: A Sustained Drop In Spam Levels · · Score: 1

    Just a personal perspective, but spam levels for me have skyrocketed in the last year on all of my accounts. And I'm careful where I use my email addresses. Fortunately filters are pretty good these days.

  17. Re:Stop doing it in Flash on Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to SlashdotTV! (Video) · · Score: 1

    I don't understand. Flash blockers are for preventing the runtime from loading, saving CPU cycles and the user from obnoxious content. The HTML5 video tag shouldn't eat any CPU if the video doesn't play on page load. And it can't be used for anything but video.

  18. Re:Ads...lots of ads. on Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to SlashdotTV! (Video) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If it was ad-free, and therefore a paid service, few would buy it. As long as they clearly mark the sponsored content I'm fine with it.

  19. Re:Stop doing it in Flash on Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to SlashdotTV! (Video) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Of all the sites that could go HTML5 video only, this should be the first.

  20. Re:It's Not April Yet on Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to SlashdotTV! (Video) · · Score: 4, Funny

    On Sunday I'm expecting lots of videos with ponies.

  21. Re:The wet t-shirt effect? on Google Cools Data Center With Bathroom Water · · Score: 1

    Just google it, if ya' know what I mean.

  22. Re:Not crossing the border! on George "geohot" Hotz Arrested In Texas For Posession of Marijuana · · Score: 1

    Since when are random road checkpoints unconstitutional? They use them to check registrations and catch drunk drivers every day.

  23. Re:Not smart Enough? on Scientists Say People Aren't Smart Enough For Democracy To Flourish · · Score: 1

    I recommend reading his speech on race. He wrote it himself and it's probably the best political speech I've read in decades. His marketing department is not him. He's clearly above average intelligence if you read past the campaign slogans and edited interviews.

  24. Re:Cognitive dissonance on The Specter of Gasoline At $5 a Gallon · · Score: 1

    First, you don't mean fascism. You're referring to socialism. And it's not even socialism because the government does not own the companies doing the work or selling the product.

    Second, companies can drill new wells offshore. The drill requests are getting approved. Offshore drilling and pipelines are regulated for their environmental and security impact, but that doesn't mean they are not capitalist.

  25. Re:Cognitive dissonance on The Specter of Gasoline At $5 a Gallon · · Score: 1

    You're either a troll or Republican shill. You must know what you're typing is false or at least misleading.

    Congress gave the administration 2 months to approve the Keystone pipeline, knowing full well it wouldn't be enough time to complete an environmental investigation. So the administration was given two choices: approve a potentially dangerous massive project or not approve it. It has nothing at all to do with blocking oil refinement and wanting to raise prices. The consequences of the project must be researched first.

    Second, if you think Obama has no clear overall plan, it's because you're choosing not to read what they publish. How about looking at the budget proposal? Or the papers from the Secretary of Energy and others. No, instead you ignore their plans because you disagree with them, or maybe you're one of those who hate everything done by the administration whether it's right or wrong.