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  1. Re:Hacker??!! on Blogger Fined €3,000 for 'Publicizing' Files Found Through Google Search · · Score: 1

    So if I leave my front door open, that gives you the right to barge in and take stuff from my refrigerator?

  2. Please no! on HTML5 App For Panasonic TVs Rejected - JQuery Is a "Hack" · · Score: 1

    I don't want my television to give me recommendations based on my browser history!

  3. Re:No shit. on Mexico's Stolen Radiation Truck: It Could Happen In the US · · Score: 1

    Mexicans lives in or come from Mexico. Being a Mexican does not mean that person is an immigrant.
    Most Americans come from who knows where so we call these people (x-th generation) immigrants.
    This fact is underlined by their blood line: 1/4 Italian, 1/3 Russian and so on.

  4. Just what you say on Does Anyone Make a Photo De-Duplicator For Linux? Something That Reads EXIF? · · Score: 1

    If the images are identical, hash them and compare hashes.

  5. Re:Google and Android on Ask Slashdot: Life After N900? · · Score: 2

    For one because you would expect something that can be customised and configured, but instead droid devices uses an all-or-nothing security model and come with tons of pre-installed uninstallable sh..tuff.
    And g+

  6. Be glad it was only a pipe.. on Object Blocking Giant Tunnel Borer Was an 8" Diameter Pipe · · Score: 1

    WW2 bomb blast kills digger driver in Germany: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25594000

  7. Oh, boohoo. on Senator Bernie Sanders Asks NSA If Agency Is Spying On Congress · · Score: 0

    Nuf said.

  8. Re:GMOs feed over a billion people on Cheerios To Go GMO-Free · · Score: 1

    So what happens is that seed production is in the hands of one big corporation. Monsanto.
    It's suing farmers for accidental cross pollination or in other words they pollute the crops of farmers with their product and then they sure them.
    Farmers, thinking their production will go up, don't realize their expenses go up three times, making their profit less.
    What already has happened, is that a lot of farmers use the same seeds and, oh, surprise, there was a disease that targeted their expensive crops... Aaaannnd it was all gone. The harvest of a very big region ruined. In India this has already led to whole (cotton) farmer communities to go bankrupt.
    Great job GMO.

    Root cause: we are with too many people on this earth. GMO will not solve that problem.

  9. Re:Good luck keeping the genie in the bottle on China Rejects 545,000 Tons of US Genetically Modified Corn · · Score: 1

    You mean a bit like america that invades a country here and a country there and justify that by thinking it's morally superior?
    That obnoxious behavior is particularly strong and obvious for many years now - which is worrying.

    I don't see that many differences.

  10. So what do you do then? on NSA Metadata Collection Program Has Stopped Zero Attacks · · Score: 1

    Gather even more data, I guess...

  11. Really? on Why Charles Stross Wants Bitcoin To Die In a Fire · · Score: 1

    Bitcoin's utter lack of regulation permits really hideous markets to emerge, in commodities like assassination and drugs and child pornography; and finally Bitcoin is inherently damaging to the fabric of civil society because it is pretty much designed for tax evasion.

    [sarcasm]All perfect examples markets and activities that weren't there before the Bitcoin...[/sarcasm]

  12. What movie was it? on Swedish Man Fined $650,000 For Sharing 1 Movie, Charged Extra For Low Quality · · Score: 1

    I'll down vote it on IMDB because of the reputation damage from this court decision.

  13. Might be true on FDA Seeks Tougher Rules For Antibacterial Soaps · · Score: 2

    But I'm having a hard time believing them. Time and again it turns out money is involved in "objective" advice.

  14. U2 is... on Wikipedia's Lamest Edit Wars · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They evade their taxes in the Netherlands, so it's a Dutch band.

  15. Re:All Feds. on Employee Morale Is Suffering At the NSA · · Score: 1

    You can't just blame the NSA for the fucked up reputation.
    Government, Guantanamo Bay, Wall street, big corporations, Sopa, Pipa, TPP......

  16. Long live self regulation!! on Imagining the Post-Antibiotic Future · · Score: 1

    The live stock industry uses tons of precautionary antibiotics. All adding to this problem of resistant bacteria and such.
    The market, us, should be able to regulate this. If we are comfortable with the consequences, we could keep eating products that required lots of pesticides and antibiotics.

  17. Re:Where is the U.S. heading? on Where Does America's Fear Come From? · · Score: 1

    But that means no longer being "the best" and that would be so sad when you believe you are the best. Let's refer that as the american dream.
    Time to wake up. The reality is that about 6.5billion people don't see the US as the best for some time now.
    Like you say. You can have a very good life without being the best.

  18. Haters will hate. on 87-Year-Old World War II Veteran Takes On the TSA · · Score: 1

    It really shouldn't matter what you are. If the metal detector goes off, you have to take off the shoes and every thing else that could cause the alarm. I don't see any reason for exceptions. What's the point of having a metal detector if you're not acting on an alarm...

    You can hate the TSA, but at least they're doing their job.

  19. Re:Good luck on MEPs Vote To Suspend Data Sharing With US · · Score: 1

    My guess is the nsa wouldn't mind if their servers were hacked by concerned Europeans. That's the same as what they do anyway. And don't complain. My national security is a national matter.

  20. Does it matter? on Scientists Say Climate Change Is Damaging Iowa Agriculture · · Score: 1

    No. There will be more food problems. Food prices will increase, so people in poorer countries will starve. Western world will not care, but just buy their food and say something about capitalism having it's way.

    Climate will change and nature will adjust as it did for millions of years. The question is not if the "new" climate will be habitable. It will be. The question is if will fit in.

  21. Fix it! on The Cost of the US Government Shutdown To Science · · Score: 0

    I don't get it.
    There 's a lot of talk about how much this shut down has cost.

    Shouldn't the discussion be about getting rid of that USD 17.000.000.000.000 debt??
    That is only about USD 55.000 per inhabitant.

    Do something about it. Seriously.

  22. Re:Really? on Shutdown Cost the US Economy $24 Billion · · Score: 1

    You could replace it with a republican WeDontCareAboutYou.
    Giving a fuck you to millions of people who cant afford health care is easy and cheap.

  23. Bucket list on Samsung Creates Phone With Curved Display · · Score: 2

    [x] play games on phone
    [x] use internet on phone
    [x] take pictures with phone
    [x] ...
    [ ] bend phone
    [ ] break phone
    [ ] use phone to actually call people

  24. Still waiting on Why the FAA May Finally Relax In-Flight Device Rules · · Score: 1

    for the moment you can bring water and toothpaste on board again...

  25. Do research, don't write code on Mozilla Plan Seeks To Debug Scientific Code · · Score: 1

    Researchers are good at researching. They can write some code though.
    Programmers are good at programming. They know how to write good code that is easy to maintain and adapt.

    If you're a researcher with some experience in writing code, you should ask you self, "should I spend that much time writing code, while a programmer does a better job in less time while it has also less bugs, will be reviewed and has unit tests"? Also, how much do you know about design patterns? Sure. Your code works without. Good luck with it. Also good luck with the headache in one year.