My god you people are fucking stupid. Your hate of the US is so strong you refuse to acknowledge reality. Yes, the US engages in mass surveillance. So do the EU and Australia. Edward Snowden talked about the fourteen eyes, which includes much of the EU. In fact, EU countries that are left out of these surveillance pacts want in very much. There is one huge difference, though, between the fourteen eyes and Russia. The fourteen eyes aren't actively cracking down on human rights and political dissidents. I'm free to criticize Obama heavily without fear of government retribution. Canadian, Australian, and EU citizens enjoy the same freedoms with their respective governments. Russia, however, does not tolerate criticism of its government nearly as much. Speak out against Putin there and see what happens; it won't turn out well for you. Expressions of homosexuality are also heavily restricted and Russia has a horrible record of LGBT rights. So many people here are blinded by their hatred of the US that they're willing to praise a country with Russia's record for admitting their mass surveillance. This is part of why Slashdot is fucking unreadable these days. There is absolutely no way we should be praising Russia at all for this.
Noone is praising Russia, you drooling moron.
Being against something does not automatically mean being for something else, you mongoloid.
Also, make sure not to read anything that does not conform to your way of thinking. it might offend you and make you drool.
So why haven't these been shut down? How many of them asked Trump's permission before using his likeness? Let me guess: free speech for me, but not for thee, right?
Did you even bother reading what the story is about, or you are just going to bleat until you drop dead? You are annoying as fuck and provide nothing but noise.
I am not american (or anything close, so no I am not a Bernie/Clinton/Trump/whatever fan) and don't give a flying fuck about any of the candidates, but your pointless spam is really annoying.
I heavily use tab groups and I know quite few people who also use it (as opposed to not knowing a single person that even knows what Pocket is, let alone use it).
Tab groups is pretty much the last reason I have for using Firefox over Chrome.
I had to travel recently, so I took a laptop with clean Windows 8.1 Pro install.
At my destination, I've purchased a SIM (they only had 1GB data packages) and put it into the 3G/wifi router I carry.
I powered the laptop, connected to Internet via said router, checked few things, then went away for few hours.
When I got back to apartment, my data package (and Internet connectivity) was killed because Microsoft idiots decided to start downloading Windows 10 even though I have explicitly closed/rejected all the 'offers'.
Those retards did not take into account the possibility that not everyone running Windows is on unlimited broadband data package. Great planning there.
At home I did a plain install of 8.1 on another computer, and same thing happened - even though I explicitly rejected everything related to Windows 10, idiots made it so download starts anyway. I had to 'hide' the Windows 10 in Windows Update in order to stop it from being downloaded.
Yes, I know some people just use Tor because they don't want the government watching them, but I block Tor on general principal. Most of the traffic coming out of Tor is malicious. The only exception would be if I was running a site with information I wanted to provide to oppressed countries.
In my experience most companies do not implement features for fun. They do it because it's feedback they received from a large number of users. The fact that it can be disabled pretty much closes the case in my opinion but I guess some purist fanatics will complain.
And what would that experience be?
In which company did/do you work, which implemented features because of feedback received from a large number of users?
That's the price all of us have to pay when we, the majority, cannot and/or dare not to, control the action of the few
No matter if it's USA or France of Belgium or the Netherlands or Germany, as long as our society can not (and/or dare not to) confront those Islamists and get them to ditch their barbaric behavior, all of us will suffer
Yes, governments are trying to get more control over you and intelligence agencies are wanting more powers because of actions of few Islamists.
The fact that my network is seeing a 10 fold increased attacks from Russian IP's over the past 2-3 years is enough to lead me to believe what's being said here is true. Still doesn't beat China but Russia is very quickly gaining ground.
Big deal. Everyone does it. You can bet that Google is out there arguing that all of the content should be free so they can sell more ads alongside it. And you can bet that the unions are looking for political influence to protect their hard work too. It's called living in a democracy.
Without getting into the moral implications of such a threat by the US, this is the cost Germany et. al. pay when letting the US foot the defense bill. The US defense budget pays for a large portion of the defense of the first world. If they don't want to be beholden to the whims of the US, don't depend on the US for defense.
Defense from who, exactly?
From imaginary retro-communist threat, or some "terrorists" that US themselves funded and created?
want to puke! It's rated R and doesn't need to be so cutesy. All the wonderment, all the "oh, I've got feelings!" Data pulled it off much better in TNG. Even the name Chappie is a too sickly syrupy. I'm sure he turns into an amazing warrior for justice and the downtrodden and my heart would swell with his humanity, but I don't want to see this. Give me Data with his emotion chip and the his crazy laughter/break down when he and Geordi were scouting that ship...that was hard enough to watch. Give me Short Circuit. Heck even Earth to Echo was consumable. Maybe I'm just too American and can't quite stomach this Australian aesthetic. Just one guy's opinion...I'm sure you've got one too.
So, you haven't watched the movie at all, but you already have an opinion.
"Aggression is the human failing that celebrity scientist Stephen Hawking would most like to correct, as it holds the potential to destroy human civilization"
Without human aggression, we would have all been eaten about 500,000 years ago.
I don't really like Hawking, but do you idiots even bother reading what's written in the damn *summary*, before shitting on him?
Or it takes too much time and instant gratification generation can't be bothered?
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Why, exactly, is this mediocre considered to be a 'wunderkind'?
Did the idiot, who allowed this submission, even know what wunderkind means?
I must be old.
Because having Russia dominate the world would be horrific?
Having US dominating the world is equally horrific.
On the other hand, Russia has never, ever, displayed any 'world domination' aspirations, like US has.
But I pretty much hate both equally. Same shit, different texture.
My god you people are fucking stupid. Your hate of the US is so strong you refuse to acknowledge reality. Yes, the US engages in mass surveillance. So do the EU and Australia. Edward Snowden talked about the fourteen eyes, which includes much of the EU. In fact, EU countries that are left out of these surveillance pacts want in very much. There is one huge difference, though, between the fourteen eyes and Russia. The fourteen eyes aren't actively cracking down on human rights and political dissidents. I'm free to criticize Obama heavily without fear of government retribution. Canadian, Australian, and EU citizens enjoy the same freedoms with their respective governments. Russia, however, does not tolerate criticism of its government nearly as much. Speak out against Putin there and see what happens; it won't turn out well for you. Expressions of homosexuality are also heavily restricted and Russia has a horrible record of LGBT rights. So many people here are blinded by their hatred of the US that they're willing to praise a country with Russia's record for admitting their mass surveillance. This is part of why Slashdot is fucking unreadable these days. There is absolutely no way we should be praising Russia at all for this.
Noone is praising Russia, you drooling moron.
Being against something does not automatically mean being for something else, you mongoloid.
Also, make sure not to read anything that does not conform to your way of thinking. it might offend you and make you drool.
So why haven't these been shut down? How many of them asked Trump's permission before using his likeness? Let me guess: free speech for me, but not for thee, right?
Did you even bother reading what the story is about, or you are just going to bleat until you drop dead? You are annoying as fuck and provide nothing but noise.
I am not american (or anything close, so no I am not a Bernie/Clinton/Trump/whatever fan) and don't give a flying fuck about any of the candidates, but your pointless spam is really annoying.
It's important that stories like this are widely publicized so that the public can see the true face of Sanders before it's too late.
You are being too obvious. Might want to tone it down a bit and look legitimately concerned.
I heavily use tab groups and I know quite few people who also use it (as opposed to not knowing a single person that even knows what Pocket is, let alone use it).
Tab groups is pretty much the last reason I have for using Firefox over Chrome.
They really want to die :(
I had to travel recently, so I took a laptop with clean Windows 8.1 Pro install.
At my destination, I've purchased a SIM (they only had 1GB data packages) and put it into the 3G/wifi router I carry.
I powered the laptop, connected to Internet via said router, checked few things, then went away for few hours.
When I got back to apartment, my data package (and Internet connectivity) was killed because Microsoft idiots decided to start downloading Windows 10 even though I have explicitly closed/rejected all the 'offers'.
Those retards did not take into account the possibility that not everyone running Windows is on unlimited broadband data package. Great planning there.
At home I did a plain install of 8.1 on another computer, and same thing happened - even though I explicitly rejected everything related to Windows 10, idiots made it so download starts anyway. I had to 'hide' the Windows 10 in Windows Update in order to stop it from being downloaded.
Yes, I know some people just use Tor because they don't want the government watching them, but I block Tor on general principal. Most of the traffic coming out of Tor is malicious. The only exception would be if I was running a site with information I wanted to provide to oppressed countries.
You have access to all outgoing Tor traffic?
Nice.
Be aware, Chromecast doesn't let you stream anything unless it is connected to a Wifi network that has Internet access.
Obviously, Google needs to know what you are streaming from your laptop to your TV in order to provide 'best user experience', I guess.
They failed to mention this requirement anywhere on the box, but they mention "steam local content" quite few times.
So, just be aware of it before you buy.
I got screwed, since wanted to stream content from laptop in place where I don't have Internet. Whoops.
I don't even want to guess.
In my experience most companies do not implement features for fun. They do it because it's feedback they received from a large number of users. The fact that it can be disabled pretty much closes the case in my opinion but I guess some purist fanatics will complain.
And what would that experience be?
In which company did/do you work, which implemented features because of feedback received from a large number of users?
It's ok, they just slap some silly fine and noone goes to jail.
But virtual currency fraud is a really serious one.
That's the price all of us have to pay when we, the majority, cannot and/or dare not to, control the action of the few
No matter if it's USA or France of Belgium or the Netherlands or Germany, as long as our society can not (and/or dare not to) confront those Islamists and get them to ditch their barbaric behavior, all of us will suffer
Yes, governments are trying to get more control over you and intelligence agencies are wanting more powers because of actions of few Islamists.
I will never stop being amazed at human naivety.
This "article" is beyond retarded.
Shaming "western" governments/agencies doesn't have any effect at all, why would anyone think thank shaming Chinese would be any different?
The fact that my network is seeing a 10 fold increased attacks from Russian IP's over the past 2-3 years is enough to lead me to believe what's being said here is true. Still doesn't beat China but Russia is very quickly gaining ground.
And how, exactly, those "attacks" look like?
Big deal. Everyone does it. You can bet that Google is out there arguing that all of the content should be free so they can sell more ads alongside it. And you can bet that the unions are looking for political influence to protect their hard work too. It's called living in a democracy.
It's called corruption.
Hope it helps.
"being part of the team helping keep people safe, which is really what people at the agency think they are doing"
If this is exactly what he said, then haha.
Without getting into the moral implications of such a threat by the US, this is the cost Germany et. al. pay when letting the US foot the defense bill. The US defense budget pays for a large portion of the defense of the first world. If they don't want to be beholden to the whims of the US, don't depend on the US for defense.
Defense from who, exactly?
From imaginary retro-communist threat, or some "terrorists" that US themselves funded and created?
How pessimistic can you get? I don't buy that as a realistic assessment. Except maybe while Obama is in office.
You are either stupid, or blind.
Or both.
want to puke! It's rated R and doesn't need to be so cutesy. All the wonderment, all the "oh, I've got feelings!" Data pulled it off much better in TNG. Even the name Chappie is a too sickly syrupy. I'm sure he turns into an amazing warrior for justice and the downtrodden and my heart would swell with his humanity, but I don't want to see this. Give me Data with his emotion chip and the his crazy laughter/break down when he and Geordi were scouting that ship...that was hard enough to watch. Give me Short Circuit. Heck even Earth to Echo was consumable. Maybe I'm just too American and can't quite stomach this Australian aesthetic. Just one guy's opinion...I'm sure you've got one too.
So, you haven't watched the movie at all, but you already have an opinion.
Says a lot more about you than a movie.
"Aggression is the human failing that celebrity scientist Stephen Hawking would most like to correct, as it holds the potential to destroy human civilization"
Without human aggression, we would have all been eaten about 500,000 years ago.
I don't really like Hawking, but do you idiots even bother reading what's written in the damn *summary*, before shitting on him?
Or it takes too much time and instant gratification generation can't be bothered?
"aggression" is such a ridiculously ill-defined term, it means virtually nothing scientifically
And it has nothing to do with science either, so I have no idea why you'd even bring science into this.
You obviously have no idea what he's talking about.
So the NWO (once a tin-foil hat conspiracy theory) is coming true, only 25 years after it was predicted.
It's well past time for https everywhere, constant VPNs and full encryption for everything
No. It took 25 years for people to wake up and see what's happening around them.
Unfortunatelly, it is way too late now.
Just because you can say something doesn't mean you should.
And you will be the judge of what he should or shouldn't say?
Because your judgement is ulitmately correct and applies to every human being on this planet, right?