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  1. Leaflet? on Film Consortium Urges ISPs To Dump Ineffective "Six Strikes" Policy For Pirates · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What does the leaflet say? Our profit is more important than your freedom to communicate?

  2. SSNs on Obama Says He's 'A Strong Believer In Strong Encryption' · · Score: 1

    So, time for asymmetric SSNs?

  3. soon? on Facebook Will Soon Be Able To ID You In Any Photo · · Score: 5, Interesting

    So, that mean the NSA has been able to do this for a decade or so?

  4. Re:Good and Bad Outcomes on Don't Sass Your Uber Driver - He's Rating You Too · · Score: 1

    Rudeness goes both ways. Now with this system, so does accountability.

  5. Re:Everquest on Sony Sells Off Sony Online Entertainment · · Score: 1

    You should try this. http://www.project1999.com/

  6. Re:Social media on New GCHQ Chief Says Social Media Aids Terrorists · · Score: 1

    Freedom is scary. If people don't like it, perhaps they don't belong in the home of the brave.

  7. Re:A bit???? on Austin Airport Tracks Cell Phones To Measure Security Line Wait · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Nobody is forcing you to connect to the airport WIFI network. It's just as disturbing to me that you think you should have the right to data on someone else's network just because you use it. If you were paying for such a right and had a contract in place, I could see that. But you are not, and therefore you have no right to tell them what they can and can not do with that data. It's not just you, people all over are using free services and then claiming they have a right to tell the providers what to do with the data those services collect.

  8. Re:What right do they have anyway? on Google Rejects 58% of "Right To Be Forgotten" Requests · · Score: 1

    It's their servers and their search algorithm. They have the right to do whatever they want with it. Any information they display on their web page is protected by the first amendment. Of course, exceptions are in place for any speech, including libel or copyrights. Now, whether that's best for all involved is another question.

  9. Re:So does scratching your nose on Studies Conclude Hands-Free-calling and Apple Siri Distract Drivers · · Score: 1

    You should pull over to do any of those things. Running late or being in a hurry never has, and never will be a good excuse to risk causing an accident. To say that it's less dangerous than actions that also involve hands is a poor defense.

  10. Re:Emma Watson is full of it on Emma Watson Leaked Photo Threat Was a Plot To Attack 4chan · · Score: 1

    That's like saying since people volunteer to pick cotton, it's ok to enslave other people to do it.

  11. Re:Emma Watson is full of it on Emma Watson Leaked Photo Threat Was a Plot To Attack 4chan · · Score: 2

    You forgot the right to register for selective service and conscription.

  12. DERK HIS JERRRRRB on Ask Slashdot: How To Avoid Becoming a Complacent Software Developer? · · Score: 1

    This might not be good advice at all, but why not try and get the development manager's job? That would probably inspire me a ton if I saw a weakness like that and ways to do a better. You've got some good experience under your belt and seem to understand the problem the company is facing. Hopefully, some people here who know more than I do can give you some more specific advice.

  13. Brilliant marketing strategy, MS on The Minecraft Parent · · Score: 1

    There's a niche to be filled with parent-friendly games and Microsoft has bought a great game franchise to fill it with. Well played.

  14. The Transfer of Data and Free Speech on Should Cyborgs Have the Same Privacy Rights As Humans? · · Score: 1

    A corollary to this is whether communication through any mechanically-assisted means should be defined as speech. I think this has a huge implication on copyrights. As we become more integrated with these devices, the line between what we say, think, and digitally transfer becomes gray. What if instead of describing a movie or song to someone, we're able to transfer our perfect memory of it directly to their memory?

  15. Re:If he sold phyiscal copies on 33 Months In Prison For Recording a Movie In a Theater · · Score: 2

    So we're throwing a man in prison to keep one form of entertainment flowing? That seems backwards.

  16. Re:The real crime here on 33 Months In Prison For Recording a Movie In a Theater · · Score: 1

    But it's more important for the government to protect one business model of one form of entertainment than this man's freedom.

  17. Separate Testing and Education on Is Remote Instruction the Future of College? · · Score: 1

    Remote education such as the internet is very good at distributing materials and information. However, it is very bad at testing individuals' comprehension and understanding for a variety of reasons. Currently, Universities do both and they bundle the costs together in one large tuition package. I think a good solution going forward would be one that offers these two services separately.

  18. Be the change you wish to see in the world. on People Who Claim To Worry About Climate Change Don't Cut Energy Use · · Score: 1

    -Gandhi

  19. Re:As Jim Morrison said... on Misogyny, Entitlement, and Nerds · · Score: 1

    I think you hit the nail on the head, but that's why I disagree with this article. Most nerds, believe it or not, realize the results of their personal choices as you do and don't irrationally point their frustration at innocent people. I think it's unfair to say that all nerds reach this irrational conclusion "as a matter or mental self-defense." I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but this is a sweeping generalization based on one crazy man's acts.

  20. Really, slashdot? This comments gets a 5, Insightful? It's an unsupported assertion.

  21. Re:"GM thinks" there's your problem. on GM Sees a Market For $5/Day Dedicated In-Car Internet · · Score: 1

    Redundant internet options are a good thing. This is a smart move by GM in the face of giant ISP mergers and poor net neutrality legislation.

  22. Re:Google on Dropbox and Box Leaked Shared Private Files Through Google · · Score: 1

    Google has no interest in omitting data collection to mitigate other sites' security flaws.

  23. Re:I think they are right - for now on Japanese and Swiss Watchmakers Scoff At Smartwatches · · Score: 1

    I'm personally not going to buy a smartwatch until it can replace my phone. Once I have that, it's not much of a change in routine for me to plug it in each night.

  24. Re:A lense cover on Google Tries To Defuse Glass "Myths" · · Score: 1

    None of that is necessarily true if it's rooted. http://gizmodo.com/google-glas... Also, "most people" aren't doing something that they mind being recorded doing. The problems come from the situations where they do mind.

  25. This might sound crazy... on L.A. Police: All Cars In L.A. Are Under Investigation · · Score: 1, Interesting

    ...to some of you but police officers are also there to protect you from those who might want to take your money or otherwise commit a crime against you. I'm aware of the potential for abuse from these systems, but if we decide they can't watch us in public, where can they watch us? What deters a robber that knows for a fact there will never be a cop around to catch him in the act?