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  1. Re:Wikileaks and Assange own this on Human Rights Groups Join Criticism of WikiLeaks · · Score: 1

    That's a ridiculously dumb thing to say. "Hey 50-100 die a month anyway, what's one more?"

    First you dumbass AC I never said that. You read into all you like though.

    Or perhaps you meant to imply that the release of the documents will somehow prevent 50-100 people from dying every month. The GP challenged you to answer how: What is that "overall importance"? and you ignored the question.

    Perhaps if enough people knew then maybe the U.S. would pull out and that would prevent most of those deaths. There certainly weren't that many deaths before the U.S. invaded. The overall importance, coward, is that you can point to the documents and say 'harm is caused' but the harm being caused is much less in the wake of the harms said documents are trying to bring into light.

  2. Re:Wikileaks and Assange own this on Human Rights Groups Join Criticism of WikiLeaks · · Score: 1

    Ok so that's one man dead already related to these documents.

    The documents show 50-100 dead civilians on average every month.

    Which outweighs which.

  3. Tool on Google Testing an Airborne Camera Drone · · Score: 1

    You can crack open a clam with a rock. Or you can crack open another persons skull.
    You can warm yourself and cook meals with fire. Or you can torch someones house down.
    You can shoot food for your family with a gun. Or you can shoot a family.

    Just because the tools become more advanced does not change the moral dilemma that has faced mankind with the proper use of all tools. They can be used for good, or evil.

    The tool itself is just a tool. This article is just hype for the sake of hype.

  4. Re:Murder on Pentagon Demands Return of Leaked Afghanistan Documents · · Score: 1

    Err, no. They actually left in some of the names of informants in the documents already released. Those kinds of mistakes happen when you have to review hundreds of thousands of pages. Assange probably didn't mean for it to happen, but he's still legally culpable. I think the legal term is "reckless disregard for human life" but IANAL.

    So if you try to show how people are not caring when they kill 100-200 civilians a month is "reckless disregard for human life" but the actual killing of 100-200 civilians a month is not "reckless disregard for human life" ?

  5. Re:a gun on Where To Start With DIY Home Security? · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure if parent meant to be moderated Funny or not but it's the truth. The only defense against someone with a gun sadly is your own gun. And make sure you know how to use it. If you're wanting to be secure, and not looking to just leave evidence behind to help solve your families murder. A gun is required.

    Or nunchaku and a good poker face

  6. Re:feh. on School District Drops 'D' Grades · · Score: 1

    "We suck at educating our kids, so we'll just change the standards!"

    Isn't that a bit like covering up a gaping chest wound with a shirt and pretending like nothing is wrong?

    What color is the shirt? Is it a nice shirt?

  7. No Child Left Behind on School District Drops 'D' Grades · · Score: 1

    My guess: kids that are going to fail anyway are the best candidates for dropping out. Dropouts are the easiest numbers to fudge allowing the schools to keep their federal handout.

  8. Re:Oakland needs to mellow out on Industrial Marijuana Farming Approved In Oakland · · Score: 1

    Marijuana belongs on the shelf with ginko and vitamin c supplements.

    Yes, nutmeg is a poison. But it's still available to anyone off the shelf.

  9. Goodbye Professional Journalism! on Pay-Per-View Journalism Is Burning Out Reporters Young · · Score: 1

    I wish we'd return to the old standard of amateurs being more sought after than professionals. A professional needs to be paid to do the work. As an amateur you do it, quite literally the meaning of the word itself, because you love it. People who are emotionally invested in what you they do are usually better at it.

  10. Re:Very troubling on US Deploys 'Heat-Ray' In Afghanistan · · Score: 1

    Um, you do realize that I was right, your quote even reinforces that notion. The weapon system in question hasn't been tested to the standard required by article 2, as testing is definitely a requirement for feasible precautions to be taken. And without it there's no realistic way of knowing at what point it becomes unreasonably dangerous.

    Article 2 was stated as:

    Article 2 In the employment of laser systems...

    This is not a LASER.

  11. Kurt Vonnegut on Sound As the New Illegal Narcotic? · · Score: 1

    Now when we get something like Vonneguts 'The Euphio Question' where you can plug into a sound and lose track of days at a time in euphoria ... give me a call.

  12. Re:Anyone who is stupid enough to work with the RI on RIAA Accounting — How Labels Avoid Paying Musicians · · Score: 1

    Why does eveyone think you can only listen to internet radio live? I save streams, some times days long, down to drive. A quick copy onto a usb drive and they're ready for the road.

    I have hours of ChemLab from back on the day, and would pay if anyone else had any recordings. Loved that station.

  13. Re:And the old saw applies here on New Batfish Species Found Under Gulf Oil Spill · · Score: 1

    Among one of the many problems.

  14. Re:And the old saw applies here on New Batfish Species Found Under Gulf Oil Spill · · Score: 1

    Very little, if anything. 5 different ideas within days? If they didn't work then why would anyone think they would work now?

    Yes the same company had the same problem and tried all the same ideas 30 years ago, in shallow water. Forced them to drill? lol *twisting*arm*

  15. Windows on Crack the Code In US Cyber Command's Logo · · Score: 1

    It's a Windows 95 key!

  16. Re:Same here in the states on The Unstoppable 'Tech Support' Scam · · Score: 1

    But seriously, warn all your normie friends about this.

    Don't give money over the phone, ever.

    It's that simple. If it's not your electric company, your ISP, your gas company, water company, etc...

    DON'T GIVE MONEY OVER THE PHONE. It's not that hard of a concept to teach. If any of my friends, technologically savvy or not, fell for this I'd laugh while feeling sorry for them. Sorry for their lack of common sense.

  17. Re:Wow on The Unstoppable 'Tech Support' Scam · · Score: 1

    Look, not everyone is as up to date on the latest technology or scamming methods.

    You don't have to be, the technology has nothing to do with the scam. Once money comes up as an issue all you have to do is be smart enough not to give it away.

  18. Re:huh? on Ban On Photographing Near Gulf Oil Booms · · Score: 2, Informative

    I thought there was an agreement to refer to this as a "Whoopsie Daisy".

    I feel obligated to repost this video. Their Whoopsie Daisy took place in 1979. Maybe this one can be an "Uh Oh! Not Again!"

  19. Old ladies game on Security Vulnerability Bingo · · Score: 2, Funny

    Bingo is associated, at least with me, with an older crowd set. For the more youthful who would enjoy a faster developing game try setting up multiple dhcp servers in the same address range. It would ne the equivalent of Texas holdem.

      Entertainment is the only reason I can think of why a sys admin at a clients chooses to set them up that way. Well maybe it is closer to beer pong and the guy is just an idiot...

  20. FINALLY! on MS Design Lets You Put Batteries In Any Way You Want · · Score: 1

    This was the only thing hampering my mentally handicapped paraplegic monkey from using these devices!

  21. Threat on Say No To a Government Internet "Kill Switch" · · Score: 1

    The internet is a major threat to globalization.

  22. Re:Funny on iPad Left Vulnerable After Record iPhone Patch Job · · Score: 1

    Yeah I know, I EAGERLY await the day the virus gets out there, and all the iPhones blare outloud 'Hey You're a big stupid jerk!'

  23. Re:Nobody owns it on Court Takes Away Some of the Public Domain · · Score: 1

    I'm talking about the public domain. Music, art, literature. They are very real things.

  24. Funny on iPad Left Vulnerable After Record iPhone Patch Job · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Funny how M$ us to be on top and all you'd read about was the security vulnerabilities left unpatched and with apple on top, with their new line of hardware, are having the same issues. I wonder if we'll ever see something like the Melissa virus, or the iJerk.

  25. Theft on Court Takes Away Some of the Public Domain · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This is nothing less than theft. Once in the public domain, I own it. You own it, we all own it. It's literally stealing from everyone and giving to few.