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  1. Re:I want a pointing device that doesn't suck ass on Google Ponders About a Chromebook Pro (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    You've tried the apple ones? They tend to work a lot better than whatever-was-cheap-that-day-so-they-stuck-it-in trackpads from random companies. The ones I really hate have the scrolling regions permanently activated on the side and bottom. Infuriating.

  2. Re:I returned a nice new Acer Chromebook 14 on Google Ponders About a Chromebook Pro (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    They're not intended for that use since they're subsidized web browsers. A bit like the Kindle Fires.

  3. Re:Mutah was banned by Muhammad on Religious Hacker Defaces 111 Escort Sites (softpedia.com) · · Score: 2

    "Mutah" is not permitted in Islam, not sure where you got that from.

    From Wikipedia, Nikah_mutâah.
    There are many citations showing that this is still practiced and vigorously debated til this day. It also claims there is a form of this for both Sunni and Shiite. You can edit the page and fix any mistakes on it.

    I meant no insult to devout men, only those who continue the practice or condone it. I desire to shine a light on cockroaches. mutahmatch.com shows that it is still a regular and profitable practice.

    No mention of terrorism or daesh was made in my post. "Not sure where you got that from". :-)

  4. Ever heard of mutah? on Religious Hacker Defaces 111 Escort Sites (softpedia.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I used to think a certain religion was pretty strict about sexual matters. Very serious about adultery and things like that. Then I discovered "mutah". This is a religiously sanctioned allowance for "temporary wives". Let's say you're on vacation... Sleeping with a prostitute, escort or some random woman would be wrong. However, if you get a temporary wife, complete with payment and contract... You can do all the usual stuff you do with your wife and it's all good!

    There is however strict laws about the women involved in this... We must not consider them prostitutes, after all, Mohammed himself did this so it must be proper and holy. (This is why both sects accept the practice to this day) For example, they cannot have vaginal sex with 2 different men within a week of each other... After all, they must grieve one husband before the next. But....... There's a loophole there. Mutah who want to earn more $$ with more frequent husbands can limit her activities to non-vaginal activities and skip the waiting period.

    So I used to think a certain religion was very pious about marital fidelity and prohibited promiscuity and prostitution among it's members, then I learned about mutah.

    Why hasn't this man? Did he deface mutahmatch.com?

    Mutah is prostitution. Mutah is adultery.
    (Apologies to those who only use mutah to cook their dinners and iron their clothes)

  5. It's simulations all the way down.

  6. You can use the exact same logic to prove we're living in a dream or characters in a book like Gumby.

    "There are so many stories in books, imagine a universe full of books with the characters within unaware."

    Someone posted this is just a fancy solipsism. Here's a good reply to solipsistic people... "You're all just characters in my dream" .... "Actually, you're a character in MY dream" (slap them hard) "Notice how you didn't wake up?"

    Oh and if you're going to accept this simulation argument you may as well also accept the ontological argument for the existence of God. That's an equally absurd "if I can imagine it" sort of argument.

  7. Sounds like an opportunity. on Chile Has So Much Solar Energy It's Giving It Away for Free (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Free Bitcoin mining during peek hours? Maybe Chile can get some startups moving into that space.

  8. Good idea? on Upcoming OS/2 Release Will Be Called ArcaOS 5.0 (techrepublic.com) · · Score: 1

    It's a whole other world from when that had its last release. How well have those OS/2 ATMs been holding out against network attacks? Is this old code full of buffer overflows and ancient ping packet crashes?

  9. Re: We need to start with tRump's... on Hacker Phineas Fisher is Trying To Start a 'Hack Back' Political Movement (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Aren't you forgetting Eva Braun? The celibacy thing was more of a political strategy than reality. It seems to me the claims of his sex life go from one extreme to the other, more a consequence in how one desires to see him and what form of sexuality one is most repulsed by.

  10. A Whathefecta!

  11. Re:Killing off one internet service at a time. on Google Search Will Soon Include Live TV Listings (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Their goal is to index all the worlds information. So basically the whole internet is their competition in some form.

  12. With -w option.

  13. Re:Is this still true? on A Lot of People Carelessly Plug In Random USB Drives Into Their Computers (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    That's a nice counter example. The OS could have a small options button for odd stuff like that. Choosing barcode scanner would display a barcode that a reader could read and match with its output. Not sure what other oddball stuff masquerades as a keyboard though.

  14. Re:Is this still true? on A Lot of People Carelessly Plug In Random USB Drives Into Their Computers (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Like a device pairing prompt.

    The OS should display a pin on the screen and require the user to enter it. Fails disable input from it.

  15. Absolutism... on Obama: Government Can't Let Smartphones Be 'Black Boxes' (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    It's actually quite reasonable and correct to be absolutely for or against certain things... rape for instance. "Oh just this one time" doesn't justify anything whatsoever, nor do polite words minimize the offense.

  16. Re: What a crock on Godfather Of Encryption Explains Why Apple Should Help The FBI (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    FBI is saying to Apple "Just the tip baby, I swear".

  17. Re:How do you put a corporation in jail? on French Bill Carries 5-Year Jail Sentence For Company Refusals To Decrypt Data For Police (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    Send the warrant to the Vatican.... Then arrest you know who.

  18. New meaning... on Aging Indian Point Reactor Shut Down By Bird Droppings (nypost.com) · · Score: 1

    This brings new meaning to the term "mobile streaming platform".

  19. Re:SJWism as an acquired a contagious mental disor on America's Ten Most Oppressive Colleges · · Score: 1

    That's awesome, I'm going to generate myself a schizophrenic tulpa with PTSD.

  20. How does this work with safes? on Bill Gates Sides With FBI In Apple Spat (ft.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't think the entire concept being fought over is some brand new idea, it's a classic idea with the obligatory "with a computer".

    So how has this been handled in the past? If you buy a brand new top of the line "uncrackable" vault say for a bank or casino in Vegas... and refuse to open it for police, they just... make do on their own right? Spend a few days or weeks with hammers, chisels and drills until it's open?

    Nobody makes the vault company drop by and show you the secret access trick, am I right?

  21. Re:Another example on Islamic State Claims Responsibility for Paris Attacks; Death Toll At 127 · · Score: 1

    Second you ignored my comment about the personality cult. Those are functionally identical to religion and anyone not worshipping the word of Mao did not fare terribly well during the cultural revolution or the great leap forward. It's the blind unthinking worship which is the problem wither of a god or a cult leader.

    In my opinion nationalism is the most dangerous form of fanaticism. It pulls in both atheistic and religious people in equal numbers. The brainwashing starts early in childhood. People are taught "us vs them" and will happily offer their lives for the cause. Religion has caused many wars but they couldn't fill their armies without nationalism blinding both sides. It's really a cancer.

  22. Re:Very cool, dangerous, but necessary to learn mo on The Neuroscientist Who Tested a Brain Implant On Himself (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    No change in your pain perception?

  23. Re:Interesting Amazon response on Amazon Follows Through: Drops Apple TV, Chromecast · · Score: 1

    Looks like a fun way to get Amazon to crank call people for you. That's s really weird way for them to get someone on the phone.

  24. Re:I'm all Afrin now on The Popular Over-The-Counter Cold Medicine That Science Says Doesn't Work (forbes.com) · · Score: 1

    Sounds like you need to talk to some heroin users and get good tips on managing that stuff.

  25. Re:Shouldn't these things ... on The Bizarre Reactor Scientists Hope Will Save Fusion Research (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    So you saying this thing won't go into the gaping hole in my chest to power my robotic suit?

    Damn.