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  1. Re:Guessing the real story here on Yahoo Wants To Know If FBI Ordered Yahoo To Scan Emails (onthewire.io) · · Score: 1

    I would have done these things as well. I wouldn't have waited this long to do them, either.

  2. Re: Irony on Yahoo Wants To Know If FBI Ordered Yahoo To Scan Emails (onthewire.io) · · Score: 1

    Well, good to see they got the tourniquet on it so quickly; what users remain must be brimming with confidence.

  3. Re:Interesting, Dave Chappelle. on More Performers Are Demanding Audiences Lock Up Their Phones (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    It's a private venue, open to the public. That is the difference.
    All the relevant laws apply - no discrimination against the usual groups, etc. But the venue owner has always reserved certain rights, such as prohibiting flash photography or audio/video recording. This is nothing new, and nothing has changed here other than venue owners now have an apparently effective preventative measure.

  4. Re:For them theoretically hacking a private org? on CIA Prepping For Possible Cyber Strike Against Russia (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    U.S. posturing = evidence. Gotcha.

  5. He has zero chance of winning, which makes his being better or worse irrelevant. The main point of voting 3rd party in this election is to send a message to the two major parties. Symbolic, but many voters strongly dislike the major party candidates.

  6. Re:For them theoretically hacking a private org? on CIA Prepping For Possible Cyber Strike Against Russia (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 0

    Looks like you forgot to check the Anonymous Coward box there, Olsoc.
    Classy reply.

  7. Re:For them theoretically hacking a private org? on CIA Prepping For Possible Cyber Strike Against Russia (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    What evidence has Obama put forward to back up these claims? Keep in mind, anonymous government sources don't count!

  8. Re:For them theoretically hacking a private org? on CIA Prepping For Possible Cyber Strike Against Russia (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    What I find interesting is none of the exposed information is claimed to be falsified.

    Nonsense. The default position of the Clinton campaign is that none of these documents can be trusted to be authentic. That assertion hasn't survived contact with reality, however.

  9. Re:For them theoretically hacking a private org? on CIA Prepping For Possible Cyber Strike Against Russia (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you're claiming that evidence exists, then the burden of proof falls on you.
    If no evidence is forthcoming, then your claim is baseless. We owe it to ourselves to demand proof before stirring the pudding. Especially after Iraq.
    How soon we forget.

  10. Cyber Strike on CIA Prepping For Possible Cyber Strike Against Russia (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't contemplate an unprecedented cyber covert action against the messenger.

  11. Re:For them theoretically hacking a private org? on CIA Prepping For Possible Cyber Strike Against Russia (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Because we've yet to be shown a single shred of evidence to back up the claim. Statements by 'anonymous government sources' don't count.

  12. The problem is that a standard refrain from the propaganda pushers was that we would instantaneously - and for all eternity - see such an overwhelming influx of tax revenue that we would immediately be able to balance the budget, bring about world peace, colonize Mars, and cure all human diseases. We have clearly fallen far short of that, and will never reach it.

    Because it's hyperbole that you manufactured. Sure, some people have exaggerated the benefits, but to deny that it can increase tax revenues is silly. And this doesn't even take into account the savings from enforcement efforts; flying military helicopters over old ladies' houses is expensive.

  13. Re:Straight From Greenpeace Agenda on Can We Really Stop Climate Change By 'Capturing' Carbon? (vox.com) · · Score: 1

    'Radical'?

  14. Not any more.

  15. Re:Stick a fork in.... on Computer Specialist Who Deleted Clinton Emails May Have Asked Reddit For Tips (usnews.com) · · Score: 1

    you send a message that their policy isn't important

    I wanted to vote third-party this year, but I made the mistake of checking out the candidates' 'policy', and here I am.

  16. Re:Stick a fork in.... on Computer Specialist Who Deleted Clinton Emails May Have Asked Reddit For Tips (usnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Neat find, but I'm not fact-checking every AC comment. It's not a fallacy - the well is poisoned if you haven't noticed.

  17. Re:Because Reddit is a great source of detective w on Computer Specialist Who Deleted Clinton Emails May Have Asked Reddit For Tips (usnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Sure, it's a bit of a garbage fire, but I'm enjoying the light.

  18. Re:Stick a fork in.... on Computer Specialist Who Deleted Clinton Emails May Have Asked Reddit For Tips (usnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the lesson kid, but most of us here are aware of how it works. Or at least aware enough to not take political advice from an AC.

  19. Good for you.
    Many people, however, enjoy Sling, and not everyone is a cord-cutting purist. The whole idea is freedom, yet there's always that guy bitching at others for not being free the right way.
    Seriously.

  20. Re:Not yet ready for prime time on Linux Mint 18 KDE Now Available (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    We've got it, thanks.

  21. Re:2GB is not a "aging computer" on Linux Mint 18 KDE Now Available (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    I use XFCE myself.

  22. Re:Goodbye, World Wide Web. on Linking Without Permission Violates Copyright, Rules EU Court (reuters.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's a world of difference in having "href=http://blahblahb.jpg" and "img src=http://labhaldfad.jpg".

    For starters, they appear to be completely different images.

  23. Re:Who wants this? on Adobe Resurrects Flash Player On Linux (neowin.net) · · Score: 1

    And Adobe isn't on trial here. Flash is a terrible piece of software, but it's still legal.
    So, overruled.

  24. Re:They will be great on icy roads on Senate Committee Expected To OK Autonomous Car Bills in Michigan (detroitnews.com) · · Score: 1

    They'll probably be programmed to not slam on the brakes, so it will be an improvement over their human counterparts.

  25. Re:One must wonder... on Hackers Stole Account Details for Over 60 Million Dropbox Users · · Score: 2

    LastPass, too, was the victim of a 'malicious hack':
    LastPass breach, 2015