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  1. Re:Don't forget to sue this site ... on Lionsgate Sues Limetorrents, Played.to, and Others Over Expendables 3 Leak · · Score: 1

    In a way, that is aiding and abetting.
    Why do you think Google gets those complaints from the media-content industries even when they don;t actually do anything wrong?

  2. And you, my dear sir, need to go back and review your debate 101.
    *heavy sarcasm*Because obviously insulting someone for forgetting periods is a great way to make a point.

  3. Re:More ammo for debbie downer on Greenpeace: Amazon Fire Burns More Coal and Gas Than It Should · · Score: 1

    well, if there are a lot of people doing the same...

  4. Re:And Greenpeace runs its ships on pure sunshine on Greenpeace: Amazon Fire Burns More Coal and Gas Than It Should · · Score: 1

    Do't conversations like these get them more attention?

  5. Re:More Like Subsidized on Rand Paul and Silicon Valley's Shifting Political Climate · · Score: 1

    That would be the argument the conservatives, use, but one must realize that the world isn't perfect, and even "hard workers" can fail. Also, often there are those who still live affluently, despite not actually helping or working hard, often because they were born privileged.

  6. Re:Youtube Comments on Pseudonyms Now Allowed On Google+ · · Score: 1

    For the meantime though, we'll have to put up with "slidy-tiles" and "curvy-lines" on quite a few things today.

  7. Re:Angler PC malware? on Critroni Crypto Ransomware Seen Using Tor for Command and Control · · Score: 1

    Not all Linux applications come from repositories, either.

  8. Re:Time to get rid of Tor on Critroni Crypto Ransomware Seen Using Tor for Command and Control · · Score: 1

    For voicing opinions safely though...

  9. Re:ZeroCoin: won't need to mix shit shortly on New York State Proposes Sweeping Bitcoin Regulations · · Score: 1

    ...car jokes incoming...

  10. Re:If you can't figure out your web site's font is on Meet LibreOffice Volunteer Robinson Tryon (Video) · · Score: 1

    The website looks decently fine. Plus, other open-source projects are also amazing but have shitty crappy looking websites.
    Even Microsoft's operating system Metro interface doesn't look all that good, yet the proprietary MSOffice is still pretty decent.

  11. Re:But it's just a misunderstanding! on ExoLance: Shooting Darts At Mars To Find Life · · Score: 1

    Breaking News! Convenient yet Cliche Solution to the Weapons Disarmament effort is closer than you may think...

  12. Re:Alternate use for this technology on DARPA Successfully Demonstrates Self-Guiding Bullets · · Score: 1

    Because they understand that the Israelis are trying to avoid killing civilians?

    So, it's as if you can still find it in your heart that they aren't really trying to kill anybody when your house gets demolished by an unexpected military visit, a hospital gets bombed, and a community-congregation area is attacked?

    Because Hamas forces them to be human shields? Because they're stupid, enough so to provide hundreds of suicide attackers every year?

    Or perhaps, despite the insurgents around them, it is still their home, for a considerable amount of Palestinian Muslims. For example, here in the U.S. in certain cities, even though the crime rate is high, people still choose to live in them. You may say that they just lack the resources to move out, but what about the millionaires and celebrities that still choose to move back to their home cities, no matter how sub-standard they are?
    I'm not even going to comment on the sheer number of flaws in the second line in the quote.

  13. Re:No Paper Money... on Predicting a Future Free of Dollar Bills · · Score: 1

    ...and how long did it take for the criminals to figure out that Tide detergent can be used as currency, as someone earlier mentioned.
    There are better ways to reduce crime.

  14. Re:Drugs on Predicting a Future Free of Dollar Bills · · Score: 1

    No undocumented, untaxed, under-the-radar transactions will be tolerated.

    ...unless you're a large corporation
    ...unless you're rich enough to afford legal protections
    ...unless you happen to be an important politician

    No illegal drugs, no paid-for sex, no firearm/cash transactions.

    No matter. The criminal underworld will simply just come up with another "currency", or a barter system. Banning bartering would make no sense.

    So, what did you say would be different again, other than losing the freedom of tangible cash?

  15. Re:Cashless can't happen, here is why ... on Predicting a Future Free of Dollar Bills · · Score: 1

    ...or do we really want to give them more and more data that they can sell to advertisers???

  16. Re:What? on Predicting a Future Free of Dollar Bills · · Score: 1

    The criminal economy will simply find a new way of paying each other. When the ordinary citizen has a legitimate reason to use cash, what can that citizen do?

  17. Re:hmm I wonder if.... on Hair-Raising Technique Detects Drugs, Explosives On Human Body · · Score: 1

    That would be ironic if the security scanner ended up blowing up the entire checkpoint.
    Not exactly the best solution, for other reasons also, but at least it probably works better than our current TSA detectors.

  18. Re:Chinese hackers on Chinese Hackers Infiltrate Firms Using Malware-Laden Handheld Scanners · · Score: 1

    They probably want the U.S. to "notice" them or something, but it probably wouldn't be that easy for the U.S. to send a strongly worded cease-and-desist message that actually would make China stop their activities, at least not very soon, especially when the U.S. just lost a considerable portion of its own credibility a while ago. If the U.S. ceased exploiting our own systems, then they may just be able to pound China from a higher standpoint.

  19. Re: The Moral? on Chinese Hackers Infiltrate Firms Using Malware-Laden Handheld Scanners · · Score: 1

    Only one that sure loves to protect "national security". Of course, there's also some part about a secret court and mass-surveillance, but hey, at least your, well, kind of safe! Right?

  20. So, instead of "selfies" now, devices can automatically take pictures of every second of life, whenever one feels like it, to show to the world.

    At least now the excuse "the thought just slipped from me" can take on a whole new meaning!

  21. Re:riders "at risk" with Lyft on Lyft's New York Launch Halted By Restraining Order · · Score: 1

    There is the issue of properly trained drivers for these services, but of course, surely these companies will come up with a legitimate way to fix this. These private companies can also be thought of as a way to encourage the public taxi systems to improve to remain competitive.

  22. Re:No one cares, so why does it matter? on William Binney: NSA Records and Stores 80% of All US Audio Calls · · Score: 1

    Most of them would have already have been assuaged by the "oh don't worry, we're only collecting m-e-t-a-data", and think that of course, they still live in a happy, democratic country where "at least they know they're 'free'".

  23. Re:Blackmail? on William Binney: NSA Records and Stores 80% of All US Audio Calls · · Score: 1

    If the NSA can track people's movements, track who comes into contact with them, or just flat out records their phone calls, how many of our local/state/federal politicians, policy makers, law enforcement members, bureaucrats, bankers, CEOs, etc., could be blackmailed based on such information?

    You don't say?


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
    The FBI tried blackmail with Martin Luther King Jr. already during the Civil Rights movement(s).

  24. Re:Why 80% on William Binney: NSA Records and Stores 80% of All US Audio Calls · · Score: 1

    Don't mod this guy down guys, he's just trying to throw off the NSA from arresting him.

  25. Re:Alternate use for this technology on DARPA Successfully Demonstrates Self-Guiding Bullets · · Score: 1

    I wonder what would happen if a gunfire-fight with guided-bullets erupted in one of those "mirror" houses.