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  1. Re:Why is this a big deal? on EFF: Hundreds of S. Carolina Prisoners Sent To Solitary For Social Media Use · · Score: 0

    Mod +1 (Funny)

  2. Re:Voluntary participation? on NoFlyZone.org Aims To Keep the Airspace Above Your Home Drone-Free · · Score: 1

    Plus, most towns have ordinances that prohibit discharging firearms within the city limits.

  3. Re:Personal info? on NoFlyZone.org Aims To Keep the Airspace Above Your Home Drone-Free · · Score: 1

    No.

    The domain extension was originally created for non-profits, but this designation no longer exists and today it is commonly used by schools, open-source projects, and communities as well as by for-profit entities.

  4. Re:Putin Has Aspergers on Russia Seeking To Ban Tor, VPNs and Other Anonymizing Tools · · Score: 1

    lol. True.

  5. This sounds vaguely familiar ... on Russia Seeking To Ban Tor, VPNs and Other Anonymizing Tools · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ... oh, here it is.

    “If we find evidence of a terrorist plot and despite having a phone number, despite having a social media address or email address, we can’t penetrate that [encryption], that’s a problem,” Obama said. He said he believes Silicon Valley companies also want to solve the problem. “They’re patriots.” ...

    Emphasis mine.

  6. Re:Putin Has Aspergers on Russia Seeking To Ban Tor, VPNs and Other Anonymizing Tools · · Score: 1

    Actually, I like Asperger with hollandaise sauce and stuff.

  7. Re:The health benefit of alcohol on Alcohol's Evaporating Health Benefits · · Score: 1

    Alcohol makes me drunk and, despite increased amorous feelings, incapable of getting an erection.

  8. Re:What I want to know is? on Some Hackers Unknowingly Gathering Intel For the NSA · · Score: 1

    The evidence against him ...

    Which you do not have access to.

    Turn up the heat against Russia ...

    No need to go there.

    The government doesn't want Snowden as badly as they want the documents .

  9. Re:Same answer every time. on Ask Slashdot: With Whom Do You Entrust Your Long Term Data? · · Score: 2

    Or ... a person who doesn't understand how computers work could ask a question and get answer ... just not from you.

    My answer is to store data both locally and in the cloud.

  10. I saved $10/mo ... on Verizon Dropping Data Rates, But Current Customers Have To Call · · Score: 1

    ... sure enough, the guy at Verizon, via chat, said the discounts just came out today.

    Thanks, /.

  11. Re:What I want to know is? on Some Hackers Unknowingly Gathering Intel For the NSA · · Score: 1

    The American justice system is based upon the opinions of judges.

    The justice system does not allow judges to base decisions on personal opinions. More properly, judges have options that are defined by law.

    This, coupled with your bias and speculative statements, not supported by any facts, nullifies any point you may have been trying to make.

  12. Re:What I want to know is? on Some Hackers Unknowingly Gathering Intel For the NSA · · Score: 1

    Yes, Manning got due process, and Snowden would risk getting the same.

  13. Re:What I want to know is? on Some Hackers Unknowingly Gathering Intel For the NSA · · Score: 1

    TFS and TFA are regarding a specific legal proceeding that is documented as a matter of record.

    You may have a point regarding some vague, unrelated, perhaps speculative, meta-legal philosophical thought experiment and have most probably posted to the wrong thread.

    I hate it when I do that, too.

  14. Re: If he actually did all that... on Ross Ulbricht Found Guilty On All 7 Counts In Silk Road Trial · · Score: 1

    You don't know that yet.

  15. Re:What I want to know is? on Some Hackers Unknowingly Gathering Intel For the NSA · · Score: 3, Informative

    That's your opinion .

    The American justice system is based upon law -- not opinion.

    The Snowden story is unfolding precisely as it should.

    The US government has the responsibility to mitigate and litigate leaks. Snowden could have used the whistle-blower route. He says he has good reason for not doing that. Whether he is guilty of treason or other crimes has yet to be determined. Until such time, he is presumed to be innocent.

    He's in Russia and they will not give him up. That's Russia's call. Snowden's documents are still being released and that's expected.

    --

    Clemency is not granted by popular vote. It is granted via due process. Snowden is avoiding due process, and, because he is working within the legal framework of a complicated mixture of US and Russian law, his situation is still legal when judged in his current context. Russia will not extradite, and that's their business. US cannot extract him and that is what it is.

    Until America or Russia or Snowden chooses to make a move to change things, the legality of each party is in equilibrium.

    Until due process is applied, no one is guilty ... all are innocent.

    Public opinions have no legal standing in the matter.

    So it is written, so let it be done.

  16. Re: If he actually did all that... on Ross Ulbricht Found Guilty On All 7 Counts In Silk Road Trial · · Score: 1

    You are missing the point. You are allowed to have an opinion regarding this matter, but you have no legal standing, so your opinion doesn't matter.

  17. Re: If he actually did all that... on Ross Ulbricht Found Guilty On All 7 Counts In Silk Road Trial · · Score: 1

    "Fodder" is the correct usage to describe the impact opinions of lay persons have on the judicial system.

    By way of limited analogy, consider the Super Bowl.

    People are still bitching about it, but, like the decision in this legal matter, the outcome is simply a matter of record.

  18. Re: If he actually did all that... on Ross Ulbricht Found Guilty On All 7 Counts In Silk Road Trial · · Score: 2

    Justice was done because the law was followed.

    If you are aware of evidence to the contrary, you need to step forward and be heard.

  19. Re: If he actually did all that... on Ross Ulbricht Found Guilty On All 7 Counts In Silk Road Trial · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Opinions about the outcome don't matter. Due process doesn't allow for crowd sourced judgments. The legal procedure is well established and time-tested.

    The guy is guilty as charged. That's not open to opinion and not reversible by public vote.

    There are appeal process, other until then, let be written, so let it be done.

  20. See your doctor if ... on NFL Asks Columbia University For Help With Deflate-Gate · · Score: 1

    ... deflation lasts more than 4 hours.

  21. Re:Deflate-gate? NO! on NFL Asks Columbia University For Help With Deflate-Gate · · Score: 1

    We all don't know. Some of us are too young to read.

  22. Re:The real mystery... on NFL Asks Columbia University For Help With Deflate-Gate · · Score: 1

    You could Google it.

  23. Re:Deflate-gate? NO! on NFL Asks Columbia University For Help With Deflate-Gate · · Score: 1

    The origin.

    The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s as a result of the June 17, 1972, break-in at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and the Nixon administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement.

  24. Re:cliches give me grey hairs on NFL Asks Columbia University For Help With Deflate-Gate · · Score: 1

    TFS doesn't accuse /. of initiating the study.

  25. The temperature only dropped ... on NFL Asks Columbia University For Help With Deflate-Gate · · Score: 1

    ... on one side and stuff.