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  1. Re:Judgement gives no protections! on UK Security Agencies Unlawfully Collected Data For 17 Years, Court Rules (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Big Brother takes what it wants
    Big Brother makes no apologies
    Big Brother does not give back anything

    Don't piss of Big Brother

  2. After years of digging... on UK Security Agencies Unlawfully Collected Data For 17 Years, Court Rules (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    It has been determined that the admin account for these agencies is james.bond007

  3. Re:And it's a terabyte SSD as well on Google and Facebook Are Building the Fastest Trans-Pacific Cable Yet (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    He was a good lad.

  4. I'm sure the Secret Court of Evil has already ordered a backdoor, however they failed to sign up for Amazon Prime, so it has not shipped yet.

  5. Re:And it's a terabyte SSD as well on Google and Facebook Are Building the Fastest Trans-Pacific Cable Yet (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    If he had rerouted the pattern buffer power feed through the secondary anodyne relay, and transferred all life-support power to the transition coils....

  6. Well, as long as everyone has a fair share of the data, everyone will be happy! ;)

  7. It takes great courage to speak the truth!

  8. npslider likes this on Google and Facebook Are Building the Fastest Trans-Pacific Cable Yet (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Thumbs up!

  9. Re:Two sides to Free Trade on Outsourced IT Workers Ask Sen Feinstein For Help, Get Form Letter in Return (computerworld.com) · · Score: 3

    “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity..."

  10. I find it so strange that this is how assignments are turned in now; only because of how things were back in my days as a student. I know that was simply due to the Internet tools to do so not being present yet. Everything was done on paper and much of that was given to us as our "homework". This had the positive benefit of being an attainable thing to complete regardless of the technology available in my house.

    Odd that in one way, technological 'progress' has actually hindered, not helped some people's education.

  11. I'm sure every kid has the means of buying the hard-covers...

    For the incredible low low price of $9.95 a month*, ANY student can afford** to own their own mint-condition Encyclopedia Britannica Special Hard Copy Edition!

    * For 100 months
    **Requires a low-interest payment plan and credit check

    or you can buy this:

    https://www.amazon.com/Encyclo...

  12. It's so simple! on Mobile VR Is 'Coasting On Novelty', Says John Carmack (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    To improve load times, remove all graphics, sound, and leave a simple text prompt.

    C:\ is a fine example.

  13. It's the reason the F-35 program is so over budget - it paid for this fine piece of software.

    The game before you is the result of years of quality government work. It's the optimal use of other people's money. It took 456 different committee meetings just to decide to use sheep. The pizza costs alone for the programmers was in the millions. All minority groups and special interest groups had to be involved. The labor unions had to agree to the terms of the labor contract. The choice of Flash required a request for proposal to be sent out to all the major malware makers to bid on a multi-year contract. The game had to meet with congressional approval, a majority decision of the supreme court, the President's signature, UN ratification, and Putin's personal stamp of approval.

    Quality of this level, does not come easily.

  14. Re:Trouble on How a Video Game About Sheep Exposes the FBI's Broken FOIA System (dailydot.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's always a very baaaaad sign.

  15. Re:The FOIA is not broken on How a Video Game About Sheep Exposes the FBI's Broken FOIA System (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    Government agencies loooove their secrets. They will fight tooth and nail to keep them safe. Some secrets should stay safe as they may lead to great ham in the wrong hands. Other's will only humiliate some one or worst yet, require a lazy low-level government employee to actually do something job related at work!

  16. Re:Most Transparent Administration In History! on How a Video Game About Sheep Exposes the FBI's Broken FOIA System (dailydot.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is where you are wrong. The current administration IS being transparent.

    Do you see any information? Nope. That's because it is perfectly transparent, thus invisible to all known forms of visual detection.

    We have gotten what we were promised. We just need the 'courage' to accept it.

  17. Re:Verizon kinda does that on Sprint To Provide 1 Million Students With Free Internet, Mobile Devices (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    I wonder, what proportion of that free unlimited bandwidth contributed to distractions from one's studies vs advancing one's education?

    I'm sure many people used it wisely, but with such bandwidth, comes great opportunity...

  18. Trouble with the Internet: not everything out there is true. Perhaps the faked moon landings, UFO projects, and the newest patented tin-foil hat design are reliable, but how do we really know that when Wikipedia says that George Washington was the first American President, that it's correct? I've seen UFO's, and Bigfoot told me about the UFO's, but has anyone ever seen this Washington dude?

    Lies, all lies. The Internet is full of them.

    Give me a full set of Encyclopedia Britannica any day.

  19. I'd say it's an even split between e-bay and Craig's list if you ask me! :)

  20. It's hard to focus on learning when you are going hungry. We tune out non-essential's when our basic needs are not being met.

  21. If even the mighty sim masters bow to the whims of Windows 10, it makes me think that even they are actually in a sim themselves, a Windows 10 sim...

  22. "And for a limited time, we are offering unlimited space on the Interstellar cloud. Upload as many copies of yourself as you like!"

  23. They are doing it wrong on Google Canceled the Launch of a Robotic Arm After it Failed the 'Toothbrush Test' (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    It did not fail the test. It does not want to or need to brush its teeth.

  24. Re:Explained...by a dude who knows there's a webca on Bigfoot Spotted Sneaking Around Below Bald Eagle Nest, Multiple Outlets Report (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    He needs a new phone first. His Blackberry is on it's last legs.

  25. A viable 3rd party at last on Bigfoot Spotted Sneaking Around Below Bald Eagle Nest, Multiple Outlets Report (cnet.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Write-in BigFoot-Nessie 2016.

    Change we CAN'T believe in!