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  1. Re:There's more to come... on Newly Published WikiLeaks Emails Show Clinton Campaign Communicated With State Department (go.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    a voter fraud ring in Indiana.

    http://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2016/09/23/whos-behind-group-police-say-submitted-fraudulent-voter-registration-forms/90778006/

    "the group has submitted about 40,000 registration forms" ... "at least 10 of the group's voter registration forms from Marion and Hendricks counties contained fraudulent information. Local election officials said some of the group's forms were missing key information, such as Social Security numbers and birth dates."

    So, 10 out of 40000 had missing info.

    I am underwhelmed.

  2. It's fair to use the influences of your childhood on Gritty 'Power Rangers' Short Is Not Fair Use · · Score: 1

    look to the nature and objects of the selections made, the quantity and value of the materials used, and the degree in which the use may prejudice the sale, or diminish the profits, or supersede the objects, of the original work.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    The first factor is regarding whether the use in question helps fulfill the intention of copyright law to stimulate creativity for the enrichment of the general public, or whether it aims to only "supersede the objects" of the original for reasons of personal profit. To justify the use as fair, one must demonstrate how it either advances knowledge or the progress of the arts through the addition of something new. A key consideration is the extent to which the use is interpreted as transformative, as opposed to merely derivative.

    This isn't passing itself off as the very sought-after Power Rangers short movie everyone's dying to buy; this is a new work that takes the premise of an old work and does something new, with criticism about the whole "child soldier" angle.

    Totally fair use.

  3. Re:Why on Shooting At Canadian Parliament · · Score: 1

    an actual coordinated attack within a 'safe' democratic

    It's a single fool with a gun, not a group.

  4. Celebrities are targeted more. on The Correct Response To Photo Hack Victim-Blamers · · Score: 1

    But out of the millions of nude photos that are probably sent between cell phone users every month, a vanishly small proportion of them get stolen in security breaches of cloud storage.

    But J-Law is not an anonymous nobody that only a very small number of people want to see naked.

    There's no reason to think that Jennifer Lawrence and other victims of the hacking scandal underestimated the risk of the photos being stolen from the cloud. If anything, most users are probably over-estimating the risk today

    She is not most users, she's a special case. Her risk is not the same, she's much more visible, much more desired.

    It's not just a sample of random numbers, there's value attached to these images, and the value of most user's images is much lower than the value of those who are professionally attractive. Something of greater value is obviously at a greater risk of unauthorized access than something of average value.

  5. Re:Environmentalists eat your heart out. on Feds Issue Emergency Order On Crude Oil Trains · · Score: 1

    You know, a PIPELINE would be a lot safer way of transporting crude oil around the country... Stopping the construction of pipelines results in more of these rail car accidents you know.

    The LaSalle Heights Disaster occurred in the early morning of March 1, 1965 in the city of LaSalle, Quebec when a gas line explosion destroyed a number of low-cost housing units. In all, 28 people lost their lives, 39 were injured and 200 left homeless. Most of the casualties were women and children because many men had left for work. The casualties might have been higher had it not been the first of the month when many men left earlier than usual to pay their monthly rent at the rental office. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...

  6. Re:well...no shit..... on Growing Evidence of Football Causing Brain Damage · · Score: 4, Funny

    soccer players' brains next.

    What ARE the effects on the brain for prolonged and repeated sessions of lying on the grass pretending to have a knee injury?

  7. Re:more and more on Canada: Police Do Not Have Power To Wiretap Without Warrant · · Score: 1

    So nobody can carry a pistol?

    Only cops, soldiers and private security with the right paperwork.

    And since recently, and quietly, cops and soldiers of the U.S. of A.

  8. Re:C-30 your next on Canada: Police Do Not Have Power To Wiretap Without Warrant · · Score: 2

    Someone tried to assassinate the prime minister in the 90's, but couldn't get past Canada's final boss: The prime minister's wife wielding an Inuit soapstone carving. True story.

  9. Re:C-30 your next on Canada: Police Do Not Have Power To Wiretap Without Warrant · · Score: 2

    The supreme court suggested that the law be chaged so that after the facts the cops need to fill out a form explaining why they did it. C-30 already includes a provision requiring the cops to rubber stamp their own actions afterwards.

  10. Re:Yay Canada on Canada: Police Do Not Have Power To Wiretap Without Warrant · · Score: 1

    There was an author wrote a book that he considered inoffensive but a Muslim priest filed a charge anyway. No big deal; it's protected as free speech right? Nope. He found himself drug into the Canadian court for charges of hate speech.

    Arrested for wearing a t-shirt: USA! USA!

    Tazered and arrested for asking a question at an open mic question period: USA! USA!

    Accused of hate speech: CANADA HAS NO FREEDOMZ! OMG!

  11. Re:WHICH ONE?! on How Las Vegas Missed Out on a Life-Sized Starship Enterprise · · Score: 1

    it was the Enterprise A. And it looked great in the pics, it has to be said. Can't really see the issue they had.

    I can picture the issue http://thepigskindoctors.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/nerds.jpg

  12. Re:Good Ole Southern Cackalacky on Teacher Suspended For Reading Ender's Game To Students · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm drawing a blank here but about the only thing I can think of that would qualify as close to pornography is the part where Ender beats the shit out of that bully and the book talks about how his medical sheet reads "bruised testicle."

    After the teenager's mother contacted police, investigators contacted the school.
    School officials have since said two of the three books the teacher read were determined to have materials (primarily swear words) and, in some instances, subject matter and terminology that school administrators consider inappropriate for the middle school.

    According to commonsensemedia.org, which claims it has in-house staff and a team of reviewers who are experts in children's media, technology, health and policy matters, "this book was not originally intended for children. The violence is, at times, quite brutal, as kids kill other kids, though unintentionally, and the main character is admired for his ruthlessly efficient violence, though he himself is disturbed by it."
    The website also advises parents to be aware of violence, sex and language, but states that the content is appropriate for children 12 years or older.
    The student who gave a statement to the school is 14.

  13. Re:Smart people can be dumb on George "geohot" Hotz Arrested In Texas For Posession of Marijuana · · Score: 1

    in "plain sight", meaning anything that escapes from your car, be it photons or small particles which we refer to as "scent".

    It's not "plain" if you need a specially trained dog to detect it for you.

  14. Re:Who is responsible? Irrelevant... on Misleading Robocalls Went To Voters ID'd As Non-Tories · · Score: 1

    does it really matter?

    Does it really matter if they stole the election? Does it really matter if the government is run not by democracy, but by fraud?

    Should everyone stop voting for the party they felt to represent them the best, because of a couple of bad apples? As disgusting as this tactic was, I have hard time seeing how "Yes" would be a reasonable response.

    If you feel that the party of the anti-democratic, election-stealing, frauds and liars is the party that represents you...

  15. Re:The people will be the ones who suffer on Iran Deleted From the World's Banking Computers · · Score: 0, Redundant

    How is it that you think that you have contradicted the assertion "they only lack several human rights" by listing several examples of human rights being ignored? Are you joking? Get off slashdot and go learn about basic logic.

  16. What else did he expect? on Man Barred From Being Alone With Daughter After Informing Police of Porn On PC · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Hi, police, I am currently committing the crime of possession of child pornography, here's my name and address..."

  17. Re:So says the religious guy. on Santorum Calls Democrats 'Anti-Science' · · Score: 0

    "trust your common sense". But this is a code-phrase for "you are as smart as subject-experts in their respective fields".

    I could be as smart as any expert in any field. Knowledge of any field, however, is a different matter.

    smart/smärt/
    Adjective:
    Having or showing a quick-witted intelligence.

  18. Re:So says the religious guy. on Santorum Calls Democrats 'Anti-Science' · · Score: 1

    Neither party is against science

    Both parties support physics and chemistry, but one party is rabidly against biology.

  19. Re:So says the religious guy. on Santorum Calls Democrats 'Anti-Science' · · Score: 1

    Intelligent design was brought to you by cavemen thousands of years ago

    Cavemen thousands of years ago didn't use dishonest euphemisms to obfuscate their creationism.

  20. Re:Lax attitudes toward child pornography on Reddit: No More Suggestive Content Featuring Minors · · Score: 1

    obviously illegal stuff leads to a lot of eye-opening attitudes toward issues of sex and gender. For crying out loud, Reddit's statement actually refers to this new rule as a "slippery slope," as if it's somehow more difficult for them not to censor legitimate information if they can't have a subreddit named /r/preeteen_girls devoted to underage photos submitted by creepy Facebook stalkers.

    You're riding a crazy carpet all the way down the slippery slope: You KNOW that they're pictures taken from facebook, but you jump to the conclusion that they're "obviously illegal" child pornography!

  21. Re:Dont like it? on Delayed Outrage Over A Censored Site; What's a Better Way To Spread News? · · Score: 1

    This is what the RIAA/MPAA actually believe!

  22. Re:Stop selling debt to China on WikiLeaks Cable: NASDAQ Folded To Chinese Pressure · · Score: 1

    "We think this stock will do well, because the company's CEO is so charismatic" is Austrian School economic advice.

    So, Steve Jobs, then.

  23. Re:The Government gave us a blank check on The Chevy Segway Keeps On Rolling (Video) · · Score: 1

    Their whole model was built on the idea that cities would decide to create segway lanes.

    Their whole model was built on the idea of having a mass-market outlet to lower the production cost of the underlying technology for use in electric wheelchairs. That line about redesigning cities was Steve Job's.

  24. Re:Culture loss? on Outgoing CRTC Head Says Technology Is Eroding Canadian Culture · · Score: 1

    ultimately isn't it up to the PEOPLE of France and Canada to decide what their culture will be? [...] and no unelected oligarch has the right to overrule that collective decision.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumping_(pricing_policy)

    The oligarchs have the power to destroy smaller markets.

  25. Re:DCMA, SOPA, ACTA ... on EU To Sign ACTA Later This Month · · Score: 1

    It's *US*, yes, You and Me, who is responsible for this mess. You see, it's *US* who have allowed the politicians we have elected to carry out all these bullshits.

    Nope, MY representative is a good guy. I wrote to the previous guy to see what his position was on this shit, and he told me it smelled like flowers, so I helped someone else get the seat.