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  1. That, or just make China write off that debt on EU Wants Power To Block China's Tech Buying · · Score: 1

    It's kind of hard to ask for a debt when the developed world repudiates the debt owed to a Third World country. Especially when that means China is eaten alive by its own people.

  2. Even more: worldwide pursuit of such traitors on EU Wants Power To Block China's Tech Buying · · Score: 1

    If someone would directly or indirectly cause a prohibited country to benefit whether by hostile takeover, scuttling of the company, or any other means of takeover, then anyone involved in such a takeover can be pursued for treason as defined in the member country, and can be pursued anywhere in the world.

  3. Then make sure indirect takeovers are blocked too. on EU Wants Power To Block China's Tech Buying · · Score: 1

    If someone would directly or indirectly cause a prohibited country to benefit whether by hostile takeover, scuttling of the company, or any other means of takeover, then anyone involved in such a takeover can be pursued for treason in the member country.

    If China wants to be despotic, it's going to have a lot of blood on its hands that it cant wash off. The only way you deal with China's despots is with hardball.

  4. Then repudiate China's debt, and watch China burn. on EU Wants Power To Block China's Tech Buying · · Score: 1

    That debt is also a weapon. Repudiate the debt, get closer to Europe (than China ever could be), and watch the riots in Peking.

    The First World can survive, but the Third World will eat itself alive.

  5. If you mean "Does it have Android?", yes. on VLC For Android May Arrive In Early 2011 · · Score: 1

    Not for the faint of heart, but there's Android (Nitdroid) for the N900:
    Link

  6. One more for the N900 and Maemo. on VLC For Android May Arrive In Early 2011 · · Score: 1

    Not only does it have VLC, it also has mplayer and friends. That, and you can get USB out of it too.

    Local video, networked video, and no VM in between you and your media.

  7. For finite values of "eternal". on 'Eternal' Solar Plane Stays Two Weeks Aloft · · Score: 1

    The irony abounds, even if they could go longer.

  8. The more reason to use something else. on NX Compression Technology To Go Closed Source · · Score: 1

    VNC or reverse engineer an open alternative.

  9. You thought the GOP/TP represented regular people. on Republicans Create Rider To Stop Net Neutrality · · Score: 4, Funny

    Think again.

    They just want more freedom to screw you over, lie to you about jobs, and bring back the days of Compuserve.

  10. So much for offloading infrastructure outside. on Gawker Source Code and Databases Compromised · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Perhaps this should give them a lesson about going overkill on the whole "outsourcing" thing.

  11. China's still worse, no matter how you defend them on China Blocks News Websites In Protest of Nobel · · Score: 1

    China's government can't take the criticism, so they go about their totalitarian ways and shut it off.

    Nobody's been disappeared, executed, or harvested for organs in the US for the Wikileaks events. All those involved have more than the show trials that China gives often, and are not simply removed from existence.

  12. China's thuggery won't stop the determined. on China Blocks News Websites In Protest of Nobel · · Score: 1

    They simply just don't like people pointing the facts out. Nor do they like people finding out for themselves.

    The people who want to see Slashdot won't be deterred by a ban by the Chinese government.

  13. A point against the China Apologists: Censorship on China Blocks News Websites In Protest of Nobel · · Score: 1

    For all the things China blames other countries for doing, China still is more totalitarian. They oppose the Pope since it takes away control from China, and they oppose the Nobel for it making China look bad. Normally, countries like the US take it in stride.

    So much for Deng's whitewash of government action by simply acting as a guard for semi-private entities.

  14. Except for the high Third World bias and spyware on 'I Just Need a Programmer' · · Score: 1

    But if you don't mind rewriting it from scratch, go right ahead.

  15. Even the contracting out would be wrong. on 'I Just Need a Programmer' · · Score: 1

    If you're going to put disposability up front as a priority, you're not valuing what has to be done correctly.

  16. There's no official ban on Kuwait Not Banning DSLR Cameras After All · · Score: 0

    However, it'd probably be unofficially enforced.

  17. 4: Pursue them on Every Day's a Tax Holiday At Amazon · · Score: 1

    How about pursuing them across borders? The US has quite the military, and it'd reinforce the "nowhere to run, nowhere to hide" approach.

  18. ...and tax evasion, offshoring, etc. on Every Day's a Tax Holiday At Amazon · · Score: 1

    Except that the next Congress stands for Wall Street, not Main Street.

  19. So you like slavery because it's efficient? on Every Day's a Tax Holiday At Amazon · · Score: 1

    That simplicity you speak of is because they allow slavery to a business. Who cares if the people die, we've got money to make!

    If they can't get their products in, it won't matter. Customs can always reject them and anyone who tries to pass them off as something else.

    Never mind that the US has quite a fine military and a very good intelligence department. There's nowhere to run or hide anymore, should you be a large enough thorn in their side. And plenty of citizens will thank them for doing their job against you.

  20. Perhaps they all need to work together. on Every Day's a Tax Holiday At Amazon · · Score: 1

    Provide a unified front against him, and you remove the weak points he's looking to use.

  21. Differing situations vs the hit job on Kernell on Botnet Spammer Gets Just 18 Months For Being Odd · · Score: 1

    Kernell was the victim of a political hit job, this guy ran a botnet that resulted in no profit.

    Wide difference.

  22. Their majority was not deep. on How the 'Tech Worker Visa' Is Remaking IT In America · · Score: 1

    Kind of hard to do things when you have a hairline majority. Filibusters, unwilling representatives, and all that.

  23. Only if slavery is a skill on How the 'Tech Worker Visa' Is Remaking IT In America · · Score: 1

    The only skill they don't have is the ability to put up with slavery.

  24. Or you need to consider training upwards on How the 'Tech Worker Visa' Is Remaking IT In America · · Score: 1

    ...to get to that level "required".

  25. Wow, a lot of support for the fraud. on How the 'Tech Worker Visa' Is Remaking IT In America · · Score: 1

    Nice to see a lot of undermining of the US, and support for fraud, just because they didn't find a US citizen willing to be a slave.