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  1. Re:Judicial control is what was missing on Federal Judge Rejects State Secrets Claims: EFF Case To Proceed · · Score: 1

    blanket warrants are specifically proscribed by the fourth amendment. There is no constitutional way to issue a blanket warrant.

  2. Re:No italic-nib fountain pen option? on Linux-Based Smartpen Heads For Kickstarter · · Score: 1

    Agreed. I have a couple fountain pens and love writing with them, but I just don't write enough to constantly ink them. I absolutely hate most ballpoints, with an exception for some very nice gels I've found. Even then, I still prefer the fountain.

  3. I like nice writing implements, on Linux-Based Smartpen Heads For Kickstarter · · Score: 1

    and I love Linux, but I have no desire to combine the two. Writing by hand is just one of those things I have to do sometimes but not enough to invest in this kind of thing.

  4. Ah, the irony on European Watchdogs Challenge Google Over Its Privacy Policy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    People log in with one account, yet they somehow may not be aware that their information may be sharing between different parts of one account?

    Personally, I'm surprised people don't just consider Google to be one service with many facets at this point.

  5. cyanogenmod on Mozilla Launches Firefox OS Devices In Stores, Opens Up App Payments · · Score: 3, Funny

    I want to see phones ship with Cyanogenmod by default. But while we're wishing, I want a free app that turns my smartphone into a portable unlimited beer tap. And also, a bag of holding would be nice.

  6. This sounds like a perfect opportunity for people to get sued for false report.

  7. They wonder why... on Got Malware? Get a Hammer! · · Score: 1

    ...we don't approve of how government takes our money and wastes it...

  8. Re:Star Chamber on UK Government Surveillance Faces Legal Challenge.. In Secret Court · · Score: 1

    Not quite, this pretends to be a legitimate part of a free society. The Star Chamber knew exactly what it was and wasn't ashamed of that.

  9. Re:Expect more of this. on The Black Underbelly of Windows 8.1 'Blue' · · Score: 1

    Desktop Linux is more of a category than a true "thing". The problem is, people use it as shorthand for "Ubuntu" or sometimes "Gnome and/or KDE" when the reality is that for recovering Microsoft defectors, these are not the best they could be using on *nix systems anyway if they're after something more familiar.

  10. Re:Nice try NSA on Ask Slashdot: Preventing Snowden-Style Security Breaches? · · Score: 1

    Actually, Congress does not have the authority to create laws that supercede the Constitution. Congress has significant limitations that it routinely and illegally ignores.

  11. Re:Nice try NSA on Ask Slashdot: Preventing Snowden-Style Security Breaches? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That was certainly an issue. If we're talking Snowden-style, the best deterrent is to actually conduct your operations within the law and within the boundaries of ethical behaviour. Snowden wouldn't have had anything to leak if the government were operating within the legitimate bounds of the constitution.

  12. Re:Yep on US Spies Have "Security Agreements" With Foreign Telecoms · · Score: 1

    Large crime rings...you mean like the NSA, CIA, US Senate, US House of Representatives, the Internal Revenue Service, and McDonald's?

  13. Re:Infringer? on How Copyright Makes Books and Music Disappear · · Score: 1

    Elicit, not illicit. The meanings are very different.

  14. too interactive. on Student Project Could Kill Digital Ad Targeting · · Score: 1

    I just want to jack with the advertisers without any effort at all. though I don't see any reason to cease my current strategy of just blocking them.

  15. This is how the US government works though... on State Dept. Bureau Spent $630k On Facebook 'Likes' · · Score: 1

    buy the people's support with their own money.

  16. clear solution on Disney's Titling Problem With Its Star Wars Movies · · Score: 1

    Leave the original arc alone, give new storylines subtitles. The franchise has been doing it for years in the books and so forth. Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron. Star Wars: Heir to the Empire. Star Wars: Millennium Falcon. Star Wars: George Lucas Ruins The Original Trilogy.

    It's not that hard.

  17. Tech isn't unionized... on BART Strike Provides Stark Contrast To Tech's Non-Union World · · Score: 1

    because most of the work isn't location-dependent. Strike and you get outsourced. What is location dependent is largely either small-department or easily restaffed.

  18. The EU is right. on EU To Vote On Suspension of Data Sharing With US · · Score: 1

    I'm saying this from my desk here in Texas, but honestly, Europe should really give us the finger over this one.

  19. sadly... on Zynga Puts Random Stranger In Customer Support Role · · Score: 1

    this was probably better support than they'd have got from actual Zynga personnel.

  20. This is way, way, way overdue. Due diligence is what it is. And not encrypting sensitive data is not due diligence.

  21. Fourth Amendment on US Director of National Intelligence Admits He Was Wrong About Data Collection · · Score: 1

    The fourth amendment doesn't disappear just because a federal official claims the violations were accidental in some fashion.

  22. Re:Thief! on Reject DRM and You Risk Walling Off Parts of the Web, Says W3C Chief · · Score: 1

    Well played, sir.

  23. Military money makes the research world go 'round. on DARPA-Funded Software Could Usher In the Era of Open-Source Robotics · · Score: 4, Informative

    The Boeing 707 is a perfect example. The military demand for jets like the B-52 and KC-135 projects heavily influenced the iconic jetliner, and today, the 737 retains many of its design features. The 707 design is so similar to the KC-135 that upon their replacement with newer airliners, most examples were purchased by the military and used as parts for the KC-135 fleet.

    Meanwhile, the Internet exists because of DARPA, the Blue Riband is held by a ship designed specifically for conversion to a troopship, and we enjoy any number of advances in a plethora of fields as a result of the space program, originally having its roots not only in the German rockets that attacked Britain but in showing the Russians how far we could lob nuclear warheads with the exact same missile designs.

    I'm glad this time it's going open source.

  24. Re:Sarcasm on Teenage League of Legends Player Jailed For Months For Facebook Joke · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, you're entirely right...

  25. Re:Sarcasm on Teenage League of Legends Player Jailed For Months For Facebook Joke · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This is just the perfect thread to remind everyone that text has no tone. And a perfect time to remind everyone that we need to stop letting this kind of nonsense by law enforcement go unchallenged. There's nothing about that statement that implies seriousness, and in fact the eating of hearts makes it even more obvious that there is nothing to justify what they've done here.