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  1. Re:I'd like a pony while we're at it. on Hollywood Agent Ari Emanuel Wants a Magic 'Stop Piracy' Button · · Score: 1
  2. Re:Really? on In America, 46% of People Hold a Creationist View of Human Origins · · Score: 1
    What does knowledge of "bible theory" (whatever that is) or being able to recite bible passages have to do with being Christian? It's not like being able to recite paragraphs from the PDR and knowledge of anatomy makes me a physician or pharmacist.

    What passes for "Christian" in America today, probably isn't

  3. Re:Uhm, so we're at war now with Iran? on Obama Order Sped Up Wave of Cyberattacks Against Iran · · Score: 5, Funny
  4. Re:Libertarians wouldn't do this to you on Soda Ban May Hit the Big Apple · · Score: 1
    Myth. You're subsidizing an inefficient business model propped up by payments disbursed by government. "Fatties" (or any other label) are demonized to keep you from realizing that inserting a middle-man between patient and provider automatically increases cost. There are more people to be paid in the managed healthcare model.

    "Managed" in this context is actually clever advertising.

  5. Re:Of course, they never ask why EEs use these on IBM's Ban on Dropbox and iCloud Highlights Cloud Security Issues · · Score: 1
    I know your response if the "correct" one, but people realistically don't have that much time. Ideally their time is supposed to be spent productively, not bureaucratically.

    I'm thinking about the quote from the Jurassic Park: "No, I'm, I'm simply saying that life, uh... finds a way. " People will find a way around perceived road blocks, much to the consternation of IT. Absolute control fails absolutely.

  6. Re:lying is ok for CEOs? on Leave Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson Alone! · · Score: 1
    His point is we are ignoring the CEOs that have lied. An arbitrary application of "I'm offended".

    This kerfuffle is about someone wanting to be on the board, and that person manipulating hatred of dishonesty to try and get what he wants

  7. Re:are people really this stupid on Syrian Government Uses Skype To Push Malware To Activists · · Score: 1

    No campaign plan survives first contact with the enemy

    -Helmuth Graf von Moltke

    Revolution is different. Most are amateurs, not professionals. Increasing the degree of difficulty is fact their opponents are. Properly designed in this context is pretty simple. If you survive, it was "properly designed". You make it sound like they didn't read the Chilton Manual for revolt.

    Life isn't quite so clean as that.

  8. Re:Clearly... on Antivirus Pioneer John McAfee Arrested In Belize · · Score: 1

    Drug addiction always comes from a need that cannot be filled by the addict otherwise.

    citation needed

    A bit OT, but applicable to where this thread has gone. The aggregate of recoveries suggests that there are alternative ways to fill those needs.

    Not that I'm opposed to drinking (or drugs) as a solution. I spent my late teens/early 20's pursuing "need fulfillment" in just that manner. Heck, if it hadn't stopped working, I'd still be doing it.

  9. Re:Darn... on Antivirus Pioneer John McAfee Arrested In Belize · · Score: 1
    We did the same - as tourist, Belize is amazing. I'm going again.

    As an ex-pat, I guess it depends...

  10. Re:The MPAA Lawyers have never played this nice.. on WW2 Vet Sent 300,000 Pirated DVDs To Troops In Iraq, Afghanistan · · Score: 3, Interesting
    They still got their dig in, it was just subtle:

    Although the most costly piracy now takes place online through file-sharing Web sites,...

    ORLY?

  11. Re:Scary on In Nothing We Trust · · Score: 1

    Bankers?

  12. Re:Suspicion is a dangerous thing on When Big Brother Watches IT · · Score: 3, Insightful
    It's worse than "non scientific".

    "If you start to feel differently about the company you work for and the people you work with, you'd be surprised how your language changes," says Ed Stroz, co-president at digital-risk-management firm Stroz Friedberg LLC, New York. The company, like other consulting firms such as Ernst & Young, makes technology to examine linguistics .

    It's usefulness is being touted by those selling the software:

  13. So who tells the Emperor... on When Big Brother Watches IT · · Score: 2

    he's wearing no clothes? This comes across more "covering my ass" than addressing a real need/vulnerability.

  14. Re:So? Movies, comics etc had the same response on Bill Introduced To Ban Sale of MA15+ Games To Anyone Under 18 in SA · · Score: 1
    I disagree. Opposing ratings doesn't impact the behavior of the "raters".

    Ratings are a means to an end, (in this case controlling access to a game) not an end itself.

    Now, if you want to make the case that opposing ratings keeps meddlesome busybodies from minding other people's business, then I can see your point :)

  15. Re:Games are an easy political issue on Bill Introduced To Ban Sale of MA15+ Games To Anyone Under 18 in SA · · Score: 3
    Right - because everyone *knows* kids pick up behavior from games.

    They never pick up behaviors from those around them. Like their parents. Nope. No sir. It's the games.

  16. Re:It's a convenient cop out on This American Life Retracts Episode On Apple Factories In China · · Score: 1

    Whadda mean Star trek isn't real?!?!?!

  17. Re:Ars Technica Lnk on FBI Tries To Force Google To Unlock User's Android Phone · · Score: 1

    "Rehabilitation" isn't the goal.

  18. Re:Ars Technica Lnk on FBI Tries To Force Google To Unlock User's Android Phone · · Score: -1, Troll

    You're a pussy for posting that AC.

  19. Re:And here's the really twisted part... on The Privacy Richter Scale · · Score: 1

    It appears that if you are a private person, you look like you got something to hide. I'm afraid that wanting privacy will be a black mark...

    You don't need to be so afraid of what others think. There will be attempts by others to check you out. It's using technology to try and determine if you are in some way a threat.

    If their check doesn't turn up anything, then "great". They will be just as overworked, rushed, and stupid as everyone else. The threat in this senario is more overarching laziness than anything else. No one is really interested in you. They are really interested in covering their asses if in fact you turn out to be a criminal (or in your example a bad employee)

    BOSS: "How could you hire that AC? He was a terrible janitor! He looked at tentacle porn on company computers!"

    HR SHLUB:"I ran the internet backgound checker. It isn't MY fault"

    Over course, there are places in this world (fill-in-your-own-example-of-a-violently-represive-regime) where the check and any perceived threat discovered will be dealt with more harshly.

  20. Re:this is what pisses me off on The Privacy Richter Scale · · Score: 1

    Tell me, what is the big bad, evil Googles going to do for me for sending email through their server?

    Provide that information (whether by court order, simple sale, or some other mechanism) to someone who can do other things besides "target you with ads".

  21. Re:Bottom line: never cooperate with the authoriti on Man Barred From Being Alone With Daughter After Informing Police of Porn On PC · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Appropriate for the US. However, I'm pretty sure there "Miranda Rights" aren't applicable in the UK.

    Is this is another case of bureaucracy at it's finest?

  22. Re:Quitting: Technically possible, not feasible. on Foxconn Hires Top Spinners To Defend Its Image · · Score: 1

    People (and their ability to do work) are capital

  23. Re:Create more priorities on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Deal With Priorities Inflation In IT Projects? · · Score: 2

    I've adopted the Scoville scale to help prioritization. "Yes. I know your project is 'hot', but is it Peperoncini hot? Or Scotch-Bonnet hot?"

  24. Re:How far do we go to fight terrorism? on UK Plans More Spying On Internet Users Under 'Terrorism' Pretext · · Score: 2

    Money.

  25. Re:It is not about fear of terrorism on UK Plans More Spying On Internet Users Under 'Terrorism' Pretext · · Score: 1

    ... Worst, all those nice tech advance we have ? They make for an easier power grab, and putting the citizen in place. Those who think that a revolution will be possible in the future, in case the gvt grab too much power, are deluding themselves. I forsee a bleak future.

    "The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers."