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  1. Advocate to change the laws on Federal Criminal Probe Being Opened Into WikiLeaks' Publication of CIA Documents (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    When the government is so corrupt, as well as other prevailing conditions, how do you propose doing that effectively?

  2. When making things illegal that shouldn't be and hinderance of participation in government is the norm, 8 illegalities is the general conduct of everyone.

  3. Mainstream (News) Media.

  4. You forgot one possibility on Apple Says It's Already Fixed Many WikiLeaks Security Issues (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    The CIA got wing of the fact that WikiLeaks were going to do the release and tipped off the manufacturers to reduce the amount of anything to see here.

  5. https://www.bing.com/search?q=... The story is from April 2016.
    https://www.bing.com/search?q=... Articles are from August 2016, but dont quite seem to be saying what the other poster was saying.

  6. Re:Key word: Many on Apple Says It's Already Fixed Many WikiLeaks Security Issues (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    So why was the timing between when they became known to Apple and when they were revealed to the wider audience in such a manner so short? I believe in coincidence;, coincidences happen every day. I just don't trust coincidences.

  7. Re:Tipped off? on Apple Says It's Already Fixed Many WikiLeaks Security Issues (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Which could have been just after they were tipped off rhat they were going to be leaked.

  8. Key word: Many on Apple Says It's Already Fixed Many WikiLeaks Security Issues (usatoday.com) · · Score: 0

    Many issues were patched. That isn't the same as all. And only recently? Why weren't they found and patched sooner and not conveniently just before they were to become widely known?

  9. Re:Start our own farm equipment company on Big Tech Lobbying Is On the Verge of Killing Right To Repair Legislation In Minnesota (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    With hookers and Blackjack.

  10. People who don't follow the "vision" enshrined in our laws are already punished, so there's no real difference on that particular element.

  11. I just bought an AMD A8 computer for $100, http://support.hp.com/us-en/do... because the previous owner said it ran slow and apparently had more money than sense. I uninstalled Norton Anti-virus and now it runs just fine,

  12. On vista I kept having issues with the File Explorer malfunctioning. /i quickly upgraded to 7 annd didn't experience any more problems.

  13. What it usually means on Americans Are Having Less Sex Than 20 Years Ago, Study Finds (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Because you are a Christian, you need to be ultra careful in that den of sinners to make sure you don't think any sinful thoughts.

  14. More stupid stuff on Microsoft Releases Visual Studio 2017 (visualstudio.com) · · Score: 1

    What's really bad is that the QB64 that compiles an enhanced version of Microsoft's QuickBASIC has one code base that compiles a 32 bit and a 64 bit IDE. Granted there are limitations such as the 32 bit IDE only compiles 32 bit programs and the 64 bit IDE compiles only 64 bit programs, but it has that feature.

  15. Re:64-bit on Microsoft Releases Visual Studio 2017 (visualstudio.com) · · Score: 1

    If they are child processes they run in their own 32-bit space and don't count against the memory uded by the parent process.

  16. Re:Nonviolence clarification on Snapchat Wanted $150K To Not Run NRA Ads On Gun Control Group Videos (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    Excepta wider range of activities are explicitly allowed than in any currently existing state.

  17. The powerful and the stupid. on Sprint 'Betting Big On Trump,' Could Merge With T-Mobile Or Comcast (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Someone quite awhile ago pointed out The Doctor's statement that the powerful and the stupid both make up their own facts. They also didn't put two and two together and realize that The Doctor is powerful. Kind of like how Christians most often don't put two and two together about Jesus's three days dead and his marvelling about the poor woman's two small coins and how he is actually like the rich people.

  18. Which are? on Ask Slashdot: What Would Happen If All Software Ran On All Platforms? · · Score: 1

    What are the mistakes of "classic" BASIC and what makes "classic" BASIC "classic"? Are there specific features that make "classic" BASIC "classic" or is it just that it happens to be the first implementation of BASIC? How have other programming languages of the era and since avoided these mistakes?

  19. Quickly navigate whitespace on Douglas Crockford Envisions A Post-JavaScript World (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    What? CTRL-Left Arrow/Right Arrow doesn't work in your editor?

  20. Re:Further clarification on Snapchat Wanted $150K To Not Run NRA Ads On Gun Control Group Videos (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    Only because you seem to be unable to envision using all your assets. I've said that I wouldn't mind open borders if we built a wall around the Middle East. I believe in incarceration with treatment of the incarcerated being more similar to that of a mental ward than a prison.

  21. Re:Nonviolence clarification on Snapchat Wanted $150K To Not Run NRA Ads On Gun Control Group Videos (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    By nonviolence I make an exception for provocation and don't recommend disarmament. Recreational violence where both parties agree to some form of wailing on each other, doesn't count againt the sort of non-violence I propose, either.
    Diplomacy should be used though and with North Korea we've left them up to their own devices too much. We treat them like they should have sovereignty. The UN in its current form is an absurdity. Until nations can adopt a culture of understanding their citizens, they should not be considered friendly participants in a proper world government. Rulers of such countries should be notified that if they attack the world community,retaliation will be swift and certain. Constant in your face diplomacy should be used. In some situations air dropping or otherwise smuggling foodand in some circumstances weapons to the citizens should be in order so that they are not so sympathetic to their inappropriate rulers. Something along the lines of character assassination should be done. Whatever someone who behaves without understanding of his fellow man enough should be learned about him that appropriate rewards/punishments for good/bad behavior can be devised.

  22. Re:The meaning of "is" is. on Bill Would Legalize Active Defense Against Hacks (onthewire.io) · · Score: 1

    Well when people try to conjugate is without "Dr. Dan Streetmentioner's Book of 1001 Tenses", they are just asking for trouble.

  23. Re:Numbered vs matched on Bill Would Legalize Active Defense Against Hacks (onthewire.io) · · Score: 1

    I think the term you might have preferred to use would have been matched. But then you have people whose ethics range from leaving people to their own devices, helping "true seekers", helping everyone, ensuring a level playing field among others, so the whole ethics/morality thing isn't that simple.

  24. Re:A giant step ... sideways on Bill Would Legalize Active Defense Against Hacks (onthewire.io) · · Score: 1

    I merely pointed out that any and all possible actions that would dissuade the perpetrators are forbidden, effectively rendering the law useless.

    Depending on how well you think you can persuade the necessary people, the perpetrator and victim become indistinguishable, and all possible actions become allowed with the defense being that an attack originated with the McGuffin being attacked.