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  1. Re:Praise to the monarch! on In Praise of the King: 1.7M Social Media Comments In Thailand · · Score: 1

    I believe the word you are searching for is poodle-faker.

  2. Welcome to the new 50 Cent party. on In Praise of the King: 1.7M Social Media Comments In Thailand · · Score: 3, Informative

    I, for one, welcome our new 50 Cent Party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Party Overlords (Thailand Branch).

  3. Re:Sporadic scheduling on Futuristic UC Berkeley OS Tessellation Controls Discrete 'Manycore' Resources · · Score: 1
  4. Re:Double-speak on Intelligence Director Claims NSA Surveillance Reports Inaccurate · · Score: 1

    "You are wrong, but I am not going to tell you HOW you are wrong"

    As Christene Keeler once said "He would, wouldn't he?" I expect that her quote is just as apposite then as now.

  5. Re:Tinfoil hat brigade on US Mining Data Directly From 9 Silicon Valley Companies · · Score: 1

    I, for one, welcome our new overlords but am looking to purchase shares in GNUPG ASAP OK?

  6. Re:What would happen if they required names? on Verizon Ordered To Provide All Customer Data To NSA · · Score: 1

    Metadata vs personal data; I expect with enough resources personal data can be squeezed out of metadata http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/06/phone-call-metadata-information-authorities

  7. Stephen Kelly COO Biography on UK Government Spending £6,000 Per Computer Every Year To Maintain Desktops · · Score: 1
  8. Re:Spies Exist ?!?!! *clutches pearls* on American Targeted By Digital Spy Tool Sold To Foreign Governments · · Score: 1

    Is Turkey now the new China?

  9. Re:define "serious" on UK Police Launch Campaign To Shut Down Torrent Sites · · Score: 1

    The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) is the British record industry's trade association and they would suggest it is a serious crime https://www.bpi.co.uk/assets/files/BPI_Digital_Music_Nation_2013.PDF but you have to do a bit of searching to find the word bit torrent.

  10. Re:Nice objective summary on A Serious Proposal To Fix Windows 8 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Red pill or Blue pill? Sorry, red or blue flavour of Windos.

  11. Re:Yo mamma so fat on Lowest Mass Exoplanet Ever Directly Imaged. Probably. · · Score: 1

    Hey, did you know that Hot Fudge Sundae falls on a Tuesdae this month?

  12. Re:Google already started a version of it on Will Users Get a Slice of the "Big Data" Pie? · · Score: 1

    When using Google search engine and the Firefox extension Ghostry https://www.ghostery.com/ I find that in some cases I have to unblock / allow Doubleclick to function otherwise Google seems to choke on something when attempting to provide results. By the way running Ghostery sure gives a good idea of who is tracking you and who may well have a financial interest in your browsing habits. I fear that I only get a pay back if I click on something and accept any discount they decide to offer but if I click or not they (whoever they are) have my data to pass on to trusted partners at I expect a good price.

  13. Re:If only he'd said "Facebook" ... on Turkish PM: "To Me, Social Media Is the Worst Menace To Society." · · Score: 0

    Trending or what?

  14. Re:To me... on Turkish PM: "To Me, Social Media Is the Worst Menace To Society." · · Score: 1

    Going the way of Egypt, but what or who will follow if and when he falls?

  15. Re:The camera isn't the issue on Chicago Sun Times Swaps iPhone Training For Staff Photographers · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The Idiocy of Eliminating a Photo Staff by Alex Garcia http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/assignment-chicago/2013/05/the-idiocy-of-eliminating-a-photo-staff.html offers a view from one working in that area.

  16. Re:must be a joke on Chicago Sun Times Swaps iPhone Training For Staff Photographers · · Score: 1

    Has been going on for almost a year Guardian hands 20 reporters iPhones for added video coverage http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/guardian-trials-iphone-video-reporting/s2/a549679/

  17. Re:No Shit on Matt Smith Leaves "Doctor Who" · · Score: 1

    Remember that John Hurt did not fare too well when he last encountered an alien https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_(film) but Sigourney Weaver did, it only goes to show that the best man for the job is often a woman.

  18. Often the best man for the job is a woman on Matt Smith Leaves "Doctor Who" · · Score: 5, Interesting
  19. Re:That's great and all on BT Runs an 800Gbps Channel On Old Fiber · · Score: 1

    Fast broadband speeds not guaranteed by living in city centre. Research shows slowest area in London includes Barbican, next door to the City of London, while fastest is Charlton in Greenwich via http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/mar/27/fast-broadband-speeds-city-centre

  20. SGI had something along these lines sometime ago. on One-Time Pad From Caltech Offers Uncrackable Cryptography · · Score: 1

    SGI had something along these lines http://www.google.com/patents?vid=5732138 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavarand but links http://lavarand.sgi.com/ don't work too well now.

  21. Re:Perspective... on Teens, Social Media, and Privacy · · Score: 2
  22. Re:Gaps between numbers... on Major Advance Towards a Proof of the Twin Prime Conjecture · · Score: 0

    So am I, obligatory XKCD reference https://xkcd.com/899/

  23. Re:But this is America! on NTSB Recommends Lower Drunk Driving Threshold Nationwide: 0.05 BAC · · Score: 1
  24. Re:Killed because it wasn't a revenue generator on Has Google Shut Down SMS Search? · · Score: 1
  25. Re:Serious crime? on Smartphones Driving Violent Crime Across US · · Score: 1

    In the UK figures for crime be it property, cell phone or card fraud via http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2013/may/09/mobile-theft-card-fraud-property-crime are dropping and with not too many guns being used in the commissioning of these crimes you would think that we in the UK have it good but that is not so. It is the general fear of being a victim due to the fact that a good number of people have more than one mobile phone and this volume and value of goods that can be moved on for cash creates a pool of wealth awaiting a sometimes violent harvesting by others. One topic of notes is the different crime figures for mobile (cell) phone crimes when broken down by age and sex. All crime is serious if you or someone in your family is a victim.