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  1. Re:Flow of Information on Turkey Has Reportedly Banned Google · · Score: 1

    That would have been a lot more impressive if it was a real quote

    I think Sid Meier (or Brian Reynolds) might argue that it is. :-)

  2. Re:Of course it can... on Does the Internet Make Humanity Smarter Or Dumber? · · Score: 1

    Of course it can easily make you dumber, just like TV can make you dumber. The similitude has become to...

    tl;dr.

  3. Advanced on UK Gov't Spending Details Now Online · · Score: 1, Funny

    "Bletchley Park's archive is to be digitised and put online. It seems HP made an offer to help out with scanners and expertise, and the result is that these texts will be made available to all."

    Wow, they texted at Bletchley Park? They were truly ahead of their time!

  4. Re:And this is why I use Cydia almost exclusively on How To Get Rejected From the App Store · · Score: 1

    For those not in the know, Cydia is a 'directory of applications usable on a jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch. Adds custom sources to APT.'

  5. Why? on Police Officers Seek Right Not To Be Recorded · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Judges, juries and legislatures support the police overwhelmingly on this issue

    Honestly, why? What possible legitimate reason do the police have for wanting to keep things (at least things outside the station) off camera?

  6. Re:pathetic on Pakistan Lifts Ban After Facebook Deletes Offending Page · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm a British atheist. What say I go to Alabama, defecate on a bible, wrap it in the US flag and burn the bundle. That's free speech isn't it? That's me exercising the right of a person living in the US isn't it?

    Hell yeah. I'm a British atheist too, and PC attitudes like yours are the reason this country's lost so much freedom under New Labour.

  7. Re:Here's a better idea on Bangladesh Blocks Facebook Over Muhammad Cartoons · · Score: 1

    Hang on, 'they' decide what is OK or what isn't? Isn't the whole point of religion that you don't ever need to change your moral compass; until God comes down again, what was said in ~0BC holds true? Say what you want about radical Muslims, at least they're consistent. If you want to see what it's like to take morality from religion and not the moral zeitgeist, you need only glance at the Taliban.

  8. Re:I've never understood... on The Hurt Locker Producers Sue First 5,000 File-Sharers · · Score: 1

    What would you suggest they do to monetize their films?

    I suggest that they've already monetized their film by making $25 million in profit.

  9. Re:That's fine... on Ofcom Unveils Anti-Piracy Policy For UK ISPs · · Score: 2

    It is great that people who create content might get paid for doing so

    Only if they're doing it through a successful business model, not having it extracted from people through an obscenely backwards law.

  10. FTFY on Ofcom Unveils Anti-Piracy Policy For UK ISPs · · Score: 5, Informative

    UK ISPs are going to draw up a list of those who are suspected of infringing copyright

  11. Re:wow on UK Home Office Set To Scrap National ID Cards · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Everyone get out there and vote YES for AV in the referendum to make this kind of thing more likely in the long-term. Then if we get a referendum on STV, vote YES to it to make it almost certain.

  12. Re:Why not just build web apps on Firefox Home Coming To iPhone, Browser Next? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why not just build javascript + html5 + css3 web apps? You get full platform independence and no app store hassles.

    If such apps started to get really popular, Apple would have to implement a mechanism to enable them to charge for access to them.

  13. Re:Awesome Bar on Firefox Home Coming To iPhone, Browser Next? · · Score: 1

    Why doesn't the Awesomebar consider 's', arrow-key down to stackoverflow.com, hit enter, the same thing as typing in 'stackoverflow.com', enter?

  14. Analogy works well on Berners-Lee Deconstructs a Bag of Chips · · Score: 1

    The front of the package displays the name of the brand and the company's own marketing claim that the chips are crunchy. The back of the package has nutritional information, such as calories and vitamins, defined by terms generated by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

    And there are fat nerds consuming the chips, too!

  15. Re:So close... on Apple Surpasses Microsoft In Market Capitalization · · Score: 1

    That is the most disgusting metaphor I've read in a long time. Thanks, getting the image out of my mind is gonna take a long time.

  16. Re:Fix it, jail them, move on on BP Prepares Complex "Top Kill" Bid To Plug Well · · Score: 1

    Or smoking cannabis.

  17. Re:It's simple really on BP Prepares Complex "Top Kill" Bid To Plug Well · · Score: 1

    Isn't the idea that they just need to stop this flow long enough to drill a relief well? How quickly could they suck this oil deposit out with a big relief well, at least enough to reduce the pressure significantly?

  18. Re:It's simple really on BP Prepares Complex "Top Kill" Bid To Plug Well · · Score: 1

    Nuke, baby, nuke!!!

  19. Re:Oh dear , how naive on In UK, Hacker Demands New Government Block Extradition · · Score: 1

    Oh, come off it. You're basically equating anyone that has any pride in their country at all as a xenophobe. By that standard, the large majority of politicians around the world are xenophobic. Fine, use that definition if you want, but it becomes rather meaningless.

  20. Re:This is great! on Software Recognizes Sarcastic Tweets · · Score: 1

    Yeah, right. A compass.

  21. Re:Oh dear , how naive on In UK, Hacker Demands New Government Block Extradition · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This is probably partly to do with the fact that large parts of the main coalition party, the Conservatives, are quite xenophobic and are still living under the delusion Britain rules the world.

    For any Americans reading this, this statement is utterly retarded and completely false. The Conservatives are nothing like this. They weren't even really like it 30 years ago.

  22. Re:Bankrupt ? HAHAHAHAHAAH on The Pirate Bay Sinks And Swims · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And they will still pale into insignificance compared to the money Hollywood rakes in...

  23. Re:Um... on UK Election Arcana, Explained By Software · · Score: 1

    (there aren't enough Liberal Democrats, SNP and other groups who tend towards left-of-centre to add up to a majority in the House of Commons).

    An overall majority, no. A working majority, most certainly.

  24. Re:Hmm on UK Election Arcana, Explained By Software · · Score: 1

    Heh. The Tories were scaremongering about a run on the Pound if we even got a hung parliament. Why the (non-Tory) media isn't exposing this bullshit now I don't know.

  25. Re:Hmm on UK Election Arcana, Explained By Software · · Score: 1

    3/ Labour and the liberal democrats do a deal, this does not give them a majority though, so they will need the help of again ulster parties (different NI parties are alligned to each of the mainland parties). and the welsh/scottish natioanlist parties. This will probably fragment after a while too. This grouping is possible as they limp along for a while, and would bring in some form of proportional representation or other electoral reform and eventually we have an early new election.

    'Would' bring in some form of PR? The biggest risk is that they wouldn't manage to; if they did, I think most people in the country would consider this to be the best deal by far. If the next election were fought with a PR system, finally the small parties would have fair representation and the Murdoch-supported Tories and 1984-obsessed Labour could shove their crappy policies where the sun don't shine.