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  1. Re:The next great copyright scam on There Is No "Next Great Copyright Act", Remain Calm · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "... because the typical person does not benefit." Utter bullshit. Anyone creative enough can obtain a copyright, patent or trademark and benefit from it. If someone writes a book, without copyright protection the first lazy moron who comes along can take it and publish it as their own.

    "People get paid by the fact that only they can create a particular piece of art or item, up against true competition." This time shallow bullshit. Without protections, the moment any creative item is available a *corporation* could simply abscond with it, out produce the individual and take it from them.

    Same old screed from those who can't create - "I want access to yours for nothing."

  2. He advertises through ABC his view that advertising isn't morally justifiable.

    And - "He blogs at The Philosopher's Beard." - (a link) which also reads very much like an advertisement to me.

    FTA - "The solution to both requires legal recognition of the property rights of human beings over our attention."

    Here we have his crux. More government to prevent what he doesn't care for.

  3. Re:Weak Premise on Silicon Valley Still Wrestling With Diversity Issues · · Score: 1

    "Your reply sounds angry." No it doesn't.

  4. Re:Hiring a witch to protect from evil? on Techies Hire Witch To Protect Computers From Viruses and Offices From Spirits · · Score: 1

    Not even close.

  5. Re:There is no cure for absolute fucking stupidity on Techies Hire Witch To Protect Computers From Viruses and Offices From Spirits · · Score: 1

    Nawh. Just go to a skateboarding park sometime. The world is full of things that will kill/maim you if you're incompetent. I have known two people who reached under the shell of a running lawnmower to lift it over a curb. One would thing that one would be obvious, eh?

  6. Re:In the shadow of the valley of bacon on Scientists Develop Nutritious Seaweed That Tastes Like Bacon · · Score: 1

    Where can I get these Uncanny Valley Effect apples? I'd like to try some.

  7. Re:Dystopian SciFi too optimistic... on Which Movies Get Artificial Intelligence Right? · · Score: 1

    Or perhaps a more realistic version is just a very much longer time frame.

  8. Re:Dystopian SciFi too optimistic... on Which Movies Get Artificial Intelligence Right? · · Score: 2

    "... off the shoulder of Orion" is just a metaphor and could easily be interpreted as a visual reference. "TannhÃuser Gate" is entirely fictitious. Neither really allude to interstellar travel.

  9. Re:Ex Machina is the best on Which Movies Get Artificial Intelligence Right? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, this is actually what killed the movie for me. The idea that this one guy developed (and implemented) all these disparate and astonishingly complicated algorithms and hard/softwares.

    That and the sense I got throughout that he was really directing the bot because he was a weird, voyeristic creep.

  10. Re:Feels weird agreeing with scientologists on Scientology Group Urged Veto of Mental Health Bill · · Score: 1

    argumentum ad absurdum

  11. Re:Cue the assholes ... on Reddit CEO: Site Is 'Not a Bastion of Free Speech,' Change Coming · · Score: 1

    Indeed. I've seen those terms applied to opposite sides of many a disagreement.

  12. Piece work on Hillary Clinton Takes Aim At 'Gig Economy' · · Score: 1

    If I want to do piece work, whether web sites or chauffeuring someone around, it's none of her friggin' business.

  13. Re: kindergartners? on For Microsoft, Windows 10 Charity Begins At Home · · Score: 3, Informative

    If you're referring to the age of seven, he is exactly right. It's dependent upon the brain's development. Stimulating the mind is a different matter than teaching critical thinking.

  14. Re:Parents' superpower on CSTA: Google Surveying Educators On Unconscious Biases of Students, Parents · · Score: 2

    No you don't, you just believe you do. No one actually does. You spend a lot of posts assuming authority.

  15. Re:Yeah, blame the parents on CSTA: Google Surveying Educators On Unconscious Biases of Students, Parents · · Score: 1

    As *I* have a daughter who currently teaches robotics in middle school, I can safely say you're biasing you own post. You're arguing from an assumed authority, so I can as well.

  16. Re:Yeah, blame the parents on CSTA: Google Surveying Educators On Unconscious Biases of Students, Parents · · Score: 2

    Parents who at the same christmas complain if the daughter plays to much on the new computer express a bias.

    Anecdote pulled out of posterior invagination.

    Television programming where the only computer affiliate is a dorky guy who might be brilliant at computers but is awkward at anything else expresses a bias.

    As opposed to the shows that have computer geeks being a woman (47 listed, not including Arrow, Flash or Supernatural)?

    Yes, you can argue by purposely not including information showing the opposite.

  17. Re:Yeah, blame the parents on CSTA: Google Surveying Educators On Unconscious Biases of Students, Parents · · Score: 3, Interesting

    No, "unconscious bias" is a false claim leveled because it's not possible to disprove - or prove. It's an phrase used in argumentation, no more.

  18. Re:Yeah, blame the parents on CSTA: Google Surveying Educators On Unconscious Biases of Students, Parents · · Score: 1

    "And thus I conclude..." Incorrectly, I might add, as pointed out by you own logic immediately following that phrase. .

  19. Re:Yeah, blame the parents on CSTA: Google Surveying Educators On Unconscious Biases of Students, Parents · · Score: 1

    Get rid of the unconscious steering away...

    Note to you - you're not a mind reader.

  20. Re:Please Stop. Enough. on CSTA: Google Surveying Educators On Unconscious Biases of Students, Parents · · Score: 2

    You mean like wearing the wrong shirt or telling the wrong joke?

  21. Re:I don't think it's enough, but I have doubts to on Vancouver Area Teen Sentenced To 16 Months For Swatting · · Score: 2

    You can recover from a SWATing in a few weeks, months if it hit you particularly hard.

    Tell that to the baby who essentially ate a flash grenade.

  22. Re:Reasons I'm not a judge. on Vancouver Area Teen Sentenced To 16 Months For Swatting · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "Corrective"... A fool's dream. One flash-bang in a baby's crib or worse and this kid would have initiated a killing or severe maiming. Well beyond "brat".

  23. Re:Very finance specific on Even the "Idea Person" Should Learn How To Code · · Score: 1

    They also tend to lash out at those within their community who point out this failing.

  24. Re:My Plans for Firefox on Mozilla's Plans For Firefox: More Partnerships, Better Add-ons, Faster Updates · · Score: 1

    If there's one thing that Slashdotters hate, it's GUI changes.

    Everyone except those being paid to make GUI changes hate having them forced upon them. If it works, it works. If you have a new idea, allow the user to adopt it *or not*.

    Incompetent though the UX people at Mozilla may be, there is no evidence of malice here.

    Continue to follow incompetence long enough and it becomes maliciousness.

  25. Re:My Plans for Firefox on Mozilla's Plans For Firefox: More Partnerships, Better Add-ons, Faster Updates · · Score: 1

    Yep. I quit updating FF quite a while ago. Didn't want them sneaking in stuff any more.