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  1. Re:That list... on Terrorists No Longer Welcome On OneDrive, Outlook, Xbox Live (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    They would be recorded as rebels. Rebelling and terrorism are not the same thing. If the rebels had used force and/or the threat of it to coerce the British people into calling for change, then they'd be guilty of terrorism. Terrorism isn't just "angry stuff we don't like", it's something very specific.

  2. Re:That list... on Terrorists No Longer Welcome On OneDrive, Outlook, Xbox Live (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Incorrect. Terrorism is a combination of an act and a motive. You can blow a building up and it isn't terrorism, if you just wanted to blow up the building and kill those inside. If, however, your motive was to use the threat of further violence to somehow coerce the surviving population, then it's terrorism.

    I wish you'd understand this stuff. You get so carried away with what you are certain of, only to show everyone you don't really understand it correctly.

  3. Re:That list... on Terrorists No Longer Welcome On OneDrive, Outlook, Xbox Live (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    They have used force and/or the threat of force to politically coerce people. That is the definition of terrorism. It has nothing to do with whether their aims are righteous or not, or whether they are doing it for you or not.

  4. Re: Hm...Leftist Bullshit on Student Exposes Bad Police Encryption, Gets Suspended Sentence (podcrto.si) · · Score: 1

    That link says quite clearly that English common law system (which formed the basis of US laws upon independence) evolved out of the old Anglo-Saxon laws, which had evolved from the German tradition, which was influenced (but not based on) Roman law. So yes, while most of the world's legal systems are based on Roman law, the one you picked was only very tenuously so, and well over a thousand years ago.

  5. Re:This shows how safe solar is. on Google-Backed Solar Plant Catches on Fire (pv-tech.org) · · Score: 1

    What has that got to do with this story? Hint: nothing.

  6. Re:Have you migrated to qbasic? on Ask Slashdot: Have You Migrated To Node.js? · · Score: 2

    How can NaN === NaN? Their only commonality is that they are both not a number. Zebras and Oranges are also not numbers - should they be equal to each other?

  7. Re:No, since Node.js has too much ideologues in it on Ask Slashdot: Have You Migrated To Node.js? · · Score: 1

    So much self-righteous stupidity in one comment. Amazing.

  8. Re: Absolutely not, and never will on Ask Slashdot: Have You Migrated To Node.js? · · Score: 1

    And one can use JavaScript without using NPM. Your comment reeks of goalpost-shifting.

  9. Re: Yes callback hell is a thing on Ask Slashdot: Have You Migrated To Node.js? · · Score: 1

    He didn't say "about as good as php" though.

  10. Re:Standard Slashdot reaction: on India Records Its Hottest Day Ever As Temperature Hits 51C (123.8F) (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    It's OK if you don't understand it. Just don't try to spread your ignorance, but correct it.

  11. For every hectare of farmable land we lose we gain more in places that can't be farmed due to terrible soil quality, no farming infrastructure, and pests.

    Don't assume all land is even remotely similar.

  12. Because we all share the same planet, and large localised problems can quickly become global. Is this really too difficult for you to grasp?

  13. Re:The man in the mirror on India Records Its Hottest Day Ever As Temperature Hits 51C (123.8F) (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Because you inherited your place in the world from previous generations, and you are insisting on denying future generations the same security and comfort you demand for yourself. You are a selfish hypocrite. But we knew that already.

  14. Re: Truly Epically Dumb to Destroy It on Why Don't Scientists Kill The 'Demon In The Freezer'? · · Score: 1

    Which has absolutely nothing to do with anything, if it is even true.

  15. Or you are and the OP are the assholes. I guess it's 50/50...

  16. "The kids no longer do what kids in that place used to do" - die from malnourishment and/or easily-treated disease?

  17. Re: Give the option on Google Chrome To Disallow Backspace As a 'Back' Button (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I was under the impression one can catch the backspace keypress event triggered on the body tag and prevent its default action, negating this need.

  18. That is not an ad hominem, just calling someone a name.

  19. Without a powerful precooler this engine will have quite a substantial weight, decreasing its efficiency. The SABRE engine from Reaction Engines Ltd. seems to be more of a step in the right direction, instead of brute-forcing the minimum performance required, efficiency be damned.

  20. Re:Summary is crap, of course on Superjet Technology Nears Reality After Successful Australia Test (cnet.com) · · Score: 0

    So edgy.

  21. Oh give it up already, grandad. Your pessimism is not an attractive trait.

  22. Re:Islamo-fascists use it too. on Developer Of Anonymous Tor Software Dodges FBI, Leaves US (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    ChrisQ? Is that you?

  23. Re:The country on Developer Of Anonymous Tor Software Dodges FBI, Leaves US (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    You are parroting the nonsense cliché that arose from a journalist counting the number of cameras on a single street in London and then extrapolating that out for the entire country. It also didn't mention that the vast majority of cameras are in private hands, and that the data protection act is very strong and well enforced, and provides very strict control over what data can be collected (including video), disseminated, and kept.

    So please stop. I know it sounds funny, and you might even think it's pretty edgy, but it's unfounded nonsense.

  24. Re:undermining the Tor system on Developer Of Anonymous Tor Software Dodges FBI, Leaves US (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    And maybe she didn't. As you don't have even half the facts, jumping to conclusions isn't painting you in the most rational of lights.

  25. Re:Except: it does on Pfizer Blocks The Use Of Its Drugs In Executions · · Score: 1

    If only there were loads of countries with different governments in different parts of the political spectrum who have had decades of no death penalty. We could use their statistics to figure out if what you are guessing is actually true...

    Just admit it. You want to kill people. You find the idea of vengeance much more appealing than that of justice.