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  1. Re:Slipery slope on Study Finds 3 Laws Could Reduce Firearm Deaths By 90% (meta.com) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps he just doesn't care for the dictionary like he does his guns.

    And yes, I would be sitting here shooting police or anyone else trying to take my guns. When the second amendment is flat out ignored that much, we have become a country that requires a revolution. Politicians need to have some fear and respect for the population and as much as that has dwindled recently, it would be gone if the population saw the constitution completely ignored.

  2. Re:When is Google going to wake up? on The Source of All Major Android Banking Trojans Just Got Updated To V2 (softpedia.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Netfilter might be too powerful for the majority of users. They would likely lock themselves down and eventually turn it off.

    As for permissions, I cannot agree more. Let the app stop working when the permissions are denied but let me change them. There are a few apps i use rarely enough that currently I uninstall between uses. If I could enable or disable permission i could just keep them on the phone. There are also some apps like the one for my blood pressure monitor that i refuse to install because it wants access to my call log, contacts, photos, and something else i cannot figure out why. I even contacted the manufacturer (omron) asking them to explain why but got no response.

  3. Re:Can anyone explain to me why... on Leaked Islamic State Documents Identify Thousands of Jihadis (sky.com) · · Score: 2

    Are you seriously saying that because bad things happened in the past we should allow bad things in the present and future?

  4. Re:Can anyone explain to me why... on Leaked Islamic State Documents Identify Thousands of Jihadis (sky.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    More likely because the Christians will yell and scream at you while the Islamist groups if given the opportunity will outright kill you when you make crap up and distort their religion, religious characters, or religious sources.

  5. Re:It's simple. on Apple Might Be Forced to Hand Over iOS Source Code to the FBI (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    The 14th also with slavery and involuntary servitude being constitutionaly iillegal outside of punishment for a crime.

    It should also be noted that the all writs act that keeps being brought up was passed into law two years before the bill of rights was ratified.

  6. Re:It's simple. on Apple Might Be Forced to Hand Over iOS Source Code to the FBI (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    It should be obvious already. There has been numerous occasions where some business has taken a position they didn't like and were forced to undo. The end results always end in some justification that boils down to if you don't like the rules don't go into business because that business uses public this or that or something that leaches from the public. In fact, the entire paying their fair share in taxes or fees that seems to be a large selling point indicates this too.

    Perhaps their silence is because they think it is obvious.

  7. Re:Nothing to see here on Software Bug in F-35 Radar Causes Mid-Flight System Reboot · · Score: 5, Funny

    You forgot we recommend you upgrade to Windows 10.

  8. Re:We don't want to be negative about Mozilla. on Mozilla Jumps On IoT Bandwagon (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    There is no fuzzy or throwing out context. Words have meanings and they are assembled to convey messages and thoughts. If you used the wrong word and conveyed the wrong thought, just admit it, correct your statement and we can move on. But be specific because as of now, you are pulling a Trump and saying something that is true (lost his job) is false because he wasn't fired but you didn't really mean it but you did.

      As for the rest of your dribble , it is all your imagination. I addressed that his statement doesn't mean anything other than his statement and i admitted clearly from the start that him being ashamed was my opinion about something i do not know to be fact. It was a suggestion on the reasons -a guess if you will. Unlike you, I am not insisting i am right and you are wrong. I'm insisting that there is not enough of an official record to make statements that are anything more than an opinion.

    And as for you being gay, I already told you i don't care. I don't think any less of you for it. Or should I say I never thought more of you. But if you think me pointing out your homosexuality is because I care, you truly are clueless so I'll give you a hint. I have no more evidence that you are gay than you have evidence of any motive involved with the donation. If what you are saying is true based on your conjecture, my conjecture must be just as true. It's using the same logic that you insist is valid.

  9. Re:We don't want to be negative about Mozilla. on Mozilla Jumps On IoT Bandwagon (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't care what the SJW say. Use of the term does distort things because you are saying it is false.

    He has said he was sorry for causing pain. That is not any statement that he did or did not know of the advertising at the time of the donation or at any time before this fiasco broke out. It does not concern if he intentionally or unintentionally caused pain or knew his actions would outside of keeping marriage defined as it traditionally has been. You said he clearly wanted those ads which you claim were hateful. You have no evidence of such intent period and his statement simply does not address it. His statement is no different than someone apologizing for elbowing someone near them while putting on a jacket. People do still apologize for unintended consequences of their acts.

    The fact that he has stayed silent on the issue means nothing other than he doesn't want to discuss it. I would suggest he is ashamed of the donation but his silence is no different than telling an accuser you will not dignity the comment with a response.

    As for you being gay, I don't really care. You can be as gay as you want. Just don't make crap up about someone and pretend it is the truth and everyone who doesn't buy the story is wrong.

    Oh, I noticed still no links. They don't exist.

  10. Re:We don't want to be negative about Mozilla. on Mozilla Jumps On IoT Bandwagon (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Fired verses lost is absolutely not a matter of interpretation. Fired means one thing, the employer terminated someone. Lost means any number of several things and fired can be one of them. I don't care what an AC thinks either. You specifically distorted the comment in question in reply to me.

    I'm no more uninformed about the situation than you are. The difference between me and you is that I'm not going around inventing crap and presenting it as the truth.

    Here is why the link is important. None exist other than opinions of people like you who believe their fantasies are reality. You keep saying educate yourself about it, I have and told you all about it. If an authoritative cite exists, you likely would have posted it already and i would have been done before we even started. There is nothing like that, you refuse to show one, you are making crap up because his traditional marriage donation upsets you.

  11. Re:We don't want to be negative about Mozilla. on Mozilla Jumps On IoT Bandwagon (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    So your excuse for getting lost his job wrong is that you didn't expect the wording? That's just stupid and you continuing to harp on the fired notations hints to you having issues deeper than the facts.

    As for willing listing his employer, it is mandatory by law. Your logic is like saying he willingly got a drivers license or paid more taxes when the law requires him too. There is no willingly representing anything when it is a damn requirement by law. You are ignoring this reality in order to impose one that allows your fallacious narrative. It's the same with the advertising. You insist he was aware of it both before and after the donation and have absolutely no evidence to support the assertion.

    In short, You are making unsupported crap up and you refuse to offer any support for your allegations.

  12. Re:BAHfest methodology on How Sliced Meat May Have Driven Human Evolution (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    If they are right, you know what it means don't you?

    It means that God doesn't want you to chew with your mouth open. He gave us sliced meat and small mouths to separate us from animals.

  13. Re:We don't want to be negative about Mozilla. on Mozilla Jumps On IoT Bandwagon (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Lol... maybe being gay has clouded your mind or something. You claimed the op said he was fired when he said lost his job. That was corrected by simply pointing to what was actually said. You claimed his listing his employer when making the donation was him representing Mozilla when you were corrected that it was law and in no way reflected on Mozilla. You insist that he participated in the so called hateful advertising when there is no proof he did. In fact you keep alluding to some nefarious alternative reality that you refuse to share any details of despite several people requesting them (including me).

    Just admit it. You have nothing but got your feelings hurt and want to trash talk him even if you have to lie to do it.

  14. Re:We don't want to be negative about Mozilla. on Mozilla Jumps On IoT Bandwagon (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    You have gotten the premise of two major points materially wrong in your representation and you are calling me poorly informed. I'm seeing a pattern here. With that and your imagination about motives and lack of any evidence that exists outside your head I'm of the opinion that you need professional help if you are not already getting it.

  15. Re:Bullshit. on This Was America's Warmest Winter On Record (slate.com) · · Score: 1

    I have never heard of this guy before. His article seems to use data from proper sources though. In the who is Steve Goddard section, if what is claimed is true, he seems credible.

    Oh, I'm not going to double check his work. I'm not sure I can more reliable either. I'm betting quite a few if not most the people here are in the same boat.

  16. Re:I shoveled a fuckton of snow. on This Was America's Warmest Winter On Record (slate.com) · · Score: 1

    It's obvious isn't it? The air is getting warnee because we are measuring it. We didn't have all this global warming before we started measuring it in mass and make the results available.

    On the other hand, you did bring up a point. If roads, houses (cities), and air conditioning are bringing the temp up, why all the fuss over a gas that was relatively harmless in the quantity we are concerned with before the measuring conspiracy? Is it somehow intended to limit the roads, houses, and air conditioning?

  17. Re:Can somebody summarize the summary? on FBI Quietly Changes Its Privacy Rules For Accessing NSA Data On Americans (theguardian.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    In short, a section of the patriot act allows the FBI access to data collected by the NSA. A privacy group has been on the FBI's ass and the FBI finally submitted a new plan outlining the data access policy to the FISA court. The FISA court accepted the new rules but the details is being kept secret. The privacy group claims partial victory but won't give enough details on how they know that amount to much more than a guess.

    Short enough?

  18. I gave up on Google+ the moment they started trying to force it into everything connected to Google. It even seemed to carry over into crap not connected to Google.

    I'm betting a lot of people are permanently put of by that too. Of course it could just be me and my disdain for Facebook and ilk. But I know I'm not alone in that. I doubt this move will change anything.

  19. Re:Takers! on A Phone App Helps Day Laborers Attack Wage Theft (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Depends on what you are whistle blowing. Getting paid what you were promised isn't going to be overly detrimental to you. You will likely lose your job and they will likely be stuck paying lost wages but that is remedied by getting another job.

    It also took you three times of being cheated out of pay you were due before you got another job pretty quickly. The only way they can get away with that kind of crap is if you let them. The order of events suggests you actually spent some time trying to comply before realizing you were getting screwed.

  20. Re:I always had Google down as more of a CIA thing on Eric Schmidt Gets A Job At The Pentagon (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Lol.. and what do you think is wrong or incorect with what was said?

    I bet nothing which is why you attacked the messenger instead of the message. Probably also why you did so as an AC.

  21. Re:I always had Google down as more of a CIA thing on Eric Schmidt Gets A Job At The Pentagon (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    What is the conspiracy? It is pretty much known as fact that politicians reward donors and supporters. Hell, we have embassies in places most people would like to vacation at which are staffed largely this way. Ever hear of some embassitor to some country that you have to not only find a map but make sure it is a certain revision to find the country? Those are political rewards.

    My point wasn't one of some big conspiracy but that this might not reflect Google at all.

  22. Re:Takers! on A Phone App Helps Day Laborers Attack Wage Theft (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    No rand quotes - at least not purposely.

    You are partially correct though. The market can sort it out. But you see, that requires people to follow the law and the contract. What he described was a failure to both fulfill a contract and a failure to enforce the terms.

    So let me ask you. If you order and paid for a widget from my company and I failed to deliver it, would you seek restitution or dismiss it altogether and purchaseand pay for another widget? Let me tell you that one solution is obviously stupid. Employment is not very different. The employer buys your effort. You purchase money by trading efforts. If the employer doesn't fulfill their contract obligations and you do nothing, you are essentially buying and paying for another widget without receiving the previous one.

    So no. The market doesn't solve everything, but laws and courts and your actions fill in the gaps.

  23. Re:Takers! on A Phone App Helps Day Laborers Attack Wage Theft (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Lol. You certainly cannot follow a thought.

    Listen, you admitted to sticking around. If it was only a few weeks to find another job, you did exactly what I said you should do outside of going after backwages.

    It's important that you go after back wages because it does two things. First, It puts the employer on notice that this behavior is illegal and unacceptable. Second, it gives awareness to your replacement so they can be informed and watch for the same behavior.

    But you presented the situation as if you remained there long term hoping you could get the bonus eventually. That is stupid. If what you say is true, you weren't stupid, just inconsiderate to employees that would follow you.

  24. Re:I always had Google down as more of a CIA thing on Eric Schmidt Gets A Job At The Pentagon (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    It's probably neither. Schmidt was an Obama supporter and even though largely unsubstantiated, claims of Google manipulating search results to favor Obama was made during both his elections. Google itself might not be represented by this. It could just be a reward for support that will allow him to steer technology he can profit from.

  25. Re:Does this happen often? on Scuba Diver Survives Being Sucked Into Nuclear Plant (nydailynews.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    The reservoir works by gravity and water pressure. That is how there was no blades. It is basically a man made lagoon except the opening connecting it to the ocean is a series of pipes run underground and out to sea a bit to get deeper and cooler water.

    The power plant will take water from the lagoon lowering its level slightly which water from the ocean will flood back in creating a current.