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  1. But then that baron went on to maintain the roads and have soldiers patrolling the territory to prevent bandit attacks, and modern government slowly evolved from there.

  2. Re:Maybe, maybe not... on Hackers Leak Eight Episodes of An Unreleased ABC Show (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, Midsomer Murders started really going down the drain after they replaced the original Barnaby.

  3. Re:Alice Bob etc. on Congressman Proposes Organizations Should Be Allowed To 'Hack Back' (engadget.com) · · Score: 2

    They probably just have to pinky-finger swear they thought it was the right target, just like with the DMCA.

  4. Re:Anything except the obvious solution: on After London Attack, PM Calls For Internet Regulation To Fight Terrorists (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    Breivik's attack was different, though. He went for a very specific group at a time when they were isolated. From a strategic viewpoint he got the people he was after without any innocent (from his point of view) bystanders.

    These attacks? Paris, Manchester, London, Berlin and so on? The group targeted is EVERYONE. There is no specific target other than "As many as possible". It's all about killing as many infidels as possible before you get gunned down.

  5. Re:Very little fault of Rotten Tomatoes on Movie Studios Are Blaming Rotten Tomatoes For Killing Movies No One Wants To See (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    That's what my grandmother used to say when reading the newspaper: "Let's see what we're supposed to think of the movie we watched last night."

  6. Sometimes you just want 110 minutes of braindead popcorn munching rather than French film noir. A rating for "Good to watch once" is what I look for.

  7. Re: Begging the question on The US Is the Biggest Carbon Polluter in History (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    If it costs X to pollute exactly as much as allowed, and X+10 dollars to pollute half as much as allowed, which do you think a company will do?

  8. Re:Begging the question on The US Is the Biggest Carbon Polluter in History (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Go take a few breaths of carbon dioxide and tell us whether you consider it a pollutant.

  9. Re:Only one word for this on Man Fined $4,000 For 'Liking' Defamatory Posts on Facebook (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Mother posts that her child has passed away.

    Friends, looking to offer comfort but not knowing what to say, like the post.

    Friends get sued for causing emotional grief because they like that her child died.

    It's the same logic just in a different story. The Like button is a one-size-fits-all solution with a bunch of different meanings depending on context and person.

  10. Starry-eyed idea on European Union Will Fund Public Wifi (axios.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Funding hasn't been secured for this, just to start somewhere.

    What kind of speeds are we talking? What kind of data caps? If it's like my current mobile data plan in Germany, 500 MB per month is nothing on today's internet. May as well go without entirely.

  11. Your manager was officially awesome.

  12. Re:If you deal with the devil, on Get Real, Microsoft: If the New Surface Pro Is a Laptop, Bundle It With a Type Cover (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    This is a Surface, not a Galaxy.

  13. Re:How is this controversial? on China To Implement Cyber Security Law From Thursday (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    You say that like only communist governments consider themselves above the law.

    Which is worse: Being able to delete your information BUT the government keeps a copy, or being unable to delete your information AND the government keeps a copy?

  14. Re:Didn't China have over population problem? on Researchers Found Perfect Contraceptives In Traditional Chinese Medicine (inverse.com) · · Score: 1

    The two-child policy was enacted due to the cultural issues surrounding having a daughter as your only child.

  15. Re:Which is all fine (mostly) on The Trump Administration Wants To Be Able To Track and Hack Your Drone (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Does the constitution specifically grant you a right to breathe air?

  16. Re: AI diagnosis can be forensically investigated on When AI Botches Your Medical Diagnosis, Who's To Blame? (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Algorithms are only as good as their programming, and doctors are only as good as their education.

    You don't sue Harvard when a doctor screws up, do you? The primary blame would be on the hospitals, who would likely be leasing the AI systems from the programmers. Then if the system continues making the same mistakes (see above, forensic investigation) the hospital starts blaming the programmers.

  17. Re:You keep using that word ... on DJI Threatens To 'Brick' Its Copters Unless Owners Agree To Share Their Details (thesun.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Is updating the app something you choose to do willingly, something you 'choose' to do like updating to Win10 by clicking the red X, or something that happens the moment your cell phone (I assume the app runs on a cell phone?) has a data connection?

  18. Re:"Rape" now means "sexual misconduct" on Julian Assange Still Faces Legal Jeopardy In Three Countries (chicagotribune.com) · · Score: 1

    And this is exactly why the US from day one have had the official, documented position that Assange is in no way a person of interest due to his actions.

    Oh wait ...

  19. Sweden, make up your mind on Julian Assange Still Faces Legal Jeopardy In Three Countries (chicagotribune.com) · · Score: 1

    It seems ridiculous that Sweden is effectively keeping their fingers crossed while saying they're dropping the charges. You know, unless he leaves the embassy so they can get him, then they'll immediately charge him again.

    Can someone in Sweden please clarify if this is legal?

  20. Re:So A parallel universe that on Scientists Claim 'Cold Spot' In Space Could Offer Evidence of a Parallel Universe (inhabitat.com) · · Score: 2

    Only in the same way that your car only gets crumbled up in a car crash with another car that is already crumbled up.

  21. Rome wasn't built in a day.

    You're missing the part where they've managed to build a WORKING OVARY from spare parts. Next up is learning to build the individual parts, ie. the follicles.

  22. Meanwhile, in Germany on How Australia Bungled Its $36 Billion High-Speed Internet Rollout (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    448/96 kbps is the highest I can get here, just some ten kilometers from a large city.

    A friend of mine in Australia has explicitly said that I am the only person in his social circle to whom he CAN'T complain about Australian internet speeds.

  23. Re:It was only a matter of time... on Researchers Find New Version Of WanaDecrypt0r Ransomware Without A Kill Switch (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Cox and Verizon only hijacked the lookup to protect you from ransomware!

  24. Re:the bits will be distributed -- across the net on HBO's 'Silicon Valley' Joins The Push For A Decentralized Web (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Khazza?

    I'm not sure if it's good or bad that I still remember to spell it Kazaa.

  25. Re:people without phones on China Is On Track To Fully Phase Out Cash (vice.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Hi, yeah. I dropped my phone and it smashed, I need to buy a new one."

    "Okay, no problem! Just swipe your phone here to pay for the new phone!"

    "But my phone is destroyed ..."

    "Sucks to be you, you're OUT of the game forever!"