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  1. Opt-in? Finally! Wish I was Canadian. on Strict New Anti-Spam Regulations In Canada · · Score: 3, Insightful

    About time, these companies that deem you to want to know about their "special offers" are a horrible blight on people who want relevant information. Too bad the U.S. government hates non-corporation people.

  2. I'd love to see all the carefully organized evidence you have of professional political operatives engaging in vote fixing. Oh right, this is just a cynicism race-to-the-bottom, driven by paranoid conspiracy theories.

  3. Re:So what then? on Scientists Seek Biomarkers For Violence · · Score: 1

    You can do that if you want. It's stupid, but you could.

  4. Re:as long as we get basic income / and health car on Peter Wayner Talks About His New Book, Future Ride (Video) · · Score: 1

    Do your part, shoot a super-wealthy person today! No, but seriously, don't be in the U.S. as the unskilled jobs start disappearing entirely.

  5. Re:So what then? on Scientists Seek Biomarkers For Violence · · Score: 1

    To be fair, the genetics here are also not up to snuff to make an appropriate observation, just that when we have the technology, it's a theoretical option.

  6. Re:So what then? on Scientists Seek Biomarkers For Violence · · Score: 2

    Fetuses don't have a distinct identity. Dogs have more personality. Doesn't even register as a concern. Dictating what kinds of brains are desired is an ethical question, but it's not that one.

  7. Re:anything new that wasn't in popsci 20 years ago on Peter Wayner Talks About His New Book, Future Ride (Video) · · Score: 1

    anything new that wasn't in popsci 20 years ago?
    also, is that a ref code I spot on the amazon link..

    will in the future jobs all be covert advertising things that I HAVE TO HAVE to be safe from DA FUTURE!?

    Remember when everyone was all big on "web 2.0" because of "information revolution" type bullshit. I wish we could go back before that happened, because using news-aggregators(like slashdot) as advertisement targets hadn't happened yet. Digg ruined the internet.

  8. Interesting concept on Peter Wayner Talks About His New Book, Future Ride (Video) · · Score: 1

    But it doesn't really need a book advertisement built in to discuss the long term implications AI and other technologies will have on travel. There's a lot to say about the particular professions that will disappear, the rights of passage that won't exist, the economic and safety benefits, and the increased importance of energy production. All that doesn't mean this author has a uniquely interesting perspective.

  9. Re:Good Grief on Describe Any Location On Earth In 3 Words · · Score: 2

    See, but the thing is, it provides no unique utility. Semantic, searchable map: already done better by Google maps. Highly specific location identifier: already done better by geocoordinates. Human memorable name for location, already done better with street names and city. There's no unique role to fill here.

  10. Re:um okay on Describe Any Location On Earth In 3 Words · · Score: 1

    But what reason would you use those 3 words? "Street, street, city" is the 3 word human memorable identifier that is already in common use.

  11. Re:So what then? on Scientists Seek Biomarkers For Violence · · Score: 2

    There's quite a lot you could do. Most genes that affect the brain and behavior do so by means of hormone/protein production during development. It's not hard to imagine very low grade localized doses of specifically tailored chemicals to reduce the effect. That's prenatal chemical lobotomy, and raises serious ethical concerns too, but it's not as bad as just shooting someone.

  12. Ok? on OS X Malware Demands $300 FBI Fine For Viewing, Distributing Porn · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I thought we were past the "being surprised that apple products get malware" stage years ago. This seems like a pretty run-of-the-mill scam. I can't really see what's notable about it. Someone help?

  13. Encryption? What Encryption? on How To Compete With NSA By Hacking a Verizon Network Extender · · Score: 1

    Why would you need to sync your phone to the station to get it to work, let's just send unencrypted communication all over the place.

  14. Re:The real problem with Tor on Open Source Tortilla For Tor To Be Released At Black Hat · · Score: 1

    It's a valiant effort, but it still fundamentally depends on talking to specific hosts to get into the network. As long as that list is public, someone will be able to figure out if you're talking to it.

  15. The real problem with Tor on Open Source Tortilla For Tor To Be Released At Black Hat · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The real problem is that nefarious governments locate physical locations connecting to TOR by complicit ISPs and go after the people and hardware.

  16. Re:My guarantee on Former Sun Mobile JIT Engineers Take On Mobile JavaScript/HTML Performance · · Score: 4, Funny

    For the 3 seconds before your battery runs out.

  17. Re:Duh. on Current Doctor Who Warns Against Facebook · · Score: 1

    Except "Doctor Who" is just a common response to the character's name "The Doctor" so to those familiar with the show, your parsing still makes more sense.

  18. Re:The big question on E-Voting Source Code Made Public In Estonia · · Score: 1

    The threat of an open ballot election isn't that someone will murder you, it's that the police chief you voted against "happens" to suspect you of running a meth-lab, and runs a no-knock warrant on your home. Or the health inspector might just find a few specks of dust that don't belong. It's like pay-for-play kickbacks, but you can't ever prove the connection.

  19. Re:But ... But ... But ... on Energy Production Causes Big US Earthquakes · · Score: 1

    That's fine too, if not taken to a climate change degree of unreasonable "skepticism" that itself is something to be skeptical of.

  20. Re:This article is built on a bad premise. on The Savvy Tech Strategy Behind Obamacare · · Score: 1

    wow. That was obtuse to the point of irrelevant.

    See that's a fine criticism, it's just you usually follow it with a clarifying statement explaining what the relevant point ignored was, rather than just stewing in your own smug superiority.

  21. Re:This article is built on a bad premise. on The Savvy Tech Strategy Behind Obamacare · · Score: 1

    There is nothing necessary about what they're mandating.

    Yeah, these computer things are so transient and unnecessary.

  22. Re:But isn't this a good thing? on Energy Production Causes Big US Earthquakes · · Score: 1

    Regardless, it represents a substantial physical change to the connected, strata, no?

  23. Re:So happy on Google Raises Campaign Funds For Climate Change Denier · · Score: 2

    Plea bargins are convictions. Settlements specifically exclude acceptance of guilt.

  24. Re:The big question on E-Voting Source Code Made Public In Estonia · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The typical answer is the same magic answer that's been a part of democracy since the invention of the secret ballot: oversight. Think the oversight is foxes watching the hen-house? Volunteer!

  25. Re:But ... But ... But ... on Energy Production Causes Big US Earthquakes · · Score: 1

    Would it relieve you to know that there exist people whose opinions have been swayed by the revelation of scientific study on the subject. I didn't think earthquakes were a likely result of fracking before, but I do now. Sucks that I was wrong before.