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  1. Re:Given the UN's track record in Africa... on Attackers Tweet As They Assault UN Development Program Compound · · Score: 0

    Because that's so 1 dimensional, only a child could realistically hold such a position? People are complicated, motivated by millions of factors, even within the self-reproducing shared values known as a religion. The indiscriminate justice you advocate is, by every conceivable metric, millions of times worse than anything this small subset of Muslims has ever done.

  2. Re:I don't know about Stalin but... on Length of Applause Not Tied To Quality of Presentation · · Score: 2

    To be fair, someone can both be a complete shitbag and targeted by US propaganda.

  3. Re:So long truckers on How Ubiquitous Autonomous Cars Could Affect Society (Video) · · Score: 1

    But can he out-compete someone who runs a business that only pays for fuel and maintenance, and deploys a local repairman once in a blue moon? Maybe not.

  4. Re:Coin? on Five predictions for (Bit)coin · · Score: 2

    Or, to bitcoin a phrase...

    And if I were to kill you, I would go to jail.

  5. Re:Why not? on FBI Admits To Domestic Surveillance Drone Use · · Score: 0

    Presumably because it's a markedly cheaper, easier, and quieter method of doing the same thing: Given the.. er... 'robust' state of law enforcement oversight, your major protection from any given investigative method is that it's a pain in the ass and/or expensive, and you aren't worth the effort. Reduce the effort, and you increase the number of people who are worth the effort.

    Oh no, our government is saving time and money! Stop them! I get your complaint, but that is literally what technology is for.

  6. Re:Coin? on Five predictions for (Bit)coin · · Score: 2

    First sentence the writer made it clear that that's how he'd refer to bitcoins in the article. My guess is he's trying to inject his own dumb idea into the vernacular.

  7. Re:Cool, let's send Congress first. on U.S. House Wants 'Sustained Human Presence On the Moon and the Surface of Mars' · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just don't send any of that expensive oxygen with them. We can save that for a second trip.

  8. Re:Hope they will fix the motion sickness problem on Oculus Rift Raises Another $16 Million · · Score: 2

    You should read what valve had to say about integrating the rift, themselves. They discovered they couldn't just read the rift's state at input processing time. They had to do it once then, then again at render time, because 2 milliseconds made a huge difference. Code makes as much a difference as the system itself. TF2 still suffers from absurd running speed syndrome(the walking heavy moves about like you'd feel a jogging speed would be), and isn't a suggested first game for that reason.

  9. So long truckers on How Ubiquitous Autonomous Cars Could Affect Society (Video) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Truckers, you're going to be the first on the chopping block in this edition of technology theater. That's the end of the last blue collar job that lets you travel.

  10. Re:Bitcoin mining is not capital gains on BitCoin Mining, Other Virtual Activity Taxable Under US Law · · Score: 1

    You could say the same for buying/selling houses/cars/real estate/antiques/gold. Not a lawyer, but every conversation I've heard allows those things to be treated as investment items.

  11. Re:What is a publisher even for? on MS To Indie Devs: You Have a To Have a Publisher · · Score: 2

    It's not what you know, it's who you know. I honestly think we'd be better off burning all the existing publishers to the ground and letting everyone re-compete for that space.

  12. Re:what's torture? on Seeking Fifth Amendment Defenders · · Score: 1

    We actually have a document that is a checklist of grievances against the british crown, and it's more than 10 items long. It's called the declaration of independence.

    If our constitution protected us against our government paying "indians" to attack us, it'd be kinda depressing.

  13. Re:We actively tortured people, in the last decade on Seeking Fifth Amendment Defenders · · Score: 1

    Because to one extent or another, we're all at least a little culpable for the results of the actions we could've taken and didn't. I won't pretend I'm not part of a country that tortured people. What I'll do is remain vigilant, and never ever let anyone go without answering the question of torture again. It might not be the most I can do, but remembering that you can do something is important.

  14. Re:Not anymore on Seeking Fifth Amendment Defenders · · Score: 1

    I think the SCOTUS gets a hard time, but you have to remember, they're not just debating the theory, they're also debating the law, as written, and the facts of the particular case. The fact that a lot of the time, the convictions are on real scumbags, or the letter of the law defines the constitutional interpretation of the situation, causes them to make rulings seem quite unfair a lot.

    Scalia, though, is an irredeemable monster whose opinions, as written, are almost always dogmatic and awful.

  15. Re:what's torture? on Seeking Fifth Amendment Defenders · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yes, I know that, see my other post in this discussion. 4+5+6+7+8+14, with any one of those missing, the potential abuse the government could engage in would render the rest essentially pointless.

    Without 4, they could go on fishing expeditions unrelated to the known crime, to find a way to send you to jail, regardless of guilt. The protections of the rest would do no good.
    Without 5, they could just force a confession. To jail with you.
    Without 6, they could use legal arcana to convict you without you understanding it.
    Without 7, they could just detain you forever, forget the trial
    Without 8, they could threaten so severe a punishment for a conviction, that any sane person would take the plea bargin
    Without 14, they could just let your state do any of the above, instead of the feds.

    We could probably survive without #3 though.

  16. Re:We actively tortured people, in the last decade on Seeking Fifth Amendment Defenders · · Score: 2

    I say "we", because I acknowledge that I am at least partially accountable for the actions of my government. I didn't support the politicians supporting the people doing it, but to pretend that denies culpability is insane. It takes more than cynicism and disagreement to stop abuse.

  17. Re:what's torture? on Seeking Fifth Amendment Defenders · · Score: 1

    That's why we have a 6th amendment. If you're being interrogated, demand a lawyer present. Not everyone knows that they should, but that's why we have Miranda warnings.

  18. We actively tortured people, in the last decade on Seeking Fifth Amendment Defenders · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If torture was constitutional, we'd do it to obtain confessions. No question in my mind. Now, whether a password counts as a confession is an academic argument of some value, but the fifth amendment itself is incredibly important.

  19. Re: Deal breaker on Microsoft Confirms Xbox One's Phone Home Requirement, Game Resale Rules · · Score: 3, Insightful

    People modding this troll are being unfair. As someone who likes the console, it needs more games. I played completely through every game I was interested in on it. And I'm a working stiff without a lot of time on his hands. I can't imagine how someone in college or high school would feel.

  20. Re:lets try to get rid of the 115 jobs as cost 2 h on Lenovo Announces Grand Opening of US Manufacturing Facility · · Score: 1

    Okay, then who'll service the machine that services the machines?

    And if it's a machine, who or what will service that machine?
    And that machine?

    I dunno, who treats your doctor? And your doctor's doctor?

  21. So... redudant to the steam store on Amazon Debuts Multi-Platform Indie Games Store · · Score: 1

    I don't see the point. Amazon sells indie games. Steam sells indie games. Once amazon gets you to install steam, why would you use amazon for the next purchase?

  22. Re:in your dreams on Pondering the Future of a Re-Org'd Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Wishful thinking. No one ever went broke from underestimating the taste of the American public. I do hope xbox one is a massive failure. I don't really believe it, though.

  23. Re:Ballmer's delivery services... on Pondering the Future of a Re-Org'd Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Wait, so Ballmer wants to make MS a company that sells things MS has a terrible reputation for?

  24. Re:and how many people just cramed the test on Hacker Exposes Evidence of Widespread Grade Tampering In India · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Are you trying to mock educational standards by pretending to be someone who failed statistics?

    Poisson distributions have to do with frequency of repeatable events over time. You meant Gaussian or Normal distribution.

  25. Re:Down the memory hole on Facebook Silently Removes Ability To Download Your Posts · · Score: 3, Informative

    Have you read 1984? That's what a memory hole was.