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  1. Re:two things on Should Job Seekers Tell Employers To Quit Snooping? · · Score: 1

    Exactly!
    Hiding behind a corporation gives you the same persona as your employer.
    Now its two corporates slugging it out.
    Alternately develop a website which collects convictions, indictions, and fines against employer corporates' Directors/CEO.
    Before applying for a job, the prospect can search this website to see whether the employer has been charged or covicted or settled a criminal charge.
    (obviously, 99% of the time the prospect will see a charge/conviction/settlement, so he can be wary).
     

  2. Re:Why exactly did Great Britain fight Hitler? on UK Government Wants To Bypass Data Protection Act · · Score: 1

    Can't you recognize sarcasm when you see it?
    I don't hate Churchill. In fact i adore him.
    Unfortunately, after him, there are no REAL Britons. Attlee, Blair, Thatcher, and the moronic Brown are more than happy to sell you guys out.
    For fcuk's sake, recognize Sarcasm or go read Churchill's books.
    I should probably flag my next posts with air-quotes and mention its category.

  3. Re:Why exactly did Great Britain fight Hitler? on UK Government Wants To Bypass Data Protection Act · · Score: 1

    You are talking logic my friend.
    That NEVER works on Politicians.
    If you stay calm, collected and talk logic, you would be laughed out of every single radio station, TV station and newspaper office.
    You may be right, 100% yes, but it requires sensationalism to bring it to the masses.
    Haven't you read "The rise and fall of the third Reich"?
    Look, the common man cares shit about logic.
    It is about how it affects his daily life, his life, his money and his kids. Period.
    No one likes to change the status quo.
    To make him do it, convince him he is under attack by Labor party which seeks to put a webcam in his bedroom, brainwash his kids into becoming servants of the Pope, rob his bank accounts by rich bankers, shoot him in the back without trial at a subway.
    That is how you incite people. Not by dumb, stupid logic.
    By God, no wonder you British are a sorry lot and lost your empire to boot.
    If it weren't for Churchill to kick your asses, you would have probably signed a peace treaty with Hitler enabling him to gobble up USSR and roll up the EU while you drank tea, and chamberlain wringing his hands...

  4. Re:Why exactly did Great Britain fight Hitler? on UK Government Wants To Bypass Data Protection Act · · Score: 1

    ramblings of a madman that should be ignored.

    ...and thus enabling another Hitler to rise from the ashes...

  5. Re:Why exactly did Great Britain fight Hitler? on UK Government Wants To Bypass Data Protection Act · · Score: 1

    Sorry. Got carried away...Wrote it before having the morning coffee.

  6. Re:Why exactly did Great Britain fight Hitler? on UK Government Wants To Bypass Data Protection Act · · Score: 1

    My post was MEANT to be sensationalist to wake you all up.
    Of course it contains many some "extended" truths. After all the UK government outrightly lies to its own citizens to send them to their deaths or silence the police force when it embarrasses its staunch Ally: Saudi Arabia.
    If Labour and Police have their way, those SS knives you store will not only be taken away, but,
    1) you will be classified as a terrorist and probably be shot on the subway.
    2) Your grandfather will be retroactively be dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces for taking home the Government's property plus be convicted as a thief, in addition to being red-flagged.
    Outvote these buffoons just like you outvoted Churchill after the War.
    Protest under law and complain to the LORDS. It is ironical that the unelected representatives care more about protecting liberties which the voted representatives seem eager to snatch away.
    God Speed.

  7. Why exactly did Great Britain fight Hitler? on UK Government Wants To Bypass Data Protection Act · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why exactly did Great Britain fight Hitler?
    Churchill said some crap about liberties, freedom & stuff like that.
    (of course he was a racist pig and a cancer-inducing chronic smoker who slept when London burned).
    Seems Hitler's ideas won after all. Lets step back a moment and analyze him:
    1) He kept saying that the Soviets are a menace and communism must be wiped out.
    Which became the mantra of UK and USA after WW2.
    2) He racially profiled people: USA does the same under Truman, FDR and Bush. UK does it explicitly. Hell churchill was an exponent of freedom for all, but vehemently (and violently) denied the same to British Colonies.
    3) He believed in Rule of law (the Reich laws of racism were based on US laws). So does UK and USA.
    4) He refused to prosecute the Reich Police and Armed Forces who violated the law. Tasering police and fasle-evidence-planting police and murdering soldiers go scot-free in UK and USA.
    5) He always thought that the State was bigger than the Individual. Hell yeah!
    6) He was a proponent of tracking the smallest activity of the individual. So does UK.

    So, it is proven as a theorem that Hitler's ideals are what UK is following.
    Looks like he won after all!
    Wow! Our brave Hurriance pilots, the brave lonely men in Bombers who did not return home, the men who braved Omaha and Gallipoli, and the countless WACs who wept when their men died will all be happy to learn this.
     

  8. Re:15 Minutes to establish a LLC on Volt Asks Temps To 'Vote" For Microsoft Pay Cut · · Score: 1

    What the GP said was that incorporating as a LLC would enable us to get the same tax benefits that Warren Buffet gets.
    The IRS hates salaried people and loves them a lot: otherwise why it hates to provide tax breaks and loves to tax us more?
    Incorporating yourself would get you same tax benefits with none of the taxes!

  9. Goes to prove that nothing good... on Uproar Over Netflix's New Instant Viewer · · Score: 1

    Goes to prove that nothing good can come out of having s3x with microsoft!

    (A take on FRIEND's Phoebe Buffay's saying when she finds out Rachel is pregnant)

  10. Re:May he get the worst possible treatment on French President Busted For Copyright Violation · · Score: 1

    I love it when the restrictive laws come back to bite the politicians in their asses.
    I hope sarkozy is convicted under copyright laws and forced to resign.
    I also hope RIAA pursues this vigorously to the end, like they do with single moms and 94 year old grandmothers.

  11. As an ex-Retail Banker... on Industry Open-Sources Model For Infamous CDS · · Score: 1

    Wall Street technology is not that closed as you think it is.
    It is the ultimate in competition.
    Any new idea lasts a few days (like Portfolio Insurance) before a joker err.. banker leaves his organisation to join another next door at a substantial pay raise.
    He takes the ideas with him and the new company builds the new system. Simple.
    No new investment or techno innovation idea stays with same owner for longer than a few months max.
    Initially draconian contracts were written in 1970s but they soon realized that the ex-bankers had enough high-powered lawyers to bulldoze the contracts easily. Add to that the new employer's lawyers, and pretty soon the bankers realized not to stop such "borrowing of ideas".
    CDS originated the same way: the dumbshit of Maths PhDs who thought that Hedge funds would enable them to ride out systemtic problems easily.
    I was in retail-banking for a long time: never ventured into investment as it was too fast-paced for me.
    I left it to join IT when i realized that bankers will never understand complexities of software development and software guys will never realize that "good enough code" is not enough when it comes to compliance or meeting SEC deadlines for reports.

  12. Re:Smart; Very smart on Bunnie Huang on China's "Shanzai" Mash-Up Design Shops · · Score: 1

    Fat chance your sane approach will be passed into law.
    USA is under a slow, ever-increasing vise squeeze.
    Brought on by millions of laws, millions of lawsuits which can bankrupt an entire family, and police high-handedness which result in mix-tape makers being sentenced to 20 yrs in prison.
    Innovation thrives where compeition is open and need to survive is unencumbered by protectionists.
    Apple invented the iPhone and settled a number of lawsuits and still defending some.
    Same with iPod.
    Same with PC by HP (sued by IBM)
    Same with Windows (sued by apple)
    Same with every other new damn thing.
    Hell, if Edison invented the electric bulb today, he would be sued by the Torch manufacturers association, ...and if Ford were to produce Model-T, Abbott & Concord would sue him to death.
    Victorian England was the last time innovation stayed up.
    The subsequent attempt by large industrialists, large companies (Railways) and lawyers led to UK's steady decline to where it is today: begging others for support and proudly holding aloft its Stupid Pound in defiant of Euro. Hell it had to beg its former colony TWO times to stave off defeat in wars.

  13. Influencing what? Education, Sports, or Fun? on The Most Influential Games In History? · · Score: 1

    Assuming it was Influencing Education then i got to vote for:
    1) Democracy 1 & 2 (Positech games: taught in many schools in UK).
    2) Political machine 2004 & 2008: (teaches about the power of money in today's politics, something Democracy 2 leaves out)

    Influencing Sports:
    1) Wii Sports: Seriously. 30 mins of playing tennis with your spouse will leave you wheezing and gasping for breadth, and makes you tear off your head bands and just lie down.
    2) Can't think of anything close enough.

    Influencing Fun:
    1) Mario bros under any Platform
    2) Age of Empires: Rise of Rome
    3) Civilization III

  14. Re:This poses an interesting problem. on US District Ct. Says Defendant Must Provide Decrypted Data · · Score: 1

    Arghhhh....
    Let me understand
    neocons = criminals (karl Rove, Abramoff, Wolfowitz)
    Liberals = Not Criminals (Ron Paul, Obama, Bill Clinton, Andrew jackson)
    neolibs = Obama????
    WTF?
    And you are Libertarian?
    Do you even know what that term means?

  15. Re:don't keep sensitive information on your laptop on US District Ct. Says Defendant Must Provide Decrypted Data · · Score: 1

    Sensitive?? Crap.
    All i have on my laptop is pr0n. Period.
    Why would i want sensitive information on my Apple iBook, when i can store it in my Windows XP Desktop??
    Ohhh... now i see what you mean...

  16. Re:don't keep sensitive information on your laptop on US District Ct. Says Defendant Must Provide Decrypted Data · · Score: 1

    Hmmm...Pray, tell me how the hell do my "float" my 22GB+ collection of errr exotic videos into the "clould" and getting it back?
    I have TrueCrypt, but i don't think that's going to solve the problem anyway.
    Are you suggesting i burn them into DVDs and mail them to myself?

  17. Re:No news here... on Quebec ISP To Terminate Subscribers Over Copyright · · Score: 1

    I have no idea how my car's alternator & fuel injection works, and i don't care. All i know is the following:
    1) Car starts each morning. If it doesn't start on first turn, i call up my mechanic (Even after 4 years i haven't had a starting problem).
    2) I know i have to remote-lock my car when i exit it. If i lose the car because i failed to lock it, its my fault. Duh!
    3) I know i have to fill premium Gas every week, change the engine oil every 20,000 Kms, and check/fill the air every time i fill Gas.
    4) I know how to replace a blown tire with the spare in my car's boot. (Have done it enough times to time it to 13 mins)
    5) I know to do the 7-point checkup when i start the car- EVERY Single Damn Time. I don't skip on it.
    6) I know to wash the car every week and wax it every month.
    7) I know to fill the window washers with water mixed with the anti-scratch oil.

    What i don't know and don't bother to know is:
    1) When my car starts making a creaking noise on startup which dies away slowly, i know to take it to a mechanic.
    2) When my car responds differently to premium fuel versus ordinary fuel (acceleration), i take it to a mechanic. Premium keeps the car engines cleaner. Ordinary Gas doesn't need to.
    3) When my car's horn blows like a bull horn or a ship's whistle, i know its time to replace the damn thing.
    4) When my cars brakes take a long time to stop my car (more than 10 mtrs travelling at 70 KPH), i know to take it to a mechanic.

    A Computer is an appliance. Period.
    Expecting users to know about firewalls, NAT, .SCR, .VBS is like expecting me to know how to analyze my Car's engine and hot rod it, or repair the fan belt by myself. The Hell i will.
    My Car takes me from Point A to point B. I Keep it clean, serviced and well maintained. In return it never, ever fails me.

    Make the Damn PC like an appliance: everything is out of the box.
    Why the hell does grandma need to know to launch Windowsupdate every day? Why does she need to know to renew her kaspersky license?
    Why does she need to download spyware blaster install it and update it every week?

    Are you friggin' kidding me?

    Make the PC an appliance and THEN then talk about disconnection. Else you WILL get sued and you WILL go bankrupt paying compensation.

  18. Re:The Kindle Swindle on Authors Guild President Wants To End Royalty-Free TTS On Kindle · · Score: 1

    IANAL, but if i were Guild Lawyer and you bought a book and allowed someone else to read it to you, you are violating half-a-dozen copyright laws here.
    First of all books are private things. One copy==one person at a time.
    one copy==two persons is theft, stealing, making illegal copies, violating paper DRM, reproducing without authors written permission, robbery.
    You and your reader can goto jail for as long as 99 years under current US laws.
    So?
    DO NOT BUY BOOKS.
    If enough people stopped buying books, (like they stop buying music), The Guild will eventually realize this.

  19. You may be lucky.... on Designer Babies · · Score: 1

    My mom's second son (my younger-brother) died when he was 8 months old due to a stroke a genetic defect passed by my stupid fathers' side (who also died a decade ago due to stroke).
    I have a 4-year old son who's thankfully free from it, but i will never forget the fear i had when our doctor predicted the defect MAY be passed from my dad to my son (as a parting shot and a heirloom i guess).
    I haven't tested myself for the same, since am afraid of the results and i want to be happy (of course my life & medical insurance provider got to know my history and raised my premiums by 128%. They promised to reduce it if i voluntarily underwent a DNA exam and proved i didn't have it, which i refused: they can goto hell).
    We are not planning on any more children - EVER. The pain and the tears are enough. We have ONE child who's free from the family curse.
    Yes, and this so-called designer baby provides us the opportunuity to scientifically make sure we don't conceive one who's going to die in a year.

  20. Re:That's actually not very good... on Sony To Unveil New Fuel-Cell Prototype · · Score: 1

    Hmmm.. surprising.
    My LG KU990 gives me 2 days max with Bluetooth off. And hell it is a 3700mAh battery. I guess since its Flash-based, it sucks battery.
    What about the iPhone users in this forum?
    How much time do you guys get?

     

  21. Re:Indian democracy is a hash. on Supreme Court of India Comes Down On Bloggers · · Score: 1

    Whoa! Be careful with those words my friend.
    The SCOI does not take kindly to accusation of corruption within its premises.
    First of all understand the law:
    Indian law follows the British model and NOT the US model.
    Indians do not have the constitutional right to free speech by default. Yeah, newspapers and others have.
    But unlike the Republic of California, bloggers are NOT reporters, so the immunity does not extend to them.
    Which is why the colonial relic: OSA is still in India.
    And No, the parlimentary model enables only the government to introduce bills and the parliment can only vote on those bills.
    The MPs can't introduce bills by themselves.
    No party would like to provide free speech to all. That will just not work: for the politicians.
    The SCOI acts dually: on one hand they come down really, really hard on the government if it tries to restrict freedom of speech of citizens in ANY way. I mean, really hard, such that all TV channels and newspapers make it a point to criticize the ruling party (doesn't matter which one).
    Plus i can rant in public against political party and the cops can only watch.
    However the moment i start criticizing the judiciary, i get hauled off to prison.
    If you want to rant, shout and insult the judiciary, become an MP and rant within the parliment.
    The law expressly states you can't be sued for anything you say within the House.

  22. Re:That's actually not very good... on Sony To Unveil New Fuel-Cell Prototype · · Score: 1

    3-4 days?
    Do you keep your phone switched off?
    I would love a fuel cell which can power my phone for a full year.
    I will pay good money to forget the stupid charger.
    And i would love a fuel cell for my iBook G4.

  23. Re:Why does this matter? on Supreme Court of India Comes Down On Bloggers · · Score: 1

    Hmmm...
    Thousands of veterans homeless roaming around with NO medical care. Thousands without medical insurance and necessary care.
    Millions of homes foreclosed so far throwing thousands of families on streets or tin-can homes
    A dysfunctional education system "enables" a student to go into Debt for $50K easily and results in them selling their virginity to fund the same.
    A Monsanto owned food chain that is an absolute monopoly and plays havoc with the lives of the farmers and also damages the Soil.
    A bankrupt banking system that charges more and more interest while prying tax money off the Government to fund bonuses and parties.
    USA citizens have FAR more troubles than to worry about India.
    Worry about thyself before worrying about others.

  24. Re:Virtual Machines to the rescue on The Hard Upgrade Path From XP To Vista To Win 7 · · Score: 1

    HEY!
    Aero is NOT stupid.
    I have a 9800GTX+ Card.
    I did NOT pay good money for this to enjoy the stupid lame UI that Windows 98 offered.
    If you care to tune up Vista, it will be much faster than your default installation.
    Try it.

  25. Re:200 Miles of U.S. territory on How To Rack Up $28,000 In Roaming Without Leaving the US · · Score: 1

    EEZ and territory are Different.
    EEZ allows you to fish/drill/sink/swim. But if your ship is attacked by a foreign power, the coast guard or the navy need not lift a finger to help you if you are out of the 12-mile zone.
    After 12-miles the laws of the country do NOT apply to you.
    You are perfectly legal to sell drugs, distribute beer to your 16-yr old and your coast guard cannot seize you or charge you.
    And after the 12-mile zone, AT&T will charge you international roaming charges.