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  1. Re:No joke, it's hard on Dutch Gov't Has No Idea How To Delete Tapped Calls · · Score: 4, Informative

    And, the Netherlands have about the most all encompassing citizens database on the globe. So all data is cross referenced all over the place amongst databases of all civil governmental and semi-governmental agencies . It's so vast that indeed it's not only hard, but virtually impossible to remove data completely. As an example: The colour, structure and density of pubescent children is stored. All this data is directly accessible via the misnomed 'Citizen Service Number'. We dutch tend to call it the 'Citizens Spying Number'.

  2. Michael Gazzaniga worthwhile read on Brain Study Calls Free Will Into Question · · Score: 1

    In his book http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/1932594019.html he poses (in the last chapters) some very thought provoking ideas concerning free will/consiousness. Haven't yet read anything that feels more adequate....

  3. Re:Of course... on Microsoft Designed UAC to Annoy Users · · Score: 1

    Concurrent CPM later Concurrent DOS ran up to 16 serial Wyse terminals with four tasks per terminal on a 80286. With FBasic it ran some pretty important financial apps. No security probs there, maybe because no one tried but still...

  4. paul should learn to read french on U2's Manager Calls For Mandatory Disconnects For Music Downloaders · · Score: 1

    maybe he should first read the law? They can only disconnect if someone proves they dl'd illegaly. Then it's a 3 strikes before your ISP cuts you off. There is no blacklist so you take another isp and be more careful next time. After having done all the isps you just take an account with the first one and do the merrygoround. In other words, it's law to appease the moneymakers with no actual power.