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  1. Re:"letting you play previously purchased games." on Microsoft Closes Xbox.com PC Marketplace · · Score: 1

    Yeees.  But it doesn't work that way, does it?   That's kinda the poster's point, I think.

  2. Re:Web app? What's that? on Web Apps: the Future of the Internet, Or Forever a Second-Class Citizen? · · Score: 1

    I agree, except when they can make rational use of things like GPS, wifi, etc. to be more useful than they could be as a web app only.

    It has to be conceded that this exists.  I only install apps where this is so.  More often it is pointless, as you say.

  3. Re:Dumbing down is out of hand on Firefox 23 Arrives With New Logo, Mixed Content Blocker, and Network Monitor · · Score: 2

    mod parent the fuck fuck FUCKITY up

  4. Re:Patents for software will expand... on German Parliament Tells Government To Strictly Limit Patents On Software · · Score: 1

    I don't think that's likely.  There would be such an uproar if they tried it that most congresscritters would shrivel and refuse to vote in fear, as with SOPA.

    The outcry wouldn't be as loud, of course, but it would come from informed quarters.

  5. Re:Try to avoid 9 billion on Pandora's Promise and the Problem of "Solutionism" · · Score: 1

    The one thing that is proven to reduce population, beyond doubt, is increasing the standard of living.

    Contraception is part of that.  But free economic systems are the solution.

  6. Re:DID THIS SPYING PREVENT BOSTON? on Majority of Americans Say NSA Phone Tracking Is OK To Fight Terrorism · · Score: 1

    well said.

  7. Re:Taser International is the wrong group to do th on Watching the Police: Will Two-Way Surveillance Reduce Crime? · · Score: 1

    too fucking right.

  8. Re:Eagle Landing on Armstrong EKG Readings During Moon Landing Up For Auction · · Score: 1

    hey bro where did you get that info?  ie. the bpm at that time?

    I'm really looking for a hard link for it for an essay i'm writing.

  9. Re:2D is hard enough for some, 3D will be a disast on New Flying Car Design Unveiled · · Score: 1

    excellent points.  mod parent up.

  10. Now if Play would just allow F-Droid on Barnes & Noble Adds Google Play Store To the Nook · · Score: 1

    It's hard to tell people they need to "root" their phones to run F-Droid:

    http://f-droid.org

    And it's particularly unfortunate in light of the fairly dire need for open source apps to get popularized on phones.  Much less risk of malware.

  11. Re:Playing the race card again on Florida Teen Expelled and Arrested For Science Experiment · · Score: 1

    I like how it never crosses your mind that race really could be the issue.  You are obviously not a person of color, and have no conception of what it's like to be non-white in America.

    And people distrust the media because Fox News was created to do that.  An informed populace can't be fooled as easily.

  12. Re:Free Trade up on BlackBerry Looking To Quench 'Insatiable Demand' For New Smartphones · · Score: 1

    Have they fixed all the memory leak and stability problems with their server side software?

  13. Well yeah, it sucked on Futurama Cancelled (Again) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't bring a show back unless you can do it at similar quality as before.  Family Guy is a great example of the right way to do it.  Futurama is the wrong, sad, terrible way.

  14. Re:Sure, go ahead. on Japanese Police Urge ISPs To Block Tor · · Score: 2

    The link you provided was to RT, which publishes a lot of spurious information.  The paper they reference is not peer reviewed, and published on a trash website that looks credible at first.

    I'm not saying it's not true, but I am saying that if there were strong evidence for it, many enterprising young reporters would be publishing it far and wide.

  15. Re:Is that what you really want? on S. Korea Says Cyber Attack From North Wiped 48,700 Machines · · Score: 1

    Are you out of your mind?  Have you never hacked a site *on accident*?

  16. Re:The Scoop on S. Korea Says Cyber Attack From North Wiped 48,700 Machines · · Score: 1

    There is a slight difference.  If you're running a web server, this is a service designed to share your information with the rest of the world.

    If, for example, you have some data that is only accessible by typing in a URL--ie. you don't have a link to it--is someone "hacking" if they access it?

    In other words, the analogy with rape is a false one.

  17. Re:Is that what you really want? on S. Korea Says Cyber Attack From North Wiped 48,700 Machines · · Score: 1

    There is a slight difference.  If you're running a web server, this is a service designed to share your information with the rest of the world.
    If, for example, you have some data that is only accessible by typing in a URL--ie. you don't have a link to it--is someone "hacking" if they access it?

    In other words, the analogy with physical security is a false one.

  18. Re:The Scoop on S. Korea Says Cyber Attack From North Wiped 48,700 Machines · · Score: 1

    There is a slight difference.  If you're running a web server, this is a service designed to share your information with the rest of the world.

    If, for example, you have some data that is only accessible by typing in a URL--ie. you don't have a link to it--is someone "hacking" if they access it?

    In other words, the analogy with physical security is a false one.

  19. Re:The Scoop on S. Korea Says Cyber Attack From North Wiped 48,700 Machines · · Score: 0

    Yes, they do.

    Poor security = no security.  You are literally inviting people to read your data because you have not made a proper effort to conceal it.

    If you don't agree with that, consider the alternative.  We live in a world where half assed managers can simply rely on their lawyers, and bribing government lawyers, to sue everybody in the world to keep their systems secure.

  20. Re:Let's look at this more closely on Judge Rules That Resale of MP3s Violates Copyright Law · · Score: 1

    uh, that's not what they tell you.  they say you are "buying" it.  You see adds that say "OWN it today".

    No, you are wrong.  they are lying.

  21. Re:The Answer To This Nonsense... on Build a Secret Compartment, Go To Jail · · Score: 1

    Legalization is not about pretending drugs are harmless.  If it was, alcohol wouldn't be legal.

    It's about the cure being worse than the disease.

  22. Re:This little guy on North Korea Declares a State of War · · Score: 1

    yes, but that would be a hell  of a trust building exercise for the Chinese.  And we may not be willing to go along, any more than we did when the Wall came down in Europe.

    We shall see.  I wish it would happen...I pity the millions of North Koreans trapped in that vile regime for so long.

  23. Re:Still waiting for the first abuse of Googles po on Google Glass and Surveillance Culture · · Score: 1

    Uh, so far.  Mostly.  That we know of.  Under the current leadership, who will not live forever.

    Don't be so short sighted.  You can depend on them abusing the hell out of their data at one point or another.

  24. Re:This little guy on North Korea Declares a State of War · · Score: 1

    China protects them, because they don't want U.S. military bases on their border.  Also, the NK's have a huge amount of artillery read to flatten Seoul at a moment's notice.

  25. Re:Nothing New on North Korea Declares a State of War · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Nice theory, too bad it's nonsense.  Seriously, do you have any evidence?

    Isn't it much more logical that it was simply a struggle for control over Korea by the more powerful nations, that ended in a deadlock?

    Korea had never been a potent independent economic player in history--I very much doubt the current status of the south, for example, was something anyone from outside Korea was expecting.

    It's *not* that big a country, bro.  Your argument doesn't make any sense, and you have no evidence, so please don't spread drivel.  Bad enough we have Glen Beck conjecturing on camera...