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  1. Re:Not just a speech issue on Orson Scott Card Pleads 'Tolerance' For Ender's Game Movie · · Score: 1

    Thankfully you're in the minority.

  2. Laugh on Orson Scott Card Pleads 'Tolerance' For Ender's Game Movie · · Score: 1

    No boycott is going to slow this juggernaut down.

  3. Cool on Mount Everest Gets 4G Connectivity · · Score: 1

    Do we feel good about this?

  4. So... on Why Protesters In Cairo Use Laser Pointers · · Score: 0

    Buy your lasers now, because this behavior will catch on in the states and soon lasers will be illegal.

    With the current batch of losers raping this country I wouldn't be surprised if your pointer gets reclassified as an "assault weapon".

  5. One other thing on MasterCard and Visa Start Banning VPN Providers · · Score: 1

    If they can do this don't be naive and say something like "We will just use Bitcoin" because they have already made BC useless.

  6. One question on MasterCard and Visa Start Banning VPN Providers · · Score: 1

    Is it legal for them to block a legit business?

    This is your future when there is no more cash and you only have a card or your phone, they know what you buy, they decide what you can buy, and you can not resell it, this is a World that could only come from out of control business/corporations.

  7. Key wording on Obamacare Employer Mandate Delayed Until After Congressional Elections · · Score: 1

    "after the congressional elections" meaning bad news for someone.

  8. Microsoft on Microsoft To Add Ads To Smart Search · · Score: 1

    The Walmart of the Internet.

  9. Re:If I was a criminal on Motorola Is Listening · · Score: 1

    My suggestion was to live like it was 1970, with all the focus on modern data devices what is left to watch on a person living like it's 1970?
    Think of the fashion possibilities.

  10. Re:Unlimited Data on Motorola Is Listening · · Score: 1

    NSA: Hey we want to reduce the amount of noise in our data blocks we receive from the telcos.
    Telco/Contractor: No problem we will reduce the data cap, they will be forced to plot their devious plans on an ever shrinking data pool.
    NSA: Is that legal?

  11. Laugh on Motorola Is Listening · · Score: 2

    My traffic logs at home show that the Nexus Tablet is by far the most prolific chatter box on the network, some of the traffic was headed to China for some reason, one of the apps pinging home.
    *shrug* it's all pretty sketchy now a days.

  12. He's right. on Beware the Internet · · Score: 1

    What was hailed as miracle of World communication will rapidly become the control nexus for all humanity, just wait until they have a working AI they can plug all those cameras into.

    We know the value of a human prisoner, he is a work unit, what is the value of a free man?

  13. The real concern comes when they are bored with their imaginary war on terrorism and they start going to work on the American people.

    Brush up your language skills.

  14. Bitcoin as a password cracker? on California Sends a Cease and Desist Order To the Bitcoin Foundation · · Score: 1

    OK I admit I don't really get what work is being done on the blocks, but it struck me as a great way to crowd source breaking encryption and cracking passwords.

  15. Keep your mouth shut on Canadian Couple Charged $5k For Finding 400-Year-Old Skeleton · · Score: 1

    You might find yourself surprised at how few problems you have if you do.

  16. Base on the moon for the 1%, virus on Earth, it all makes sense...

  17. Re:Obligatory Quote on Snowden's Big Truth: We Are All Less Free · · Score: 1

    We are giving up ESSENTIAL liberties for the illusion of safety, there isn't more I can say that's legal.

  18. Define free on Snowden's Big Truth: We Are All Less Free · · Score: 1

    I can guarantee almost no one wants total freedom, it involves to much personal responsibility.

  19. Laugh on Oracle Discontinues Free Java Time Zone Updates · · Score: 1

    "we almost certainly could not have chosen Java as our platform as we could not afford it."

    So why are you still using it?

  20. My opinion on Seeking Fifth Amendment Defenders · · Score: 1

    Get rid of the author.

  21. I doubt life started on planets. on Cometary Impacts May Have Provided Key Elements of Life · · Score: 1

    More likely it arose in micro gravity forming bubbles in gas/water clouds, nebula, Oort clouds, etc. flash frozen and then spread throughout the galaxy like dandelion seeds.

  22. Not Pleased on Green Lantern Writer To Pen Blade Runner Sequel · · Score: 1

    Not Pleased with the selection of writers...

    How long until Bladerunner CSI ?

  23. Laugh on Montreal Union Wants a Camera On Every Policeman's Uniform · · Score: 0

    "the use of force by officers and assaults on officers drops by as much as 60%."

    I've always said they were just another gang.

  24. Insider Trading? on Judge Thinks Apple Will Lose E-Book Price-Fixing Case · · Score: 1

    So now you short or wait and buy depending on your opinion of apple.

  25. Brains are a funny thing on Narrowing Down When Humans Began Hurling Spears · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'll bet if we could travel back in time and watch these creatures innovate we would have far more respect for their ingenuity in their time.
    I'll bet they came up with solutions we wouldn't think of that were lost to time.