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  1. Re:Yea, What He Said??? on Opera Security Patched In Secret · · Score: 1

    Well I think we know why security through obscurity is a bad idea, but improvements with obscurity doesn't seem like a terrible one.

  2. Re:Oh no, think about our children! on Homeland Security Director Defends Real ID · · Score: 1

    I don't carry ID and I'm not even a terrorist! D:

  3. Re:Where is "not practical?" on FBI Taps Cell Phone Microphones in Mafia Case · · Score: 1

    But the cell phone isn't the object of the search, it is the tool being used to conduct the search.

  4. Where is "not practical?" on FBI Taps Cell Phone Microphones in Mafia Case · · Score: 3, Interesting

    No Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

    Sounds like the judge should be impeached, because my constitution doesnt make any exemptions.

  5. Re:Are they kidding? on New Zealand To Allow 'Text-Speak' On Exams · · Score: 1

    Are you crazy? Proper spelling and grammar are essential for communication. The upper class have them because proper communication is a powerful skill that aids one greatly in getting money.

  6. Re:Forgive me for asking but... on How the DMCA Protects YouTube · · Score: 1

    When you get a bottle of prescription medication it says not to distrubte it... I think that consuming it does not count.

  7. Re:Interesting. on England Starts Fingerprinting Drinkers · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Produce a fucking statistic why dont you.

    And yes, I am proud to be a typical American.

  8. Re:Interesting. on England Starts Fingerprinting Drinkers · · Score: 1

    Nothing on there says that America has the most peope in prison per capita.

  9. Re:Interesting. on England Starts Fingerprinting Drinkers · · Score: 0, Troll

    Cite some evidence for this statistic, which I believe you pulled out of your asshole, or stop making such claims.

    And no prison planet bullshit, a credible source please.

  10. Re:More then 10 megs of email storage and.... on Computer Services for Students? · · Score: 1

    my school offers PHP on their webhosting but I agree some SQL would be marvelous to have.

    And I get 300MB for all files incl. email.

  11. My College on Computer Services for Students? · · Score: 1

    Plymouth State University, Plymouth NH

    Gives me the standard webct, webmail both through the school portal and horde, a personal website on the domain, FreeBSD shell access, McAfee antivirus (which kindly blocks all IRC for me :( ...), FTP access to my personal files, and a few other features I'm sure I haven't found (just found about shell when I saw this and tried it). I even installed Bitchx so now I can chat!

    Pretty standard offering I suspect.

  12. At my University on Web Censorship on the University Campus? · · Score: 1

    There is no content blocking even of things like Bittorrent and limewire. Daytime bandwidth is limited, nighttime is not metered or limited in any way, I can get downloads up to 10mbps or even higher.

    Your university is doing a disservice to its students by blocking.

  13. Re:Trolls on Three Years in Prison for Posting Hatespeak · · Score: 1

    If there was a coup of any state's government, it would make a useful statement, and possibly lead the the secession of that state.

  14. Re:Trolls on Three Years in Prison for Posting Hatespeak · · Score: 1

    We're discussing speech, not action.

  15. Re:Trolls on Three Years in Prison for Posting Hatespeak · · Score: 3, Informative

    You're dead wrong my limey friend.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedition_Act_of_1918
    The Sedition Act was repealed in 1921. Although the Sedition Act was upheld by the US Supreme Court in Schenck v. United States, most legal experts view the Sedition Act as being antithetical to the letter and spirit of the United States Constitution, specifically the 1st Amendment of the Bill of Rights.

    And allow me to speak freely when I say that anyone wishing (albeit minor) financial support for a coup of my state or federal government, I'd be overjoyed to contribute. I'm positively sure that this is inciting violence under some reading of your laws, but under mine the only exception to the first amendment is falsely presenting a clear and imminent danger in order to severely disturb the peace.

  16. Re:Really questioning my libertarian streak nowada on Big Tobacco Funded Anti-Global Warming Messages · · Score: 1

    government gives corporations a ton of legal protections, they are able to be publicly traded, etc.

    Basically their immense growth is supported by government. IMO in a libertarian society more "corporations" (read: large companies, since corporate entity is a government word) would be regionally based since they dont have a legal blanket to toss over all the states and have a big picnic on.

  17. Re:Really questioning my libertarian streak nowada on Big Tobacco Funded Anti-Global Warming Messages · · Score: 0

    The power of corporations to manipulate people on such a large scale is handed to them by the government.

    Libertarianism, or more specifically, anarchism lacks flaws because however you slice it, there is no denying that we have lived, and survived both systems.

    The only human beings that can't survive under such systems are the useless ones, ie today's drug dealers. Or bureaucrats :)

  18. Re: Big Tobacco Funded Anti-Global Warming Message on Big Tobacco Funded Anti-Global Warming Messages · · Score: 1

    Tobacco smoking doesn't cause cancer significantly in Japanese populations... which has double the smokers of America.

    Perhaps it's the moderation vs. excess principle.

    Although it does cause emphesema, which is holes in lungs, it can't be conclusively linked to cancer in humans... at least when it is not used at say, 2-3 packs per day.

  19. I dont know about other countries on Ex-MI6 Officer Publishes Banned Novel on Blog · · Score: 1

    But in the US our freedom of the press is supposed to be unlimited. Which is why the state needs secrets... because anyone who finds them out can often publish them with impunity.

  20. Re:So? on US Air Force to Test Hi-Tech Weapons on Americans? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    They've been using guns on their subjects since pretty much as soon as the memory of the Boston massacre faded.

  21. Re:legal basis on German TOR Servers Seized · · Score: 1

    Extremely insightful comment. To be honest I tried to find a way to disagree with it, but you're right. The most outspoken, the most "dangerous" subjects of the government, the most likely to disturb the status quo, are always targeted and often "taken out."

  22. Re:what does this accomplish on FTC Fines Xanga for Violating Kids' Privacy · · Score: 1

    They aren't obeying the law, that's all.

    It's like the gas station that sells beer or cigarettes to kids. It'll always be there...

  23. Re:what does this accomplish on FTC Fines Xanga for Violating Kids' Privacy · · Score: 1

    Most porno sites require a credit card to register.. which you can not have in your own name until age 18 (in general)

  24. Re:What?! on Writely.com Beta - Google's Answer to Word · · Score: 1

    No I don't, I use the regular version of gmail, javascript and all. That works in Opera.

  25. Re:What?! on Writely.com Beta - Google's Answer to Word · · Score: 4, Informative

    gmail works perfectly in Opera

    I dont use the other apps you listed but gmail definitely works with no flaws.