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  1. Not buying then on Microsoft, Chip Makers Working On Hardware DRM For Windows 10 PCs · · Score: 1

    So I won't buy it then. Fine! Haven't bought any film or video in ages. Modern content just doesn't interest me enough. Think I've outgrown motion pictures. Can recall only a handful made in the last 10 years that I actually enjoyed watching on tv.

  2. my ford is all too American on Ford's New Car Tech Prevents You From Accidentally Speeding · · Score: 1

    Funny that. I really dislike my Ford because it's loaded with disclaimers and mandatory safety bullshit from the American market.

  3. that's the problem right there on Ask Slashdot: Should I Let My Kids Become American Citizens? · · Score: 1

    "Ask an attorney". Why would you submit your kids to a government where you need legal assistance for a basic question? Or where you often need professional help just to do your taxes.

  4. we dutch don't seem to be bothered on NSA, GHCQ Implicated In SIM Encryption Hack · · Score: 1

    Nothing in the news, no politicians feigning outrage towards the evil Americans... strange!

  5. Re:I won't notice on UHD Spec Stomps on Current Blu-ray Spec, But Will Consumers Notice? · · Score: 1

    Neither do I. Don't miss it either. DVD showed me there's little to gain from buying official content. And the last few years there's extremely little content that I've enjoyed enough to even consider buying.

  6. Re:giant sucking sounds on Economists Say Newest AI Technology Destroys More Jobs Than It Creates · · Score: 1

    Up until now a lot of extra work has gone into making the money to pay for those labour saving devices in the first place.

  7. of course not on Microsoft Considered Renaming Internet Explorer To Escape Its Reputation · · Score: 1

    It's microsoft's interest to display adds. Microsoft's target audience has never heard of add blockers and all those technical things. They want an appliance. At least that's always been Microsoft's attitude.

  8. Did the American driver enter the 21st century? on Did the Ignition Key Just Die? · · Score: 1

    Keycards that are inserted in a slot in the dashboard or are kept in the driver's pocket have been available on cars on the European market for the last 10 years or so..

  9. Re:Time to move into the Century of the fruit bat. on Oklahoma Botched an Execution With Untested Lethal Injection Drugs · · Score: 1

    It seems to go with the territory of being a right wing quasi democracy. It usually takes a true democracy and a certain level of education of the voting population to get rid of the death penalty. Most of Europe reached that stage in the 1930s-1970s.

  10. probably still cheap on New England Burns Jet Fuel To Keep Lights On · · Score: 1

    I don't really know how much $140/mmBtu is. I do know that if Americans complain it's still cheap to us Europeans and I also know that Americans tend to waste a lot due to poor insulation.

  11. Badly informed on Disabled Woman Denied Entrance To US Due To Private Medical Records · · Score: 1

    I don't know what you are blabbering about but all countries in Western Europe have free speech codified. Getting a search warrant here is more difficult as is showing up at someone's door with a SWAT team. And yes we're allowed to defend ourselves but not to the extent of having enough guns to fight a minor war Also we don't refuse people because of a medical history. Probably because we actually welcome visitors.

  12. Re:USA,..... on Disabled Woman Denied Entrance To US Due To Private Medical Records · · Score: 1

    No, the terrorists allowed your own paranoids to win because not enough of you fight back.

  13. Re:One thing is for sure on 8 US States Pushing For 3.3 Million Electric Cars · · Score: 1

    Interesting.. what would your country have looked like without the interstates?

  14. Re:You'd rather kill them with coal? on Greenland Repeals Radioactive Mining Ban · · Score: 1

    I'd rather you'd keep your playground attitude of name calling to yourself. Nuclear energy is, theoretically, clean and safe. However in practice it's proven to be far less so. An coal pollution will be greatly reduced in a few hunderd years. Radiation tends to stick around for a much longer time. If we go into "I'd rather" mode. I'd rather see we stabilize our population growth and start taking our energy production seriously whereby effect on the planet is leading over quick profit. Let's see about hydrogen production that doesn't cost more energy than it delivers. Get battery technology sorted, see if we can do a good fuel cell but also see about cracking the fusion reactor puzzle.

  15. Fukishima, Sellafield, 3 mile island on Greenland Repeals Radioactive Mining Ban · · Score: 2

    Could all have been a loooong hazaa! As to this decision, Greenland was relatively unspoiled and few things spoil a country quicker than strip mining.

  16. But not with German rope! on US Executions Threaten Supply of Anaesthetic Used For Surgical Procedures · · Score: 1

    And there's some good hemp rope being made in Europe.

  17. Can you pay the lobbyists for that cause? on Citizen Eavesdrops On Former NSA Director Michael Hayden's Phone Call · · Score: 1

    From what I understand of your political system you'd need a lot of money to buy the lobbyists needed for this kind of change. Perhaps use one of those crowdfunded sites to get the funding?

  18. Dream on on MEPs Vote To Suspend Data Sharing With US · · Score: 0

    First of all, the actual effect of your data hungry KGB is debatable. Secondly, the EU is a lot less keen on annoying the muslim world than you guys are. We may be a slightly softer targer, we are a lot less attractive to the idiots.

  19. Re:Oh no! on MEPs Vote To Suspend Data Sharing With US · · Score: 0

    The "we don't care!" attitude has ruled US policy since.. 1950?

  20. never say never on MEPs Vote To Suspend Data Sharing With US · · Score: 2, Insightful

    North America is NOT a major tourist destination for Europeans. It's a destination where people travel on business because they have to.

  21. Re:Evil, powerful men have enemies. on Dick Cheney Had Implanted Defibrillator Altered To Prevent Terrorist Attack · · Score: 0

    Ask the guys in the Guantanamo Gulag, perhaps they know

  22. Research is futile on 'Zombie' Hormone Disruptors Rise From the Dead · · Score: 0

    Just like with pesticides that are known to wipe out bees, nothing will be done about this problem either. The corporate lobbyists own too many of your politicians.

  23. I like sandisk players and would pay more on "Patent Troll" Closes Controversial Podcast Patent Deal With SanDisk · · Score: 0

    For one that didn't include support for a patent troll. (or didn't have that silly slotradio option come to think of it) Isn't it high time to stop dealing with the US market? It's insane legal system alone makes that a good option

  24. Re:Why not? on Administration Seeks To Make Unauthorized Streaming A Felony · · Score: 0

    Yes. That's what you, the American public, has wanted for years. You're getting it now. And since your people accepts all limits on your personal freedom if it's to make America safe for democracy and creates jobs.... well..... it's a Brave New World!

  25. Re:NSA doesn't like the system it created??? on Bradley Manning Convicted of Espionage, Acquitted of 'Aiding the Enemy' · · Score: 0

    Hmm.. maybe. What he did was certainly brave but he was also fully aware of the possible consequences. I admire his bravery to do what he did though.