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  1. Re:So what? on Wikileaks Party Making Questionable Deals In Attempt To Win Senate Seat · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Considering that Assange admires Ron Paul, mebbe this should not come as a surprise. Mebbe Assange makes a better publisher/trouble-maker than he does political leader.

  2. Re:Who is getting ripped off here? on Instagram "Likes" Worth More Than Stolen Credit Cards · · Score: 2

    Not really, just because someone has "liked" your page does not necessarily mean that they will see your feed.. Unless, of course, you pay extra to Facebook so that those who "liked" your page will actually see your content. The question always arises, whose business are you building, yours or Facebook's?

  3. Re:Who is getting ripped off here? on Instagram "Likes" Worth More Than Stolen Credit Cards · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Getting viewers to go to the show's website and comment would be a better way. Or building an email list. What is happening is that marketers are being gamed into building Facebook's business rather than their own.

  4. Who is getting ripped off here? on Instagram "Likes" Worth More Than Stolen Credit Cards · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I am sorry to say that I have a grudging admiration for any grifter who can separate a client from money in exchange for fake "likes."

  5. Maybe overturning an election on Egyptian Security Forces Storm Pro-Morsi Camps Leaving Nearly 100 Dead · · Score: 4, Insightful

    was not such a great idea. Even when the bad guy wins, it is better to respect the results of a democratic election.

  6. on the other hand on Twitter Buzz As an Election Predictor · · Score: 1

    following events on Twitter is a blast. I did not watch the presidential debates, I just followed the twitter hash-tag. It is like watching a movie audience where you can see the film or even hear it, you just have to judge what is happening by the audience's reaction. It is much more revealing than you would imagine. For example, you can see who is going to win the debate 15 minutes into the debate. The dynamic is established that quickly. And there are surprises. For example, when "binders full of women" suddenly started showing up on my feed I thought, "Romney could not possibly have said anything so bird brained." but he did. Twitter is my all time favorite way to follow public events.

  7. Got nothing to do with Britian on Medical Costs Bankrupt Patients; It's the Computer's Fault · · Score: 1

    It is just Medicare, but it would cover everyone. HR 676 would save taxpayers $350 billion a year.

  8. Captain Obvious here on Medical Costs Bankrupt Patients; It's the Computer's Fault · · Score: 2

    HR 676, Medicare for All would be simpler and cheaper.

  9. It would be great on Chain Reaction Shattered Antarctica's Larson B Ice Shelf · · Score: 2, Insightful

    if we decided to take action BEFORE we turn ourselves into Easter Island.

  10. Re:fuck paypal on Paypal Rolls Out Photo Verification Trial In UK · · Score: 1

    As a professional flack, I have massive respect for the PayPal flack who got this on the front page of Slashdot, I would not even have tried. There is a reason for sites like PayPalSucks. Speaking only for myself, my personal experience with PayPal has been HORRIBLE. Currently, I use We Pay and thus far have not had any issues. Speaking ONLY for myself.

  11. It is like something out of Dilbert on NSA Firing 90% of Its Sysadmins · · Score: 1

    anyway you look at it, it is a very bad sign.

  12. slightly off topic on Rupert Murdoch Wants To Destroy Australia's National Broadband Network · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Murdoch's Pirates. It is useful to keep in mind News Corps' very sleazy business culture.

  13. Re:ENOUGH ALREADY! on FBI Pressures Internet Providers To Install Surveillance Software · · Score: 1
  14. Slightly off topic on Cybercriminals Has Heroin Delivered To Brian Krebs, Then Calls Police · · Score: 3, Interesting

    but I have to wonder how many bitcoin users are government intelligence officers of assorted nationalities, or even security officers for assorted private corporations doing stuff that they do not want traced.

  15. ahhhhhh on Early Surface Sales Pitiful · · Score: 1

    that explains it.

  16. I admit it, I was taken in by the early hype on Early Surface Sales Pitiful · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I took one look at the intro video and was blown away, I thought that Surface was as cool as dammit. But then I assumed that it would be priced at Microsoft prices. Instead they tried to sell it at Apple prices. Had they, from the get go, offered iPad coolness at a Windows price, I think they might have made a go of it.

  17. another reason to patronize an Apple VAR on Apple Retailer Facing Class Action Suit Over Employee Bag Checks · · Score: 1, Funny

    I never go to Apple stores.

  18. Re:+5 Insightful for on Jimmy Carter Calls Snowden Leak Ultimately "Beneficial" · · Score: 1
    New October Surprise Series

    The latest evidence of a history-changing Republican dirty trick in 1980 and its precursor in 1968. (For earlier articles about the October Surprise mystery, go to “Archives” at the Home Page and click on ”October Surprise X-Files.”) Second Thoughts on October Surprise: New evidence has shaken the confidence of former Rep. Lee Hamilton in his two-decade-old judgment clearing Ronald Reagan’s 1980 campaign of going behind President Carter’s back to frustrate his efforts to free 52 U.S. hostages in Iran, the so-called October Surprise case, Robert Parry reports. What a Real Cover-up Looks Like: Republicans won’t let go of their conspiracy theory about some nefarious “cover-up” in “talking points” for Ambassador Susan Rice’s TV interviews on the Benghazi attack. But they should at least have better skills for detecting a real cover-up, since they’ve had direct experience, as Robert Parry documents.

  19. Road to Reagen on Jimmy Carter Calls Snowden Leak Ultimately "Beneficial" · · Score: 1
  20. no one ever won a war with their customers on Microsoft Sues US Customs For Allowing Imports of Banned Motorola Phones · · Score: 1

    after a while open source operating systems will be the less annoying choice.

  21. Re:the PR ain't going too well on The Savvy Tech Strategy Behind Obamacare · · Score: 1
  22. Mod up parent!!! on The Savvy Tech Strategy Behind Obamacare · · Score: 2

    it's not too late, we could still pass HR 676, Medicare for All.

  23. the PR ain't going too well on The Savvy Tech Strategy Behind Obamacare · · Score: 1
  24. Re:slightly off topic on What the Government Pays To Snoop On You · · Score: 2
  25. slightly off topic on What the Government Pays To Snoop On You · · Score: 2

    US govt views privacy-enhancing encryption as an illegal weapon