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  1. Will this affect overseas profits tax evasion? on Obama Administration Says the World's Servers Are Ours · · Score: 1

    The US government doesn't need money from the companies... that's what printers are for.

  2. Re:iGoogle Disaster on The Case Against Gmail · · Score: 1

    In honor of Harry Randall Truman, I will scoff at this impending iGoogleocolypse which some claim will take my home. Despite this 2 day countdown, I don't have any idea whether it will cease to show. Ain't gonna hurt me... boy.

  3. Re:Looking in from the outside. on U.S. Government: Sorry, We're Closed · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sorry, but the way the US political class appear to act is absolutely fucking pathetic.

    Thanks for this insightful outside perspective; our beer goggles must be deceiving us.

  4. why did they hire them in the first place?

    They didn't hire these people; they bought companies for their technologies, brands, etc. and then got rid of the extra employees.

  5. Boston Bombings on Verizon Ordered To Provide All Customer Data To NSA · · Score: 2

    Note that this was signed the week after the boston bombings, two days after Ibragim Todashev was killed by the FBI. They were likely trying to follow various other related leads.

    Also of note:
    - This document is top secret, not to be declassified until 2038, so close your eyes.

  6. Anonymous collects $55k to pay for bandwidth on Is Anonymous Going Mainstream Following Website Funding? · · Score: 1

    of LOIC attacks from anonymous.

  7. Betas on Amazon Nears Debut of Original TV Shows · · Score: 1

    Betas wasn't too horrible. It was a bit cliché, but entertaining and applicable to the entrepreneurial/tech crowd.

  8. "He hasn't done any damage" on The Hacker Who Found the Secrets of the Next Xbox and PlayStation · · Score: 2

    I would argue that he may have done a great deal of damage. Releasing plans for future products can tip off competitors. Information regarding future products can also result in a customer not purchasing what is currently available in anticipation for a future product. Both of these can mean millions of dollars in losses for a company.

  9. Re:Ok, so... on Death of Printed Books May Have Been Exaggerated · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but if it's Friday, and I want a book, even with Amazon Prime I have to wait until Tuesday or so.

  10. Ok, so... on Death of Printed Books May Have Been Exaggerated · · Score: 1

    Can I have my bookstores back now?

  11. Airplanes on Ask Slashdot: Old Technology Coexisting With New? · · Score: 1

    All of the new costly equipment has to keep working with the old costly equipment.

  12. Did anyone else... on Gut Bacteria Cocktail May End Need for Fecal Transplants · · Score: 1

    read this as "Gut Bacteria Cocktail May End Need for Facial Transplants"? I was a little excited.

  13. Benefits on Facebook Patents Pokes-Per-Minute Limits · · Score: 2

    If this helps to prevent one more product from implementing the concept of poking, the patent system may just be worth it after all.

  14. Good luck.. on Nestle's GPS Tracking Candy Campaign · · Score: 1

    trying to get through airport security. I swear, I bought it at the store! I have no idea what this device is! I've never seen it in my life before!

  15. Re:How fucking sad. on NASA To Face $1.3 Billion Cut Next Year Under Sequestration · · Score: 1

    NOAA too - I think they are often overlooked.

  16. OSU is Oregon State also.

  17. Re:RTFA on White House Pulls Down TSA Petition · · Score: 1

    They don't set policy.

    Correct. From my experience, any petitions which reach their quota are honored with a well-written response from the white-house saying: "You are wrong."

  18. Must not have been a good business... on Legitimate eBook Lending Community Closed After Copyright Complaints · · Score: 1

    "I really do not know if it is worth the effort at this point" - If the site creator isn't willing to respond to a few hundred emails, then the business probably wasn't worth much to them to begin with. Responding to the complaints "individually" doesn't mean having a full on conversation with each person complaining either. If you don't want to respond each person, then just switch to a different host: problem solved!

  19. Re:Thought so. on Ask Slashdot: Teaching Chemistry To Home-Schooled Kids? · · Score: 2

    logical conclusion that there is a God

    Error: Does Not Compute

  20. Re:Not gonna happen on Stuxnet/Flame/Duqu Uses GPL Code · · Score: 1

    In that case, perhaps all GPL licensing can be circumvented by only distributing the software via a virus. "Click Here to begin infecting your computer with the latest version!"

    Does a virus spreading itself really count as "distribution" under the GPL? It could be argued that copying itself (sometimes to places it isn't wanted) is just the normal execution of this particular program (which the GPL always allows), not a proper "distribution".

  21. Re:Not necessiarly on Neal Stephenson Takes Blame For Innovation Failure · · Score: 1

    Also note that culture can be influenced by many different directions. Hideo Kojima, whom some of you may know, appears to have felt a similar burden:
    "If our children today don't have any dreams, we creators are guilty for not giving them dreams. We are culpable. We must create a dream to leave behind for the sake of our children."
    -Hideo Kojima-

  22. Can you actually buy these things? on Raspberry Pi Passes EU Electromagnetic Compatibility Testing · · Score: 1

    Their site http://www.raspberrypi.com/ has had the same "Down for Maintenance" message for at least a month. Is it actually possible to purchase one of these (in the US)?

  23. Interesting... on Here's What Facebook Sends the Cops In Response To a Subpoena · · Score: 1

    Based on the documents, it looks like Facebook even was able to provide deleted wall posts and friends.

  24. This does not leave room for freedom on The Internet Blueprint Wants You To Crowdsource Digital Laws · · Score: 1

    Unless these laws only specify rights, and not restrictions, then creating laws will only create further restrictions on freedom.

    Let freedom be access to all values in a set. Let a law define a subset of freedom. Laws do not define additional freedom, but rather restrict it. If laws are added continuously, without removing laws, you are left with the intersection of all of these laws, which will get narrower and narrower (smaller subset). Advocating the creation of laws should be frowned upon. We should advocate the removal of laws and addition of rights.

  25. Re:WTF Just Not Enough on Santorum Calls Democrats 'Anti-Science' · · Score: 1

    First off, Kennedy did not look 66 prior to death and Obama has said "My grandfather was gray by the time he was 29 [...] So I figured it was going to come. It just happened to coincide with the presidency." Perhaps you are the one who is "morally bankrupt and personally repugnant" for discriminating based on age and looks. I am in my twenties and care more about a candidate's political beliefs than appearance. I am not trying to elect a movie star and I hope that enough voters will side with me on that.