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  1. Convenient site failure on White House Petition To Investigate Dodd For Bribery · · Score: 1

    Wow... site will not even allow me to log in to sign it... defending their own?

  2. I found it useful *shrugs* on Hidden Wi-Fi Diagnostics Application In OS X Lion · · Score: 1

    Having a quick way to determine signal/noise ratios in a wifi-impacted building is a useful trick for those of us building out wifi :)

  3. Re:Seriously? on Survey Shows That Fox News Makes You Less Informed · · Score: 2

    I love how when I counter and opinion suddenly proof is demanded when none was provided :) You're right, hypocrisy is quite amazing.

    A link... sure... how about: http://www.thedailyshow.com/

    The fact John Stewart can base an entire segment of his show off showing the lies Fox told just the day before (not once and a while, daily) is pretty much proof for any rational person.

    Regardless of my political leanings, that fact alone would bother me and make me question them as a source.

    If you would really like a detailed analysis, feel free to commission one, I'll be happy to consult on the project for my usual fee in doing such research :)

  4. Re:Seriously? on Survey Shows That Fox News Makes You Less Informed · · Score: 1

    Using the word Progressive they way you do convinces me you have not. "Progressive" and "Conservative" are just yet another in a long string of "us" and "them."

    You want education, try thinking outside of the us vs them mentality. That is what you have been taught to think like and it is counter productive.

    Not everyone do disagrees with you is uneducated, nor wrong.

    And if you want to debate a point, don't site-step it. I asked you if you had researched the money behind Fox News, and you could not answer, which tells me you haven't. Don't point fingers without examining all sides of an issue.

    You instead went off on some irrelevant tirade which didn't even make sense, or have bearing on my question.

  5. Re:Seriously? on Survey Shows That Fox News Makes You Less Informed · · Score: 2

    Fox only brings on alternate viewpoints to try and discredit them.

    Look up the 5-10 times they had Peter Schiff on there talking about the housing crisis and subsequent hit to the finantial markets. He turned out to be absolutely correct, but they brought him on and had the hosts actually laugh at him. Then would bring on three-four "experts" all of whom have been WRONG so many times they should have been fired refute him.

    Hardly fair and balanced coverage. It was a smear campaign against what Peter was saying.

  6. Re:Seriously? on Survey Shows That Fox News Makes You Less Informed · · Score: 1

    Lies are lies no matter who dolls them out, and Fox has been proven to lie far more than any of the above combined.

    They may have leanings but at least they try for truth.

  7. Re:Seriously? on Survey Shows That Fox News Makes You Less Informed · · Score: 1

    Have you done the same research to see where the money for Fox News comes from and who is associated? Might give you a clue as to their political adgenda.

    No... of course not... that would require a level of self-awareness this sort of silly discrediting effort speaks against.

    How about the fact Fox activly discredited people predicting the housing crash and associated financial system fallout? Just one tiny example of the harm they do.

  8. Re:Trying to shut down a distro channel. on MPAA Dismisses COICA Free Speech Concerns · · Score: 1

    They do it anyway via shell corporations and off-shore holdings.

  9. Re:This is really starting to get raw on MPAA Dismisses COICA Free Speech Concerns · · Score: 4, Insightful

    essentially foreign-owned criminal cartels illegally extending their influence into our Federal Government.

    The problem is they are doing it legally. It's up to the people to fight it and convince politicians it's not in their best interest to accept **AA party lines or BS, and that we don't want it.

  10. Re:So much for... on Legal Threat Demands Techdirt Shut Down · · Score: 1

    I would have to disagree. I grew up in Silicon Valley in California and I find I have more in common, views wise, with people who are from the same place, or other metropolitan areas where education and diversity are the norm.

    Not saying those from the mid-west are illiterate hicks, just that in my personal and very limited experience (important qualifiers) people from the mid-west or south tend to have a willful ignorance about the world that colors their views on things. No matter how educated they seem to be, they tend to choose to ignore it in favor of cultural and religious views. They also tended towards fundamentalist religious views rather than moderate, more modern interpretations. To me that was the major culture shock spending time in each environment.

  11. Re:Why care? on Legal Threat Demands Techdirt Shut Down · · Score: 1

    In regards to point #2, many IN the US often slap our heads and exclaim "WTF" when our government does stuff. The problem is that's all they do, so the government doesn't care.

  12. Re:2004? No statute of limitations in the UK? on Legal Threat Demands Techdirt Shut Down · · Score: 1

    If that really is the wording and effect of the law, I actually approve of that version more than the U.S.

    Things can be true but serve no relevance to the public except to damage someone.

    Maybe that is why you guys have reporters who still try and print news stories :)

  13. Re:criminal intent? on Feds Won't File Charges In School Laptop-Spy Case · · Score: 1

    Intend does indeed play a role. It is argued in the sentencing phase of the trial once someone has been convicted.

    "Your Honor I request leniency for my client as his actions were innocent, not intending harm."

  14. Re:criminal intent? on Feds Won't File Charges In School Laptop-Spy Case · · Score: 1

    I intentionally left it gender neutral. Under current US laws it is possible for a picture of an under-aged male with his shirt off to be considered porn depending on the context.

    If they are outside at the beach for example, no, it's not. If they are in the process of undressing (likely from a laptop in a bedroom) bingo, do not pass go, go directly to jail.

  15. Re:Before everyone gets outraged... on Feds Won't File Charges In School Laptop-Spy Case · · Score: 1

    Tell ya what... tell me where you sister lives and I'll send her a camera... it's ok... I promise my intent is not criminal.. you can trust me!

  16. Re:criminal intent? on Feds Won't File Charges In School Laptop-Spy Case · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It is very much illegal. It violates so many laws it isn't even funny.

    If even one of those pictures caught a kid with their shirt off for example, they just created kiddy porn.

  17. Re:Ho hum on Feds Won't File Charges In School Laptop-Spy Case · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Where does your sister live? I'll send her a camera... I promise my intentions aren't criminal.

  18. Re:Run on San Francisco Just As Guilty In Terry Childs Case · · Score: 1

    I completely agree.

    I have been in a similar situation, asked to grant access I really did not feel comfortable with. I stated my objections in writing, offered an alternative but stated it was my boss' decision. In doing this I covered my ass and did my duty, but was not causing issues. Most of the time they accept my alternative, once I was told to do it anyway, and did.

    Your job as an IT professional is to present risk analysis and ensure those making decisions understand the consequences of those decisions, not to be a brick wall preventing your higher ups from making them. If you really disagree, quit. I have done that as well when policy changed and I wasn't comfortable.

  19. Re:Snitch on Online Forum Speeding Boast Leads To Conviction · · Score: 1

    I love it when people say "learn your law" when they are so blatantly wrong.

    If you tell me you were speeding at 160 last weekend and I tell the cops, THAT is hearsay, which is enough for them to investigate, not enough to convict for the simple reason I could claim you said anything.

    If you write a letter and sign it saying you did the same and I take it to the cops, that is not hearsay, that is you stating something you did in your own words. Very different.

    Learn the law before you spout off at other people for not knowing it.

  20. Re:lemme get this straight on MP Wants Official Email Address Kept Private · · Score: 1

    There is a site I use that does similar things, and many of the campaigns have to be very fast as congress will propose and vote on a bill in the same day. If we cannot use email how will we tell our representatives how we feel about it? By the time a letter reaches them it's way too late.

    If the USPS will deliver from California to Washington on the same day... or if Congress wants to self-limit enough citizens have time to figure out what they are up to, I'd be happy to send a physical letter.

  21. Re:iDon't have the app you want on For Normals, Jobs' "Retina Display" Claim May Be Fair After All · · Score: 1

    Actually most developers are very frustrated with the Android market place thus you will get more apps on the iTunes marketplace.

    My company has been working with a major motion picture studio who can't make the app tore work, and going to their app in the the store crashes the market on the phone.

    If Google can't make this work for a billion dollar a year movie studio what prayer do little developers have?

  22. Re:Very well said on For Normals, Jobs' "Retina Display" Claim May Be Fair After All · · Score: 1

    Much has been made about that report for sure... but has anyone actually read the press release?

    It isn't even based off real sales numbers, it was based on 150k phone surveys.

    Android fanboys were so happy about the announcement they never looked to see it was meaningless data.

  23. Re:Wrong or right on For Normals, Jobs' "Retina Display" Claim May Be Fair After All · · Score: 4, Informative

    you don't like iTunes that's fine... but what rock have you been hiding under that you don't know Apple removed the DRM the second they were allowed to?

  24. Re:Proof that being more open = more sales on Android Sales Surpass iPhone Sales · · Score: 1

    Or proof that being a new phone gets you attention. They don't tell you most andriod phones were sold last quarter. Once they are both six months old see what happens.

    Google fanboys will buy android the minute it comes out same as apple fanboys will buy iPhones.

  25. Re:Apple on Android Sales Surpass iPhone Sales · · Score: 1

    To access an android phone you have to link it to a Google account... you download apps from the google app store... This is this different than linking to an iTunes account and downloading from the apple apps store how?