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  1. Re:how many pages is the "insert for details" on Woman Sues US Border Agents Over Seized iPhone (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    It used to only be a few lines, starting with:

    "Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
    With conquering limbs astride from land to land;"

  2. This confuses me on Google Wins Ruling to Block Global Censorship Order (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    If Gucci won a court injunction against a knockoff maker of handbags, then Google could still index the knockoff makers results, even though it harmed Gucci - because 'free speech'?

  3. Same thing happened at the Canadian Embassy. on Hearing Loss of US Diplomats In Cuba Is Blamed On Covert Device (bostonglobe.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Global Affairs Canada has confirmed at least one Canadian diplomat in Cuba has been treated in hospital after suffering headaches and hearing loss.

    The information comes a day after the U.S. government said it believed some of its diplomats in Havana had been targeted with a covert sonic device that left them with severe hearing loss.

    The Canadian diplomat's family members were also affected and treated.

    "We are aware of unusual symptoms affecting Canadian and U.S. diplomatic personnel and their families in Havana. The government is actively working - including with U.S. and Cuban authorities - to ascertain the cause," said Brianne Maxwell, a Global Affairs Canada spokesperson.

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

  4. It's a shame. on BlackBerry Says It's Done Designing and Building Its Own Phones (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I like my Z10 and Z30. I really like BB OS 10. I love the way messages are organized in "Blackberry Hub"

    But if Blackberry is moving to an OS they don't write, on hardware they don't design or build - is there any reason to buy their stuff any more?

    Sad. I've had a Blackberry in my pocket since the 5790, a three line pager with the iconic keyboard. :(

  5. And the passport.

    And I've got both a Z10 and Z30, and love them as much as my BB 5790, 6210, 6750, 7230, 8820, 9700 Bold, and 9900.

  6. Troll harder, you haven't mastered it yet.

    Vegetables don't release 200 - 500 litres of methane a day. And why feed 20 calories of grains to a chicken to get 1 calorie of meat, when you can just eat the grain? Then you have 20 times more land to produce food for people, and we can stop clearcutting a major carbon sink like the rainforest and keep that carbon in place too.

    Reality sucks, don't it? ;)

  7. Re:Gassholes on Global Temperature Set To Reach 1 Degree C Over Pre-Industrial Levels (metoffice.gov.uk) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    lol.

    Gasoline is such a small part of emissions. You want a real target? Look at the meat farming industry!

    A vegan driving a hummer makes far less emissions than a meat-eater driving a bicycle. ;)

  8. Re:Conterproductive, perhaps? on Canadian Government Servers Compromised By Anonymous · · Score: 5, Informative

    No, the law isn't about hacking. Bill C-51 gives the government power to share information about citizens between departments. It also authorizes heavier surveillance, stronger powers of arrest, while not adding any accountability.

    http://www.michaelgeist.ca/201...

  9. Re:Soylent News Looks pretty good on SourceForge Responds To nmap Maintainer's Claims · · Score: 1

    Kiro5hin looked good at one time, but went full-bore political.

    Political?? It went hard core trollfest. I actually liked it better at it's prime than Slashdot at it prime.

    But then Rusty sold 'memberships', and it was all downhill since then.

  10. Re:Dear Canada.... on Shooting At Canadian Parliament · · Score: 1

    Actually, we are sending several fighter jets to bomb ISIS, right now. Odds are that's what is precipitating these attacks.

  11. Re:Dear Canada.... on Shooting At Canadian Parliament · · Score: 2

    I didn't say any of that. I said, we know how to mete our own form of justice to those that deserve it.

    We will not go apeshit. We will not allow our government unrestricted control over every aspect of our lives or violate our laws.

    What we will do is find those responsible, and hold them accountable, and very little will stop us until we think this has been accomplished. That is the way we have always done things. (And perhaps burn down the Whitehouse just for shits and giggles on the way home. ;) )

  12. Re:Dear Canada.... on Shooting At Canadian Parliament · · Score: 1

    Word is in, the Reservist who was standing watch at the War Memorial has passed away.

  13. Re:Dear Canada.... on Shooting At Canadian Parliament · · Score: 1, Informative

    Sorry Lumpy, but this is the second soldier killed on Canadian soil this week by, presumably, an extremist. We only put up with so much, then we go all http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardenne_Abbey_massacreArdenne Abbey on them. As the German SS if that massacre was worth what our soldiers did to them afterward. "No Prisoners" was the chant.

  14. Re:Who names those ships? on Northwest Passage Exploration Ship Found · · Score: 5, Interesting
    The HMS Terror was also involved in the War of 1812 under the command of John Sheridan it lay siege on Balitmore, which led to a poem by Francis Scott Key and then inspired "The Star Spangled Banner".

    These ships are as much a part of US history as they are of Canadian.

  15. Verified Threat? on 3 Reasons To Hate Mass Surveillance; 3 Ways To Fight It · · Score: 2

    So, clicking on that 'learn more' link at the top of the page puts Trend Micro into an uproar that "yourbrowser.net" is:

    Details: Verified fraud page or threat source
    Suspected fraud page or threat source
    Associated with spam or possibly compromised
    Rating in progress. Trend Micro Web Reputation is currently set to block pages that have not been checked for safety.

    Irony, or on purpose?

  16. Re:Love this quote on NSA Tracking Cellphone Locations Worldwide · · Score: 4, Insightful
    If you consider the recent stories that a A woman was denied entry to the US based on confidential medical records that the US shouldn't have had; and recent revelations that '5-Eye' countries give information on their citizens to other 5-Eye countries to get around local privacy laws:

    You could infer

    11 - The NSA didn't have to collect the data at all because Telecom companies gave them the data "freely".

  17. Re:too many possible jokes on ESA's Long-Term Plan To Investigate the Invisible Universe · · Score: 2

    Where? I just don't see them.

  18. Re:Let me guess. on WikiLeaks Releases the Secret Draft Text of the TPP IP Rights Chapter · · Score: 4, Insightful

    More like "+1, Almost a laugh but really a cry"

  19. Re:Nice on Edward Snowden Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize · · Score: 1

    "Take the Kama Sutra. How many people died from the Kama Sutra as opposed to the Bible?" - Frank Zappa

  20. Re:internet on Canadian Minister Mined Data To Target Email To Gay Voters · · Score: 1

    In Canada, none of that information is recorded on the voters lists, and no statistics are kept with respect to sexual orientation. A prominent member of the LGBT community recieved this email, and said on the radio this morning that she never emails government, nor participates in online petitions.

    Now does it bother you?

  21. Re:First post! on City's IT Infrastructure Brought To Its Knees By Data Center Outage · · Score: 1

    Incorrect. I know many IBMers that have been restoring service to that datacentre for more than 50 hours, on 2 hours sleep. It sucks when you are doing it, but it's worth much geek cred in my book.

  22. Re:Blackberry on With BB10, RIM Tries To Break Out of the 'Mobile Ecosystem' Model · · Score: 1

    Too bad that many feel the need to perpetuate that meme.

    I just got a new BB 9900 Bold, and I think it's the best BlackBerry I've ever had. And I started out with the little 2 line screen BB Pager way back in the 90's.

  23. Re:Lower Yield, But What Yield Per Energy? on Organics Can't Match Conventional Farm Yields · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I wonder if the authors of the study get the point of Organic Farming?

    It's not about yield, it's about removing the potentially allergenic and toxic substances in our food chain that modern farming uses from the land, air and water around us.

  24. Re:operative? on Anonymous Takes Down DOJ, RIAA, MPA and Universal Music · · Score: 1

    Even Saddam Huessien had "The Iraqi Information Minister."

  25. Re:It was probably thought too rude to say no... on Canadian Firm Gave Libyan Rebels Surveillance Drone · · Score: 5, Interesting

    We are polite. Americans however confuse 'polite' with 'weak'. I don't understand why. As Churchill said, "If you must kill a man, it costs you nothing to be polite about it.".