Sheesh, you're nothing more than an asshat at this point.
Yes, we get it, they're spying on us, but at least Google doesn't have a fucking military and spy operation that can over-throw a 3rd world country's leader, instill a dictator that is oppressive that will then cause trouble in that part of the world a couple decades later.
ootb on Techdirt: "a total buffoon who takes things out of context, blames Google for everything and shows complete and utter contempt for Due Process and is ignorant on how things work"
Re: Re: Plain and simple for ya, Pirate Mike: Google is facilitating crime.
Technically speaking, there's nothing wrong with Dotcom's business model of being a file storage locker. The way he had it set up was pretty good.
No one defends a storage locker in California if it's holding nuclear waste, but you wouldn't want every storage locker removed because of it. (Well, you might in this case)
If you're doing something wrong and get caught, it's best to confess. You'll get into less trouble by admitting that you're doing something wrong rather than lying about it, trying to cover it up and then get found out later.
Believe me, it ALWAYS makes it worse. Not just the punishment that will happen, but the fact that trust will be destroyed.
We're not important. We're the public. The elitists in Washington know what's best for us after all.
It's not like Women's Sufferage, Civil Rights or any of that stuff happened because the public was involved. Nope, it was the elitists in Washington that knew better and forced it to happen.
Hell, I blame Clinton for allowing the economic collapse to start when he signed the bill that ended glass-steagle, not to mention his role in the Middle East for allowing 9/11 to happen by allowing so many innocents to die in Iraq, which just pissed off the Muslims worse than they already were.
I blame Reagan for allowing Saddam to come into power.
I blame every President from Truman to Nixon for their role in meddling with world affairs from Korea, to Vietnam (though Nixon DID do a lot of good stuff in 5 years, gotta give him credit for that), to helping Bin Laden out against the Soviets...
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I have an idea!
That'll surely stop the gun violence, right?
And before SOME people say anything...
It's the EXACT SAME "logic" that Universal just used.
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Re: So, very narrow risk so far only in Mike's FUD...
You could be charged for a felony for using their wifi.
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Re: Knock it off already
Yes, we get it, they're spying on us, but at least Google doesn't have a fucking military and spy operation that can over-throw a 3rd world country's leader, instill a dictator that is oppressive that will then cause trouble in that part of the world a couple decades later.
You know, like the U.S. Government did.
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Fixed your sig, boyo.
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Re: Anybody remember what happened to Qwest?
On the post: MPAA & RIAA Return To Blaming Google For Their Own Inability To Innovate
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No wonder bike thefts are so common across the pond.
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Re: Re: Plain and simple for ya, Pirate Mike: Google is facilitating crime.
No one defends a storage locker in California if it's holding nuclear waste, but you wouldn't want every storage locker removed because of it. (Well, you might in this case)
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One thing I've learned in life...
Believe me, it ALWAYS makes it worse. Not just the punishment that will happen, but the fact that trust will be destroyed.
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Not to mention all the car companies that dismantled public transportation in the U.S.
Blame them first, if not for them, we'd have cheap, affordable transportation around the U.S. and could afford to go to the movies more often.
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Oh please...
It's not like Women's Sufferage, Civil Rights or any of that stuff happened because the public was involved. Nope, it was the elitists in Washington that knew better and forced it to happen.
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Re: Re: Bush did start this mess...
Hell, I blame Clinton for allowing the economic collapse to start when he signed the bill that ended glass-steagle, not to mention his role in the Middle East for allowing 9/11 to happen by allowing so many innocents to die in Iraq, which just pissed off the Muslims worse than they already were.
I blame Reagan for allowing Saddam to come into power.
I blame every President from Truman to Nixon for their role in meddling with world affairs from Korea, to Vietnam (though Nixon DID do a lot of good stuff in 5 years, gotta give him credit for that), to helping Bin Laden out against the Soviets...
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Simple enough...
Course, that's bad too, but it's a thought...
On the post: More NSA Spying Fallout: Brazilian President Snubs Obama Invitation, May Trigger Internet Balkanization
So...
Even Bush didn't get this reaction.
On the post: Court Reveals 'Secret Interpretation' Of The Patriot Act, Allowing NSA To Collect All Phone Call Data
3rd Party Doctrine...
If you can't talk on your phones without worry that someone can listen in because it's "public"...
Then there is no privacy because talking in your car, whoops, someone might be able to read lips and see what you're saying.
Talking in your house? The very air itself is a medium, like a phone, to exchange words between people!
Until we can communicate directly with each other via telepathy, then there will *ALWAYS* be a 3rd party to transmit what you say.
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Re: Re: Re: So...
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1% say yes
98% say no
2% say 'dunno, lol'
On the post: And, Right On Time, Here Comes The Blame Video Games Train For The Navy Yard Shooter
So...
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Re: Re: Re: SIDEWAYS, as usual. Definitely not right, not exactly wrong.
Well, 2 of them are 59, but they turn 60 soon.
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