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• Mar 9th, 2016 @ 7:30am

  McAfee

  on The FBI Claims Failure To Guess Password Will Make Data 'Permanently Inaccessible,' Which Isn't True
  So... you're saying that John McAfee was right when he said he knows people who could decrypt the phone in a few days?
  
  http://www.businessinsider.com/john-mcafee-ill-decrypt-san-bernardino-phone-for-free-2016-2
• May 25th, 2015 @ 2:57am

  Re:

  on DailyDirt: Trendy Drinks
  There's this weird belief in the US that raw milk is somehow bad for one's health. I have no idea why - and the notion that it's a "fad" (we've been doing it for the last, well, 2000 years at least) is pretty much on par with the idea that unbottled water is bad.
• May 21st, 2015 @ 12:06pm

  Crazy?

  on DailyDirt: (Not So) Huge Tracts Of Land...
  I guess we can't all be Hos...
• May 6th, 2015 @ 8:32pm

  Re: Re:

  on FBI Spent Years 'Researching' The Lyrics To 'Louie, Louie' Before Realizing The Copyright Office Must Have Them
  Here's a comparison between today's federal government and that of 1969: http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2015/05/06/arpanet-versus-healthcare-gov-progressincs/
  
  Do you realize how the 1st ammendment would look if it was written today? Can you say "2500 pages of Hollywood protection"?
• Dec 18th, 2014 @ 8:52pm

  Re: Re: What you seem to be saying

  on DailyDirt: Winning A Nobel Prize And Thinking Differently
  This is a very nice answer that doesn't actually mean anything. AS A FUCKING LAYMAN, who doesn't have access / time / expertise to evaluate the evidence, how do you determine? (My choice is: the consensus is usually wrong, but I'm in the minority :P.)
• Dec 16th, 2014 @ 10:16am

  This site is going to the crapper...

  on IRS Drops Its Asset Forfeiture Case Against Owner Of Small, Cash-Only Restaurant

  The IRS does have limited resources...

  
  
  Seriously? Since when?
• Nov 25th, 2014 @ 11:55am

  Taunting Murphy

  on Misleading Rasmussen Poll Helps Prop Up Bogus Net Neutrality Partisan Divide
  The current monopolies are the result of a "strong collaboration" between corporations and the government. I know - we will ask the government to fix the problem! What could possibly go wrong?
• Sep 25th, 2014 @ 1:28pm

  Re: Re: Re: bullshittery and IQ

  on Another Story Of A 'Fake' Brilliant Inventor? Is 'Scorpion Walter O'Brien' A Real Computer Security Genius?
  He?
• Sep 23rd, 2014 @ 10:35pm

  Please stop with this nonsense...

  on Web Inventor Tim Berners-Lee Gets To The Core Of Net Neutrality Debate: You Need An Open Internet To Have A Free Market

  So the government keeps the dollar a stable thing, nobody steals stuff, and then you can rely on the free market

  
  
  The government has never kept the dollar stable, people steal stuff all the time, and you can still rely on the free market. Hell - the free market was the only thing still functioning in Orwell's 1984.
• Sep 10th, 2014 @ 3:27am

  There's no way this can go wrong...

  on The Battle For The Internet's Next Round: Internet Slowdown Day
  ... that is, unless you've heard of "regulatory capture" before.
• Aug 5th, 2014 @ 9:46pm

  Re:

  on Singapore's Precarious Surveillance State The Envy Of US Intelligence Agencies
  Actually it sounds an awful lot like the US to me. I have no idea why Americans believe they are in any way different. Americans worship authority. Civil disobedience is practically non-existent.
• Jul 31st, 2014 @ 10:57am

  Re: Re: Re:

  on Using Spreadsheets In Bioinformatics Can Corrupt Data, Changing Gene Names Into Dates
  Yes. In general, the less options you present to the user, the better. See various articles on the subject, like Joel's or Jeff Atwood's.
• Jul 31st, 2014 @ 10:51am

  Re: Re: So instead of spreadsheets...

  on Using Spreadsheets In Bioinformatics Can Corrupt Data, Changing Gene Names Into Dates
  I wish I could give more votes to this comment. Bravo.
• Jul 17th, 2014 @ 6:24am

  Re: Re:

  on Manuel Noriega Sues Activision From Jail Over Call Of Duty Depiction
  In before the CIA sues Activision based on publicity rights...
• Jul 16th, 2014 @ 5:05pm

  Video

  on Skullgirls Creator Combats Piracy With Humor And By Being Awesome
  Is this their site? http://skullgirls.com/ 'Cause I tried to watch the intro video and "it has been removed by the user".
• Jul 16th, 2014 @ 9:17am

  Re:

  on Patent System Encouraging People To Try To Reinvent The Wheel
  I can't upvote this enough.
• Jul 15th, 2014 @ 1:55pm

  Re: Re: Re: Efficiency isn't always the most valuable thing in the world

  on France Passes Anti-Amazon Law Eliminating Free Shipping; Amazon Responds With 0.01 Euro Shipping Fees
  Ah, the "we're too stupid to compete" argument. I just love it.
• Jun 11th, 2014 @ 11:19pm

  Empty

  on DailyDirt: What Will Humanity's Legacy Be?
  Wow, that first article is the biggest pile of crap I've tried to read in a long time. Besides an overuse of the word "footprint", does anything in there actually have a meaning?
• May 29th, 2014 @ 5:22am

  Re: Bribery,"i mean legally paying to pass a law"

  on Why The Trial Lawyers May Have Miscalculated In Killing Patent Reform, And How It May Come Back To Bite Them
  Agreed... as a non-American, it seems insane to me that Americans made bribery legal. Is this the case in other countries? (I know bribery exists everywhere - I'm asking about it being legal.)
• May 21st, 2014 @ 1:55am

  Re:

  on DOJ's Tone Deaf Criminal Charges Against Chinese Hackers Helps No One, Opens US Officials Up To Similar Charges
  So that's what they meant by "Snowden's actions will endanger US citizens"...

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