GHFigs

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by GHFigs 13y ago
For the sake of background: people bring up the prospect of the death penalty for espionage often in these cases, but it's not something the US has actually invoked since WWII, even in very clear-cut situations where money changed hand
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by GHFigs 13y ago
These developing nations seems to have plenty of government and regulation to go around considering their non-existent economy. Which nations are you referring to, specifically?
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by GHFigs 13y ago
Note that the subject of the article is precisely the thing it's calling a distraction.
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by GHFigs 13y ago
http://anki.com/ -- Some will remember them from the incongruous toy car demo at beginning of the WWDC Keynote.
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by GHFigs 13y ago
Precisely my point. Extreme emotional reactions are not a good basis for an informed opinion. Learning about a subject is much more important than telling people on the Internet how mad you are about it. The downside (and I admit, it is a d
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by GHFigs 13y ago
It's terrifying that people are even forming strong opinions about such things without understanding such basic information.
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by GHFigs 13y ago
I think that's a misread. The purpose of the story is to make it appear that WaPo is on the case and to keep you on the edge of your seat, even though nothing has actually happened, and the article itself strongly suggests that nothing
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by GHFigs 13y ago
this one is an exception Just like the last hundred, right? The problem with this is that it never ends, because every asshole with an itchy mouse finger thinks it's his job to keep people informed by mindlessly upvoting increasingly
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by GHFigs 13y ago
I did notice the "in most cases" language, so maybe he got in on a pass from someone? Yes, that's what I mean by "willing to accept". If a person's ASVAB scores are high and they're not a total mess, the
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by GHFigs 13y ago
how was a guy who was a high school dropout get a gig at the NSA? He enlisted in the Army and got a security clearance, which is the credential that's really crucial for CIA/NSA/contractor jobs. The Army is willing to accep
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by GHFigs 13y ago
In an ideal world, he could release the information and each individual would engage with it, analyze it, make determinations about it, and judge whether or not it is important. Thats this world, minus the people that keep "choreogra
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by GHFigs 13y ago
Judging by the last few days, it would probably have more to do with politics than technology.
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by GHFigs 13y ago
They believe that precisely because the media relentlessly worked that image into every story about him. It's not hard to get a similar impression from his own writing and speaking, or from people that worked with him.
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by GHFigs 13y ago
"Poor people are stupid" isn't an experience, it's a prejudice.
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by GHFigs 13y ago
What's the polite word for elitist?
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by GHFigs 13y ago
Recognition and recall are different things. You can recognize an actor in a film without knowing their name, and you can recognize a name without knowing who the person is.
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by GHFigs 13y ago
Is this important to you?
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by GHFigs 13y ago
Compare: http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com/2008/05/summon-monsters-ope...
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by GHFigs 13y ago
it is notable that Facegroup failed to mention this, or to even spot that the "viral" nature was being pushed by particular groups The first rule of viral marketing club is that you do not talk about viral marketing club.
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by GHFigs 13y ago
I didn't say anything about Moxie.
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by GHFigs 13y ago
I'm responding to the idea that ideological purity is the goal, not the author's right.
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by GHFigs 13y ago
From libertarians to environmentalists to any kind of anti-authoritarian that doesn't serve the interests of the establishment. Who do you mean? Who is being called a terrorist?
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by GHFigs 13y ago
I humbly contend that forcing people to do anything in the name of an preserving the purity of an ideology is a Bad Idea.
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by GHFigs 13y ago
Often this just a matter of brand labels being slapped on whatever goods are available or manufacturable locally. The brand gets to enter a new market for cheap and the manufacturer gets to sell for a higher price without changing the produ
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by GHFigs 13y ago
Conversation continues to work as long as the other person thinks you're looking at them. And having an HMD on is close enough that people don't react to you jumping away into glass-land to look something up or jot down a note. If I under
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by GHFigs 13y ago
The non-intuitive nature of the distinction between physical artifacts and the information they contain seems to be the source of a lot of different problems.
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by GHFigs 13y ago
I didn't stop reading.
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by GHFigs 13y ago
It's needed to expand a pilot program for dragnet surveillance by the NSA and defense contractors. What horseshit! Even your own link describes the program as applicable to private networks of the participating companies . That's why t
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by GHFigs 13y ago
What do you mean "at the same time"? Those derivative works were profitable because of copyright--that's how ContentID works! How would Psy profit from derivative works if he wasn't allowed to actually claim ownership of his original work
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by GHFigs 13y ago
I would think the heaps of money PSY made from YouTube royalties, including those from other people's videos that use his song (thanks to ContentID) and iTunes sales (where his song was #1 for many, many weeks) were among the things that pu

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