LordKano

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by LordKano 12y ago
Gassee really overplayed his hand. Had he been more reasonable, Apple would have acquired Be Inc and based their next generation OS on BeOS. I had a similar feeling when I tried Rhapsody DR1. Yeah, it was kind of cool and had potential but
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by LordKano 12y ago
Unless, of course, one wishes to blame the fear on Snowden's disclosures as opposed to the activity described in said disclosures.
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by LordKano 12y ago
What convinces me that there is more to the story is what they haven't said.
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by LordKano 12y ago
It's a losing proposition to even try to stop people from passing their wealth to their offspring. People will tolerate some taxation but once it becomes too burdensome, they will find ways to avoid it. That's the biggest problem
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by LordKano 12y ago
You're being short sighted. Consider the time, money and effort that people put into avoiding taxes under the current system. You would exponentially increase their incentive to do so. Let's think about what would happen if this w
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by LordKano 12y ago
After you mine rare earth minerals using energy from solar panels? Simple perhaps but certainly not easy.
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by LordKano 12y ago
That's even a low threshold. I'd suspect that immortality would only be affordable to the "Point zero one percenters".
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by LordKano 12y ago
For several years I have described mine as extensions of my mind. They're where I do the math that would be too slow to calculate with my brain. They're where I edit and store the words that I want to share with others. They'
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by LordKano 12y ago
-- Should police be shut down completely? Sometimes, yes. When the corruption and brutality is so bad that there's no other option. -- Would you be safe in a city with no police? In Acapulco, the answer was yes. The police went on st
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by LordKano 12y ago
I don't smoke but I don't care if you do. Because of my field of work, I am subject to drug testing and I like my job so I don't partake but it really doesn't matter to me if someone else wants to. It doesn't make a
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by LordKano 12y ago
In Weaver's case, it seems that even the judge was in on the pressure. If I remember the details correctly, he was erroneously informed that if he was convicted, his property would be seized because he had used it as bond collateral.
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by LordKano 12y ago
It also reminds me of Randy Weaver. Fortunately, in this case, no one died.
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by LordKano 12y ago
I have long thought that a "Hack The Gibson" game based on the 3D renderings in Hackers would be an entertaining concept but I lack some of the requisite skills and the time to make it happen.
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by LordKano 12y ago
We have allowed the word "War" to be bastardized in everyday usage with things like "The War on Drugs" or "The War on Poverty" and now the "War on Terror" but "War" is something very specifi
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by LordKano 12y ago
None of the legal mechanisms of war apply to what the US is doing in the middle-east. Congress has authorized certain actions but there has been no declaration of war.
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by LordKano 12y ago
Perhaps to westerners and perhaps to you. To other people, that is not necessarily always the case. For example, my family has lived in the city where I reside for less than 100 years. This is my home but it's not my ancestral home.
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by LordKano 12y ago
Even if we get to the point that all of the available/affordable TVs are "Smart", you still have the option of not letting the thing on your network. Well, at least for now. I will continue to use my plain old "Dumb&quot
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by LordKano 12y ago
I bought on on Dec-31. Three weeks later, the bundle that I bought dropped in price. Amazon price-matched it and then less than two weeks later...
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by LordKano 12y ago
Government silencing protest is a problem, it is not THE problem. We should do whatever necessary to make it as difficult as possible for governments to silence protests. There is less need for dissidents if the society and government allow
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by LordKano 12y ago
I remind everyone of Brendan Eich. He donated money to a popular political cause and a few years later, after the political winds have shifted, a leak about this lead to him being forced out of his job. A lot of people are alright with this
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by LordKano 12y ago
Dissidents need the ability to conduct private conversations to reduce the ability of the government to silence them. Take the example of the Black Panther Party marching into the California State Capitol with shotguns. Under the laws of th
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by LordKano 12y ago
I ask you to think, for just a moment, how your outlook would change if you were to witness something that's not readily explainable. I suspect that his passion on the issue was inspired by an experience. I have known a couple of peopl
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by LordKano 12y ago
I have been using it for three years. At work, I'm forced to use it. I still don't like it. I can make due and get things done but when I have the choice, I go for a traditional UI. I prefer a regular Menu Bar. I'm not saying
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by LordKano 12y ago
I absolutely despise ribbon interfaces. They're a show stopper for me. I am forced to use it at work, so there's nothing I can do about that but FLOSS is all about user empowerment and choice so I don't think I'll ever u
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by LordKano 12y ago
>It's easy to call someone irresponsible with this externally imposed money game, however there's much more important things in life than money. I take your point but my friend really is irresponsible with money. For example, g
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by LordKano 12y ago
Natural selection would favor those organisms who live long enough to reproduce. Living into old age isn't a factor. There wouldn't be nearly as many cows, chickens or pigs on this planet if they weren't delicious. Especially
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by LordKano 12y ago
Don't forget the non-verbal (Telepathic) communications and sleep paralysis. I have heard it theorized by, let's call them enthusiastic evangelicals, that this indicates that what people now experience as UFOs are the same phenome
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by LordKano 12y ago
The banking reforms that took effect in 2010 have made it more difficult for banks to screw people with overdraft fees. As an anecdote, less than two weeks before those protections went into effect, I overdraw my account. It was my fault, I
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by LordKano 12y ago
Bill Gates has essentially "won the game" of capitalism. He has spent time as "the richest man in the world". There's nothing else he can do in that sphere. Like many uber-rich men before him, he's spending his
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by LordKano 12y ago
Sometimes I need to remind people that Dr. King and Gandhi also went to jail because they did things that were illegal. People should ask themselves whether or not the law is right. I think that the question here is a very complicated one.

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