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by aes256 14y ago
Guessing they were also systematically measuring the depth of the ocean around the area, as they make reference to it being "deep ocean". In other words, they were seeking to establish that it's not an island that once existed and has been
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by aes256 14y ago
There have been more egregious examples of this with regards to piracy of pornography. A few of the accused tend to stand up (grandparents who don't even own a computer, etc.) but I bet most just pay up to avoid the embarrassment of being d
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by aes256 14y ago
Unfortunately this kind of retrospective format shifting isn't legal in a bunch of jurisdictions. In the UK one commits two separate acts of copyright infringement by purchasing a CD, ripping it to their computer, and then copying the files
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by aes256 14y ago
Presumably the legal age of responsibility, at which point they become responsible for their own actions.
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by aes256 14y ago
Depends on the country. In the UK I can't think of any cases of downloaders being pursued by the BPI (British equivalent of the RIAA). They have deliberately erred on the side of 'educating' consumers about legal alternatives to piracy rath
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by aes256 14y ago
Once investigations are complete you should have your property returned. As absurd as it sounds, it does make sense to seize all property capable of storing data, and that includes games consoles, iPods, etc.
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by aes256 14y ago
> If this sort of backlash becomes common, there will be a disincentive for artists to sign up with records who indulge in such nonsense. Unfortunately this is the last thing on artists' minds when they're about to sign a deal with a re
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by aes256 14y ago
It depends. There's working 'hard' (maximum hours, maximum effort, maximum stress, etc.) and there's working smart. There's no point working hard if you're not working smart; if your priorities are wrong, you're trying to do too much, or ul
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by aes256 14y ago
OED defines activism as: "The policy of active participation or engagement in a particular sphere of activity; spec. the use of vigorous campaigning to bring about political or social change." Most contemporary terrorists (Islamic extremism
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by aes256 14y ago
Population density is not a problem. Even at a relatively low population density equivalent to that of Los Angeles, you could fit the entire population of the world 3.4 times over in the contiguous United States. Agriculture is a potential
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by aes256 14y ago
I don't see what's so bad about this? Temperatures will rise, sea levels will rise, what's the big deal? Certain parts of the world that are low-lying or subject to extremely high temperatures will become uninhabitable. Too bad for those wh
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by aes256 14y ago
There are, actually, many similarities. Both groups of people defy social norms and seek publicity in the course of acting out grievances with the establishment. Activism and terrorism are often one and the same. I don't think it's unfair t
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by aes256 14y ago
It happens all the time. There are plenty of people who just want to create a scene, cause a fuss, make life difficult for security staff, etc. Journalists have also been known to test the limits of airport security, taking suspicious items
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by aes256 14y ago
> Accepting cash is free. Accepting it might be free, but what happens when you need to transfer large amounts of cash from your premises to a bank? Cash-in-transit services aren't free. > With cash fraud prevention is unnecessary.
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by aes256 14y ago
Minor criticism, but I think the 'military-grade security' section on the homepage could be doing more harm than good. By all means tout the security benefits of the encryption you use, but I don't think the other two points (vetted persona
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by aes256 14y ago
It's not as though they are being treated as equivalent, they are just potential explanations for this kind of behavior (carrying an improvised electrical device, which would make a viable timer for an explosive device, through airport secu
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by aes256 14y ago
If you try hard enough you can be offended by anything. Dell comedian? Comedians thrive on controversial material. Sounds to me like a tongue-in-cheek observational joke that is just as offensive to men as it is to women. "Congratulations,
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by aes256 14y ago
I don't disagree. Christmas occupies a peculiar place in British culture because it is part religious festival, part cultural tradition. Rather like the monarchy, people tend to go along with it, despite the fact it's an anachronistic and u
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by aes256 14y ago
The question was "Are you religious?", and 65% answered negatively. You can't really frame something as fundamental as that. I personally think the 35% figure is inflated by people who identify with Christianity but don't practice it, or pe
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by aes256 14y ago
It'll cost you a whole lot more if BMW were to sue you for stealing their start button design for an app icon...
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by aes256 14y ago
"Anti-discrimination" is part of political correctness. The example you provide falls under both categories, and it falls under political correctness precisely because it would be discriminatory to celebrate one religious festival without c
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by aes256 14y ago
I can't fathom why racial minorities would not feel welcome at such a conference. Do they think people are going to be surprised that they are in attendance, disapprove of them being there, or look down on them? It's a programming conferenc
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by aes256 14y ago
Of course, if sociologists accepted the former definition, they wouldn't have anything to talk about. Conflating the two definitions and describing people as 'racist' for re-enforcing racial imbalances in society is disingenuous. A lot of p
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by aes256 14y ago
> When I'm near those people in a public space, I always wonder if they are having some kind of mental-breakdown, or whether they are passive-aggressively trying to get people to move away from them. Whenever I come across someone typin
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by aes256 14y ago
Regarding the flotilla debacle, Israel offered to have the ships dock at Israeli ports, inspect the cargo, and transfer any legitimate aid through the land crossings. The flotilla organizers refused this offer. Their purpose was not to deli
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by aes256 14y ago
They get text messages, leaflets, recorded phone calls and 'roof knocks' warning them to stay away from the military equipment Israel are targeting.
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by aes256 14y ago
This probably includes port scans and such as well
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by aes256 14y ago
The article is presumably referring to a transfer rate of 2 terabits per second, not 2 terabits of data transferred over the course of 24 hours. 2Tbps for a country of 4.5m people sounds about right.
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by aes256 14y ago
From what I hear the battery life of the Nexus 4 leaves a lot to be desired, and LTE would only make that worse
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by aes256 14y ago
Plus, if we're being pedantic, most pirated movies shared online are re-encodes of their original source material. Given the sheer number of variables involved in the encoding process, the odds of independent encodes being absolutely identi

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