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by alan_cx 13y ago
Drone strikes? Remember the criteria for that? If there is a suspect, not convicted, but merely a suspect, its simply collateral damage if you also wipe out his wife and kids, oh, and family... and friends..... by standers. No due process.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Before reading this, bear in mind, you wont find many more critical of government than me....That said I have to ask the following: How can any government accept a situation where communications are so secure that none of their agencies can
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Apples and pears. There was not a time when the mass population had their own generators, then flocked to supplied electricity in preference. They never had power independence. Water was originally done locally, rivers and what not, but hyg
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Yeah, sure, until some numpty digs up your internet connection cable. Cheaper, I can vaguely accept, but "easier" to me means "lazy". Nothing good comes from easy. But, yes, in reality, I can see how CEO types would be s
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Yeah, indeed. I remember some thing posted here a while ago about about a prospective employer assuming something is wrong with a candidate with out a facebook profile for the prospective employer to snoop over prior to hiring. Perhaps we s
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Well, we dont. And if they are, that's data connections. Maybe the dentist is connected to some one scary, a client. Now "you" are connected to some one scary. That's a terror network...
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by alan_cx 13y ago
No, but the NSA might care about your movements, who you know, who you deal with, and so on. Remember that video that was posted of a Lawyer given a talk to law students about never speaking to policemen? Remember how innocent things can be
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I never liked the "cloud" from the start. To me it was simply dumb terminals all over again, which had the potential to shift everything to a server which was not mine. Security was an issue, but also it meant being reliant on the
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by alan_cx 13y ago
"The only solution is to read source code and look for anything suspicious. Linus's Law states that "given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow": If enough people read source code, we will find the bugs — including any
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Well, I have said that the big guys at Google, MS, etc should be funding and championing internet and general freedom. So, perhaps include PG in this group. However, the problem is that as soon as such a campaign becomes strong, and that is
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I hardly think citing prisons and hospitals is a ringing endorsement of the profit motive.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Its quite mind blowing isn't it? Never heard anything like it.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Cant people just eat actual fruit? Is that really so inconvenient these days? All that energy wasted to process, package, transport, etc. Just eat a damn fruit. I'd love to know how much of this pointlessly processed food contributes t
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Did you know that there are other countries and legal systems?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Wear an Obama mask?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Stop this "do you have evidence" lark. We are not talking scientific review or non US court here. All people are doing is applying the same logic and standards governments and spy agencies do. Is there any evidence that the WHOLE
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I thought that was what the Guardian's lawyers job was.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
" lots of high school students are insufferably pompous and selfish" So are a lot of teachers and heads.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
In the UK? Yeah, that would be the teacher who reported him then. I'm sure the current Home Sec would very much approve of a student being outed for saying something the establishment disagrees with. If the teach u-turns some how, then
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I think it is fair to assume that the guys who set up and run Google, Apple, MS, Yahoo, Facebook, etc, all started with great honorable intentions. Yes, even the hated Bill Gates. I chose to believe that is true. I believe these people wer
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by alan_cx 13y ago
If we believe that chips and hardware have been compromised by the NSA (and I suppose the Chinese who make a lot of it), that encryption has been cracked by the same, and that it is spy open season at ISP level, then surely nothing that run
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Ok, I'm not in the best of moods, but: "Truly it's awesome"? Are you kidding? It fills you with awe? Really? Critique aside, that's to well worn now, some like it some don't, but what word would you use for chi
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by alan_cx 13y ago
For me, all the revelations and confirmations of foil hat theories have destroyed the joy the internet used to be. To me its now a dirty high tech voyeur spy's dream. As for the US part of this, yes, my country the UK, is up to its nec
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by alan_cx 13y ago
From your POV, I reckon is so enough freedom remains for "people" like you to post on the internet. You should be pleased.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
1) You data has value and it belongs to you. If it is taken with out permission, that is stealing. Bad thing. 2) Taking one cent from your back account every day wont make your day to day life worse. Day to day being worse is not a standard
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Any one know how this compares with SRWare Iron?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
"If a different gut flora makes a substantial difference in obesity levels, is it then not reasonable to consider obesity at least partially a treatable medical condition?" Because it can very easily be treated by simple life styl
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Because it's a lazy get out for lazy people. Perhaps if the face stuffers ate less and exercised more, there might be more food to go round. But no, carry on being greedy, cost money and resources, then use more money and resources for
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Interesting reading this. Particularly the language used. Shame in a way, because if it wasn't written in they way it is, it would sound plausible.
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Here's Why You Should Get Drunk at Work(payscale.com)
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