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by alan_cx 13y ago
How did some scanner not think this weird bundle of electronics was a bomb? Or at least cause some one to inspect it closely.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Dunno what anyone else thinks...... Its just that describing google-docs as software jarred with me. I guess I see google-docs as a "website" or a "service", not "software", as such. Why? Not actually sure. I t
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Oh, give it a week or so, and Im sure they will surpass that.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Such web sites can not arrest, render, kidnap, or torture me. The US gov can. I get a little icon telling me when and how I'm being tracked by websites, I do not have one that tells me the NSA is tracking me. Somewhere in there is a bi
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by alan_cx 13y ago
The name at on the image is this bloke: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Herschel
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by alan_cx 13y ago
What I adore about Missile Command is that some thing so, so simple can convey such profound concepts.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
That page is as terrible to look at as it is totally appropriate to the article. Gotta respect that at least.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
No. Is describes the unintended consequences of it. That's not moaning or complaining, its pointing something out.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
"At a news conference Friday, President Obama insisted that the threat of NSA abuses was mostly theoretical:" As are the vast majority of the "threats" we are suppose to give up our freedoms for. We live in a "what
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Well, I left facebook because I say it made me feel worse about other people. But perhaps the truth is that indeed it made me feel worse about myself. Or are they really the same thing? Either way, I left facebook.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
OK, if it is some sort of aggressive automated system, I can at least understand it. At least its not necessarily a human political or ideological thing, to a point. If that is the case, then my request would be that its toned down, because
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Forgive my ignorance, but is this the PayPal replacement/alternative I have been waiting years for? If so, I may experience the rare emotion of "happiness".
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I would cynically guess that it is because the original event is irrelevant, and now used as an emotional patriotic excuse.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Because it will be killed off by the massive old machine which needs the status quo to survive. Might be a stretch, but take Cuba for an example.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
In case you didn't know, MP Clair Perry is a British Member of Parliament, sadly. She is one of those people who know better, than us "plebs". IMHO, she is ignorant(1) and irrational(1), and there for scared witless of the in
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by alan_cx 13y ago
What confuses me is why many submissions are killed off and hidden. For example, right now, if you click new is show dead on you will see this grayed out: 15.[dead] Oracle's Larry Ellison enthusiastically applauds NSA spying (techeye.n
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Your comment reminds me of something pointed out during a boxing match many moons ago. Which was essentially a comment about how hard it actually is to simply hold up one's arms and fists over quite small periods of time, let alone con
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by alan_cx 13y ago
He doesn't. He "hates" sycophancy. The fact that you think its Musk he hates sort of proves his point.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
If the terrorist, kiddie porn arguments have primacy, free society is well and truly over. We can apply those criteria to everything, and, well, shut down. I think people forget that freedom includes risk.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
"If they were very sophisticated we'd be seeing a lot more successful attacks against targets abroad." This requires one to believe and accept the official threat level. I don't.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Funny though, the elected lot want votes. On one hand "we" give them power; on the other hand, they really don't want our opinions.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I misread it. I would like to edit it to reflect that, but I cant.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
You are totally correct, I did read it completely wrongly. I stand corrected. No excuses from me. Now, why cant I see an edit (or delete) link to correct my mistake? Having realized I made that mistake, and that there for my comments are co
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by alan_cx 13y ago
If they were asked to supply the White House with photocopies of non controversial documents, would the photocopies look like that? I'm, (perhaps wrongly) assuming not. So to me, it hints at a level of contempt for having to comply. In
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by alan_cx 13y ago
"P.M.: Laura started filming you from nearly the start. Were you surprised by that? Why or why not? E.S.: Definitely surprised. As one might imagine, normally spies allergically avoid contact with reporters or media, so I was a virgin
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Easy? Think it through..... Who? How much? All the same? When? Then imagine all the people from B to Y who see an opportunity to screw the project for huge amounts of cash. Decades of lawyers arguing in court over every conceivable point,
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by alan_cx 13y ago
So, a sealed tube from A to Z, passing B through Y. No benefit to B through Y at all. So why do B through Y allow the tube to pass through? When railways happened, B through Y believed they would see economic benefit, and often did. They go
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Once you have information, you have control. We now have given them control, by behaving differently, because we now know they have our information. Its the same thing with implied political blackmail. Politicians know the NSA has all their
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Are you seriously comparing protecting the environment to embarrassing a government in to open disclosure? Really? Two completely different things.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Are you a terrorist?

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