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by alan_cx 12y ago
"There's cultural incentive to report results that are favorable even if they are wrong." Indeed, but unfortunately in western capitalism there is sometimes a financial incentive to report results that aren't favourable
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by alan_cx 12y ago
Slightly bemused by the reaction. From what I can make out, this is is the same as when someone speaks in a thick accent and you can't understand them until something else prompts you as to what they are saying, then suddenly more of w
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by alan_cx 12y ago
Some one in a village back then could be pretty sure that someone in another village 500 miles away would not get to hear something they objected to and come 500 miles to punish them for something they might not have any problem with. If a
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by alan_cx 12y ago
No. First up, I agree 100% with the idea that this sort of thing is systematically wiping out both freedom and the illusion of freedom. Of course we all know that over time it will close in getting worse and worse until we become little mor
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by alan_cx 12y ago
My 10 year old daughter has autoimmune liver disease. It also affects her kidneys and bladder. She is being lined up for transplants. Its devastating to her, and the family. Yet, despite numerous letters and meetings with her consultants, t
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Not at all. If the EU and Brazil are using US cables, the US is just interfering with its own cable. Fair enough. Entirely different if the US attacks a cable it does not own. It changes the game. It could be considered a hostile act agains
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Im not sure google have any clue what people want. The general impression I get is that they facilitate hundreds and hundreds of projects, let them develop, and if it looks good, let them loose into the wild and see what sticks. Most people
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by alan_cx 13y ago
"But threatening to shoot up a school, in the light of recent events... really? " Yes, absolutely, really. If you are in playground type ranting slanging match, you go of the most extreme things to say, which could cause shock in
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by alan_cx 13y ago
No he didnt. All he did was say that its not an instant justification for something just because there is a market for it, by listing examples of things that have a market, but society doesn't want sold. Just because there is a market
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by alan_cx 13y ago
We all know that there are various filters, different for each ISP, which exist because the government pressured them in to it. Generically and collectively we are all oh so terribly lazy and refer to them as a UK porn filter. Please stop b
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Yeah, until China hypothetically dumps its bonds, which is what is being discussed. Good analogy though, because separating conjoined twins in a manner analogous to dumping all its bonds would kill both. The US economy would be in ruins, an
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I don't see that as an internet thing, its about long distance control, or remote control. Its the same thing when people say its easy for politicians to send troops to war, or when a soldier controls a drone. They don't directly
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Im normally all for having a go at Americans for being so insula, and not realising there is a rest of the world out there, well, the NSA know, but, you know... stereotypes and all that. But in all fairness, the Ukraine borders the EU and t
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Dunno. I recommend looking up the evolutionary purpose of laughing. Then apply it to the people who used humour in this instance. IMHO, its a perfectly natural response. Appropriateness is there for irrelevant. Certainly not an issue by whi
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by alan_cx 13y ago
"And then met a girl the very next day (not kidding) that I really hit it off with when I wasn't looking" This, IMHO, is the best advice. I remember the Dalai Lama's advice about finding happiness. How do I find happines
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Im kind of introverted and have no problem. I use another part of my personality, stubbornness. I have a price Im prepared to pay, and am always prepared to walk out if its not acceptable to the dealer. Last car I bought from a dealer was s
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Yeah, you're not wrong. Its quite odd, and fascinating, because it has the info you'd want to see, give it a second or two, and it does look purposely designed. But, yes, it looks like a parked domain page. Or at the very least, h
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Rare Blue Diamond found in South Africa's Cullinan mine(bbc.co.uk)
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Millions of passwords and email details stolen in Germany(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by alan_cx 13y ago|0 comments
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by alan_cx 13y ago
What I think needs to exist is a similar protection government has, national interest. I think there should be, in all democracies, a defence of national interest. The law should never be allowed to obstruct the truth.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
"If you believe in the Rule of Law" You do know how loaded that statement is, right? It can not work in isolation. For it to work, you must also believe in the court's ability to fairly apply this rule of law, and in the peop
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Hmmm. On one hand, its OTT, but on the other hand, people walking about with an attached camera that may well be always recording is going to cause real problems. These things are potentially a gross invasion of privacy. They might be very
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Really? This is new to you? Really? I mean..... really? You noticed the NSA thing where the USA harasses the ENTIRE WORLD on line, right? Did you miss that? Really?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Hilarious. Bet you didn't expect all those references, aye? ;) Oh, new term : "Cite Troll" Which Im defining as someone who doesnt like something written, so knee jerks in to demaing citations.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
@Of_Prometheus You're hellbanned. Wouldn't normally bother to say anything, but you've gone to a lot of effort there, and most won't see it.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Yes. Assuming a "pack" is 20 joints. Easily. I know by name plenty of people who treat joints like cigarettes. Personally, I think a big part of the problem is the tobacco in the joint. I'd like to see a safe or safer tobacco
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by alan_cx 13y ago
No. Microwaves are a general cooking thing, and relatively new. Not considered necessary. Tea, in the UK, is so ingrained in the culture, and has been around so long, that kettles are almost like cutlery. I can't imagine a house or bus
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Yeah. In fact, my current kettle cost £2.99. That was 6 ish months ago. I buy them, and treat them as throwaway. They seem to last as long as £30 ish kettles, so why bother spending more? My cheapo ones last about a year, then I just get a
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by alan_cx 13y ago
To me it reads like the usual right wing rhetoric, and that any tax collection is some form of evil socialism. Not quite sure how these people expect their flag waving military, for example, to be funded without the big corporation paying t
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Me too. The picture looks like a publicity shot for a SWAT based sitcom. I mean, it doesn't 'arf bolster the fat american stereotype.

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