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[00:30:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02Godwin's Take - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:30:16] <exec> 08└─"You have to be brave." Britain held off the NAZIs.
[00:30:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score:2) 02we set a low ethics bar for business - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 806 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:30:17] <exec> 08└─We've seen these sorts of problems for decades, and there's no end to it. It's too tempting for the powerful to resort to threats and bullying to get their way. Society takes a lot lying down, even accepts it with resignation. Anti-social behavior gets worse until that changes. No one is surprised w...
[00:30:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03marcello_dl [2685] (Score:2) 02Re:we set a low ethics bar for business - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:30:19] <exec> 08└─All you need to take business elsewhere is a free market. But the free market does not exist in practice. So, resistance is futile, but it's also the only option. Bend over and it will simply get worse faster.
[00:30:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Corporate profits - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 398 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:30:21] <exec> 08└─Although I am not a great lover of Microsoft, I'm not sure that this is any different than many other companies who will try to protect their profits - and, arguably, the jobs of their employees - when they can see the potential for the loss of business. But perhaps other companies are a little more...
[00:30:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03sigma [1225] (Score:2) 02Re:Corporate profits - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 401 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:30:22] <exec> 08└─Please note that I didn't write that paragraph, and consider it to be apologist twaddle. This is NOT the same as many other companies protecting jobs and profits, it is Microsoft attempting to force the government to reduce interoperability with the people the government is supposed to be serving. A...
[00:30:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02tax abatements - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 427 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:30:24] <exec> 08└─it's very common, at least in the united states, for governments to give tax abatements to large employers who are considering locating in their communities. But they don't give those abatements to small employers, placing them at a competitive disadvantage. It's like to see it made illegal to give...
[00:30:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03U [4584] (Score:1) 02Your CPU is illegal - 06Australian Law Could Criminalize the Teaching of Encryption - 381 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:30:35] <exec> 08└─This law contains some real gems: Custom integrated circuits for which the function is unknown, or the control status of the equipment in which the integrated circuits will be used is unknown to the manufacturer, having any of the following: More than 1,500 terminals;A typical “basic gate propagat...
[00:30:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02Hussein's Iraq, too - 06Al-Qaeda’s Job Application Form Revealed - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:30:57] <exec> 08└─they kept meticulous records of the people they murdered. I saw a documentary where an investigator showed off the records of the murder of a teenage boy. "Sure they were murderers, but they were a bureaucracy of murderers."
[00:31:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Because - 06Chechen Leader Calls for Wives to Stop Using WhatsApp - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:31:35] <exec> 08└─False analogy. Humans are social animals and feel a need to bond with other humans, and have an instinctual need to mate; there's no instinctual drive to bond or have sex with money.
[00:31:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:This is a good example - 06Chechen Leader Calls for Wives to Stop Using WhatsApp - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:31:41] <exec> 08└─It is entirely normal for fathers in Islamic culture to marry their daughters off.
[00:31:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:This is a good example - 06Chechen Leader Calls for Wives to Stop Using WhatsApp - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:31:42] <exec> 08└─inb4 "the Quran says...!", because The Holy Bible says the same thing and probably worse. Its nothing specific to Islam.
[00:31:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:This is a good example - 06Chechen Leader Calls for Wives to Stop Using WhatsApp - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:31:51] <exec> 08└─There is a reason ISIS and Bokoharam have a penchant for executing defeated males and making off with large numbers of women. We in the west are incensed by this, but in those parts of the world it is taken as something to be expected.
[00:31:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:not a fan - 06Chechen Leader Calls for Wives to Stop Using WhatsApp - 419 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:31:58] <exec> 08└─> having a woman take at least half your shit in a divorce and sue for alimony for no fucking reason Absolutely false. A divorcing spouse is only deserving of 50% of the assets acquired during the marriage. Anything that existed before the marriage is off-limits. But you are right, the reason isn't...
[00:32:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03marcello_dl [2685] (Score:2) 02idea - 06DNA on Pizza Crust Leads to Quadruple Murder Suspect - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:32:44] <exec> 08└─They should make a movie out of it, naming it "The pizza connection". Oh wait.
[00:33:18] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Tork [3914] 02Re:Debit card. - 06Kansas to Tax People on Public Assistance Benefits by Placing $25 Limit on ATM Withdrawals - 39 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:33:19] <exec> 08└─Farmer's market in Compton. [metro.net]
[00:33:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03marcello_dl [2685] (Score:2) 02Re:Debit card. - 06Kansas to Tax People on Public Assistance Benefits by Placing $25 Limit on ATM Withdrawals - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:33:33] <exec> 08└─I think the whole operation is about kissing the banks' asses. We have such laws here too.
[00:34:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:List of Grievances - 06Charges Against Gyrocopter-Flying Protester Glenn Hughes Keep Piling Up - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:35:00] <exec> 08└─This person flew a gyroscope over Washington D.C. with next to no advance warning and landed his aircraft on the White House lawn.
[00:35:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Distraction - 06Charges Against Gyrocopter-Flying Protester Glenn Hughes Keep Piling Up - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:35:11] <exec> 08└─When the entire 'rational' basis behind most government policy rests on a belief that the State is all knowing and absolutely the only entity who can know how to manage our lives due to their superior knowledge, wisdom and compassion, demonstrations of their utter incompetence must be swept under th...
[00:35:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03dingus [5224] (Score:1) 02Re:No fraud here - shame on Nature! - 06Quantum Physics: What is Really Real? - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:35:58] <exec> 08└─aaaaaah. Ok, I was confused by your first comment.
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[01:37:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2, Insightful) 02Godwin's Take - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:41] <exec> 08└─"You have to be brave." Britain held off the NAZIs.
[01:37:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score:2) 02we set a low ethics bar for business - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 806 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:42] <exec> 08└─We've seen these sorts of problems for decades, and there's no end to it. It's too tempting for the powerful to resort to threats and bullying to get their way. Society takes a lot lying down, even accepts it with resignation. Anti-social behavior gets worse until that changes. No one is surprised w...
[01:37:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03marcello_dl [2685] (Score:2) 02Re:we set a low ethics bar for business - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:37:44] <exec> 08└─All you need to take business elsewhere is a free market. But the free market does not exist in practice. So, resistance is futile, but it's also the only option. Bend over and it will simply get worse faster.
[01:37:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Interesting) 02Corporate profits - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 398 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:45] <exec> 08└─Although I am not a great lover of Microsoft, I'm not sure that this is any different than many other companies who will try to protect their profits - and, arguably, the jobs of their employees - when they can see the potential for the loss of business. But perhaps other companies are a little more...
[01:37:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03sigma [1225] (Score:4, Insightful) 02Re:Corporate profits - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 401 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:37:47] <exec> 08└─Please note that I didn't write that paragraph, and consider it to be apologist twaddle. This is NOT the same as many other companies protecting jobs and profits, it is Microsoft attempting to force the government to reduce interoperability with the people the government is supposed to be serving. A...
[01:37:48] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] 02tax abatements - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 427 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:48] <exec> 08└─it's very common, at least in the united states, for governments to give tax abatements to large employers who are considering locating in their communities. But they don't give those abatements to small employers, placing them at a competitive disadvantage. It's like to see it made illegal to give...
[01:37:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03GungnirSniper [1671] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Re:tax abatements - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:37:50] <exec> 08└─Especially since it is pitting our communities against each other for the benefit of our corporate overlords. There's plenty of examples of Walmart relocating a few miles down the road when they're due to pay normal tax rates.
[01:38:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03U [4584] (Score:2, Informative) 02Your CPU is illegal - 06Australian Law Could Criminalize the Teaching of Encryption - 381 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:01] <exec> 08└─This law contains some real gems: Custom integrated circuits for which the function is unknown, or the control status of the equipment in which the integrated circuits will be used is unknown to the manufacturer, having any of the following: More than 1,500 terminals;A typical “basic gate propagat...
[01:38:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02Hussein's Iraq, too - 06Al-Qaeda’s Job Application Form Revealed - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:23] <exec> 08└─they kept meticulous records of the people they murdered. I saw a documentary where an investigator showed off the records of the murder of a teenage boy. "Sure they were murderers, but they were a bureaucracy of murderers."
[01:38:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Because - 06Chechen Leader Calls for Wives to Stop Using WhatsApp - 321 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:38:51] <exec> 08└─Instead of ad hominem you could contribute to the conversation. Think and help, or be catty and make things worse. Choose. My point is that a negative experience is likely to be avoided in the future. As anyone with a college education is accustomed to, extreme examples that still fit the mold make...
[01:39:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Because - 06Chechen Leader Calls for Wives to Stop Using WhatsApp - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:39:02] <exec> 08└─False analogy. Humans are social animals and feel a need to bond with other humans, and have an instinctual need to mate; there's no instinctual drive to bond or have sex with money.
[01:39:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:This is a good example - 06Chechen Leader Calls for Wives to Stop Using WhatsApp - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:39:08] <exec> 08└─It is entirely normal for fathers in Islamic culture to marry their daughters off.
[01:39:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:This is a good example - 06Chechen Leader Calls for Wives to Stop Using WhatsApp - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:39:09] <exec> 08└─inb4 "the Quran says...!", because The Holy Bible says the same thing and probably worse. Its nothing specific to Islam.
[01:39:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:This is a good example - 06Chechen Leader Calls for Wives to Stop Using WhatsApp - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:39:18] <exec> 08└─There is a reason ISIS and Bokoharam have a penchant for executing defeated males and making off with large numbers of women. We in the west are incensed by this, but in those parts of the world it is taken as something to be expected.
[01:39:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:not a fan - 06Chechen Leader Calls for Wives to Stop Using WhatsApp - 419 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:39:25] <exec> 08└─> having a woman take at least half your shit in a divorce and sue for alimony for no fucking reason Absolutely false. A divorcing spouse is only deserving of 50% of the assets acquired during the marriage. Anything that existed before the marriage is off-limits. But you are right, the reason isn't...
[01:40:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03marcello_dl [2685] (Score:2) 02idea - 06DNA on Pizza Crust Leads to Quadruple Murder Suspect - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:40:11] <exec> 08└─They should make a movie out of it, naming it "The pizza connection". Oh wait.
[01:40:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03marcello_dl [2685] (Score:2) 02Re:Debit card. - 06Kansas to Tax People on Public Assistance Benefits by Placing $25 Limit on ATM Withdrawals - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:40:59] <exec> 08└─I think the whole operation is about kissing the banks' asses. We have such laws here too.
[01:41:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:2) 02Re:Degenerating? - 06Feds Bust Cops Who Cleaned up Credit Histories by Filing Falsified Police Reports - 654 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:41:35] <exec> 08└─Noooo..... in a totally broken system, no-one high up ever gets in trouble for being corrupt. That's the nature of a corrupt system; it protects those performing the corruption. When a sitting U.S President is convicted of treason, or a U.S Senator (nearly all of them) are convicted for treason, or...
[01:42:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:List of Grievances - 06Charges Against Gyrocopter-Flying Protester Glenn Hughes Keep Piling Up - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:42:27] <exec> 08└─This person flew a gyroscope over Washington D.C. with next to no advance warning and landed his aircraft on the White House lawn.
[01:42:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Distraction - 06Charges Against Gyrocopter-Flying Protester Glenn Hughes Keep Piling Up - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:42:40] <exec> 08└─When the entire 'rational' basis behind most government policy rests on a belief that the State is all knowing and absolutely the only entity who can know how to manage our lives due to their superior knowledge, wisdom and compassion, demonstrations of their utter incompetence must be swept under th...
[01:42:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score:2) 02Re:Quantum theory is weird. - 06Quantum Physics: What is Really Real? - 482 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:42:56] <exec> 08└─I get what you're saying, but you're playing a game with numbers and our definitions of subsets of numbers. When people say everything is probable in an infinite universe, what they generally mean is that every conceivable arrangement of matter and energy is going to spontaneously occur. Yes, you ca...
[01:42:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Quantum theory is weird. - 06Quantum Physics: What is Really Real? - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:42:56] <exec> 08└─In which case the original statement has lost its original meaning of having no bounds and the new meaning is being derived from the subset that which could make the statement itself correct.
[01:43:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03dingus [5224] (Score:1) 02Re:No fraud here - shame on Nature! - 06Quantum Physics: What is Really Real? - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:43:28] <exec> 08└─aaaaaah. Ok, I was confused by your first comment.
[01:46:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:2) 02Re:Treason, terrorism, and violating directive 12. - 06U.S. Mulls Export Controls on Zero-Days - 621 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:46:15] <exec> 08└─That moment when you want to go to the bank, get a home loan or other such instrument, and need to prove the source of the money? Some real control right there. Bank: You have a million dollars? Me: Yes. In Gold. Bank: Interesting. Where did you get it? Me: Uhhh, it's gold. Money has no pedigree las...
[01:46:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Nice - 06Coal-Fired Plants are Especially Vulnerable to Climate Change - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:46:34] <exec> 08└─Coal is only the cheapest because its monetary cost isn't its full cost.
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[02:59:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score:2) 02Re:Godwin's Take - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:59:38] <exec> 08└─Britain held off the NAZIs.
[02:59:41] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03sigma [1225] 02Re:Corporate profits - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 401 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:59:41] <exec> 08└─Please note that I didn't write that paragraph, and consider it to be apologist twaddle. This is NOT the same as many other companies protecting jobs and profits, it is Microsoft attempting to force the government to reduce interoperability with the people the government is supposed to be serving. A...
[02:59:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02It -might- be different if... - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 553 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:59:44] <exec> 08└─It might be different if MICROS~1's "standards" were actual standards. They aren't even "standard" from 1 version of their own product to the next. The DOCX "standard" is far from an actual standard. What it is is 6000 pages of twaddle.[1] It's not a specification; its an encrypted interoffice memo...
[02:59:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Corporate profits - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:59:45] <exec> 08└─Perhaps the UK should tax MS say 200% of the cost they are paying for their proprietary software.
[02:59:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03BK [4868] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Open Standards for Nationalism - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 1346 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:59:48] <exec> 08└─My observation has been that most open standards movements have had a strong nationalist component. Microsoft is seen by Germans and UKians and so many others as an outsider or even an invader and this perception forms a significant fraction of the support for such endeavors. But the fact is that Mi...
[03:00:02] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03BsAtHome [889] 02Knowledge is dangerous - 06Australian Law Could Criminalize the Teaching of Encryption - 1190 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:00:02] <exec> 08└─The whole discussion is actually about something else. It does not handle in its core about mathematics or any dual-use or whatever. It is all about controlling knowledge. The person with knowledge which another person does not have is how to control a society divided into classes. Prevent the knowl...
[03:00:07] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03U [4584] 02Your CPU is illegal - 06Australian Law Could Criminalize the Teaching of Encryption - 381 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:00:07] <exec> 08└─This law contains some real gems: Custom integrated circuits for which the function is unknown, or the control status of the equipment in which the integrated circuits will be used is unknown to the manufacturer, having any of the following: More than 1,500 terminals;A typical “basic gate propagat...
[03:00:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Not a "right" - 06Net Neutrality in India - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:00:40] <exec> 08└─The major carriers are arguing for the right to charge content providers for carrying their content (big surprise).
[03:01:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Because - 06Chechen Leader Calls for Wives to Stop Using WhatsApp - 426 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:01:03] <exec> 08└─> Instead of ad hominem you could contribute to the conversation. Pro-tip - ad hominem is "you are wrong because you are an idiot." I am saying "you are an idiot because you are wrong ... so ridiculously out of proportion wrong" > As anyone with a college education is accustomed to, extreme examples...
[03:01:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Because - 06Chechen Leader Calls for Wives to Stop Using WhatsApp - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:01:05] <exec> 08└─> Nope. Men want a cute young girl or a pretty woman. > That's as far as it goes. Nature dose the rest. Speak for your own, developmentally stunted, self.
[03:02:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Effectively a $20 limit. - 06Kansas to Tax People on Public Assistance Benefits by Placing $25 Limit on ATM Withdrawals - 434 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:02:51] <exec> 08└─> In any case, those fees are quite often waived completely with coops, credit unions, and a minimum number of transactions. People on welfare rarely qualify for, and even fewer can afford, accounts at any of those institutions. The term is "unbanked" and even credit unions have been doing a shitty...
[03:03:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:(Ab)use the bank orifice? - 06Kansas to Tax People on Public Assistance Benefits by Placing $25 Limit on ATM Withdrawals - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:03:28] <exec> 08└─Accumulate money on the account. Then visit the bank office and withdraw all of it in one go. Once per week or so?
[03:04:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score:2) 02Re:managing one's money - 06Feds Bust Cops Who Cleaned up Credit Histories by Filing Falsified Police Reports - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:04:12] <exec> 08└─If all your debt is about to be cancelled borrowing another $1500, that you never intend to repay, probably isn't a big deal.
[03:04:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Prosecution for what now? - 06Charges Against Gyrocopter-Flying Protester Glenn Hughes Keep Piling Up - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:04:46] <exec> 08└─Bullshit, you are wrong. Everybody knows he was bringing attention to campaign finance reform. That was actually very well covered in the media. no one is just saying he's "gyro-copter guy" without knowing anything about why he did it.
[03:05:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:No fraud here - shame on Nature! - 06Quantum Physics: What is Really Real? - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:05:54] <exec> 08└─Real science is highly technical and very nuanced. You need to talk in very precise language.
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[03:59:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score:2) 02Was gonna write an article about 3D graphics - 06The First First-Person Shooter - 769 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:59:14] <exec> 08└─and send it to Byte, in around '80/82. I'd written a lot of assembly code for my TRS-80 that would display stuff onscreen and move it around. For better resolution it also supported my Epson Mx-80 with the graphics option. Had a language that, it turned out, was a lot like Megatek's Phig. Was just g...
[03:59:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Flamebait) 02Do they still have Whites in South Africa? - 06Africa's Worst New Internet Censorship Law Could be Coming to South Africa - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:59:22] <exec> 08└─Or have God's Chosen Niggers finally eaten all the heathen White folk?
[03:59:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03rts008 [3001] (Score:2) 02Stopping hurricanes with hand-held fans.... - 06Africa's Worst New Internet Censorship Law Could be Coming to South Africa - 262 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:59:23] <exec> 08└─Trying to keep sex, violence, and hate speech off the internet? You might have better luck pissing away an erupting volcano. I'll wish you 'Good Luck' with that as I make popcorn and stock the cooler...this is bound to be entertaining if you are not stuck there.
[03:59:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02help from poland - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 293 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:59:34] <exec> 08└─it is not widely understood that Turing didn't exactly crack the enigma, rather he cracked the daily rotor settings. the wiring pattern of the rotors was obtained by two polish cryptographers who nabbed an enigma that was left behind at a polish navy base after the germans moved on to russia.
[03:59:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score:2) 02Re:help from poland - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:59:36] <exec> 08└─the wiring pattern of the rotors was obtained by two polish cryptographers who nabbed an enigma that was left behind at a polish navy base after the germans moved on to russia. No, it was americans! I saw a documentary [wikipedia.org]
[03:59:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:2, Interesting) 02Re:Corporate profits - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 1534 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:59:42] <exec> 08└─I would not punitively tax Microsoft for selling proprietary protocols... But I would hold them responsible for what their proprietary software does. I would tell them if they expected their copyrights, patents, and digital locks to be respected, they would also assume full responsibility for what t...
[03:59:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Extortion? - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:59:46] <exec> 08└─Of the British Empire? https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com] Monty Python, "Nice army you have here, Colonel. Be a shame if something were to happen to it!" Or, conversly, "Nobody expects the BusIness Software Alliance!"
[04:04:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Very much THIS - 06Charges Against Gyrocopter-Flying Protester Glenn Hughes Keep Piling Up - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:04:09] <exec> 08└─Now, add in -where- the trial will be held. The area around DC is full of locked-step types. These folks have to pass security screenings to get the gov't|gov't contractor jobs they hold. You don't get clearance with activism on your record. -- gewg_
[04:05:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Quantum theory is weird. - 06Quantum Physics: What is Really Real? - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:05:05] <exec> 08└─It is impossible to decide whether one of the integers is an under-watered hydrangea, since there is no meaning to the claim.
[04:05:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:No fraud here - shame on Nature! - 06Quantum Physics: What is Really Real? - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:05:18] <exec> 08└─It doesn't point to shortcomings in quantum or relativity if there is no grand unified theory.
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[04:59:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03K_benzoate [5036] (Score:2) 02Surprise - 06The First First-Person Shooter - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:59:38] <exec> 08└─I'm amazed to see Polygon [deepfreeze.it]--an outlet known for railing against the FPS genre as a hive of scum, villainy, and of course toxic masculinity--doing such a positive long-form piece about the origins of the first person shooter.
[04:59:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Children of Hippies were First Terrorists! - 06The First First-Person Shooter - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:59:40] <exec> 08└─The first person-shooter is a terrorist trainer! Round up all the players and throw their asses in jail!
[05:00:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03rts008 [3001] (Score:2) 02Re:Division is an ancien weapon. - 06Australian Law Could Criminalize the Teaching of Encryption - 254 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:00:25] <exec> 08└─You will have to share with us this new method for proving a negative you apparently are privy to before you can be taken seriously. In the meantime while we are awaiting this revelation, I deny your ability to force me to 'prove', much less do anything.
[05:01:21] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02Re:Because - 06Chechen Leader Calls for Wives to Stop Using WhatsApp - 23 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:01:21] <exec> 08└─Ethanol is ever classy.
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[05:59:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03rts008 [3001] (Score:2) 02Maybe you have it backwards... - 06The First First-Person Shooter - 781 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:59:28] <exec> 08└─One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. Pro tip: there were terrorists long before there were hippies.(and I wonder what your definition of 'hippies' is...if they are not at least 60 years old, you have not met a real hippie) In the USA, the 'Founding Fathers' were the original terrori...
[05:59:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03cafebabe [894] (Score:2) 02Re:Corporate profits - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:59:57] <exec> 08└─Any convicted monopolist should be eliminated from government tenders and contracts immediately.
[06:00:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03cafebabe [894] (Score:2) 02Afterlife Survey - 06Al-Qaeda’s Job Application Form Revealed - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:00:40] <exec> 08└─Well, it looks like my joke about the afterlife gets another outing [soylentnews.org].
[06:06:05] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03aristarchus [2645] 02Philosophers got this! - 06Quantum Physics: What is Really Real? - 1694 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:06:05] <exec> 08└─So, we are not sure whether the wave function is an actual function or a virtual function? Well, my dear physicist, what would a non-virtual wave function be, if it was not cognized by some perceptive being? Oh, we have to go Back to Kant, where all this nonsense started! Alright, the entire univer...
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[06:59:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02bad comparison is bad - 06Why We Should Let the Pantheon Crack - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:59:55] <exec> 08└─Isn't the Mona Lisa displayed in a purpose-built, climate-controlled enclosure behind bulletproof glass [wikipedia.org]? The comparable solution is to enclose the Pantheon in a protective dome.
[06:59:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:bad comparison is bad - 06Why We Should Let the Pantheon Crack - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:59:56] <exec> 08└─They don't display the real painting.
[06:59:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02Re:bad comparison is bad - 06Why We Should Let the Pantheon Crack - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:59:58] <exec> 08└─The real painting no longer exists. It was eaten by space aliens from beyond Uranus.
[06:59:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Designed lifespan - 06Why We Should Let the Pantheon Crack - 656 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:00:00] <exec> 08└─I was there when the built the Pantheon. I thought it was a great exercise in engineering. They thought it might last for 40 years. Now anything that exceeds human expectations by that much deserves special consideration. If we have to destroy a model to see how the actual building might fail, I s...
[07:00:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03shortscreen [2252] (Score:2) 02Re:Was gonna write an article about 3D graphics - 06The First First-Person Shooter - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:00:11] <exec> 08└─in the early days, a guy with no formal education nor google could figure stuff out and almost get famous.
[07:00:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Flamebait) 02The AIDS killed Free Love - 06The First First-Person Shooter - 490 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:00:15] <exec> 08└─Future generations became prudish, cranky, and belligerent due to lack of sex. War, man, is good for something. It's good for getting revenge on the world for incurable STDs! Can't fuck 'em? Kill 'em all! Who "they" are doesn't even matter. You can call them terrorists, you can call them freedom fig...
[07:00:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:Children of Hippies were First Terrorists! - 06The First First-Person Shooter - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:00:17] <exec> 08└─Children of Hippies? I think you are missing an entire generation. Children of Reagan were the first terrorists!
[07:00:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ryuugami [2925] (Score:2) 02Re:Open Standards for Nationalism - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 298 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:00:50] <exec> 08└─You see the same thing in the USA when the "buy American" folks run up against the hard realities that the Toyotas and VWs that they love to hate are actually built in the USA these days. The home office may be overseas, but the job losses will be local if you lead a campaign against those brands.
[07:03:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02DNA on pizza crust...? - 06DNA on Pizza Crust Leads to Quadruple Murder Suspect - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:03:21] <exec> 08└─That reminds me of certain "pizza delivery" clips I've watched on redtube...
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[08:00:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03rts008 [3001] (Score:2) 02If it ain't broke, don't 'fix' and thus break it.. - 06Why We Should Let the Pantheon Crack - 2428 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:00:53] <exec> 08└─I'm glad they are tearing down a model in the hopes of learning/confirming things, and I both commend them for the non-destructive technique using accurate scale models, and scientific methods, instead of harming the structures being studied. I truly wish them well, and hope they have success. Now i...
[08:01:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03rts008 [3001] (Score:2) 02Re:The AIDS killed Free Love - 06The First First-Person Shooter - 731 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:01:07] <exec> 08└─The problem with hitching the cart before the horse(or three-legged mule in your case), is it has been historically, scientifically, and common-sensically far more inefficient to reach your goal. You are going about it completely backwards. Prudish, cranky, and belligerent caused their lack of sex....
[08:01:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Ubuntu! - 06Africa's Worst New Internet Censorship Law Could be Coming to South Africa - 1135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:01:18] <exec> 08└─There is no greater representative of humanity than South Africa. Many nations have gone through massive injustice and revolution, but none so much or so recently as South Africa. I cut them slack. The entire "Truth and Reconciliation" process is deemed a failure by some, but any nation that could...
[08:01:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Knowledge is dangerous - 06Australian Law Could Criminalize the Teaching of Encryption - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:01:53] <exec> 08└─this sort of thing is not new http://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[08:08:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03boristhespider [4048] (Score:2) 02Re:No fraud here - shame on Nature! - 06Quantum Physics: What is Really Real? - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:08:16] <exec> 08└─Sorry - I probably should have been clearer from the start. One thing I've learned is that whiskey isn't always conducive to clarity and conciseness :)
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[08:59:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Open4D [371] (Score:2) 02Err on the side of caution - 06Why We Should Let the Pantheon Crack - 759 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:59:50] <exec> 08└─The 'one section of the Mona Lisa has faded a bit' analogy doesn't seem take account of the 'chain reaction' effect, and the fact that 'a stitch in time saves nine'. A cracked wall in a building might be the start of much more serious damage, if it is left without attention. So perhaps the analogy s...
[09:00:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Ubuntu! - 06Africa's Worst New Internet Censorship Law Could be Coming to South Africa - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:00:17] <exec> 08└─perhaps a fallback to the Afrikaaners
[09:00:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Hope this makes people realize.. - 06Africa's Worst New Internet Censorship Law Could be Coming to South Africa - 553 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:00:17] <exec> 08└─I hope this makes people realize that governments (or it seems any large organization) can't be trusted with a free information exchange. So build "attack" resistant networks such that any misguided BS can't be carried out. That certainly means, no network parts that has any critical or irreplaceabl...
[09:00:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:we set a low ethics bar for business - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 1247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:00:33] <exec> 08└─Free market, bullshit. Free market would require unlimited companies making unlimited diffrerent ways of business. That's why free market is not possible ever. Free market is like a religion. The reality is, there are some companies offering some services and most of the time the services are pretty...
[09:00:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] (Score:1) 02Re:tax abatements - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:00:42] <exec> 08└─it's very common, at least in the united states, That is not an argument that will help their case. The popularity of "The United States of Corruption" outside its borders is not that great.
[09:00:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02They tried this bullying in 2005 with Denmark too - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 315 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:00:46] <exec> 08└─Microsoft tried this stunt in 2005 with Denmark [ffii.org] too. "If I'm to keep my development center in Denmark, then it's a requirement that the question of rights becomes resolved. Otherwise, I will move it to the USA where I can protect my rights" in a conversation with Denmark's prime minister...
[09:01:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Your CPU is illegal - 06Australian Law Could Criminalize the Teaching of Encryption - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:01:19] <exec> 08└─Is it just me that thinks the Australian government has gone completely nuts? Not even the US government seems to do this?
[09:01:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score:1) 02Re:Your CPU is illegal - 06Australian Law Could Criminalize the Teaching of Encryption - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:01:20] <exec> 08└─I get the idea that a bunch of people living in glass houses think the way to protect their assets is to confiscate all the rocks.
[09:04:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score:2) 02Re:Debit card. - 06Kansas to Tax People on Public Assistance Benefits by Placing $25 Limit on ATM Withdrawals - 1257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:04:14] <exec> 08└─Douglass properties lets you pay your rent via debit or credit online, but only started this about six months ago. The BBB says : "No cash payments accepted at leasing offices. Cash payments are accepted at the corporate office location. We accept credit card payments over the phone. Credit card and...
[09:04:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score:2) 02Re:Debit card. - 06Kansas to Tax People on Public Assistance Benefits by Placing $25 Limit on ATM Withdrawals - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:04:34] <exec> 08└─Bing! Bing! Bing! I think we have a winner!
[09:04:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score:2) 02Re:(Ab)use the bank orifice? - 06Kansas to Tax People on Public Assistance Benefits by Placing $25 Limit on ATM Withdrawals - 406 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:04:40] <exec> 08└─Chase bank does as well. I do it when I need cash as a small purchase I can get up to $150 back (at certain stores, I think it's actually $200 at Wallyworld) without the ATM fee. As I am a veteran, Chase waives all of the normal transaction fees anyway, unless I do it at an ATM that isn't one of the...
[09:04:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Linatux [4602] (Score:1) 02Re:Light - 06Ceres Bright Spots Seen Closer Than Ever - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:04:56] <exec> 08└─Thanks - just a brain problem then :)
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[09:59:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Funny) 02Automate, automate, automate - 06 ICANN CEO Chehade Tenders his Resignation - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:59:25] <exec> 08└─People are obsolete. ICANN shouldn't even have a CEO, or a Board, or any staff at all. Domain registrations should just go into the cloud to be processed by clouds and clouds of servers in the cloud.
[09:59:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Seems fishy - 06 ICANN CEO Chehade Tenders his Resignation - 264 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:59:26] <exec> 08└─This seems rather fishy: * The timing means some hiring contract was executed in a non-standard way * The IANA contract just happen to coincide. * ICANN meeting being re-scheduled so conveniently. Wild guess: Chehade refused some bullshit and "I'LL QUIT!"
[09:59:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Seems fishy - 06 ICANN CEO Chehade Tenders his Resignation - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:59:28] <exec> 08└─Perhaps his "new career in the private sector" involves a stay in minimum security white collar prison.
[09:59:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03ticho [89] (Score:2) 02Re:Surprise - 06The First First-Person Shooter - 359 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:59:51] <exec> 08└─Perhaps they're more above the whole silly tempest in a teapot about "ethics in gaming journalism" than you are, and can appreciate a good piece about computer history for what it is. I am kind of disappointed with comments here, though, most of them are off-topic, about controversial stuff. Looks l...
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[09:59:56] <exec> 08└─Dude! You're totally missing the point because you're on too many drugs. Fear of death by sexually-transmitted-incurable-disease caused their lack of sex. STIDs are much worse than STDs, man! Back the days of Free Love you got a shot of penicillin and kept on fuckin'. Penicillin doesn't do jack agai...
[10:00:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Ubuntu! - 06Africa's Worst New Internet Censorship Law Could be Coming to South Africa - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:00:09] <exec> 08└─We should we deny someone the freedom to be a mercenary?
[10:00:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Open Standards for Nationalism - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 1135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:00:37] <exec> 08└─The ODF is not about open source or penguins. ODF is a open file format. The idea it has is that it can be opened with as many editors as possible, so that you aren't locked in to one vendor for the rest of the time in the universe. The idea is that people, of whom there are like 65 million in the U...
[10:00:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Division is an ancien weapon. - 06Australian Law Could Criminalize the Teaching of Encryption - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:00:55] <exec> 08└─Well lawyer law can demand the impossible. They are not founded in the laws of nature. So you could be requested to prove the impossible or rot in jail in the meantime.
[10:00:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03fritsd [4586] (Score:2) 02Re:Your CPU is illegal - 06Australian Law Could Criminalize the Teaching of Encryption - 485 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:00:59] <exec> 08└─That sounds like: 1. somebody wants to hobble the Australian high-tech industry, so that it can't become competitive with other countries 2. this person or group infiltrated the current Abbott government to get their plan executed 3. this person or group tells the Australians: "it's for your own goo...
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[10:01:15] <exec> 08└─"> M'Ballz Es-Hari made 2 IEDs yesterday, and 3 IEDs today. How many IEDs does M'Ballz Es-Hari have? Only the one he just finished. The other four have been efficiently planted near road used by infidels and the occasional innocent goat herder." I'm so sorry, the answer to this is incorrect, you see...
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[10:01:21] <exec> 08└─"Checking the box for suicide-bomber tho is probably not the main recruitment goal for that type of people since I do assume it takes a certain type to commit those kinds of acts, plus your employment period would be drastically short and end with a bang." Not to mention it's quite difficult to list...
[10:04:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score:2) 02I should never click on these articles.. - 06Ceres Bright Spots Seen Closer Than Ever - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:04:34] <exec> 08└─As I now feel compelled to play Kerbal Space Program for the next 14 hours or so.
[10:07:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score:2) 02Re:I hate smartphones - 06NSA Plan to Hack Smartphones Using Google and Samsung App Stores - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:07:19] <exec> 08└─You could just buy a Windows phone.....(ducks) :)
[10:08:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:cost decline - 06The MinION - Genome Sequencing in a Handheld Device - 254 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:08:17] <exec> 08└─Can you explain precisely what they mean by "genome sequence"? I think of the dna content of a single cell reported as 46 strings of GATC, each of a length however long the individual chromosomes are. One issue is that this will differ from cell to cell.
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[10:59:45] <exec> 08└─It's the rebar that causes spalling and cracking? Romans left that out..
[11:00:37] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03anubi [2828] 02Re:Corporate profits - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 1534 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:00:38] <exec> 08└─I would not punitively tax Microsoft for selling proprietary protocols... But I would hold them responsible for what their proprietary software does. I would tell them if they expected their copyrights, patents, and digital locks to be respected, they would also assume full responsibility for what t...
[11:00:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score:2) 02Re:Corporate profits - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 1429 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:00:40] <exec> 08└─In which UK court were they convicted? If you think that the UK should also respect convictions from other countries - and I'm not arguing one way or another here - what about those convicted by governments and states that you do not support? Should those convicted in various middle-eastern states o...
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[11:59:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Sex dolls, of course people will make use of it.. - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 562 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:59:20] <exec> 08└─People with enough money that is. Will buy AI dolls and fuck their brains out. Eventually they will realize that there's something more than pretty face or just stay inside that mental box because they there's no awareness of anything more in essence. Some will be addicted. However, once robots with...
[11:59:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Already common in Japan. - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 379 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:59:21] <exec> 08└─This is already quite common in Japan. Most Japanese sex robots have genitalia components that can be swapped in and out. You can put a vagina on your robot, or a penis and scrotum, or just a penis, or just a scrotum, or make it a hermaphrodite with both a penis and vagina. There are even components...
[11:59:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Already common in Japan. - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:59:23] <exec> 08└─Octopus tentacles in a sexual context must be a Japanese specialty. Can't recall any other country into that as much ;)
[11:59:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Interesting) 02Re:Already common in Japan. - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:59:24] <exec> 08└─The preoccupation with tentacles is actually an artificial creation itself. The west imposed strict censorship standards on Japan, so some enterprising artists realized there was no law against showing women penetrated by non-sexual organs/entities. Tentacles were phallic enough to work for porn, so...
[11:59:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Already common in Japan. - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:59:26] <exec> 08└─It's always Westerners to blame for every problem, isn't it? Goddamn post-WWII Western assholes, forcing the Japanese to draw beastial octopus erotica like their beloved The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife (1814) [wikipedia.org] .
[11:59:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Already common in Japan. - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:59:28] <exec> 08└─Octopus tentacles in a sexual context must be a Japanese specialty. Can't recall any other country into that as much ;)
[11:59:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Seems fishy - 06 ICANN CEO Chehade Tenders his Resignation - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:59:37] <exec> 08└─Wild guess: Chehade refused some bullshit and "I'LL QUIT!"
[11:59:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03fritsd [4586] (Score:2) 02Stay away from the big hole - 06Why We Should Let the Pantheon Crack - 660 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:59:52] <exec> 08└─When I was there, they had roped off the area under the big hole in the center, because a German tourist was killed by a falling piece of stone a few years before. It's a pity, because of the deep significance of constructing a domed temple to the gods, and then leaving open a big hole in the center...
[12:00:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03BK [4868] (Score:2) 02Re:Open Standards for Nationalism - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:00:51] <exec> 08└─The problem with using proprietary formats for government business is that it essentially creates a government-supported monopoly.
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[12:58:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Sex dolls, of course people will make use of it - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 2437 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:58:32] <exec> 08└─A sex robot without an "AI" is just a doll or big dildo. But there may be a middle ground between lifeless and "strong AI" that is good enough to fool most people. Big Data [ieee.org] + machine learning [kurzweilai.net] and improved hardware could create an abomination capable of mimicking the desir...
[12:58:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Sex dolls, of course people will make use of it - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:58:33] <exec> 08└─Why did you sign your comment with the Nazi Schutzstaffel symbol (⚡⚡)?
[12:58:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Sex dolls, of course people will make use of it - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:58:34] <exec> 08└─✡❔⚠🌏✋✈✈🌆👽🌌👾💃💨🗽💉💊🍄🍸🎢👼🔥🔥🔥❌ It's a new form of hieroglyphs
[12:58:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Sex dolls, of course people will make use of it - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:58:36] <exec> 08└─Because Schutzstaffel stole it from the electrical people? (same for the swastika)
[12:58:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Already common in Japan. - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:58:41] <exec> 08└─I never implied that it was a problem, only that it led to a spread of the preference. The fact that there are historical examples of bestiality with octopi does not negate the effect that censorship had on the production of pornography.
[12:58:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Already common in Japan. - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 336 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:58:43] <exec> 08└─The fact is that sexual penetration by octopus is a deeply ingrained part of Japanese culture. In fact, it may be deemed the essence of Japanese culture; the one thing that separates Japanese culture from all other cultures. Censorship has nothing to do with it. This concept runs deep with the Japan...
[12:58:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Already common in Japan. - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 2072 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:58:44] <exec> 08└─Nope that's not fact. Scholar Danielle Talerico notes that the image would have recalled to the minds of contemporary viewers the story of Princess Tamatori, highly popular in the Edo period. In this story, Tamatori is a modest shell diver who marries Fujiwara no Fuhito of the Fujiwara clan, who is...
[12:58:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Already common in Japan. - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:58:46] <exec> 08└─Yes, we know. That backs up exactly what we've been saying: that octopus tentacle rape is not a new phenomenon, but rather a core part of Japanese culture for hundreds of years.
[12:58:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03archshade [3664] (Score:1) 02Oblig Futurama - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:58:48] <exec> 08└─For the sake of the continued existence of the the human race and all progress this is a bad thing. Luckily there is a public service announcement about this. https://vimeo.com [vimeo.com]
[12:58:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Oblig Futurama - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:58:49] <exec> 08└─What do people see in Futurama? I've watched a number of episodes, and it always came off as a half-assed version of The Simpsons (which shouldn't be surprising, considering the people behind it). With The Simpsons being below Family Guy, and with Family Guy being below South Park, we can see just h...
[12:58:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03archshade [3664] (Score:1) 02Re:Oblig Futurama - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 897 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:58:51] <exec> 08└─I would rank in pretty much the revers order to you. Having said that Futurama probably gets points for being so short by comparison. All these animations have been going on so long that they have become stale and their nature leads little open for character development. In fact this is something I...
[12:58:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Oblig Futurama - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:58:53] <exec> 08└─But Bender runs on supermegahertz 6502! ;-)
[12:58:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Oblig Futurama - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:58:54] <exec> 08└─We need to become less people. Not more..
[13:00:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score:2) 02Re:Corporate profits - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 323 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:00:05] <exec> 08└─Surely a conviction anywhere in the EU should be counted in the U.K. Discounting countries that have vastly different and incompatible standards of criminality, MS is still a three time loser such that if it was a person, the only employment it could find would involve either a mop and a bucket or "...
[13:00:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score:2) 02Re:Corporate profits - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:00:06] <exec> 08└─Well perhaps you are right - but one of the reasons that the referendum is thought necessary is because we Brits don't like being dictated to by an unelected bunch in Brussels.
[13:00:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03McD [540] (Score:1) 02offtopic: Editing - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:00:08] <exec> 08└─Please note that I didn't write that paragraph, and consider it to be apologist twaddle.
[13:00:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03BK [4868] (Score:2) 02Re:Open Standards for Nationalism - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:00:17] <exec> 08└─The ODF is not about open source or penguins. ODF is a open file format.
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[13:58:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Those magic pillz ;-) - 06Google and Amazon Honor Pac-Man's 35th Anniversary - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:58:29] <exec> 08└─All these ignorant adults that said that it would make the young people wandering in a maze eating magic pills while trying to avoid the polizei. Oh... wait! *censored* ;-)
[13:58:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Already common in Japan. - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:58:50] <exec> 08└─"core" Nope, it's a miniscule fragment. 🐙 Ｃ:。ミ 🐙
[13:58:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02derailed from beginning - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:58:57] <exec> 08└─If true artificial intelligence is ever achieved, what role will their potential sexuality play? We asked the experts to weigh in. ... What do we mean by A.I.?
[13:59:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Seems fishy - 06 ICANN CEO Chehade Tenders his Resignation - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:59:07] <exec> 08└─What is a "minimum security white collar prison" ..?
[13:59:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03BigJ [3685] (Score:1) 02Re:Stay away from the big hole - 06Why We Should Let the Pantheon Crack - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:59:24] <exec> 08└─Texas Stadium All Hail the Cowboys!!
[13:59:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Meepy [2099] (Score:1) 02Durability? - 06Why We Should Let the Pantheon Crack - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:59:25] <exec> 08└─I'm not impressed by this argument of durability by age. We recently saw what can happen to some quite old temples in Nepal
[13:59:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Is the (source) code available? - 06The First First-Person Shooter - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:59:43] <exec> 08└─The Imlac PDS-1 [wikipedia.org] is a 16-bit computer with 8-16 kB of "memory" and the instruction execution rate seems to be at something like 500 000 instructions/second. So the code to run this would likely be compact. But can it be found anywhere?
[14:00:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03sigma [1225] (Score:2) 02Re:offtopic: Editing - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:00:20] <exec> 08└─I think soylent editors should adhere to a policy of not putting words in the submitter's mouth
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[14:58:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Open4D [371] (Score:2) 02There was Google Maps Pacman on 2015-04-01 - 06Google and Amazon Honor Pac-Man's 35th Anniversary - 787 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:58:32] <exec> 08└─Play the game using the layout of real streets! I'm not sure if this: - is actually still available - has already been covered on SN But here you go anyway: http://www.independent.co.uk
[14:58:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03curunir_wolf [4772] (Score:2) 02Re:Sex dolls, of course people will make use of it - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:58:45] <exec> 08└─I thought they stole the swastika from the Buddhists.
[14:59:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Re:Oblig Futurama - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:59:00] <exec> 08└─I've watched a number of episodes, and it always came off as a half-assed version of The Simpsons
[14:59:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score:2) 02Re:Oblig Futurama - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:59:01] <exec> 08└─Hilarious nerd and geek humor.
[14:59:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03acp_sn [5254] (Score:2, Interesting) 02what will happen to women? - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 687 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:59:05] <exec> 08└─What will happen when the woman's power of vaginal access no longer has any value? The only reason "society" has functioned at all since the beginning is because men compete for resources in order to attract women. Men have been willing to sacrifice themselves in wars and by taking dangerous, dirty,...
[14:59:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:what will happen to women? - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:59:07] <exec> 08└─The android can be "male" too.Women control reproduction (absent artificial wombs and synthetic eggs).Robots will do all of the physical labor and driving.
[14:59:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:what will happen to women? - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 293 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:59:08] <exec> 08└─When any man can work part time at an easy job (or even rely on meager government benefits) and still have unlimited access to (as the frat boys say) "top shelf pussy" why would anyone want to pick up the garbage, or drive a taxi, or work in a sewer, or risk their life daily repairing a roof?
[14:59:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Justin Case [4239] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Re:what will happen to women? - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:59:10] <exec> 08└─Look, I don't know of a nicer way to say this and still say it. When I'm coming in a woman's mouth, I want her to know I'm coming in her mouth. No bit of plastic, no matter how "smart", can replace that anytime soon.
[14:59:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilPapa [2366] (Score:2) 02Been there - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:59:11] <exec> 08└─Teddy Ruxpin. That's all I'm going to say on the matter.
[14:59:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Seems fishy - 06 ICANN CEO Chehade Tenders his Resignation - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:59:21] <exec> 08└─http://dujour.com/news/inside-white-collar-prisons-bernie-kerik-jack-abramoff/2/ [dujour.com]
[14:59:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Seems fishy - 06 ICANN CEO Chehade Tenders his Resignation - 365 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:59:23] <exec> 08└─I thought it was like a giant corporation with lot's of gray cubicles and monotone workstations with pointy haired bosses that kept you there for a meager salary at rigid work hours. Pretending that you were free and a successful worker. While in reality one is invisible chained to the office and on...
[15:00:21] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] 02we set a low ethics bar for business - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 806 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:00:21] <exec> 08└─We've seen these sorts of problems for decades, and there's no end to it. It's too tempting for the powerful to resort to threats and bullying to get their way. Society takes a lot lying down, even accepts it with resignation. Anti-social behavior gets worse until that changes. No one is surprised w...
[15:00:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03sigma [1225] (Score:2) 02Re:offtopic: Editing - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:00:35] <exec> 08└─I've submitted this as a story. https://soylentnews.org [soylentnews.org] I think it needs to be discussed and clarified before too much more damage is done.
[15:00:40] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Ryuugami [2925] 02Re:Open Standards for Nationalism - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 298 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:00:40] <exec> 08└─You see the same thing in the USA when the "buy American" folks run up against the hard realities that the Toyotas and VWs that they love to hate are actually built in the USA these days. The home office may be overseas, but the job losses will be local if you lead a campaign against those brands.
[15:00:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Open Standards for Nationalism - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 434 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:00:45] <exec> 08└─PDFs require costly programs to edit, unless of course you use libre office (atleast that's a program i know that can do this) and include the original ODF inside the PDF, which then you can edit with atleast libre office. Or unless you make a form PDF, which you can then add text / check boxes to p...
[15:00:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Open Standards for Nationalism - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 532 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:00:46] <exec> 08└─And another point. If you want less file formats, then dump the propietary formats, so everyone can edit the same files. Selecting a format is becomes about "picking a company or a product [or a nation]", because propietary vendors do not want to support open formats. But select libre office, open o...
[15:05:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Go ahead and RAISE AN ARMY then. - 06Charges Against Gyrocopter-Flying Protester Glenn Hughes Keep Piling Up - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:05:32] <exec> 08└─No, YOU start an army. I'm a joiner, not a starter.
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[15:59:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03GungnirSniper [1671] (Score:2) 02Re:what will happen to women? - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:59:08] <exec> 08└─Then what happens when they have advanced enough to respond humanly? You'll have to buy your bot a tennis bracelet.
[15:59:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score:2) 02Re:what will happen to women? - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:59:09] <exec> 08└─What a sad person you are
[15:59:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02Re:Designed lifespan - 06Why We Should Let the Pantheon Crack - 532 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:59:37] <exec> 08└─No, it's not just rebar that causes spalling and cracking in concrete. Today's concrete will do that all by itself. Go look at some older sidewalks in a northeast town: there's no rebar in those I'm pretty sure, just plain poured concrete. What's ruined the surface of the concrete is probably saltwa...
[15:59:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03kaszz [4211] (Score:2) 02Re:Designed lifespan - 06Why We Should Let the Pantheon Crack - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:59:38] <exec> 08└─Is Roman type of concrete unavailable to us? or will it not fit our demands?
[15:59:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Designed lifespan - 06Why We Should Let the Pantheon Crack - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:59:39] <exec> 08└─Construction companies need to stay in business. If things were built to last then it would cost jobs and hurt profits.
[16:00:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score:2) 02Re:help from poland - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 694 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:00:26] <exec> 08└─The Germans also did a number of things that made it easier to crack. For example, a few stations would always start their messages with the same text, making it easier to check if you'd got the correct decryption settings. After the war, some of the station operators claimed that this was done inte...
[16:00:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score:2) 02Re:Corporate profits - 06Microsoft Blackmailed the UK Over Open Standards - 955 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:00:39] <exec> 08└─If by 'we Brits' you mean 'the authoritarian wings of the UK parties,' then you'd be correct - they most certainly don't like being told that there are limits on their power. And they're very happy to encourage The Daily Mail and similar organs to frame the argument in terms of sovereignty, rather t...
[16:04:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03bziman [3577] (Score:2) 02Re:Degenerating? - 06Feds Bust Cops Who Cleaned up Credit Histories by Filing Falsified Police Reports - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:04:58] <exec> 08└─...receiving big black cock in Federal.Pound.Me.In.The.Ass.Prison ....... then maybe the system isn't irreparably corrupt.
[16:07:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score:2) 02Re:I hate smartphones - 06NSA Plan to Hack Smartphones Using Google and Samsung App Stores - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:07:26] <exec> 08└─I suppose you love the US's tax code then? So many rules to choose from, which one's your favorite?
[16:07:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score:2) 02Re:I hate smartphones - 06NSA Plan to Hack Smartphones Using Google and Samsung App Stores - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:07:27] <exec> 08└─My favourite would be the one that has me pay the least money.
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[16:58:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02You can lose a trademark if you don't enforce it - 06Grand Theft Auto Parent Company Sues BBC - 437 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:58:31] <exec> 08└─this has to do with the legal principle of estoppel. You can't have a patent or copyright taken from you unless you agree to let someone else have it. But if you don't enforce your copyright, it can fall into the public domain through your own inaction. That led to "Sacks 41st Avenue" of Capitola Ca...
[16:58:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03nukkel [168] (Score:2) 02Re:Sex dolls, of course people will make use of it - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:58:53] <exec> 08└─I have this (official issue) touristical map of Kyoto where each temple is marked with a swastika. Kinda funny to see how the symbol has apparently not been tainted over there.
[16:59:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Touché) 02Re:Oblig Futurama - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:59:11] <exec> 08└─> Family Guy, Family Guy is the lowest of the low. It is just "mad libs" humor where McFarlane takes random shit and sticks it all together to build an empty, pointless story.
[16:59:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02Re:what will happen to women? - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 1933 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:59:16] <exec> 08└─He's got a good point though (and so do you): lots of people only continue to pursue dating because they don't want to be lonely, and they want sex. What happens when you don't need to work for that, and you can have easy sex with an extremely attractive "person" whenever you want? Some men will sti...
[16:59:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score:2) 02Re:what will happen to women? - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:59:21] <exec> 08└─Within a few generations everyone will be the offspring of those men who prefer real, reproducing women to fuckbots, and the males will likely (by genetic inheritance) to share those sexual preferences.
[16:59:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02Re:what will happen to women? - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 847 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:59:23] <exec> 08└─Wrong, wrong, wrong. Even today, there are countless women having children all by themselves, with no male at all. How do they do it? For most of them, it's easy and free: they go to a bar and "pick up" a man for the night. After that night, she never sees him again, and he has no clue he's gotten h...
[16:59:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02Re:Designed lifespan - 06Why We Should Let the Pantheon Crack - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:59:51] <exec> 08└─Roman concrete uses volcanic ash from a particular volcano, and on top of that, we're not exactly sure of the formula. Finally, I believe their method of making the concrete was much more laborious than what we do now.
[17:00:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Archive link - 06The First First-Person Shooter - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:00:16] <exec> 08└─Archive link for those of us boycotting corrupt game sites: https://archive.is [archive.is]
[17:01:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Knowledge is dangerous - 06Australian Law Could Criminalize the Teaching of Encryption - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:01:21] <exec> 08└─It's not new, but it's as much of a violation of freedom of speech as ever. Completely unacceptable.
[17:02:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Noble713 [4895] (Score:1) 02Re:Because - 06Chechen Leader Calls for Wives to Stop Using WhatsApp - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:02:34] <exec> 08└─I want a child and my wife doesn't.
[17:02:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Because - 06Chechen Leader Calls for Wives to Stop Using WhatsApp - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:02:35] <exec> 08└─> Did you not have sexual access to a variety of unique desirable women? What kind of freak talks like that?
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[17:58:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:You can lose a trademark if you don't enforce i - 06Grand Theft Auto Parent Company Sues BBC - 462 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:58:32] <exec> 08└─But going after a documentary seems a bit over the top, wouldn't you thing? BBC is, best I can tell, not trying to market anything except the documentary. If estoppel were really the issue here, just about any un-solicited news coverage, reenactment, docu-drama would be similarly attacked. I rather...
[17:58:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:You can lose a trademark if you don't enforce i - 06Grand Theft Auto Parent Company Sues BBC - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:58:33] <exec> 08└─Witness the prior story on this page. Google and Amazon "celebrating" Pacman. Cupping my ear, listening for lawsuits. Crickets.
[17:59:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:what will happen to women? - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:59:20] <exec> 08└─there's more to women
[17:59:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score:2) 02Re:what will happen to women? - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 2001 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:59:27] <exec> 08└─A lot of relationships I've seen over here in flyover country seem to demonstrate that the bar for fuckability is quite low. Folks are more interested in being replicators over here than “top shelf pussy.” A lot of guys who have girlfriends and ex-wives I know often make me pause and think, “H...
[17:59:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Hard Love v0.3-3e7e7663da10c2fcc39378e34fb8c8a5 - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 2068 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:59:29] <exec> 08└─Love itself is formless like a mirror image is formless. I admit it, I became a stalker. I misused my authority, my position, to learn more about this unusual person that made me go all soft in places I was hardly aware of. No matter how intimate the moment of birth, how physical and painful, no mat...
[18:00:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Stay away from the big hole - 06Why We Should Let the Pantheon Crack - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:00:03] <exec> 08└─All Hail the Cowboys!!
[18:00:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03linuxrocks123 [2557] (Score:2) 02Re:Surprise - 06The First First-Person Shooter - 467 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:00:15] <exec> 08└─I totally agree. It's a sign of the upcoming Apocalypse, where Lennart Poettering and Obama will lead the forces of darkness in the final battle against Rand Paul and the Veteran Unix Administrators collective. This will happen very soon now. But afterwards, after the forces of light slay SystemD in...
[18:00:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:Ubuntu! - 06Africa's Worst New Internet Censorship Law Could be Coming to South Africa - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:00:35] <exec> 08└─I'm sorry! Did I touch a nerve?
[18:00:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02Heh. Ironically... - 06Microsoft Threatened the UK Over Open Standards - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:00:49] <exec> 08└─Britain didn't tell the US about the Enigma until very close to the end of the war.
[18:01:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Open Standards for Nationalism - 06Microsoft Threatened the UK Over Open Standards - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:01:13] <exec> 08└─No. With open standards, anyone can make software that supports them. I'd go even farther and say that the government shouldn't use proprietary software at all. The government should promote transparency and education, and proprietary software spits on both of those things.
[18:04:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03linuxrocks123 [2557] (Score:2) 02Re:So? - 06Kansas to Tax People on Public Assistance Benefits by Placing $25 Limit on ATM Withdrawals - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:04:47] <exec> 08└─free to get their life in order and become self supporting or to quietly die.
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[18:58:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03tynin [2013] (Score:2) 02Just curious... - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:58:32] <exec> 08└─But how did this come to light? MS lawyers called? Some studious fact checker reach out to you?
[18:58:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Funny) 02Re:Just curious... - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:58:33] <exec> 08└─Dice Lawyers called.
[18:58:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Jeremiah Cornelius [2785] (Score:2) 02Re:Just curious... - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:58:34] <exec> 08└─Microsoft is Satan's arsehole. Their lawyer's give their own mothers the clap.
[18:58:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03n1 [993] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:Just curious... - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 309 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:58:36] <exec> 08└─sigma made note of it in the comments of the story in question, and subsequently made a submission about our editorial practices. His submission on the subject can be viewed here: https://soylentnews.org [soylent...
[18:58:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03n1 [993] (Score:2) 02Responsibility - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 367 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:58:38] <exec> 08└─The story in question, I was the second editor and should have at least spotted the misuse of the term 'blackmail' and found something more appropriate. We both made some mistakes on this one, we make every effort to be as impartial as humanly possible but sometimes we get it wrong. My sincere apolo...
[18:58:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03opinionated_science [4031] (Score:2) 02Re:Responsibility - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:58:39] <exec> 08└─thesaurus? Google the UK show "Have I got news for you", the word is "allegedly"....
[18:58:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Appalbarry [66] (Score:2) 02Kudos indeed! - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 326 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:58:41] <exec> 08└─Wowza! Does this mean that we've received our first real lawyer's letter! I am so proud! Seriously, this does suggest that our little web site is getting attention from some serious places. And Janrinok - many, many upvotes for a proper and non-whiny acknowledgement of an error. It's tough to do, an...
[18:58:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score:2) 02Re:Kudos indeed! - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:58:43] <exec> 08└─No, as far as I am aware we have not received any contact from Microsoft, or anyone else other than sigma - and I'm rather hoping that my sincere and genuine apology will prevent one in the near future too. However, thanks for your kind words.
[18:58:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:2, Insightful) 02IMO Apology not needed - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 404 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:58:44] <exec> 08└─Yes, the word "blackmail" was harsh, and it probably should've been edited out. But that type of usage would be routine in an opinion piece. Besides, MSFT are big boys (gender bias intentional) and I doubt the SN piece had much affect on their market cap. I think an apology called out as a separate...
[18:58:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anne Nonymous [712] (Score:2) 02Janrinok Yay! - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:58:46] <exec> 08└─Good job fixing things up Janrinok! We all make mistakes, and you handled this one with style.
[18:58:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Refugee from beyond [2699] (Score:1) 02So? - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:58:47] <exec> 08└─So, did it happen or not? The only thing that matters.
[18:58:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Appalbarry [66] (Score:2) 02Re:So? - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 939 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:58:49] <exec> 08└─Bloomberg says yes. [bloomberg.com] I somehow doubt that they got a lawyer letter. And yeah, I'd characterize it as "blackmail." Microsoft Corp. threatened to close its research facilities in Britain if the government went ahead with plans to promote open-source software, one of David Cameron’s fo...
[18:58:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03CoolHand [438] (Score:2) 02Re:So? - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 336 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:58:51] <exec> 08└─That quote is a threat, not blackmail. Blackmail is a threat to expose something or make something public to which the one being blackmailed does not which exposed. That something is frequently, but not always, something illegal or immoral. Blackmail is illegal, making threats usually legal (but som...
[18:59:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02The religious angle - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 457 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:59:50] <exec> 08└─No one commented about the religious aspect, so: Soon enough the only groups of people with male/female living together and raising a family will be religious people. Most religions want their minions to have families and make babies and raise them. This will mean their children will also be brain-w...
[18:59:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score:2) 02Fermi Paradox? - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:59:51] <exec> 08└─Yet another explanation candidate for the Fermi Paradox. Maybe it's inevitable in evolutionary development that AI sex toys are created before interstellar space ships :)
[19:00:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Designed lifespan - 06Why We Should Let the Pantheon Crack - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:00:20] <exec> 08└─More laborious than having to regularly make repairs?
[19:00:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Ubuntu! - 06Africa's Worst New Internet Censorship Law Could be Coming to South Africa - 1626 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:00:59] <exec> 08└─I hate the Broederbond. So do all of my friends be they white or black. They had their period in power where they decreed that they would copy the American system. They gerrymandered the hell out of the country; locked up and exiled people for opposing them. Their (initially secret) organisation rul...
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[19:58:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02Nothing new - 06"Astoria" Tor Client Aims to Defeat Traffic Analysis - 1589 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:58:31] <exec> 08└─From this link https://news.ycombinator.com [ycombinator.com] "From our evaluation of Astoria, it is clear that the performance-security trade-off is favorable only in its higher security configurations. [...] However, at lower security configurations, the performance offered by Tor...
[19:58:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03n1 [993] (Score:2) 02Re:Responsibility - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:58:45] <exec> 08└─As someone residing in Britain for most of my life, I am very aware of HIGNFY and actually caught up on the latest episodes last night!
[19:58:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:Kudos indeed! - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 719 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:58:48] <exec> 08└─Hmm, I think this would have been better-left to a Journal Entry, or perhaps you should have just run sigma's "are editors overstepping their bounds?" story and posted an apology there (as well as getting the pulse of the community in watching that discussion). It's for those reasons that I think si...
[19:58:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03AlHunt [2529] (Score:3, Insightful) 02No apparent harm - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:58:55] <exec> 08└─You made what you thought in hindsight was a mistake. You fixed it. We all zig when we should have zagged. This place must be a hell of a lot of work to run. Keep up the great work.
[19:58:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Blackmail is absolutely appropriate - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 378 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:58:56] <exec> 08└─Did you even try to look up the definition of blackmail? It doesn't rely on extorting an end strictly based upon threats of revealing illegal actions. Blackmail: To extort money from another by means of intimidation. Does threatening to close down plants and fire people count as intimidation? Yes! W...
[19:58:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score:2) 02Re:Blackmail is absolutely appropriate - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 644 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:58:58] <exec> 08└─I apologised for the use of the word 'blackmail' which was not supported by the linked material. If we receive a lawyers letter, it could very well result in the demise of the site. We have insufficient income to pay our way at present although that might be rectified by the time the bills need to b...
[19:58:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03BK [4868] (Score:2) 02Re:Blackmail is absolutely appropriate - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:59:00] <exec> 08└─Blackmail: To extort money from another by means of intimidation.
[19:59:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Wrong problem - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:59:01] <exec> 08└─Until the editors and submitters do so under their real names, none of this matters. Under nicks this is all just pretend journalism.
[19:59:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03GungnirSniper [1671] (Score:2) 02Re:Wrong problem - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:59:03] <exec> 08└─+1, Irony.
[19:59:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score:2) 02Re:Sex dolls, of course people will make use of it - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:59:32] <exec> 08└─Why did you sign your comment with the Nazi Schutzstaffel symbol
[19:59:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Sex dolls, of course people will make use of it - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:59:33] <exec> 08└─Sex robots are worthless because they won't look like drawn anime-style characters. Real people are ugly, both physically and mentally. Virtual reality is the future.
[19:59:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anal Pumpernickel [776] (Score:2) 02Re:Oblig Futurama - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:59:48] <exec> 08└─Lets not kid ourselves here, non of these shows can be considered high art
[20:00:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03M. Baranczak [1673] (Score:2) 02Re:what will happen to women? - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:00:02] <exec> 08└─I'd like to put in a feature request for a "-1 Informative" mod option.
[20:00:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:what will happen to women? - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 366 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:00:07] <exec> 08└─Marriage is worthless to begin with, and should be completely replaced with individualized contracts, so as not to discriminate against couples who do not want to get married but want some of the legal benefits. It's just a silly social construct with a lot of magical thinking (it makes relationship...
[20:01:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:Ubuntu! - 06Africa's Worst New Internet Censorship Law Could be Coming to South Africa - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:01:20] <exec> 08└─Wow! That's a big nerve! And I evidently spoke without sufficient knowledge, my apology is not meant to be sarcastic. You have remedied some of my ignorance, what are your thoughts on the proposed policy?
[20:01:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03BK [4868] (Score:2) 02Re:Open Standards for Nationalism - 06Microsoft Threatened the UK Over Open Standards - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:01:59] <exec> 08└─...the government shouldn't use proprietary software at all.
[20:04:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zinho [759] (Score:2) 02Re:Essential Element of Jealousy - 06DNA on Pizza Crust Leads to Quadruple Murder Suspect - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:04:39] <exec> 08└─I am much more vocal about those, they are so rare as to be useless for drawing conclusions.
[20:06:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score:2) 02Re:Hoping for trial and nullification - 06Charges Against Gyrocopter-Flying Protester Glenn Hughes Keep Piling Up - 453 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:06:48] <exec> 08└─Last time this story went around I looked up the regulations on this type of small craft (too lazy to do it right this instant) per the FAA, and there are NO licensing or certification requirements. So that much at least is bogus. But (last I paid attention) it looked like prosecutors might be tryin...
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[20:58:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02it would help to put encrypted data on the net - 06"Astoria" Tor Client Aims to Defeat Traffic Analysis - 383 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:58:30] <exec> 08└─there is an add-on that does searches like "terrorism", "explosives" and so on. That's helpful. What I'm thinking of is a program - it doesn't have to be an add-on - that visits https websites. It could work as a crawler. It shouldn't go from link to link any faster than a human web surfer. It would...
[20:58:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02State/Carrier sponsored Exits - 06"Astoria" Tor Client Aims to Defeat Traffic Analysis - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:58:31] <exec> 08└─autonomous system (AS) that lies on both the path from the Tor client to the entry relay and the path from the exit relay to the destination.
[20:58:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Just curious... - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:58:43] <exec> 08└─Quote sigma's unpublished complaint: "I think soylent editors should adhere to a policy of not putting words in the submitter's mouth". ... The stories we submit are a reflection of our enthusiasms and beliefs, the tone and character of those posts is as much part of the submitter's story as the ac...
[20:58:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score:2) 02Re:IMO Apology not needed - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:58:51] <exec> 08└─I think an apology called out as a separate piece should be reserved for matters where SN really, really blew it, not cases of borderline judgement.
[20:58:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03fritsd [4586] (Score:2) 02Re:Blackmail is absolutely appropriate - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:59:00] <exec> 08└─I think it was good that you apologised, janrinok, but you must forgive me when I just imagined a scene with John Cleese hanging upside down from a window... [wikipedia.org] ;-)
[20:59:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Blackmail is absolutely appropriate - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:59:03] <exec> 08└─Money exchanges hands when the government hands over taxpayer money to these greedy companies in exchange for proprietary user-subjugating software.
[20:59:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Wrong problem - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:59:06] <exec> 08└─I've seen the quality of journalism from people who use their real names; it does not improve the quality.
[20:59:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03wantkitteh [3362] (Score:2) 02Objection to Actor Choice, Maybe? - 06Grand Theft Auto Parent Company Sues BBC - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:59:16] <exec> 08└─Maybe Sam Houser doesn't want to be portrayed by Harry Potter.
[20:59:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03yankprintster [4225] (Score:1) 02Game Size: Then and Now - 06Google and Amazon Honor Pac-Man's 35th Anniversary - 353 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:59:25] <exec> 08└─Atari 2600 Pac-Man ROM was 4 kilobytes. The free version mentioned in the summary available on Google Play for Android is 52.42 megabytes, or over 13,000 times larger. Sure it contains some bonus levels and bonus items and other things, but it just makes me smile that so much fun could be packed int...
[20:59:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score:2) 02Re:Already common in Japan. - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:59:51] <exec> 08└─Re-read his post, he didn't use the word 'invent'.
[20:59:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Already common in Japan. - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:59:53] <exec> 08└─I have never seen stuff like this on Japanese dolls. American makers will do trans attachments but the Japanese makers are surprisingly heteronormative. Are you sure you're not mistaking some T Murakami pop art for actual sex dolls?
[21:00:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tork [3914] (Score:2) 02Re:Been there - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:00:18] <exec> 08└─You go for bears? ;)
[21:00:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03AlHunt [2529] (Score:2) 02Re:Seems fishy - 06 ICANN CEO Chehade Tenders his Resignation - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:00:34] <exec> 08└─>What is a "minimum security white collar prison" ..? Motel 6.
[21:00:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Designed lifespan - 06Why We Should Let the Pantheon Crack - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:00:52] <exec> 08└─Repairs come years after the popular mayor got the sidewalks installed cheap and under budget, or after the construction company that built the building has already closed down and reincorporated as an untraceable new entity.
[21:01:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Ubuntu! - 06Africa's Worst New Internet Censorship Law Could be Coming to South Africa - 2815 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:01:33] <exec> 08└─I apologise for misunderstanding your apology. I misunderstood the sentiment with which you said that you "struck a nerve". Such is the nature of written comunication. Of course I should not entirely blame you for the enormous amount of anti-Afrikaner sentiment that went along with the global opposi...
[21:04:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Essential Element of Jealousy - 06DNA on Pizza Crust Leads to Quadruple Murder Suspect - 905 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:04:53] <exec> 08└─> I'm going to call baloney on this assertion Wishful thinking on your part. Like I said, it only takes one such post to be "just as vocal." Even if I had never said a word before, the fact that I said it just now means its equal. > . On what basis do you judge that one is better than the other? Srs...
[21:05:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02Re:So? - 06Kansas to Tax People on Public Assistance Benefits by Placing $25 Limit on ATM Withdrawals - 753 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:05:46] <exec> 08└─I dunno, "you might not want the government to know where (or on what) you're spending their money" does kinda imply they have a 'right' to it instead of considering it charity. If it is charity the giver SHOULD be making sure it isn't being misused so that scarce resources can be put to the best us...
[21:05:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02Re:So? - 06Kansas to Tax People on Public Assistance Benefits by Placing $25 Limit on ATM Withdrawals - 3193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:05:51] <exec> 08└─I reject your premise. Excepting a few people who really are incapable of supporting themselves that society (but not by government force) should take care of in a mutual aid capacity, everybody is capable of contributing something to their fellow man in exchange for the things he can't (or just pre...
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[21:58:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Funny) 02Book your holiday! - 06News About Pfizer's Most Popular Pill - 998 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:58:31] <exec> 08└─There is a risk of malaria in the following countries: Afghanistan Algeria Angola Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Botswana Brazil Brunei Darussalam Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde Cambodia Cameroon Central African Republic Chad China Colombia Comoros Congo - Democratic Republic Con...
[21:58:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03GungnirSniper [1671] (Score:2) 02Re:Book your holiday! - 06News About Pfizer's Most Popular Pill - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:58:32] <exec> 08└─Thanks for providing useful information about where to avoid the 'read the rest of this comment' bug.
[21:58:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score:2) 02Goes both ways. - 06News About Pfizer's Most Popular Pill - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:58:33] <exec> 08└─Is that a banana in your pocket or are you just happy to see me? No it's my malaria medication. So while it might help you with your malaria infection it might be somewhat socially awkward having to explain your constant and never-ending erection.
[21:58:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:Goes both ways. - 06News About Pfizer's Most Popular Pill - 1263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:58:35] <exec> 08└─Filter error. No Spam Please! Are you fucking kidding me? It isn't April Fools' day! Anyway, Disclaimer: I have been prescribed Leveetra*, which is not chemically identical to Vayagra* but uses the same mechanism of action. The doctor revoked my prescription after I had told him that I was capable o...
[21:58:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Perfect - 06News About Pfizer's Most Popular Pill - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:58:37] <exec> 08└─now even a mosquito-dick like Ethanol can get it up.
[21:58:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:State/Carrier sponsored Exits - 06"Astoria" Tor Client Aims to Defeat Traffic Analysis - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:58:47] <exec> 08└─Do unicorns shit pots of gold?
[21:58:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:State/Carrier sponsored Exits - 06"Astoria" Tor Client Aims to Defeat Traffic Analysis - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:58:48] <exec> 08└─Do unicorns shit pots of gold?
[21:58:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03wantkitteh [3362] (Score:2) 02Re:State/Carrier sponsored Exits - 06"Astoria" Tor Client Aims to Defeat Traffic Analysis - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:58:50] <exec> 08└─The most important part anyone who *needs* to use Tor should already know is that it's only one part of any comprehensive anonymity protection suite. Just don't ask me what the other parts should be, headache right now.
[21:59:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03wantkitteh [3362] (Score:2) 02Re:Responsibility - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:59:04] <exec> 08└─Could we use a tub of lard as an editor?
[21:59:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:So? - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:59:14] <exec> 08└─In common usage, blackmail is often conflated with other forms of extortion. MS's threat was certainly a form of extortion.
[21:59:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Blackmail is absolutely appropriate - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 769 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:59:19] <exec> 08└─I don't know that I would have you do anything at all. Perhaps I don't understand the legal ramifications fully. The headline of the Bloomberg story is literally "Microsoft Threatened to Close U.K. Plants, Ex-Cameron Aide Says." The former aide basically says Microsoft representatives called certain...
[21:59:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Blackmail is absolutely appropriate - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:59:22] <exec> 08└─Exaclty. Windows costs money, Office costs money, the infrastructure to support these technologies costs money (Microsoft-certified PCs etc). That's aside from the fact that jobs could be construed as money in this case (jobs also generate tax revenue, which funds the technology purchases).
[21:59:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:Wrong problem - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:59:27] <exec> 08└─this is all just pretend journalism.
[22:00:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score:1) 02Re:Sex dolls, of course people will make use of it - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:00:02] <exec> 08└─Kinda funny to see how the symbol has apparently not been tainted over there.
[22:00:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03archshade [3664] (Score:1) 02Re:Oblig Futurama - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:00:21] <exec> 08└─Since what qualifies as "high art" is completely subjective, your statement that none of those things can be considered as such is false.
[22:00:34] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03M. Baranczak [1673] 02Re:what will happen to women? - 06Artificial Sexuality: A Round-Table Discussion on Screwing Robots - 71 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:00:35] <exec> 08└─I'd like to put in a feature request for a "-1 Informative" mod option.
[22:02:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score:2) 02Re:Corporate profits - 06Microsoft Threatened the UK Over Open Standards - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:02:28] <exec> 08└─UK membership in the EU is largely irrelevant to the situation. As an American, if someone with 3 convictions for financial crimes in the various courts of the EU (including the UK) wanted to be my accountant, the answer would be a very loud NO.
[22:06:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03linuxrocks123 [2557] (Score:1) 02Re:So? - 06Kansas to Tax People on Public Assistance Benefits by Placing $25 Limit on ATM Withdrawals - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:06:17] <exec> 08└─until we have AI that truly is better than us in every way possible... at which point, yes we humans truly are obsolete and evolution in action is going to be a bitch.
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[22:58:36] <exec> 08└─Myanmar, the country formerly known as Burma...
[22:58:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Spam filter - 06News About Pfizer's Most Popular Pill - 844 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:58:39] <exec> 08└─Like you, I had a problem with the name of the pharmaceutical. The headline reflects my attempt to get the story into the queue. I mentioned there [soylentnews.org] and elsewhere [soylentnews.org] that the filter rejected the attempts I made. I became irritated and gave up trying to make an actually...
[22:58:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:Perfect - 06News About Pfizer's Most Popular Pill - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:58:41] <exec> 08└─Fuck you, cocksucker.
[22:59:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03vux984 [5045] (Score:2) 02Re:Just curious... - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:59:06] <exec> 08└─Agreed. I'd go even further. Story summaries should ideally be neutral. I don't come here for clickbait. Save the editorializing and hyperbole for the comments.
[22:59:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score:2) 02Re:IMO Apology not needed - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 332 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:59:16] <exec> 08└─The word "blackmail" was accurate, although the word "extortion" might have been better. Someone said the the "allegedly" should have been used, but I disagree; I think the only addition worthwhile might be "attempted". Having this posted on the site makes it look like Microsoft are innocent of this...
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[23:58:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Flamebait) 02Are there any good sources? - 06Tech Industry Execs Attend Secret Summit on Surveillance in the UK - 604 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:58:28] <exec> 08└─So the most "reputable" source that this summary links to is The Register. The rest are even less reputable. I don't get my news from Alex Jones. I don't get my news from FOX News. I try to get my news from much more reputable sources. SoylentNews editors, please, let's try to focus on submissions t...
[23:58:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Flamebait) 02Re:Are there any good sources? - 06Tech Industry Execs Attend Secret Summit on Surveillance in the UK - 572 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:58:29] <exec> 08└─I don't think that comment should be modded Flamebait. It makes some good points. I don't know who Duncan Campbell is. I don't know what Document Cloud is. I don't know what First Look is. I've heard of The Register before, but I don't know much about it other than I've seen Slashdot subs link there...
[23:58:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Are there any good sources? - 06Tech Industry Execs Attend Secret Summit on Surveillance in the UK - 539 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:58:31] <exec> 08└─I don't think that comment should be modded ________. It makes some good points. I don't know ________ is. I don't know ________ is. I don't know ________ is. I've heard of ________ before, but I don't know much about it other than ___________________________________, which maybe should make me ques...
[23:58:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Troll) 02Do they watch me when I peepee and poopoo? - 06Tech Industry Execs Attend Secret Summit on Surveillance in the UK - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:58:33] <exec> 08└─Do they watch me when I peepee and poopoo?
[23:58:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Troll) 02Re:Do they watch me when I peepee and poopoo? - 06Tech Industry Execs Attend Secret Summit on Surveillance in the UK - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:58:35] <exec> 08└─That comment is actually the most relevant, on-topic comment posted so far. Unlike all of the other comments, it actually addresses the issue of surveillance.
[23:58:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02I think people have had enough of this. - 06Tech Industry Execs Attend Secret Summit on Surveillance in the UK - 322 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:58:36] <exec> 08└─I think that people have tired of the near-constant surveillance stories we get here and at other sites. Average people just don't care about it. Even techies don't care, or just assume it has always been happening. Maybe that is why there are so few comments for this story? There is nothing left to...
[23:58:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:I think people have had enough of this. - 06Tech Industry Execs Attend Secret Summit on Surveillance in the UK - 251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:58:38] <exec> 08└─There are so few comments because the story was just posted, dipshit. However, I do have an issue with this submission as well -- calling The Intercept a "Snowden Newsletter?!" Really? [firstlook.org] Really?! [firstlook.org] REALLY?!! [firstlook.org]
[23:58:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0, Disagree) 02Re:I think people have had enough of this. - 06Tech Industry Execs Attend Secret Summit on Surveillance in the UK - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:58:40] <exec> 08└─It was posted over an hour ago. That's lots of time for comments. But nobody cares about his issue any more. We've been exposed to it to the point of exhaustion. That's why all we can do is pick apart how useless this submission is.
[23:58:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:I think people have had enough of this. - 06Tech Industry Execs Attend Secret Summit on Surveillance in the UK - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:58:42] <exec> 08└─I modded you -1, Disagree. -- Ethanol-fueled
[23:58:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I think people have had enough of this. - 06Tech Industry Execs Attend Secret Summit on Surveillance in the UK - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:58:43] <exec> 08└─At least you had the balls to admit to it. Good show, chap! Good show!
[23:58:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Book your holiday! - 06News About Pfizer's Most Popular Pill - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:58:49] <exec> 08└─Why is malaria present only in total shitholes?
[23:58:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Book your holiday! - 06News About Pfizer's Most Popular Pill - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:58:52] <exec> 08└─I'll take my chances in South Korea or South Africa
[23:58:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Book your holiday! - 06News About Pfizer's Most Popular Pill - 500 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:58:54] <exec> 08└─South Korea was a pretty awful place for a long time. It was a warzone for many years, and then was governed by military dictatorships for a while. It didn't become what might be considered a democracy until the late 1980s. It's only within the past two decades that it has been something other than...
[23:58:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Perfect - 06News About Pfizer's Most Popular Pill - 217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:58:58] <exec> 08└─I visit this site once a week, and whenever I do I'm pretty much guaranteed to run across at least one post mentioning penises, cocks, or some other such word. Why are the people at this site so obsessed with penises?
[23:58:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02NCommander!!! - 06News About Pfizer's Most Popular Pill - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:58:59] <exec> 08└─NCommander, can you please ban this clown.
[23:59:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:NCommander!!! - 06News About Pfizer's Most Popular Pill - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:59:01] <exec> 08└─Why should he be banned just for having a small penis? I think that's totally wrong, and very discriminatory. It isn't socially acceptable to treat somebody like dirt just because they may have a handicap.
[23:59:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Can we trust opinions at Hacker News? - 06"Astoria" Tor Client Aims to Defeat Traffic Analysis - 414 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:59:08] <exec> 08└─Hacker News is known to be riddled with people who hold very questionable judgment. I mean, these are people who think that Ruby and Rust are good programming languages. These are people who think that NoSQL databases are good. These are people who use the word "disingenuous" in complete seriousness...
[23:59:24] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03frojack [1554] 02Re:Just curious... - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 312 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:59:25] <exec> 08└─Quote sigma's unpublished complaint: "I think soylent editors should adhere to a policy of not putting words in the submitter's mouth". ... The stories we submit are a reflection of our enthusiasms and beliefs, the tone and character of those posts is as much part of the submitter's story as the ac...
[23:59:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Just curious... - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 1203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:59:26] <exec> 08└─Things were good at first here. But ever since the Michael Brown incident, and the subsequent reporting of it here, I've found the quality of the stories to have gone downhill. I focus on that particular incident, because it's one where it was clear from the very beginning that the reporting here wa...
[23:59:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03opinionated_science [4031] (Score:2) 02Re:Responsibility - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:59:32] <exec> 08└─wait for "Have I got more...." a few days later...
[23:59:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hairyfeet [75] (Score:2) 02Re:Kudos indeed! - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:59:37] <exec> 08└─Yeah but one of the purposes of this site was to be the "anti-slash" which means this site needs to NOT be cranking out flamewar inspiring TFAs, avoiding the political bullshit, and basically looking at how DICE is running Slashdot as the way NOT to run this place!
[23:59:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Serial apologist for Redmond spotted once again? - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 841 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:59:40] <exec> 08└─Your post is a muddled mess. You seem to be saying S/N has deep pockets. Use of pronouns requires precision. . As noted by Appalbarry further down in the thread, this episode DID happen. Redmond did make the threat. That anyone doubts that is evidence of fanboyism. What is past is prologue. While a...
[23:59:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Serial apologist for Redmond spotted once again - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:59:42] <exec> 08└─Are you the AC who's always hating on Tork?
[23:59:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03CoolHand [438] (Score:2) 02Re:So? - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 280 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:59:48] <exec> 08└─Perhaps, but we need to be more worried about the legal usage. So, if it was legally determined that it was not that way, then the term as used here could perhaps be looked at as libelous. Considering, that we have no legal firepower at all, we need to err on the side of caution.
[23:59:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Wrong problem - 06A Public Apology to Microsoft and sigma - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:59:59] <exec> 08└─How do you know that his real name isn't Anonymous Coward? He'd have no choice but to post as AC. He couldn't register that account even if he wanted to.