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  • On the post: Arianna Huffington Sued For 'Stealing' The Idea For The Huffington Post

    James Carmichael ( profile ), 16 Nov, 2010 @ 01:21pm

    Grammar Nazi

    more then 5 years -> more than 5 years

  • On the post: Pizza Shop Sues Former Employee For 'Stealing' Recipe

    James Carmichael ( profile ), 03 Nov, 2010 @ 04:38pm

    BURN!

    Ziiiiing!

  • On the post: Google Begins Blurring German Houses In Street View On Request

    James Carmichael ( profile ), 03 Nov, 2010 @ 04:22pm

    Re: Even more alarming...

    They could use cloak fields! We have those, right?

    I'm positively thrilled that some guy in Tibet might be looking up my place on Google Maps! That's like... awesome!

  • On the post: Google Begins Blurring German Houses In Street View On Request

    James Carmichael ( profile ), 03 Nov, 2010 @ 04:17pm

    Shame

    That's a real shame Google hasn't stood up to this one in courts instead. What does it say for common sense? What possible 'damages' could this blurring possibly cause?

    I do understand that they're trying not to offend anyone especially now that 'privacy' is such a huge deal. But they're not doing anything wrong dammit! It's not like they have anything to apologize for. And if they keep backing up, it'll make it look like they were wrong all along.

    Come on Google, it's normal for people to be worried about their privacy, but you don't have to listen to the crazy ones. Perhaps education would be a more successful effort?

  • On the post: Panera's 'Pay What You Want' Restaurants Are Working

    James Carmichael ( profile ), 03 Nov, 2010 @ 07:24am

    We're getting close to running the world on the honor system!

  • On the post: Irony: Book About Recording Industry's Mishandling Of Digital Priced Higher As Ebook Than Physical Book

    James Carmichael ( profile ), 29 Oct, 2010 @ 01:15pm

    Grammar nazi

    "understsanding" last sentence.

  • On the post: The Revolution Will Be Distributed: Wikileaks, Anonymous And How Little The Old Guard Realizes What's Going On

    James Carmichael ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2010 @ 08:06pm

    Anonycracy

    Democracy had a good run... but I could get used to a decentralized organization as my government. In fact I've always been thrilled and fascinated by the idea.

    Think of a world where lobbyists are seen for what they really are: irl trolls.

  • On the post: A Look At How Many People Have Been Kicked Offline In Korea On Accusations (Not Convictions) Of Infringement

    James Carmichael ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2010 @ 12:23pm

    Useful analogy

    Kicking people off the internet because they downloaded illegal content is a little bit like banning someone from the public roads because (s)he drove to a friend's house to watch an illegal DVD.

    And Ima Fish makes a good point; I too seriously doubt that any of this non-sense even began to help reducing piracy.

  • On the post: Facebook Sues Faceporn, Apparently Believing It Owns The Words Face & Book

    James Carmichael ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2010 @ 11:27am

    Re: Re: Wonders.....

    Haha, yesssss.

  • On the post: Danish Discussion On 3 Strikes Plan Done In Secret, Leaving Consumers Out Of The Mix Again

    James Carmichael ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2010 @ 11:18am

    Re: Re: Accountability in politics

    You're right I did generalize a bit too much. What I *should* have said is that there's not enough accountability in the government, period.

    As for the RIAA, I guess they're only accountable to market forces and the law. Wait, no only market forces :P

  • On the post: Not Very Biblical: Investor Sues Bible.com For Not Being Profitable Enough

    James Carmichael ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2010 @ 11:10am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Holy shit.

    "When you think about it, is not working ONE day out of the week very hard? Is it really? So then, it should have been tremendously easy for them."

    When you think about it, why would God want people not to work on Sunday? Why would he even care? How does he even expect people back then to even keep track of which day it is? If you lose track of the day, does that mean you have to stop working for fear of working on a Sunday by accident, then be killed?

    Arguing with Christians is like asking a wall to move to the left a bit. It's completely useless, though I do it anyway...

  • On the post: Not Very Biblical: Investor Sues Bible.com For Not Being Profitable Enough

    James Carmichael ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2010 @ 10:59am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Holy shit.

    It makes complete sense... if you have a dark and twisted mind like god has.

    Letting new born babies starve to death in dumpsters is perfectly fine in god's eye. Why? He's a sick fellow. I mean, he DID invent all the world's most cruel illnesses, didn't he? He even created the Devil, that shows you how much of a sadist he is.

  • On the post: Not Very Biblical: Investor Sues Bible.com For Not Being Profitable Enough

    James Carmichael ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2010 @ 10:56am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Holy shit.

    Yes and the earth is flat. Don't think so? I guess you don't dig down deep enough. Have faith in this, it is flat, just squint A LOT.

    I blast Christianity here because it's a post about the Bible. I find other religions just as senseless and I don't have any trouble blasting Islam or Judaism. They each have their own silly books, traditions and invisible people.

    Just because you claim your beliefs are sacred doesn't mean I have to consider them sacred as well. If I consider logic and rationality sacred, then by talking the way you do I can claim that you offend my beliefs. But that wouldn't be very logical of me, would it?

  • On the post: Local News Website Says You Need To Pay To Read Its Stories, Says It's Collecting Visitor IPs To Sue

    James Carmichael ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2010 @ 10:32am

    Gotcha!

    By reading this sentence you agree to give me a million dollars. If you don't, I'll sue you.

    Ah, the honor system.

  • On the post: X-Ray Scanner Vans Not Just Being Sold To Law Enforcement

    James Carmichael ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2010 @ 08:37am

    How about a Google Streetview with an 'x-ray' layer? Anyone?

  • On the post: Not Very Biblical: Investor Sues Bible.com For Not Being Profitable Enough

    James Carmichael ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2010 @ 08:21am

    Re: Re:

    Ya wasn't the first Bible written in Klingon?

  • On the post: Not Very Biblical: Investor Sues Bible.com For Not Being Profitable Enough

    James Carmichael ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2010 @ 08:02am

    Re: Re: Holy shit.

    I understand the distinction very well. I understand how a person may look at the Bible for what it really is. However, Christians somehow believe that the Bible is better than any other book, religious or not, to tell them what they should and shouldn't do. They're extremely hypocritical, thinking that only they have all the answers. Don't tell me that's not true, because if they would have even the most remote doubt of that, they would dare to compare the Bible with other religious texts, or God forbid scientific texts. That would oblige them to become more than just Christians. But the word Christian, by definition, means that you limit yourself to the Bible for your answers, or at least give the Bible a veto power over everything else.

    It's also important to point out that most religious institutions are not 'honest Christians'. Most Christians are not smart enough, as you are, to realize that the Bible is to be taken in context. If the majority of Christians really were honest and intelligent, there wouldn't be any teleevangelist, popes, and so many factions dividing Christianity into a bunch of groups that don't quite agree with each other.

    You can keep telling yourself that the Bible is great and every Christian agrees on what it says, or realize that it's just a book that's been written a long time ago and used by a variety of people to justify a very wide variety of actions, from very good to very bad.

    Also, if you believe you can talk to an invisible man in the sky, you may want to seek medical help. And if you believe that water can turn into wine, you may want to read a book or two about chemistry. And stay away from politics, we need rational people making rational decisions for a rational world.

  • On the post: Not Very Biblical: Investor Sues Bible.com For Not Being Profitable Enough

    James Carmichael ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2010 @ 07:45am

    Re:

    His point was that these verses are now easily searchable and categorized by theme.

    Smartass.

  • On the post: Not Very Biblical: Investor Sues Bible.com For Not Being Profitable Enough

    James Carmichael ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2010 @ 07:41am

    Holy shit.

    One of the reason the Bible is so popular is that it allows you to do basically anything you want, from hating fags to killing witches. And let's not forget making insane amount of monies. All you have to do is find a quote or two that remotely justifies what you're doing, and completely ignore the parts that contradict your actions. Then when you get criticized, all you have to do is point to the Bible and claim absolute amnesty from criticism, because what you are doing is 'sacred and holy'.

    I mean, that's what religion is all about, isn't it?

    "Thou shall be profitable. Very, very profitable." -- Matthew 4:20

  • On the post: Danish Discussion On 3 Strikes Plan Done In Secret, Leaving Consumers Out Of The Mix Again

    James Carmichael ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2010 @ 07:25am

    Accountability in politics

    The truth is that most people are comfortable enough the way they are, so they don't care if some deals are made in secret. I'm talking about the majority here, not the people who read and care about that sort of deal.

    There's also little accountability in the governments, unlike in the private sector, so the elected people don't have that much of an incentive to listen to people... until it's time to be reelected. The worst that can happen is that they don't get elected next terms; they still keep their job for a while. A political system where you can get fired or severely reprimanded for doing these types of secret deals would go a long way to reduce unfair lobbying and corruption.

    Hey, I'm allowed to dream!

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