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• On the post: Leading VC: NSA's Activities Are 'Corroding Silicon Valley'

  

  McCrea ( profile ), 07 Jan, 2014 @ 04:43am

  Re:

  666

• On the post: Pitch Perfect Satire: NSA Intercepted Children's Letters To Santa

  

  McCrea ( profile ), 25 Dec, 2013 @ 10:07am

  Santa hops like the Easter Bunny!

  So, if they're targeting everyone 3 hops from a suspected terrorist, and Santa knows the location of Al Queda, then everyone who has received a present from Santa needs to be targeted. Santa is one big hop.

• On the post: Four-Star General Screams At Reporter Working On Snowden Documents

  

  McCrea ( profile ), 24 Dec, 2013 @ 02:32pm

  Re: Re:

  Tritto

• On the post: Ed Snowden: I'm Still Working For The NSA; They Are The Only Ones Who Don't Realize It

  

  McCrea ( profile ), 24 Dec, 2013 @ 02:24pm

  Re: insightful/funny/report

  I think techdirt should make the number of votes for each visible on the comments.
  
  ...because most readers can't discern what's insightful or funny without then.

• On the post: DOJ Releases Some Megaupload Evidence; Actually Shows Difficulty Of Running Cloud Service

  

  McCrea ( profile ), 23 Dec, 2013 @ 06:49pm

  PRON!

  I can't believe they said 'XXX hits'. In my paraphrasing, I changed it to "'x' hits", since they were talking about a number.

• On the post: FBI Agent: Connection Logs Show Suspect's MAC Address, So Look For Apple Hardware

  

  McCrea ( profile ), 20 Dec, 2013 @ 11:39pm

  Re: Re: Re: Actually, a MAC can indicate a Mac...

  Google

• On the post: Keith Alexander Tells Senators He Can't Think Of Any Other Way To Keep The US Safe Other Than Bulk Metadata Collections

  

  McCrea ( profile ), 12 Dec, 2013 @ 01:31pm

  Hornet's nest

  Well, if he's holding a hornets nest, then obviously the people are the hornets. Some may sting you and some may not. He claims it is hard to tell the bad hornets from the good hornets without more metadata. Alas, all he's doing is gripping the nest tighter and tighter, suffocating us all.

• On the post: DailyDirt: Charity 2.0

  

  McCrea ( profile ), 12 Dec, 2013 @ 05:45am

  wrong paradigm

  The corporation / worker model doesn't work; both players exist at a loss. A corporation cannot pay the worker more than it sells. A worker cannot pay the corporation more than he is paid. After taxes from every angle, there's nothing left to talk about.

• On the post: Teenager Pays Hundreds Of Dollars For A Picture Of An Xbox One

  

  McCrea ( profile ), 09 Dec, 2013 @ 05:05pm

  Judge Judy?

  Holy dumbing down! This ain't Facebook!

• On the post: DailyDirt: Technology Is Changing The Way We Talk Because Internetz, LOL

  

  McCrea ( profile ), 09 Dec, 2013 @ 05:07pm

  Then what are triple exclamation marks for!!!

• On the post: US Spy Satellite Logo Not At All Subtle: Octopus Enveloping The Earth

  

  McCrea ( profile ), 06 Dec, 2013 @ 07:40am

  People forgot about hops.

  Hated how popular news, and I thought the TD article, only mentioned if there's a possible connection to a possible terrorist. No, remember it's more like a possible connection to a possible connection to a possible connection to possible terrorist.

• On the post: ACLU Calls For Ban On Nonlethal Weapons In Schools After Tased Student Ends Up In Coma

  

  McCrea ( profile ), 06 Dec, 2013 @ 04:58am

  Silly

  "...banning these nonlethal weapons leaves officers employed by schools with few options when the use of force is necessary."
  
  That's nonsense implying a problem maintaining in the past when there were fewer weapons to choose from? Without getting in history, though, anybody working next to mental health is trained in takedowns. That includes 4'9" 105 lbs. females. Being unarmed rather places the majority of risk (still being, arguably, not much) on the staff members, which society should see as acceptible and noble, since staff risks themselves to protect the children.

• On the post: Sandy Hook Video Game Prompts Everyone To Get Everything Wrong

  

  McCrea ( profile ), 21 Nov, 2013 @ 04:44pm

  Fashion statement.

  I'd rather wear a sword in public. I don't have that option.

• On the post: LG Smart TV Caught Collecting Data On Files Stored On Connected USB Drives

  

  McCrea ( profile ), 20 Nov, 2013 @ 12:12pm

  Great excuse!

  That is the ultimate fabrication for when your wife asks "Why is Midget_Porn_2013.avi on the flash drive?"

• On the post: Cop Shoots Cuffed Teen In The Face With A Taser, Claims He 'Feared For His Safety' [UPDATED]

  

  McCrea ( profile ), 20 Nov, 2013 @ 11:51am

  HIS safety

  The quote is "fearing for his safety".
  
  That should be read "fearing for the perpetrator's safety". The cops are treated as plural in that paragraph, so if it meant the cops, it would have read "fearing for their safety".
  
  I don't see "fear for my safety" in the article.
  
  Someone running around the streets with his hands cuffed behind his back might hurt himself, so obviously you tase him in the face for his safety.

• On the post: DailyDirt: Ads Are Content… And Should Be Shareable

  

  McCrea ( profile ), 20 Nov, 2013 @ 12:40am

  Other factors

  So, we can suggest that JCVD's stunt is worth watching... but only once. It has no replayability. That should be a factor against it.

• On the post: FBI Stops Responding To The Most Prolific FOIA Filer, Because He Might Actually Learn Something

  

  McCrea ( profile ), 19 Nov, 2013 @ 11:17am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  I propose "literally, in the strictest sense."

• On the post: FBI Stops Responding To The Most Prolific FOIA Filer, Because He Might Actually Learn Something

  

  McCrea ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2013 @ 02:41pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  Except, literally now means figuratively.
  
  http://www.salon.com/2013/08/22/according_to_the_dictionary_literally_now_also_means_figuratively_newscred/
  
  Webster?s second definition of literally is, ?in effect; virtually.?

• On the post: Divine Approval: That Time When The Vatican Pirated Video Games

  

  McCrea ( profile ), 15 Nov, 2013 @ 09:50pm

  O RLY?

  Because nobody spoofs MAC addresses? You want to prove it came from my secular PC, I'm going to argue that my NIC's physical identity does not agree with what was reported.
  
  ...if I had a secular PC.

• On the post: Education Through Games, Or How SimCity Finally Became Useful

  

  McCrea ( profile ), 14 Nov, 2013 @ 12:52am

  FALSE FLAG

  I cannot yet handle any positive spin regarding SimCity [2013].

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