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• On the post: The FBI Claims Failure To Guess Password Will Make Data 'Permanently Inaccessible,' Which Isn't True

  

  mdpopescu ( profile ), 09 Mar, 2016 @ 07:30am

  McAfee

  So... you're saying that John McAfee was right when he said he knows people who could decrypt the phone in a few days?
  
  http://www.businessinsider.com/john-mcafee-ill-decrypt-san-bernardino-phone-for-free-2016-2

• On the post: DailyDirt: Trendy Drinks

  

  mdpopescu ( profile ), 25 May, 2015 @ 02:57am

  Re:

  There's this weird belief in the US that raw milk is somehow bad for one's health. I have no idea why - and the notion that it's a "fad" (we've been doing it for the last, well, 2000 years at least) is pretty much on par with the idea that unbottled water is bad.

• On the post: DailyDirt: (Not So) Huge Tracts Of Land…

  

  mdpopescu ( profile ), 21 May, 2015 @ 12:06pm

  Crazy?

  I guess we can't all be Hos...

• On the post: FBI Spent Years 'Researching' The Lyrics To 'Louie, Louie' Before Realizing The Copyright Office Must Have Them

  

  mdpopescu ( profile ), 06 May, 2015 @ 08:32pm

  Re: Re:

  Here's a comparison between today's federal government and that of 1969: http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2015/05/06/arpanet-versus-healthcare-gov-progressincs/
  
  Do you realize how the 1st ammendment would look if it was written today? Can you say "2500 pages of Hollywood protection"?

• On the post: DailyDirt: Winning A Nobel Prize And Thinking Differently

  

  mdpopescu ( profile ), 18 Dec, 2014 @ 08:52pm

  Re: Re: What you seem to be saying

  This is a very nice answer that doesn't actually mean anything. AS A FUCKING LAYMAN, who doesn't have access / time / expertise to evaluate the evidence, how do you determine? (My choice is: the consensus is usually wrong, but I'm in the minority :P.)

• On the post: IRS Drops Its Asset Forfeiture Case Against Owner Of Small, Cash-Only Restaurant

  

  mdpopescu ( profile ), 16 Dec, 2014 @ 10:16am

  This site is going to the crapper...

  The IRS does have limited resources...

  
  
  Seriously? Since when?

• On the post: Misleading Rasmussen Poll Helps Prop Up Bogus Net Neutrality Partisan Divide

  

  mdpopescu ( profile ), 25 Nov, 2014 @ 11:55am

  Taunting Murphy

  The current monopolies are the result of a "strong collaboration" between corporations and the government. I know - we will ask the government to fix the problem! What could possibly go wrong?

• On the post: Another Story Of A 'Fake' Brilliant Inventor? Is 'Scorpion Walter O'Brien' A Real Computer Security Genius?

  

  mdpopescu ( profile ), 25 Sep, 2014 @ 01:28pm

  Re: Re: Re: bullshittery and IQ

  He?

• On the post: Web Inventor Tim Berners-Lee Gets To The Core Of Net Neutrality Debate: You Need An Open Internet To Have A Free Market

  

  mdpopescu ( profile ), 23 Sep, 2014 @ 10:35pm

  Please stop with this nonsense...

  So the government keeps the dollar a stable thing, nobody steals stuff, and then you can rely on the free market

  
  
  The government has never kept the dollar stable, people steal stuff all the time, and you can still rely on the free market. Hell - the free market was the only thing still functioning in Orwell's 1984.

• On the post: The Battle For The Internet's Next Round: Internet Slowdown Day

  

  mdpopescu ( profile ), 10 Sep, 2014 @ 03:27am

  There's no way this can go wrong...

  ... that is, unless you've heard of "regulatory capture" before.

• On the post: Singapore's Precarious Surveillance State The Envy Of US Intelligence Agencies

  

  mdpopescu ( profile ), 05 Aug, 2014 @ 09:46pm

  Re:

  Actually it sounds an awful lot like the US to me. I have no idea why Americans believe they are in any way different. Americans worship authority. Civil disobedience is practically non-existent.

• On the post: Using Spreadsheets In Bioinformatics Can Corrupt Data, Changing Gene Names Into Dates

  

  mdpopescu ( profile ), 31 Jul, 2014 @ 10:57am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Yes. In general, the less options you present to the user, the better. See various articles on the subject, like Joel's or Jeff Atwood's.

• On the post: Using Spreadsheets In Bioinformatics Can Corrupt Data, Changing Gene Names Into Dates

  

  mdpopescu ( profile ), 31 Jul, 2014 @ 10:51am

  Re: Re: So instead of spreadsheets...

  I wish I could give more votes to this comment. Bravo.

• On the post: Manuel Noriega Sues Activision From Jail Over Call Of Duty Depiction

  

  mdpopescu ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2014 @ 06:24am

  Re: Re:

  In before the CIA sues Activision based on publicity rights...

• On the post: Skullgirls Creator Combats Piracy With Humor And By Being Awesome

  

  mdpopescu ( profile ), 16 Jul, 2014 @ 05:05pm

  Video

  Is this their site? http://skullgirls.com/ 'Cause I tried to watch the intro video and "it has been removed by the user".

• On the post: Patent System Encouraging People To Try To Reinvent The Wheel

  

  mdpopescu ( profile ), 16 Jul, 2014 @ 09:17am

  Re:

  I can't upvote this enough.

• On the post: France Passes Anti-Amazon Law Eliminating Free Shipping; Amazon Responds With 0.01 Euro Shipping Fees

  

  mdpopescu ( profile ), 15 Jul, 2014 @ 01:55pm

  Re: Re: Re: Efficiency isn't always the most valuable thing in the world

  Ah, the "we're too stupid to compete" argument. I just love it.

• On the post: DailyDirt: What Will Humanity's Legacy Be?

  

  mdpopescu ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2014 @ 11:19pm

  Empty

  Wow, that first article is the biggest pile of crap I've tried to read in a long time. Besides an overuse of the word "footprint", does anything in there actually have a meaning?

• On the post: Why The Trial Lawyers May Have Miscalculated In Killing Patent Reform, And How It May Come Back To Bite Them

  

  mdpopescu ( profile ), 29 May, 2014 @ 05:22am

  Re: Bribery,"i mean legally paying to pass a law"

  Agreed... as a non-American, it seems insane to me that Americans made bribery legal. Is this the case in other countries? (I know bribery exists everywhere - I'm asking about it being legal.)

• On the post: DOJ's Tone Deaf Criminal Charges Against Chinese Hackers Helps No One, Opens US Officials Up To Similar Charges

  

  mdpopescu ( profile ), 21 May, 2014 @ 01:55am

  Re:

  So that's what they meant by "Snowden's actions will endanger US citizens"...

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