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• On the post: California Governor Shoots Down Warrant Requirement For Law Enforcement Drone Usage

  

  Talmyr ( profile ), 06 Oct, 2014 @ 05:22am

  Re: The dominant elite ready to break the "social contract"

  Robocop has always been a prediction, and an aim for law enforcement...

• On the post: TSA Kangaroo Court Rubber Stamps TSA Fining Guy Who Stripped Naked, Completely Dismissing Court Ruling Finding It Legal

  

  Talmyr ( profile ), 06 Oct, 2014 @ 01:48am

  Re: Re:

  A) Ninja is from Brazil.
  B) Your Sarc-O-Meter is broken.

• On the post: Almost No One Wants To Host The Olympics, Because It's A Costly, Corrupt Mess

  

  Talmyr ( profile ), 06 Oct, 2014 @ 02:49am

  Provincialism

  There does seem to be a bit of US-provincialism in the replies here.
  
  There are two points of note. One, the article doesn't make clear that this is the Winter Olympics, which isn't as popular as the Summer Olympics.
  
  Secondly, the Summer Olympics is still considered the World-class 'gold standard' of sport, precisely because it is against all the world gymnasts - it is not like you 'World Series' from one country! With proper planning (i.e. learning from Greece) it can actually work quite well.
  
  The UK just hosted an extremely successful Summer Olympics. We planned infrastructure improvements so that we didn't have white elephants (we had enough of those from the Millenium), we had very good tourism for it, and more importantly, we pumped a lot of money into sports - which meant that not only did we have an incredible medal haul, but we have had incredible medal hauls in all major sports events since then, especially the Glasgow-hosted Commonwealth Games this year. Plus, it provided a much-needed public morale booster - with some help from Mitt Romney, whose dumb comments about it was going to be a bit of a disaster helped make the country pull together.
  
  So the Summer Olympics can work for a host country, if done right and having infrastructure in place. True, we need to see how the London legacy works out, and how it works for Brazil in 2016.
  
  That doesn't stop it being one of the most corrupt and broken processes on the planet (Qatar 2020 anyone?) and badly in need of reform, but as a world stage for athletes it has no comparison.

• On the post: Even If Google Could Improve Its Recommendations, Is It The Government's Job To Tell It To Do So?

  

  Talmyr ( profile ), 03 Oct, 2014 @ 05:46am

  Re: Re:

  We don't have quite the American/Randian 'love' for the free market over here, because after all, we are all raging socialists who expect free healthcare, social justice and don't mind paying taxes for the betterment of others.

• On the post: Sheriff Slams EFF As 'Not Credible,' Insists ComputerCOP Isn't Malware & Would Have Stopped Columbine

  

  Talmyr ( profile ), 03 Oct, 2014 @ 02:57am

  Re: Re: Re: Let's look at the source code...

  It's a comment on how 'backward' their IT skills are. If this was just another hillbilly militarised police force article, that would be one thing, but this article specifically is about the sheriff's technical ineptitude and that of his 'IT guys'. So yes, having a web page that looks nearly 20 years out of date doesn't exactly fill one with confidence about his IT staff, nor on the sheriff's technical 'savvy'.

• On the post: Apparently The Reason Comcast Has Crappy Customer Service Is Because It Was Lacking A 'Customer Experience' VP

  

  Talmyr ( profile ), 03 Oct, 2014 @ 02:28am

  Re: RE:

  Sounds like the TSA 'handling' manual.

• On the post: Roca Labs Threatens To Sue All Three Former Customers Who Provided Evidence Against Roca In PissedConsumer Case

  

  Talmyr ( profile ), 02 Oct, 2014 @ 01:44am

  Re: Re:

  Not to mention a potentially harmful product.

• On the post: Law Professor Claims Any Internet Company 'Research' On Users Without Review Board Approval Is Illegal

  

  Talmyr ( profile ), 25 Sep, 2014 @ 06:10am

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  Oh come on. I hate football. Pairing me with someone who loves football is a 'bad match'. I love computer games. Pairing me with someone who hates them is a 'bad match'.
  
  You are jumping several bad logic hoops to align the idea of a 'bad' match with domestic violence. People are unfortunately far more likely to end up in domestic violence situations with people they otherwise match with, as those are the relationships that last and people are reluctant to get away from.

• On the post: The Threats Against Emma Watson Were All An Anti-4Chan Campaign

  

  Talmyr ( profile ), 25 Sep, 2014 @ 06:01am

  Re:

  How about actual self-respect, rather than whining that they aren't automatically the dominant ones any more?

• On the post: The Threats Against Emma Watson Were All An Anti-4Chan Campaign

  

  Talmyr ( profile ), 25 Sep, 2014 @ 05:59am

  Re: Re: Sometimes, they're all bad.

  I dunno, is she called Gaza and he called Israel?

• On the post: Cheney Biographer, Fox News Contributor Put On DHS Terrorist Watchlist; Harry Reid's Spokesperson Says It's No Big Deal

  

  Talmyr ( profile ), 25 Sep, 2014 @ 05:26am

  Re: Re: disturbing indeed, for so many reasons

  I rather think an illegal, false war costing trillions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of lives far outweighs any of the Obama government's many sins.
  
  Oh yes, an illegal, false war that directly led to the current crisis in the Middle East.

• On the post: What's So Bad About Making Money Off Fan Fiction?

  

  Talmyr ( profile ), 24 Sep, 2014 @ 08:40am

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  So "Master of the Universe" is evil theft of Stephanie Meyer's property and EL James should be shot?
  
  But "50 Shades of Grey" is protected creation and should be lauded? Anyone else who steals from her by writing BDSM fiction should be shot?
  
  Just because some names were changed?

• On the post: What's So Bad About Making Money Off Fan Fiction?

  

  Talmyr ( profile ), 24 Sep, 2014 @ 08:37am

  Re: Re: Re:

  So who did Tolkien pay for use of orcs, goblins, dwarves, elves, his use of Old English, or the plotlines he nicked from various sources?
  
  Go on, I'll wait...

• On the post: What's So Bad About Making Money Off Fan Fiction?

  

  Talmyr ( profile ), 24 Sep, 2014 @ 08:35am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Then the artists can stop 'appropriating' other culture (Tolkien 'stole' elves! No-one else can use elves now!) or fuck off into obscurity like they deserve.
  
  Really, no-one is forcing artists to create or share their products - but once published, the whole world can play with it. The only question is how will the creator monetise (or otherwise benefit from) their creation? However, they are not owed a 'fair' living, especially not in perpetuity.
  
  Go do something productive and work for a charity or a factory. If you're in it for the money, go and create new derivative scams.

• On the post: Law Enforcement Freaks Out Over Apple & Google's Decision To Encrypt Phone Info By Default

  

  Talmyr ( profile ), 24 Sep, 2014 @ 07:47am

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  Somehow, I don't think your limited numbers of illegals are your problem. I think the larger number of government (local and federal) officials and corporate oligarchs are much more your problem.
  
  How an illegal immigrant affects your liberties the way the NSA, ICE or Disney do, I don't know.
  
  But you know, easy RW target...

• On the post: In Case You Were Wondering: James Cameron Is Still Winning Cases Over Avatar

  

  Talmyr ( profile ), 24 Sep, 2014 @ 04:43am

  Re: New Sci-Fi story idea:

  Wall-E!

• On the post: American Spectator Magazine Deletes All Mentions Of Brett Kimberlin Following Apparent Settlement

  

  Talmyr ( profile ), 24 Sep, 2014 @ 04:37am

  Re: Re: ACA

  Good guys with guns! That fixes everything!

• On the post: How The NSA Enabled Israel Military Intelligence To Politically Persecute Innocent Palestinians

  

  Talmyr ( profile ), 23 Sep, 2014 @ 07:39am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: What is "innocent" palestinian?

  I'm pretty sure I could easily twist your quote with some 1930s Germany references, I've seen enough stupid anti-Semitic propaganda from the time to recognise it being spouted here (and yes, Palestinians are another Semitic people, so...)
  
  I'm pointing out that however 'wrong' the Palestinians, Hamas or their supporters are, acting nastier and more 'wrong' does not make you more right. A common element of what is considered humanity and decency is not that someone throws a stone at you, and you chop him into little shreds. Apparently unless you are are a psychtic bully.
  
  I don't like Hamas or their tactics. But I do /not/ see that as justification to go and murder thousands of innocent civilians, especially hundreds of children, nor to destroy their infrastructure, pen them into GHETTOS and starve and trap them. I don't care who is doing that or why, it's wrong. When you are 'newcomers' to the land in the last 70 years, it's even more wrong.

• On the post: How The NSA Enabled Israel Military Intelligence To Politically Persecute Innocent Palestinians

  

  Talmyr ( profile ), 19 Sep, 2014 @ 05:01am

  Re: Re: Re: What is "innocent" palestinian?

  I'm not American, and I say, you are not differentiating, you are murdering. There is really no comparison between the horrible things that happened in Dresden or Hiroshima with the way Israel deals with the Occupied Territories and what's left of Palestine.
  
  When a five-year-old kicks you in the shin, you do not blow away his kneecaps with a pistol, nor mortar his house to bits. Comparing the relative damage done by the Palestinians to that done by the Israelis, and I can tell you which group I feel is being more unfair, inhuman and destructive. (And I say this as someone who used to be a strong Israel supporter.)

• On the post: After 2-Year-Old Emails Detailing Impropriety Surface, Los Angeles School Board Votes To Limit Retention To One Year

  

  Talmyr ( profile ), 17 Sep, 2014 @ 06:32am

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  The remaining $1.295 billion dollars are licensing fees to Ayyadurai for use of 'email'. :)

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