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    Internet Censorship, Kill Switches Violate Human Rights Law

    A right is recognized in the Constitution as something the government cannot substantially infringe upon. Rights cannot be overridden by legislation, because the constitution does not grant the legislature the power to do so. They can be overridden by constitutional amendment. Rights can be...
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    Internet Censorship, Kill Switches Violate Human Rights Law

    The Bill of Rights are limitations on the authority granted to the government by the people.
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    Internet Censorship, Kill Switches Violate Human Rights Law

    The big thing that is wrong with the article is the assumption that blocking access to public transportation is protected free speech. You have a right to free speech, you don't have a right to force others to listen. One of the roles of the government is to keep one group or individual from...
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    Firefox & Safari Continue to Suck Even More

    I would think that any rational measure of when a page is loaded would be when you can see it clearly. If you can see the page faster on Chrome, then it isn't an illusion. It is faster. If Firefox is slower because they decided to fade pages in, then it is because they decided to sacrifice a...
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    Samsung: Steve Jobs' Death 'Best Opportunity To Attack iPhone'

    I find nothing in that email offensive, but I'm sure there is someone out there who will manage to be offended. This does bring up an issue pretty much everyone should be aware of. If your company gets sued, lawyers for the other party are going to get to dig through your company's email...
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    T-Mobile Plans To Bump Their Entire Network to 4G By 2015

    Switching to 4G is likely easier and cheaper than expanding coverage. I don't think it's BS, I just don't think it will make T-Mobile any more appealing for me. My issue with them is coverage.
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    EU Antitrust Watchdog Wants More Out Of Google

    While the EU has the right to regulate their markets, they have used some pretty lame reasoning to justify huge fines in the past, and it is pretty clear that any market leader with deep pockets is going to face huge fines unless they have the appropriate political ties (such as Apple). I...
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    U.S. Senators Petition the President to Rein in NSA

    By having the telephone companies retain the metadata data instead of the NSA? Since the companies are required to turn over the data when they are given a court, and the court issues such orders based merely on an assertion by the government that the data is related to an ongoing investigation...
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    U.S. Senators Petition the President to Rein in NSA

    There is quite a bit of exaggeration due to the media frenzy. The government does have access to the raw data from internet feed entering and leaving the country. Having access to the data isn't a violation of the law. I don't even believe that recording the raw data so that it can be...
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    U.S. Senators Petition the President to Rein in NSA

    More political bull. If the Senator want to protect the privacy and rights of the American people they need to pass a law limiting access by the government to third party data without a warrant. With the exception of one Federal judge who decided to ignore the precedent set by the Supreme...
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    Microsoft Cancels Security Essentials for Windows XP

    The only reason XP has been around so long is that Vista was so unappealing. My old work laptop which was replaced less than a year ago still had XP. I like Windows 7 better, but I fought them trying to upgrade the OS before they were willing to upgrade the hardware because it wasn't enough of...
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    Apple Requests Removal Of Antitrust Compliance Monitor

    The billing rates for Bromwich and his four member staff, all of which are slightly over $1000 per hour are obscene. Apple has shown no indication that they won't continue to violate antitrust law in any way they think they might get away with or profit from. They do need to be monitored. If...
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    Nobody Needs a New TV Anymore

    I've got an LG 60" plasma in my living room and the glare can be distracting at certain times of the day even with the blinds closed. There is still brighter light leaking through. I generally don't notice it, but I can see how it would frustrate people who are more picky. Especially people...
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    Nobody Needs a New TV Anymore

    Sounds like the TV market is changing back to how it was before HD TV. There is no longer the rush of consumers switching over from SD, which created a temporary big market for new TVs. It sucks for the companies that are going to see their sales shrink. It sucks for their workers that will...
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    NSA Building Encryption Cracking Quantum Computer

    I worked in the defense industry as a contractor for about 15 years. I won't claim to know much about how the NSA works. I never worked for them or with them. I did work on some research projects for the Air Force. I can say with a high level of confidence that research generally just means...
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    NSA Building Encryption Cracking Quantum Computer

    And what will be the cost when we can't maintain air superiority on a battlefield? Or we can't weaken and diffuse things that could become major threats using air power? Air power doesn't allow you to conquer, but it goes a long way towards keeping you from being conquered or from your...
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    NSA Building Encryption Cracking Quantum Computer

    The NSA isn't building a quantum computer for this purpose they are doing research about creating a quantum computer for this purpose. The government funds a tremendous amount of research, much of which never produces anything useful other than to discover what doesn't work. That doesn't...
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    Steam Removes Game From User Libraries

    Sounds like SE is the one people should be upset with. Valve just freed up some hard drive space by no longer caching files that served no purpose. It sounds like the author is stuck on trying to blame Steam but can't quite make that sound reasonable even to him.
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    Windows 8 and 8.1 Combined Have Over 10% Market Share

    I'm using Windows 8.1 at home and really don't think it is bad. It doesn't however have a lot of reasons to recommend it over Windows 7. Windows 8 is shaping up to be like Windows Vista. Not worth removing it if your computer comes with it, but not worth upgrading to either. Hopefully...
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    Court: No Suspicion Needed for Laptop Searches at Border

    The whole point of a border is marks where the government's sovereign control begins. If the government lacks the authority to exercise some control over what comes in and goes out, then they aren't much of a sovereign nation. There may be some question if anything beyond a quick search of...
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    Court: No Suspicion Needed for Laptop Searches at Border

    The most common illicit thing they seem to find is child porn, and there are enough cases of them finding it that I don't think they can simply be relying on random checks. I travel across the US/Canada border almost daily for work, and while I have gotten pulled in for secondary inspection...
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    Court: No Suspicion Needed for Laptop Searches at Border

    As far as the legality/constitutionality of it I think the government being allowed to perform a search when someone crosses into the country (or on their way out) is pretty well established, and has been for many decades. If they can search your person and what you bring across, why are...
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    NSA: No Better Way To Protect US Than Surveillance

    Um... This investigative work. They are gathering lots of leads, examining them, and then using them to target the biggest threats. These massive systems allow them to do it on an unprecedented level, but it is still basic investigative work. I don't think Alexander is lying. This...
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    Apple: Teen Worker Death Not From Working Conditions

    FYI. This was at Pegatron, not Foxconn. Pegatron was formerly part of Asustek before they spun it off.
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    Apple: Teen Worker Death Not From Working Conditions

    Did he die while working? From what I have heard some of these huge Chinese factories have dormitories where some of the workers live. Was he actually working while critically ill, or was he an employee that got sick and died? If he was working while sick enough to die of pneumonia, that's...
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    Windows 8.2 Will Make Start Menu An Option?

    Benefits to you right now. Probably very few. However, looking to the future if Microsoft doesn't want to slowly disappear they need to make headway into the mobile phone and tablet markets and they need to do so with a reasonably consistent interface. The start menu has been a failure on...
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    Windows 8.2 Will Make Start Menu An Option?

    Selecting though a hierarchial menu seems pretty disruptive to workflow as well. I have my commonly used apps that I am likely to open up while doing something else either pinned to the taskbar or in a taskbar toolbar to avoid that disruption. The start menu may be less disruptive because...
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    Windows 8.2 Will Make Start Menu An Option?

    It offers a considerable benefit. It offers a consistent interface between devices. While you may see no value in that, it's something Microsoft must have to survive into the future. Microsoft's current market is shrinking while the tablet and phone markets are growing quickly. They simply...
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    Windows 8.2 Will Make Start Menu An Option?

    In windows 8.1 right click on the start button then click on control panel. Very little difference from previous versions of Windows. I agree that the Charms are poorly implemented at best, but they have little to do with the start screen vs start menu. With the start menu you are almost...
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    Windows 8.2 Will Make Start Menu An Option?

    I don't understand people's love of the Start Menu. If you install a lot of stuff it gets to be too long. It's a pain to expand down multiple folders. The start button in 8.1 with the convenient features in the right click is considerably better than the Win 7 start button, and having it...
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    Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Tesla

    That's because vehicles with a hole in the gas tank or fuel delivery system generally just run out of gas rather than catching on fire. Car fires do happen, but they are pretty rare. The battery catching fire on a Tesla car is pretty rare too, and the firewall did it's job. So while there...
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    Who Will Buy A $500 Steam Machine?

    Hardware seems decent but I think I would spend an extra $100 to put Windows on it. More flexibility. More games available. I think SteamOS is too limiting to make the $100 savings worth it.
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    Sony: PS4 Failure Rate More Than Double Initial Estimates

    Maybe because power bricks are ugly and inconvenient and something that people generally consider unacceptable in consumer audio visual equipment. My TV doesn't have a power brick. My home theater doesn't have a power brick. My Blu-Ray player doesn't have a power brick. It's something that...
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    Sony Disappointed By "Low" PS4 Review Scores

    Most commercial electronics are assembled in China these days. Sony, like other companies having their products assembled there are likely to provide a lot of oversight due do pas problems with someone taking a bribe to switch out quality components with cheaper versions. That was happening a...
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    Why Is Broadband More Expensive In The US?

    Why is chicken in the grocery store more than 60% more expensive than in the US? I've also never seen a 20 piece McNugget sold in Canada so you have to buy 2 ten pieces. The McChicken sandwiches are marked up more than 100%. No $1 McChickens there. Higher minimum wage and higher taxes...
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    Woman Ticketed For Wearing Google Glass While Driving

    She was speeding. That justifies the ticket for speeding. If she was driving recklessly, ticket her for reckless driving. I don't see anything on the ticket about driving erratically, so unless there is more to the story he just ticketed her for simply wearing Google Glass while driving which...
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    Woman Ticketed For Wearing Google Glass While Driving

    The burden of proof isn't on the driver, it is on the officer. Of course the driver's actions or comments to the officer may have some bearing on why they were ticketed. I don't think ticketing someone just on the basis of having been wearing Google Glasses will stand up, because it is capable...
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    Ubuntu Gaming Performance On Par With Windows 8.1

    Replace "lazy" with "see no profit in" and I can agree with it. If Steam or Ubuntu manages to produce a large customer base running Linux, then game companies will start considering developing games for Linux to be a viable option, but it's likely to be a slow process unless Steam manages to...
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    Liveblog Of Apple's October Event

    No you pay for OSX. You just pay for it when you buy the hardware. With the exception of Surface, Microsoft doesn't sell the hardware, so they have to charge for the OS.
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    PlayStation 4 Controller Almost Adopted Xbox Layout

    I believe that controllers generally have good profit margins for Sony and Microsoft. Maybe multiple controller types is a good opportunity for them...
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