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Let's be honest, ROTJ isn't much better than II or III. The ewok battle is shit. ROTJ gets a pass becuase of nostalgia.
Why is it Lost in Translation? This looks like many US ones.
paco · 4520 days ago · link · · parent · post: Can this be real? Carrier spyware on millions of phones records keystrokes and locations
This may or may not be an issue: http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57335715-281/how-carrier-i...
paco · 4520 days ago · link · · parent · post: Swiss Govt: Downloading Movies and Music Will Stay Legal
“Every time a new media technology has been made available, it has always been ‘abused’. This is the price we pay for progress. Winners will be those who are able to use the new technology to their advantages and losers those who missed this development and continue to follow old business models,”
That is so nice to hear from a government.
What a small man.
paco · 4525 days ago · link · · parent · post: Alex Klein: The Well-Intentioned Lie That Led To Occupy Wall Street’s Downfall
'Downfall' is a bit much. OWS is over?
But it was the fastest growing business ever!
paco · 4607 days ago · link · · parent · post: "...it was decided that airplane wings would be ideal for maximizing the views..."
Um, strong winds?
People may have always worked, but until the advent of the corporation in the early Renaissance, most people just worked for themselves.
Related?: http://hubski.com/pub?id=4095
Yes, Rick Perry is front-runner because the media says it is so.
Last election, one of the questions in the GOP debate was whether or not they believed in evolution.
paco · 4620 days ago · link · · parent · post: How the age of Google has accelerated the assault on the public sphere
I don't know if the analogy works for me. But it is a good point about the "Don't be Evil" motto. That has worked very well for Google. It's a lot better than Schmidt's "Almost Creepy" motto.
And it seems like the poor in the US all think that they will be rich.
Cool, thanks. Who would've thunk it? I'm sure that it was the TP plan back then. Bang up job there, TP.
This is cool. I remember reading somewhere about attaching a cb radio to a barb wire fence to hear lightning.
I give you a karma for your insight. My clout has grown. :p
With the way they went after Groupon (which they are lucky they didn't get) it's about the advertising. Google makes almost all of its money through ads. They can't let Facebook's huge ad network go on unchallenged. That's why they will take such a big bet on Google+.
There can't be meaningful regulation when business writes the majority of legislation and gives the majority of campaign funds. I don't see how the US in particular can leave the path it is currently on through political changes. Revolution might not be easily justified now, but we seem to be on a one way street headed in that direction. The political system has been corporatized to a large extent. Why would we expect the corporations to change the laws they created?
paco · 4696 days ago · link · · parent · post: 3 Anonymous members arrested in Spain, including server host.
"They were expected to be charged with forming an illegal association to attack public and corporate Web sites, a charge that carries a potential sentence of up to three years in prison."
The most interesting bit to me. Is it different if they didn't form an association?
PLOS One link was broken: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjourna...
I should look at the tags first. That was not what I thought it would be.
Spot on.
paco · 4701 days ago · link · · parent · post: DNA logic gates calculate square root using 130 different molecules
Worth watching?
If you are a target, you will get hit.
I don't have any reason to be a target, but I it might be time to update all my online accounts to a more fractioned security.
paco · 4703 days ago · link · · parent · post: Bad Astronomy: Why I’m (still) not worried about my cell phone hurting my brain
It seems pretty dumb to me. Why did the WHO feel like it needed to say anything?
paco · 4703 days ago · link · · parent · post: DNA logic gates calculate square root using 130 different molecules
Maybe we could grow really big supercomputers? You have bacteria make the molecules in the right proportions, break them open all at once, and compute!
I haven't seen much to convince me that Bitcoins aren't anything but hoarding. If they don't get people using them, lots of people using them, they won't be a currency. And they might be too confusing for that. I bet the next bitcoin like currency will be better.
The U.S. basically doesn't restrain monopoly and citizens suffer the consequences.
The US government represents monopolies.
Here is an interesting update on this topic:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-05-12/fa... Apparently Facebook decided that it is ok to do evil.
paco · 4727 days ago · link · · parent · post: MIT SOFT Rockers: solar charging stations as outdoor lounge furniture.
-It wont be long till all seating indoor and outdoor come equipped with charging stations. I welcome it.
Me too. I run low on power too often. Unless batteries get a lot better soon, we need more of this. I used to choose coffee shops for Wifi, now I choose coffee shops that have power.
Great. I'm sure Monsanto will use this responsibly.
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