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Comment Re:Drivers already have variable ethics (Score 4, Informative) 239

I'm not really sure why they call it 'ethics of the car' not ethics of the owner or programmer, or administrator of the car.

If you put a bomb in a robot car and had tell it to drive to a statium, the car didn't fail to make an ethical choice. I doubt the car would even be aware of the bomb, or what a bomb is, or why its bad.

Comment Sigh (Score 3, Insightful) 115

Each fraud count carries a maximum sentence of 20 years."

I wish that you saw more minimum sentences, the maximum sentence seems like something created for sensationalism media because saying "roughly 3 months of actual jail, 9 of house arrest and 2 years of probation" sounds too soft for most crimes, but more accurate than what is implied by the "20 year MAXIMUM!" which sounds appropriately punitive

Submission + - NSA not Assad brought down Internet in Syria (slate.com)

DarkOx writes: In his most recent interview with Wired Edward Snowden makes the claim that in 2012, the NSAâ(TM)s TAO hacking group was attempting to install surveillance malware when it accidentally brought down a crucial router at a Syrian Internet service provider, and the nation's Internet connectivity with it.

The NSA allowd the public to blame the Assad regime, while others within the NSA apparently considered pointing the finger at Israel for the botched intrusion. This revelation raises even more questions about the legality of the NSA actions, as they would seem to be very similar to electronic atacks other officials have suggested the USA would consider acts of war if used against infrastructure based in the USA.

Could the reckless behavior by the NSA cause our nation to be drawn into war?

Comment Re: Now it's unfair.... (Score 1) 561

No its still called racism, it's just less common giving it a different title and saying its less bad is not true.

all racism is equally unacceptable, the actions taken by the racist individuals or groups may be more or less extreme in some situations. but its no more or less bad based purely on which group is being prejudice to which other group. The whole goal of equality was to apply the same rules to everyone

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