http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/samsung/10213672/Samsung-deny-performance-boosting-hardware-in-Galaxy-S4.html The original article is wrong.

Hypothesis implies something that is not known. Samsung knows the clock speed on their phone, and seeing as you have read the article you surely know that this is verified when you run the benchmark tests. For the other side of the article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/samsung/10213672/Samsung-deny-performance-boosting-hardware-in-Galaxy-S4.html

Did... Did you just say caught between a pot and a kettle? I think you may have mixed your metaphors...

Sadly, packaging is a part of negotiation. Science channel wants is more interested in piggybacking ESPN than being on an a la carte type of selection. In this case other channels want to be on the same package as espn, not vice versa.

Seeing as cable companies have to pay the providers to air their programming, yes I'd say they do. Next time you wonder why your cable bill keeps going up blame ESPN. They charge an arm and a leg to the cable companies because they know they are indispensable to the customers.

We have been doing this for a long time now. I don't see why having this data is a big deal. They are sitting on phone records that they are largely never going to use.

NSA's activity was sadly not criminal, it was supported by law, a law that has been going on for years. It was however unethical. We don't know if Snowden received any other compensation for his actions. People say "if he was looking for gain, he would have sold it to China." We don't know that he didn't and was told to go public with the intent to embarass the US. And your example is very clear cut, Snowden's is not. I would agree that his motives seem to be moral, but again its like a stand your ground case where justification for shooting someone is not always clear.

Morality has a lot to do with intent. Killing a person in self defense is certainly morally acceptable, where killing someone with malicious intent is not. Since we can't determine his intent, we cant determine his morality. The Legality of his actions can however be judged, in which case, I agree, his actions are illegal.

both hands would benefit from a twinkie in them. That sexy cream filling...

...The only freedom no one seems interested in taking away from people in the US.

There is nothing wrong with the current gen consoles. Graphics look good, games still play well. If game companies are encouraged the continue making games for the current consoles due to a lack of adoption by the new consoles, then the players win.

Shouldn't mental health be treating delusional behavior instead of encouraging it?

I'll point to the medical industry where "informed consent" is often a false security. What you are doing is saying that we must place a warning label on something that requires no warning. You seem to imply that "I should have the right to know" means "company should be forced to label everything with a 'scarey' gmo label". Should you be able to find a list of GMO foods on a company website? Sure. If you really want to know the information is already available. Most people aren't looking for information, they are crusading to brand GMO's with a "Scarlet Letter" designed to punish Monsanto and scare people away from buying their products.

How does Monsanto get privileges? Because we don't ask them to label food as GMO? Yeah Monsanto is a bunch of dickheads but we don't arbitrarily punish anyone for being dickheads. No studies on the effects of these crops? Sorry, but we have a group whose purpose is to monitor food safety, They are the FDA, they have approved the crops. Environmental effect? EPA hasn't found cause for concern. What good does placing restriction on something that is in no way a hazard? Its like placing a hazard on a basket ball that says "This ball may be a choking hazard if deflated". This is really a non issue.

Why are there no options that are against GMO food labeling. Personally, I think that labeling will artificially lead to people with "Chinese restaurant syndrome" talking about how GMO crops give them headaches or some such psycosomatic crap. People will find reason to push GMO crops out of business for the sake of needing a cause. Look at the anit-vaccine lobby where people like Jenny Mccarthy seem to claim they can cure autism with a vegan diet and love. Damn Hippies...