...which if then followed by Alexander and Clapper explaining how they stole your privacy, but it's Al Queda's fault

Coming up next -- investment bankers on why investment bankers deserve billions of dollars.

A spymaster asserts spying is important! Details at 11.

I have never even seen Antarctica, and I don't recall anyone talking about it twenty years ago. If 97% of geographers say Antarctica exists, I'd just like to point out that I've driven 50 miles in every direction but up and haven't seen no sign at all. And I'm pretty sure that my brother's boss once heard that geographers are telling us about this mythical Antarctica to take money from people like me and give it to themselves.

No continent I've ever seen is going to make me worry about sea-level rise, so keep yer commeenistic plots off of Slashdot.

German pranksters? They've mastered the Orwellian English of advertising to people who think they're smart. Bravo and brava!

You will never lack validation, BrendaEM. Ignorance is infinite.

I've stopped searching on the word Constitutional.

Yeah, I can even imagine an enterprise that harvests animal flesh and sells it to humans.

It's a trick to get the world's powerful sociopaths to worry about global warming.

Look, the NSA has already done more damage to the United States technology industry than any other enemy. RSA and the rest are just private branches of the state. Fuck them.

Please let this be a simulation. That way, the programmer can reboot us once he's convinced we've destroyed the planet. Maybe she'll leave out the staff of Fox News next time.

Hey, Color Run, shouldn't you be suing Slashdot for pointing out that you are complete assholes? After all, you have big pockets for attorneys, so you're allowed to steal.

"societies" -- hey, why is there no "edit" button, Captain? ;)

One of the funniest moments in the Star Trek series came when they brought aboard a frozen 20th century businessman. The tragedy of the commons became all too real when the businessman discovered he could just touch the wall and demand to see the Captain.

Federation society was based on an ethic of getting along, not demanding everyone's attention for yourself. If that ethic exists in humanity, it is certainly not nurtured by the corporate capitalism that now controls the world's resources. Sadly, this may explain why we never hear from technologically advanced society's -- either they destroy themselves or they learn to hide.

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