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Comment Re:So it goes like this (Score 1) 197

In one case, a condom broke, she tried to grab a new condom but couldn't because he held her down.

Please cite your source for this. I have never read anywhere that this occurred but in your statement. The issue with Anna according to the article is:

This alleged victim is "convinced Assange broke the condom by the glans and then continued to ejaculation", Emmerson says of AA's statement.

Now tell me this, how many people have had the bad luck of a broken condom during sex and didn't know it until after everyone was done? I know I have.

Comment Orlando Officials isn't much of a leak (Score 1) 96

**Article:**

a list of the personal details of Orlando officials including addresses, home values, incomes and other data.

Isn't that all public information anyway? Incomes are public record. Home values are public record through county auditor's websites. That isn't much of a leak. More like footwork to gather it all together.

Comment Re:Wikileaks is wikileaks for hackers (Score 1) 96

WikiLeaks usually takes care to verify the source and make sure that it's not fabricated.

Really? In every interview with Assange they claim they verify documents, not sources as that is all they have access to. Can you name a leak where to leaker was not open about who he or she was and that leaker was verified?

Comment Re:Fed Reserve is up next (Score 1) 344

Anyone can edit a video with Microsoft Movie Maker and claim the banner of Anonymous. But it doesn't mean anyone will bother following that individual. If you look at the first video that account released it's the same Anti-Fed crackpots that everyone ignores now. I think this is one guy and seven of his friends wishing people would listen to them so they sexed it up with an Anonymous flag.

They even have a facebook page for everyone to RSPV with their real names as to who will be attending their protests. That doesn't sound very anonymous to me.

Comment Re:UPS Rings Doorbells? Fix=Post a note on door (Score 1) 363

I used to have this issue too. If you are expecting a delivery, the only solution I have found to this is to post a large note on the door telling the UPS driver that you are home.

I suspect that most UPS drivers don't expect people to be home so they do a light knock & run before you have a chance to get to the door. They are damn fast too. Before I started posting note it was always race to the front door and out the front yard to try and catch the driver before they left.

Comment is not commercial (Score 2) 203

Now a Utah court has ruled that such suits must fail because the parodic use of the mark is not commercial and is a form of protected speech.

People need to be careful about this distinction. The judge has clearly supported noncommercial parody's. But a for profit company like the Onion may still be at risk.

Comment Distrust in U.S. Media Edges Up to Record High (Score 3, Informative) 869

"Distrust in U.S. Media Edges Up to Record High"

For the fourth straight year, the majority of Americans say they have little or no trust in the mass media to report the news fully, accurately, and fairly. The 57% who now say this is a record high by one percentage point.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/143267/distrust-media-edges-record-high.aspx

Comment Re:If your government isn't strong enough (Score 1) 386

Can you imagine what would've happened if someone funded by the Soviet Union tried to set up communications networks in the US that the Government couldn't monitor?

I hope many people groups, countries, individuals and organizations do this. Look what happens in places like Iran, Egypt and Libya when they shut down the internet. A lot of individuals, nonprofit organizations, businesses and eventually some governments stepped in to help the citizens get safe access to the internet. If the US ever cracks down too hard on a free internet, I certainly hope everyone else out there will pitch in to help us citizens out in our time of need too. And I won't give a damn about the motivations, race, country or creed of whomever is helping me to get access to the internet. Once I get access, I'll figure out what to do myself from there.

Comment Re:Not sure this is the time to work on internet (Score 2) 290

It might be better shipping the rebels AK's, anti tank weapons, man portable SAMS and lots of ammunition. Sat phones would be nice for communications but I'm not sure twitter and facebook are really all that important anymore.

Would you really want to send them AK-47s? I know arms sounds pretty handy right now. But I kind of hope for something better. A big part of modern wars is winning people's hearts and minds. For that, they need fast communication. Yes. Twitter, facebook and other social media sources have their role here. Instead of a top down push of information and ideas for a government or media, ideas can spread better if done on a peer to peer basis.

Comment Re:Knowledge of biochemistry is relevant (Score 1) 103

Without adequate shielding from UV and cosmic radiation, DNA degrades faster than any DNA repair mechanism can keep up with. This pretty much rules out extraterrestrial DNA-based life existing on meteors, comets or small moons.

So you are saying that a small moon could not provide sufficient UV & cosmic radiation shielding no matter how far deep in the center of the small moon a theoretical DNA based life fore might be?

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