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Comment Re:"Honor" (Score 1) 775

Honor is relative. Manning made an oath, and then found that it was predicated on un-truth perpetrated by the military. In that case I think it's a judgement call, not some simplistic "He gave his word, he broke it, he bad" kind of thing.

Comment Laws are Legal. (Score 1) 775

So...I was born in this society, born a citizen who has fewer rights than other citizens. I'm supposed to just accept it, try to change the system using means acceptable by the society (!), or leave?

Ha! The people who have the upper hand in a society always try pulling that one over on you.

Comment Where did you go to school? (Score 1) 384

We had art and music classes through to High School in my town. My experience with the education system must have been very different than yours. Did you go to school in a poorer locality? The schools with less money tend to focus (to a fault) on metrics in order to secure enough funding from state/federal in order to keep the place running. Even then they have art and music...

Comment Gah. (Score 1) 384

Tron was a simple movie. This thing looks like they're throwing in the kitchen sink WRT plot devices. Can't say I really care to see a re-make of Tron. The original was silly enough. I'd bet money the characters will have smartphones inside the computer world...

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Amazon Fake Products and Fake Reviews 240

rsk writes "The first time I came across fake reviews on Amazon, it was hilarious. Using Amazon's Window Shop app, I came across a great category, 'Peculiar Products,' and was more than happy to look through it. Almost every one of the products I found on the list (Uranium Ore, 1 Gallon of Milk, Parent Child Test, Fresh Whole Rabbit) were fake, with thousands of reviews on them. As a shopper, I wasn't aware of how easy it was to apparently fake product reviews and it bothers me. When I'm shopping, the first (and a lot of times only) place I visit is Amazon to read the reviews if I'm in the market for something. I don't expect the reviews to be the word of God, but I do assume a certain level of legitimacy for most of them. While this won't affect my use of Amazon (especially not at this time of the year) I would like to bubble this up to Amazon's attention so some time is spent on improving the quality of the reviews."

Comment But... (Score 1) 703

And thats why our freedoms and privacy continue to erode. Government and law enforcement make it so this kind of vandalism is one of the few remaining potent mechanisms to actually affect powerful corporations and government

You've been well played :)

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