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Comment Re:Better than any fictional crime drama (Score 1) 144

It has nothing to do with bitcoin. Are you telling me DEA agents (and the rest) never get caught stealing cash? Or drugs? It's more about opportunity and something of value that some tool thinks he can steal without getting caught. If they had confiscated a bunch of gold bars, some LEO would try to put one in his pocket in the evidence room.

Comment Re:It has an acronym , so it will fail. (Score 1) 149

Pedagogy (teaching methods) also make little difference. By far the most significant factors are cultural. Regions that do well in educating their children place a high value on education, and set high expectations.

Give this article a read (re: teaching methods): http://www.theguardian.com/edu...

Comment Re:Lift the gag order first... (Score 1) 550

If last mile Internet Service was actually a free market commodity were anyone could be a service provider, and lay their own cables, I would not see this as such a big issue since people would be able to vote with their wallets if they did not like the fact that X company was restricting their access to Y service..

This is the only thing I wanted out of this whole ordeal, and it doesn't appear it was even considered.

Comment Re: Government Intervention (Score 1) 495

Man, I've only really lived in urban areas (Chicago, Los Angeles) and I've never been in a building that had access to FiOS or even Uverse. I'm guessing it's because I don't like to live in mega apartment buildings and always opt for three-flats or townhouses. (Just speculating that it's not worth it for them to pull fibre unless a building has many units.)

Submission + - NSA CTO Patrick Dowd Moonlighting for Private Security Firm (theguardian.com)

un1nsp1red writes: Current NSA CTO Patrick Dowd has taken a part-time position with former-NSA director Keith Alexander's security firm IronNet Cybersecurity — while retaining his position as chief technology officer for the NSA. The Guardian states that "Patrick Dowd continues to work as a senior NSA official while also working part time for Alexander’s IronNet Cybersecurity, a firm reported to charge up to $1m a month for advising banks on protecting their data from hackers. It is exceedingly rare for a US official to be allowed to work for a private, for-profit company in a field intimately related to his or her public function." Some may give Alexander a pass on the possible conflict of interests as he's now retired, but what about a current NSA official moonlighting for a private security firm?

Comment Re:The Middle Class is the Bedrock of Society (Score 3, Funny) 839

"Not that I condone fascism, or any -ism for that matter. -Ism's in my opinion are not good. A person should not believe in an -ism, he should believe in himself. I quote John Lennon, 'I don't believe in Beatles, I just believe in me.' Good point there. After all, he was the walrus. I could be the walrus. I'd still have to bum rides off people."

Comment Re:Suckers (Score 1) 164

No doubt. I wasn't speaking to anything except the meaning of the phrase for OP (S/he seemed to think it meant 'labor treated lovingly' or something.) Who can afford to labor at something extensively and make no money? Most people work for a paycheck, and most people don't describe their job as a "labor of love."

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