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Comment Re:Black-and-white? (Score 2) 34

You can usually still find the original pictures, but not always easily.

Here is a link to one of those original pictures:

http://www.log24.com/log/pix09A/091127-BlackSquare256-revA.jpg

(What, your eyes can't see electromagnetic radiation outside the visible light range?)

(You actually have it completely the wrong way round; it isn't that 'false' color is 'added' - it's that in reality, there are trillions more 'colors' than our very limited human eyes can see.)

Comment Re:You Sure? (Score 1) 151

This. There is a reason 2/3s~ of the human race don't get cancer. Hint, it isn't because they were lucky.

That should be simple to test, by checking if four cups of coffee only lowers oral cancer or other types of cancer too. If it only lowers oral cancer but mysteriously no others, then this lowering effect has nothing to do with your "physical constitution".

Cancer rates are not entirely genetic, that much is already extremely well-established ... there are other major risk factors like smoking and obesity. Given the obesity link, and the fact that coffee also appears to lower your risk of diabetes, I suspect the effect may be coming from elsewhere in the coffee.

Comment Re:Irony (Score 1) 201

It's "fair" except for the part that taxation is theft and that being present on US soil is a natural right, while deportation is an act of initiation of force and a violation of natural rights. But other than that, sure, very fair.

Comment Re:Irony (Score 1) 201

Setting up a "foreign shell corporation" doesn't specifically help you, because the moment you pay yourself anything out of it (e.g. income / dividends) that income is also taxable. It's also not trivial; also, shell corporations and income earned overseas is still liable for local taxation. You make like sitting in a foreign country means you sit and avoid taxes, it's not true, you have to pay the local taxes as well the US taxes.

Comment Re:Irony (Score 2) 201

??? You do realize that under US taxation law, US citizens are required to pay taxes on income earned globally wherever they are in the world? You can go live in the most remote spot in Antarctica and you are still required to pay your taxes on every cent you earn.

Comment Re:thought experiment (Score 1) 201

Yes, but it does make him delusional for thinking that he either lived by some different special rules with different special privileges because HE was from a "first world" country

Due process is not a "special privilege", it's a basic, fundamental human right that should be afforded to all human beings on earth. Due process may not be universally applied, but the principles of due process are universal.

Comment Re:thought experiment (Score 1) 201

I grew up in a corrupt third world country so I also have a fair understanding, and agree it gives a different perspective.

Like the guy or not, being civilized means we believe in the global principles of due process, which means yes, even for people whose personalities we don't like.

Comment Re:Human rights advocate? (Score 1) 201

Is it a crime in any jurisdiction to have an "out of control ego" or is that some vague negative thing you just resort/allude to when you have no evidence someone has done something wrong but still feel like using violence against them?

Giant Electronic Bra: John McAfee deserves to be killed by corrupt cops
Q: Why? What's he done wrong?
Giant Electronic Bra: Why it's obvious, he has an "out of control ego" and is on a "short road to hell".
Q: But what is his crime?
Giant Electronic Bra: Like I said, he has an "out of control ego"
Q: But what is his crime?
Giant Electronic Bra: Don't you get it? He has an out of control ego ... 'guys like this' are sure to get into trouble 'sooner or later'

etc. etc.

The irony is that it's guys like you, who bounce up and down eager to violate due process and use violence against random people whether or not you have any evidence, that are actually exactly what you describe .. out of control egos that cause trouble for innocent people.

Comment Re:I don't know about the man... (Score 2, Insightful) 201

I did a "quick google search" and I still don't get it - it looks like he was trying to develop new forms of antibiotics, which could help cure disease - is that evil? He bought some property and sold it again? Is that evil? Should I do a slow Google search rather, or are you perhaps just going to provide us some direct links?

Comment Re:I am the author of DosBox Turbo (Score 1) 371

The problem is one of fairness, not the amount - if you think $3.99 is fair for Yahma to charge for his efforts, why do you think it's fair that the original DOSBox developers, who contributed probably by far more work, get absolutely nothing? They must work for free, someone else earns an income off their work?

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