Also, TFA is significantly longer than the tweet length you're used to thinking in.

> "but the spirit of the law is good."

This is where I have to disagree. "Well-meaning" is the memetic addition to justify the same ol' same ol' corruption, but in a democracy.

The system is designed to be twisted and perverted, running undercover of "hey, they mean well!"

I do not extend to them the benefit of the doubt, and the remediation to fix the law (often created not by legislators but by regulatory agencies even more slow to respond, and sufferin regulatory capture) is completely inadequate and overwhelmed by the rent seeking.

No, but I'm fine with the Peace Prize being extended to people who work to increase freedom and rights.

Obama had nothing to do with his own prize -- it was a slap in the face to Bush.

Obama should have refused it because participating in such a political action by foreigners by playing their puppet in a play is beneath the Presidency.

Keep in mind one of the two arguments to have regulatory authorities that make de facto laws without Congressional vote: "It strips it of politics".

We'll ignore for the moment this is a danger to freedom and democracy, and not a good "feature". Rather, realize these politicians could, to a man or woman, all oppose the regulation officially, to appease voters, while supporting it secretly.

None will ever lift a finger to repeal it (which happens only rarely) and will just stand there and say, "I didn't do it!" while leaders bury any attempts to change it.

Thanks to the butterfly effect, it's been calculated if you had a measurement every cubic foot of temp, pressure, wind, and humidity, you could only predict weather about a month in advance. Which you couldn't because of the computer wimpiness.

Still wouldn't solve the problem, StartsWith 'Windows 1". God help us when that legacy activates.

Well, my sense of smell is intact. I excercised it thoroughly but accidentally by going to a hobby store two Saturdays ago. and passing the gaming tables.

No, it means (go) suck an Imperial star destroyer.

The past few months, even searching for a porn star name yields no nude photos, even with safe turned off.

Google is becoming less usefilul.

Politics is religion in all the important, and evil, power-grabbing, meme-spreading ways.

This is why I'm libertarian -- the atheism of politics. You don't get to lord over others regardless of cool-sounding patter about gods or men, and leave others alone over it.

Oop, feel that rage in you as you read that? On their identicality, I rest my case, Zeus-worshipper.

That was part of their safe harbor protections Congress gave hosting sites -- you are protected from lawsuits over what your own customers put up as long as you respond in a timely fashion to copyright takedowns.

Now Google is good standing up to things, but dragging ass on these notices is not allowed. Either fight it as a claim or take it down.

Also, what idiot modded parent down?

House: Or, you're an idiot. (To patient) Are you a Slashdot user?

Patient: What?

House: Slashdot dot org. Do you read and post messages there?

Patient: Yes?

House: No human contact. The US is safe once again. Cameron, stop picking cases based on the bozos at the CDC.

"place a family's personal information at extreme risk by transmitting what a user types over the Internet to third-party serverswithout encryption."

Yes, that's what's the big problem...third parties might eavesdrop on sloppy, 1984-like government spying.

3rd parties.

General "Slashdot" Neckbeardson: And to mate with these females, would that require talking to them? Like reaching out to hold their hands and stuff?

Dr. Handlove: Regrettably, yes.

General "Slashdot" Neckbeardson: Yiyiyiyiyi