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Comment Re:better than what we have now (Score 4, Insightful) 249

I am not sure what planet you're yabbering from. They made a request. This is the opposite of hijacking.

From DC's point of view, it's called being nice. They need only send a letter agreeing to it, and they get good will. If they are tied up in exclusivity contracts, you have a quick conference call with those other businesses and explain the following: At this point, I would be in favor of an organized boycot of the upcoming Superman/Batman movie

Comment Re:you need to be on the jury (Score 1) 415

This training can be completely subconscious by the trainer, too. A little flinch, slowing down, anything, and the dog reacts because that's what he's trained to do, in addition to actually smelling something.

Various "intelligent" animals that count out the answers to simple math problems were traced to the trainer relaxing after the animal had tapped X times, and the animal saw it and knew it was time to stop tapping. Researchers could predict when the animal would stop tapping by watching only the researcher, not seeing the animal, and not even knowing the question.

Comment Re:Distance to Harm (Score 0) 206

The entire concept is a joke because most countries' security are even more intrusive than the US, and abusing spying on their own citizens to the political benefit of the people in power there is long-term standard behavior.

My gripe with the current NSA issues is writing "Ya know, agent, ya really should get a warrant first" on a piece of paper is no barrier whatsoever to a G. Gordon Liddy type spying on citizens for some faction's political gain. I'm trying to stop that which goes on all the time in other countries.

Comment Re: Correction (Score 2) 206

The term "living document" is used in the context of its meaning changing outside the amendment process, where what it means changes because how people choose to interpret it changes.

Many people disagree with that concept -- there are very good reasons to force people to amend the constitution to make such large changes to what the government is permitted to do. Mainly that historically, politicians leading people on rage crusades to increase the politician's power is standard operating procedure on the failure of freedom.

If a change is a good idea, then most people will agree, not just a transient bare majority, and will continue to agree 5 and 10 years down the road. This is the amendment process.

Comment Re:If you take the bait (Score 2) 117

If you think the system's broken now, try later when the only people who get to run are those who can cobble together enough votes to get government funding, which is to say, the two main parties as they currently stand.

The only people to even touch on that percentage the past fifty years were Ross Perot, who funded himself (this will be illegal now???) and John Anderson, the libertarian candidate in 1980.

Yes, this will fix the problem...in the sense of entrenching the status quo even more.

Thanks but no thanks.

The entire front page of that kickstarter is nothing but generic fix the government platitudes...by design...as many politicians have blabbered about in innumerable campaigns of the past...for the purpose of getting you onboard fantasizing what *you* care about is what *they're* talking about.

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