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Comment Re:Maybe someday we'll know why we invaded iraq (Score 1) 231

So why was all the intelligence about Iraq wrong? That is an unanswered question. The Republican controlled Congress never stepped up to the plate to ask any hard questions. Gosh, I wonder why? Of course, there is a clue: PNAC, or the Project for the New American Century [wikipedia.org]. PNAC released a Statement of Principles [wikipedia.org] in 1997 calling for the overthrow of Saddam Hussein [wikipedia.org]. It was signed by Dick Chaney, Donald Rumsfeld, Scooter Libby, Elliot Abrams, Eliot A. Cohen, Aaron Friedberg, Peter Rodman, Henry Rowen, and Paul Wolfowitz, who all ended up working for the Bush administration. One would almost think that they used 9/11 as an excuse and made up a bunch of crap to make it happen.

Sounds like you have the answer to your question.

Comment Re:EA (Score 4, Informative) 86

Is there actually a way for US businesses to prevent themselves from hostile takeover?

Yes, the only reason hostile takeovers work is when the management doesn't own the company because they've sold the company through public stock. Then someone can buy all the stock (or, a controlling share) and they own the company.

In the case of Paradox Entertainment, the stock is not publicly traded, and the CEO owns a controlling share (of the private stock).

Comment Re:What does that even mean (Score 4, Informative) 95

I think you're missing the point:

The earth's mantle is significantly more dense than the crust. Mountains are made of matter that is less dense than the mantle, so when they go deeply into the earth, there is less mantle "beneath" your feet.

More mountain = less mantle = less dense.

Comment Re:Stupid (Score 2) 34

Here's the 'clarifying' quote by the director of BIS:

“Vulnerability research is not controlled nor would the technology related to choosing, finding, targeting, studying and testing a vulnerability be controlled,” said Randy Wheeler, director of the BIS, today during a conference call. “The development, testing, evaluating and productizing of an exploit or intrusion software, or of course the development of zero-day exploits for sale, is controlled.”

After reading that several times, I'm still not sure what is allowed and what is not.

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