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Comment Re:And people ask me... (Score 2) 194

And people ask me why I say we're not in any way more free than any other dictatorship.

You should answer with 'because I'm an ignorant idiot who has no idea what its like to live in an actual dictatorship'.

Seriously, you have no fucking clue how great you have it.

That doesn't mean we shouldn't raise holy hell when the government does something wrong, but to compare the USA to a dictatorship just makes it clear you're just utterly ignorant of the real world.

Comment Re:His choices... (Score 1) 194

... right, because the hops ON HIS LAN were so congested that the wiring closet was faster than the port at his desk because the cable was 3 meters instead of 50 meters long.

That is about the weakest argument I've ever seen in defending his bullshit.

Comment Re:His choices... (Score -1, Flamebait) 194

The kid took his own life. No one did this to him, he did it to himself.

Stop blaming others for his inability to cope with the consequences of his actions.

Stop trying to promote this nanny state bullshit where everyone magically doesn't ever need the ability to cope with the harsh realities of the world.

Comment Re:Internet bullies (Score 1, Flamebait) 194

He was bullied into suicide by believable threats of a 50yr prison sentence from authority

... You really believe that? You need mental help as well. There are FAR worse things than the threat of jail time, even 50 years. He had mental issues. There is no other reason to commit suicide. He also was a criminal with criminal intent in every action he took.

He's not a hero, he's a sad mental case. What he did was wrong. Period. End of story. The fact that he killed himself because he couldn't deal with the consequences of his actions doesn't magically make him a hero nor does it make what he did right.

He was never going to live a long and healthy live if he killed himself over this situation. I've been on the receiving end of the threat of long term incarceration in AN AMERICAN PRISON. There are far scarier things in the world. You need some perspective.

Comment Re:and yet (Score 2, Informative) 173

Why would he go to Gitmo? His leaks were a joke at best. He lost all credibility at the ridiculously edited collateral murder video and then actually managed to go down hill more after that. He has done more to destroy his own credibility than anyone in the US government could have possibly done. A couple senators tried to politic it up by shouting silly things about him to get people worked up but at no point was he ever going to be extradited nor was he ever going to gitmo, at least not for any of these 'leaks'. He didn't steal the data himself even, he got it from others. He's nothing more than an attention whore, and a pretty shitty one at that.

As far as keeping body fluids inside, only if you're trying to get her pregnant.

Comment Re:Aperture-specific plugins... (Score 3, Informative) 214

RAW support in Aperture is done via OS level filters, nothing Aperture specific. So there will be little effect on RAW support as RAW support is included in other apps which Apple is still supporting, like Preview a core application. You get RAW updates even without Aperture installed.

Comment Re:Some good reading on drone law (Score 1) 268

You keep posting this spew and its contrary to federal law, ask any actual pilot who knows the FARs.

Just because you can find a blog with an ignorant post and you can misinterpret things that you completely don't understand the context or words they are using doesn't magically make it so you get what you want.

Comment Re:Class G (Score 1) 268

... You utterly fail to understand what that says.

You don't have to get clearance to fly in Class G space as a normal aircraft flying under IFR or VFR rules if visibility is over 1 mile ... but you are STILL bound by all other regulations.

'Uncontrolled airspace' means that there is no air traffic controller directing flights in that airspace. It does not mean its a free for all for idiots like you to do whatever you want.

Comment Re:Not anything new (Score 1) 268

Wrong. Your house and tree are most certainly covered under FAA regulations. They just fall under the regulations that don't require you to directly interact with the FAA to build/plant them.

Just because they don't require you to get a permit for trivial things that are of no concern to them doesn't mean it isn't regulated. Build a 2000 foot antenna and watch what happens.

The person issuing your building permit is probably going to make sure you're following the FAA regulations though, of course you were too busy trying to be clever to think about the fact that you need a building permit for the house, weren't you?

The FAA requires buildings over various heights to be marked in various ways, including being posted on public aviation charts in some cases.

The FAA doesn't make me get a permit for my RC airplane, but they still regulate it, hence what this article is about.

Just because you are ignorant of the law doesn't mean there is no law, it just means you're ignorant.

Comment Re:They're infringing my Second-Amendment drone ri (Score 1) 268

Ask some of the countries in the middle east how it works when the citizens revolt.

Ask who would participate in America's army against its citizens if it actually came down to that?

The US armed forces is made of US citizens, they aren't raving lunatics, most of them are 'good ol boys' who do it because they 'believe in America'. Those people are the ones who would likely be on the side of the citizens not the government.

Comment Re:Not anything new (Score 1) 268

Your understanding is wrong :). This has been clearly documented for years. And it's repeated every time some idiot posts another OMG DRONE REGULATION story on slashdot. The last change was in 2007, and that was just a clarification, not really a practical change.

The only private airspace is inside your house/building. The FAA regulates all outside airspace, even that around your head, though the rules are relaxed at that level. Buildings are regulated by the FAA as well. A baseball in flight is under FAA jurisdiction, as is a rock you throw.

You don't own any airspace regardless of whose property is under it. You do have some protections as the owner of some property, but that doesn't mean you get to makeup your own rules.

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