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Comment Re:This is not new news. (Score 1) 225

Paranoid much? It's a browser. There are lots of browsers to choose from. If the destination of your "journey" is somewhere you don't like, pick another browser. I'll do the same.

As for me, I have spent countless hours lately cleaning up machines with search protect, conduit, ask, and all the other shitware that loads itself up when some unsuspecting user installs some free program from CNET and gets all their tag-along goodies. I recently cleaned up a brand new Windows 8 laptop that was only 1 week old which had become totally unresponsive. This is a good thing as far as I am concerned.

Comment Re:Let's make a deal (Score 1) 379

Care to explain that logic to me?

No. You ask your question based upon a false assumption. I do not support the security theater since 9/11. You might ask someone who does.

You on the other hand worked yourself up into a lather based upon a lot of "if" (your word, not mine). You even made threats to shoot someone based upon it. You come across as some kind of irrational apocalypse nutcase. And you sound like that anyone who does not agree with your assessment of the facts and predictions of the imminent future (in geologic scale) are not worthy to live. This is one of the big reasons AGW alarmists are having such a hard time convincing the public in general, because that is exactly how "denialists" have painted them.

Comment Re:Let's make a deal (Score 1) 379

I have to say, this kind of crazy does not bolster your agenda. AGW "denialists" (for want of a better word) argue that climate change proponents are loony zealots beyond reason and now you come across as one. Do you seriously expect total anarchy from biblical flooding and world migration requiring armed resistance to protect your "mountain?" Are you a prepper too or just nuts?

Comment Horseshit (Score 1) 210

no, Obi-Wan lied to Luke to prevent Luke from wanting to know anything about Vader or his father.

It doesn't take Sherlock Holmes to figure out that Lucas' grand pre-planned nine episode story was created on-the-fly AFTER the unintentional and accidental success of the first movie named "Star Wars", not "A New Hope." Every incongruous element in the series from Princess Lay-uh/Lee-uh's name pronunciation, to Obi Wan's bullshit explanation for his description of Anakin's "death" to Leia's unexpected sibling kinship to Luke was made up on-the-spot without regard to continuity, storyline development, or credibility. Ever wonder why Lucas stopped at RoTJ? He realized he had nothing. His nine episode fantasy was a financial goal, not any sort of developed story he had to tell.

Lucas had no friggin' clue where "Star Wars" was headed immediately after 1977. He had no epic story preconceived prior to "Star Wars" And he obviously didn't have the sense to make one up that was at least internally consistent with what was already created. The 3 prequels were just the exacerbation of his cluelessness begun with Empire. Why would anyone be surprised at midichlorians or some jacked-up rabbit-man with a Carribean accent and IQ below room temperature becoming a "Senator"? Or R2D2's sudden ability to fly which he seemed to forget in the later (earlier?) movies. The re-edits shouldn't surprise anyone. He lucked out mightily in the late 70's by co-opting Kurasawa and throwing in a little space shoot-em-up in the mix and rode out that luck despite having no idea what he was doing or where he was going with it.

We all cringed at the poor acting and dialog and the Deus ex machina and the internal inconsistencies in the original trilogy, but we swallowed hard and rationalized it all away. Then came the re-edits and we were all outraged. Then came the abomination of the prequels, but time had passed and Star Wars was no longer fresh and no amount of fandom could overlook the steaming pile of feces Lucas left on the floor. The signs were always there. We just conveniently ignored them.

Comment Re:FAA and drones (Score 1) 297

Do you think its okay to let people fly into your house or car or you because its some random douche with an R/C airplane he bought and knows absolutely nothing about?

And if someone hits a baseball into your house, do you want the FAA involved? Or if you are involved in a wreck should the NTSB fine you? The failure is in scope and suitability. If your hypothetical "douche" endangers someone or damages property, local authorities should be involved, not the Feds.

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