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Comment Re:You're talking to the wrong crowd (Score 3, Insightful) 322

Countries with the greatest capacity to do harm, and the likely propensity to exercise that power should be under the greatest scrutiny.

Deaths in Syrian uprising: nearly 18,000
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_uprising_(2011%E2%80%93present)#Deaths

Deaths in US-Afghanistan War: nearly 18,000
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/aug/10/afghanistan-civilian-casualties-statistics

Deaths in US-Iraq war: approximately 110,000
http://www.iraqbodycount.org/database/

So, while Syria certainly needs to be on the watch list, and it is very advantageous for the supporters of that regime to be unmasked and exposed, the Western governments do not get a free pass just because some people have concluded that they are not oppressive or dangerous to their own people.

Comment Re:Intelligence not a factor? (Score 1) 207

You know why else averages are deceptive? With an average $19K take per person, it would appear that a mastermind could enormously increase the haul by bringing more underlings.

1000 of my friends and associates are going to knock off the corner bank tonight. I'm organizing the party, and will take a modest 10% administrative cut of the net instead of my regular share. That's nearly two million. More if I can make some additional friends by tonight.

Comment Re:60 years of raining death and destruction (Score 1) 403

Neither extreme is particularly useful. The function of a technological tool doesn't discount the "coolness" of its longevity, at least for an audience of a site that promises "news for nerds."

On the other hand, perpetuating the myth that the actions of the American military have always been conducted to ensure Western freedom insinuates that, if it were not for the B-52s dumping more bombs on Asia during one Cold War operation than were dropped in all of WWII, then Americans would now be speaking Vietnamese.

Comment Re:more and more (Score 1) 133

Cut the bullshit or back that up with a citation. The issues related to annexing new territories are more complex than your simplistic and baseless statement would claim, particularly for a country that is not in the habit of colonizing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands#Proposed_union_with_Canada

If you want to talk baseless rumour, the dirt (from a politician-friend) is that the acquisition is still on the table. If T&C can show that they can keep their crime and local political issues in check, this could still be a mutually-beneficial union. At present, it's hard to tell.

Comment Re:they can continue for now... (Score 1) 95

The only teachers who enjoy Blackboard are those who have never used any of the vastly superior alternative learning management systems.

This is analogous to the masses who "love" Internet Explorer.

  - It's functional, if awkward.
  - It gets you from A to B, slowly.
  - It's buggy, but not to the extent that you'll lose hair over it.

Disclaimer: college sysadmin for D2L.

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