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Comment: Re:Wall Street rules (Score 1) 299

by Badbone (#34939222) Attached to: The Companies Who Support Censoring the Internet

How about instead of snark, you contact your senators and representative, and vote for liberals (that's liberals, not Democrats) whenever possible?

Because voting doesn't work. When team blue is just as bad as team red (because they have the same corporate sponsors) voting not only doesn't matter, it legitimizes a broken system.

Comment: Re:Passwords (Score 0) 438

by Badbone (#34756692) Attached to: Police Can Search Cell Phones Without Warrants

Here's the thing: If you're arrested, you go with it until you get your lawyer. You can remain silent, but being argumentative, uncooperative ... is just going to make them view you as an uncooperative troublemaker, and then it's your word against theirs as to whether or not you got that black eye because you shoved a cop or because you just pissed one off. Being disrespectful, resistant, and uncooperative during an arrest will just make the arrest process more difficult.

That's right citizen. When confronted by your masters, always use the properly fawning words. "Sir" should be the first word out of your mouth, and "Sir" the last word out of your mouth. And if it isn't, if you are being "disrespectful, resistant, uncooperative", maybe they'll just give you a black eye. After all, it's your word against theirs.

So remember. The proper position an American Citizen should have when dealing with the police is to quietly assert your rights and hope they don't violate them. Better to live on your knees than die on your feet, right?

Comment: Re:4th amendment point (Score 1) 325

by Badbone (#34320322) Attached to: Underwear Invention Protects Privacy At Airport

4th amendment protects you against unreasonable search. How does this all square up?

Because you always have the option of waive your rights. They can't force you to walk through a scanner, but you can do so willingly. No one is taking away anyone's rights. But people sure do give them away.

Comment: Dear god! (Score -1, Troll) 93

by Badbone (#34248814) Attached to: Most Detailed View of Dark Matter Mapped By Hubble
Dark matter- God of the gaps. Can't explain something? Dark matter! That magical substance that is everywhere it wants to be, any way you need it to be!

Gravity calculations wrong? Dark matter! What? That's makes other calculations wrong? Dark matter! The more the better!

I'm being sarcastic here, but actually it's because I'm just so jealous. Real scientists can't simply explain things away by using Substance X.

Anything that we can not or have not been able to explain used to be called an act of God. Now, it's an act of dark matter. Hubble proves it!

Comment: goodie (Score 1) 305

by Badbone (#33989982) Attached to: Comic Sales Soar After Artist Engages 4chan Pirates
While that is great for the artist and the chans, it's missing the point. It's a bit like someone breaking into your house, and while you are away to buy new locks, a fire breaks out. "See!", the burglar says, "good thing I broke in, huh?" You do not have permission to steal/post/copy/upload other people's works without their permission. Yes, even if it all works out in the end.

Comment: Huh? (Score 1, Troll) 403

by Badbone (#33962434) Attached to: US Elections Dominated By Closed Source. Again.
Who's "we"? The American people aren't choosing to have the current, unverifiable voting systems in place. They simply have no idea of the alternative, and no power to bring it about even if they did. Frankly, I don't think it matters. The American political system is broken. What does it matter how they count the votes, when those votes mean so little?

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