The linked analysis posits that Ahmed's clock started out as another clock, rather than a box of parts, and Ahmed can be said to have repackaged rather than "invented" a wholly new clock, but acknowledges that "none of us were there and knows what happened." Yes, because the issue here is who invented the clock... Idiots.

Up until yesterday Facebook was preventing any posts linking to prospect.org, flagging them as a security threat. You think FB censorship logic will get better once it becomes a ISP?

Doing the same for my parents, too. Covers web surfing, skype and youtube videos, which is all of their needs. Does not need to be a tablet, either. There are a couple of 21+" android all-in-one out there.

As AV, MS offer seems to score pretty badly

"Afghan informants, for instance" Still pushing this bullshit?

Heard this declaration before, only to be followed by the highest amount of FBI raids on legal dispensaries since 1996.

Over here, we can take a full 20 minutes to use all of ours unlimited data plan at 12MB/s. (For the non-residents, unlimited has a different definition in the US, usually 2GB a month)

Instead monitoring traffic on behalf of corporations to find out who's watching the latest 30 Rock without paying Hulu is perfectly acceptable.

Found the link which makes it all clear http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-09-30/presenting-worlds-biggest-hedge-fund-you-have-never-heard

Apple should start paying its fair share of taxes, and maybe we'll have $5B to invest in education (education not.equal job training)

Be careful, you know what happens if you piss off Universal, no matter if you are in the US or NZ.

"In the not so distant future, every household might have a Star Trek-like tricorder capable of detecting cancer or other diseases." Yes, that's what it will be used for. That, and only that. Sure.

Many garments with Made in America labels used to be made in Samoa. Just saying.

Any loss of the water bottling industry is a win for humanity.

Like the cop told me the other night: "If you have done nothing wrong, you have nothing to hide. Now, bend over"