Comment excellent (Score 1) 69
Comment re: give me some more of your freedom (Score 1) 584
yay Apple yay Apple yay Apple yay Apple yay Apple.
sent from my ipad
Comment not like they don't get this stuff other ways... (Score 1) 215
Comment Re:infinite? (Score 4, Informative) 241
Comment infinite? (Score 3, Insightful) 241
Comment Typical (Score 4, Insightful) 293
Comment Re:damage (Score 1) 256
The bigger damage is that they've demonstrated that no matter what book you buy for it, they can take it away at any time and you're powerless to stop it. Paper copy is still the best option.
The reason I haven't sprung for a Kindle is for this reason and one other. The other reason is that paper will stick around for a lifetime while electronic formats and devices have no guarantees- especially proprietary ones.
Comment Re:Their value system is out of whack (Score 3, Interesting) 122
Think about it.
Revelation of a capability will immediately cause adversaries to adapt themselves to minimize exposure to your areas of expertise. That can be instant or point research and be more gradual. Either way, even suggestions of your present capabilities are priceless for an adversary's minimization of risk. That's why intelligence methods are kept secret. A lot of people simply do not get this connection.
Comment Re:Privacy (Score 1) 121
Comment wake up call (Score 1) 434
How Heavy Is a Petabyte? 495
Comment Re:unable to pick up the device (Score 2, Interesting) 364
Carnivorous Clock Eats Bugs 197
Comment Re:News Flash! Civil Servants Corrupt! News @ 11:0 (Score 1) 1057
Everyone does the same cut and paste no matter what side they're on. Sure you can read and read and read about studies. The truth is, we don't have enough data points to truly say. We have 100 years worth of data. Do you know how long the earth has been around? How does that help us establish what is going on is out of the ordinary and caused by humans? Sorry, but it doesn't.
There is something that needs to be done about the way humans abuse the environment, but I think that using this end of the world scare tactic both degrades science to politics and degrades people to an unintelligent crowd that needs to be scared in the right direction.
That's just my opinion though.