pessimizer

I think colanderman is talking about the CEO of HBGary Federal, Aaron, and not Penny, the CEO of HBGary Inc.

[04:15] <@blergh> Penny: What i am saying is that someone residing on your network attacked one of my boxes [...] [04:16] <+Penny> OK how do I know who is on my comcast network? [04:16…

But the "coordinators" drift in and out, too.

It's a false dichotomy to say that if they've seen airplanes in the sky, we might as well airdrop xboxes. I may be misreading you.

If you're dealing with somebody new, you shouldn't assume they're out to get you. If you're dealing with everybody, you should assume somebody's trying to get you.

That's a false dichotomy.

It does, and when it speaks, it speaks of different statistical methods for calculating the probability of a random match to partial DNA samples. edit: BTW, it's a very interesting article - thanks fo…

"This week we show how, even when analysts agree that someone could be a match for a piece of DNA evidence, the statistical weight assigned to that match can vary enormously." This seems to be the a…

Did you read that article and decide that people are getting off due to questionable statistics? As far as I can tell, the article is about calculating the probability of random people matching a pa…

That's not trading money for favors, that's employing someone. If you give 100 bucks to the teacher to ignore the fact that you don't do your homework, that's trading money for favors.

The child doing the hating has lost already, they didn't lose because they hated after the fact. They're children growing up in one of the most neglected public school systems in the country in one of…

The movie had an interview with a Jerry Springer style talk show host guy, and his take on it was that most of the people who took to the streets during the revolution left the country when they reali…

Thanks for this, I had no idea. Do you have any more information about this, or links?

I saw a great film that came out this year called Kapitalism: Our Improved Formula that paints an really dire picture of the current state of Romanian corruption, and if any country has had a public…

Yes.

My guess on why you're being downvoted is because this very long comment starts with the sentence: "It seems to me that Greenwald is assuming his own conclusion here, that the chat logs provide eviden…

Everybody's gay for Bridget. And Linetrap.

Wikileaks' reputation is impeccable: it does what it says on the package, and has been the source for nearly uncountable major newspaper articles over the past few years because of the complete accura…

Just prove it, and stop criticising the reaction that you've decided that everyone would have if you did.

From my few experiences at open source software programmery events over the past few years, I'd disagree. Always seems that a little fewer than half of attendees have macs in front of them. I explain …

I can't seem to pick out the argument that you're making here, other than that it begins with an assertion that no one who "really" understands economics can dispute it. I'm going to guess out loud at…

I agree, but to go off topic a bit: judging by some of the responses to your comment, people seem to think that one of the criteria that an act has to meet in order to be legitimate civil disobedien…

If the government was making calls to message boards, asking them to remove my comments, I might be suspicious that my free speech rights are being infringed upon. I might suspect this even before I h…

Seriously. The man has no fear of police, just connected people. That by itself just makes the country that it happens in look bad, even if there was no such thing as an internet. This could have been…

More specifically, Michael Chertoff isn't a puppy breeder.

I've always thought that a diagnosis of ADD was mostly a diagnosis that a person wouldn't concentrate on what the person dispensing the drugs wanted them to concentrate on. Looking at the criteria for…

You're confining gambling only to casino games or games with vigs ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigorish ). Under your definition, when I play cards with my friends for money, I'm not gambling becaus…

It'd be nice if you could fit an argument or non-vacuous statement between your insults, defiance, and vague innuendo. Things to try: 1) This idea is dumb because... 2) This idea is dangerous because.…

The wrong jobs still have to be done by someone though. When you're talking about an entire system, you can't shift everybody out of a class of work as a solution or your dishes won't get washed.