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Let's recap: Five children swimming at a beach that's not open for swimming, heavy surf because…
Posted in: 5 children swept out to sea in Miyazaki; one drowns
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Posted in: Korean campaigns for removal of Japanese flag from French stores
Can we see a picture of this flag somehow please? If it is as I think…
Posted in: Korean campaigns for removal of Japanese flag from French stores
@Dog Those are beautiful sentiments, and might mean more if you didn't seem to ascribe them…
Posted in: Korean campaigns for removal of Japanese flag from French stores
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Oh ofcourse the Koreans.... I couldn't care less if Holland had Nazi flags all over the place. A symbol alone doesn't hold any power, only the person behind it does. And how that he's gone it doesn't matter anything what happens to those flags. And setting all that aside, the Swastika isn't a bad sign at all.
Posted in: Korean campaigns for removal of Japanese flag from French stores
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"Every member of Congress has been briefed on this program." "What you've got is two programs that were originally authorized by Congress and repeatedly authorized by Congress." "These are programs that have been authorized by broad bipartisan majorities repeatedly since 2006." "You can't have 100-percent security and then have 100-percent privacy." "I don't welcome leaks, there's a reason these programs are classified." "There are some tradeoffs involved." "Modest encroachments on privacy." "Your duly elected representatives have been consistently informed on exactly what we're doing."
So just to be clear: It's okay because we've known about it all along. In other words:
"It's cool that I'm strangling you with my bare hands, I'm totally aware that I'm doing it and my mom said it was okay." — Brian Barrett (@brbarrett) June 7, 2013
Everyone outside of America can always use Tor no problems.
Posted in: Do you think the U.S. operation to monitor Internet users and phone calls is necessary for national security?
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Willem
By the way, cloud storage or streaming content doesn't count as storage capacity since we're talking about hardware here.
Posted in: What advantages (if any) do laptops have over tablets?
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Willem
Why is this even a serious question? Like others said, laptops are more powerful, they have a proper keyboard, more storage capacity, they also have a DVD/BD drive, it's more easy to connect to an external screen and they are still portable. I work much with video editing software and laser programming, a laptop is the only way to go. tablets are nowhere strong enough for that (and the touchscreen doesn't work with the software) and I can't drag a big desktop with me the moment I have to control a lasershow.
Posted in: What advantages (if any) do laptops have over tablets?
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Willem
Sorry, but your first, third and fourth point are invalid. Try an online shop like, cdjapan, yesasia, amazon, bol.com, whatever.
Posted in: Apple sells 25 billionth song at iTunes store
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Willem
Strange???? Of course not. The soundquality of CD's is way better and they are fun to collect. If anything, it's strange so many people use itunes.
Posted in: Apple sells 25 billionth song at iTunes store
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Willem
If you really care about privacy I recommend these add-ons. It helps if you know a thing or two about computers though: Adblock Plus, Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus, Aries Cookie Block, Secure Sanitizer, AskForSanitize, BetterPrivacy (Super-Cookie (LSO) Safeguard), CookieCuller, For Human Eyes Only, Ghostery, HTTPS Everywhere, RequestPolicy (Control which cross-site requests are allowed), MAFIAAFire ThePirateBay Dancing! Automatically routes your website request via a random proxy for some (that you choose) sites.
Posted in: Internet users seeking more invisibility: study
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Willem
"It is far from obvious that music piracy is actually hurting sales. If it doesn’t, piracy is only broadening the fanbase of an artists at no cost, and that can never be a bad thing."
Posted in: Gov't, industries battle copyright infringement by hiding strongly worded letters on P2P networks
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Willem
Studios can charge whatever they want. You can decide if you want to buy their product, or not. A price higher than you're willing to pay doesn't justify theft.
Fair or not, piracy is NOT theft.
Posted in: Indicted Megaupload founder opens new sharing site
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Willem
Indeed, it's never going to work. Create a false name for yourself, use Tor or just an proxy with enough add-ons and you can say whatever you want. It's just like piracy; unstoppable. The more people are watched and punished, the more they are going to resist.
Posted in: Should bloggers and tweeters be subject to the same libel and slander laws as traditional media outlets?
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Willem
What kind of stupid question is this.. Of course people shouldn't be forced to vote. People shouldn't be forced to do anything. It wouldn't be much of a democracy otherwise...
Posted in: Should voting in elections be compulsory?
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Willem
Facebook is one big fail.
Posted in: Facebook founder's sister tripped by privacy settings
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Willem
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20758735
Americans never cease to amaze me.. Why do you think they say it's necessary to be able to defend themselfs with guns in the first place.. And it doesn't matter one bit where shooting homicides take place. All loss of life is bad.
Posted in: What is your stance on gun control?
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Willem
Gun control? Guns need to be banned completely, no exeptions. Nobody should be able to buy or use a gun. Not citizens, not the army, not even the president, the queen, the king or the emperor. I hate ALL weapons and violence, but if you want to be the biggest son of a bitch that ever existed (in other words; end lives) than you should use a sword and FEEL your evil deed. Even the army. If they want to kill each other so badly they should stop being a coward hiding in the bushes like targ (to quote a klingon) and actually run up the battlefield and FACE each other. FEEL what you are doing. See your opponent's soul vanish before your eyes. idiots..
Posted in: What is your stance on gun control?
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Willem
You're being a bit too general. Tablets and laptops will merge
If you mean the keyboards and separate screens are going to vanish, than no. I don't think so.
Posted in: Mobile Internet forcing computers to evolve
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Willem
I honestly don't understand why people like tablets so much. Those damn things can't do anything, they are just strong enough to load internet pages, photo's and view simple movies, but that's about it. What I need is power (video editing and laser programming), a real keyboard and a screen in front of me, not almost completely flat on the table and since I need to use it at more than 1 place also portability. A laptop has it all. I can even say I would rather drag a big PC with me to work than a tablet. And I also don't understand why there are laptops being sold with Windows 8 on it.. It's a laptop for a reason.. don't give us that clumsy touchscreen crap..
Posted in: Mobile Internet forcing computers to evolve
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Willem
So, now next to Aspartame we have more "healthy" chemical garbage. Aspartame: You can get headaches from it, migraine, loss of taste, Tinnitus, dizziness, nausea and more. It's also very carcinogenic and you can even gain weight from it. And with this "fat blocker" you have even more nonsense screwing with your body. Manufacturers keep making that poison and the people keep buying poison. I don't get it...
Posted in: Pepsi Special promises to restrict fat absorption
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Willem
Not really :-P
These are just a few of my FF addons: Adblock Plus, Element hiding helper, Secure Sanitizer, Askforsanitize, Betterprivacy (deletes LSO cookies), Blocksite, Cookieculler, Flagfox, For Human Eyes Only, Ghostery (blocks trackers), HTTPS-Everywhere, MAFIAAFire: Redirector, MAFIAAFire: ThePirateBay Dancing! (just an addon that sends sites of your choosing through a random proxy), RequestPolicy (control cross site requests)
Posted in: Microsoft releases IE 10 browser for Windows 7
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Willem
If you don't care about privacy then go ahead and use Google chrome.....
Posted in: Microsoft releases IE 10 browser for Windows 7
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Willem
Using an icebreaker to ram the Japanese ships out there on the sea.. Could that be 'attempt to murder'?
Posted in: Watson to join anti-whaling campaign despite Interpol arrest notice