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That's because everything in Australia can kill you - guns aren't necessary

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On average, it's not that bad. Yes, there are assholes everywhere (police and otherwise), but for the most part the stuff you read about is few and far between.

That being said, knowing the proper way to deal with people in authority positions is incredibly important. In this case, she should have asked for ID (yelling at them through the window if necessary). If they kept insisting that she roll the window down - and for some reason her car is unlike every other car out there, requiring the engine to be on, she should have tried to explain that through the window.

(Seriously, what cars require the engine to be running for the windows to roll down?)

As someone who purchased the Ouya during their kickstarter, the openness was a huge deal to me. It's the same thing that makes me long for a Valve produced Steambox. Give me something that I can tear apart (both hardware and software) and do my own thing with it.

That was my first thought... But remember, this is in the console arena where everything seems to lag behind PCs.

"The documents that have been released so far ironically show the oversight" ...

I like what John Oliver said on the Daily Show - “We’re not saying anyone broke any laws, we’re just saying it’s a little bit weird that you didn’t have to.”

Suggesting that there are several plots that have been thwarted - and that somehow justifies the program seems too "ends justify the means".

(probably because that's exactly what they're arguing)

Proving once again that people don't know what they think. I remember reading somewhere that researchers were able to phrase questions on a survey such that participants gave opposite answers to the same effective question (too bad I can't seem to find that article on google).

Well, yes and no. They'll have to basically be staring at you for the duration of the video - which is somewhat normal in one-on-one conversations, but sticks out much more in group settings.

I'd be interested in it, but the challenge would be getting enough people involved (on both the answering side and asking side).

I thought you had to post to facebook and change your profile picture in some way... like making it green or with a red star?

I've had a very difficult time taking print newspaper seriously.

Agreed. However I think there's also a certain agreement in place with companies like Google. I willing accept to share my locational data with you in exchange for you telling me about a new coffee shop or local offer. I can weigh the pros/cons of that to ultimately decide if I opt-in.

I don't have a similar (or any) agreement with the government.

It's a change from PS3, but frankly worth it. Free games as long as you're a subscriber is the main reason why I've been a PS+ member for the past year.

Back in the day there was ELE (Everything Leaves Encrypted) that attempted to utilize a livecd and Tor to encrypt all network traffic - but the same thing happened to it as it did to the Paranoid Linux attempt - Lack of support/time/resources to continue development.

As far as why... people who really need encryption already use it and/or are suspicious of a silver bullet solution. People who don't need it don't seem to care as much about it.

Just as Copy.com offers more space with referrals, so does Dropbox. With my student account and referrals, I jumped up to about 20GB. They also do pretty well with other bonuses (e.g. new HTC phone netted me an additional 23GB for two years).

Did anyone check out the Kungfu demo? Is that Keanu Reeves?

Ye gods... Mr. Gooolatte speaking now. Basic gist? Illegal foreign sites steal intellectual property and it gets back to US consumers, removing all motivation for those content owners to create new material... and jobs.

Alternate alternate mirror here: http://www.filesonic.com/file/1061063604/video_ours_4x_h264.... had trouble with ifile.it at work)