achughes

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by achughes 13y ago
Just because it worked out well in the end doesn't mean it was a good idea to begin with
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by achughes 13y ago
With Metro I think that Microsoft did something really unique, it had a digital design language that spoke to a lot of UI designers. Thats not to say they executed it particularly well, because even if it looks good that doesn't mean i
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by achughes 13y ago
See: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/23/opinion/the-national-secur... and http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/ff_nsadatacenter/ It was hardly a conspiracy theory.
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by achughes 13y ago
1984 was written about Russia... Your telling me that apparently that doesn't discredit his position. REALLY???
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by achughes 13y ago
It really discredits any political position he was/is trying to take. Thats the real advantage of having him in Russia.
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by achughes 13y ago
It would just give the defense even more evidence. The decision was about whether or not Zimmerman shot him in self-defense, NOT whether or not Zimmerman was responsible for creating the situation that resulted in Trayvon Martin being shot.
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by achughes 13y ago
Again... the key thing that makes it an Orwellian society is self-censorship, not just intimidation.
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by achughes 13y ago
Sorry, instead of anyone, I should have said "average citizens". Yes after 9/11 the government has a "your with us or your against us" attitude, promoted by Bush. However, your examples of Gitmo and kill lists are n
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by achughes 13y ago
While I agree that the government is trying to intimidate people with their treatment of Snowden and Manning, I think the goals of the intimidating are very different. In these cases the people they are trying to intimidate are potential le
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by achughes 13y ago
Yes, but to be Orwellian the self-censorship must be borne out of government intimidation. In this case the government hasn't intimidated anyone, we were just leaked information. Unless you want to argue that Snowden intentionally leak
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by achughes 13y ago
No. OP is saying that he is not outraged because he wasn't surprised. He may not like the fact that it is happening, but he is not outraged. That was the point of the comment. A little bit of 'I told you so', and a little mor
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by achughes 13y ago
Absolutely. Unlike computer science topics art does not transfer well onto the internet. While one could learn a number of techniques for drawing and painting online, none of these make students into better artists, only better drawers or p
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by achughes 13y ago
I'm not trying to say that its impossible, not by any means, but the RT article presents the statement as something that is assumed to be true, whereas the HuffPo article presents it among a large list of conspiracy theories. The RT ar
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by achughes 13y ago
But it also doesn't make it true
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by achughes 13y ago
You do realize that RT is a directly funded by the Russian Government don't you? There is a great incentive for them to paint the US in a bad light.
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by achughes 13y ago
NSA probably just wants to look more approachable /s
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by achughes 13y ago
Actually I thought the article put him in a better light than most of the other pieces about him. It makes him out to be more in tune with the ways the gov could track him. If they wanted to smear him then NYT could just come out with a sho
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by achughes 13y ago
Not to say that this isn't a noble aspiration, but it is a glaringly naive point of view to say that organizations like the NSA and CIA don't need to exist.
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by achughes 13y ago
He had also made an offer to foreign governments to sell the information, and judging by the fact that he was carrying classified documents with him when he was arrested, I'd say that he planned on acting on those offers. By contrast,
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by achughes 13y ago
If they didn't give Robert Hanssen the death penalty, I highly doubt Snowden is going to get it
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by achughes 13y ago
Except the policy discussion takes place in the country scale not the territory scale.
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by achughes 13y ago
I've understood that most people have been surprised by the surveillance just because its in an area not many people pay attention to, but for a well run government to A. Not know this is going on or B. Not expect it, is inexcusable.
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by achughes 13y ago
While these are all valid reasons to be concerned about future abuses, none of them are implications on the average internet user resulting from the uncovering of PRISM.
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by achughes 13y ago
Except nothing has changed. This has been going on for enough time that if the average Internet user hasn't been effected by it yet then they don't have much to worry about in the near future. So for the immediate future there are
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by achughes 13y ago
Its really basic things like not lining the window management buttons with the rest of the icons that really piss me off as a designer. Is this really too much to ask for? http://imgur.com/zD8lUYW
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New Method For Accurately Modeling Bubbles(sciencemag.org)
1 points by achughes 13y ago|0 comments
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by achughes 13y ago
Well battery life, at least as I've seen it on Macs keeps going up year after year so I'm pretty confident that trend will continue. Not sure about other manufacturers but only because I haven't kept up with them not a lack of confidence.
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by achughes 13y ago
That... that was beautiful.
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by achughes 14y ago
While soap may not bring about intense discussions about its design, and one might say that it is less designed than the UI of the app the article talked about, the ideals that art and design revolve around are wholly intertwined. Art and d
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by achughes 14y ago
Thats the point. Design is all about unlimited perfectionism according to some imagined idea... and its also the reason that most artists and designers are broke. The pursuit has little to do with the rationality of time management and effi

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