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connie_lingus

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About connie_lingus

Many of the points made in my comments are probably wrong.

It is also likely that there are considerations of critical importance that I fail to take into account, thereby invalidating some or all of my conclusions.

I have gone to some length to indicate nuances and degrees of uncertainty throughout the comment's text— encumbering it with an unsightly smudge of “possibly,” “might,” “may,” “could well,” “it seems,” “probably,” “very likely,” “almost certainly.” Each qualifier has been placed where it is carefully and deliberately. Yet these topical applications of epistemic modesty are not enough; they must be supplemented here by a systemic admission of uncertainty and fallibility.

This is not false modesty: for while I believe that my comments are likely to be seriously wrong and misleading, I think that the alternative views that have been presented in the threads are substantially worse.

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    Comment #8777035

    i don't watch tv so i don't know what you are talking about.

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    Comment #8777008

    --> 3.5 Sony executives are so scared about the information contained in the stolen documents that they pull out the lobbying canons and demand the government/fbi/obama create a sm…

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    Comment #8776704

    i'm sorry, but this simply flies in face of logic. it is absolutely morally wrong, but it certainly can be effective and has been used throughout history. usually, things that don'…

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    Comment #8776653

    you would allow your parents and children to be blown up rather than make a horrid criminal be very uncomfortable for a few minutes???? and i'm the nutty one?

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    Comment #8776642

    The CIA report threatens our legitimacy as a world power. no it does not...almost everyone in the world understand that under certain conditions, torture to get potentially life-sa…

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    Comment #8776584

    The FBI told Sony they didn't know if the theaters were safe. Seriously, WTF are we paying them for if they can't tell us, with absolute certainty, that our theaters are safe from …

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    Comment #8773156

    Also, the Omnibus budget bill that was passed in the middle of the night that fed pork to every special interest who gave money to the candidates.

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    Comment #8772918

    I think the truth could run in one of two directions. Todays news implied that Iran, China and North Korea were in cahoots and aggressively attacked Sony for months and finally pen…

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    Comment #8770903

    no it wouldn't, nor should it. US companies get hacked all the time...have you not been reading the internet over the past, oh, 10 years? also, there is still big doubts that the N…

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    Comment #8770897

    i cant help but be reminded of the support-group addicts from Fight Club while reading the article.

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    Comment #8768238

    > They can't outright claim they did it; because that would be an act of aggression. really? a nation-state attacking a for-profit multi-national corporation with little more than …

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    Comment #8765998

    sony should just release the damned thing on christmas day on netflix and let the whole world deal with it at the same time.

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    Comment #8758351

    yes...at a lower level i believe its called "confirmation bias" and we are all guilty of it, no matter how hard we try.

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    Comment #8742315

    an impressive technical achievement, and kudos for the music.

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    Comment #8721083

    "...They worry that the smart developer (who often shows up with a bit of an attitude) will overshadow the manager and our point out their weaknesses." lol...well you just describe…

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    Comment #8704858

    right, but remember what the companies are mostly paying for is the all the resources and reassurances of an IBM, not for the particular developer they are using to get the work do…

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    Comment #8704838

    "Clients–the good ones, at least–don’t CARE how many hours you’re spending to do X and Y, as long as you’re doing a damn good job at X and Y and adding significant value to their c…

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    Comment #8704816

    it would have been even better in a flying car i suppose.