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ta75757

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    Read or understand? This is legalese we're talking about.

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    Comment #9133734

    And mentioning any of this is described as a "personal attack". javert's post was based on his personal experience with his aunt. You said it was made up nonsense. This is essentia…

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    Comment #9129989

    Can I ask what you think happened to all those people who stopped getting Welfare after it was "reformed" in 1996? Did they all pull themselves up by their bootstraps and march off…

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    Comment #9119252

    the Left had the House, Senate, and President and could have passed anything they wanted for two years You're forgetting about the filibuster. And the Democrats only had a filibust…

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    Comment #9086136

    The alt text of that XKCD is: Now, if it selectively kills cancer cells in a petri dish, you can be sure it's at least a great breakthrough for everyone suffering from petri dish c…

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    Comment #9065283

    The French and Indian War wasn't the French fighting against the Indians. It was the Americans and British fighting against the French and the Indians.

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    Comment #9041271

    I don't think he was presenting his past actions as good. He was showing that he himself has made the same mistake.

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    Comment #9036501

    This is your interpretation. Mine, and pretty much everyone else's on the thread. If everyone interprets what you say a particular way, maybe that's what it appears to mean? And if…

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    Comment #9030872

    It is theoretically possible to avoid that via cryptography but I doubt the cell phone protocols include that.

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    Comment #9030865

    I wrote a bunch of crap below, but the point is this: do you think an average non scientific reader would come to the conclusion that the device extracts energy from salt water? If…

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    Comment #9030531

    Could one use some form of cell tower white-list as a countermeasure to stingray? Or is it a purely passive attack?

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    Comment #9029655

    The complaint isn't that they "didn't explain properly". The complaint is that they sensationalized an inaccurate explanation, without addressing the fundamental technological ques…

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    Comment #9029525

    Salt water is free. Salt water is not the point . The anodes and cathodes and the LED lamp are the point. corner store to go pick up batteries at The electrodes need to be replaced…

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    Comment #9029372

    While I would not have used the harsh words, grandparent is right in most respects. I challenge you to quote the 'misleading' sections verbatim Voila: Sustainable and cost effectiv…

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    Comment #9028902

    Electricity from water and salt? Why don't they just use cold fusion?

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    Comment #9028868

    I disagree, it causes laymen to completely misunderstand the product. The product is not "energy from water and salt". The product is a fixed quantity of chemical energy sold in th…

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    Comment #8993627

    I'm pretty sure he has said that he does not want his work continued in the event of his death. http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/11/george-rr-martin-no-more-ga...

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    Comment #8978083

    Can someone explain why you can't just use the IP address to track it down? I mean some ISP somewhere must control it, and they must know what physical link it's bound to, etc...

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    Comment #8957886

    illegal immigration is... well... illegal and legal immigration has vaccination requirements