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by martin-boundary

Is this an invasion of privacy? I don’t think so.
Think of it this way: Do you carry a hidden tape recorder in your pocket so that you can record all your conversations with your friends and colleagues, just because the weird guy down the street is paying you 10 bucks a week to let [...]

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by creimer
The Rebel Alliance steals the plans to the Death Star. Darth Vader blows up a planet. People get scared that their planet is next. You don’t need to be a Jedi to figure that one out.
by Abreu
To be completely fair, Vader did not blow up Alderaan, Tarkin was responsible for that little [...]

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by kripkenstein

“I’m looking for a well written and researched piece that can tell me why TPB and other such sites are good for society, not some crap “I just want stuff for free” argument.“

Will, IMHO the arguments are pretty straightforward:

TPB is just linking to material. They don’t host it. Yes, they ‘make it easier to [...]

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by bitt3n
If you’ve got even an ounce of willpower, you can quit too.
I was once addicted to willpower. Then I went cold turkey and caved in to every craving, and now I feel much better.

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by digitig

It also raises the question of whether you should write England or UK. I was taught to write England as a child, but UK seems to be common these days.
“England” and “UK” are different things. And “Great Britain” is different again. The most general designation is “UK”, or, to give it its full designation, [...]

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by ControversialMatt
What the heck is a Jackalope?
by Spazztastic
A mix between a Jackolantern and an Antelope.
by mrdoogee
Wrong! It’s a mix between Hugh Jackman and a Cantaloupe.
by Em Emalb
Wrong again!
Its a mix between Jack Nicholson and….your mom.

New to Linux? How to Install ‘Stuff’

I’ve dabbled with Linux on and off and never stuck to it, mainly because my games don’t usually run well, if at all, on any flavor I’ve tried.
I’ve tried Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Redhat, Fedora, Suse (paid for versions 7, 8, and 10, even), OpenSuse, and a few others, and the one thing I keep having difficulty [...]

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by fictionpuss

Ah, but what level of skepticism is healthy? Too little and you get the titanic, too much and you never reach the moon.

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by TapeCutter

Stop judging a nation’s people by it’s government’s actions and the world will make a lot more sense.

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by NotBornYesterday
Republicans used to be the party in favor of lower taxes & smaller government & farmers. Foreign policy tended to be hawkish. They’d let you have guns and God, but not porn or gay sex. Right wing.
Democrats used to be the party in favor of civil rights & bigger social programs & friendly with [...]