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I didn't expect Facebook to shoot themselves in the foot this quickly, but good for them that they'll so quickly and obviously learn from this last attempt to abuse their users. - Mike Smith-Lonergan

Holy frightening scenario Batman - or maybe if I was a soldier I'd want this, to give me every last chance to survive that IED. - Mike Smith-Lonergan

Sickening. - Mike Smith-Lonergan

However, this is a perfect opportunity for Comcast to leverage it's proven expertise in anti-net neutrality - quietly make Hulu slower for non-subscribers on the back end, as well as overwhelm it on the front end with ad content. - Mike Smith-Lonergan

Nice to see that corporate extortion is alive and well. :( - Mike Smith-Lonergan

Awesome - Mike Smith-Lonergan

Well that blows. - Mike Smith-Lonergan

From the ridiculously-predictable file... - Mike Smith-Lonergan

Um, how do you spell "frickin morons" again? - Mike Smith-Lonergan

Oh boy, I sure can't wait for a good incentive to blow my brains out. - Mike Smith-Lonergan

Three words: checks and balances. I think I learned this from Schoolhouse Rock as a child. - Mike Smith-Lonergan

"voluntary" must only mean one thing: the company is trying to skirt legal and financial responsibilities - 'cause you know they'd be thrilled to tell Wall Street they fired all this deadweight - that'd get the CEO the stock price boost he'd need for some retardedly-subtle onus he hasn't given up yet. - Mike Smith-Lonergan

Ruh-roh - no more Scooby snacks? - Mike Smith-Lonergan

Wait, try not to remove every little possibly harmful in the wrong hands objects? Reason has no place at the TSA... - Mike Smith-Lonergan

Absolutely agree with these assertions - both as a user frustrated with this nonsense and as a geek who sees how ineffective most of this is. - Mike Smith-Lonergan

Don't hold yer breath. - Mike Smith-Lonergan

If you've already given over your soul to Google (or at least, you use Gmail and Google Reader), these make Chrome browser that much more useful. - Mike Smith-Lonergan

Frankly it doesn't matter the motivations of the originators of any potentially dangerous service like this. The most relevant factor to me is what kind of risk I believe it poses to me and mine - for which the analysis is much more about whether Malicious Individuals can and might make use of it (and how). - Mike Smith-Lonergan

Oh this is going to be a nightmare of tainted compost going back to landfill. Ugh. - Mike Smith-Lonergan

Hear here. - Mike Smith-Lonergan

Holy crap - that's MY code! - Mike Smith-Lonergan

A ridiculous move in the opposite direction from where Apple's proven successful, and where Google is inching towards. This is the definition of retarded - of arrogantly retarded in fact. - Mike Smith-Lonergan

Funniest analysis i've seen of one of the most mundane yet terrifying aspects of daily living that I've ever seen. - Mike Smith-Lonergan

Thank god for a modicum of sense from the world. - Mike Smith-Lonergan

As strong an argument against p2p as the RIAA has ever made. - Mike Smith-Lonergan

This is what I needed three years ago, but for anyone who hasn't fallen down the source code crevasse, this'll probably help. - Mike Smith-Lonergan

Yipes - get your home PCs and Macs running antimalware software, religiously update it, and find an app that scans your installed apps and prompts you to update them (Secunia PSI is good if a bit cryptic). - Mike Smith-Lonergan

Holy freakin "from my cold dead hands" Batman! - Mike Smith-Lonergan

Repugnant - and Adam Smith for once isn't being misquoted to the warped ends of "free" marketeers. - Mike Smith-Lonergan

Fascinating - all we peons hear from Intel is how the next generation of the Atom will match (and maybe best) the ARM processors. But of course ARM will keep setting the bar higher... - Mike Smith-Lonergan