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Comment: Re:The tighter you clench your fist, Lord Vader... (Score 1) 273

Leia directs this to Wilhuff Tarkin, not Lord Vader. Tarkin is a Grand Moff of the Galactic Empire and is in charge of the Death Star.

So the quote is:

        Princess Leia

Comment: Not the first time (Score 1) 286

by duckintheface (#46374935) Attached to: Scottish Independence Campaign Battles Over BBC Weather Forecast

This would not be the first time distorted maps have been used for a political purpose. There is no reason use the Mercator projection on world maps except to make the northern hemisphere countries look much larger than those in Africa and South America near the equator. (Hint: Africa is enormous but is often shown as smaller than North America)

Comment: Re:equal treatment (Score 2) 226

by duckintheface (#46337831) Attached to: Google Fighting Distracted Driver Laws

Exactly! A whining 5 year old in the back seat is more distracting than an image on Glass. You can't test every possible behavior before it is allowed in a car. The law should be that every driver is RESPONSIBLE for paying attention to the road. If I am being distracted by Glass, I have a duty to turn it off.

Comment: Re:Based on what study (Score 1) 226

by duckintheface (#46337757) Attached to: Google Fighting Distracted Driver Laws

Why do you limit this to technology? What study has shown that it is safe to drive while eating a Big Mac? Are you going to test every possible behavior before it is allowed in a car? What about holding hands while driving? What about having kids in the back seat? Isn't that a distraction? I bet google glass is less distracting than a 5 year old in the back seat who is whining constantly.

Comment: equal treatment (Score 1, Insightful) 226

by duckintheface (#46337569) Attached to: Google Fighting Distracted Driver Laws

There are plenty of questions about privacy and security raised by Google Glass but I think all products should be treated equally. I might be more distracted while driving by a Big Mac or a cigarette than by an image out of my field of view on Glass. This is too subjective a judgement to be made by politicians through the legislative process.

Comment: When justice is done (Score 1) 742

by duckintheface (#46316383) Attached to: "Microsoft Killed My Pappy"

The important date is not when the actionable behavior took place (1994) or then the anti-trust action began (1998). The important question is "when was justice done?" and the only possible answer is NOT YET. Microsoft stole all it's online market share from the inventor of the browser, Netscape. The only reasonable justice would be to return their online market share to what it was in 1994. I think that was about 20%, if we are being charitable to M$. So M$ should have been banned from selling any product that accessed the internet until thier total market share returned to 20%. That has not happened... yet.

Comment: time delay (Score 2) 267

by duckintheface (#46307977) Attached to: We Can Avoid a Surveillance State Dystopia



Comment: Whose phone is banned? (Score 4, Insightful) 366

by duckintheface (#46222123) Attached to: House Committee Approves Bill Banning In-Flight Phone Calls



Comment: Fruit of the poison tree (Score 5, Insightful) 266

Not all evidence is admissable in court. Evidence that is illegally obtainted can't be used in a prosecution. And any resulting evidence (like from a traffic stop as described in the article) is excluded as fruit of the poisoned tree. So this DEA "parallel construction" is not only a subversion of the intent of the law but is actually a conspriacy to subvert justice. The people who organized and practiced this system are guilty of a crime.
