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WikiLeaks has done some amazingly good things in the past, as per their stated goals. But releasing these cables isn't a part of their stated goals, they aren't doing it as a whistleblower outlet. They're doing it because the cables are embarrassing to the US, and they take great pleasure in...

Well, they're British, you know.

Some also actually think this will make the US government be more open and transparent. It won't. It'll make them even more guarded with their secrets. It's already started happening. Before too long, everything the government touches or produces will be classified, including the parking passes...

I don't understand the outrage. WikiLeaks is storing and distributing documents they obtained illegally. WikiLeaks does not own the documents, nor the copyrights to them. There's also the chance that some of this material may cause actual harm to others. Amazon has some pretty clear-cut Terms of...

I like the Neat Receipts thing a lot, both for it's size and for it's software. But I still use the printer/copier every now and then at shippers or consignees, so I wouldn't want to give that up. Also, since it's a photo printer, it lets me print photos out on the spot, like of damaged freight...

"At the center of every black hole is a little man with a flashlight searching for a circuit breaker." - Dr. Sheldon Cooper

"He recommends that you DO NOT post links to these documents nor make comments on social media sites such as Facebook or through Twitter. Engaging in these activities would call into question your ability to deal with confidential information,..." That's true. Even though, at this point it's...

There are legal reasons why government computers have to restrict access to sites that contain yet-to-be-declassified information. Still, this is pretty retarded for a library to do.

That's the humor. Just thought I'd (subtly) point out a little irony. Couldn't pass that one up. :D That's a quote from Assange, isn't it? :D

A computing platform is the hardware systems of the computer (motherboard, CPU, RAM, I/O buses) and software framework (UNIX, DOS, Windows, Mac) that allows software to run on the machine. Typically, a platform includes the computer's architecture, operating system, programming languages and the...

The interesting thing is, if Assange trips and hits his head, gets run over by a bus, has a heart attack or gets struck by lightening, the US government will be blamed by everyone. So whether we do anything or not, if something happens to him, we did it. So we might as well go ahead and take him...

Yes it is. Doesn't make it not true, tho. Oh, OK, perhaps I'm wrong, and it is sexual for you. Fitting in is something I rarely try to do. Regardless, if you don't want me to categorize your posts as bromance drivel, then quit posting the words of Beck. The people who cares what he says can...

As has been mentioned previously, and as is also blatantly obvious to even the casual reader, the Soapbox has become, for you, nothing more than one large extended thread about Beck, Fox, commentators you disagree with, et al. My commenting that it appears that you have a man-crush bromance...

Well, yeah, "bringing something in from another thread ....." not to attack, but for the expressed purpose of humor. That's a big difference. Unlike doing it for an ad hominem attack, humor dragged in rarely causes a thread to degenerate to the sticking out of tongues and food fights. The 7...

It amazes me that people are just now realizing that every member of the State Department, including the diplomats, are the backbone of the intelligence gathering community. Every diplomat on the planet is a spook. That's their job. Their cover is the sugary candy coating of a diplomat.

Not to worry. Word is that Hugo Llorens is heading up the investigation. :D

The missing unicorn has been found. Incidentally, German customs officials recently seized a can of the unicorn meat from a traveler, citing it as being the "meat of a rare animal" which is illegal to import into Germany. Related news: the unicorn meat is billed as "The new White Meat,'...

Americans love the stay-pufft puffy puffy puff soft-as squeezably-soft Charmin soft butt-wipes, but all that softness comes at great cost. At great cost, indeed.

A Man-Crush Bromance

Since turnabout is fair play, they would be unlikely to release stuff, because they know it could happen to them. The KGB, CIA and other intelligence organizations collected and used data for their own purposes, and releasing it publicly probably wouldn't have done them much good. There have...