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• Why are we still linking Ars? (Score:1)

  by DrMrLordX ( 559371 ) writes:

  Shouldn’t people start cutting them off over the whole Dr. Pizza fiasco?

  • Re: (Score:1)

    by AutodidactLabrat ( 3506801 ) writes:

    For the same reason you quote Faux Noise. It’s where the news is
  • Re: (Score:2)

    by andydread ( 758754 ) writes:

    why? because one reporter got arrested so it means the whole site should be judged because a single writer broke the law? Are you accusing them of endorsing is private illegal activities ??
• change them with Espionage or treason (Score:3)

  by Joe_Dragon ( 2206452 ) writes: on Friday November 08, 2019 @08:00PM (#59396334)

  change them with Espionage or treason

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    by Jason1729 ( 561790 ) writes:

    That was my first reaction. This should be a Capital treason case if anything should.
• where is what happens when you don’t roll your own (Score:2)

  by Noah Draper ( 5166365 ) writes:

  Military should not rely on the products of private companies but rather make them to themselves as a matter of security , and facilitated by exemption to patent law and the concepts of intellectual property in the interest of national security.

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    by UnknowingFool ( 672806 ) writes:

    Bahahaha. Or you were serious? So you want the military to build chip foundries that cost several billion dollars apiece to produce serval thousands of chips. And then fabricate every single component of the IC to the tune of a several million dollars per plant. That’s just the chip; that doesn’t include everything. Or is your plan completely not feasible?
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    by ZombieEngineer ( 738752 ) writes:

    What you are promoting would:
    a) Limit new ideas (elimination of competition)
    b) Run counter to the concepts of free market policies
    c) Increased costs due to lack of manufacturing scale
    d) Support the existing Military-Industrial complex

    Generally the best solution is a justifiable level of paranoia and check everything (audit vendors and their products). Where the cost of compliance and/or consequences is still far too high then work those items in a closed shop environment. Even with a closed shop environment
• Wow that was crazy stupid of them (Score:1)

  by Way Smarter Than You ( 6157664 ) writes:

  I’ve worked for “secure government stuff”. You can get through security initially but they will eventually find out and they take that shit super seriously. Fucking with the government in this area is nothing like a parking ticket. If you’re targeted for being a security hazard you are super duper omgwtfbbq fucked beyond belief. If they’re lucky, they’ll get a public trial and be allowed lawyers and such and the law will be followed and they’ll go to fuck you up the ass prison for 20 years after a very
• Penalty. (Score:3)

  by Kaenneth ( 82978 ) writes: on Friday November 08, 2019 @08:11PM (#59396362) Homepage Journal

  China would execute them if roles were reversed.

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• They should sue Belleville boots, too (Score:2)

  by drinkypoo ( 153816 ) writes:

  I bought some Belleville desert boots once that the fabric ripped out of immediately when I put them on. Pity the poor fucker whose boots come apart in combat because Belleville wanted to save two cents on fabric.

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