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Re:General Alexander wearing EFF shirt by IBCNU on Saturday June 15, 2013 @05:32PM (#5886342)
Probably because he's the most powerful person on the planet wearing a t-shirt which signals that he stands for the very value's most assume he disregards?
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Re:General Alexander wearing EFF shirt by JoeAcchino on Saturday June 15, 2013 @05:33PM (#5886348)
Great, now I'm totally reassured.
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Re:General Alexander wearing EFF shirt by dllthomas on Saturday June 15, 2013 @05:35PM (#5886354)
... it's still interesting
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Re:General Alexander wearing EFF shirt by jiggy2011 on Saturday June 15, 2013 @05:36PM (#5886355)
Most powerful guy on the planet? I hadn't heard of him until now.
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Re:General Alexander wearing EFF shirt by dlsym on Saturday June 15, 2013 @05:58PM (#5886415)
"Why is a dude wearing a shirt on the front page?"

Not sure if...

"Most powerful guy on the planet? I hadn't heard of him until now."

OK. Troll.

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Re:General Alexander wearing EFF shirt by jiggy2011 on Saturday June 15, 2013 @07:29PM (#5886660)
huh?
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Re:General Alexander wearing EFF shirt by mindcrime on Saturday June 15, 2013 @08:20PM (#5886766)
Most powerful guy on the planet? I hadn't heard of him until now.

Do you think that your having heard of him, or not, has anything to do with how much power he wields? The guy commands the NSA and a big chunk of US military forces. See: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/06/general-keith-alexa...

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Re:General Alexander wearing EFF shirt by throwaway10001 on Saturday June 15, 2013 @05:42PM (#5886379)
Most powerful guy on the planet? I hadn't heard of him until now.

He's probably heard of you and that's the real power. He may have to do a few searches but he definitely knows more about you than you know about about yourself (you can forget what you said, how you felt or what did--the computer does not)

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Re:General Alexander wearing EFF shirt by wavefunction on Saturday June 15, 2013 @07:22PM (#5886642)
lul, the computer doesn't see into the mind or the soul, and that's exactly what a guy like this would want you to believe.

you're ridiculous if you think a person can be reduced to a model derived from algos

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Re:General Alexander wearing EFF shirt by jiggy2011 on Saturday June 15, 2013 @05:54PM (#5886406)
He is still subservient to the government. And really you would only know the most mundane stuff about me by seeing my google searches.
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Re:General Alexander wearing EFF shirt by alexqgb on Saturday June 15, 2013 @06:24PM (#5886480)
Dude, he IS the government.
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Re:General Alexander wearing EFF shirt by wavefunction on Saturday June 15, 2013 @07:22PM (#5886644)
go date him if you feel this strongly
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Re:General Alexander wearing EFF shirt by jiggy2011 on Saturday June 15, 2013 @06:30PM (#5886500)
No, he's an employee.
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Re:General Alexander wearing EFF shirt by CamperBob2 on Saturday June 15, 2013 @08:22PM (#5886772)
In the sense that J. Edgar Hoover was an "employee," perhaps.
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Re:General Alexander wearing EFF shirt by jleader on Saturday June 15, 2013 @07:57PM (#5886719)
"No, he's an employee" ... who likely has access to all his bosses' communications.
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