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Re: Snowden distributed encrypted copies of NSA docs around ... by codex on Tuesday June 25, 2013 @10:07PM (#5943692)
Do people who drive like grandmas spend bread on a 200 hp Mercedes coupe?

According to this article [1], Hastings describes himself as a "a recovering drunk/addict/screw-up." In another True/Slant piece, he says, "I have smoked crack." He crashed a car in a drunk-driving accident at 19.

It's funny how geeks, who pride themselves on rationality, throw Occam's Razor out the window at the drop of a hat.

[1] http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2013/06/21/LA-Weekly...

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Re: Snowden distributed encrypted copies of NSA docs around ... by MRSallee on Tuesday June 25, 2013 @10:47PM (#5943845)
FWIW, 200 HP is not a lot and is, as far as I can tell, Mercedes' least powerful engine (201 HP 4-cylinder). In a 3,500 lb. car, it will not be especially fast.

(I used to have a 3,500 lb. coupe, a Pontiac GTO. Now that was fast. It had a 400 HP V8.)

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Re: Snowden distributed encrypted copies of NSA docs around ... by fnordfnordfnord on Tuesday June 25, 2013 @10:35PM (#5943816)
>Do people who drive like grandmas spend bread on a 200 hp Mercedes coupe?

I know a guy with at least a dozen cars, including a McLaren F1, drives way more cautiously than most grandmothers I know.

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Re: Snowden distributed encrypted copies of NSA docs around ... by ccera on Tuesday June 25, 2013 @11:54PM (#5944096)
In point of fact, my grandma drives a Mercedes coupe. So the answer to your question is yes.
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Re: Snowden distributed encrypted copies of NSA docs around ... by flyinRyan on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @10:01AM (#5946050)
Yes, it's a common frustration in the US that when you see a 911, Ferrari, Dodge Viper or whatever it's usually being driven slightly below the speed limit by some (presumably rich) old man.

And P.S. Occam's Razor is just a guide line. Many things happen every day that violate it. The US government has murdered people before and tried to cover it up, so it's not beyond the realm of believably or possibility.

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