Re:Snowden Used Low-Cost Tool to Best N.S.A
by ddggdd on Saturday February 08, 2014 @08:04PM
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Everytime media got wrong understanding of technical details, I always wonder aren't they supposed to check the fact and ask someone? it's like hearing my mom talk about tech.
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Re:Snowden Used Low-Cost Tool to Best N.S.A
by crazy1van on Saturday February 08, 2014 @10:40PM
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Most technical articles that I have some background understanding of are so wrong. It makes me wonder why I should trust all the articles on subjects that I don't know anything about.
Re:Snowden Used Low-Cost Tool to Best N.S.A
by hudibras on Sunday February 09, 2014 @02:12AM
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That's called the Murray Gell-Mann Amnesia effect.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/geneveith/2011/08/the-murray-ge...
Re:Snowden Used Low-Cost Tool to Best N.S.A
by mikeash on Saturday February 08, 2014 @11:09PM
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The programmer says, man, they totally screw up tech stories, but I love their politics section.
The Congressional staffer says, wow, their coverage of politics is laughable, but I really enjoy their insightful business analysis.
The businessman says, sheesh, they can't get anything right about the world of business. I sure like their great tech coverage, though.
I'm quite sure you should deeply mistrust all media reporting on everything. I see no reason to think that tech reporting is somehow different in how wrong they get it.
Re:Snowden Used Low-Cost Tool to Best N.S.A
by dredmorbius on Sunday February 09, 2014 @03:28AM
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The common theme I've found over time is that both news and Hollywood depictions of anything you're familiar with are grossly wrong in significant details.
Re:Snowden Used Low-Cost Tool to Best N.S.A
by ConceptJunkie on Saturday February 08, 2014 @09:27PM
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Are you kidding? You talk like they are journalists instead of a bunch of lazy hacks.