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5 Reasons You Should Be Scared of Apple | Cracked.com

So what’s wrong with the secrecy? Absolutely nothing. Except when it indirectly leads to torture and suicide. Then it’s probably time for management to throttle things back just a smidge. It was reportedearlier this year, that Apple reached that point over a possible leak of an iPhone prototype.

“The manipulative tactics of the campaigners are designed to induce in the public a failure of nerve. They seek to undermine our faith in mercy, rehabilitation and the rule of law. They play on the misguided idea that the social breakdown underlying the Edlington crimes would be cured by a harsher criminal justice system. They are wrong. The Edlington case reveals a startling degree of neglect which demands society’s attention, not its knee-jerk vengeance.” — Justice, not Vengeance -Times Online

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Roger McGuinn Tried to Sway Metallica on Downloads - Spinner

Metallica might not have faced a well-publicized fan backlash had the band listened to former Byrds frontman Roger McGuinn. When Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich was set to testify before Congress against file sharing back in 2000, McGuinn tells Spinner that he tried to convince Ulrich that downloads were the future.

“I talked to Lars, but he didn’t seem to get it,” says McGuinn, who presented Congress with counter testimony immediately after Metallica. “He was still firmly on the side of the record companies, thinking that people were ripping him off. My attitude was like, ‘Hey — it’s the new radio.’ You guys ought to be glad when people exploit your stuff and get it around because that means they’re going to come to your concerts and buy your merchandise, and you’ll make a lot more money that way.”…..

5 Irrational Fears (Even Rational People Have) | Cracked.com

The current pandemic of Swine Flu has claimed less than 3,000 lives. Well… that’s still pretty bad, right? After all, that’s like a flu-caused 9/11. Then again, the ordinary flu, that gives us the sniffles every year? That one kills several hundred thousand people around the world.

The reason for the early panic is that they believed this virus was a descendant of the 1918 Spanish Flu that wiped out a jaw-dropping 50-million people. And while it was obviously not as deadly, the fear was that it would eventually mutate into something like its apocalyptic ancestor.

Also, it’s got a scary name.

It hasn’t lived up to it. Even the World Health Organization is describing this as a “moderate” outbreak. Their advice? Same as with the regular flu. Babies and old people should get vaccinated. The rest of your should wash your hands and stay away from sick people.

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I really need to follow this advice.

5 Ways You're Secretly Being Monitored

It’s so easy to tune out the crazy bloggers and Alex Jones types, screaming that the NWO is watching your every move. After all, these guys are paranoid about everything, all the time, so there’s probably nothing to it. Right?

Well, whether or not there is actually a massive room full of government operatives monitoring everything you say or type, you are being tracked. Whether it’s done in the name of theft prevention or stopping terrorism, basically nothing you do - nothing - is a secret any more.

5 Superheroes Rendered Ridiculous by Gritty Reboots | Cracked.com

“Now, there’s nothing wrong with dark and gritty superhero stories, we love The Dark Knight Returns andWatchmen. But when you take the humor and heart away from Spider-Man and stick him in a terrifyingly grim future that finds him heartbroken, you take away everything that attracted Spider-Man readers in the first place. And, sure, guilt has been a hallmark in the Spider-Man comics forever, but when you have a comic where Parker accidentally fucks Mary Jane to death, you’ve officially crossed the line.”

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Bill O’Reilly vs. Richard Dawkins on teaching creationism in schools. (via ThatGirlCA)

Watch this.