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  1. Re:How the heck??? on McCain Answers Science Policy Questionnaire · · Score: 0

    Politicians use the intertubes for pr0n too you know.

  2. Advanced Surveillance on Advanced Surveillance Tech for Unmanned Drones Credited In Iraq · · Score: 0, Troll

    Investigative reporter Bob Woodward states that America has developed secret capabilities 'to locate, target and kill key individuals in groups such as non-partisans, For Freedom Fighters, the Free America insurgency and renegade Pro-True Democracy voters, or so-called special groups. The operations incorporated some of the most highly classified techniques and information in the US government.' The LA Times now reports, 'As part of an escalating offensive against extremist targets in the Fatherland, the United States is deploying Predator aircraft equipped with sophisticated new surveillance systems that were instrumental in crippling the insurgency in America, according to US military and intelligence officials.' Part of the capabilities appear to be that the unmanned flying drones can track targets even inside of buildings or voting booths.

  3. Won't Stop Crime. on Newark and the Future of Crime Fighting · · Score: 0

    If you put up cameras, they will crime in the shadows.

  4. Re:Nothing is 'safe' on Shuttle Retirement In 2010 Under Review · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Of course, but those are very non-scientific things that offer immediate rewards (bad guys die omg!, oil is money and money is good, car driving gets us to the nearest McD's). This is what the average joe sees, then he/she looks at the space program and goes "Why?" Not to mention government is going "We need money for other things like bombs and bullets" So they aren't going to market to Average Joe just how great the Space Program really is and how it advances ALL OF HUMANITY through knowledge. But knowledge is a dangerous thing to the government, so here we are.

  5. Re:It sucked. on Blizzard Unveils Wrath of the Lich King Cinematic · · Score: -1, Troll

    Narrow cinematic, shorter than a nomad, insta-troll mod because of Blizzard fanboys, lame.

  6. It sucked. on Blizzard Unveils Wrath of the Lich King Cinematic · · Score: -1, Troll

    It was terrible.

  7. Re:Tazer guns on How Do I Prevent Lan Party Theft? · · Score: 1

    No just a BFG or two.

  8. Re:So... on Smart Contact Lenses · · Score: 1

    There's an article? But yeah, with enough funding/time, it could very well happen. :)

  9. Re:So... on Smart Contact Lenses · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'm going to say some modified contacts to help soldiers kill people more efficiently. 'Cats eye' contact lenses to increase night vision (without those clumsy goggles and sensitivity to bright light...). IR contacts? That would be sweet.

  10. No pictures? on Massively Parallel X-Ray Holography · · Score: 1

    No pictures, smaller than a Nomad, lame.

  11. Re:Nothing changes. on Freeze On US Solar Plant Applications Lifted · · Score: 1

    There would be but it would be $5 a drop.

  12. Re:Possible detrimental environmental effects... on Freeze On US Solar Plant Applications Lifted · · Score: 1

    And by detrimental environmental effect you mean deliciously 'green' cooking effect, right?

  13. Re:Only Point and Shoots? on Hacking Canon Point-and-Shoot Cameras · · Score: 2

    They have this on the new Rebel and I think maybe on the new 1D.

  14. Re:Only Point and Shoots? on Hacking Canon Point-and-Shoot Cameras · · Score: 1

    Does not have to be on the mirror itself, there are a number of readings inside the viewfinder that do not have to do with the mirror. Would probably still take a hardware hack, but hey more fun am I right? And yes you are right an ND filter would work, thanks.

  15. Only Point and Shoots? on Hacking Canon Point-and-Shoot Cameras · · Score: 0

    Call me when they can do this with Canon DSLR's. I know a few times I have needed a faster shutter speed than I was able to get. (I like big apertures, and yes I'm over-compensating). Bonus props if you can get a live histogram in the viewfinder...

  16. Re:I call BS on InPhase Technologies Promises Holographic Drive in May · · Score: 1

    Apparently you have not tried installing the latest Windows, that was at least ten trillion exabytes.

  17. Re:Horrible communication of the future? on New Chip For Square Kilometer Radio Telescope · · Score: 1

    Bill and Ted have a time machine, though!

  18. Re:This makes me happy! on Canada Opens Wireless Industry To Competition · · Score: 1

    For Blackberry Plans for Rogers for example that is getting pretty close. Rogers also has a mobile internet plan $5 for 5mb and $10 for 10mb for example.

  19. Re:This makes me happy! on Canada Opens Wireless Industry To Competition · · Score: 1
    With Rogers it is $6 for Caller ID and $6 for Voice mail if you pay for them separately, yes. You can also get something like a $10 pack that gives you Caller ID, Voice mail, and 125 sent text messages/unltd received. No package for text? $0.15 for messages sent inside Canada. Also it's $2.00 for calls made in France back to Canada/US. And yeah their cheapest plan if you're outside Manitoba or Saskatchewan is going to be $20 for 200 anytime minutes, you have to pay a system access fee of $6.95 and a 911 Emerg fee of $0.50. (SAF and 911 fee are less than Bell, anyways)

    Not happy with Rogers or Bell? Check out http://www.cwta.ca/wirelesscompetition/benefits.php and pick out one of the other two dozen wireless carriers in Canada...

    * TELUS

    * Bell

    * Rogers Wireless

    * Virgin Mobile

    * Videotron

    * EastLink

    * Petro Canada

    * Fido

    * 7-Eleven

    * Solo

    * SaskTel

    * MTS

    * CityWest Mobile

    * Harmony Mobile

    * Aliant

    * Telebec

    * NorthernTel

    * TBayTel

    * Cityfone

    * Primus

    * Vonage

    * Sears Connect

    * Dryden Mobility

    * KMTS Mobility

    * More Mobility

    * NMI Mobility

    * PC Mobile

    * Talamobility

    Of course, you can take that site with as large a grain of salt as you like... It has a lot of "statistics." And of course, "there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."

    I also like on the CWTA site it has a piece about "No Free Ride" that goes like this:

    Mandating these wireless carriers to now share their towers and other infrastructure with new entrants is not fair to the companies that invested billions of dollars and incurred substantial risks to build Canada's wireless communications industry.

    Of course there is no mention of corporate welfare they received to build the networks in the first place, "risk" isn't anywhere NEAR the reality of the matter. Unless of course by risk they mean the agreement they signed to pay back the subsidy... which has not been paid back, I can't find the source online but I read in a Reader's Digest (Canadian "news magazine") that only around 10% has been paid back.

  20. Clearly on U.S. House Says the Internet is Terrorist Threat · · Score: 1

    this is an RIAA ploy, they've been having some trouble lately. Copyright law obviously is not enough of a deterrent for them, what's a $150,000 fine anyway? Soon it will be a terrorist act to distribute copyrighted music through the intertubes.

  21. Re:wanted: universal translator on British Columbia To Charge Recycling Fee · · Score: 1

    There is a town in BC, most notable for its smoke stacks and plants I suppose, named Trail.