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  1. Not surprising... on DARPA Wants To Get Rid of Password Protection · · Score: 1

    It was only a matter of time before they found a way to use all the Google, Twitter and Facebook data to uniquely identify people and groups. "it doesnt matter if I post up my fish on Facebook or tell people Im eating at Joes on my twitter feed" Ive heard that a thousand times here.. Its not the specific data..its how it is used in a grander scheme. And even if you dont participate, the algorithms and systems created from this still effect you. This is the first step to positive, unescapable recognition. Thanks.

  2. There is no spoon.. on How Do I Get Back a Passion For Programming? · · Score: 1

    You have created and endured a cage of your own making. It is only you that keeps you there and only you that holds the key.

  3. Re:Wow on Obama To Veto Anti-Net-Neutrality Legislation · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It may be that Google and Facebook, who gladly turn over any and all data and most likely are active participants in govt monitoring, trumped the 'IAA's on this one.

  4. FWIW... on World Emissions of Carbon Dioxide Outpace Worst-Case Scenario · · Score: 1

    Australia just passed "cap and trade" here comes the money.

  5. Just wondering... on White House Responds to ET/UFO Petitions · · Score: 1

    Are there any petitions where the WH has said "yes", "sure", "ok", "we'll work on that"? Everything Ive seen has been canned "No" go away you insignificant twerps.

  6. Cmon.. on The F-35 Story · · Score: 1

    This has little to do with the aircraft and everything to do with how much can be made off it. Its like everything the govt touches, they will charge what the govt will pay until the payments stop and we are lucky if there is any functionality at all without massive over-runs and over-budgets. It would be more useful to hold a company to its bid and either get delivery of the product (at specs) or reimbursement of the payments. But as we all know.. thats not how the military complex works.

  7. Re:So Basically... on Google's Patent Lawyer On Why the Patent System Is Broken · · Score: 1

    Id +1 this if I wasnt the OP.. doh and lol.

  8. So Basically... on Google's Patent Lawyer On Why the Patent System Is Broken · · Score: 1

    If you leave enough monkeys alone long enough with type writers and lawyers..

  9. Re:Face it on DOJ Drops FOIA Rule To Permit Lying · · Score: 1

    As long as we keep the discussion in us and them terms, we will all continue to get screwed. Its not a left or right problem, it is a system which has been corrupted. It is a system where the monolithic corporations write the bills which are passed by both the left and the right. As long as we continue to point a finger over there it will just keep coming. I fear it is too late. This round ends hate Obama, next round ends hate Romney. Lather, rinse, repeat. I think the Fed, the Monsanto's and Goldman Sachs pretty much have it covered. So.. yes.. evil GOP..keep with that and stay in line.

  10. Hay..wait a minute.. on Verizon Announces Pay-Per-Use 'Turbo Boost' For Smartphones · · Score: 2

    What if the "turbo boost" is still within the advertised, agreed upon, paid for bandwidth.. how can "network congestion" magically appear and disappear from within the same level of service?

  11. Re:And all of a sudden.. on Verizon Announces Pay-Per-Use 'Turbo Boost' For Smartphones · · Score: 1

    Exactly.. there should be some kind of minimum level of service (maybe like their advertised rate to their data center perhaps?) they must provide you or rebate some of your fee.. but no.. there is enough lobbying to make sure *that* will never happen.

  12. idget.. on Fee Increase Attempt Inspires 'Dump Your Bank Day' · · Score: 1

    My Bad.. most *Credit Unions*.. have apps...etc..

  13. Re:I did on Fee Increase Attempt Inspires 'Dump Your Bank Day' · · Score: 1

    Ours lets you scan/take a pic/however you can get them an image, upload it and deposit it. We use it all the time..

  14. Re:I did on Fee Increase Attempt Inspires 'Dump Your Bank Day' · · Score: 1

    Most banks have apps or methods to take pics of checks and deposit them. Maybe its a little technical, but people got used to texting and Facebook.. We use it all the time.. and since our move from Texas to Missouri, and our CU still in Texas, we use it pretty frequently since we run a web biz and a few of our clients use the auto-check thing. There is NO good reason to hang on to these bastards. NONE.

  15. And all of a sudden.. on Verizon Announces Pay-Per-Use 'Turbo Boost' For Smartphones · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Nothing seems to work so great without "turbo boost"..

  16. More worrisome.. on Iranian Police Tracking Dissidents Using Tech From Western Companies · · Score: 1

    We should be more worried by Our police tracking US with OUR technology.. Drones in Houston anyone?

  17. Face it on DOJ Drops FOIA Rule To Permit Lying · · Score: 1

    The whole thing from top to bottom is one big Cluster F*ck.

  18. A good employee is rarely about the skills on Tough Tests Flunk Good Programming Job Candidates · · Score: 1

    Sure, there is a baseline for skills which is somewhere around anyone can do this with 1/2 an interest and some time... skills can be taught.. A good employee is just about always how they get along in the company and with co-workers. A genius slacker would pass the tests and manage to suck your company dry while finding ways to enable his slacking.. An honest focused, caring employee will be there after hours and make a deadline. If you are looking for the genius dedicated employee.. well.. thats a sort of an oxymoron.

  19. Im not sure which is worse... on Dutch Psychologist Faked Data In At Least 30 Scientific Papers · · Score: 2

    Faked data like this or studies/data that are suppressed by the legions of lawyers at Monsanto and Pfizer. One is simply fabricated, the other is more boot-to-the-neck.

  20. Re:Not surprising - small correction.. on The White House Responds To We the People Petition · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Theyre not on a mission from God.. theyre on a mission from Pfizer.

  21. An interesting fact.. on Student Loans In America: the Next Big Credit Bubble · · Score: 1

    Banks no longer make govt backed student loans.
    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/us/politics/26loans.html
    Unless we are talking about a bubble from current outstanding loans and the securitization of them, the bubble is coming straight from the Federal Govt. That is also assuming that almost all loans are the govt rubber-stamp type, not real show me your credit rating bank types.

  22. Its probably worse than that.. on Netflix Expanding Streaming Service to The UK and Ireland · · Score: 1

    I have an account I just disabled before the price doubling.. they dont bill you and stop all services. I dont blame them, I blame the copyright holders..but its irrelevant, its more than I want to pay and I will probably eventually kill it.

  23. Im afraid it is too late. on Ron Paul Suggests Axing 5 U.S. Federal Departments (and Budgets) · · Score: 1

    When the first thought is that if the federal govt doesnt do "X" it will not get done, when the initial reaction is that the govt's main function is to coddle and bubble wrap us from every possible evil and ill, then the mass media and the global powers have finished their plan.. you are nothing more than a slave whimpering at the doorstep of your masters.

  24. Reverse EULA... on EA's New User Agreement Bans Lawsuits · · Score: 1

    I wonder, if acting as an agent of these guys by pushing their wares, you could slip in a note and add your own personal payment EULA. Like.. By accepting this payment.. (fill in the blanks). Then when pizza face boy at game stop takes your money and note (keep a copy) you lock them down the same way.. yeah yeah yeah.. prolly not.. but it would be an interesting ride I guess..

  25. Lets see how this washes... on Missouri Hedges On 'Teachers Can't Friend Students' Law · · Score: 1

    I have a very close friend who is a flaming liberal. I am a pretty ultra conservative. We get into all kinds of fun debates. Fine. She is a teacher.

    She has a multitude of student facebook friends, many under 18, many in her class or have been in her class who view her as a role model and intellectual. She is very prolific about her position, politics and social issues on facebook. I would think this is probably ok in the current atmosphere.

    What if she was an ultra religious conservative preaching the 4,000 year old earth 2nd coming of Jesus bit to all her students via facebook. Would it still wash when little Jenny asks mom why her family is going to hell for not accepting Jesus as their savior?