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  1. Re:Obvious abuse of power on Police Officers Seek Right Not To Be Recorded · · Score: 3, Insightful

    A camera fixed into the hood or dash of a police car doesn't get the "whole" event either.

    The argument doesn't hold water, sorry.

  2. Re:The steady slide to Police State continues on Police Officers Seek Right Not To Be Recorded · · Score: 1

    || The police are basing this claim on a ridiculous reading of the two-party consent surveillance law - requiring all parties to consent to being taped. ||

    So this should work with red light cameras and other "public" oriented camera surveillance. Just because one is in "public" doesn't mean that grant their consent to being under such surveillance. It's not a matter of "privacy" it's a matter of "consent".

  3. This is Ballmer's Baby on Microsoft Patents "Fonts With Feelings" · · Score: 1

    The inspiration for this patent were Steve's very own "Toxic Pit Stains" (TM). He wanted to see them in action in a document, web site, etc. outside of the YouTube an other videos where he proudly displays them.

  4. Re:Great news on Three Indicted In Scareware Scam That Netted $100M · · Score: 1, Troll

    It would be real news of "Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit" took down -- Microsoft!!!

  5. Re:Northeast Brand on Berners-Lee Deconstructs a Bag of Chips · · Score: 1

    Kettle Foods
    Salem, Oregon

    Not even A) remotely near Stone Mountain, GA and B) not even remotely the connotation you added.

    HAND

  6. Re:huh? on Will Steve Ballmer Speak At WWDC Keynote? · · Score: 1

    Hmm, no.

    Well, the fat thing is right on, but Ballmer will never be even in the same universe as Jobs was/is.

    What does Steve have going for him?

    Toxic Pit Stains (TM), and that's about it.

  7. Re:Northeast Brand on Berners-Lee Deconstructs a Bag of Chips · · Score: 1

    Pfft.

    Krinkle Kut Kettle Chips FTW!

  8. Re:Who is going on National Academy of Science Urges Carbon Tax · · Score: 1

    Oh, by the way, Joel Rogers is not just "University Science Dude Says", here is who Joel is (Wikipedia and other sources):

    Joel Rogers is an American academic and political activist. He currently is a professor of law, political science, and sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and has written on American politics and public policy.

    Rogers received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University, his Master of Arts and Ph.D. from Princeton, and his J.D. from Yale Law School.

    He is also the founder and director of a research and policy center, the Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS), at UW-Madison. Rogers has written widely on American politics and public policy, political theory, and U.S. and comparative industrial relations, as well as the "high-road" approach to economic development he is credited as first theorizing.

    Rogers is also one of the founding members of the Apollo Alliance. [1]. This group was credited with writing the controversial $787 billion dollar stimulus package for the US Congress in 2009.

    Now, go do your own research, you might learn something (at least, I hope you do).

  9. Re:Time to go.. on Patents On Synthetic Life "Extremely Damaging" · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't that more correctly be "patent gene pool"?

  10. Re:Who is going on National Academy of Science Urges Carbon Tax · · Score: 1

    It is a political power issue, period.

    And, current administration officials, elected and appointed, are making it such. All part of their "social justice" and "economic" justice meme.

    Wake the f*ck up!

  11. Re:Who is going on National Academy of Science Urges Carbon Tax · · Score: 1

    1. U.W. Madison Prof. Joel Rogers admit that "...it is all about the money and if we stopped ALL emissions in the U.S., it would make absolutely no difference".

    2. AGW (or Climate Change) is nothing more than an attempt to "redistribute wealth", but don't believe me. Just search for quotes of the current U.S. Administration's advisors and appointees. Maybe that will open your eyes a little.

  12. Re:Who is going on National Academy of Science Urges Carbon Tax · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Being that a carbon tax will have little to no effect (per "Climate Change" and "Global Warming" proponents that will greatly benefit, monetarily, should such come to pass) on the amount of human generated carbon in the atmosphere, all talk of such "carbon" or similar taxes should completely scrapped.

    It is, and always has been, nothing more than A) a power grab and B) a method to bilk even more money out of tax paying citizens who are already over-taxed in the extreme to help cement further control and enslavement of the United States citizenry. Such taxes solve nothing except continue the craven "re-distrubtion of wealth" meme.

    This should be opposed and thwarted at every level and at every opportunity.

  13. Re:For answers to the question -- on Cheap Cancer Drug Finally Tested In Humans · · Score: 1

    O.K., I have.

    I have read 50 plus books A FRICKEN YEAR for over 28 years now. I mentioned one book out of over 1400 books I have read in that time.

    The one book I mentioned got me started on my own research into the area, there is definitely some good, and definitely some bad in the relationships between pharmaceutical companies, the AMA, various medical research institutes and various societies.

    And, for final full disclosure, I have met the author of "Murder By Injection", about 15 years ago. I do not agree with all of his writings, and totally reject his anti-Semitic views/writings (heck, I was married to an Israeli for nine years, been to Israel twice, etc.). Nice man, generally, but very much "out there" on a number of things.

    Hope that helps, have a nice day.
       

  14. For answers to the question -- on Cheap Cancer Drug Finally Tested In Humans · · Score: 0

    -- about cancer societies and research.

    Read books like "Murder by Injection" and similar.

    The various disease societies are pretty much PR/Marketing arms or heavily supported organizations of pharmaceutical companies and the like. Does some good come of their activities, yes. Does a some bad (in the forms of where their loyalties lie) come from their activities, yes.

  15. Re:So what? on Microsoft Kills Support For XP SP2 · · Score: 1

    "2000 was amazing, but couldn't run games"

    Uh, I had a Win 2000 Pro system that I used for gaming back in the day, no problems, solid as a rock.

    It (Win 2000) was a better OS than XP ever was as far as stability in my direct personal experience with both OSes.

  16. Well you could always -- on Call In the Military To Blast Rogue Satellite? · · Score: 0, Redundant

    -- "...nuke the entire [satellite] from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."

    Apologies to Ripley.

  17. Re:Maybe I'm missing something on Exam Board Deletes C and PHP From CompSci A-Levels · · Score: 1

    Yeap, with C, you are pretty much in charge of the whole show.

    The only things I can say are, I do not envy you, but you will come out the other end a better programmer, overall.

  18. Re:Writing code is error-prone and expensive! on US Needs Secure Coding Office · · Score: 1

    Not necessarily, take SE Linux, for example.

  19. Re:What were the parents thinking ? on 3rd-Grader Busted For Jolly Rancher Possession · · Score: 1

    Of course, eventually graduating to Menthos (TM) and Coke (TM). At which point, all bets are off.

  20. Unreliable sources? on Obama Calls Today's Ubiquitous Gadgets and Information "a Distraction" · · Score: 1

    Well, considering the mountains of lies and obfuscation coming out of Obama's mouth, his press secretary's mouth and other mouth pieces of his administration, he is an authority on the subject of "unreliable sources".

    How about that report that our Health and Human Services Secretary sat on that showed the health care bill was going to cost more than was being promoted? Just one of many instances of bull crap coming out of those in power in Washington D.C. (note: I include Democrats and Republicans in this, they are both equally responsible for the current mess this country is in).

  21. Re:Democracy on US Says 4.3 Billion People Live With Bad IP Laws · · Score: 1, Informative

    Funny, let's see what Ben Franklin had to say about that:

    At the close of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia on September 18, 1787, a Mrs. Powel anxiously awaited the results, and as Benjamin Franklin emerged from the long task now finished, asked him directly: "Well Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?" "A republic if you can keep it" responded Franklin.

    Care to try again?

  22. Re:Welcome to 1995 on Microsoft Tips the Scale In Favor of HTML 5 · · Score: 1

    Uh, GIF is free, hasn't been patent encumbered for roughly a decade now.

  23. Re:Not a lobbyist on What Happened To Obama's Open Source Adviser? · · Score: 1

    Oh, I am sure that, with a considerable campaign contribution from one or more lobbyists, any appointment can be blocked.

  24. Re:Pfft, yeah, "GREEN!" on Ubisoft Says No More Game Manuals · · Score: 1

    || Well, we shall see. If they lower the cost of their games by a couple of bucks, then I guess they were being green. If not, then they are lying poser a-holes. ||

    For me, they are "...lying poser a-holes" until they prove they aren't. ;)

  25. Pfft, yeah, "GREEN!" on Ubisoft Says No More Game Manuals · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No, not "GREEN", more like "It's a helluva lot less expensive to just not print the manuals!"

    On-line help in HTML or PDF form would suffice for a "manual" and often does in many games nowadays.

    Besides, I have seen manuals get smaller and smaller and smaller to the point where they are really just a few pages of basic "How to install game" paragraphs and "How to contact support" *plus* two pages of advertisements for the company's other games, subscriptions, merchandise, etc.