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  1. Re:Could have been worse.. on Astronaut Loses Tools While Performing an EVA · · Score: 1

    It made sense before the editors added an to the headline.

  2. Re:I feel like the more people that use MAC... on Microsoft Feared Mac Vs. Vista In '05 · · Score: 1, Informative

    The clit is fun to play with.

  3. Re:Hopefully this is only the beginning. on NASA Draws On Open Source For Shuttle Bug-Tracking · · Score: 1

    In space there is no such thing as "introduce fatal problems through unexpected interactions between issues". The programs are setup in such a manner to not allow that to happen.

    Like the strength of the shuttle wing's leading edge, and the weight of falling foam? You'd think they'd have been more careful if they expected that to happen.

  4. Re:Same as other security on Fewer Than 1% Arrested From TSA's "Behavior Detection" · · Score: 1

    How many people that get pulled out of the metal detector line actually get arrested

    How many don't have any metal on them? I'd be willing to bet it's lower than 99%.

  5. Re:1% may not be that bad on Fewer Than 1% Arrested From TSA's "Behavior Detection" · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The reason there haven't been any terrorist attacks is because of the terrorist repelling rock every TSA employee keeps in their pocket.

  6. Re:Only 1.2k Arrests! on Fewer Than 1% Arrested From TSA's "Behavior Detection" · · Score: 1

    Well, if you stick a bomb in your underwear drawer at home, it's not likely to blow me up.

    What if it's in an apartment? It could hurt people in the next unit. In fact filling an apartment with explosives is a tactic terrorists have used before. Clearly we have to have random suspicionless searches of every apartment and any house close enough to the neighbour's house for a bomb to cause damage.

  7. Re:Only 1.2k Arrests! on Fewer Than 1% Arrested From TSA's "Behavior Detection" · · Score: 2, Insightful

    People don't abuse vicodin. Wait they do. But it's not widespread. Wait, it's more widespread than illegal drug use. Damn, I guess we need to ban it.

  8. Re:Only 1.2k Arrests! on Fewer Than 1% Arrested From TSA's "Behavior Detection" · · Score: 1

    . Imagine a lot more coked up people driving on our roads and highways and walking around neighborhoods.

    Who are these people that obey drug laws, but ignore impaired driving laws? You'd think if the law is keeping them from doing drugs currently, that the law would prevent them from driving were the drugs legal.

  9. Re:Only 1.2k Arrests! on Fewer Than 1% Arrested From TSA's "Behavior Detection" · · Score: 1

    Ask the unborn child if he/she wants to be born, and THEN decide.

    Say something if you don't want to be aborted. Nothing? OK, you're the boss.

  10. Re:Only 1.2k Arrests! on Fewer Than 1% Arrested From TSA's "Behavior Detection" · · Score: 1

    In the case of a drug addict morality and fear of punishment don't play any role if he wants a dose.

    And this is different than an alcoholic how exactly? Cheap and legal drugs (like alcohol) mean addicts don't have to commit crimes to get them. They can beg for change like the bums do. $5 should be enough to get anyone high/drunk on their drug of choice. The crime argument is an argument FOR legalisation, not against it. You may as well argue that the black market funds terrorism, then advocate that we keep the black market around, It makes no sense.

  11. Could have been worse.. on Astronaut Loses Tools While Performing an EVA · · Score: 1

    Thank god they didn't loose it while performing "The Merchant of Venice"

  12. Re:Hopefully this is only the beginning. on NASA Draws On Open Source For Shuttle Bug-Tracking · · Score: 1

    If it's not going to make the shuttle safer to fly, why did they bother developing it?

  13. Re:I'm amazed on Woman Admits Sending $400K To Nigerian Scammer · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That's why we have courts to rule people incompetent.

  14. Re:Don't get so excited on Ubuntu Ports To ARM · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yet another reason not to use proprietary plugins. If non-x86 netbooks catch on I think we'll see sites like youtube offering alternative streaming methods, like via HTML5's tag. Flash is great for vector animation, but it doesn't offer any advantages when it comes to web video.

  15. Re:or a sprinkler system? on Dogs To Sniff Out Smokers · · Score: 1

    Sprinklers are generally only useful AFTER something catches on fire, while ashtrays are great at preventing things from catching on fire in the first place. I'm thinking the ashtrays would be more effective.

  16. Re:An agreement? on Remote Access Policies · · Score: 1

    Relying only on technical solution without involving employee responsibility and training will fail. It's like, say, giving soldiers the a body armor, helmet, protection glasses, etc. but not providing them with training, explanation of a cause, of tactics, responsibilities, etc.

    Not if it's impossible for them to use that equipment in any way other than the way you intended.

    Instead one should find a way to cooperate with colleagues, providing them with secure VPN tools and explaining them how to use them right.

    Why bother when you make it impossible to use them wrong?

  17. Re:No PC Support... on Review: Gears of War 2 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    "TBH, I for one am getting sick of the whole patch, upgrade hardware, upgrade drivers cycle of PC gaming just to play a game at a decent framerate without it crashing." That's the price you pay for playing games that improve in appearance more frequently than every 5 years.

  18. An agreement? on Remote Access Policies · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Any security policy that relies on employees voluntarily keeping to an agreement is doomed to fail. Either make it impossible to access in any way other than intended, or don't do it.

  19. Re:Slow down... on Plasma Plants Vaporize Trash While Creating Energy · · Score: 1

    I think he's saying it's sensible to destroy the environment in order to save the environment.

  20. Re:Source on Java Trial Support Coming In Linux Standard Base · · Score: 1

    Well, there's always alien.

  21. Here's an idea on Dogs To Sniff Out Smokers · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Maybe if they had ashtrays, there wouldn't have been a fire.

  22. Re:er... on How Do I Get Open Source Programs Written For Me? · · Score: 1

    And?

  23. That's easy. on How Do You Justify the Existence of IT? · · Score: 2, Informative

    All you do is stop doing your job and wait for everything to crash, then figure out how much money the company lost.

  24. Re:er... on How Do I Get Open Source Programs Written For Me? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So mister fuckface. tell me HOW you can with your shitty windows and shitty linux and extra shitty BSD capture, compost and edit a TV show or movie without making it look like a 12 year old did it in his basement.

    Ask these guys: http://orange.blender.org/

  25. Re:Some possible problems, here? on Ballmer "Interested" In Open Source Browser Engine · · Score: 2, Insightful

    90% of people also think a computer without drivers is as broken and unacceptable as a TV without a remote, yet they use an OS that does not ship with drivers for their hardware. But this isn't a problem since 90% of computer users don't install their own OS. They let an OEM do it for them, along with the drivers. Why would a browser be any different?