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  1. Re:And how many were terrorists? Oh, right, zero. on TSA Has Record-Breaking Haul In 2014: Guns, Cannons, and Swords · · Score: 1

    What a strange world you must live in where jumbo jets land on Apple WiFi products in an emergency!

  2. Re:And how many were terrorists? Oh, right, zero. on TSA Has Record-Breaking Haul In 2014: Guns, Cannons, and Swords · · Score: 1

    I would suggest that a cannon should go under the seat.

  3. Re:And how many were terrorists? Oh, right, zero. on TSA Has Record-Breaking Haul In 2014: Guns, Cannons, and Swords · · Score: 1

    You are clearly doing your best to mis-interpret literally everything I typed. Helpful tips:

    Trimming one's fingernails does not generally mean with a lawn mower nor does it involve amputation above the elbow. Filling the car with gas doesn't mean farting nor does it involve fuel in the passenger compartment. By 'gas', the writer probably does NOT mean sulfur hexaflouride.

  4. Re:And how many were terrorists? Oh, right, zero. on TSA Has Record-Breaking Haul In 2014: Guns, Cannons, and Swords · · Score: 1

    And if the plane crashes, your laptop could take someone's head off but it's just fine even though it might "vent with flame".

  5. Re:And how many were terrorists? Oh, right, zero. on TSA Has Record-Breaking Haul In 2014: Guns, Cannons, and Swords · · Score: 1

    He didn't claim they are bullet proof, he claimed that they don't blow out.

  6. Re:And how many were terrorists? Oh, right, zero. on TSA Has Record-Breaking Haul In 2014: Guns, Cannons, and Swords · · Score: 1

    The windows don't shoot out, they get thumb sized holes.

    If you put enough holes in the plane, then the pilot will have to descend until the cabin pressure stabilizes. Of course since there is an in-flight emergency, hel'' be descending for a landing at the nearest airport anyway. Once on the ground, the coroner will pick up the broken and desecrated corpse of the shooter, police will interview the passengers, and they can be on their way.

  7. Re:Chainsaws? on TSA Has Record-Breaking Haul In 2014: Guns, Cannons, and Swords · · Score: 1

    And your chainsaw ends up in Mongolia. Unless, of course, you are traveling to Mongolia. Then it goes to Jamaica.

  8. What's with all the puritans? on Problem Solver Beer Tells How Much To Drink To Boost Your Creativity · · Score: 2

    At one time nobody thought anything of it if you kept a flask or a pint in a desk drawer. Nobody cared if you had a couple drinks at lunch (or just because). As long as you didn't get tipsy or do it constantly, nobody cared.

    Now, even the suggestion of it has people picturing people chugging, throwing up in the trash can and getting hung over. Nobody suggested that THAT much beer was a good idea.

  9. Re:"Cultural arrogance" on US Seeks China's Help Against North Korean Cyberattacks · · Score: 1

    In the '80s there was a punk band called "Jodie Foster's Army". There was no official comment from the Reagan Administration.

  10. Re:"Cultural arrogance" on US Seeks China's Help Against North Korean Cyberattacks · · Score: 1

    I saw a bit on the news last night that a man who escaped from N. Korea years ago and now lives in S. Korea obtained hundreds of copies of the movie and sent them into N. Korea using helium balloons.

    He said that after a life of hearing only what the government wanted him to hear, his eyes were opened when he found some pamphlets delivered by a similar balloon and he realized he must leave by any means. He wants N. Koreans to know what the rest of the world thinks of their leader.

  11. Re:Case insensitive file systems were a bug on Critical Git Security Vulnerability Announced · · Score: 1

    It doesn't matter what YOU interpret as a file name vs command, it matters what the shell considers a filename vs a command. Nit pick the example all you like, but if ; is a valid char, tears will result. I don't see where bobby;rm -rf * would be that much better. It's begging to be exploited.

  12. Re: Sorry, not corporate enough. on Bitcoin Exec To Spend Two Years Behind Bars For Silk Road Transactions · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Google around. How about the special cash boxes built specifically to maximize the amount that could be shoved through the cutout in a teller's window. That's a BIG heap of cash being deposited frequently. Exactly the sort of thing that is supposed to trigger suspicion.

  13. Re: Sorry, not corporate enough. on Bitcoin Exec To Spend Two Years Behind Bars For Silk Road Transactions · · Score: 1

    What you're missing is the depth of the investigation. There are plenty of reasons to believe HSBC execs should have known the money was dirty, it sinply wasn't investigated deeply enough.

  14. Re:Marketing?... NOT! on Anonymous Claims They Will Release "The Interview" Themselves · · Score: 1

    Some do have that special bone but I think it's in their head actually...

  15. Re:No big red button? on Cyberattack On German Steel Factory Causes 'Massive Damage' · · Score: 1

    As I understand it, the damage was indirect. The software was left in such a state that the furnace was at the time undamaged but could not be properly shut down. That left only the emergency shutdown procedure which was the cause of the damage.

    The real failure was not being able to physically operate the controls to at least manage a clean shutdown.

  16. Re:Old news. on Study: Red Light Cameras Don't Improve Safety · · Score: 1

    The root cause of the problem is a yellow too short to allow every car in motion to either clear the intersection of stop safely before the red. Once the light traps you in that situation it's just a matter of choosing your risk.

    Throwing an unfair fine into the mix can lead to poor decisions.

  17. Re:Make it easier to hire people? on What Happens To Society When Robots Replace Workers? · · Score: 1

    The problem is that without some form of guidance, we're more likely to end up with the rich enjoying the machines and the rest thrown to the wolves (at least until they overwhelm the rich and kill them or at least threaten to)

  18. Re:Make it easier to hire people? on What Happens To Society When Robots Replace Workers? · · Score: 1

    Yes, but at that time, we still had a shortage of labor over all. In western society, we very recently doubled the eligible workforce through equal rights. Then with a bit of development in the 3rd world, we have multiplied it many times (but haven't given those workers a chance to become consumers). Now automation is cheap enough that even those very cheap workers are threatened with unemployment.

  19. Re:Old news. on Study: Red Light Cameras Don't Improve Safety · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If you are choosing between "slamming your brakes at the last second" or "running a red light" then you were driving unsafely.***

    There is a significant correlation between installing the cameras and shortening the yellow. At the same time, even if the yellow was too short even before the cameras were installed, they increase the risk of accidents since people will no longer be willing to run the very beginning of the red (before traffic the other way starts moving).

  20. Re:When Robots Replace Workers? on What Happens To Society When Robots Replace Workers? · · Score: 1

    It should be, but there are too many wealthy people who firmly believe that they were born with virtue but the working class gain virtue only by working. Therefor, no job = no work = deserve to starve.

    There are two classes of people. Those who feel wealthy if they have no need to worry about money and those who can only feel wealthy if they have significantly more than others. The latter just can't be happy until you're not happy.

  21. Re:Make it easier to hire people? on What Happens To Society When Robots Replace Workers? · · Score: 1

    Because until very recently, the MECHANIZATION always required a human operator AND because until recently, the limiting factor on economic expansion was labor.

    We now have quite enough labor and we can make machines that require very little supervision.

  22. Re:Good news, bad news on What Happens To Society When Robots Replace Workers? · · Score: 1

    What makes you think nobody will use and appreciate?

  23. Re:In Massachusetts... on Time To Remove 'Philosophical' Exemption From Vaccine Requirements? · · Score: 1

    And the state does not have the right to demand that any individual accept any particular medical treatment. That's why the pressure is applied in a more round about manner.

    So that just leaves us with the choice. Do we want the kids to be un-educated or do we want to find a way to educate them? Certainly making the vaccines free will address the financial askect, leaving only philosophical and religious objections. We can certainly provide education fopefully convince parents of the value and even necessity of vaccination. However, at the end of the day some will still object. Since we don't want a society where someone from the government can show up at any time and inject whatever gunk they care to into anyone they care to, we must deal with the cases where the parent will not be swayed.

    Note that excluding their children from school just makes sure that they will make the same decision when they have kids. If they go to school, perhaps they will make a better decision when they become parents.

    It should also be noted that not all of the required vaccines actually make sense. The main ones we are all familiar with certainly do. MMR, DPT and polio certainly. But I remain more skeptical of chicken pox. That was never one of those scourge diseases. Evidence suggests that the immunity from the vaccine is less complete that you get from having the disease and that it wanes in adulthood, exactly the time when the disease becomes more dangerous and the vaccine is contraindicated.

  24. Re:In Massachusetts... on Time To Remove 'Philosophical' Exemption From Vaccine Requirements? · · Score: 1

    I agree that vaccines are a good idea but that doesn't justify removing the right to control what goes into their and their children's bodies based on their inability to homeschool.

  25. Again, where is the NSA on Hackers' Shutdown of 'The Interview' Confirms Coding Is a Superpower · · Score: 1

    Just what is the NSA up to here? Shouldn't they be busy heading off exactly this sort of thing? So what's their part of this action? That's right, they're busy facilitating the terrorists by weakening the security that could prevent this crap from happening so they can do the things they are never ever supposed to do. Screw protecting the country, they have law abiding citizens to spy on!