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  1. A Texas Sheriff's Department Has One on Civilian Use of Drone Aircraft May Soon Fly In the US · · Score: 1

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security bought an unmanned helicopter for a Texas Sheriff's Department. I feel safe!

    http://www.examiner.com/page-one-in-houston/first-unmanned-police-drone-texas-set-to-launch-north-of-houston

  2. Typical Modern Patent on Amazon Patents Gift Card Parental Controls · · Score: 2

    A simple, trivial, and most likely non-unique idea that has nothing to do with an invention -- perfect for a patent.

  3. At least AT&T informs you. on AT&T Starts Throttling Heavy Wireless Data Users · · Score: 1

    Comcast and a few other ISPs will throttle your account without disclosing that they're throttling you, let alone why.

  4. An analyst "estimates the cost?" on Amazon To Lose $10 Per Kindle Fire · · Score: 1

    An analyst's estimate could be much more than $10 to high (or low). Amazon probably knows how much they're making (or not) on each Kindle Fire, but I doubt any outside analyst does. Maybe Amazon gets the parts cheap on Amazon.

  5. Re:God dammit on Man Charged in Model Airplane Plot To Bomb Pentagon · · Score: 2

    Not groped, but you will have to take your shoes off before your turn on your transmitter.

  6. Please upload a copy of your government-issued ID? on European Users Overwhelm Facebook With Data Requests · · Score: 1

    In order to get your personal Facebook data, they have a small requirement: "Please upload a government-issued ID with signature to this report and ensure that your full name, date of birth, and photo are clear." Nice!

  7. Why do you need a supercomputer for that? on Using a Supercomputer To Predict Revolutions · · Score: 3, Funny

    There's one revolution every 365.25 days or so. Why do you need a supercomputer for that?

  8. Indirectly, Maybe on Gut Bacteria Exert Mind Control · · Score: 1

    I get grouchy when I'm hungry.

  9. 46.5 knots at Cape Charles, VA on When Did Irene Stop Being a Hurricane? · · Score: 1

    I was in Cape Charles, Virginia, 25-35 miles from the center at one point, and saw a max wind speed of 46.5 knots.

  10. Re:Who cares... on When Did Irene Stop Being a Hurricane? · · Score: 1

    It's not flamebait. The question is when the wind dropped below the well-defined level of a hurricane.

  11. Re:Who cares... on When Did Irene Stop Being a Hurricane? · · Score: 1

    A nasty storm does not make a hurricane, and does not normally require evacuation.

  12. Yet another obvious software patent. on Patent Applications Hint Apple Wants To Eliminate Printer Drivers · · Score: 1

    There is nothing novel or nontrivial about printing without a printer driver, and this has been done more than 25 years ago. We can expect this patent application to be approved straightaway.

  13. Re:And smaller than the space shuttle. on World's Most Powerful Rocket Ready In 2012, SpaceX Says · · Score: 1

    The two shuttle solid rocket boosters (combined) have more thrust than the Falcon Heavy.

  14. misplaced dead on Third Blast At Japan's Fukushima Nuclear Plant · · Score: 2

    "Thousands Dead" did not die from radiation or the nuclear plant.

  15. Ah, man... on PHP Floating Point Bug Crashes Servers · · Score: 1

    That's my favorite number.

  16. Gosub? on A Real World HTML 5 Benchmark · · Score: 1

    It's been a lot of years since I've seen a gosub, Basic line numbers, etc. used by this many people.

  17. Re:URL Bar on Firefox 4 Beta 8 Up · · Score: 1

    The simple solution to the Awesomebar is to give priority to the beginning of a URL. For example, when I type in "dev," it currently brings up sourceforge.net first instead of a recent url that begins with dev. This is the characteristic that alienates some users, it would be easy to change, and I believe that most users, by far, would prefer it to be changed. It's a little like Google Chrome bookmarks. They work pretty much like those in Firefox, except Google left out keyboard functionality so you can press S, for example, and jump down to the S's in your bookmark list. Because of this, Google is getting nonspecific complaints about how the bookmarks don't work right and are hard to use. A minor change in something that users are used to and expect will drive them away, even if they don't realize exactly what the problem is.

  18. Re:The only question I have is on Firefox 4 Beta 8 Up · · Score: 1

    Mozillazine ate my backup button, and I am using Firefox. Those worm brained milk drinking gooberheads stole my lousy backup button!

  19. GenoPro on Best Open Source Genealogy Software? · · Score: 1

    GenoPro is not open source, but it's the best I've found.

  20. Which Tuesday? on FBI Defend Raids On Texas Datacenter · · Score: 1

    Deja vu.

  21. This is an REAL privacy policy. on The First Truly Honest Privacy Policy · · Score: 1

    A REAL privacy policy: http://xpda.com/junkmail/privacy.htm

  22. eWaste: Deposit your old bits here. on Environmental Watchdogs Confused By E-Waste Practices · · Score: 1

    eWaste: Dispose your old bits here for recycling. Only you can prevent bitrot.

  23. Re:That long ago? on Greg Bear, Others Cry Foul on Project Gutenberg Copyright Call · · Score: 1

    It may be somebody else's rights, but I will exercise my rights and buy books written by someone other than Greg Bear (even though he's a fairly good writer.) If Greg Bear had publicly announced that he would release those magazine articles for Project Gutenberg, he would have gained a larger number of readers. Instead, he alienates his customer base for old magazine articles rarely read.

  24. Prior Art? on Tandberg Attempts To Patent Open Source Code · · Score: 1

    The way I understand it is that even if Tandberg is awarded the patent, it will be effectively invalid because of published prior art. If they sue anybody over the patent, the su-ee will just have to point out the open source project. I am not an expert -- am I missing something?

  25. .co, .ws on The Ascendancy of .co · · Score: 1

    I hope this goes the way of the multi-level-marketing strategy (aka pyramid scheme) of .ws. The .ws, or "web site" domains (aka Western Samoa) were going to replace .com sites some time ago.