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  1. Re:Is this something actually useful? on Wikipedia Entry Turned Into Actual Encyclopedia · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why does it need a commentary to be useful? There is plenty of value in seeing the timeline and content of edits as they progress, being able to see what entries survived and remain and which have been done away with. It can give us insights into the process, the type of people that actually take the time to work on a wiki, the value of knowing multiple edits came from a single IP range. Some people like to say Wikipedia is a democracy, but there are people whose sole purpose is to raise the level of quality, that, tempered with the large amount of information coming from all over the globe (the internet is a relatively border-less society) can teach us a whole lot. Now, this is just one article, but I imagine for scientific value many articles of a varying nature would have to be looked at.

  2. Re:Compilation of facts are protected on Swedish Police Shoe Database May Tread On Copyright · · Score: 1

    Is it strange that I for some reason really want to get my hands on such a database? Why yes Watson!, I do recognize that shoe print, its obviously a recent edition of the Florsheim Imperial, our killer is obviously wealthy and well dressed!

  3. Re:What is more stupid on Rackspace Shuts Down Quran-Burning Church's Sites · · Score: 1

    Why the troll mod? I think he has a point. Regarding the right to do it, I feel that though I wholeheartedly disagree with it, they have the right to burn it. Regarding the matter of religion, I feel the reason so many religions are exercise such bigotry towards other religion is that they see the same fallacies in the "others" as they do their own. Religion has a cultural value and context, but if we as a species want to survive, we need to evolve out of it...

  4. Re:i've seen nessus reports on DHS CyberSecurity Misses 1085 Holes On Own Network · · Score: 1

    It should be noted that there are various certifications which any company hiring vulnerability assessment should look for, many of them cover in depth how to properly use Nessus, Saint, etc.

  5. Re:How is he going to pull it off? on Film Industry Hires Cyber Hitmen To Take Down Pirates · · Score: 1

    Yep, makes sense, even with the ease of buying botnets on the underbellies of the net, that technique has a very limited list of counters. There is even a windows version *shudders*

  6. Re:white men? on The Real 'Stuff White People Like' · · Score: 1

    Behind you

  7. Re:unnecessary waste of time on Cooking For Geeks · · Score: 1

    Enjoy your stomach worms. which can come from not only fish but from raw vegetables as well.... (and I used to love sushi soo much...but now...ugg)

  8. Re:Kim Jong Il or Rupert Murdoch? on Rupert Murdoch Publishes North Korean Flash Games · · Score: 2

    From a national security standpoint, I'm more concerned with Pakistan than Iran, NK, or anyone else. The majority of experts agree that the most likely national security threat to the US (I'm talking about academics and foreign policy experts, not politicians) is the potential for a radical element to get its hands on Paki nukes. Iran doesn't even have the bomb yet, but we keep on focusing on them, in the meantime, Pakistan has enough material to produce 60 to 100 weapons grade nukes...

  9. Re:A proposition on They Finally Found Out We Like Our Computers · · Score: 1

    Can we change the shell skins?...no I don't feel like Jessica Alba today, I'll go with Scarlet Johansson please.

  10. Re:done on NSA Director Says the US Must Secure the Internet · · Score: 1

    1. Re-open ticket
    2. Let it sit there for a year or so
    3. Pretend to work on it
    4. Bill them a couple billion for your work
    5. ?????????
    6. Profit!!!

  11. Re:Cue increase in smothering on Gubernatorial Candidate Wants to Sell Speeding Passes for $25 · · Score: 1

    Being a motorcycle rider (not crotchrockets, but I'm not one of those that disparages them to feel smugly superior) I constantly find myself getting quite angry at the irresponsibility of drivers in America. Particularly in a college town, I think people have far too little respect for vehicles, seeing as traffic accidents are over 4% (varies from year to year) of fatalities in the US. People need to realize they are driving a 2 ton bullet that can kill people in the blink of an eye. Some simple measures, such as much stricter testing like the Germans (and hence better education about driving), and things like a couple seconds more pause between a red light in one direction and a green in the other could drastically reduce these injuries. Instead you get things like some local and private company installing red light cameras, who then convince the city to shorten yellow lights, and cause more accidents than happened in the first place. It all boils down to money, so I feel the only way to improve it is to somehow convince people and the companies involved in the transportation industry that safety is more profitable than not... /rant off

  12. Re:Cue increase in accidents on Gubernatorial Candidate Wants to Sell Speeding Passes for $25 · · Score: 1

    Having spent some time in Germany, the thing that makes the autobahn safer compared to the US, is primarily one law. You have to be as far on the right side of the road as possible. Pass someone? Ok, get back over into the right hand lane. Big trucks have to stay in the far right lane all the time except to pass. And you WILL get pulled over for not doing it. It creates a safer more efficient flow of traffic people need to learn in the states.

  13. Re:There are few things more annoying on Fidel Castro, Internet News Junkie · · Score: 1

    Not a damn thing other than the fact you aren't supposed to have them. A classic case in the effects of prohibition of any item. (And yes I've had quite a few)

  14. Re:I can see on GameStop Pulls Medal of Honor From Military Bases · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the info, really interesting!

  15. Re:How Does the Same Company Make iPods and iTunes on Flawed iTunes Stands Out Among Apple's Products · · Score: 3, Informative

    I've used sharepod as well (anbd avoided Itunes like the plauge) but the the IOS4 breaks the sharepod's ability to sync, so am now temporarily stuck using itunes. Myabe there is an update for sharepod I've missed though.

  16. Re:I can see on GameStop Pulls Medal of Honor From Military Bases · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm a USMC OIF combat vet that has suffered from PTSD. I can barely survive the fourth of July, but games like ARMA II are surprisingly cathartic for me, and have helped de-stress me when symptoms raise their ugly heads. This move is insulting to the principle for which military people stand for. I swore an oath to one thing, and one thing only, that being the constitution. By disrespecting the constitution and the freedoms that come with it, moves like this are counter-productive to the forward movement of the evolution of American values in modern society. (on a side not, formerly holding clearance and being a staunch anti-weed guy, the ganja has changed my world for the better, more guys should try it...)

  17. Re:Riders on Senate Trying To Slip Internet Kill Switch Past Us · · Score: 1

    Oh the irony of attaching a rider that negates riders...does something like that self nullify? Thanks for the laugh...

  18. Re:Riders on Senate Trying To Slip Internet Kill Switch Past Us · · Score: 1

    This is why I have a somewhat strange idea. That the most likely way we are going to see radical change (for the better or worse) is by "sleeper" politicians, who are able to rise to spots of power and once reaching that point, if not being completely changed in the process of infiltration, start using their position to utilize things such as the "riders" to insert something. It becomes complicated and convoluted though, questions about morality, practicality etc. of such schemes are quickly raised and not easily put down. The likelihood of this is extremely low, but it is at the very least a slightly entertaining, if not frightening, thought.

  19. Re:LOLWUT? on Newspapers Cut Wikileaks Out of Shield Law · · Score: 1

    Actually, one of the over 6 definitions of journalism I read was " writing characterized by a direct presentation of facts or description of events without an attempt at interpretation " Minus the apache video (of which it should be noted they released BOTH and unedited and edited version) Wikileaks does just this. They may not be as journalistic as say, the NYT, but at the very least provide journalistic value to the rest of the news media. What I find beautiful about the internet as opposed to TV as a source of news is that I can follow a link, that leads to an article, that references a report, that quotes an actual document that can often be found and verified if one were so inclined. We can take out the middlemen, but without the will to read real news (one criteria I like to use is the question "Will this still be important 20 years from now?) people will still stay in their own little medieval worlds.

  20. Re:"Journalism" today on Newspapers Cut Wikileaks Out of Shield Law · · Score: 1

    I wonder if it is even in the realm of possibility for someone to "Shakespearize" a play about Fox? Oh how that would rock!

  21. Re:It's always refreshing on Armed Man Takes Hostages At Discovery Channel HQ · · Score: 1

    The difference is that religion, and its adherents, have a anciently long track record of atrocity, sanctioned and endorsed at the very top. Religion is a hindrance the to evolution of the species, but its not the only one. If we are going to survive, we must shrug it off the same way we shrugged off leeching blood and burning witches.

  22. Re:As seen on (Mexican) tv! on China Demands Real Names From Mobile Phone Users · · Score: 1

    Some of the German carriers do this as well, while I was visiting I made an account, and gave them my true identity...James Bond. ;-)

  23. Re:Of those 73 percent of misconfigured networks.. on Misconfigured Networks Main Cause of Breaches · · Score: 1

    Ahh, good old Dsniff, urlsnarf, etc. Had lots of good times with them.

  24. Re:How is this news? on Whisky Made From Diabetics' Urine · · Score: 1

    Just because your average beer guzzling nitwit doesnt know a hop if it hits him in the face, and therefore drinks bud, coors, etc, doesnt mean there arent some REALLY GOOD BEERS coming out of America! (I am a beer nut BTW, spending a month in Europe was what I call my "beer puberty") Some of my favorites come from the states. Dogfish head has some wonderfully complex brews, my favorite being Red and White. Some names off the top of my head that rock are: Three Floyds, Dogfish Head, Lost Abbey, Stone, Sam Adams, Sierra Nevada, Alaskan, etc. We need to educate the masses instead of sneering down our nose at them, there are so many awesome brews out there! ATM I am particularly fond of Belgian style tripels and quads.

  25. Re:So much for... on Legal Threat Demands Techdirt Shut Down · · Score: 1

    There is a difference between who the "consequences" originate from. Having people "jeer" at you is a far bit different than being thrown in jail.