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  1. If only there was... on Congress Voting On Amendment to Defund NSA Domestic Spying Tomorrow · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...one man in charge, that could issue an order halting the controversial practices of the NSA.

  2. Re:Does anyone else... on When the NSA Shows Up At Your Internet Company · · Score: 2

    Under the precedent of corporate personhood, a business location is for all intents and purposes a home.

  3. Does anyone else... on When the NSA Shows Up At Your Internet Company · · Score: 2

    ...see a possible 3rd Amendment issue with this? Can the Federal Government force you to quarter a digital proxy of a federal agent? Too big a stretch?

  4. Re:or could it be ... on Colorado Town Considers Drone-Hunting Licenses · · Score: 2

    I think a drone armed with remotely fired shotguns would be pretty effective.

  5. Re:or could it be ... on Colorado Town Considers Drone-Hunting Licenses · · Score: 2

    It's anti-surveillance, anti-totalitarian, and anti-authoritarian, but it is in no way shape or form anti-government, as the town government created the law.

  6. Re:Judgement day is coming! on Apple-Liquidmetal Joint Patent Could Enable Futuristic-Looking Mobile Devices · · Score: 1

    Actually the "liquid" descriptor refers to the fact that is has no crystalline structure, like a liquid or glass.

  7. Re:I know why it failed....or is failing... on America's First Eco-City: Doomed From the Start · · Score: 1

    Simpson's did it. It didn't work.

  8. Re:The error they made on America's First Eco-City: Doomed From the Start · · Score: 1

    Plus when things go to crap, you can make an atmospheric filter out of cigarette butts.

  9. Re:Smart guns... on Hardly Anyone Is Buying 'Smart Guns' · · Score: 1

    How many people do you know who were physically harmed by nuclear missile production plants?

  10. Re:QA is not the problem on Upside-Down Sensors Caused Proton-M Rocket Crash · · Score: 1

    Sure, but UP upside down is still UP, only upside down. up, not so much.

  11. Re:I remember being puzzled by that chapter on Malcolm Gladwell On Culture and Airplane Crashes · · Score: 2

    All that multi-cultural bullshit aside. In this instance; the cockpit of an airplane that is about to crash, pointing out to the elder pilot that he is about to kill 300 people is clearly superior than respecting his wisdom by remaining silent.

  12. Re:QA is not the problem on Upside-Down Sensors Caused Proton-M Rocket Crash · · Score: 1

    The mechanical interlock is not the solution here. Two letters on or next to the arrow is. An indicating arrow without a prescribed orientation is useless. Cardboard box manufacturers know this. UP.

  13. Re:I remember being puzzled by that chapter on Malcolm Gladwell On Culture and Airplane Crashes · · Score: 1

    Both racism and ethnocentrism can have negative effects, but ethnocentrism is not always coupled with hate.

    Apparently, blind adherence to the rule that age and wisdom are directly related can have negative affects as well.

  14. I always thought... on Real Version of Homer Simpson's Dream Car Built · · Score: 2

    ...that the Pontiac Aztec was Homer's dream brought to reality.

  15. Re:Oh, look! Just what the economy needs! on Obamacare Employer Mandate Delayed Until After Congressional Elections · · Score: 1

    At least a CEO can be fired for poor performance.

  16. Re:Oh, look! Just what the economy needs! on Obamacare Employer Mandate Delayed Until After Congressional Elections · · Score: 1

    Was Benito Mussolini your next-door neighbor?

  17. Re:Oh, look! Just what the economy needs! on Obamacare Employer Mandate Delayed Until After Congressional Elections · · Score: 1

    Sorry, the first sentence was said with heavy sarcasm. College has been made anything but affordable.

  18. Re:Oh, look! Just what the economy needs! on Obamacare Employer Mandate Delayed Until After Congressional Elections · · Score: 1

    Look at how affordable that technique has made college. This is the US, not "everywhere in the first world".

  19. Re:Oh, look! Just what the economy needs! on Obamacare Employer Mandate Delayed Until After Congressional Elections · · Score: 2

    I think you should look up the definitions of cost and price. They are not synonymous.

  20. Re:Oh, look! Just what the economy needs! on Obamacare Employer Mandate Delayed Until After Congressional Elections · · Score: 2

    Yes healthcare does cost too much. I'm sure further separating the consumer from the supplier, and adding an additional middleman with access to a bottomless pit of taxpayer money will make it less expensive. That's always a recipe for success.

  21. Re:Fucking politicians... on Obamacare Employer Mandate Delayed Until After Congressional Elections · · Score: 0

    What does it say, that you were intelligent enough not to vote for Bush, but you voted for Obama twice. It's the typical, "I regret my vote, but both options were bad BS." The problems with the ACA were well known before the last election. It's unfortunate that we are still finding out what's in it.

  22. Pathetic. on Boston Marathon Bomber Charged With Using 'Weapon of Mass Destruction' · · Score: 1

    You just couldn't resist getting a dig in at Bush.

  23. Re:Start your own on Ask Slashdot: Getting Hired As a Self-Taught Old Guy? · · Score: 1

    That's pretty selfish. What about humanity?

  24. Re:At this point on Snowden NSA Claims Partially Confirmed, Says Rep. Jerrold Nadler · · Score: 1

    The MI complex is certainly something to be concerned about. But there are other complexes these days that are much more serious. Things like the public sector/non-profit complex. Or the educational/union complex. Or the national security/communications complex. There are many others. Public money is being transferred to private hands at an alarming rate.

  25. Re:Beware of the next step on Snowden NSA Claims Partially Confirmed, Says Rep. Jerrold Nadler · · Score: 1

    They are both equally guilty? Let's impeach them both then.