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  1. 1984 on Homeland Security Department Testing "Pre-Crime" Detector · · Score: 1

    I'm increasingly growing concerned and paranoid of our government. I'm starting to get scared. This all but too closley resembles the the "Thought Police". I doubt this will be used for it's intended purpose. This will be used for automated tracking of key individuals.

  2. Re:Cusioned? on IT Workers Cushioned From US Economic Downturn · · Score: 1

    The government is handling this the wrong way. Instead of taking money out of taxes they should sell their foriegn interests to buy the dollar back. They can then use those old forign invested dollars to bail out the finance companies at no expense to the tax payer. In the meanwhile, the dollar would go up...Finally, to everyone pissed. Just stop paying taxes. Stop supporting a governmnet that supports tourture and dosnt give a shit about its citizens. Hack the system. Corporations have too much power? Cool, start a corporation, claim that power, create an offshore entity, write off all expensenes as a business/contractor then defer your taxes to your offshored company.

  3. Re:Screw blackness on New Diablo 3 Images; Design Wins Over Darkness · · Score: 3, Insightful

    For everyone complaining about d3 not being dark enough, just lower your gamma.

  4. Re:A better 3d browser on 3D Web Browser Draws Lukewarm Review · · Score: 1

    Nope, all eye candy. The overhead is not worth it. It should be noted; however, that the direction of technologies is moving towards visualization now that everything is being syndicated.

  5. A better 3d browser on 3D Web Browser Draws Lukewarm Review · · Score: 1
  6. Re:Erm... on Gamers Are Fitter (and Sadder) Than You Think · · Score: 1

    The gamers are only depressed because the've been waiting for duke nukem forever...

  7. Bad Idea on Berners-Lee Wants Truth Ratings For Websites · · Score: 1

    People will start relying on truth rating rather their own brains to determine truth. The ratings will then be delgated to a single point of control which can be manipulated. In essence, you will have an organization determing what truth is and stupid people will listen to those ratings. It will destroy the free flow of unregulated information.

  8. Re:5th on Indian Woman Convicted of Murder By Brain Scan · · Score: 1

    Answering the same question, I concur, 5th ammendment protects it. Also consider this for food for thought "It can also be argued that DNA is nothing more than a program designed to preserve itself. Life has become more complex in the overwhelming sea of information. And life, when organized into species, relies upon genes to be its memory system. So man is an individual only because of his intentional memory. But memory cannot be defined, but it defines mankind. The advent of computers and the subsequent accumulation of uncalculable data has given rise to a new system of memory and thought, parallel to your own. Humanity has underestimated the consequences of computerization."

  9. Re:With great genius comes great madness on David Foster Wallace an Apparent Suicide · · Score: 1

    I concur, I was in a gifted class where everyone in the class passed the standford binnet with a score over 135. The average score was 145. The common misconception is that geniuses are geeks. Wrong. Most gifted individuals (based on my subjective experience) did not fit the geek profile. In fact, as gifted individuals we were simply just really good at EVERYTHING we did. All of us were top in sports, music, academics (every subject), and socially manipulative (in evil and good ways). Anything new we learned, we quickly became proficient in (such as rapidly learning new languages). Genius just means an ability to learn faster and progress faster than the average. Furthermore, people with aspergers are psuedo "intelligent" at best. They appear intelligent because they engage in repetitive behaviors and obsessions. This is the opposite of intelligence (learning fast). Society incorrectly associates such obsessions with intelligence due to an incorrect assumption that geeks are intelligent. Geeks suffer from the same obsessive behaviors. Perhaps the words relation to the mental disorder exploits its own ambiguity.

  10. Philosophy in class on Royal Society and Creationism In Science Classes · · Score: 1

    I read the original article. I agree that teachers should explain why creationism isnt science. In fact, they should be proactive and explain what psuedoscience is. These issues raise a bigger question. Where did reasoning go? What happened to basic principals of logic and fallacy? These are things kids in school are no longer learning. They should mandate a philosophy class emphasizing what consitutes a rational argument, recongizing fallacy, exploiting fallacy, burden of proof, and historical progress of philosophy. Heck, throw in a segue to the scientific method as it applies to logic. Philosophy is the basis of inquisitive and rational thinking that would set a healthy atmosphere for math, science and arts.

  11. Motivation on Greek Hackers Target CERN's LHC · · Score: 1

    They were probabaly commissioned to hack the LHC by the Greek Orthadox chruch hahahah

  12. Re:Your tax money at work on Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Copyright Cops · · Score: 1

    I was ambigous in my response. I meant specifically as it relates to created works and inventions. I guess im coming more from a patent/copyright mentality.

  13. Encrypted drives on Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Copyright Cops · · Score: 1

    Encrypt your hadrives. Install windows as a honey pot default operating system, put a bunch of BS word docs that look like convincing computer usage. Have a hidden encrypted linux drive with boot loader disabled (only pops up with hot key or usb key). Continue pirating from non facist countries. Finally, rig your laptop with thermite. Claim you had sensitive financial information. When copy right cops steal property, they lose their hands. Please include a thermite warning and that the operator opens the laptop at their own risk. hehe

  14. Re:Your tax money at work on Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Copyright Cops · · Score: 1

    Humans learn and improve by imitation. This deprives us of our most natural instinct.

  15. Bypass gps tracking on DOJ Needs Warrant To Track Your Cell's GPS History · · Score: 1

    We need a gps proxy architecture. Would be difficult to setup. Im afraid this might require specialized hardware :( any ideas?

  16. Re:Legality of this on Locate Any WiFi Router By Its MAC Address · · Score: 1

    awsome sounds like GPS proxies are on their way

  17. Re:Well, not really on DOJ Needs Warrant To Track Your Cell's GPS History · · Score: 2, Informative

    This is actually good. It gives us more legal protection than we had before. The NSA and FBI have been sniffing GPS since early 2000 and they already have access to the roving bug and triangulation for older phones. At least the courts are saying...woah there...you need a warrant. Nothing new, we just have formal 4th ammendment protection now.

  18. Re:Superstition prevents congitive failures on Has Superstition Evolved To Help Mankind Survive? · · Score: 2, Funny

    hmmm, thats a very intresting take. it explains why i spend my entire work day pondering the meaning of my meek existence. If i was supersitious, I would have stopped procrastinating hours ago...

  19. Re:Not so sure on Has Superstition Evolved To Help Mankind Survive? · · Score: 5, Funny

    In ancient times, knocking on wood was essential to survival. Slaves would often "knock" on wood after moving large stockpiles of wood. The "knocking" would help shake off many bugs after each handled load. Since many died from ticks or suffered from fleas, knocking on wood quickly caught on and became a superstition. Haha, just kidding the above was all just bs.

  20. legal perspective on Automated News Crawling Evaporates $1.14B · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I am by no means a lawyer but it sounds like the automated trading software has the majority of the blame since it is the one that actually intiated the trade. So what if google descided to reprint old news...nothing wrong with that.

  21. Re:Can't admit a mistake? on Police Lose National High-Tech Crime Unit Website · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually...cingular.com lapsed a couple years ago. I bought it. Thank you for your monthly patronage...

  22. Negligence on Should Companies Share Criminal Blame In ID Theft? · · Score: 1

    Should be brought up on negligence charges if they fail to implement proper security systems, ecnrypted backups, or basic info "storage" standards.

  23. Somone has to say it... on As of October, FBI To Allow Warrantless Investigations · · Score: 1

    1984

  24. Re:Even the strongest chain has a weak link... on DPI and Net Neutrality's Overseas Weak Spot · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Long answer short, the exit node is the weakest link. But what if an individual owned a network of exit nodes colocated in facilities throughout the world? These nodes were hosted in secure locations without physical access. ;) time analysis still works :(

  25. Re:Packet Encryption on DPI and Net Neutrality's Overseas Weak Spot · · Score: 4, Informative

    Ironically, bin laden DID NOT encrypt his communications. Instead, he chose to plan is activities on the internet in sex chat rooms and other public locations on the internet. Bin laden, who had a relationship with the CIA before becoming a terrorist, knew that encrypting communication was one of the NSA's criteria that alerted the agency of an individuals suspicous activitiy. Encryption draws attention becuase its like feeding the NSA bad data. If enough people encrpyt their communications regularly, it will make it harder for the NSA to snoop...and yes, I do run linux :)