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  1. Re:Eh? on Pentagon Hid Magnitude of Data Loss From Recent Breach · · Score: 0

    Actually, if you look at the time on this, it was posted before any other comments that addressed the same topic, so it is in fact all of the other comments which are redundant. But I wouldn't expect you to be able to notice something that obvious. Thanks, ass-mod.

  2. Eh? on Pentagon Hid Magnitude of Data Loss From Recent Breach · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Why isn't all of the critically important stuff was on completely separate networks that aren't vulnerable; Genisys or something like that, for data; it seems strange that anything truly secret would be left on computers open to the Internet.

  3. Clothing line on TSA Evaluating Laptop Bags · · Score: 0

    Clothing line comes next. And footwear. Maybe we'll even be asked to wear approved clothing at all times, for the public good. Slippery slope? No, just convenient.

  4. Peeping tom on Powerful Optical Telescope Captures First Binocular Images · · Score: 1, Funny

    No hot chick changing clothes in her room will be safe now ...

  5. Robot body on Ask the Air Force Cyber Command General About War in Cyberspace · · Score: 0

    Any chances joining up for this will lead to getting a robot body, with 400 times normal human strength, all networked to create a supernerd with jugs of justice?

  6. Added value on Chicago Links School Cameras To Police · · Score: 0

    Mayor Daley indicated that he expects the cameras to serve as a deterrent now that people know they're under the eye of the police. Considering the share of school shooters that end their lives after committing their killing spree, I doubt video cameras matter much. In fact, it's probably a plus. All the glory of multiple camera angles.
  7. Re:Could we please stop with the 6k trolls already on The Universe Is 13.73 Billion Years Old · · Score: 0

    I'm not sure why people like to trot out the 6,000 year old theory every time someone mentions the age of the Universe It's because in the US (as well as in the UK) old-earth creationists and Creation Science types are extremely vocal in their criticism of science, whereas those Christians, etc. who don't disagree with the idea of an ancient universe generally ... aren't vocal. No need to be. The 6k bit gets brought up continually not because of the numbers / percentages worldwide that agree with it, but because of its influence (Kansas, millions of evangelicals who agree). It's the largest dissenting voice in a discussion on the topic. Thus it's addressed, even preemptively, for humor value, because the response of old-earth creationists is expected, predictable, formulaic, and to those who elevate evidence over conjecture, somewhat absurdly amusing.
  8. Absolutely unacceptable. on The Universe Is 13.73 Billion Years Old · · Score: 0

    Announcements such as this completely ignore the interactions with the proposed existence of primordial prespace.

  9. Unfortunate transposition? on The Universe Is 13.73 Billion Years Old · · Score: 0

    The Universe Is 13.37 Billion Years Old I find this result more acceptable, kind sir / fixed that for ya.
  10. Re:Anyone on Open Source Robot for Household Tasks · · Score: 0

    Who cares about suction. As long as it doesn't nag, whine, or yell, it sounds like bliss. Yes, but does it feel like bliss? I want a robot that knows how to touch a man.
  11. Re:One step closer to the singularity on Open Source Robot for Household Tasks · · Score: 0

    Human level AIs are never going to be practical for real world problems because they'll have just as many ways of going wrong as human geniuses do. They'll be practical if they're modeled on the Decider. It'll be best if you don't argue none, also.
  12. Anyone on Open Source Robot for Household Tasks · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... tested out the suction on one of these yet?

  13. Please on Rings Discovered Around a Moon for the First Time · · Score: 1

    " A broad debris disk and at least one ring appear to have been detected by a suite of six instruments on Cassini specifically designed to study the atmospheres and particles around Saturn and its moons." Please let the rings be named Dia.
  14. Re:Get a warrant for one computer, get a warrant f on Aussie Cops Want Powers To Search Any Computer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Americans increasingly understand our need to subpoena the Internet We have been exposed to hundreds of peer-to-peer networks by the genome-- Sequences that are not yet known-- We have revealed several popular nightmares We have downloaded over 650 million base pairs without accounting for the mouse We have withheld providing significant information Danger waits for us, like the unveiling of a public hearing. Citizen spokesmen may still unmask the terminally ill Chief Executive Officers may invoke the plug to boost sales Olfactory receptors may announce the outbreak and issue a $500 fine We must maintain a diverse portfolio, like an ancestor of the dogs, before the fruit fly holds a private concert that focuses on what they believe.