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  1. Re:3 months? on Denver TSA Screeners Manipulated System In Order To Grope Men's Genitals · · Score: 1

    I'm betting he identifies as straight.

  2. Re:no need on Denver TSA Screeners Manipulated System In Order To Grope Men's Genitals · · Score: 0

    I would like to know how often members of the high-level GOP have to stand in a TSA line, and how often they get groped? Are there any data?

    Meanwhile, POTUS flies on public transport regularly (Air Force 1) - how often does he get groped?

  3. Get 'em while they're hot! on ICANN Asks FTC To Rule On .sucks gTLD Rollout · · Score: 2

    Still available (https://www.nic.sucks/domainsearch):

    ftc.sucks
    icann.sucks
    slashdot.sucks
    electrolux.sucks
    beta.sucks

    Taken:

    voxpopuli.sucks

  4. Re:Warning!!! on 'Let's Encrypt' Project Strives To Make Encryption Simple · · Score: 1

    I am particularly uncomfortable with the presence of Cisco in this party.

  5. Re:Supreme Court Decisions Have Consequences on The DEA Disinformation Campaign To Hide Surveillance Techniques · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The courts have completely abdicated their responsibility to protect the people from the depredations of the Leviathan. The judicial branch of government is as complicit as the executive and legislative, and needs to shaken up pronto.

  6. Re:Patent? on Swiss Launch of Apple Watch Hit By Patent Issue · · Score: 1

    Swiss patent clerks are not exactly renowned for their insights.

    Oops!

  7. Modest Proposal on Swiss Launch of Apple Watch Hit By Patent Issue · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Put an Apple on Tim Cook's head. If a random Apple employee can shoot it with a crossbow, then the trademark is void. If Tim gets it in the face, then Swiss gnomes get to lick chocolate off the slopes of Michelle Obama.

  8. Re:"Policy construct we've been given" on NSA's Former General Council Talks Privacy, Security, and Snowden's 'Betrayal' · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Ve vere yust followink orders!"

    Time to watch Dr. Strangelove again, which perfectly captures the atmosphere inside this little man's bubble.

  9. Re:Amazing! on World's First 1 Megawatt All-Electric Race Car · · Score: 4, Funny

    And if you run it back down from the top of Pike's Peak, it is recharged and ready to go again!

    Try that with a gasoline-powered car.

  10. Re:What is trust these days? on Chinese Certificate Authority CNNIC Is Dropped From Google Products · · Score: 1

    If you owe the bank $1,000, you have a problem.

    If you owe the bank $1,000,000, the bank has a problem.

  11. Re:tough nuts on Chinese Certificate Authority CNNIC Is Dropped From Google Products · · Score: 2

    In this case Google has done something. What has the US or any other government done?

  12. Re:Not going to stop determined downloaders on Australian Government Outlines Website-Blocking Scheme · · Score: 1

    Tell me more about this "culture" you have in Australia. Where did you find it?

  13. Clapper's Girlfriend on NSA: We Mulled Ending Phone Program Before Edward Snowden Leaks · · Score: 4, Funny

    "He promised he wouldn't cum in my mouth! Promised!"

  14. The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil on Senator: 'Plenty' of Domestic Surveillance We Still Don't Know About · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ...is for good men to do nothing.

    Edmund Burke

    If the government has done nothing wrong, they should have nothing to hide.

  15. Re:Canada on 20-Year-Old Military Weather Satellite Explodes In Orbit · · Score: 1

    Stuxnet

  16. Re:Authority on As Big As Net Neutrality? FCC Kills State-Imposed Internet Monopolies · · Score: 1

    I reason thus: The country is based on the premise that you have inalienable rights - to bear arms, marry who you want, say what you want, to privacy, to remain silent, to make a living, etc. Neither the Federal nor a State government can abrogate these rights, except to prevent physical harm to others. A government may enact regulations, which are defined in the classical, correct sense of managing potentially conflicting rights in such a way as to minimize conflict. So if your state infringes your right to marry/bear arms/start an ISP, then it is incumbent on everyone, including the federal government and the courts, to ensure your rights are protected.

    So there is no problem with this, except if the community makes any rules that discriminates against other potential competitors, thus infringing their rights. This means that they should not regulate themselves.

    Naturally, this philosophy is observed only when it suits the politicians, which results in the problems we observe.

  17. Just Don't Call It The Internet on Facebook's Colonies · · Score: 1

    Facebook can connect the world, I have no problem with that. But if they screw with anything they are not allowed to call it "internet".

    May I suggest the All Obnoxious Liars system?

    Same should apply to Net Neutrality - do anything except route packets and you lose common carrier status and the right to "internet". I offer this one-sentence regulation to the FCC for free.

  18. Re:Bitcoin and Criminals on Iran Allows VPNs To Make Millions In Profit · · Score: 1

    To those who have modded me as a troll, I am downhearted that you don't seem to get the irony.

  19. Baedeker Blitz on Al-Shabaab Video Threat Means Heightened Security at Mall of America · · Score: 1

    Made me think of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  20. Bitcoin and Criminals on Iran Allows VPNs To Make Millions In Profit · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm sure bitcoin is being used to pay for VPN service. Once again confirming that bitcoin is the preferred tool of criminals.

  21. Culture Jamming on Al-Shabaab Video Threat Means Heightened Security at Mall of America · · Score: 4, Interesting

    These terrorist groups have slowly realized that the the biggest damage is not from bombs or airplanes, it is the self-inflicted damage that results. The DHS apparatus, multiple foreign wars and entanglements, loss of liberties, police militarization, "papieren, bitte" and a collective nervous breakdown are draining away the treasure and economic and social vitality of the USA. This is achieved at no cost beyond posting a video on the internet, and beheading any Americans who are stupid enough to visit them.

    This is as asymmetric as warfare can get. You may say things are ok in America, but in reality it could have been much, much better..

  22. Re:Who's Wi-fi? on Cellphone Start-Ups Handle Calls With Wi-Fi · · Score: 2

    Republic Wireless has built-in auto-accept of TOS (not technically a login) for otherwise open hotspots. The phone will attempt to "click-through" to get internet access, and if you confirm it has succeeded, it will remember the settings for future use. Now this is somewhat experimental and not perfect, but it does remove much of the hassle. RW is working to improve this all the time.

    The problem is that many hotspots are severely crippled, with tiny bandwidth, blocked port and services. For example, all the big stores in the local mall have them, but I suspect their only purpose is to track you, not to provide a decent internet connection. They are therefore not useful for calling.

  23. Inquiring Minds Want to Know on Paramedics Use Google Translate While Delivering Baby · · Score: 1

    Can this be used for making babies?

  24. Re:Don't forget on Ask Slashdot: Affordable Large HD/UHD/4K "Stupid" Screens? · · Score: 2

    You might not use the features, but they might be active all the same, and snooping on you. Even if you have not configured them or think you have turned them off.

  25. I have met a few gay people who wished I would adapt to them, but I never met one who expected it. I think you need to explain yourself better.