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  1. Abortion on Be Part of the 2008 Presidential Youth Debate · · Score: 1

    Dear Presidential Candidate McCain,

    If a bill making abortion not associated with incest or rape a federal crime were to come across your desk as president, would you sign it into law?

  2. Ringwraiths on Any Suggestions For a Meaningful Geeky Wedding Band? · · Score: 1

    Are we talking about an engagement ring or wedding band or something that functions as both? Wifey has a couple. A relatively simple gold wedding band she wears all the time, a nicer wedding ring and the $10K engagement ring that she rarely wears. Is being flashy geeky? Is being geeky flashy? Keep It Simple Stupid. Something like that should be special emotionally, not materially. Get her what she wants, I like the idea about proposing and letting her pick it out. Pitch your idea and if she loves it you win both times.

  3. No imagination on To Boldly Go Where No Mento Has Gone Before · · Score: 1

    You have to get started before at least 4 minutes and 30 seconds you do the 30 seconds of gorasmic decent. No problem.

  4. Let's see on California Can't Perform Pay Cut Because of COBOL · · Score: 1

    California Minimum Wages[dir.ca.gov] :
    January 1, 2007 $7.50
    January 1, 2002* $6.75*
    January 1, 2001* $6.25*
    March 1, 1998 $5.75
    September 1, 1997* $5.15*
    March 1, 1997* $5.00*
    October 1, 1996 $4.75
    July 1, 1988 $4.25

    So send Arnold to go back in time and figure out how they initially coded an increase from 6.25 to 6.75 in 12 months (2001-2002). or 5.00 to 5.15 in 7 (1997).

    And to terminate the comptrollers parents--I mean john conner--I mean the parents of everyone involved in the next movie.

    Whoever said it was political was right. Something tells me the comptroller is out of a job... BUT running for political office next year for sure!

  5. And on FBI Seizes Library Computers Without Warrant · · Score: 1

    "We," also employ the librarian. Usually hired by your local government (the people you should be MOST familiar with when it comes to government officials because they are generally your neighbors).

    Home rule on this one: If the librarian has dealt with the Feds on 3 occasions before chances are he has hashed the subject with her bosses. In this case, and maybe even in this community it may have been more of not wanting to be associated with defending/protecting a pedophile/terrorist. That is publicity I'm sure the Feds are well aware of when it comes to persuasion on getting what they want.

    Oh Librarians have Masters degrees. That's a hair better than being "mildly," educated.

    What you should be more worried about is those letters that say, "We are taking machine 013, 037. They don't exist anymore and you never got this letter. Thanks!"

  6. Solar Sails on Nukes Not the Best Way To Stop Asteroids, Says Apollo Astronaut · · Score: 1

    In case you didn't know what he was talking about (and since I never actually saw this mentioned) his solution is almost certainly solar sails. It looks like a big fan in space that you literally ram into an asteroid and allow it to gently push it off course. Tow evokes the wrong mental image of the space shuttle hitching up to an asteroid to drag it out to space. It's not some brand new idea either. The Russians and Japanese have their own programs. I think Russian's solar sail program suffered a setback due to a launch failure or a crash. JAXA had some success in 2004 where they deployed two solar-sail types mock-ups for testing. They hype is: According to information posted on the Web site of The Planetary Society, which is arranging a separate solar sail mission, solar sails could accelerate continuously, theoretically achieving speeds of up to 160,000 kilometers per hour over a period of three years. (http://www.space.com/spacenews/archive04/jaxaarch_081704.html)

  7. But on Japanese Company Says Laws of Physics Don't Apply — to Cars · · Score: 1

    My version runs on spit & piss.

  8. whos your daddy on Group Wants Wi-Fi Banned, Citing Allergy · · Score: 1
    This is pseudo hysteria stirred up by that report about wifi radiation and before that probably RIAA dollars to demonize the tech.

    Its just the internets ma'am. NEDM.

  9. sticky on Amputee Sprinter Wins Olympic Appeal to Compete · · Score: 1
    Is there any way to objectively determine his competitive equity with other athletes? It seems to me that they are "jurisdictionally," out of their league.

    I know the article says they considered this, but his blood doesn't need to travel to his legs to service oxygen to his muscles. Risk of ankle spraining: zero. Heighth and weight determined by length and bulk of the prosthetics. Other than not having legs he owns and defines any disadvantages he has. If something hurts he should be able to modify it. If he cant get traction he can revise the rubber contact spots.

    Why do I get the feeling that this is a result of:

    1. Lawyers preying on human emotion, empathy and sympathy.

    2. The stereotypes associated with the special Olympics.

    3.The "winning a battle to win it," for disabled people.

  10. Another Perspetive on Air Force Aims for Control of 'Any and All' Computers · · Score: 1
    This is resource reconnaissance plain and simple. You don't believe the USAF would find information regarding potential foreign and domestic vulnerabilities extremely valuable?

    I see this move as an investigative one and I applaud the USAF for taking the initiative. It seems a little misplaced to a community of net l33t but I say give them a break. Since they could neither recruit you based on your ideology OR afford to pay you what you're worth, your expertise is going to be left out.

    This also has elements of some obvious foreshadowing: Where the military goes, government often follows. The consequence of the "militarization," of cyberspace will bring about new understanding on where to place laws and enforcement mechanisms in the web. Naval Warfare brought about laws of the territorial waters/exclusive economic zone. Nuclear weapons brought the NPT.

    It's good old hard(imperial) capitalistic American thinking: The first nations to capitalize a potential resource military or otherwise (see: nuclear weps) does tend to receive the benefits of being the dominant authority for the next decade or longer. What we have not seen yet is the trial of just what kind of weapon will be made of Cyberspace. You don't need to watch the latest Die Hard movie to be concerned.

  11. 2 Questions on Elude Your ISP's BitTorrent Blockade · · Score: 1
    I'm a little confused on the legalities of advocating the bypass of an internet censorship/control/filters.

    Would our headline be construed to encourage the violation of Terms of Service/Use contract between ISP and Customer? Is there a good site for condensed information on bypassing filters/firewalls/proxies etc. (that may not necessarily prohibit illegal actions)?

  12. Simplification on First Space Lawyer Graduates · · Score: 1
    The Good:

    I think the framework by which an attorney evaluate cases/legal issues is a relevant and positive factor. I don't want a divorce lawyer handing a Microsoft anti-trust case. (Or do I?) He might not know how to set-up the case.

    The Bad:

    We have no space judges. Emboldening the technocratic? Lawyers aren't supposed to be the ones testifying in court as expert witnesses.

    The Neutral:

    Corporate law firms seek "in-house expertise." The new "Space Lawyer," will get a good job (and maybe a TV show), but he may never try cases. Their time may be considered "too valuable," to put on one single case. Could be good for some out-of-law-school people, or could burn them out quick.

  13. Hold on a second! on Government Efficiency and Network Theory · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wait.

    You mean more politicians ='s LESS efficiency!?

    Let's just replace the politicians with scientists. Problem SOLVED.