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  1. Re:Health risk on Inside a Full-Body-Scanning X-Ray Van · · Score: 1

    However, the backscatter X-rays are so soft that they only penetrate clothing and not very far (epidermis? dermis?) into you. If they deposit no energy inside the cells, there is no known mechanism that leads to damage (cancer, birth defects, cataracts, general life-shortening, etc.)

    So you can detail for us how they penetrate metal, but not skin.

    Dave

  2. Re:Judge Judy is a TV judge. on Inside a Full-Body-Scanning X-Ray Van · · Score: 1

    Judge Judy is a nasty Jewish woman who plays a judge on TV.

    The fact she is jewish is relevant somehow?

    To you, evidently.

    Dave

  3. Re:Wait, FOX? on Inside a Full-Body-Scanning X-Ray Van · · Score: 1, Insightful

    The primary driver behind Fox news is advertising dollars. While Murdoch seems to place a certain lean about the politics his content producers churn out. The primary driver isn't so much what side of the fence the story is on nor how factually correct it is as long as it is viewed as sensational in the eyes of the public and they can get away with saying it.

    Mmmm, no.

    Fox News was founded to drag the country to the right.

    The advertising dollars are just a tasty sauce on top of the main dish.

    Dave

  4. Re:fucking google, HOW DOES IT WORK?!! on Programmable Magnets · · Score: 1

    Gee, fucking thanks, fucking smartass.

    Dave

  5. Plastic used to visualize the fields- on Programmable Magnets · · Score: 1

    What the heck was that green plastic that showed the fields/domains?

    Dave

  6. Great, more gov't intrusion on FCC Will Tackle Cell Phone 'Bill Shock' · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Just what we need, more gov't intrusion, they should let the free market take care of this.

    Dave

    Warning- if you just got pissed-off, you may be sarcasm-impaired

  7. He had 2 good courses of action on Firefighters Let House Burn Because Owner Didn't Pay Fee · · Score: 1

    1) "What do you mean you didn't get my check?"

    2) Drive one of their fire vehicles into the flames- they'd sure as hell put it out then.

    Dave

  8. Re:TURBINE does not equal JET on Jaguar's Hybrid Jet-Powered Concept Car · · Score: 1

    How fast does it go on afterburner?

    Dave

  9. TURBINE does not equal JET on Jaguar's Hybrid Jet-Powered Concept Car · · Score: 2, Informative

    Dammit!

    That is all.

    Dave

  10. Companies should get NO rights on Does A Company Deserve the Same Privacy Rights As You? · · Score: 0, Troll

    Companies are not PEOPLE- people have rights, companies and corporations should not.

    Of course they are treated like people and do have rights- a source of many of our problems.

    BTW, the RIAA already has rights people don't.

    Dave

  11. Swearing is appropriate in extreme circumstances on Today's Children Are Officially Potty Mouths · · Score: 1

    All that has happened is that our circumstances are now always at that extreme.

    Dave

  12. Re:Why? on Stewart and Colbert Plan Competing D.C. Rallies · · Score: 1

    What makes you think Fox provides "news?" It is the propaganda arm of the Republican party.

    Wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong!

    Fox news was created for the sole purpose of dragging the country to the right, because the republican party was too far to the left for good ol' Uncle Rupert.

    The repubs are an arm of FOX, not vice versa.

    Dave

  13. Re:Lunatic? on Rackspace Shuts Down Quran-Burning Church's Sites · · Score: 1

    ...
      - but this guy has just picked the most offensive thing he could do to the world's 1.3 billion Muslims ...
     

    Oh, there are much more offensive things you could do.

    Much more.

    Dave

  14. Same as Harris- 2009 Air Traffic Control sys prob on State of Virginia Technology Centers Down · · Score: 1

    Lets privatize our most important infrastructure!

    When a Salt Lake City router went offline, only government telecom contractor Harris knew that the backup card was not immediately available and one technician had access to where it was kept. Meanwhile, hundreds of aircraft and thousands of passengers were thrown off schedule as the lack of an FAA filing system left pilots submitting flight plans manually.
    http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Networking/The-Story-Behind-FAAs-FlightPlan-System-Crash-773289/
    http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Data-Storage/FAAs-FlightPlan-System-Crashes-Again-Delays-Hundreds-of-US-Flights-199160/

    Dave

  15. Antenna and site photos on UVB-76 Broadcasts New Voice Message · · Score: 1
  16. Re:beacause on Look-Alike Tubes Lead To Hospital Deaths · · Score: 1

    The for-profit hospital industry, not the medical components industry.

    Dave

  17. Re:If you've nothing to hide... on Facing 16 Years In Prison For Videotaping Police · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    If Maryland troopers with the sideways hats behave like that in the name of Public Trust, I don't trust them.

    And that's exactly why the State of Maryland will lose in court.

    Your naivete does not match your UID- whose account have you hacked?

    Dave

  18. Re:See and Avoid on Can Drones Really Get National Airspace Access? · · Score: 1

    Except for aircraft without a transponder...

    Dave

  19. Re:See and Avoid on Can Drones Really Get National Airspace Access? · · Score: 1

    SC-203
    Unmanned Aircraft Systems

    Many federal agencies and commercial operators are currently operating or seeking authority to operate Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in the National Airspace System (NAS). SC-203 products will help assure the safe, efficient and compatible operation of UAS with other vehicles operating within the NAS. SC-203 recommendations will be based on the premise that UAS and their operations will not have a negative impact on existing NAS users.

    http://www.rtca.org/comm/Committee.cfm?id=45

    Dave

  20. Re:Haft inch on Sidestepping A-to-D Convertors For Town Government's Cable TV? · · Score: 1

    Don't forget "500" and "750".

    A former CATV engineer in recovery.

    Heh, I've worked on the other side (equip supply) for the CATV division of ADC, worked for C-COR, watched those stupid bastards go down the crapper, good times (fiber to the home? No, no one will ever do that).

    Love those frosty head-ends in the summer, and how the playboy channel (etc) is monitored 24/7 because, you know, it's important!

    Dave

  21. Re:Lets mine the Moon! on Price Shocks May Be Coming For Helium Supply · · Score: 1

    Jeez, dial the force field down to a point then expand it out to a sphere, what could be simpler?

    Dave

  22. Re:Surprise? on Verizon Makes Offering Service Blocks a Fireable Offense · · Score: 1

    Douglas Adams writi8ng style of the year award.

    Dave

  23. Re:So wait... on NASA Says Moon Has More Water Than Great Lakes · · Score: 1

    There's only one, named Willzyx.

    Dave

  24. Re:It's only 5.6 E12 gallons in the one plume... on US Confirms Underwater Oil Plume · · Score: 2, Interesting

    No, but it ain't 5 trillion gallons of seawater, either.

    About 26,000 sq miles one foot deep in oily water...

    Ya just gotta love those big numbers.

    Dave

  25. It's only 5.6 E12 gallons in the one plume... on US Confirms Underwater Oil Plume · · Score: 0

    5.6 trillion gallons, assuming 15 miles wide, 3 miles long and about 600 feet thick is correct...

    Dave