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  1. Re:The Other Five Party/Districts on Congressmen Say Clapper Lied To Congress, Ask Obama To Remove Him · · Score: 1

    Those where chose for political reason, there are many representative calling for Clapper to be removed.
    Not enough, but don't let Issa dictate the message.

    Like a manufacturer putting on the product "Our product contains no human eyes!" on their product to imply other products may contain human eyes.

  2. Be careful, this is politics on Congressmen Say Clapper Lied To Congress, Ask Obama To Remove Him · · Score: 1

    Be sure to listen to the actual conversation before jumping on headline opinion.

  3. Re:Handful of genome samples does not a species ma on How Farming Reshaped Our Genomes · · Score: 1

    Yes, but this evidence points to that may be wrong.

  4. Re:+1 Insightful on FBI Has Tor Mail's Entire Email Database · · Score: 1

    Because he is a bad pet owner?

  5. Re:Child porn, think of the children, blah blah bl on FBI Has Tor Mail's Entire Email Database · · Score: 1

    It matters if you are shoving the pickle up her ass.

    Now do you see the difference?

  6. Re:The government = zombies on FBI Has Tor Mail's Entire Email Database · · Score: 1

    No. People in Zombie movies are stupid, and make non-sensible decisions., It's the only way for Zombies to be a threat. Anyone who thinks for a minute can avoid zombies.

  7. Re:Wait, WTF? on FBI Has Tor Mail's Entire Email Database · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No, that's not true. You should look closer at the case. OTOH, facts have never been a route to +5 on /.

  8. Re:A medal. on Ask Slashdot: What Does Edward Snowden Deserve? · · Score: 1

    Yes it has. NSA had congressional authorization to do what it did.
    So no law has been broken.

  9. Re:It might be an unpopular opinion... on Ask Slashdot: What Does Edward Snowden Deserve? · · Score: 1

    So people should not be punished for there action if it is 'good' in some arbitrary big picture?

  10. Re:It might be an unpopular opinion... on Ask Slashdot: What Does Edward Snowden Deserve? · · Score: 1

    As it turns out, the NSA actually broke very few laws, and had congressional approval for what they did.
    we may not like it, but that's not the same as breaking the law.
    It turns out that they had congressional approval, and they were good stewards of the data.

    Don't like what they did? then you should be engaged you elected officials to change it.

    Just becasue he is a whistle blower, doesn't mean he gets a free pass.

    10 years in the cube, perp.

  11. Re:That's why Jobs lost his job on Watch Steve Jobs Demo the Mac, In 1984 · · Score: 1

    And that worked so well.

  12. Re:My favorite quote on Watch Steve Jobs Demo the Mac, In 1984 · · Score: 1

    Actually, he was right. Unix and it's various incarnation changed a lot in that time period.

    In fact, putting UNIX in the home would be a disaster today, unless you put a GUI on it people could understand.

  13. Re:That brings back memories... on Watch Steve Jobs Demo the Mac, In 1984 · · Score: 1

    You have just demonstrated how you are simply a hater.
    No one had that in the home at that time. It was a real technical challenge.

  14. Re:That brings back memories... on Watch Steve Jobs Demo the Mac, In 1984 · · Score: 1

    It was also an amazing technical achievement.

  15. Re: hmm on Watch Steve Jobs Demo the Mac, In 1984 · · Score: 2

    Too bad Goebel wasn't the patent holder. You're post show you lack any real knowledge of Gloebel (Göbel's ). I also find it hilarious that you blame Edision for Gloebel dying penniless. He didn't make any money form his actual patents either, is the also Edison's fault?

    anyways:
    Heinrich Göbel, later Henry Goebel (April 20, 1818 – December 4, 1893), born in Springe, Germany, was a precision mechanic and inventor. He emigrated in 1848 to New York City and lived there until his death. In 1865 he received the American citizenship.
    In 1893 the public in the USA and in Europe took notice of Henry Goebel. Magazines and newspapers reported that Henry Goebel had developed incandescent light bulbs comparable to those invented in the year 1879 by Thomas Alva Edison 25 years earlier. Henry Goebel did not apply for a patent.
    In 1893 the Edison Electric Light Co. brought suit against three manufacturers of incandescent lamps for infringing Edisons patent. The defense of these companies claimed the Edison patent was void because of the same invention of Henry Goebel 25 years earlier (Goebel-Defense).
    Judges of four courts raised doubts; there was no clear and convincing proof for the claimed invention of Henry Goebel. A research work published in 2007 concluded that the Goebel-Defense was fraudulent.[1]
    After the death of Henry Goebel, in some countries, the legend came into being that he was the true inventor of the practical incandescent light bulb.

  16. Re:USA Media sucks on Chinese Moon Rover Says an Early Goodnight · · Score: 1

    No, you suck. It's been on CNN, NPR, my local news stations, magazines and blogs.

    You are so bust making assumption, cramming crap into a predetermined narrative, and focusing on the negative you haven't bothered to actually pay attention.

  17. Re:Might do China good. on Chinese Moon Rover Says an Early Goodnight · · Score: 1

    If you think they are even comparable then you are deluded and need to stop watching so much 'news'.

    Snowden would have been killed, his girl friend put in prison along with his family.
    The news reports the replaced the information would be in prison or dead.

    The US has problem, and we need to fix then, but it's really nothing compared to China,

  18. Re:Only one page of comments on Chinese Moon Rover Says an Early Goodnight · · Score: 1

    "The Chinese have made the whole world proud with this achievement,"
    proud? no. Good job, keep it up, well done? yes. Proud? no.

    "You are not entitled."
    since the USA is responsible for the global advancement, maybe we are?

  19. Re:Enought with the nationalist crap on Chinese Moon Rover Says an Early Goodnight · · Score: 1

    Where where?

  20. Re:(insert bad lip sync here) on Chinese Moon Rover Says an Early Goodnight · · Score: 1

    Kung Fu means mastering something through hard work. The bastardization that Kung Fu = fighting come from American Cinema, an the import of action movies from China.

    Also, for tricking us into thinking the Chinese wash cloths with Ancient Secrets.

  21. Re:Made in China on Chinese Moon Rover Says an Early Goodnight · · Score: 1

    Gòngchndng s

  22. Re:Meanwhile, back in America on Chinese Moon Rover Says an Early Goodnight · · Score: 2

    I'm not an exert on Chinese moon probes, but I thing it was solid when it left.

  23. Re:Give Us Opportunity, Not More Mouths to Feed on Detroit Wants Its Own High-Tech Visa · · Score: 1

    Open up shops to do what? Shops usually depend don't here buying a large employer to have a income base high enough to support shops.

    And if you have a high tech degree, why would you want to start a business there? VC practically don't exist, you contemporaries are all on the coast. Try getting 10 million to start a software company in Detroit.

    Detroit is just like every other city when the primary employment went away. It just happens to be a large 'mill town.,'

  24. Re:The real point of what Detroit has to offer... on Detroit Wants Its Own High-Tech Visa · · Score: 1, Insightful

    "barring an advance in desalination,"
    actually we can do it now with desalination, no advancement really needed.

    ", Detroit, and Michigan in general, will be relevant again"
    nope, never happen. Crappy weather, high crime, republican stripping away representation for all but about 50,000 people, no industry... nothing really.
    It's a City, and state, mostly built on 1 industry that is now global.

    And when the mid est dries up, well, the human race as we know it will be on the way out.

  25. Re:Suing the wrong party on California Students, Parents Sue Over Teacher Firing, Tenure Rules · · Score: 1

    Tenure is what protect teacher from parent who can'rt accept their child is basically a potato with ears.

    I've tasked to too many parents* that wan't teachers punish for thing far outside the teacher responsibility.
    Child doesn't turn in homework, parent make no effort to see it gets done. Blames teacher. Child doesn't get into advanced class, blames teacher even though the child show no ability to be in and advance course. Class has 30+ kids and parent complain their child doesn't get 15 private minutes of the teacher time a day.

    Those are the mast common things I hear, there are other even more stupid things.

    There are problem with our schools, no doubt, but this isn't where to begin.

    *My wife and I are pretty active in the schools our kids attend.