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  1. Re:What is an energy secretary? on Nobel Prize Winning Physicist As Energy Secretary · · Score: 1

    Energy Secretary turns out the lights when no one is in the room, it is a sucky job, but someone has to do it.

  2. Goober!!! on USPS Server Meltdown · · Score: 1

    Herodatus (sp) , not the Post Office.

    The Post Office's motto is "the price of stamps just went up".

  3. Re:I am toothless on Indiana Bans Driver's License Smiles, For Security · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yes he does and loves it. Need I say more?

    And just because the wife is a 'Handsome' woman,
    try to cut her some slack, she looked much better
    before she had the kids and all.

  4. I am toothless on Indiana Bans Driver's License Smiles, For Security · · Score: 1

    Why smile? :P

  5. and That is exactly how they will come apart on Pieces Coming Together For NASA's New Spacecraft · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    In pieces.

  6. eBay is not news on Automated Scripts Overrun eBay Holiday Contest · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The first year it was in business, it was fun and useful.
    Now it is so-called "power sellers". Just a bunch of merchants
    without a brick and mortar presence.

    Let it die the death it deserves and stop posting eBay related
    CRAP.

  7. Re:Well, that certainly explains Idle on World's Oldest Marijuana Stash Found · · Score: 3, Funny

    I WAS high until you killed the buzz. :P

  8. Waste on Machine Condenses Drinking Water Out of Thin Air · · Score: 1

    of resources, money and energy. Old concept.

  9. So IF she had on AP Suspends DoD Over Altered US Army Photo · · Score: 1

    been the 'Glamour Shot' treatment, a professional hair and make-up
    artist crew to change her image, it would be fine, but the digital
    stuff is verboten. What a useless story. Background schmackground.

    Ya'll go back to Digg and find a real story.

  10. I do on A Third of Mars Could Have Been Underwater · · Score: 1

    But the 'plate tectonics' that are the impurities that form during the cooling process make for a bumpy
    ride, and unless massive 'terraforming' does occur, there will not be any flat, smooth land to accelerate upon to reach
    that speed. Sadly.

    Tom Swift had the answer, but he did not know the question.

  11. Dross on A Third of Mars Could Have Been Underwater · · Score: 2, Interesting

    We are living on dross, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dross the impurities on the surface of a molten ball of nickel/iron
    that takes billions of years to cool, geologically speaking.

    Global cooling is the long range prognosis for us, just as Mars. Mars gets less solar power, being more distant from the sun.
    Mars HAD an earth-similar composition 2 billion years ago. It is what the Earth will look like in the future. Deal with it.

  12. " if such institution receives fifty (50) or more legally valid notices of infringement as prescribed by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 within the preceding year"

    I am guessing that blanket "John Doe" notices are not really valid. Especially during the semester change-overs.
    Who really knows who is using that connection?

  13. Will they be heard? on Oklahoma Ambulances Debut Sirens That You Can Feel · · Score: 1

    With all the idiots with 2000 watt power amps installed in their vehicles, I doubt they will even be heard at all. I can hear most cars in the neighborhood several blocks away, clearly.

  14. The AWFUL truth about LEGO on Lego Loses Its Unique Right To Make Lego Blocks · · Score: 5, Funny

    My son had LEGO blocks, but I soon discovered that they have sharp
    pointy edges, and hurt when you step on them barefooted in the dark.

    Needless to say, any block I encountered in the dark disappeared. Soon
    he had none. That never did teach him to pick up his toys. Grrrrr.

  15. Six of one thing, a half a dozen of another on Should the United States' New CTO Really Be a CIO? · · Score: 1

    Digital schmigital.

    What they are doing is subsidising an INDUSTRY. Why?

    As we age, our vision and hearing deteriorate. Why spend
    money unless we need to? The spectrum will be SOLD OFF to other industries
    and NONE of the money will end up in your or my pocket. We, the People,
    have a share in the American resources, not the developers, who typically
    rape and run with the profits.

    Drill for oil in Alaska, where will be OUR share? Certainly not in our pockets.
    Build a huge shopping mall on land 'reclaimed' from public lands, due to a 'perceived' need
    for shopping malls. Lobbying and back room deals to allow a few to profit, while the
    public is screwed.

    We need to look after each other in the broad picture. Lobbys and other special
    interest groups are designed to buy influence and are almost totally against the public's
    interest.

    I only would support lobbies that may benefit ALL people. Lobby for the Aged or infirm(handicapped).
    Groups we may all find ourselves in.

    Why would you or I wish to subsidise tobacco growers? The list goes on and on. Don't get me started
    on grants for 'research'.

    The 'airways' are supposed to be PUBLIC in the US, but any change that allows private companies
    to profit at the public's expense, is just intrinsically wrong.

  16. No need on Should the United States' New CTO Really Be a CIO? · · Score: 0, Troll

    All the 'czars' the Bush people have brought into public existence should be abolished.

    The FCC mandate for HDTV should be revoked by Presidential Order, all of Bush's orders need to be rescinded.
    Wipe the slate clean. The Bush appointees should all be dis-appointed. Dismantle the crap Bush has caused.

    The RIAA et al, should be legislated out of existence as what they are, protection rackets, legitimized extortion.
    Change HAS to come. Radical change. We the People , allow yopu to do business in the country, not the other way around. The tail shall not wag the dog!

  17. Let us fix this on F-Secure Calls For "Internetpol" To Fight Crimeware · · Score: 1

    Simply make Fraud, SPAM, Kiddie Porn etc a crime wherein
    perpetrators have their genitalia (dick and balls) cut off and their
    eyes removed. Then the word PEDO is branded on their foreheads.

    We would see a great diminishment of these things fast. Word gets out.

    Add people who respond to these things to the equation. Stupidity will disappear shortly.
    Give cash rewards for reporting this stuff. Soon it will go away, when the idiots KNOW
    people will report them and PROFIT!!!

    Rewards are useful. Naturally, wearing a headband to hide the word PEDO should be
    a capital offense.

    Watch the fun ensue.

  18. How big? on How Big Should My Swap Partition Be? · · Score: 2, Funny

    42 Petabytes for Vista, the next version, who knows.
    The page file system needs to be able to juggle the
    fake RAM sizes effectively, So petabytes seems to fit the bill.

  19. Re:Summary is WRONG on Popup Study Confirms Most Users Are Idiots · · Score: 1

    Actually, well over half of the people on the net DO NOT UNDERSTAND English. Big fucking deal !!!

  20. Wasting IP addresses on Cisco Launches Alliance For the 'Internet of Things' · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yes, let's use up all the new addresses we have on stupid things.

    Perfect. First it was RFID, now the world! Individual toilet paper leaves
    maybe to warn us when we are low???

  21. Schenck v. United States on Comcast Discloses Throttling Practices · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Oliver Wendell Holmes, the judge writing the Unaninous(sp) brief for the case
    used the fire thing as an example.

    The private entities in the US operate under the US Constitution. Therefore they
    must obey the law as written or ajudicated through precedence. Failing to do
    so would open them up to a ton of lawsuits.

    The tail shall not wag the dog. We ALLOW these people to do business here, not the
    other way around.

  22. Without regard to the HYPE on Is the US Ready For the Switch To DTV? · · Score: 0, Troll

    The public safety factor is one concern.

    The other concern is the technical one.
    As people age, our hearing and eyesight deteriorate.

    All this High Def stuff will look EXACTLY like analog
    to us.

    It is a industry subsidized by the government. I say boycott
    all TV until common sense prevails.

  23. Re:Bloody Brilliant Idea on Police Shame Pranksters On YouTube · · Score: 1

    Tony Martin may have killed a useless thief, but he should have been KNIGHTED, unlike
    Reginald Dwight.

    Murder, hahaha bullshit, he WAS attempting to protect his PROPERTY. The police were NOT there, and had he
    escaped, the property may not have been recovered. Should the police PAY for property
    they fail to return? I think so, OR let citizens kill the thieving bastards. The police
    budget would swell to gazillions of dollars/pounds/euros due to their basic incompetence.

    When you do the crime, you MUST face consequences, too bad if one of those consequences is death.
    Too fucking bad! Brendan should have had his arms cut off. Pussies can reply, pussies who
    wish to commit crimes and not face consequences only.

  24. EXACTLY on ISP Embarq Monitors User Traffic · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    OPT-OUT should be default by LAW, and if the company opt's you in, they should pay
    1,000 dollars to YOU each time they divulge any of your information to ANY party.

    NO ONE wants these types of idiots knowing a single thing about them. NO ONE !!!

  25. Re:Send Larry the legal bill on Police Director Sues AOL For Critical Blogger's Name · · Score: 1

    Typical Memphis mindset. Remember the Amateur Action BBS stuff Larry Parrish
    dragged the Thomas's through in a venue shopping attack? Memphis morons.