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  1. Re:Proud? on Don't Fly During Ramadan · · Score: 1

    Or at least have the federal government power pushed back to the spirit of the constitution, defense, freetrade and bill or rights.

  2. Re:Multiply any radiation claims by 10x on Fukushima Actually "Much Worse" Than So Far Disclosed, Say Experts · · Score: 2, Interesting

    How many children would die if there was no power?

    How many children would have died from coal burning related illnesses?

    How many children would not have been born because their parents died due to either of the above?

  3. Re:Rule of thumb on Fukushima Actually "Much Worse" Than So Far Disclosed, Say Experts · · Score: 1

    Leave it to Nuclear and terrorism to have the number of problems still be able to be counted by a single person yet be so unsafe as to spend far to much time and money trying to counter it. The amount of good that comes from nuclear power and the amount of bad that comes from the overly sensitive security state out way by far the problems of either.

  4. Re:The problem with oversight from two persons on Is the Stable Linux Kernel Moving Too Fast? · · Score: 1

    But my heart monitor automatically downloads and installs the latest kernels within minutes of them being posted to kernel.org.

  5. Re:Compared to what? on Is the Stable Linux Kernel Moving Too Fast? · · Score: 1

    Perhaps the question should be "Am I adopting Linux kernels too fast?"

    Well, if you were hit by this bug in a significant non-testing way then I'd say yes. Unless you are testing, don't install anything on release day.

  6. Re:Oooo, ooo. Pick me teacher. I can solve this on on Medical Costs Bankrupt Patients; It's the Computer's Fault · · Score: 1

    someone you individually have no choice but to accept or someone whom you can take your business elsewhere.

  7. Re:This may work........ on "451" Error Will Tell Users When Governments Are Blocking Websites · · Score: 1

    but 451 page redirected to a 404. is an error 1984.

    Or should I just woosh? and modded 5??

  8. Re:Next step on Comcast Allegedly Confirms That Prenda Planted Porn Torrents · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why do I find this the scariest part of the summery:

    "The allegations gained steam when The Pirate Bay dug through its own backup tapes to find more evidence linking John Steele to an account called sharkmp4.""

  9. Re:replace Windoze with Linux on Why the NSA Can't Replace 90% of Its System Administrators · · Score: 1

    Russian's administer your box for you after it's part of their bot net.

  10. Re:To The Cloud on Why the NSA Can't Replace 90% of Its System Administrators · · Score: 1

    My nots chewing on the power cables again?

  11. Re:why licensing? on IPTV Providers To Pay Same Regulatory Fees As Cable Companies · · Score: 1

    I've watched a lot of netflix and have yet to see a single advertisement. Where are these at?

  12. Re:A European perspective on Ask Slashdot: When Is It OK To Not Give Notice? · · Score: 1

    Typical, yes. A crossed the board perhaps not. The only people considered interchangeable are those that are. Get out and fix that within your self.

  13. Re:Sacking... on Aussie Public Servant Criticises Gov't On Twitter, Gets Sacked · · Score: 1

    You seem to have miss interpreted "no more than" to be "at least"

    Please re-read now that I've clarified that for you.

  14. Re:A European perspective on Ask Slashdot: When Is It OK To Not Give Notice? · · Score: 1

    What US do you live in? Certainly not the one I'm in where I've been treated well at every job I've left except one.

  15. Re:Ahh good ol' Wenger 16999 Swiss Army Knife Gian on Amazon Selects Their Favorite Fake Customer Reviews · · Score: 0
  16. Re:This may work........ on "451" Error Will Tell Users When Governments Are Blocking Websites · · Score: 2

    I think that's an "Error 1984: 451 redirected to 404." 2+2=5

  17. Re:Oooo, ooo. Pick me teacher. I can solve this on on Medical Costs Bankrupt Patients; It's the Computer's Fault · · Score: 1

    Hmm, somebody with a proven track record or someone that is just good at convincing others to vote for him...

  18. Re:That's the beuaty of it on Medical Costs Bankrupt Patients; It's the Computer's Fault · · Score: 0

    Tell me more about how great this works and procedures aren't rationed or wait listed.

  19. Re:Sacking... on Aussie Public Servant Criticises Gov't On Twitter, Gets Sacked · · Score: 1

    If it was kept to no more than a couple hundred people per elected position it could be done.

  20. Re:Oooo, ooo. Pick me teacher. I can solve this on on Medical Costs Bankrupt Patients; It's the Computer's Fault · · Score: 1, Troll

    I sure can't wait for the next George Bush administration to decided what medical procedures I'm allowed to get.

  21. Re:Sacking... on Aussie Public Servant Criticises Gov't On Twitter, Gets Sacked · · Score: 0

    Actually that'd be a good idea. Make sure that all civilian service members are fired and new ones hired for ever administration change. Have a requirement that the elected political officer in office has to publicly re-interview every position after election. Should help keep small transparent government.

  22. I do kind of like the object oriented nature and not needing to use sed and awk to get useful info out of structured command output. Otherwise it seems like so much of it is different for the sake of being different and I can't stand to use it. When I need to I find it easier to figure out the commands I need to run, then use a Unix shell to generate them.

  23. Re:quite a few browsers? on New Animated PNG Creation Tools Intend To Bring APNG Into Mainstream Use · · Score: 4, Insightful

    We don't need chickens we need eggs!!

  24. Re:Simple option(s)... on Silent Circle Follows Lavabit By Closing Encrypted E-mail Service · · Score: 1

    I tried this, but my mother just started complaining about unreadable junk mail from some random address.

  25. Re:Context on Encrypted Email Provider Lavabit Shuts Down, Blames US Gov't · · Score: 4, Informative

    All of what you said would make sense if the evidence was in direct contradiction. Crime rates are not spiking or even raising, but going down significantly over the last 25 years.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States