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  1. Re:is there any other way to prevent crowd dispers on Revisiting DIY HERF Guns · · Score: 2, Insightful

    In the US, the "two party system" is a sham designed to keep the real power(s) (in power) and no one could ever have a successful third party.
    In fact, the most successful "third party" presidential candidates (Libertarian & Green) are forbidden entry into the presidential debates (even as audience attendees).
    In many states new laws have been passed which effectively prevent any participation by third party groups by making it impossible to get a candidate on the ballot.
    In the US (IMHO) the government is just a tool of the vast financial interests that are the real masters of the US of A.

  2. One more reason.. on Windows 7 Upgrade Can Take Nearly a Day · · Score: 1

    To hang on to XP!
    Or switch to Linux..

  3. Re:9" linux netbook was perfect on Netbooks Have a Huge Impact On the PC Industry · · Score: 1

    My Asus 904 has everything I need, and if I want a bigger screen my wife's 20" LCD TV has a VGA in port.

  4. Windows servers need... on Microsoft Aims To Cure Server-Hugging Engineers · · Score: -1, Troll

    A live human caretaker, to constantly fiddle, reboot and generally babysit them around the clock.

  5. Re:Dune coons on NASA Robots and Rovers At Play In the Desert · · Score: 2, Funny

    But will they become self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time on August 29th and threaten humanity?

  6. Live in the past.. on UK's Oldest Computer To Be "Rebooted" · · Score: 1

    It's cheaper!

    And besides, the red Chinese invented the computer 3,000 years ago.

  7. Re:Another inevitable function of this... on Augmented Reality In a Contact Lens · · Score: 1

    Your parole officer would like that!

  8. GI steel pot/liner combo. on Military Helmet Design Contributes To Brain Damage · · Score: 1

    Didn't help if rain rattling on it gave away your position, most in deep cover/G-suit type situation used Boony hats `cause their quieter when moving through dense cover.

  9. Re:Well that sounds reasonable on Homeland Security Changes Laptop Search Policy · · Score: 1

    So, I really need to bring in "The Secret Plans" on my laptop `cause I'm too dumb to send them as encrypted, hidden attachment(s) via email from and to anonymous email accounts or Usenet postings?

    Oh, sorry, it's the gummermint that's so dumb that they think "terrorists" are dumb too!

    And who elected these fucktards anyway?

  10. Re:It's about goddamn time on Mexico Decriminalizes Small-Scale Drug Possession · · Score: 1

    The largest organized crime cartel on the planet want's to keep "the war on drugs" alive forever because it generates vast amounts of cash for local government, the prison industry and law enforcement! Who cares that it doesn't work.

    And the name of the cartel? The US government of course!

  11. Re:How do you define evil? on Team Aims To Create Pure Evil AI · · Score: -1, Troll

    My mother in-law is the obvious answer but almost any member of the Bush administration in a good alternative.

  12. Re:Mod Summary Troll. on US Colleges Say Hiring US Students a Bad Deal · · Score: 1

    Regardless of it's status as a troll, the simple fact that it's even legal to hire a foreigner when unemployment is this high just pisses me off!

  13. Remember that.. on ARM Hopes To Lure Microsoft Away From Intel · · Score: 1

    NT came in Alpha and MIPS once too, you can see how well that went.

  14. Re:Seriously, is that much space neccessary ? on Western Digital Announces 1TB Mobile HD · · Score: 1

    I like spreading my data out, keeping it in different places, redundantly. And the My Passport form factor fits in a bank safe deposit drawer with lots of room to spare.

  15. Re:Assembler on The Best First Language For a Young Programmer · · Score: 1

    I'm so old that we used fingers and toes for computation and we saved the resulting output by sticking boogers to the cave wall!

  16. Small foot print USB HDD's on Kingston Unveils $1000 USB Flash Drive · · Score: 4, Informative

    Western Digital My Passport Essential 500 GB is $120.00 and it's tiny!

  17. Re:suppliers... on Chinese Employee Loses iPhone Prototype, Kills Self · · Score: 1

    Yeah and you can buy a pair of sneakers at WalMart for $10.00, how'd you think that happened?

  18. Re:Corrupted governments on Negroponte Sees Sugar As OLPC's Biggest Mistake · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    IMHO: The "Leaders" of third world countries range from ignorant and useless through evil and despotic all the way to dangerous religious fanatics, and all of them have more interest in avoiding assassination and embezzling the gross national product of their little steaming pieces of Hell on Earth!

    They, like their counterparts in the US of A, do not give a tinkers damn about anybody but themselves.

    I need my meds..

  19. It depends what you want.. on Choosing Better-Quality JPEG Images With Software? · · Score: 1

    find dupes on the internet http://tineye.com/
    find dupes on your HDD http://www.bigbangenterprises.de/en/doublekiller/

  20. Re:Problem with wind and solar? on Expanding the Electricity Grid May Be a Mistake · · Score: 1

    Oh, please! you're not serious? am I just not getting the joke?

    Windmills changing weather patterns? does nobody ever pick up a science book!

  21. Re:Encryption is just as good as self destruction on IronKey Unveils Self-Destructing USB Flash Drive · · Score: 1

    Will my brain emit a puff of smoke if it self-destructs?

  22. Ain't it wonderful.. on The Mathletes and the Miley Photoshop · · Score: 1

    To live in such a "free" country when a juvenile prank can engender such draconian consequences!

    He'll be lucky if they (the self righteous tub-thumping mob) don't utterly destroy him and any life/future he might hope for.

  23. Re:High Thrust, High Specific Impulse (Isp) on Successful Test of Superconducting Plasma Rocket Engine · · Score: 1

    The real breakthrough will be takeoff to spaceflight in one stage with a sustained 1G of acceleration (I seem to remember that 1G X 355 days = 92% C) if we do that our future may be brighter than it looks now.

  24. Putty, SFTP, CYGWIN on Guaranteed Transmission Protocols For Windows? · · Score: 1

    I would think that you would want something more secure that FTP or windows copy, even rsync should be across a secure connection.

  25. Re:What will happen on Iran Tries To Pacify Protesters With Lord of The Rings Marathon · · Score: 1

    Shoud've shown Squidbillies, specifically the episode featuring the alien named Lerm, the one that screams "death to America" in a basso-profundo voice more or less at random during the show when he's not blowing things up and crashing his spaceship into little shacks.