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  1. Re:Who cares on Why Star Wars Should be Left to the Fans · · Score: 1

    While not all that original, at least it beast the pants off of Avatar, which can be perfectly summed up by cutting and pasting nouns from a summary of Pocahontas.

  2. Re:80 year old pilot on James Gosling Report of Reno Air Crash · · Score: 1

    Seems that the 64 year old plane was the problem, not the 74 year old pilot.

  3. Re:Lie detectors on Thermal Imaging Lie Detector In Development · · Score: 1

    There are very effective psychological screenings for sociopaths, polygraph not being one of them.

    While I was a contractor candidate and did not go through this, government candidates (to NSA) are subject to a psychological battery of tests (well they used to be anyway).

    I suppose if they find a sociopath they forward your resume along to the CIA. Who knows.

  4. Re:Lie detectors are a lie on Thermal Imaging Lie Detector In Development · · Score: 1

    Go for it man! If you have the background to be selected for screening, then give it a try. I tell you, I am not the only one to come out of that room feeling head raped.

    And, if you will take the time to read my posts, I said the machine is indeed BS... but the process of interrogation works.

    NSA flat out admits this in a congressional report, which you can look up if you care to type a few lines into the search engine of your choice.

  5. Re:Lie detectors are a lie on Thermal Imaging Lie Detector In Development · · Score: 1

    Nice try, but they specifically ask if there is any drug use you haven't reported on your SF-86.

    My examiner flat out said the most common tactic is to confess to something small to throw them off the trail of something big.

    The machine may be stupid, but the examiners are not.

  6. Re:Lie detectors are a lie on Thermal Imaging Lie Detector In Development · · Score: 1

    True... but in that case it really isn't that big of a deal. They simply reject you.

    However I bet you would. Apply. Try it.

  7. Re:Lie detectors are a lie on Thermal Imaging Lie Detector In Development · · Score: 1

    Well. Then I would suggest that you give it a whirl, and we'll see how smug you are afterwards.

  8. Re:Lie detectors are a lie on Thermal Imaging Lie Detector In Development · · Score: 2

    You will.

    If you don't, the test is "inconclusive" and you are retested until you do. Your song of past sin is then adjudicated and you are either passed or failed. After test number 5 or so they just reject you if you haven't sung.

    Plenty of applicants, especially in this economy.

  9. Re:Practiced lying can defeat lie detectors... on Thermal Imaging Lie Detector In Development · · Score: 1

    Doesn't really work if you don't know what the questions are ahead of time.

  10. Re:Lie detectors are a lie on Thermal Imaging Lie Detector In Development · · Score: 1

    >> The fact they are used by groups like the FBI is a national embarrassment.

    Is it?

    Take it from a guy who sat in a little room at NSA for several hours hooked up to one: that process is damn effective.... the fact that the machine is a prop matters not a wit. The real lie detector is sitting behind the desk and isn't a lie detector at all: they simply get you to spill your guts.

  11. Re:Oh, Two thirds of the time huh? on Thermal Imaging Lie Detector In Development · · Score: 1

    The fact that it is better than chance is quite remarkable, actually.

    If it actually performs as stated that is.

  12. Re:YIKES!!! on Thermal Imaging Lie Detector In Development · · Score: 1

    You'd think they don't sit you on a pad and make you take off your shoes.

  13. Why doesn't he just unplug for a few weeks? on Aussie Blogger Hit With DDoS Death Threats · · Score: 1

    Would be a great time for a vacation.

  14. Re:Budweiser on Boost Your Wi-Fi Signal Using Only a Beer Can · · Score: 0

    I suppose that the word "Budweiser" on the can of Budvar beer is lost on you.

  15. Expensive beer? on Boost Your Wi-Fi Signal Using Only a Beer Can · · Score: 1

    I thought the whole point was to go cheap.

  16. Re:so SkyNet is really a Wall Street computer? on Algorithmic Trading Rapidly Replacing Need For Humans · · Score: 1

    Read "Wealth" by Robert Reed.

  17. Fundementally flawed on Krugman On Bitcoin and the Gold Standard · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Bitcoin is the equivalent of a nations currency that has been printed by individuals by permission.

    This fact alone is its undoing.

    Your GPU's do not constitute value. Nobody will accept the fact that you are a bitcoin millionaire simply because you let a few unused computers run for a few months.

  18. Could be worse on TSA Groper Files Suit Against Blogger · · Score: 1

    At least they didn't get sand up there.

    Or did they? (Based on the lawsuit.)

  19. Re:What, what. on Interview With the Creator of Ruby · · Score: 1

    Fairly widely used issue tracking and collaboration tool. The GnuRadio site for example is based on it.

  20. Re:What, what. on Interview With the Creator of Ruby · · Score: 1

    Redmine.

  21. Re:Military training sites on Tech Company To Build Science Ghost Town In New Mexico · · Score: 3, Funny

    >> Also full of bullet holes.

    Why do you have to bring Baltimore into the discussion?

  22. Re:It's convenience and security. on Why the Fax Machine Refuses To Die · · Score: 1

    Like the "real signatures" banks use to foreclose on peoples homes?

  23. Re:Idiocracy on Hair Growth Signal Dictated By Fat Cells · · Score: 1

    The point is, both of these cited diseases are manageable.

    How do they help kids born with HIV? They don't. So prevent it. HIV is one of the hardest diseases on earth to catch, but lack of education along with a want of 1 pennies worth of latex keeps it spreading like wildfire.

    Malaria is curable, don't know what research is needed there unless it is research designed to make people no longer poor or will make drug companies give away their products for free.

  24. Re:weekly on USPS Losing Battle Against the E-mail Age · · Score: 1

    Here here!

  25. Re:Idiocracy on Hair Growth Signal Dictated By Fat Cells · · Score: 1

    Here are the results of the research you asked for:

    AIDS: condoms (along with a healthy dose of education)

    Malaria: antibiotics (throw in some pesticides and mosquito nets)

    Happy now?