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  1. Re:To little to late? on Senator Seeks More Info On DOJ Location Tracking Practices · · Score: 1

    Leadership perhaps, but even those leaders would be an extreme minority. The majority of the military is made up of people just like you and I. I'm not saying it would not take a revolt at several levels mind you.

    I feel the same way. This is why we hear stories of DHS stocking up on weapons and ammo. They are full of lackeys and dropouts who will do as they are told. The military is very likely to stand up for the people in the case of a revolt.

  2. I think Poland is looking back to what the Germans and Russians did to them last century and would like that to not happen again. When you see Russia working with countries like Iran, China and possibly NK, what can one deduce other than they are getting back to their old ways. Hoping I am wrong, but Putin looks like a saber rattling dictator.

  3. Re:Check the party breakdowns ... on House Passes CISPA · · Score: 1

    I'm no Obama fan but I would applaud him if he stood his ground here.

  4. Re:not true on Companies More Likely To Outsource Than Train IT Employees · · Score: 1

    And from my experience it never works....its that "What's the definition of insanity" question each time they try and try again.

  5. Re:Water utilization? on Brewing Beer With Free Software · · Score: 2

    Beer smith does a great job and more active support than Promash. Ultimately though paper and pencil is the best way to get your system calibrated then you can plug all those numbers into a beer making software of your choice to make future batches easier to produce. I like the idea of "free" home brewing software and am even interesting in helping the development, but I always found the ones I tried to me lacking enough to make them hard to choose over the commercial versions.

  6. Re:Excited on Test-Tube Burgers Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    If we can get more people interested in buying meat from grass fed and humanly treated animals the price will start to come down. But damn that $7/lb of ground beef sure is high. But I think that's the way to go, this lab created meat is very creepy for some reason.

  7. Re:There's plenty of tools out there! on Ask Slashdot: Best Long-Term Video/Picture Storage? · · Score: 1

    Cause they can't get too much pub. I use them too for all my machines. The ability to back up to different sources as well as have your family backup to your machine remotely is key for my technology challenged peeps.

  8. Here little Johnny... on Measles Resurgent Due To Fear of Vaccination · · Score: 1

    Have some more chicken nuggets, or how about you sit in the car while I smoke, or maybe lets go out in the sun without sunscreen. But NO WAY IN HELL are you getting vaccinated! People who continue to believe this false connection between autism and vaccines make me sick and I tell them so! No way do I want my son to get these virus. Hell I got chicken-poks (sp) and they weren't that bad, but since there is a vaccine for them, then I am all for it. No sense in causing suffering, or a possible epidemic spreading across a population!

  9. Re:Who cares... on When Did Irene Stop Being a Hurricane? · · Score: 2

    Yeah I don't give a crap if it was a hurricane or not, I was moved to fuel up my gas tanks, get money out, check chainsaw and other equipment by all the 'hype'. Good thing I did as the cleanup effort in CT goes on with no power for an unknown amount of time.

  10. Re:Absurd on Congress Dumps James Webb Space Telescope · · Score: 1

    Compared to the effect of lowering taxes, the idea of raising taxes to increase revenue is wrong. It's proved time and time again, people will spend more when taxes are lower and spend less when they are higher.

  11. Re:Calculated customer drops == quality drops on IBM Watson To Replace Salespeople and Cold-Callers · · Score: 1

    Sure, lets believe that it's better to let some central planner who has no clue what I want and need to survive make decisions for me that if I disagree with, will be sent to jail or some re-education camp. I mean capitalism is so cruel, if I don't like the service I am getting, I go some where else, bottom line I am in charge. Also have you lived in a bubble for the past 100 years or so, America is the most prosperous nation because of capitalism, its our insane leaders who keep pushing down the path of big government that has brought us to the brink of debt and destruction. Look at Europe...failing, look at the South American countries like Venezuela...failing. Please spare me the strong central government is the answer crap, if it was, the Soviet Union would still be around, and Cuba would be a wonderful place to live.

  12. Re:Jobs killer on IBM Watson To Replace Salespeople and Cold-Callers · · Score: 1

    What's a check? I think my Grandmother sent me one a long time ago, but my memory is fuzzy.

  13. Re:Absurd on Congress Dumps James Webb Space Telescope · · Score: 0

    Even if you could prove that raising taxes actually increases revenues, why would you want to give them any more of your money? Bottom line...stop spending...stop spending...stop spending.

  14. Re:The emperor has no clothes! on Retailer Calls Rivals' Bluff On "HDMI Scam" · · Score: 1

    Exactly, I got mine from ehdmi.com a couple years ago, even picked up some fiber optic audio cables and the system looks and sounds great. Paid practically nothing for them. What a scam these places are pulling for these expensive cables!

  15. Re:If using them is illegal... on EU Ministers Seek To Ban Creation of Hacking Tools · · Score: 1

    and it doesn't stop their use, why would banning their possession stop them? I fail to grasp how anyone can come to the conclusion that someone intent on criminal activities would mend their ways simply because another facet of their operation is made illegal. Guns aren't the problem, network security tools aren't the problem. People are the problem. If you want to solve the problem you're going to have to ban them.

    Amen brother...Governments are only interested in banning "tools" AKA inanimate objects. This is easier than holding people personally responsible and therefore affecting the ability of said government officials from being re-elected. Inanimate objects don't complain and protest against them. They just like to say..."Hey look we banned [Insert inanimate object du jour"], everything is going to be ok! We really care!". Your mention of guns is a perfect example, only affects law abiding citizens who cannot protect themselves from the real criminals.

  16. Re:Am I the only one? on Inside Amazon's Data Centers · · Score: 2

    I would think staffing a team to maintain hardware in an IT Department is much more expensive than paying Amazon to run the backend. Thinking of many corporations, all have data centers, IT staff, hardware, software etc, and here is Amazon with a single data center capable of providing all this infrastructure at what has to be a competitive price for them to survive. This has to be a better option for many companies, especially small companies. My behemoth company is constantly looking for off shoring opportunities to further reduce costs so smaller companies may not have this as an option. This seems like a simple decision in using Amazon's services. Comparing to the 90's and dot.com bubble, at least this is a tangible business model and not a dream like many of those companies back then were.

  17. How about... on Advocacy Group Files FCC Complaint Over Verizon Tethering Ban · · Score: 2

    Tethering using the USB cable...got an app that works fine there with Verizon DroidX. I can work very efficiently this way and make calls through Google Voice btw.

  18. Re:In the land of the free on Internet Blacklist Back In Congress · · Score: 1

    Wow someone that really understands the constitution. You should run for president!