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  1. Re:For all of us? on The Woman Who's Making Your Privacy Her Business · · Score: 1

    Sounds like someone who really knows her stuff. Can we get one of those here in the USA? That'll never happen. I'd move to Canada but I hate the cold.

  2. Re:Some People on A Nude Awakening — the TSA and Privacy · · Score: 1

    I don't care if I'm groped by some TSA guy (unless he is enjoying it) but I consider being scanned by one of those backscatter machines and having my image saved on a hard drive somewhere to be a gross infringement (MAFIAA lawyers aren't the only one's to use this term) of my rights. I also don't appreciate being treated like a criminal either. Unfortunately there are some people who would prefer the scanner. Understand that you can't change people unless they are ready to change themselves. I don't see these things going away any time soon. It takes a long time for people in this country to rise up and do something about anything much less some technology most ppl don't even understand.

  3. Just proves what I already knew on One Night Stands May Be Genetic · · Score: 1

    I told her to get off the dopamine but she just couldn't put it down. I came home one day and her bags were all packed. She was off to hollywood to get herself jacked....up on that dopamine I know that for sure. Well the last I heard of her she was strung out on the floor... givin her all for dopamine you know that's for sure..(insert cheesy 70's country song here)

  4. Slow news day on People With University Degree Fear Death Less · · Score: 1

    someone please submit a better story.

  5. Re:Stupid on Supreme Court Refuses P2P 'Innocent Sharing' Case · · Score: 1

    He cannot understand how excessive this punishment truly is

    Or he doesn't care.

  6. Re:Not that hard to kill facebook's tracking on Facebook's 'Like This' Button Is Tracking You · · Score: 1

    Use a junk browser only for facebook and restrict cookies. Clean cache cookies thouroughly and often.

  7. Slip on Facebook's 'Like This' Button Is Tracking You · · Score: 1

    Roosendaal says that Facebook's tentacles

    Anyone else read that as Facebooks testicles.

  8. Those who yell the loudest on Compiling the WikiLeaks Fallout · · Score: 1

    have the most to lose. I have no sympthy for someone who looks like a fool when his blunder is exposed.

  9. Re:peter's wolf... on Chinese DNS Tampering a Real Threat To Outsiders · · Score: 1

    Well that would cetainly deter them from hacking our computers and stealing state and industrial secrets.

  10. You don't need to scan at the rail station on Next Step For US Body Scanners Could Be Trains, Metro Systems · · Score: 1

    If you are a terrorist just go to your local airport and infiltrate the crowd waiting to go through the security scanner. You get bonus points if you knock out one or more of those stupid scanners. God it sounds like a video game. Grand Theft Terrorist anyone.

  11. Re:No brainer on When Your Company Remote-Wipes Your Personal Phone · · Score: 1

    Give that man some mod points

  12. Re:winning the war on toursim on TSA Saw My Junk, Missed Razor Blades, Says Adam Savage · · Score: 1

    maybe some day we can go back to probable cause

    We can never go back because just like (most)everything that's wrong with this country it's not about what's right. It's about what makes profit for the rich.

  13. Re:And let's just clarify a few things. on TSA Saw My Junk, Missed Razor Blades, Says Adam Savage · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The TSA is NOT the "last line of defense". The last line of defense will be the other passengers on the flight.

    Yeah... I know a few Air Marshals that might disagree with that statement. The training they put these guys through is ridiculous.

  14. No brainer on When Your Company Remote-Wipes Your Personal Phone · · Score: 1

    You'd be crazy to use your own phone for work related email or any other tasks. Work and business don't mix and this is a perfect example of that.

  15. Re:Anecdotal speculation on Oxford Scientists Say Dogs Are Smarter Than Cats · · Score: 1

    My observations leave little doubt that the median doberman is at least one standard deviation dumber than the median golden retriever.

    And that's sayin something because Goldies aint exactly the brightest of the breeds. They are the dumb blondes of the dog world. Don't get me wrong, Goldies are great pets but the elevator doesn't quite rise to the top floor if you know what I mean.

  16. Re:I guess they've never had a pet cat on Oxford Scientists Say Dogs Are Smarter Than Cats · · Score: 1

    LMAO mine does the same trick. Sometimes when he is laying down she'll come up and give him a face full of ass, pop him in the face a few times and walk away. It amazes me that he doesn't do a thing even though he could beat the fur out of her.

  17. Re:More Social = Intelligent? on Oxford Scientists Say Dogs Are Smarter Than Cats · · Score: 1

    Smarter people just appear to be antisocial because they prefer to mingle with their own kind and tend to stay away from shallow or stupid people.

  18. Re:More Social = Intelligent? on Oxford Scientists Say Dogs Are Smarter Than Cats · · Score: 1

    Dogs are smarter than cats because of thousands of years of cross breeding with humans lol. But seriously dogs may appear more intelligent than cats but I believe socialization does not equal higher intelligence. I've had my dog for about 7 years and he can understand nonverbal cue's most of the time. He is able to read facial expressions and gestures. He can tell when I'm going to take him for a walk because I pick up his leash. He can tell when I'm giving him a treat because I go to the back room where the treats are and he can tell when I want him to go to his spot because I point to it. Granted he doesn't always pick up on this and his success rate is better on he treats and walks but he does a pretty good job overall. This is nurture not intelligence and it started thousands of years ago when the first beta wolves left their packs and started following humans to get an easy meal from our scraps. Sorry, didn't mean to get all Nat Geo on you but the reality of it is, dogs have been intigrated into the human pack for so long it's no wonder why they are more social. I don't buy the big brain bit either because big cats and wolves are similar in size and have a similar social structure.

  19. Re:What the hell on FCC To Allow Texting To 911 · · Score: 1

    If the VA Tech gunman was in the room with a bunch of hostages you can bet no one would be talking to 911 but if they could text it may have made all the difference. MMS messages would be even better.

  20. Re:How bout they just fix A2DP on Apple iOS 4.2 Hands-On · · Score: 1

    I haven't seen any lag but then I've only been able to use them for a short time before the Iphone refused to pair with them. I've used them on my pc and they work well.

  21. How bout they just fix A2DP on Apple iOS 4.2 Hands-On · · Score: 1

    I have a nice pair of Sennheiser headphones that worked with my Iphone when I first got it but now it refuses to pair with them. Apple claims it supports A2DP natively but I'll believe it when I see it.

  22. Re:Screw transparency on The US-Soviet Cyber Cold War · · Score: 1

    +1 on that but this dick guy is talking about the end user not folks like us who already know not to click on the pop up that says you have 800 viruses click here to clean your pc. Those folks do not need transparency they need education. This goes back to the plug and play mentality that I'm always harping on. I'm just glad that I'm not the one to educate them. That's a huge job and I doubt I have he patience for it.

  23. Re:Of course... on Google Warns Irish Government Against Tax Increase · · Score: 1

    Their PM isn't exactly helping things with his head in the sand version of politics. He needs to step down and let someone fix his mess. And God forbid one of these multinational companies spend some extra money to help people. They have all revealed their true intent. They're like Borg moving from one country to another in search of the best deal.

  24. Re:what ever happened to good old email? on Facebook Inbox Throws Blow At Google... No Flinch? · · Score: 1

    Why on earth would people give that up?

    Because the were told to and they are stupid enough to believe it. Case closed.

  25. Re:Let's Just Hope... on Canada To Mandate ISP Deep Packet Inspection · · Score: 2, Informative

    Not to mention that no court oversight is an invitation to blatent misuse of power.