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  1. Re:what arrogant fools on Scientists Propose App That Detects Emotions Based On Walking Style · · Score: 1

    Right? Chinese people don't have souls; how can they study and understand emotions?

    This is you talking, not anyone else.

  2. what arrogant fools on Scientists Propose App That Detects Emotions Based On Walking Style · · Score: 1

    "detecting" emotion! what a laugh and a lie, they are doing nothing of the sort. They are just guessing.

  3. Re:Is this proportional to the number of systems? on In Survey of American Universities, MIT Scores Worst In Cybersecurity · · Score: 1

    If everyone knows the system isn't secure, then they take all the steps needed to be secure by themselves.

    No, they don't do anything at all. When you are up to your eyeballs in your master's thesis you don't care about security or backups or clean clothing or deodorant or any of those things. You expect someone else to do it for you, but guess what? Due to budget cuts, there is nobody tasked to make backups or update systems. Welcome to university life.

  4. Re:Is this proportional to the number of systems? on In Survey of American Universities, MIT Scores Worst In Cybersecurity · · Score: 2

    i can't think of anything more counterproductive in a research environment than a firewall. its
    actually just security theater.

    If you let people set up their own systems, you are gonna get nasty local packet storms from misconfigured systems, firewalls keep the stuff from taking over the whole campus network - voice of experience here

  5. Re:This reminds me of Our Savior, Richard Stallman on In Survey of American Universities, MIT Scores Worst In Cybersecurity · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It was common knowledge that rms's password on mit-mc was rms. I think a lot of people learned macsyma by using rms's account.

  6. Re:Is this proportional to the number of systems? on In Survey of American Universities, MIT Scores Worst In Cybersecurity · · Score: 3, Interesting

    laissez-faire has been the status quo for networking at MIT for decades. The attitude seems to be that "policies" just get in the way. I was a sys admin there a long time ago, there were no firewalls, no nothing. We didn't have DHCP. We got IP addresses for the systems and we hardcoded them. Of course it was a mess. But the professors and grad students are 100% focused on their theses and projects and they really didn't care about anything as long as they could get their work done, so it was all very very sloppy. I always felt that they needed much more structure and I am really surprised that it seems like nothing has changed there.

  7. Re:All most people want is a streaming device on Plex Is Coming To Apple TV · · Score: 0

    gosh, you are so right, people are the experts on what they want, nobody ever comes out with good ideas

  8. Re:WRONG on Rupert Murdoch Buys National Geographic Magazine · · Score: 2

    Second, they did not sell a controlling interest;

    You can still "control" and threaten to cripple an organization if you pull your funding, even if it's not "controlling".

  9. Re:Why the hate? on Rupert Murdoch Buys National Geographic Magazine · · Score: 2

    migrant workers are not illegal aliens

    http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2012/05/17/the-law-of-unintended-consequences-georgias-immigration-law-backfires/

    "The labor shortages, which also have affected the hotel and restaurant industries, are a consequence of Georgia’s immigration enforcement law, HB 87, which was passed last year. "

    then why are there labor shortages when the law is enforced? not enough illegal aliens!

  10. Re:C'mon Mods.. on Rupert Murdoch Buys National Geographic Magazine · · Score: 1

    Meanwhile back in reality, Donald Trump, with no political experience but a vast media presence on television for decades, is the leading presidential candidate.

  11. Re:Who cares? on John McAfee On Why He's Running For President · · Score: 1

    Aw, cmon, they work together all the time!

    this point of view only works for the male of the species

  12. Re:Who cares? on John McAfee On Why He's Running For President · · Score: 0

    "Jobs" != sustainable wages

    what is the republican plan for jobs other than "wall building"?

  13. Re:Who cares? on John McAfee On Why He's Running For President · · Score: 0

    Unfortunately, they are part time minimum wage jobs replacing full time salaried positions, so it is a net negative.

    the republicans are the ones who take away the jobs in the first place with tax laws that encourage overseas investment

  14. Re:Who cares? on John McAfee On Why He's Running For President · · Score: 0

    Sure, if you think that all the job growth is in fluffers and prostitutes and cocaine traffickers

    a variation on "no true scotsman" but just as idiotic

  15. Re:Well,one thing we can expect on John McAfee On Why He's Running For President · · Score: 1

    Only the part of it that runs on Windows, though.

    ha ha ha, windows antivirus software is also consuming lots of cpu cycles on unix mail server hosts

  16. Re:Who cares? on John McAfee On Why He's Running For President · · Score: 2

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]

    yeah that's pretty funny

    "took place on March 16, 1988, during the closing days of the Iran–Iraq War"

    wrong war, silly. maybe you should blame angela merkel for the nazis

  17. Re:Who cares? on John McAfee On Why He's Running For President · · Score: 1, Informative

    Lies? What Lies?

    "Study: Bush, aides made 935 false statements in run-up to war"

    http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/23/bush.iraq/

  18. Re:Crazy is our Last Hope on John McAfee On Why He's Running For President · · Score: 2

    Some of the nice, responsible people that do this actually believe that the system of government in place in the US is fully functional and healthy.

    ha ha ha, is that your imaginary friend who is saying that? maybe you need to take a serious thrashing to your straw man

    To win one would have to usurp the Political Machine

    yeah that's great, how will a president get anything done if he does not have the trust of his fellow lawmakers?

  19. Re:Who cares? on John McAfee On Why He's Running For President · · Score: 1

    where does it say that?

  20. Re:Who cares? on John McAfee On Why He's Running For President · · Score: 0

    Congress and the military would keep Trump from doing any real damage, and it would be interesting to watch...

    these are the exact same people who fell for the lies of the last republican president and went to war

  21. Re:Well,one thing we can expect on John McAfee On Why He's Running For President · · Score: 1

    He will slow down the government...

    He will simply put a subscription fee on those who wish to use the Government for protecting their interests. (ie, the lobbyists)

    the fee is waived if you build a casino and put his name on it

  22. Re:Lottery on John McAfee On Why He's Running For President · · Score: 1

    It wasn't a disaster until Obama and Valarie fucked it up along with Afghanistan, Poland, Ukraine, Turkey, and now Iran. These clowns could fuck up a wet dream...

    pure comedy gold, or smelly remains in the toilet bowl, it's hard to decide

  23. Re:Who cares? on John McAfee On Why He's Running For President · · Score: 2, Informative

    Section. 8.

    The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States

  24. Re:Who cares? on John McAfee On Why He's Running For President · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Wait, do any of the democrats actually have experience creating private sector jobs?

    "Obama has overseen more job creation than both Bushes combined"

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/06/05/obama-has-overseen-more-job-creation-than-both-bushes-combined-but-less-than-other-recent-presidents/

    "Obama has created six times as many jobs as Bush"

    http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/06/07/1391360/-Obama-has-created-six-times-as-many-jobs-as-Bush

    "58 Million Jobs for the Democrats, 26 Million Jobs for the Republicans"
    "3% Yearly Job Growth Under Democrats, 1% Under Republicans."
    "Job Growth Accelerates Under Democrats and Slows Under Republicans."
    "Gross Domestic Product also grows far faster under Democrats."

    http://politicsthatwork.com/democrats-create-more-jobs.php

  25. why not? on John McAfee On Why He's Running For President · · Score: 1

    The Republicans seem to think that winning an election as a Republican, somehow disqualifies you for president.

    The three Republican front-running candidates have not won a single election among the three of them.

    All of the Republican candidates that actually have experience winning an election have fallen way off in the polls.