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  1. Re:Of course this happens. on The Search Engine More Dangerous Than Google · · Score: 1

    A friend of mine is in the physical security field and I noticed when they started to IP stuff for the DVRs, and he would ask me about port forwarding and all sorts of networking stuff. I told him they really should start paying him more since he has to learn networking now and really they should be sending him to classes. Of course they never did and just expect the low-voltage wiring guys to figure out IP routing on their own.

  2. Taxation Without Representation on Internet Sales Tax Vote This Week In US Senate · · Score: 1

    I don't get to vote on how other states handle their taxes, so I shouldn't have to pay them. It's also way to much of a burden for every online merchant to handle the tax codes for all these different states and their ever changing rates, big companies can handle it so this will just squeeze out small businesses. If the federal government wants to have a blanket internet sales tax I would be fine with that because I actually have representation there. If the shipping address is within the US the US Treasury gets 1%, otherwise no tax which is simply enough for merchants to handle. If this passes everyone will move their online presence to states with no sales tax like Oregon.

  3. Baby Wipes + Running + Healthy Eating = Fit on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Stay Fit At Work? · · Score: 1

    Keep running shoes in the office and bring a fresh pair of gym clothes in every day. Before lunch go for a jog. After the jog do some lunges or push ups, switch it up each day. When you get back to the office go to the bathroom and run your head under the sink, strip down, wash yourself off with a bunch of baby wipes and spray your whole body with deodorant. Basically, a whores bath. After getting your work clothes back on go to your desk and eat your lunch which consists of a salad (no fatty dressings), some nuts and a serving of fruit. At this point the only liquid that exists to you is water, after a jog you will learn to love it more than anything else. Try slamming a Dew after a big run and see what your body thinks about that horse piss.
    OR
    Instead of taking that long of a "lunch" break, eat a healthy lunch at your desk and leave work early to have time for the gym. If either of those options don't work, you need to find a new job that can accommodate some gym time in your life. No matter what you do though you have to start eating healthy ALWAYS, especially if you can't find the time for exercise. If you eat garbage and work out you will still look like garbage, you'd be amazed at how few of calories you burn when working out and how much there is in the food we shovel into our face.

    Your body evolved to chase prey over long distances on foot; to fight, to walk around all day scavenging; to eat meat occasionally, and to go days without food. The way you're living your life doesn't even come close to that level of excursion or occasional starvation. So to make up for it you have to run like a bat out of hell 1 hr a day and eat like a rabbit, that's the tradeoff. I know it sucks, but it's what us cubicle people have to do to attempt to restore balance to our body. Needless to say the best job choice I ever made was finding one with a gym in the same building.

  4. Controversial story? on Orson Scott Card's Superman Story Shelved After Homophobia Controversy · · Score: 1

    -"DC will quietly kill off the controversial Card story entirely"
    So what's the controversy with the story? Is Card finally going to end Clark Kent and Jimmy Olson's civil union? Is he going to have Lex Luthor marry Superman as a political maneuver so when he gets elected as president Superman will be in the white house even though he can't legally hold office since he was born on krypton? Which pisses of the rest of the world creating WWIII and complete annihilation of the entire planet leaving only Superman floating alone in space with a kryptonite butt plug in his ass jerking it to a picture of Bruce Wayne? What is so controversial with his story other than it is being written by Card who has criticized gay marriage? I'm more afraid of people no longer speaking their minds because of fear of backlash than of some homophobe writing another shitty Superman story.

  5. Re:The next step is WiFi calling on Connecting Android Phones Without Carrier Networks · · Score: 1

    yeah, but this is already true for people with Vonage boxes at home and they seem to do fine...mostly. I mean you're right and all but the biggest factor is how well your WiFi handles VOIP because you're going to get a lot dropped packets on wireless and voice traffic is connectionless so it'll be noticed.

  6. Re:Online security for banks is a joke. on Everything You Know About Password-Stealing Is Wrong · · Score: 1

    I have fidelity and it's strictly alphanumeric for the password and if I call I use the keypad to input my password. So yeah, they took my lame alphanumeric only password and then created an even simpler numeric only password for phone authentication. I'm pretty sure anyone that knows my social and DOB could reset my password anyways as well. So basically, where I have all my savings (employee 401k) I have the least amount of security compared to any other website I use.

  7. Re:Dilbert? Yes. The Office? No, WAY too long. on Book Review: The Rise and Fall of T. John Dick · · Score: 1

    Actually, for the most part of this season they've had no boss in the office. As far as I can tell they seem more productive now.

  8. Re:but my LAN security! on Free Wi-Fi: the Movement To Give Away Your Internet For the Good of Humanity · · Score: 1

    If your Access Point supports multiple SSIDs you should be able to place one in a DMZ like environment. Then they would only have access to the internet, you could even restrict it so they couldn't even see anyone else using the same open SSID. If your AP doesn't support multiple SSIDs but your router does support a DMZ type interface you could get a separate AP and plug it into that DMZ port.

  9. Re:missteps on Boeing 787 Dreamliner Grounded In US and EU · · Score: 1

    There would be more oxygen in the cabin, the windows are bigger and you wouldn't have to stop to refuel.

  10. Re:Why Swartz faced charges on MIT Investigating School's Role In Swartz Suicide · · Score: 1
  11. It's a waste of money, privacy is a non-issue on Texas State Rep. Files 2 Bills To Ban RFID In Schools · · Score: 1

    I can't believe anyone is talking about privacy, there isn't suppose to be privacy in school. You have attendance at every class and you have to sign out to even go to the bathroom. It's just a bad idea because it won't accomplish anything and the system will be gamed, more security theater to line the pockets of some company. Legislation is overkill but parents of school districts proposing this should definitely fight it, for sane reasons though.

  12. Re:Do RTFA on Woz Worries Microsoft Is Now More Innovative Than Apple · · Score: 1

    What a great quote: "Who do you ask questions of now? Not a person, but it starts with G.O. and it's not God." - Steve Wozniak

  13. Re:those billions on US Air Force Scraps ERP Project After $1 Billion Spent · · Score: 1

    Isn't it kind of odd that veteran's benefits aren't part of the defense budget? The military costs taxpayers more than you give them credit. http://thumbnails.visually.netdna-cdn.com/death--taxes_50290d63431c4.jpg

  14. Re:doesn't matter on Dr. Richard Dawkins On Why Disagreeing With Religion Isn't Insulting · · Score: 1

    It's a good starting point and it should be fairly effective against any non-Catholic or non-Mormon Christians. I only distinguish because the Catholics have their Pope that can make all sorts of decelerations in the name of god and the Mormon's have their Prophet who can do the same. The other Christian groups are completely reliant on the bible. Yeah, they have leaders that like to interpret it for them but all their power comes from what the good book says. You have a chance at pointing out some of the flaws because they don't view their leaders as infallible voices of god.

  15. So we hate electronics around here now? on FAA Permits American Airlines To Use iPads In Cockpit "In All Phases of Flight" · · Score: 2

    I can't believe how many comments there are about how the iPad is evil and paper is good. Isn't this a technology site? Do some of you watch Star Trek episodes and get angry that they just don't have paper and pencils since those damn consoles keep exploding every time they get hit by a tachyon burst? Is there that many people opposed to change around here or do you just hate all things apple? If you hate apple, fine, ask why not android. But don't get angry at the FCC and AA for trying to improve efficiency by utilizing technology.

  16. Re:nobody ain't got no money anymore on The Decline of Google's (and Everybody's) Ad Business · · Score: 1

    Up until recently I would have totally agreed with you but a friend of mine explained to me the targeted advertising she does with facebook and she swears that it brings in revenue for her business.

  17. Re:Recording devices are banned in McDonalds on Man Physically Assaulted At McDonald's For Wearing Digital Eye Glasses · · Score: 1

    The guy is Canadian, not an "attention-seeking American" as you put it. Is it because he was eating at McDonalds that made you jump to that conclusion?

  18. Re:Best care money can buy helps on How Stephen Hawking Has Defied the Odds For 50 Years · · Score: 1

    Everyone I've talked to that is in the U.S. military says the healthcare sucks, it's just free. I've definitely never heard it called "top-notch." And the U.S. has a pretty good track record of screwing over their veterans.

  19. Re:Best care money can buy helps on How Stephen Hawking Has Defied the Odds For 50 Years · · Score: 1

    If she is married to someone in the Army then all her medical is covered by the government, but yes they have restrictions on what services they provided. What you are explaining is the main reason some people fear U.S. Government run health care, they already do it for the military and it's a joke. I know you didn't state that you want Government run healthcare but I can see many individuals drawing that conclusion based on your post.

  20. Re:It's absolutely ridiculous on Flight Data Recorders, Decades Out of Date · · Score: 1

    TWA Flight 800's official cause of the crash was the fuel tank spontaneously exploding, I can't think of a way the pilot could have caused that one either.

  21. Re:Hmm! on Top Secret America · · Score: 2, Informative

    The reason the US left Saddam in power after the gulf war is because Dick Cheney told Bush Sr. that occupying Iraq without the support of Arab allies would create a quagmire. Yes, you just read that correctly. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w75ctsv2oPU So did Cheney somehow become less wise over time, which seems odd? Or just more corrupt?

  22. Engadget's Page Refesh = Awesome on Apple Offers Free Cases To Solve iPhone 4 Antenna Problems · · Score: 4, Informative

    I really love it when reading an article and the entire page refreshes every 30 sec and takes me back to the top for a banner. It's becoming really hard to justify not installing ad blocker. I want to support the websites I visit but at this point the ads are just over the line.

  23. Re:If you are that fat on McDonalds Facing Lawsuit For Happy Meal Toys · · Score: 1

    I tried to motivate someone I work with to start being a little more healthy so he bought one of those fancy body fat scales. It is rated for 330lbs, it gives an error when he stands on it (he's 5'6"). Despite that he still shows up to work everyday with McDonalds in hand and might eat there for lunch as well. I think we should implement no taxes on healthy foods (fruits, vegetables, nuts, legumes, fish, fungus, juices/water). Small tax on white and dark meat. Heavy tax on red meat, fried foods, snacks (chips, hot pockets, etc.), sweets (ice cream, Twinkies, candy, etc.). That tax money should go to paying for the damage caused by the fatties. I'm generally opposed to the government banning certain products we buy but I'm fine with representative taxation on "SIN" items.

  24. Re:Question of the Day on Bill Gates Doesn't Work At Microsoft Anymore · · Score: 1

    Why if Bill Gates said, "Jump" Microsoft would ask, "how high?": 1) He's an original Founder. 2) He owns more stock in the company than any other entity by FAR (the next closest, Capital Research Global Investors, owns around half of what he does). 3) He's the Chairman of the Board. http://finance.yahoo.com/q/mh?s=msft http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/bod/bod.aspx

  25. Re:Go To Hell on DHS Wants To Monitor the Web For Terrorists · · Score: 1

    While we're on the subject of numbers. Deaths from 9/11 attacks: 2,752. U.S. Military Fatalities under Operation Enduring Freedom: 1,125. U.S. Military Fatalities in Iraq under Operation Iraqi Freedom: 4,407.
    http://www.icasualties.org/ http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/10/29/wtc.deaths/
    So the U.S., by their own ambitions, more than doubled the 9/11 death count with their own soldiers and they still haven't brought the man behind the heinous act to justice. I'm not even going to bring up civilian casuatlies as that would just bring me to tears.