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  1. Re:About time for a Free baseband processor on Department of Justice Harvests Cell Phone Data Using Planes · · Score: 1

    "Right of the People to alter or abolish it" and "their right [and] duty, to throw off such Government" kind of speaks to that. I think it is obvious that many of the same people involved in writing the Declaration of Independence were also instrumental in writing the Constitution.

    They recognized that extreme measures may be called for to perform one's duty and that required being armed. Only blubbering idiots beholden to an ideology of lies would even consider the premise that the Founding Fathers had any other intentions in regards to weapons than that individual citizens could arm themselves with whatever was considered modern.

    Any less is admitting that the government is not restricted by the Constitution from searching your computer and cellphone as they did not exist 200 years ago.

  2. Re:No. on Will Lyft and Uber's Shared-Ride Service Hurt Public Transit? · · Score: 1

    IOW, taxis are now a good option because they have competition from Lyft and Uber so Lyft and Uber can go away because they serve no purpose that taxis don't already fulfill?

    How about that they are forcing taxis to offer decent customer service because they have competition.

  3. Re:so size DOESN'T matter? on New Particle Collider Is One Foot Long · · Score: 1

    Because some people are so racist and blind they see it in everyone but themselves.

  4. Re:Diversity bullshit on Amazon Releases (Not Many) Details On Its Workforce Demographics · · Score: 1

    chinese laborers were brought in to work on railroads and they were very much discrminated against in the past. Not so much during the "civil rights era" and since.

  5. Re:Rainbow PUSH said ... on Amazon Releases (Not Many) Details On Its Workforce Demographics · · Score: 1

    In America, the federal government requires companies to track all of this but forbids companies to actually use the information. Federal law in the US basically requires companies to collect evidence that they are or are not breaking racial laws.

    It sucks, but so do many aspects of law in all countries.

  6. Re:Sounds like Slashdot on We Are All Confident Idiots · · Score: 1

    And letters he wrote to family suggest that he did know the truth but chose to lie because he thought the journey was worthwhile but would not get the necessary backing by telling the truth.

  7. Re:Whatever euphemism softens the blow on Facebook To DEA: Stop Using Phony Profiles To Nab Criminals · · Score: 1

    And their is no "theft" involved with an agent using a perp's account when the perp is not in a position to be using it either. Neither is my pretending to be you in any way taking away your ability to be you. As long as all I do is open accounts and defraud other parties, I have taken nothing from you; I took it from them. The fact that yet other third parties see my activity as a reason to not do business with you is still not my fault. It is a misunderstanding between you and them that has nothing to do with me. Identity theft is as real or not real as IP theft.

  8. Really. That is exactly what people expect. We turned our health care insurance on its head because 90-96% coverage was inadequate.

  9. Re:Depending on local ordinances... on Energy Utilities Trying To Stifle Growth of Solar Power · · Score: 1

    Kind of like laws that require my private residence built for me and my family to be fully-wheel chair accessible (no stairs to the ground floor, ground floor must have a kitchen, laundry room, and full wheel-chair accessible bathroom and at least one bedroom and all hallways and doors on ground floor must be 36 inch doors). Why? So that I won't be discriminating against a potential wheelchair bound buyer if and when I decide to sell.

    Reasonable? Less so than requiring all housing to be hooked up to utilities.

  10. Re:Fine. Legislate for externalities. on Energy Utilities Trying To Stifle Growth of Solar Power · · Score: 1

    I say we regulate all energy producers the same. That way, Dick and Jane Ecofriendly will get first hand experience in what kind of burdens have been placed on power producers already. Let every individual household that expects to sell power to the grid first do all the environmental impact studies to prove how their installation won't change the surrounding environment, let them obtain all the necessary permits and zoning exceptions to build an electrical generation plant in a residential zone and force them to have competently trained and union paid operating engineers to oversee the operation. Or maybe the Ecofriendlys can contract this out to companies that have the expertise to do so, for a reasonable fee.

  11. Re:A blue trip slip for an eight-cent fare on Energy Utilities Trying To Stifle Growth of Solar Power · · Score: 1

    I'm not even sure they are CS/computer types. I suspect Slashdot has its fair share of soft-science/pseudo-science majors that seem to have all the answers and truly believe that once the legislative branch has passed legislation and the executive branch has agreed to it, that the magic will happen and all will be good.

  12. Re:A blue trip slip for an eight-cent fare on Energy Utilities Trying To Stifle Growth of Solar Power · · Score: 1

    You call this free energy and rant on about evil capitalism so I feel compelled to believe that the Australian government sent some work crews out to install these panels that some other Australian work crews had designed and built using raw materials that yet more Australian government work crews dug out of the ground and refined. Further, I am wondering if the unicorn farts that powered all of this (seeing as how they weren't purchasing the energy to bootstrap from any external parties) also convert into tasty meals for the workers.

    If that is not an accurate description, then exactly who did pay for all this free stuff? Or are you just expecting your kids or grandkids to worry about who is going to pick up the tab. Sadly, we in America seem to be best at doing that and it is something I would not suggest you follow.

  13. Re:A solution in search of a problem... on Technological Solution For Texting While Driving Struggles For Traction · · Score: 1

    crap. yeah. I was being dense and thinking 180 degrees instead of mirroring.

  14. Re:This is not a new or unique problem on US Patent Office Seeking Consultant That Can Stamp Out Fraud By Patent Examiners · · Score: 1

    or the NYC teacher's union or the UAW and all manner of other unions as well.

  15. Re: I use my phone... on Technological Solution For Texting While Driving Struggles For Traction · · Score: 1

    Yes, while driving. I, like many others, have mastered the art of talking/chewing while walking/driving. I have called to report drunk drivers and had I waited until a place I could pull off the road, my information would have been useless nor would I have been able to continue to report the location to the 911 operator when she called back to ask for updates.

  16. Re:Fines work better ... on Technological Solution For Texting While Driving Struggles For Traction · · Score: 1

    Yeah because it so much more dangerous for a rich man to speed than it is for a poor man.

  17. Re:A solution in search of a problem... on Technological Solution For Texting While Driving Struggles For Traction · · Score: 1

    And you failed to respond to how your solution differentiates the passengers from the driver.

  18. Re:A solution in search of a problem... on Technological Solution For Texting While Driving Struggles For Traction · · Score: 2

    10 and 2 are not mirror opposites either, at least not on any clock I've used.

  19. Re:This is not a new or unique problem on US Patent Office Seeking Consultant That Can Stamp Out Fraud By Patent Examiners · · Score: 1

    Union protects the criminal not the employer.

  20. Re:market pressure, like goldman sachs, BOA.. on US Patent Office Seeking Consultant That Can Stamp Out Fraud By Patent Examiners · · Score: 1

    but I thought it was resuscitated by a community organizer with the help of some other former wall street management?

  21. Re:Ask the US Postal Service on US Patent Office Seeking Consultant That Can Stamp Out Fraud By Patent Examiners · · Score: 1

    only if you can prove it really wasn't the "sorting machine" that ripped it up.

  22. Re:Ask the US Postal Service on US Patent Office Seeking Consultant That Can Stamp Out Fraud By Patent Examiners · · Score: 1

    Not exactly true. Bank managers generally do trust the tellers but have to have all kinds of systems in place as a requirement for being insured. It is a CYA because the ones that will hurt you the most are the ones you trust. Banks could lose far more to a teller stealing from them than they ever could from an off-the-street robber. Further, much of the surveillance is also to protect the teller from the dishonest customer. Having a video record of what the teller hands the customer helps keep customers from invalid claims of having been shorted. It also helps when legitimate mistakes are made such as a busy teller handling to different drive-up lanes and losing focus and sending each lane the other lanes money. I've had a bank teller tell me about the video being used for all three situations: dishonest employee, dishonest customer and employee mistake.

  23. Re:Ask the US Postal Service on US Patent Office Seeking Consultant That Can Stamp Out Fraud By Patent Examiners · · Score: 1

    Except Clinton already claimed that one.

  24. Re:Ask the US Postal Service on US Patent Office Seeking Consultant That Can Stamp Out Fraud By Patent Examiners · · Score: 1

    Well, its also called union.

  25. Re:What rubbish on Why Atheists Need Captain Kirk · · Score: 1

    Well, the term "theoretical" explains that they are dealing less with facts than they are with speculation. The sad part is that most theoretical physicists probably do remember that but some of the more vocal ones want to be celebrities (or have become to enamored by their own specialness) so they act like their speculations are facts and far too many then believe that their speculations are speculations instead of facts. Just reading slashdot is plenty of proof of that.