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  1. Re:why havsn't Obama called out the republicans ye on FCC To Vote On Net Neutrality On December 21 · · Score: 2

    but what he can do is say "look I am trying to work with republicans they wont have any of it."

  2. why havsn't Obama called out the republicans yet on FCC To Vote On Net Neutrality On December 21 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is one of my major problems with our president. He barely calls out republicans for stuff like "House Republicans have already promised to oppose any solution put forth by FCC chairman Julius Genachowski." They are not looking at the issues they are rejecting it without looking at it. Not that dems have never ever done this but Obama ran on a platform of ending this kind of thing and only seems to bend over backwards continuing to let republicans to run him over.

  3. Re:Surprising in its unsurprisingness on Compiling the WikiLeaks Fallout · · Score: 1

    For as much oil money the Saudi royal family gets I would expect them to ask for what they expected the US to want them to ask.

  4. Re:Administration has zero credibility on WikiLeaks Under Denial of Service Attack · · Score: 1

    How about this, wikileaks goes through every page of the report with the help of multiple well established news organizations redacting names of informants. Then sending the documents to the US gov asking for their input and only receiving demands that none of it be published. Each media outlet having much credibility double checks and forwards any new suggestions for redactions to the rest of the group and subsequently submits its redacted version to State for input and implementing the recommendations on a case by case basis and forwarding to the other media groups. Why wont these terrorist take these simple steps why? Oh what? Really? They did that? I have only had the time to read a hand full of the reports but effort was made to redact source names and some potentially damaging information.

  5. Re:I was at a loss for words on US Embassy Categorizes Beijing Air Quality As 'Crazy Bad' · · Score: 1

    almost looks like a mystic mist over the forbidden city, good for photography bad for lungs.

  6. Re:As designed on For 18 Minutes, 15% of the Internet Routed Through China · · Score: 3, Funny

    Depends, what is the normal average for traffic going through China? Among other things such as did China just happen to have the best routes for this anyways? This summary doesn't give the basic necessary information, oh wait this is slashdot I though I was in a different tab for a min.

  7. Couldn't on Facebook Punishes Devs Who Shared User IDs · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You just operate for a while collect a bunch of ids, seems like something you would need to track accounts, and once you have a worth treasure trove take the slap on the wrist but only after you have transfered all your applications to another 'developer'?

  8. Re:Prop 19 on Predicting Election Results With Google · · Score: 1

    The whole point of states rights and individual states, besides getting people to agree to the new country at all by allowing strong local control of government except where unavoidable is that you have many small test labs to work in. Can California make legal marijuana work? If yes how and should it be copied to other states. Do people support it enough that they would move from their current state to live in a state that supports the law. Prop 19 will signal an acceptance of change in a law that should have been recognized as illegitimate long ago. Your state may be next and will certainly be considering it sooner if California accepts this law.

  9. Re:As Long As O'Donnel Loses on Predicting Election Results With Google · · Score: 1

    So who do you want to win. Or is the political process only about loosing no matter who beats the person you want beat.

  10. Re:Yet another instance of the Observer Effect? on Predicting Election Results With Google · · Score: 1

    If I were to guess it would be because supporters that have a better outlook get better return on their investment for supporting a winning cause. While supporters of a cause that appears sunk are unlikely to waste their effort. In the end people are still choosing to vote or not and who they vote for on their own accord. The problem actually is that we rely on such easily manipulated people to choose our leaders and laws. "The price of freedom is eternal vigilance." If you have a better option I would like to hear it though.

  11. Re:When you cut out the bullshit it's very simple. on How the Global Seed Vault Aims To Fight Future Famine · · Score: 1

    give a man a fish... people don't want to be given something that depends on others. They want to be productive in their own right.

  12. Re:Uhhhh, why? on Could CA Violent Game Law Lead To an Industry Exodus? · · Score: 1

    If it is harder to purchase violent video games fewer people will buy them, not necessarily in giant droves however, decreasing revenue over all. Now how much of an affect this is will be hard to judge but could potentially, don't read certainly, lead to large decreases in game sales. Also the argument doesn't seem to be that developers will leave California but in general will disappear. On that note we are too obsessed with jobs recently, if a job is not useful or is in fact harmful we are keeping people from performing useful beneficial work in other industries and defense of them is basically a make work argument.

  13. Re:Software is not food on Taco Bell Programming · · Score: 1

    and analogies are like people none of them are perfect, but some are good enough. They are used for their similarity in a few cases to demonstrate an idea. For if software was like food it would not be called software it would be called food and there would be no need for comparison.

  14. Brace for impact on Heroic Engineer Crashes Own Vehicle To Save a Life · · Score: 1

    More likely he has been watching too much star trek lately and was dying to yell out "brace for impact."

  15. Re:get a lawsuit on Careful What You Post, the FBI Has More of These · · Score: 1

    Seems they would like more posts like this. Gives them more targets to 'harden' increasing security job security. A terrorists worst enemy is someone who is not afraid.

  16. Re:then the criminals win on US Monitoring Database Reaches Limit, Quits Tracking Felons and Parolees · · Score: 1

    I see you missed the sarcasm in that statement.

  17. Re:Attempt to delaying uptake of competing product on GM Criticized Over Chevy Volt's Hybrid Similarities · · Score: 0, Troll

    What if there is an imminent accident and you need to briefly accelerate above 70 to avoid it while slowing down would make it worse.

  18. then the criminals win on US Monitoring Database Reaches Limit, Quits Tracking Felons and Parolees · · Score: 1

    if you give in like that then the criminals win

  19. Re:Think of it in Reverse on Would-Be Akamai Spy Busted By Feds · · Score: 3, Informative

    Israel can't possibly endanger its relationship with the U.S. Look up the USS LIberty or if that is not bad enough look up the Levon affair of 1954 where Israel failed to attack British and American interests in an attempt to blame it on random terrorists creating a situation that would require the U.S. to stay in the Sinai.

  20. Re:DON'T DO IT! You'll get fired on Simple Virus For Teaching? · · Score: 1

    actually in the article he makes it clear he wants to infect a computer to show students how to remove it. Still is risking it, especially since it is normally a simple procedure to remove a virus with an anti virus program.

  21. Re:Perhaps it's just me... on Stuxnet Worm Claimed To Be Devastating In Iran · · Score: 1

    So what you are pointing out is that Iran is responding (self defense some would argue) to Israeli statements and not the other way around. Focusing on the present removes from your narrative that there is lots of history behind what is happening. If I were to beat you nearly to death the fact that you had illegally entered my home would be very relevant and have drastic implications. If these quotes are accurate then it shows genocidal intent from the the beginning deeply ingrained in the "shinning example of democracy in the region."

  22. Re:Probrem! on Stewart and Colbert Plan Competing D.C. Rallies · · Score: 1

    Stewart went on some show at fox a few years ago and made a very good point. He pretty much made the point that his slogan is not 'fair and balanced' or 'number one in news.' Hell at the time crankyankers led into his show (puppets making prank phone calls). The Daily show has bias but they admit to it and TRY to make it obvious all while being on a comedy channel not news channel.

  23. Re:And so it begins on WikiLeaks Calls For Assange To Step Down · · Score: 1

    which is why I wouldn't be too quick ti dismiss the charges. Seems a bit amateurish to me. Where were the professional CIA story writers when these interns made this story up. Seems like they are barely trying. Not that I think he DID do it but until proven should be treated as an accusation either way.

  24. what is the death rate on 3 Drinks a Day Keeps the Doctor Away · · Score: 1

    one per person.

  25. Re:How do you anticipate weak points on Teacher Asks Students To Plan a Terrorist Attack · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Actually not thinking about terrorism WILL make it go away. Hundreds fold more people have died on our freeway in the last year than from terrorism. The costs of the attempted attacks are low but extremely unlikely to succeed even marginally let alone spectacularly. We don't declare war on cars ban them from our roads and attack entirely unrelated devices in response to the holocaust brought about by the mechanical menace. We don't place severe restrictions on their movement that in the end do little to protect us. Our insistence on being scared shit less every time a shadow moves has hurt us more than the terrorists could hope for. We are hurting our selves with our insane behavior and belief that we can completely stamp out terrorism and anything that moves us towards that is good no matter how much it overall actually hurts us. Privacy, safety from the government, freedom of movement and religion are all friendly fire casualties. While the government can and has taped your phone line and records with out warrant, created laws that would through bureaucratic process loose your citizenship because the government says you might be a terrorist(without trial of course) hell your lawyer even has to ask permission from the government to argue with them the case that killing alleged terrorists is unconstitutional because they say you are a specially designated international terrorist. Quit scaring the children so they can sleep at night, the terrorists are out to get you but there are many well qualified people doing a good job trying to protect you but they keep quite about it so that you don't loose sleep about it and the terrorists don't get free airtime Fox might as well be a terrorist organization for its frequent mention of potential attacks everytime something happens. OMG was it terrorists we don't know more about the terrorist angle with us to discuss terror expert but if he were an actual terrorist we wouldn't sell them airtime... You are more likely to die from thousands of other much more easily prevented causes where no where near as much effort is being put.