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  1. Re:Here we go... on How To Hijack a Drone For $400 In Less Than an Hour · · Score: 1

    They'll only outlaw "assault drones", regular drones with the same capabilities as assault drones but who look less scary will be legal.

    Says the CIA (Criminals In Action).

  2. Re:methane ice underwater on Siberia's Methane Release Larger Than Previously Thought · · Score: 1

    Those two put out what they swallow. The undersea stuff ... not so

    Everything thrown away eventually gets swallowed by the ocean, one way or another.

  3. out of control compared to what? on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Protect Your Privacy When It's Out of Your Control? · · Score: 1

    What's out of control is the controllers. Can't balance a checkbook, can't stay out of trouble, can't hang around normal people, always looking for a fight with the wrong people. It's all fun and games till someone loses an eye.

  4. Re:methane ice underwater on Siberia's Methane Release Larger Than Previously Thought · · Score: 1

    Methane ice under the ocean also does this. Interesting?

    So does cabbage.

  5. Re:Mod parent up: it's called VELOCITY FACTOR, fol on How Microwave Transmission Is Linking Financial Centers At Near-Light Speed · · Score: 0

    Light speed, without any qualification after it, is generally accepted to mean c, celeritas. Adding "in a vacuum" is a pointless waste of space...

    Considering there is more space than matter, your argument is invalid.

  6. Re:Nothing "near" about it on How Microwave Transmission Is Linking Financial Centers At Near-Light Speed · · Score: 2

    That's why the big boys lay dedicated fiber.

    When you say "dedicated" is that with or without NSA knowledge?

  7. There was a story a few weeks ago about someone in Chicago that had a faster than light connection (when the Fed issued a statement about interest rates)

    Stealing your money at the speed of fright.

  8. Re:It's not just for information security on FOIA: NSA Contracts Stored In Paper Files, Unsearchable, Unindexed · · Score: 1

    There's little doubt this is intentional. The primary 'hackers' that the NSA is worried about is Congressional oversight and the Government Accountability Office, or any kind of auditors. Inability to find relevant information is precisely the goal.

    ...and it will be too late when it is found. Mission accomplished.

  9. Re:There really know why... on FOIA: NSA Contracts Stored In Paper Files, Unsearchable, Unindexed · · Score: 1

    ... there don't want to be vulnerable to others agencies like them !

    The NAZI's were anal about records and look what happened to them, "they" became the CIA under Operation Paperclip. How's that for justice?

  10. Re:Self-serving philanthropy on Code.org Wants Participating Students' Data For 7 Years · · Score: 1

    With enough thrust, a pig can fly.

    But, can it land? I see at least two things wrong with this concept.
    1. Longitudinal data allows the gleaning of code without compensation.
    2. Copyright issues, some people make lots of money goofing around with coding in school and at home, the apps environment being one. Why should the likes of Gates or Zuckerberg profit from the work of others without just credit.

  11. Re:too many possible jokes on ESA's Long-Term Plan To Investigate the Invisible Universe · · Score: 1

    Where? I just don't see them.

    You won't, it's a double blind study.

  12. Re:very understandable on Disabled Woman Denied Entrance To US Due To Private Medical Records · · Score: 1

    We don't want no evil Canadian paraplegic terrorist to assault our defenseless citizens with kind words.

    Think of the crippled children and crippled national security.

  13. Re:Duh on The Best Way To Blow the Whistle · · Score: 1

    What good is that when those in charge already have life vests?

    Life vests come in two conditions, on and off.

  14. Re:Honesty is never treasured in corporate world on The Best Way To Blow the Whistle · · Score: 1

    If you put it like this, it sounds like the liars have already won. Have they?

    Yes.
    I lied.

  15. Re:Honesty is never treasured in corporate world on The Best Way To Blow the Whistle · · Score: 2

    I see you're already up to +5 (for good reason).

    What many would see as the surprising, or questionable, notion, is that liars only trust other liars. What it is though is only trusting people who play by the same set of rules as you, and it's irrelevant that the rules are crooked. Only trust your own kind. Another liar may be your enemy, but at least you understand him. Liars always try to act in their own self-interest, but those honest people are unpredictable, and their motives difficult to understand. How can you trust someone you can't understand, and hence whose behavior is totally unpredictable? It's like being with someone who most of the time is perfectly reasonable, but at unpredictable moments flies into wild irrational rages, screaming about demons seen only by them, like "ethics" and "truthfulness".

    "Trust and you will be trusted", said the liar to the fool.

  16. Re:Duh on The Best Way To Blow the Whistle · · Score: 1

    Poorly. Rock the boat, and you can expect to be thrown off. It's the Human Way.

    You would be better off sinking the boat and see who swims.

  17. Re:Not the only state with this law on Driver Arrested In Ohio For Secret Car Compartment Full of Nothing · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I know Florida has had a law on the books like this for a while and I'm sure other states do as well. I get why they think they need it but it's a serious abuse of our individual rights as it essentially makes it so you are assumed guilty.

    According to the government, you are guilty, you just do not know it yet. The NDAA, the PATRIOT ACT, the changes to the Miranda laws etc, proves you are guilty even before you are arrested, tried and found guilty. The paranoia of a corrupt government justifies any and all actions the Constitution prohibits. The law makers are above the law, the law enforcers are above the law and the law deciders are above the law, therefore you are guilty.

  18. Re:Sucks to be them. on A War Over Solar Power Is Raging Within the GOP · · Score: 1

    Sooner or later, being anti-science and pro-capitalist is bound to catch up with you.

    ...and charge you for using the sun.

  19. Re:Calling China right now on Supreme Court Refuses To Hear EPIC Challenge To NSA Surveillance · · Score: 2

    Bought dog, bought dog,
    watcha gonna do, watcha gonna do then there's a noose for you.

  20. banksters on Canonical Developer Warns About Banking With Linux Mint · · Score: 0

    Internet banking is convenient, too convenient. If you believe you are safe, think again. The banksters have your money, they can do what they like and you have no recourse other than taking back your money. Take it out now, before the run.

  21. Re:That's cool on Scientists Propose Satellite Early Warning System For Forest Fires · · Score: 1

    Why geo? Drones are lot closer. Besides, spy satellites are leo.

  22. Re:ho hum on We're Safe From the Latest SARS-Like Disease...For the Moment · · Score: 1

    Is planet Earth a local problem?

  23. Re:That's cool on Scientists Propose Satellite Early Warning System For Forest Fires · · Score: 1

    Naive? These bastards know exactly what they're doing.

  24. Re:That's cool on Scientists Propose Satellite Early Warning System For Forest Fires · · Score: 1

    Infra-red>cloud cover

  25. Re:That's cool on Scientists Propose Satellite Early Warning System For Forest Fires · · Score: 1

    What about terrererists?