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  1. Re:So? on Water Discovery Is Good News For Mars Colonists · · Score: 1

    You're fun at parties, aren't you?

  2. Re:I making my living writing Java on Will New Red-Text Warnings Kill Casual Use of Java? · · Score: 1

    Obviously not a good living if you're not aware of that.

  3. Re:I thought the whole point of Java... on Will New Red-Text Warnings Kill Casual Use of Java? · · Score: 1

    How is this post insightful? It posits an incorrect assumption. Java wasn't created for applets. Maybe that's what you've mostly seen. Second, there are unsigned applets that are sandboxed and signed applets that can have expanded access to your system. The whole point of the Java exploit scare was websites hosting an unsigned applet that behave like a signed applet.

  4. Re:Apparently, applets only on Will New Red-Text Warnings Kill Casual Use of Java? · · Score: 1

    Spoken like someone with very little knowledge of one or the other. Yeah, you'll get modded up on Slashdot, but any "java is slow" post is.

  5. Re:Seven milliseconds? on Somebody Stole 7 Milliseconds From the Federal Reserve · · Score: 1

    "Number One, initiate tachyon pulse beam trading sequence. Fire on my mark. No no, on MY mark..."

  6. Re:7ms? less than 3.6ms. on Somebody Stole 7 Milliseconds From the Federal Reserve · · Score: 2

    Hardware delays, software delays, AND transmission delays. I doubt someone was shooting a laser-encoded trade at a Wall Street optical sensor.

  7. Re:I do not understand why this is a story on Somebody Stole 7 Milliseconds From the Federal Reserve · · Score: 1

    Plausible deniability I guess. You could pretend that you waited for the instant the report was dumped, had some article scraping app set up, then executed your trade. That would probably work for the legal department.

  8. We need an explicit privacy amendment for biz on DEA Argues Oregonians Have No Protected Privacy Interest In Prescription Records · · Score: 1

    There's not much point to the 4th amendment if all the feds have to do to get around it is stomp a foot and ask a private business to hand over the information. This is becoming a huge loophole in consumer privacy. We need something explicit to keep feds from using businesses as an intermediary to our 4th amendment-protected records as well as the sleazy tactic of licensing businesses to database that information and open it up for queries.

  9. Re:The most beautiful... on Boeing Turning Old F-16s Into Unmanned Drones · · Score: 1

    I'd say that honor belongs to the Berkut.

  10. Re:this is the future of aerial combat on Boeing Turning Old F-16s Into Unmanned Drones · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but the problem with aerial warfare has always been spotting the other pilots first. No amount of cameras is going to fix that problem. I don't remember the exact stat, but 80% or so of planes shot down in combat never saw the guy before he shot, and a large percentage of the rest were close to level (didn't have much time to react).

    Maybe AWACS technology has leapfrogged but we'll never know until the next war. I'd hate to commit to drones then find out they're (F)ishbait under the fog of war.

  11. Nice try on Google To Encrypt All Keyword Searches · · Score: 2

    I don't trust you anymore

  12. Re:Different Parents on GTA V Proves a Lot of Parents Still Don't Know or Care About ESRB Ratings · · Score: 1

    That's pretty interesting. Probably 10 years ago I bought a CD at Walmart that had the curse words bleeped out. Quite the contradiction.

  13. Re:Some people... on GTA V Proves a Lot of Parents Still Don't Know or Care About ESRB Ratings · · Score: 1

    Can't remember the exact quote, but don't expect someone to understand something that might affect their income. About the only vendor who'd step on their own sale would have to be a disgruntled employee.

  14. Re:jerk on Georgia Cop Issues 800 Tickets To Drivers Texting At Red Lights · · Score: 1

    drug dealers is two words
    drug dealer is "victimless"
    rapists is the only to end with 'ts'
    murders is mispelled

  15. Why is anyone surprised? on Why Is Microsoft Setting More Money On Fire With Surface 2? · · Score: 1

    MS has been doing this for decades. They use the "full court press" strategy against any potential future competitor. They get in the market and challenge them, throw a ton of cash at whatever will prevent the insurgents from creating a monopoly, and if they don't bury them, try to buy them. Hell, there have been times MS just issued a press release *talking* about creating a competitor product and that was enough to kill a project. The only shock is that MS isn't the gorilla with unlimited cash reserves anymore that can go full throttle at anyone and everyone.

  16. Re:So, how about... on Imprisoned Physicist Honored For Refusing To Work On Iran's Nuclear Program · · Score: 0, Troll

    I give him the Balls of Steel trophy. I'm surprised Israel hasn't just staged an accident by now.

  17. Re:Zombies on Universal Flu Vaccine "Blueprint" Discovered · · Score: 4, Funny

    Quite a simple dilemma. Test your vacccine on vampires. If it doesn't work, just wait until sunrise.

  18. I've got the technology patent on Air Force Wants Technology That Will Let Drones Sense and Avoid Other Aircraft · · Score: 1

    My units cost about $2 million each with about $100K maintenance annually, however maintenance facilities can range from 1-3K sq ft each. Throw in a about $500K for an ejection system to salvage my units in case of an emergency, you're looking at $2.5M up front per drone.

    I call my prototype a PIE LOOT.

  19. This article confirms what I thought about BM on What I Did During My Summer Vacation: Burning Man Edition · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It's officially a tourist trap for yuppies. Bike and camping gear rentals???

  20. Re:"only a few"? on Comments About Comments · · Score: 1

    YouTube doesn't go far enough. I'd like to see better features for screening out the "noise" like dupes (har har) some click whore reposted as well as those annoying videos that have been flagged down, yet continue to pull in users based on misleading titles, descriptions, etc.

  21. Re:They care..... sure.... on Google Tackles Health · · Score: 1

    I'm sure they've had a good guess, but when you want to target someone for Viagra or Cialis ads, you want a high-percentage cross section of users, not just someone giggle-clicking. The better their data, the more they can charge for the better ad responses they'll get.

  22. Happening everywhere on all levels on Brazil Announces Plans To Move Away From US-Centric Internet · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Our Global Suction strategy is blowing up in our face. We were perceived as an honest broker, now we're going to find our control increasingly challenged and marginalized. I've been reading more and more about everyone from individual users to companies to now nations basically giving us the finger. Any tactic we're employing with geopolitical repercussions that can be blown out of the water by one disgruntled contractor was woefully conceived.

    I don't know what annoys me more; the dragnetting or the fact that they did such a crappy job of keeping it under wraps.

  23. Re:Actually, that's an impressive vehicle. on Orbital Sciences Cargo Test Mission To ISS Launches Successfully · · Score: 1

    That is probably the most boring looking rocket I've ever seen. Probably a good thing if orbital vehicles start looking mundane.

  24. That was an empty press release on Google Tackles Health · · Score: 1

    Well, maybe most of them have this much content, but there's nothing anyone can do with that link but speculate. Not sure why it's even deemed worthy of the front page.

  25. Re:They care..... sure.... on Google Tackles Health · · Score: 1

    And, I'm sure "improving health" will involve a strong dose of targeted advertising for all the pharmaceuticals that'll make their lives better.