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  1. Re:But Why? on New Best Way To Nuke a Short-Notice Asteroid · · Score: 1

    2 things:
    1) Smaller chunks would have a slightly different trajectory so that some would miss us entirely while others, being much smaller, would burn up in the atmosphere before their kinetic energy would reach a point to harm us.
    2) Exploding 1 incredibly large roid in the the lower atmosphere would have the effect you are describing, but by breaking it up, the mass of the particles entering the lower atmosphere would be drastically smaller. Thus, creating less "dust cloud".

  2. Re:New HDD in Isle 6, New HDD in Isle 6! on Sears Is Turning Shuttered Stores Into Data Centers · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Actually it's because of leases. Generally, when an "anchor store" such as sears, belk, etc move into a mall or strip mall, they sign 10-30 year leases on the space. Unlike your general inline stores which sign 6 month, 1 year or variable lease agreements. They have to pay that lease out whether they maintain the store or shut it down. In many places, it is generally cheaper for them to vacate the store and just continue paying the lease without supporting the store itself. I see this as a way for them to continue to honor their lease while being able to generate revenue from it. Additionally, the costs for build a datacenter would be cheaper because you already have loads of parking, electrical infrastructure, security (joke) etc.

  3. Re:Cry me a river... on NSA Data Center the Focus of Tax Controversy · · Score: 2

    A private company can petition the local government just as easily as the Federal government can.

  4. Re:I created a white house petition against FBI pl on FBI Considers CALEA II: Mandatory Wiretapping On Every Device · · Score: 1
  5. Petition: on FBI Considers CALEA II: Mandatory Wiretapping On Every Device · · Score: 1
  6. Re:The devil you see vs. the devil you don't. on Congress Demands Answers From Google Over Google Glass Privacy Concerns · · Score: 1

    I'm sorry but your prescription eyeglasses do not need to have a camera and internet connection. I will call another service.

  7. Re:The devil you see vs. the devil you don't. on Congress Demands Answers From Google Over Google Glass Privacy Concerns · · Score: 1

    or, since it is your property and the serviceman is there for you, you can ask him to take them off. This is not difficult and it is nothing that can't already be done using a cellphone.

  8. hrm on Apple Deluged By Police Demands To Decrypt iPhones · · Score: 1

    I wonder if they just overwrite the password hash....

  9. Re:wtf on DoD Descends On DEFCAD · · Score: 1

    Makes sense, though when I try to view the article, I just get Forbes.com and a grey screen. Can't view the original article for some reason.

  10. wtf on DoD Descends On DEFCAD · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The real question is, when did we give the DoD control over domestic actions? The constitution strictly prohibits the military from acting as a policing force on US soil. So, who the hell gave them the right to take down a domestic website?

  11. Re:Some how I doubt it will matter on MPAA Executive Tampers With Evidence In Piracy Case · · Score: 5, Informative

    There is a difference between redaction, which hides material to which you will still know exists but not the actual information and removing information entirely and not notifying the defense and the court.

  12. Re:Maybe... on USPS Discriminates Against 'Atheist' Merchandise · · Score: 1

    Actually, having grown up in the South, I would say that most parents "freak out" not because of the heaven/hell issue, but because they are more concerned with what other people think/say about them. Every church I attended growing up was exactly the same way.

  13. FBI/DHS/CIA on Real-Time Gmail Spying a 'Top Priority' For FBI This Year · · Score: 0

    To the agents reading this from whatever government agency you may belong to: GO Fuck Yourselves.

  14. Re:English Motherfucker, Do You Speak It ? on Drone Swarm Creates Star Trek Logo In London Sky · · Score: 0

    ALso, Cochrane was "imagined" in the original series. Season 2 Ep: 2. "Metamorphosis"

  15. Re:English Motherfucker, Do You Speak It ? on Drone Swarm Creates Star Trek Logo In London Sky · · Score: 0

    The Cochrane bit comes from one of the non-canon books, Federation or some such. Cochrane draws the emblem with a start at the top for "light speed" as the pinnacle of human advancement.

  16. Re:English Motherfucker, Do You Speak It ? on Drone Swarm Creates Star Trek Logo In London Sky · · Score: 0

    It is also not an "Arrowhead" emblem, it is actually the energy consumption curve of a warp field. The Cochrane energy curve.....

  17. Re:Good on 41 Months In Prison For Man Who Leaked AT&T iPad Email Addresses · · Score: 1

    Your address isn't posted on your mailbox/door? Phone number listed in the phone book with your address and name? There is far more available information about you than your email address everywhere you look and perfectly legal to obtain.

  18. Re:Good on 41 Months In Prison For Man Who Leaked AT&T iPad Email Addresses · · Score: 1

    So you left your windows open, a guy sees across the street and watches your TV for a few minutes. Then he goes out with some friends and tells them about the show you were watching.

  19. Re:Good on 41 Months In Prison For Man Who Leaked AT&T iPad Email Addresses · · Score: 1

    It's only illegal if you are not allowed to see the data. By them making it publicly accessible, he was within the letter of the law. This amounts to poor prosecution and equally poor presiding by the judge.

  20. Re:Oh noes! on European Human Rights Court Rejects Pirate Bay Founders' Appeal · · Score: 1

    So how does it work out if I buy a movie and then invite 10 friends over to watch it with me? They didn't pay for it. How does it work if I buy a book and then read it out loud standing on a street corner? The TPB founders are in jail, but by the same logic that was used, J.K. Rowling should be in prison to for having stolen the entire premise for Harry Potter from several authors link

  21. Re: A Sad Day for Canada on Canadian File Sharing Plaintiff Admits To Copyright Trolling · · Score: 1

    Here's the difference, you drive drunk and kill someone in an accident you are punished. You have drinks while you plunder the populace using a monopoly or through scams or by just being a banking institution and you don't get punished at all.

  22. Re:Unique names for nearby stars on Astronomers Discover Third-Closest Star System To Earth · · Score: 1

    We have to start building our fleet now if we're going to be ready in 300 years to take on the Borg at Wolf 359.

  23. Re:This is all our fault. on Software That Flagged HBO.com For Piracy Will Power U.S. 'Six Strikes' System · · Score: 1

    You mean the one that says that they can modify the contract as they see fit anytime they wish?

  24. Re:The obvious question here.... on New Zealand Three-Strikes Law To Be Tested · · Score: 2

    b) Someone else used her connection - This could be figured out in a number of ways such as (proving it could be a different matter) - time of access (she was not home or away) - software platform used to download [maybe she is an OSx user and it was a Windows app?] - logs on her router showing different MAC addresses have connected

    all of which can be forged or otherwise have false evidence presented.

  25. Re:And yet... on 27 Reported Killed In Connecticut Elementary School Shooting · · Score: 1

    CDC Death Statistics They make that distinction in the statistics.