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  1. Will it include on Google Unveils Android Wear · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nike self-lacing shoes?
    Self-dry coats?

  2. You seem upset Dave. on New Facial Recognition Software May Detect Looming Road Rage · · Score: 2

    Why don't you take a stresstab and lie down for awhile.

    I'll just slow the car down in the meantime.

  3. Re:So what if the "presidential whatever" is whate on What If the Next Presidential Limo Was a Tesla? · · Score: 2

    Heh... you mean like a History channel special?

    What if the next Presidential Limo was... a space alien?!

  4. Probably still on What If the Next Presidential Limo Was a Tesla? · · Score: 5, Funny

    be required to buy it through a dealer though...

  5. Really? on FISA Court Reverses Order To Destroy NSA Phone Data · · Score: 2

    Couldn't we just keep metadata of the metadata records? Wouldn't that be evidence enough of criminal intent? No no... we have to keep ALL the actual records (and recordings I bet) for uh... the Presidential Libraries... Both of them (for now)...

  6. Uhhh... on Is the New "Common Core SAT" Bill Gates' Doing? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Coleman stressed that Khan Academy and CollegeBoard will be the only places in the world that students will be able to encounter free materials for the exam that are "focused on the core of the math and literacy that matters most."

    Does that throw up red flags for anybody else?

    Why are we supporting an educational policy where a private corp gets to not only dictate who gets "scholastically approved" but also controls the flow of information used to prepare for said approval?

  7. Re:What people seem to forget... on Stanford Researchers Spot Medical Conditions, Guns, and More In Phone Metadata · · Score: 1

    Whew, that's a relief!

    I have an unlisted number so the government can't use that metadata against me. :)

  8. Re:Why? on White House: Get ACA Insurance Coverage, Launch Start-Ups · · Score: 1

    Everything "works" fine so long as you can throw money at it.

    The problem is, and as you've seen over the last several years, you eventually run out of other people's money.

    Then the "invisible cost" suddenly becomes very real.

  9. Re:The Federal Government in a Nutshell on Top U.S. Scientific Misconduct Official Quits In Frustration With Bureaucracy · · Score: 1

    Heck I saw the same level of politicking, bureaucracy and CYA'ing in a small start up with SIX people! (and believe it or not, the company STILL exists now 20 years on)

  10. Bob, if you're reading this- on Merlin's Magic: The Inside Story of the First Mobile Game · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Christmas Merlin came out I was enchanted with it - I spent *hours* at the toy store in the mall, playing with the demo unit, learning how to program the music player to play the theme to Star Wars. I got one that Christmas and played with it incessantly. Eventually it ended up in a garage sale but several years ago I tracked down an original one on EBay and continue to play magic square on it to this day. (The original - not the remake.)

    Thanks man.

  11. Re:now, if someone could handle the weather warnin on Book Review: Threat Modeling: Designing For Security · · Score: 1

    Hmmm... on the flip side, maybe they should start naming terrorist threats like they're doing with storms now.

    We're currently under Yellow Threat Level Stephanie and remind you that Yellow Threat Level's Roberta, Quistis, Patricia, Otto, Norm, Mannheim, Lenny, Keith, Jennifer (not to be confused with Gennifer), Ichabod, Henry, Gennifer, Frank, Esther, David, Cato, Benedict, Arnold are all still in effect!

    Thank you for your cooperation.

  12. So... on Supreme Court Ruling Relaxes Warrant Requirements For Home Searches · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If I object to the search then they arrest me and take me away. Then come back and ask my wife if they can search the house... If she objects do they arrest her too or consent.
    If nobody is then in the house they can easily get a warrant because, hey, both occupants were arrested for obstructing justice so they must be hiding something and nobody is there ANYWAY so it's probably a "good idea"(tm) for the judge to issue a warrant to make sure everythings, y'know, SAFE for neighborhood children.

  13. And coming up next on Mythbusters! on Navy Won't Investigate Nuclear Pollution At San Francisco's Treasure Island · · Score: 4, Funny

    Has Adam Savage gained super powers after his exposure to radiation?

    Jamie: "Okay, Adam jump off the top of the building!" ...
    Jamie: "Nope... can't fly..."

  14. Re:get the mythbusters to test for it on Navy Won't Investigate Nuclear Pollution At San Francisco's Treasure Island · · Score: 2

    "Jamie... I'm glowing!"
    "Well there's your problem! I'd say that's Myth Confirmed!"
    "That's all well and good for you but I look like a dead Jedi Knight now! Although that's pretty cool!"

  15. Re:Let me get this straight on Netflix Blinks, Will Pay Comcast For Network Access · · Score: 1

    No no no... See you're competing with bandwidth for torrenters and pirate scammers who are downloading their movies for free which slows down your streaming so Netflix is paying to give you better service... which will be passed on to you as part of your support to legally enjoy and supports the arts communities.

    So y'see, in the end it's actually better for you to pirate the movies for "free" with the Comcast service which will hurt Comcast in the end because they won't get their Two Dollars.

    err...

    Wait that still makes Comcast the winner... uhhh...

    Huh..

  16. Might be a shrewd maneuver... on Netflix Blinks, Will Pay Comcast For Network Access · · Score: 1

    I think this would give the government decent reason to block the Time Warner merger - Lest Comcast become the 21st century version of Standard Oil.

    (Or not... if Comcast has enough political leverage with the current administration and with them owning NBC...)

  17. Re:So what can be done? on Linksys Routers Exploited By "TheMoon" · · Score: 1

    Disabling Remote management will help but not fully solve the problem.

    For instance a cross-scripting attack via your web browser could attempt to inject the worm on your side.

    My problem is I've got two... no three.. relatives/families scattered all over the US who are running an E4200, an E3000 and a WRT54G who all happily run amok letting javascript run higgeldy-piggledy because to block it messes up their web browsing experience. :(

    "Higgeldy-piggledy means a real mess!"

  18. Re:I'm confused on House Committee Approves Bill Banning In-Flight Phone Calls · · Score: 1

    Ahh... so I can smoke in airplanes then as it's my constitutional right?

  19. Re:I'm confused on House Committee Approves Bill Banning In-Flight Phone Calls · · Score: 2

    Congress has the authority to regulate the airspace and, as such, regulates the rules of commercial air travel.

    PRIVATE planes can make all the calls they want. (And, of course, texting while piloting a plane is the cause of many air accidents and therefore should be banned...)

  20. Hello Citizen - U Look GRate! Today! on UK Council To Send Obese People 'Motivational' Texts Telling Them To Use Stairs · · Score: 4, Funny

    "I don't know... lately I just don't feel like there's anything special about me."

    "You are an incredibly sensitive man, who inspires joy-joy feelings in all those around you."

  21. Re:Directed at Justin George on Where Old Hard Disks (with Digital Secrets) Go To Die · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yeah I was about to post the same question.

    But given the over-explanation for degaussing maybe it's something as simple as burn-in on old CRT monitors that did status displays for weapons panels/nuclear reactors, etc; ?

  22. Pee-Wee Herman on Google's Motorola Adventure: Stinging Defeat, Or Semi-Victory? · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    "I meant to do that!"

  23. Re:Normalization of the Police State on DOJ Announces New Methods For Reporting National Security Requests · · Score: 2

    *yawn* overhype much?

    These things are despicable and incompatible with normal criminal procedure,

    So you agree that secret warrants that lead to secret charging (and hence secret arrests of people) is unlawful.

    How is that NOT a "police state" again?

    Perhaps this would be the time for some colorful expletives?

    If not, when?

  24. Sweet! on Device Mines Precious Phosphorus From Sewage · · Score: 1

    Well... er... not actually...

    But it's a cool idea...

  25. Ahh... on Hackers Steal Law Enforcement Documents From Microsoft · · Score: 5, Funny

    ""Microsoft on Friday said that attackers breached the email accounts of a "select number" of employees,"
    I see Microsoft uses hotmail internally too..