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  1. Re:They only ask important questions on US Supreme Court Says NASA Background Checks OK · · Score: 2

    "Have you ever had sex with an animal?"

    That depends on your definition of "is".

  2. Re:They only ask important questions on US Supreme Court Says NASA Background Checks OK · · Score: 1

    Once the rockets go up, who cares where they come down? That's not my department.

  3. Re:No access controls? on How Facebook Ships Code · · Score: 1

    Um, yes, it does. Access control is not just denial, it's also logging. If you don't have any idea who's accessing what, you can't possibly have any oversight.

  4. Re:Freakonomics on Smartphone As Your Most Dangerous Possession · · Score: 1

    No. If you just bolted on a door to something built without other consideration of security, it's not going to do very well. In fact, a house *is* security--the door is your access point. A door as just "bolt-on" security would be a door sitting there without any walls.

  5. Re:I do not think that word means what you think i on Smartphone As Your Most Dangerous Possession · · Score: 1

    No, that's risk. The car is enormously dangerous whether you can see well or not. If you intend to use it to harm, having good eyesight makes it *more* dangerous. It is indeed the most dangerous thing most people own, with the possible exception of a gun (if they own one).

  6. Re:When this happens to the US or its allies on New York Times Reports US and Israel Behind Stuxnet · · Score: 1

    You mean that Iran are being bastards for not caring about nuclear proliferation, whereas Israel are cool for just not signing that treaty?

    Well, yes. Nations are free to sign or refuse to sign treaties as they see fit. Breaking signed treaties is another matter.

  7. Well, no... on New York Times Reports US and Israel Behind Stuxnet · · Score: 1

    ...they actually didn't report that. But we all *know* who did it, so that makes it okay to say they did, right?

  8. Re:Hope and... on Patriot Act Up For Renewal, Nobody Notices · · Score: 1

    "My ilk"? I'll have you know, sir, that I don't even *own* an ilk!

  9. Re:voted on Patriot Act Up For Renewal, Nobody Notices · · Score: 1

    McCain's undoing was that the economy spectacularly tanked in the year before the election; combined with the impression Bush left, it made it certain that no Republican could win.

  10. Re:Typical U.S. quality on Low Quality Alloy Cause of Shuttle Main Tank Issue · · Score: 1

    That line is much, much older than COD4.

  11. Re:What's next? on Florida Man Sues WikiLeaks For Scaring Him · · Score: 1

    "That little Clampett got his own cement pond;
    That little Clampett, he's a millionaire..."

  12. "How DARE they try to force a new language... on Microsoft Slams Google Over HTML5 Video Decision · · Score: 1

    ...on the entire world, when that's OUR job!"

  13. Re:The eco-friendliness of downloads. on Sony Closing 18M CD/Month Plant · · Score: 1

    This is part of the reason I switched to using a netbook for work and play.

    So, to prove you won't just buy another machine...you bought another machine. How's that again?

  14. Re:Oh really? on Assange Could Face Execution Or Guantanamo Bay · · Score: 1

    The rule can't apply to Assange in any case, as it isn't the US requesting his extradition--it's Sweden, as stated in the summary. His lawyers are trying to argue that if he's extradited to Sweden, Sweden might render him over to the US.

  15. Re:*HOW* Much?! on Social Security Information Systems Near Collapse · · Score: 2

    A $50, 1 TB hard drive could hold 3 kilobytes of information for every citizen in the US.

    ...if you didn't count the computer that would be needed to access it, if you didn't mind waiting a several minutes for *every single piece* of information you needed, and if you didn't care at all if the data was still going to be there when you needed it.

  16. Re:Go back to dumb devices on Major Security Flaws Discovered In Internet HDTVs · · Score: 1

    As a sysadmin by profession, one of my favorite terms is "too stupid to break".

  17. It will be a card that identifies you... on Obama Eyeing Internet ID For Americans · · Score: 1

    ...and will be issued nationally, but it's NOT a National ID Card. Trust us!

  18. Re:Logic Fail on College Students Lack Scientific Literacy · · Score: 1

    You ugly bag, you.

  19. Cut off the telling analogy in the Twain quote on The Continued Censorship of Huckleberry Finn · · Score: 1

    "The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter--'tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning."

  20. Re:Same private key? on PS3 Root Key Found · · Score: 0

    Because if you do, the coppers will get you.

  21. How do you prove it saves money? on How Do You Prove Software Testing Saves Money? · · Score: 1

    The same way you prove anything saves money: you sit down and work out the figures. Estimate how much money (Largely staff salaries, but don't forget to estimate how much business you're losing because of buggy software) is spent in fixing things. Estimate how much of that would be saved if you test your software properly. Estimate how much the testing will cost (don't forget to include testing hardware and also delay to release time). If A > B, then it saves you money. If you have a convincing analysis and you work for rational bosses (always a concern), you should be able to talk them into it.

  22. Re:Invalidate Private Keys on Playstation 3 Code Signing Cracked For Good · · Score: 2

    Which is trivially broken by the jailbreak simply telling the firmware that it's one of the "genuine" games.

  23. Re:Ellsberg actually redacted diplomatic cables on Wikileaks and Democracy In Zimbabwe · · Score: 1

    assessed the allies of the US who were secretly supporting the Vietnam war, like Poland.

    Poland was our ally and secretly supported us in the Vietnam War (1965-1975)? Wait, what?

  24. Re:Reading light on African Villages Glow With Renewable Energy · · Score: 1

    Candles aren't cheap. You only think they're cheap because you never use them. To adequately light a room takes several candles at least, and you need to replace them every few days at best. One of the biggest draws of electric lighting, once it had been fully developed (and before that, gas lighting), was how much *cheaper* it was than using candles.

  25. Re:Airplane tickets. on How the Free Market Rocked the Grid · · Score: 2, Informative

    Wow, I can see you learned math at a public school. If tickets used to be $1000 and are now $450 in dollars that are worth a third as much then prices are only *fifteen percent* of what they once were. That's less than *one-sixth* the former price.