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  1. Re: Like the nazi used to say on Bomb Squad Searches House Over Teenager's Chemistry Experiments · · Score: 0

    Who are they stealing from? If it's abandoned it's as good as found.

  2. Re:Unhealthy food is tasty. Healthy food is boring on High-Fat, High-Sugar Diet Can Lead To Cognitive Decline · · Score: 1

    Actually yes, that is the goal. Not to live forever, of course. But maintaining health into old age, and avoiding "lifestyle" diseases, is part of the reason I work out and try to eat healthily.

    Exactly. Die quicker, not sooner.

  3. Re: Then and now on SpaceX and OneWeb -- Same Goal, Different Technology and Strategy · · Score: 1

    Bush wants to make no mistake, Obama wants you to let him be clear

  4. Verbatim vs. Reading Level on Ask Slashdot: Are There Any Search Engines Left That Don't Try To Think For Me? · · Score: 2

    When the results are displayed go to Search Tools and change All Results to Verbatim

  5. Re: Overrated on Snowden Demystified: Can the Government See My Junk? · · Score: 1

    Why are they looking at all this hay when they're supposed to be finding needles?!??

  6. Re:Free? on Obama Proposes 2 Years of Free Community College · · Score: 5, Insightful

    But why should I have to pay even MORE in taxes to send someone to college. I may need that money to send my OWN kids to school.

    Your kids wouldn't qualify as that "someone" being sent to college on the public dime?

  7. Re:The internet is for porn. on The Inevitable Death of the Internet Troll · · Score: 1

    You're no pilgrim

  8. Re: Semantics on The Inevitable Death of the Internet Troll · · Score: 1

    It's not ignoring the point at all. It's one thing to have your eyes drawn downward for a moment, it's quite another to keep staring after being asked to stop. She shouldn't have to wear a turtleneck to keep your gaze focused where it should be.

  9. Re:Not just women on The Inevitable Death of the Internet Troll · · Score: 1

    I get your point but it's more akin to avoiding the Westboro Baptist Church.

  10. Re:What integrity? on Facebook To DEA: Stop Using Phony Profiles To Nab Criminals · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "Harming the integrity of the community" = "Polluting our data"

  11. Politics on Elon Musk: We Must Put a Million People On Mars To Safeguard Humanity · · Score: 1

    If you thought international politics was fun, wait until we get a whole new planet in the mix.

  12. Re:Bob: So we just went ahead and fixed the glitch on The Department of Homeland Security Needs Its Own Edward Snowden · · Score: 1

    Fix the glitch. Just like Milton's payroll issue.

    That didn't end well, iirc.

    He got salt with his margarita.

  13. Re:Yes. on NSA Collects 200 Million Text Messages Per Day · · Score: 1

    'sides, everyone knows the NSA uses Mongo.

    Send a candygram and they're done for.

  14. Re:Summary on Using Nanotechnology To Build Thinner, Stronger Condoms · · Score: 2

    Condom nanotubes

  15. Re:Does it matter on Unintended Consequences: How NSA Revelations May Lead To Even More Surveillance · · Score: 2

    This is no time to haarp about conspiracy theories

  16. Re:Maybe Usless on Unintended Consequences: How NSA Revelations May Lead To Even More Surveillance · · Score: 1

    The isolated psycopath or sociopath may be the ultimate threat to national security.

    They're not, though. While capable of doing horrible things they are a local threat at best. Nothing they do will have national effects beyond "This thing happened so I, a politician, will sign this legislation that saves my face"

  17. Re:How about warrants with probable cause? on NSA Head Asks How To Spy Without Collecting Metadata · · Score: 1

    The NSA's job is to spy on the rest of the world, but leave the US citizens alone. This guy seems unable to accept that one little limit in their charter.

    I was under the impression they actually were playing by these rules, but exploiting the loophole of "Hey, THOSE countries are the ones doing the collection of data on US citizens. It just so happened we also had interesting information on their population so we decided to trade."

  18. Re:Next time.. on Obama Praises NSA But Promises To Rein It In · · Score: 2

    The fact we haven't had another major terrorist attack in over a decade is notable.

    Not really, they didn't happen that frequently to begin with.

  19. Re:For Fsck's Sake RTFA on NSA Planned To Discredit Radicals Based On Web-Browsing Habits · · Score: 1

    I don't think the the NSA has enough disk space (or interest) to collect the porn of the average American.

    No, just the metadata about every session.

  20. Re:I'm not sure how I feel about this on With XP's End of Life, Munich Will Distribute Ubuntu CDs · · Score: 1

    That's when the kid pulls their phone out and looks it up.

  21. Re:This may work........ on "451" Error Will Tell Users When Governments Are Blocking Websites · · Score: 4, Funny

    404a - Page does not exist. This error never happened.

  22. Re:Devices which have only one purpose on Surveillance Story Turns Into a Warning About Employer Monitoring · · Score: 1

    Its not like one would run around the woods with a pressure cooker bomb to hunt deer or a car bomb as a party favorite.

    Someone doesn't know any rednecks

  23. Re:also need to cut fluff and filler from Educatio on Let Them Eat Teslas · · Score: 1

    If you have to carefully review what you typed then why bother with a spellchecker in the first place?

  24. Re:For April Fools Day on When Your Data Absolutely, Positively has to be Destroyed (Video) · · Score: 1
  25. Re:Um... on Wrong Fuel Chokes Presidential Limo · · Score: 3, Funny

    Okay, you get funny points, but in case anyone takes you seriously, automatic transmissions pretty much became the norm in the U.S. in the 1950s and from your list only eating and sleeping were available in the car.

    Don't forget drinking!