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  1. Re:How is this better than a balloon? on UAV Hoisted Tower Powered By Laser Over Fiberoptic · · Score: 1

    Balloons are extremely newsworthy if they may or may not have a tiny pilot

  2. Re:Really Cool... on Google Patents Censorship of "Annoying" Content · · Score: 1

    Being correct doesn't make them any less annoying

  3. Re:the pat-downs will continue.. on TSA Has 95-Year-Old Remove Her Diaper For Screening · · Score: 1

    Mod the fuck up

  4. Re:What the hell? on RIAA-Backed Warrantless Search Bill In California · · Score: 1

    Now, ask yourself, what is worse?...big corporations with private security contractors or big government with guns and also private security contractors?

    FTFY

  5. laziness on Six Cities Named For Vehicle2Vehicle Communications Trial · · Score: 1

    A great way to address most crash scenarios is to pull your head out of your ass as a driver. Are we so lazy that we cannot accept doing chores as adults? God forbid we spend any amount of time not being entertained.

  6. Re:so on Battle Brews Over FBI's Warrantless GPS Tracking · · Score: 1

    Dogshit sounds like a nice "FU" without too much in possible ramifications.

    It sounds nice until you're accused of exposing Federal agents to a potential biohazard

  7. Re:Domestic production? on White House Explains Transport-Energy Future · · Score: 2

    Also running with the 20mil/day consumption figure, having one million electric vehicles on the road by 2015 will save us less than two days' worth of consumption per year

  8. Re:Posting free/shareware doesn't make CNET liable on CNET Sued Over LimeWire Client Downloads · · Score: 1

    When dealing with grey-area stuff like limewire, CNET should learn from head shops and throw a legal disclaimer on the page. That way it's being distributed for legit purposes, even though everyone knows what you're *really* using it for.

  9. Re:This is on Red Hat CEO On Patent Trolls: Just Pay Them Off · · Score: 1

    You gotta pay the troll toll

  10. Re:So... on Using AI To Identify Innuendo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Come on me if you want to live

  11. Re:I guess I didnt miss much on 77 Million Accounts Stolen From Playstation Network · · Score: 1

    There are good competitive video games that foster positive social skills.

    Online? With voice chat?? This I gotta see.

  12. Re:Land of the free... on Bizarre Porn Raid Underscores Wi-Fi Privacy Risks · · Score: 1

    Ok you got me on that one; after reading into it further I see my assumptions are outdated.

  13. Re:Land of the free... on Bizarre Porn Raid Underscores Wi-Fi Privacy Risks · · Score: 2

    I think the process is a little more complicated than "Child porn? Well it couldn't have been me!" "You heard the man, let him walk!". If there is probable cause they can seize the computers. Encryption or a "panic button" would only slow things down while they send the drives off to data forensics.

  14. Re:Land of the free... on Bizarre Porn Raid Underscores Wi-Fi Privacy Risks · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Anyone with any sense agrees that a raid with a warning wouldn't be useful. The point is that there should not have been a raid in the first place. Send a couple officers out with a warrant and have them bring the guy in. Life is not an action movie, and wearing a badge does not change that.

  15. Re:Most powerful accelerator on CERN, LHC Sets New Luminosity World Record · · Score: 3, Informative

    That's what the other particle is for.

  16. Re:Drop? on White House To Drop Details of Cyber ID On Tax Day · · Score: 2

    It's slang, much like your awful use of "fail."

  17. Re:Use more bandwidth to enjoy media? on The End of Content Ownership · · Score: 1

    The provider can kill them on me, but I'll bet I can sue the provider for not providing access to something I've paid for.

    Then the provider turns around and points to the provision in the EULA that prevents you from doing just that. Yes, preserving your data is a pain in the ass but it is a step you must take. Dismissing the possibility of backing up your own data due to cost/effort is just forcing yourself to choose between "I lost my stuff" and "They lost my stuff."

  18. Re:this story is a year old on US Students Suffering From Internet Addiction · · Score: 1

    I thought these "information junkie" articles were an artifact of the 90s.

  19. Re:Tax junk food on Arizona Governor Proposes Flab Tax · · Score: 1

    If retailers were forced to separately package each serving (or perhaps be liable for a serving tax), it might make them think a bit harder about the packet size and calorie content in the first place.

    Or they would just bitch about the government stifling business and innovation. Why change your tune when you can point a finger?

  20. Re:Tax junk food on Arizona Governor Proposes Flab Tax · · Score: 1

    You get what you pay for. Yes, it is slightly more expensive to make it at home, but the quality is night-and-day.

  21. Re:Ah, the Republican Party ... on Congressman Wants YouTube Video Covered Up · · Score: 1

    So why do you need to buy "insurance" for something you know will happen.

    Because you don't know *when* it will happen, and chances are it will happen at a time when you won't be able to afford it. Much in the same line that you pay for 'car insurance' but not 'fuel insurance', it's a matter of planned expense vs. unplanned expense.

  22. Re:Ah, the Republican Party ... on Congressman Wants YouTube Video Covered Up · · Score: 1

    I'll take a shot: Have you heard of Obamacare?

    They didn't do that one all on their own, they needed the GOP to hold their hand every step of the way so they could say it was a bipartisan effort to 'reach across the aisle' and compromise.

  23. Re:3g mobile is far from cheap and some areas on BP Loses Laptop With Oil-Spill Claimants' Personal Info · · Score: 1

    Are we? Did we get transported back to 1998? Think I'll put a few hundred on the Broncos! Darn! I've checked. It's 2011 and you're an ignorant, fat, bigoted asshat.

    BP acquired Amoco. That doesn't change the fact that they still have a ton of money they can use for securing important data. In the future why don't you take some time to explain whatever point you're trying to make instead of casting bile everywhere.

  24. Re:"If we litigate, we have a chance to win.'" on Cable Channels Panic Over iPad Streaming App · · Score: 2

    Allow Weird Al to demonstrate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGWiTvYZR_w

  25. Re:Why getting trash? on P2P Music Downloads At All-Time Low · · Score: 1

    Why would you waste precious bandwith on the trash made in Idols, Popstars and all those other not-music-but-profit related shows?

    Most people don't because they listen to actual music.