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  1. Re:Prove it on NSA Says It Foiled Plot To Destroy US Economy Through Malware · · Score: 2

    Another TLA that seems appropriate at this juncture is FUD. It's not tough to believe the security game might be painted as another necessary sacrifice of freedoms in exchange for security. Will citizens pick necessary evil we know >malevolent threat from abroad?

  2. Re:Tough negotiations, for sure on Amazon Workers Strike In Germany As Christmas Orders Peak · · Score: 1

    Indeed. Remember the German economy is dominated by high paying factory jobs in the automotive sector that are rife with unionization. Much the same as federal government, unions want nothing as much as they want to be larger. Amazon will implement whatever workaround is necessary to remain the internet's Walmart, including repurposing jobs and 'logistic centers' to poorer EU nations. Sorry about the extra day of delivery Deutschlander, your order is being shipped from Greece.

  3. FTA: 14K of 23K Jobs are Temps on Amazon Workers Strike In Germany As Christmas Orders Peak · · Score: 1

    Housewives making extra money for the Holiday, poor folks using Christmas' commercialization as an opportunity to get hired on full time, and possibly even some Department Store Santas who cannot hold a regular job year round.... I don't think we're talking historical on the order of Lech Walesa here.

  4. So much for the High Road on GM's CEO Rejects Repaying Feds for Bailout Losses · · Score: 1

    Ford was in some measure of financial strife when it decided not to take Bailout Bucks like Chrysler and General Motors. Though admittedly a small sampling, a number of my acquaintances who'd been dyed-in-the-wool Chevy Men (some since their father's grandfather's generation) were driving new F-series trucks shortly thereafter. Perhaps GM could have redeemed themselves somewhat with a "Cinderella Man"-style payback of the welfare it received, even though and especially since they didn't have to.

  5. Cat got your tongue? on Judge: NSA Phone Program Likely Unconstitutional · · Score: 2

    It is 'likely unconstitutional' to the same degree that burning at the stake is "likely unpleasant".

  6. Postpone the pitchforks and torches for a moment.. on Google Seeks To Throw Out UK Safari Tracking Suit · · Score: 1

    This is simply a legal maneuver. The UK court is unlikely to approve such a request, and even though IANAL, I suspect old Google has several very competent attorneys behind this motion. When one is a defendant in the courtroom, it is prudent to ask for advantage at every opportunity.

  7. Re:Regarding the record toss on Interview: Ask Alan Adler About Flying Toys and the Perfect Cup of Coffee · · Score: 1

    Do you foresee any tweaks to the design that will enable longer periods of flight?

  8. Regarding the record toss on Interview: Ask Alan Adler About Flying Toys and the Perfect Cup of Coffee · · Score: 1

    From a design standpoint, do you think the Aerobie's 'flying ring' shape is optimal for the task of longest throw by a human?

  9. Re:This is the Problem. on The Business of Attention Deficit Disorder · · Score: 1

    The "nonprofit" label is abused as often as disability and workmen's compensation programs. If you didn't have the churches wrapped up in there, there might be a chance of getting the designation reviewed. As it stands now, it is a shield against taxation any qualifying entity would be fool to give up.

  10. Re:This is the Problem. on The Business of Attention Deficit Disorder · · Score: 1

    Sure enough. Baby steps though... perhaps we could get the masses equal access to decent medical care before this protracted exercise you suggest.

  11. This is the Problem. on The Business of Attention Deficit Disorder · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The ACA is something, and something is better than nothing, but the medical industry is saturated with greed and gouging. Take the obscene profits out of medical care and there is no incentive for mass misdiagnosis.

  12. Re:Slashdot Beta, OMFG! I'm Blind! on Playstation 4 Vs Xbox One: Which Shares Better? · · Score: 1

    Right, It's like the ACA website developers were unable to complete their gov't contract until they finished up here.

  13. Re:PS4 is better for Sharing Your Drunk, Naked Wif on Playstation 4 Vs Xbox One: Which Shares Better? · · Score: 1

    The likelihood of a link proving defective is directly proportionate to the number of times "naked" is used in its trailer.

  14. Excellent on Playstation 4 Vs Xbox One: Which Shares Better? · · Score: 0

    Hmmm. Two of my favorite posters, Hillman and Martian... obviously, I would like to honor you both with a nod from this post, rather than a mod from anonymity, and somehow still come out looking incredible myself. Magnanimouselfish, if you will. You're both right, and in this case 'right' is not mutually exclusive. The probability that a man with a sub-genius intellect could be aware of this is on the order of nil.

  15. Re:What's next? on No Longer "Noble"; Argon Compound Found In Space · · Score: 3, Funny

    This. Instead of shopping for Christmas before the Baptists get out of church and flood the stores, I am looking up noble gases, then noble metals, and then electric potential on a Sunday morning.... sigh.

  16. Re:On Racism and Hate Speech on UK Men Arrested For Anti-Semitic Tweets After Football Game · · Score: 2

    Outside the context of race, let us do a gender analogy: Aman walks up to you while you are with wife. He unleashes a slew of undeserved derogatory obscenities at your favorite lady. The letter of the law implies he is free to do so, but common sense tells us his free mouth has consequences and repercussions. Free speech cannot stop at where merely feelings are hurt, but I'm pretty sure they'll be bringing up Aman's preamble at your trial for assault.

  17. Re:House of Cards on North Korea Erases Executed Official From the Internet · · Score: 1

    If I have to remind you again to use my alias, I will be forced to thaek your life. Sincerely yours, Mike.

  18. Just like Counterfeiters on NSA Able To Crack A5/1 Cellphone Crypto · · Score: 1

    The hackers and crackers receiving a government check & benefits at the NSA, et al, are working the newest countermeasures out almost before a technology hits the public domain. That an older encryption method is compromised by the guys with the biggest budget is not too difficult to believe. Is it possible a submission about hopscotch rules and an NSA headline could get voted in?

  19. Re:More Corporate Pork on NuScale Power Awarded $226 Million To Deploy Small Nuclear Reactor Design · · Score: 1

    Stick framing is what we call it. Some homes are spec'd for it (by builders and homeowners) because the process requires toe-nailing (Nails in at an angle) the studs together, which allegedly makes the wall stronger versus wind damage. Framers hate it.

  20. Re:I Await the first execution on the moon on Chang'e-3 Lunar Rover Landing Slated For 13:40 UTC Saturday · · Score: 1

    When are you free?

  21. Copper Fever on Some Londoners Cut Off As Failed Copper Thieves Take Fiber · · Score: 2

    We have had thieves ruin 80 thousand dollars worth of HVAC equipment to steal a few hundred bucks of scrap copper and aluminum coil. In some ways, "cleaning" the material so it can be sold for top tier scrap is more work than a regular job.

  22. "Thaek, I find your lack of faith disturbing." on North Korea Erases Executed Official From the Internet · · Score: 1

    " I will erase even the memory of Thaek from the histories..." Anakin, Xerxes, Is there no quotable threshold this 'Un won't breech?

  23. Re:So In Effect... on Cobalt-60, and Lessons From a Mexican Theft · · Score: 1

    Back in 1995, when I was visiting Prague and three men were found to be driving around with 6 lbs of enriched Uranium in their car, looking for a buyer, I had much the same thoughts.

    In much the same delusional way I am certain the TLA boyz will abuse any snooping capability they possess, it seems likely to me, an admittedly small sampling, that this is a material that has been on the market frequently enough for some of the bad guys/freedom fighters to have acquired it. What the duck are they waiting for?

  24. Arrest To Death in 4 Days for J.S. Thaek on North Korea Erases Executed Official From the Internet · · Score: 4, Funny

    They exercised his right to a speedy trial all right.

  25. Out revenue the page view scale? on Smart Cars: Too Distracting? · · Score: 1

    I don't know how you think we're going to get a good thread going when you've injected common sense right into the first post. ~Clumsy Segue~ But, how about that Google route selection process if it works out? Surely the advertisers will pay more than $.0005 for a drive by.