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  1. Re:In thermometers on ISIS's Hunt For a Bogus Superweapon · · Score: 1

    I was always partial to the gold colored Mercury, but that's just me.

  2. Re:Red Mercury confirmed: on ISIS's Hunt For a Bogus Superweapon · · Score: 1

    Make sure it's front projection or the deal doesn't go through.

  3. Re:Whoa hold your horses on ISIS's Hunt For a Bogus Superweapon · · Score: 1

    Shocking, isn't it?

  4. Re:You did Something vs. You didn't do Anything on Reuters Bans RAW Photo Format (petapixel.com) · · Score: 1

    They are a news agency. This is no doubt about reassuring their customers more than it is about solving an actual problem.

  5. Re:On this I side with facebook on Facebook Can Block Content Without Explanation, Says US Court (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    When/where does that happen?

  6. Re: On this I side with facebook on Facebook Can Block Content Without Explanation, Says US Court (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    What personal data? They only have access to what the users give them. It's not personal if you publish it on the internet.

  7. Re:On this I side with facebook on Facebook Can Block Content Without Explanation, Says US Court (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    See, there is your problem. ISIS is meaningless. There is barely 10,000 of them. If the US collectively farted, they would sufficate. Who benefits the most from ISIS? The republican party.

  8. Re:On this I side with facebook on Facebook Can Block Content Without Explanation, Says US Court (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Agree completely. It's their fucking website, we are just guests.

  9. Re:Shipping to decoy addresses on How Cisco Is Trying To Prove It Can Keep NSA Spies Out of Its Gear (csoonline.com) · · Score: 1

    I mean, it only makes sense. You place an order and have it shipped to your buddy who works at KMart. Cisco doesn't even have to know!

  10. This seems pretty simple. Can't you just make a box that looks at the data coming into a network and drops anything that is unexpected? Some kind of "firewall" between the trusted network and the untrusted?

  11. Exactly. If they have back doors, why would they bother with the mess of interdicting a shipment? Assuming the Snowden info is actually real, of course.

  12. Re:Climate has never not been changing. on This October Was the Hottest Ever Measured (scienceblogs.com) · · Score: 1

    The Catholic Church is, in a lot of areas, the religious left. There are some exceptions. But they have been more for science than against it over the years. Your evangelicals? Not so much.

    Here is why the religious don't like the idea of anthrogenic global warming (as well of a lot of conservationism/ecological problems): as the story goes, God made the earth for us. All the rocks and plants and animals are there for us to enjoy and make use of. Now, God is omnipotent, they assure us. So if God is omnipotent and created the earth for us, He and His Noodly Appendages would never allow us to fuck up the planet to the point that it would threaten our survival or comfort. We live in God's walled garden. He won't let us do anything that would permanently harm that garden.

    So, to suggest that we DO have the power to affect the earth itself is denying the power of God.

    We will never win by arguing with people who reject the premise of the argument. Zealots of all kinds need to be nodded at, patted on the head and ignored.

  13. Re:It's not a sound strategy on Tech Pros' Struggle For Work-Life Balance Continues (dice.com) · · Score: 1

    So you are bragging about being the whipping boy.

  14. Moslem? How about I pay attention to you when you stop spelling things like my grandpa.

  15. Re:Gun free zone = target rich zone on Explosions and Multiple Shootings In Paris, Possible Hostages (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Divide victims by perpetrators and you are probably at par. And why do gang killings make less of a difference to you?

  16. Re:Moslems are killing you guys and ... on Explosions and Multiple Shootings In Paris, Possible Hostages (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Do you follow all the rules of your religion or ethnicity? I'm part German, does that mean I'm going to start following the rules of Mein Kampf?

    See, Western society believes in religious freedom. That means you can believe anything you want without repercussions.

  17. Re:The liberals are in fact aiding the moslems ! on Explosions and Multiple Shootings In Paris, Possible Hostages (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Correlation is not causation. A "link" isn't proof. Islam, like Christianity, doesn't have one leader who can just issue fatwas. Unless you think Fred Phelps speaks for all Christians.

  18. Re:Majority doesn't matter. on Explosions and Multiple Shootings In Paris, Possible Hostages (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    They are all the same, but we are all unique.

  19. Re:Comparing Islamic terrorism to the Crusades on Explosions and Multiple Shootings In Paris, Possible Hostages (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Pilgrims my ass. They were wrong then, and ISIS is wrong now.

  20. Re:Not slashdot too..... on Explosions and Multiple Shootings In Paris, Possible Hostages (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    That doesn't make it any better, champ.

    Terrorism isn't about the actual body count, it is about the terror and the hatred it stirs up.

  21. Re:Profit! on Explosions and Multiple Shootings In Paris, Possible Hostages (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    The profit is that right wing Christian zealots will be swept into power and the holy war will commence.

  22. Re:It's not a sound strategy on Tech Pros' Struggle For Work-Life Balance Continues (dice.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm in a similar position, but I get my work done in the allotted time. I've just noticed that a vast majority of people who work long hours do a hell of a lot of fucking around.

  23. Re:It's not a sound strategy on Tech Pros' Struggle For Work-Life Balance Continues (dice.com) · · Score: 1

    And that's why you have to be your own advocate. If they won't tell you what your working hours are when you start the job, don't take it. Once you've put in your time, go home. If you are halfway decent at your job, you don't need to work extra hours.

  24. Re:Bad practice. on Unhashable: Why Fingerprints Are Weaker Security Than Passwords (hackaday.com) · · Score: 1

    Fingerprint is fine for 99% of the uses out there. If you are in the 1% for which it is not, you probably know that a fingerprint is just part of a solution. It is a quick and easy way to assert identity. Nobody is going to pull a fingerprint off of a phone case and rig up some kind of prosthesis just to read your text messages.

  25. Re: fighting carbon pollution? on Obama Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    The same as yours.