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  1. Space Navy on Property Rights In Space? · · Score: 1

    Everyone is gonna want one, but someone will have the biggest and will own space.

  2. Re:The 51st State? on Property Rights In Space? · · Score: 1

    You clearly haven't seen the new documentary about the early moon landings Iron Sky.

  3. Bespoke on Ask Slashdot: Management Software For Small Independent ISP? · · Score: 1

    My opinion is that your requirements are unique, and any software package in existence will only do 80% of what you need. You have two choices - put together a couple of these 80% packages with some scripting glue, or write something bespoke from the bottom up. I would favour the former probably, since then when your programmer leaves you will have a better chance to get someone else who can easily find out how the whole thing works.

  4. The last sentence on Does Even Amazing Partisan Tech Deserve Applause? · · Score: 1

    is complete rubbish. The corresponding negative counter-shift is the huge loss of individuals' privacy and the centralising of even more power in even fewer corporations.

  5. SImpsons on Disney Research Robot Can Juggle, Play Catch · · Score: 1

    Wasn't this covered?

  6. Re:How about technical terms! on You Can't Say That On the Internet · · Score: 1

    Just be glad you don't live in Scunthorpe!

  7. Re:"Peak Oil" on Tapping Shale Reserves, US Would Become World's Top Oil Producer By 2017 · · Score: 1

    If the goal is lower prices, why did both the Bush presidents start wars that led directly to price increases? Surely the strategy of the oil industry, and their political minions, is to increase prices?

  8. Why? on John McAfee Accused of Murder, Wanted By Belize Police · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why might the scariest part of the story be that he built a lab?

  9. Re:It was the internet wot did it on Director General of BBC Resigns Over "Poor Journalism" · · Score: 1

    There is rarely hard proof of child abuse, just testimony of the abused. That's why the coverups work so well.

  10. It was the internet wot did it on Director General of BBC Resigns Over "Poor Journalism" · · Score: 2

    What did the BBC do wrong? They just reported that someone's name was being quoted by other people. This was entirely true. This looks ;ike a huge smokescreen to avoid investigating the actual allegations.

  11. Re:I prefer Software Engineer on Ask Slashdot: Developer Or Software Engineer? Can It Influence Your Work? · · Score: 1

    I take it you think these requirements are really unreasonable, but to me they seem reasonable. To be an engineer is to be responsible for building things that can kill people. That's why it is important to have qualifications and experience. Your crappy certificate and 2 years java coding is not proper qualifications and experience.

  12. Stop burning fossil fuels on Brainstorming Ways To Protect NYC From Real Storms · · Score: 1

    Is it really that difficult a question? We'vve known for decades but somehow everyone wants to pretend otherwise.

  13. They didn't lose! on Romney Campaign Accidentally Launches Transition Web Site · · Score: 1

    They just got smaller smarter simpler votes.

  14. Re:Minority Report on Gabon Suspends Me.ga Domain, Dotcom Says "We Have Alternative Domain" · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure, but I don't really see any equivalence.

  15. The web won't be safe or secure on The Web Won't Be Safe Or Secure Until We Break It · · Score: 1

    There, I fixed that for you.

  16. Re:Minority Report on Gabon Suspends Me.ga Domain, Dotcom Says "We Have Alternative Domain" · · Score: 0

    Has he been convicted of something?

  17. I wonder what the people of Gabon think on Gabon Suspends Me.ga Domain, Dotcom Says "We Have Alternative Domain" · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If I lived there I wouldn't be very pleased to know that another country pwned my government.

  18. Mr Sulu reporting in on U.S. Election Day In Progress: What's Been Your Experience? · · Score: 1

    George Takei passed on a link to this interesting video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdpGd74DrBM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

  19. Mujahadeen == Taliban on New Technology May Cut Risk of Giving Syrian Rebels Stinger Missiles · · Score: 2

    Look how well that worked out.

  20. Re:Precisely on European Central Bank Casts Wary Eye Toward Bitcoin · · Score: 2

    You forgot the most important one - water.

  21. Re:Someone comment on the Hawaii experience on Volcano Power Plan Gets US Go-Ahead · · Score: 1

    Which bit isn't true?

  22. Re:Spin on $1,500,000 Fine For Sharing 10 Movies On BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    Sorry for that, I did read it, and you are right no spin. It will be spun, as you say. By the way, do you think a password-authenticated account ID is different from an IP address as evidence?

  23. Re:cyberwar, attribution and becomming a loose end on Department of Homeland Security Wants Nerds For a New "Cyber Reserve'" · · Score: 1

    This.

  24. Re:up till your called in and end up on a year lon on Department of Homeland Security Wants Nerds For a New "Cyber Reserve'" · · Score: 1

    and that project turns out to be based in a bunker in the desert because it's not safe to do it over the internet

  25. Re:Someone comment on the Hawaii experience on Volcano Power Plan Gets US Go-Ahead · · Score: 5, Informative

    On the other hand, Iceland generates all its power from geothermal and hydro AFAIR, and has no oil or naptha power (whatever that is). I think there might be an issue with who does it rather than the underlying technology. Incidentally, Iceland has also sent top bankers to jail for fraud over the financial crisis, and recently come out of recession and into positive growth with reducing unemployment. I think they just do things differently.