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  1. Uh... on The Web Won't Be Safe Or Secure Until We Break It · · Score: 5, Informative

    (let's call them DesktopApps)

    Let's not.

  2. Didn't they do this already? on James Bond Film Skyfall Inspired By Stuxnet Virus · · Score: 3, Informative
    I seem to remember Bruce Willis doing this five years ago, against a Timothy Olyphant "who hacked the Pentagon with just a laptop!"

    I also seem to remember Jeff Goldblum disabling an entire civilization's computer system with a computer virus so that it could be destroyed by nuclear weapons, about sixteen years ago.

    A computer virus is a brave new world for filmmaking now?

  3. TX - Houston on U.S. Election Day In Progress: What's Been Your Experience? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Voting went fine, but they ran out of "I voted!" stickers! How could this happen?? How else can I vent my smug satisfaction at having exercised my same-freedom-everyone-else-also-has?

  4. Re:For the love of God All-mighty on Nate Silver's Numbers Indicate Probable Obama Win, World Agrees · · Score: 1

    Nope. But the IRS isn't willing to take up the case until they're sure they can get a Supreme Court majority. So churches, pastors, etc. take every opportunity to endorse whomever they want, even organizing events like Pulpit Freedom Sunday and sending taped copies of their speeches to the IRS as a deliberate taunt.

  5. Re:30% stronger... on Atlantic Hurricane Season 30 Percent Stronger Than Normal · · Score: 1

    No, Climate Change is the result of a Communist plot. We warned you not to let them fluoridate the water! Now look what happened!

  6. Re:"Almost Manned"??? on Behind the Scenes At NASA's Mission Control Center · · Score: 1

    The real moon landing conspiracy is that flying to the moon turns you into a woman.

  7. Re:Anybody know off the top of their heads.. on Behind the Scenes At NASA's Mission Control Center · · Score: 1

    ASTP, in case people who don't know much about the space program are wondering about acronyms.

  8. Re:the best thing to do on FTC Whacks "Rachel From Card Holder Services" · · Score: 1
    Really? Because Morden got some pretty badass payback in the end. I'm not sure I want all FTC personnel to wake up tomorrow wearing Keepers.

    (I do love that quote though. And that wave.)

  9. Re:foghorn? on FTC Whacks "Rachel From Card Holder Services" · · Score: 1

    That one, at least, is not done with yet. I got a "*foghorn*This is your captain speaking. You've won a trip to the Bahamas!" call just this morning.

  10. Re:Stalking on Federal Judge Approves Warrantless, Covert Video Surveillance · · Score: 1

    Legally, yes. Then it becomes inadmissible evidence.

  11. Re:Oblig on Empathy Represses Analytic Thought, and Vice Versa · · Score: 2

    Now we're quibbling semantics. I never said a majority. The question was "Do that many people give a shit...?" "That many" to me doesn't mean a majority, it means "enough" - and enough people do give a shit. To you, it might mean different. /shrug.

  12. Re:Also Unclear Where the Cameras Were Installed on Federal Judge Approves Warrantless, Covert Video Surveillance · · Score: 1

    Again, none of the quotes say it was installed on curtilage!

    Again, that's the point. The cameras were installed outside curtilage but still on the property. It's right there in the third quote, "...a location that allows law enforcement to record activities outside of a home and beyond protected curtilage..."

  13. Re:Stalking on Federal Judge Approves Warrantless, Covert Video Surveillance · · Score: 1

    Certain state laws differ, but according to federal law nobody goes to jail in either situation you just described (Source for legality of recording a public conversation).

  14. Re:Oblig on Empathy Represses Analytic Thought, and Vice Versa · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Do that many people give a shit or have feelings for strangers they happen across / first meetings?

    The fact that people can successfully panhandle suggests yes.

  15. Re:wait on Federal Judge Approves Warrantless, Covert Video Surveillance · · Score: 1

    Seriously, the JUSTICE dept is the executive branch.

    And the federal judge who decided this is not. The Justice Department will do their job to the best of their ability within their legal limits, no matter who is in power. And those limits are set by the judiciary.

  16. Re:Stalking on Federal Judge Approves Warrantless, Covert Video Surveillance · · Score: 1

    Did you RTFA?

    "Placing a video camera in a location that allows law enforcement to record activities outside of a home and beyond protected curtilage does not violate the Fourth Amendment," Justice Department prosecutors James Santelle and William Lipscomb told Callahan.

    Emphasis mine. It boils down to a question on Curtilage on large properties. The buxom babe's bathroom or closet would be well within the protected zone, and thus not stalkable.

  17. Re:wait on Federal Judge Approves Warrantless, Covert Video Surveillance · · Score: 0
    Unless there's a party out there clamoring for the eradication of the judicial branch of government, I'm pretty sure none of the "There are more than two options!" candidates would make a difference either.

    This has nothing to do with Obama, Romney, or any other candidate, because it has nothing to do with the executive branch.

  18. Just Amazing? on NewsCorp/NDS Sets Up Operation To Expose Canadian Pirates; What Could Go Wrong? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't read many thrillers - does this really qualify as the kind of writing that is "amazing"? It looks to me like a contest entry to write the word "piracy" as many times as possible in a single paragraph.

  19. Right on Want a Security Pro? Get Politically Incorrect and Learn Geek Culture · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And the Catholic Church could prop up its declining clergy membership by recruiting straight from the local sex offender registry.

    Seriously, what the fuck? "Legal niceties" is another term for these rules are in place because we don't want to get fucked over again by someone we trusted. They're there for a reason, and actively circumventing them to search for applicants is inviting yourself to get burned. Maybe some of them could be relaxed, sure, like the one-time drug offense bit for security clearances. But just saying "they're narrowing our pool of applicants!"...Shit, Sherlock, that's why they exist!

  20. Re:In more recent times, at the scenic Vajont Dam on Ancient Tsunami Devastated Lake Geneva Shoreline · · Score: 1

    In 1963, a landslide into the reservoir behind the Vajont Dam caused a massive wave to jump the dam, causing massive damage...

    Maybe they should stop using giant enemy crabs to hold up their dams.

  21. Re:Storm of the century?? on 26 Nuclear Power Plants In Hurricane Sandy's Path · · Score: 2

    Ike was only a Cat 2 when it hit the Gulf Coast. When it comes to damage and cost, square mileage matters just as much as wind speed.

  22. Re:Instead of distracting it with 'climate change' on Titan Supercomputer Debuts for Open Scientific Research · · Score: 1

    Yeah, because none of our current power sources create any heat.

  23. Oak Ridge on Titan Supercomputer Debuts for Open Scientific Research · · Score: 1

    Rather than another supercomputer, couldn't they spend the money on actually upgrading Oak Ridge's infrastructure so the buildings aren't falling apart, and 80-year-old nuns can't walk through the perimeter fence?

  24. Re:I hate it on Designing DNA Specific Bio-Weapons · · Score: 1

    That's how lethal injections work.

  25. Re:H1-B fake jobs: an annoyance for job seekers to on Cringley: H-1B Visa Abuse Limits Wages and Steals US Jobs · · Score: 1

    Don't forget that the only contact info listed for the job is an email address like "humanresources14@hotmail.com"!