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  1. Re:cautionary tale indeed on Bizarre Porn Raid Underscores Wi-Fi Privacy Risks · · Score: 1

    please be aware that very soon the use of encryption may end up being cause for suspicion . If you have nothing to hide, you wouldnt be hiding anything.

  2. Re:morons on Why Does the US Cling To Imperial Measurements? · · Score: 1

    nope. which is why when you search for the phrase " once in a blue moon" , the answer comes back in Hz ...

  3. Re:Job Change on Promotion Or Job Change: Which Is the Best Way To Advance In IT? · · Score: 1

    well played. You forgot man bash after man complain

  4. Re:Job Change on Promotion Or Job Change: Which Is the Best Way To Advance In IT? · · Score: 1

    I thought you were my last boss, until you said subtly. He straight out told me i was getting screwed, and offered to be a reference.

  5. Re:Job Change on Promotion Or Job Change: Which Is the Best Way To Advance In IT? · · Score: 1

    getting married is plenty popular as a concept. There just isnt a clear man page on how to start the process.

  6. Re:NAT on Asia Runs Out of IPv4 Addresses · · Score: 0

    what ? 65536 ports should be enough for anybody?

  7. Re:Forward thinking at its best on Asia Runs Out of IPv4 Addresses · · Score: 2

    just like the metric system

  8. Re:then != than on Asia Runs Out of IPv4 Addresses · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    -- != ...

  9. Re:Yes and No on The Decreasing Impact of Death In Sci-fi · · Score: 1

    good thing he wasnt attempting to meet your expectations!

  10. Re:Pandora? pfft on Pandora App Sends Private Data To Advertisers · · Score: 1

    which has this permissions screen ....
    System Tools
    Change network connectivity, change Wi-Fi state , read system log files, prevent phone from sleeping
    Network Communication
    Full Internet access
    Phone Calls
    Read phone state and identity
    Storage
    Modify/delete SD card contents

    So, not a whole lot of difference. The arguments on which radio app to use needs to be on the merits of the app/song selection, not on the treatment of your privacy.

  11. Re:Obvious what they are doing on Pandora App Sends Private Data To Advertisers · · Score: 3, Funny

    yup , the stalkers employed by pandora can send Barry White tunes to any stranger that they need to get in the mood.

  12. Re:Uhuh... on iPad Just Another TV Set? · · Score: 1

    It would be like a television, but a flat one!

  13. Re:Fusion Power Time? on Fukushima Radiation Levels High, But Leak Plugged · · Score: 1

    wait, what??? the helium goes to the moon? that is why balloons float? what attracts this He? is the moon a big magnet for this stuff ? :)

  14. Re:100 mS is no joke on Fukushima Radiation Levels High, But Leak Plugged · · Score: 1

    exactly. Everyone needs to remember that there is a base percentage chance of cancer already, around 20% i think, and these exposures are upping this percentage to 21%. Even if my statement is oversimplified and incorrect, it is not as incorrect as those saying that 100mSv / hr will kill you in exactly one hour.

    The other confusion I keep hearing is that this will increase existing chances ... I have a family history of colon cancer, so I watch it closely. Radiation exposure is an independent risk, it doesnt take my chances and double the likelihood.

  15. Re:Uhuh... on iPad Just Another TV Set? · · Score: 2

    maybe the niche can be avoided if the tablets get big enough to view from a greater distance. Of course, then you wouldnt necessarily want the multi-touch features, maybe just a magic stick that could remotely direct you through options.

  16. Re:Change orbits? on Solar Storm Nearly Wipes Out NASA's Messenger · · Score: 1

    sounds like fun , lets find out what happens... I have an ant, you get the catapult!

  17. Re:How bout a tax on active people? on Arizona Governor Proposes Flab Tax · · Score: 1

    the healthy person. The fatty is waiting on an elevator

  18. Re:smokers cost *less* on Arizona Governor Proposes Flab Tax · · Score: 1

    Dieing younger isnt necessarily dieing faster. The real number is that people spend the vast majority of their health care costs in the last 5 years of their lives. Now , if those five years start at 50 or at 75 , the costs are still 5 five years of end of life care. If you want to consider that money later will be worth less, therefore the cost will be higher, then that is a tenuous argument at best. The overall cost to a fully socialist society will be less as the amount of time that a person is on the planet has been reduced by smoking. This is independent of the cost of their health care, especially end of life care. It is nearly all the same.

    The costs of ongoing non-end of life care is the topic at hand. That could be reduced by a healthier lifestyle. Of course, I try to stay healthy riding a bike and my medical costs associated with that can be extreme, and I havent been run over by a van yet. YMMV

  19. Re:bah! on Congressman Wants YouTube Video Covered Up · · Score: 1

    sure thing.

    Dont many CEOs at the top of their games make $1 a year. The benefits that the company provides makes up for the lack of cash outlay. The free trips, free mail, junkets, and other nonsense of a politician should , by your argument, be plenty for them... along with the dollar.

  20. Re:But if you Built the box... on A Letter On Behalf of the World's PC Fixers · · Score: 1

    hmmm, a decade in computers can be a real long time. this is a fun challenge off the top of my head ... The first consumer 1 Ghz cpu , AGP ports were new , the shock of Steve Jobs removing floppies , and that long ass slot were all happening ten years back. SCSI cards and the multitude of cables kept me busy. 5 cable video connections using BNC were the best, I am not sure if DVI was in place yet. Monitors weighed a frikking ton, and pixel quantity was actually better then HD if you spent the cash. Jazz drives, zip drives . I cant even remember the RAM type that I used. I think I had a pentium II and a thunderbird overclocked, and teh AMD required that horrible bit of hackery with actually writing on the chip with a pencil to bridge some contacts.

  21. Re:Wow! Delusional much? on IRS Nails CPA For Copying Steve Jobs, Google Execs · · Score: 1

    ok, you are correct. I hate talking to cowards, but I have to give credit to you. The main basis of my point, which would stand better if i had my facts straight, is that the idea of expiration wasnt a devious plan by Bush, but a condition forced by the structure of our government. The basic concept still stands, just that reconciliation to get through the filibuster was the requirement, not an opposition controlled congress.

  22. Re:Wow! Delusional much? on IRS Nails CPA For Copying Steve Jobs, Google Execs · · Score: -1

    This skill is a little less amazing than you say. The congress ( both houses ) was controlled by Democrats who did not want to go along. The compromise was the expiration. Bush would have much preferred permanence. You are saying that those in control of writing the actual bills were willing to take a chance of wearing all of the egg. If this is true, then the Dems of the time were just plain stupid, and Bush should get no credit for picking on people dumber than him.

  23. Re:I have a better idea on New Laser Makes Pirates Wish They Wore Eye-Patches · · Score: 1

    but if they were armed properly, they could just blast their way in!

  24. Re:I have a better idea on New Laser Makes Pirates Wish They Wore Eye-Patches · · Score: 1

    ewww.. C3PO was meant to be a companion???

  25. Re:Call it on YouTube Legally Considered a TV Station In Italy · · Score: 1

    Are you sure. I thought that they both got what they wanted out of the deal , a ton of good press and free publicity.