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  1. Re:Well... on Mutant Registration vs. Vaccine Registration · · Score: 1

    I have science and proven fact on my side. You have information provided by misguided and confused individuals who want to believe in magical immunity shields that last years from single shots or are "boosted" after half a decade. I will just say this: the human immunity system has very, very short memory.

  2. Re:Well... on Mutant Registration vs. Vaccine Registration · · Score: 1

    That is an incorrect and ignorant belief. Please check your facts. You will find out how useless those blanket vaccinations are in the absence of an ongoing threat. That isn't to say they are useless as they are the go-to weapon during outbreaks.

  3. Why should I believe this information? on No, HealthCare.gov Doesn't Require 500 Million Lines of Code · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Seriously. This account was created just to post some numbers and we are suppose to take them as fact? Hell, I could create an account on Reddit and come up with a totally different set of numbers and you can take my comment as fact too.

  4. Since February and just now hearing about it?! on eBay Compromised · · Score: 2

    How much you want to bet they have been sitting on this? Probably waited until X number of people were compromised and they couldn't cover it up any longer.

  5. Re:Ukraine's borders were changed by use of force on Is Crimea In Russia? Internet Companies Have Different Answers · · Score: 1

    Sorry, still don't care.

  6. Re:Really?!? on Orson Scott Card Pleads 'Tolerance' For Ender's Game Movie · · Score: 1

    >We're discussing whether it is morally justified to support a person or organization whose profit from goods and/or services sold will be used in furtherance of the oppression of a political minority.

    Last I checked the majority of Americans support gay marriage. So the reverse, those against it, are the political minority.

    >But tolerance is not the same as acceptance

    True. This is why the KKK has the right to exist even though their views are not acceptable by the majority.

  7. Strange, this doesn't raise my hackles. on Automated Plate Readers Let Police Collect Millions of Records On Drivers · · Score: 1

    I really don't see a problem with this. I mean, I can actually reason this as being used to find "bad guys". This is very different from the NSA bullshit program which you don't have to be a conspiracy nut to know is being used for totally different reasons than we are being told.

  8. Re:non-issue on Use Tor, Get Targeted By the NSA · · Score: 1

    Good for them. By the time they figure out a single persons message that person will already have passed away from old age.

  9. Re:Talk about... on Iranian State Goes Offline To Avoid Cyber-Attacks · · Score: 1

    You think the internet is free of censorship and spying by the government where you live? Check again. You don't have to look too hard to find about every country in the "free world" is actively looking at ways to spy on their citizens and limit their access. Countries like China and Iran are unique in that they decided to make their own non-Western controlled version of the same trap.

  10. Re:Just Ban All Imports on ITC Judge Calls For US Xbox Import Ban · · Score: 0

    Sad thing is that if the U.S. stopped importing the world market would crash followed by decades of wars. As much as I hate the huge amount of imports I will gladly take those over that happening.

  11. Re:naysayers on New Record High Temperature At South Pole · · Score: 1

    But by saying the planet is doing it on its own makes us seem insignificant like ants on a giant ball!

  12. Re:Remarkable on Fermilab's New Commercial Research Center · · Score: 1

    The U.S. government didn't spend a penny on LHC. But U.S. based Fermi, and many other U.S. companies, provided equipment and help in building the LHC.

    And what "brouhaha" is there about Higgs Boson? Last I checked they are still looking for its existence.

  13. Re:The truth slowly comes out on US Sentinel Drone Fooled Into Landing With GPS Spoofing · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You mean the CIA has been actively trying to halt the nuclear weapons program of a nation who is opposed to the United States?

    Maybe a better, simpler solution is to build good relations with those who oppose you? This current strategy doesn't seem to be working very well and looks like it will only end with lots of people getting killed.

  14. Re:Free market for the win on Will Firefox Lose Google Funding? · · Score: 2

    Then why don't they do that?

  15. Re:Sometimes they get it right on EU Approves Unified Full Body Scanner Regulations · · Score: 1

    >Nearly every time I read about the EU doing something that doesn't outright fuck over its citizens, I think to myself, "Man, they must have heard about how we're all about freedom and citizens rights and just ran with it."

    I always think "this must be the first step towards something bad". And it is funny that people have to mention when there is an EU rule that a member state can opt out of like it is the exception rather than the norm.

  16. Re:my netflix is more important than your BT on Report on Web-Surfing Speeds Finds Pervasive Throttling · · Score: 4, Informative

    Power companies charge by the amount of power used. If they could technically give you 100% of the power you demand they would. And then charge you for it.

    ISPs could move to that model too. But they don't want to. They prefer to charge flat rates and then throttle people who use it more.

  17. Best comment in article: on The F-35 Story · · Score: 3, Interesting

    “A lot of design compromises were made especially to give the Marine Corps the STOVL capability which, by the way, they’ve never used in combat,” he said. “And who says the Marines need a fast jet in combat?” said McPeak, now chairman of Ethicspoint Inc., a consulting firm in Lake Oswego, Oregon.

  18. Re:Unions on One Tenth of China's Farmland Polluted With Heavy Metals · · Score: 1

    >If they're just implementing a vote buying scheme

    You mean a scheme to steer politics in their favor? What is difference between a union lobbyist and a lobbyist from a business? Take for example the airlines where you have airline union lobbyists on one side and airline lobbyists for the airline industry on the other. If you remove the union you give the airline industry lobbyists no one to compete with.

  19. This report is nuts on Hardware Running Android Fails More Than iPhone, BlackBerry Hardware · · Score: 1

    >Repairs to Android smartphones cost wireless carriers $2 billion per year

    Since when did wireless carriers repair smartphones? They just send them back in gross to the hardware maker for a refund on the next batch. $2 billion seems really high for mailing costs.

  20. Re:The life cycle of a trend on Ohio Emergency Responders Stage Mock Zombie Invasion · · Score: 1

    >Black people start doing it.

    Unlikely since black people are the first to die in horror situations. Haven't you ever watched a horror movie?

  21. Re:Hope? on Highly Efficient Oxygen Catalyst Found · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Nope. It is a MIT press release of their typical "world changing" science that, for some reason, never sees the light of day. They make one of these astounding announcements every few months.

  22. Re:silver lining on In Bolivia, a Supervolcano Is Rising · · Score: 1

    >and when those borders are broken by pressure of desperate people trying to go to somewhere where plants still grow,

    You mean like one tribe fighting another tribe? Sure, that never happened as early man wasn't territorial....

  23. Re:MBA bullshit. on HP Rethinking Wisdom of Spinning Off PC Division · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It has little to do with having an MBA. These boards are usually staffed with people assigned by majority holders for their ability to "maximize profits". But companies can only grow so much and the economy goes up and down. Investors don't want waves, only inclines. To keep their well paid jobs these MBA's, as you call them, do whatever they can. This usually means some imaginative book keeping, slashing staff, and trying to outsource where possible. The really good MBA's only stick around for a short period since their work always have a quick fall to follow. And who wants to be on a sinking ship?

  24. Re:Nah on Is Off-Shoring a National Security Threat? · · Score: 1

    Your job is to play WoW and post on Slashdot? Yeah, anyone can have your jerbal.

  25. Ward Hunt Shelf on Canadian Ice Shelves Halve In Six Years · · Score: 1

    The Ward Hunt shelf started melting close to 100 years ago.