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  1. Re:Good on Cancer Cluster Possibly Found Among TSA Workers · · Score: 1

    I guess it's time for the TSA to shout in unison that all this "protection" they're giving us, is for "the children?" It will be interesting when we start seeing TSA minions wearing lead protectors while patting 95 year olds for their diaper?

  2. Re:everyone loses on Paying Hacker Extortion · · Score: 1

    After the Supreme Court ruled that Corporations are just like people,(and thank you Koch bro's for your 4th world insights), I can't help but wonder if a corporation convicted of any crime would go to jail? I believe that my dear departed grandmother would respond to the D.O.J.'s words with something like, "talk is cheap.".

  3. Re:Small problem... on 11 Pathogens Pose Big Security Risk For Research · · Score: 1

    With vast amounts of Botox being purchased in Los Angeles by certain doctors, as far as military spending goes, it maybe faster to use some other pathogen that's more readily available.

  4. Re:FOOT and Mouth Disease? on 11 Pathogens Pose Big Security Risk For Research · · Score: 1

    When interviewing Politicians, the Foot in Mouth pathogen spreads like no other available. The American Tea Party has had some limited success using this one.

  5. Re:The Complete List of Pathogens on 11 Pathogens Pose Big Security Risk For Research · · Score: 0

    I've noticed that the Tea Party has had some minor success the 5th virus you mentioned, "Foot In Mouth" virus

  6. A Pathogen I would like to "See" in the Wild on 11 Pathogens Pose Big Security Risk For Research · · Score: 1

    Full Monty Virus. Why can't the DARPA crew waste billions on this Pathogen? It would be every extremists own personal nightmare.

  7. I Think I Know What Osama's Wives Were Screaming! on Treasure Hunter Wants To Find Bin Laden's Body With ROV · · Score: 1

    "The $25 million, it's mine, there he is!" It is regrettable that SEAL Team 6 were frightened by the female crazed shoppers and the SEAL's had to defend themselves. What wasn't written the SIT-REP about the mission is that the women in the compound had jumped into one of the Helo's and were heading to the local Norstrom's. It's chilling to think of being in front of a running shopper with that much money to spend.

  8. Re:it's "class warfare" when you finally shoot bac on Obama: 'We Don't Have Enough Engineers' · · Score: 1

    Now do I go to your place of work and laugh at you while your pulling the weeds in one of the various gardens owned by the Koch brothers?

  9. Re:First on Obama: 'We Don't Have Enough Engineers' · · Score: 2

    How cute, by lowering the deficit, one gets more Engineers? Maybe a review of how India, and China got their engineers, and manufacturing facilities going would be more introspective. I don't propose to know how american presidents conduct the business of treaties, but here some facts that are not ignorable. Fact, it's cheaper to buy a ton of steel pipes from Brazil, ship it through the Panama Canal, ship it into San Francisco than it is the make the same ton of pipes in the U.S.; I smell fish 3 days in the sun. How about this? I can buy 5000 advertising flags in China, have it shipped in a cargo container to Los Angeles, have Customs inspect it on the vessel, and delivered to me, and it's cheaper than ordering the same flags in the U.S.; again, I smell fish 3 days in the sun. How about getting another phone call from "Peggy" in customer service. I hear all kinds of crap about why America is not going to the moon, but some Indian Zombie can use a satellite phone service to interrupt my day and chat? Again, I smell fish 3 days in the sun. If these cultures with trillions of U.S. dollars in their banks cannot survive, then maybe we should focus our insistence of helping them using a different social, not business, but social model. Right now, education of the masses seems to be really cheap, and causes constructive results in a shorter amount of time. Hint?!

  10. Re:I Know How the Advertisement Will Say... on Australian-Built Hoverbike Prepares For Takeoff · · Score: 1

    I guess Larry could debate that with you on point?

  11. Re:Yeah, right.. on Australian-Built Hoverbike Prepares For Takeoff · · Score: 1

    I was beginning to wonder when someone would state the painfully obvious. But I think the engineers for this project are going to face some nasty results if the machine fails, deploys the parachute, and the pilot is not tethered to the machine. I believe that the machine would land reasonably safe, but I would be surprised about the fate of the pilot. Its a cool looking device, I immediately thought, we'll see it demonstrated on the next James Bond movie.

  12. Re:Checks and balances on Court Case To Test Legality of Recording the Police With Your Cell Phone · · Score: 2

    What does Law Enforcement do that they would feel intimidated by photos of their actions? Wouldn't continuous filming of Law Enforcement be of superior evidentiary value? For example, the arrest of Rodeny King; oh, now I see why Law Enforcement requires that cameras turned off. And of course the Civil Rights confrontations of the 1960's show ample president of how Law Enforcement was treated unfairly by out of state reactionaries.

  13. A Pulitzer Does Make One Worldly? on Have We Reached Maximum Sustainable Population Size? · · Score: 1

    It is becoming more and more apparent that a lot of these problems could be easily remedied if something like "anti-gravity devices" existed for macro mass applications.

  14. Re:Oh puh-leeze on Chinese Paper Warns Google May Pay Price For Hacking Claims · · Score: 1

    I don't think the faceless ones at Google, or the State Department are laughing, well, maybe a small grin. But lets look at the extremes that the middle kingdom can do to the U.S. Maybe stop exporting of manufactured goods? Oh dear, what would our quiet factories ever do? How about China no longer "investing" in the U.S.? It's looking like its China that has become the Paper Tiger,(and no apologies to the chairman mao). Of course, I don't know what all the ramifications are of a U.S. economy without help from the middle kingdom, but maybe watching the Irish economy choke after the entrance of Google, maybe the Chinks have a point? But then again 120,000 dead children in the Sichuan shows just how indifferent the middle kingdom is to its own, let alone others.

  15. Finally, A Cure for Insomnia Found on National Academies Release Over 4,000 Free Science Books · · Score: 1

    The titles alone put me to sleep in seconds. I can't help but wonder when various Bush appointees will classify the book titles as a federally controlled substance?

  16. Re:Excellent on Danish Amateur Rocket Test Was a Success · · Score: 1

    I think the design, not the packing is to blame. Maybe someone with 'chute experience could give'em some pointers. God speed Am-Rock.

  17. Re:Photos not allowed during police actions, citiz on Apple Camera Patent Lets External Transmitters Disable Features · · Score: 1

    I was thinking of the lawsuits on Apple, and the U.S. D.O.J. when a newspaper says, "Freedom of the Press."

  18. Re:Soon to be jailed on Judge Finds Cisco, US Authorities Deceived Canadian Courts · · Score: 1

    I think some names, not faceless groups would be interesting news.

  19. Re:well of course! on Pentagon Says Cyberattacks Can Count As Act of War · · Score: 1

    In Diplomacy, War is the final solution, not the initial solution. Also, more wars have been won at the negotiating table, than on the battle field. IMO, it's becoming all to predictable to listen to the U.S. D.O.D., and Billionaires about their third and fourth world view points. I know its rude to ignore their words, but when you find yourself finishing their statements that they think are brand new, well, it's like listening to a young adult publicly speaking about the discovery of true love.

  20. Re:What could possibly go wrong? on US Nuclear Power Enters the Digital Age · · Score: 1

    Really, I think a casual glance at today's news on the Cyber attack on Lockheed Martin shows that the bad guys are using Analog computers? Do you believe that a bad guy is going to walk up to the front gate of nuclear facility and lite their pants up? You're funny.

  21. Re:What could possibly go wrong? on US Nuclear Power Enters the Digital Age · · Score: 0

    Well, I can say something about that, "...about reliability and hackers..." Lets think about this. Do we live in a digital world? Nope. Do hackers work in analog? Nope. Maybe looking at the debacle in Japans New-Clear business litany of "We can Govern Ourselves," and comparing their cost cutting measures to the death tolls would give your words, credibility?

  22. Sprint, "I'm a PC!!!" :D on Sprint Pushes FPS NOVA With Firmware — and Users Can't Remove It · · Score: 1

    I'm reminded of the Apple/Microsoft commericals. I thought Sprint was doing a fair job of providing phone service, now they want to be just like Microsoft.

  23. There's International Proof SAIC is Right on DoD Paper Proposes National Security Through a Culture of Restraint (and Stigma) · · Score: 1

    One need only look at other cultures world wide to see when the people finally learn the facts of every day life. Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, the list goes on and on. These cultures use to do exactly what SAIC purposes what Americans should do. Of course, it's a fact that the SAIC makes a substantial profit creating fiction for the fearful. Does America really need SAIC? (by the way, nice office in the tourist town of La Jolla, CA)

  24. And In An Unrelated News Story... on Researchers Grow a Brain In a Dish · · Score: 1

    The Committee for the "Sarah Palin for President in 2012" have stated that due to new technologies, Ms.Palin now will be more than able to handle the complexities of being a president.

  25. Hay! Lets Go Retro 1960's on NASA Rejoins Space Race With Manned Deep Space Craft · · Score: 1

    From the design, it looks like the South Beach Junior College is in charge of rocket design for NASA; cudos SBJC. I'm amazed that Charles Bolden didn't request the drawings from the Wright Brothers "Wright Flyer" for Crew Module System Recovery. One can only imagine the howls of laughter when some senior level aeronautical engineer said, "Hay, why don't we build the entire thing in parts at the ISS!" Because everyone outside the U.S. doesn't have a clue about modular construction methods...