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  1. Re:Inhuman? on US Authorities GPS Tagging Duped Indian Students · · Score: 1

    I wish I was a Play Write, there has to be a script in this cacophony of cultural personalties and personal goals.

  2. Re:And Yet, No Ogg Theora in IE on Microsoft Makes Chrome Play H.264 Video · · Score: 1

    I'm hoping that with all this open source experience that m$ is discovering, maybe they can apply it their listing flag ship browser with respect to current standards like CSS, XML, HTML, and the list goes on.

  3. Re:Inhuman? on US Authorities GPS Tagging Duped Indian Students · · Score: 1

    It appears that the problem is a staffing shortage at the Federal Government level. If the DOJ, or Immigration, or who ever needs to track folks, is having a problem tracking folks it wants to track, then why not hire folks to track them? Of course there is the concept that this could be out sourced. It appears that there is this need by Corporations, and the Government to outsource millions of jobs, once held by Americans, to the BRIC job sector. I believe that this creates an irony that you just have to love.

  4. Re:In Communist China... on Did the Chinese Military Use Top Gun Footage? · · Score: 1

    The one major fact I find myself fascinated with is that it was various Chinese locals that spotted the pirated footage first. "TOP GUN" as a Chinese cult film? Amazing. Chinese locals taking the moral high ground with their Big Business, and Government? China? What's going on over there?!

  5. I See A Problem with Molybdenite on Molybdenite As an Alternative To Silicon · · Score: 1

    "...Molybdenite's 1.8 electron-volt gap is ideal for transistors and gives it an advantage over graphene (which does not have a gap)..."

    With Graphene, I can scribble it on Scotch Tape and get a Nobel Prize; can I do that with Molybdenite?

  6. Patents for Flawed Concepts, Cool on Stem Cell Research Running Into IP Brick Walls · · Score: 1

    By accident, I RTFA; it's Friday, I blame myself. So, if I have a patent for some type of therapy that has yet to be proven; then everyone owes me money. But if my patent causes harm to someone then I am not to blame? Cool. But something smells like fish 3 days in the sun. I don't see a cure for "...paralysis, blindness and diabetes...", using anything; from my viewpoint, there is no valid claim. If business is pleading with the government about regulations, lets start with dissolving the patent office.

  7. I RTFA, and Ask, "Why?" on Teachers Back Away From Evolution In Class · · Score: 1

    "Just over 5 years ago", yup, it's a slow news day...

  8. Re:I've heard of dying on Peter Jackson Hospitalized w/ Stomach Ulcer · · Score: 1

    Maybe Mr. Jackson should stop drinking what Hobbits are serving at the 'local' tavern?

  9. Re:Bloody Hell on Google Censors "Piracy Terms" From Instant Search · · Score: 1

    I think a good "Summer of Code" task would be to put RIAA on the "Censor List", and do it in such a way that Google can't verify its existence. arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

  10. This is a easy problem to solve on Should Younger Developers Be Paid More? · · Score: 1

    Senior goes looking for another place to work, finds work, then senior suggests to overlord, "maybe someone can do my job for more?"

  11. Automated Testing on How Do You Prove Software Testing Saves Money? · · Score: 1

    Fingers can get tired, one can forget certain tests. An automated tester can save your fingers, and do every test one can conceive; including the ones that your clients have created. These reasons are enough for one to save time and money with. And programmers like myself can go home knowing that most the bugs will be accounted for.

  12. The 8 Hour Work Day on Are 10-11 Hour Programming Days Feasible? · · Score: 1

    It was not invented to generate employee satisfaction, review the Steele Ingot Case Study by Galbrith, c.1910. Your team will last about 7, maybe 8 weeks; then it will begin to decay. Good luck, there's nothing like working for a company that will not be here in 18 months.

  13. Re:Well... on Threat of Cyberwar Is Over-Hyped · · Score: 1

    Who's to say it wasn't someone else? Iran does a lot of business with China, and the Middle Kingdom would more than enjoy helping by providing more hardware. I would find it hard to accept that the events in Iran were only limited to governments. There are far more inciteful and vicious businesses out there that could only profit by the events in the Farsi State.

    Just a thought, but considering these events, should underwear be Internet Enabled?

  14. Re:Hit them back on Wikileaks To Name Swiss Bank Tax Evaders · · Score: 1

    I'm amazed. This guy is systematically pissing off every thin veneered ego that I can imagine. It would be nice if this guy got information of companies like Goldman Sacks; (heavy sigh).

  15. Re:This is... on Research Suggests E-Readers Are "Too Easy" To Read · · Score: 1

    I'm thinking that these reader devices would be nice if it had Text-To-Speech for those commuting driver time-sink events.

  16. Re:attorneys on Assange Could Face Execution Or Guantanamo Bay · · Score: 4, Funny

    one could look at bright side of this issue; at Guantanamo Bay, Julian would get better health care than over 300 million Americans.

  17. Re:how about no on Obama Eyeing Internet ID For Americans · · Score: 1

    Maybe the "Trusted Identities" concept can allow Americans to think of other topics than obsessing on paying their bills? A few U.S. Businesses are setting on top of 2 trillion dollars, and their not investing it; I guess their needs have been met?

  18. Re:Important question on Honeywell To Sell Miami-Dade Police a Surveillance Drone · · Score: 4, Funny

    Miami Beach? Could I, um, have my own drone just kind of fly around looking at "stuff?" I'm thinking Goggle Earth would never be the same...

  19. Re:Doctor, doctor on Doctor Marries Doctor's Daughter, TARDIS Explodes · · Score: 1

    I'm staring to think that the plot line developed by Heinlein with Methuselah's Children is coming full circle.

  20. Re:I want one! on MIT Media Lab Researcher Prints Playable Flute · · Score: 1

    Can 3D Printers print fabrics?

  21. Re:Misquoted on Houston We Have a Problem · · Score: 1

    A review of Arthur C. Clarke's book, "2001 A Space Odyssey" would show the phrase used there. I think the book was published in 1968? The origin of the phrase was from Mr. Clarke's researching material for the '2001 book at NASA. He interviewed several people there and asked them what was the protocol for a space problem. Ironically, it was the same protocol used by Apollo 13.

  22. Re:I Think I Will Visit Ripoff Report's Web Site on Court Rules Website Doesn't Have To Remove Defamatory Comments · · Score: 1

    I just went over to the Ripoff site. It looks like the good guys use it also. It looks like who ever modded me down should maybe RTFA.

  23. Re:I Think I Will Visit Ripoff Report's Web Site on Court Rules Website Doesn't Have To Remove Defamatory Comments · · Score: 1

    A grinning show off with a gun and a radio is, by definition, a tyrant. And one of the first things they do is tell you to shut up. That's not cool to me.

  24. I Think I Will Visit Ripoff Report's Web Site on Court Rules Website Doesn't Have To Remove Defamatory Comments · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It has been my experience that when a person wants to be a Tyrant, the first thing this person does is find a way to shut up any differences of opinion. Murder appears to be the first tool of choice for Tyrants to shut up offenders. When Murder is not convenient, then gathering a small group of same believers to scream lies in public of the offender is the second best option. I find it a time sink that the sin of pride acts like a cancer to Tyrants, but as Malcom X once publicly said, "the chickens will come home to roost". Then the fall of the acidic proud becomes good reading, and great TV.

  25. In True Chinese Dogma on Ubuntu Powered Tablet Spotted! · · Score: 1

    When I tried to access the sight, I was "Forbidden" - 403 error LOL :-D