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  1. Sauce for the Goose is also Sauce for the Gander on Drunk Driver Mugshots Featured On Facebook · · Score: 1

    Ignoring the constitutionality of "Cruel and Unusual", then I see no problem if Government Employees also be socially presented, for example Law Enforcement Officers. And let's also ignore the constitutional issue of "Innocent till proven guilty", lets put everyone on Facebook for any issue?

  2. But, But, I Thought It Was Her Fault? on Flight Attendant Quits And Exits Plane Via Emergency Slide · · Score: 1

    It's a shame the Stew' didn't share her misery by giving free beer to everyone.

  3. Nice Idea, But on Canonical Begins Tracking Ubuntu Installations · · Score: 1

    Easiest thing to do next is Google search how to cripple this "feature".

    The internet is filled with many stories of failed business models, and victims that were involved in doing just this type of thing.

  4. Re:silent, or totally invisible on Like Google's Chrome, Mozilla To Silently Update Firefox 4 · · Score: 1

    Maybe a Check Box that states, "I don't want to see this message again", would be useful? And the programming to do it is relatively straight forward.

    Openness of Communication has been the Fan and Light for the "Smoke and Mirror" types out there. This simple fact acts like a salt on an open wound to every "Secret by Silence" business model I have been exposed to. I proudly state to BSOD victims that one of the most successful aspects of Openness is that the bad guys are shut down in to two to three weeks, where as other user types can get a solution when ever their parents get around to it. In maybe a year or so? Maybe.

    Yes there are grandma's and grandpa's using this device only because writing a letter, or talking face to face has become "inconvenient" to others; so in order to communicate, these people learn enough of the machine. I know their pain

  5. History Doesn't Support This At All on Most Consumers Support Government Cyber-Spying · · Score: 1

    Soviet Proverb, "I know how I feel about being spied on, but I don't know you."

  6. Re:Does not violate the Fourth Amendment? on Denials Aside, Feds Storing Body Scan Images · · Score: 1

    Seeing how the DHLS wants to enjoy pictures of naked people, and their decedents, could they at least keep up with the President Obama's health care bills and scan each person for illnesses?

    How this for a senario:
    TSA: "Sir, we just scanned you, and found that your blood pressure is very high, can we suggest an on board meal that would take this issue into consideration?"
    another senario:
    TSA: "Mam, could our TSA Doctor call now?"
    TSA Doctor: "Mam, are you aware that you may have something in your Lung?"

    From my view point, if these folks want to look up my Posterior Sphincter, then why can't they do some good with it?

  7. Re:The title on Does Net Neutrality Violate the Fifth Amendment? · · Score: 1

    Personally, I think the use of Professors as spokespeople can be as thrilling as attending one of their lectures.

  8. Re:Conditions Apply on Nuclear Energy Now More Expensive Than Solar · · Score: 1

    A couple of things come to mind, 1, The membrane that separates both ends of the battery sometimes gets hot, and bubbles open, creating a short circuit. 2nd, radio active waste is, in my opinion, a lot more deadly than a battery recycling facility. With convecting currents happening twice a day, wind generated energy can supplement solar, and help keep the batteries charged up...

    I haven't done any studies on energy systems, but I believe it would be a straight forward study to show that Fuel Cells are cheaper than NewClear Power...

  9. Re:Final report on Heat Ray Gun Fails Final Test; Nixed From War · · Score: 1

    But did the device "flush out" people? From my perspective, a target, standing up and running away is easier to deal with than a target behind a rock with a Smack Light on me. Personally, "dealing with", does not mean letting the enemy run away.

    But one question does keep bubbling up, "given that the device was only tested 11,000 times; did anyone check to see if it was plugged in? We are talking about the Military.

  10. Re:This is good. on The Rise of Small Nuclear Plants · · Score: 1

    Radio Active Waste should be ignored? Cute.

  11. Re:This is good. on The Rise of Small Nuclear Plants · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    There are some persistent issues with Radio active waste that no one has brought up. Lets ask the residents of Chernobyl what they think?

  12. Re:Go Costner! Boo on BP! on IEEE Looks At Kevin Costner's Oil Cleanup Machines · · Score: 1

    People are thinking of oil recovery as a "film" on top of the surface of water. But could this technology be used on the bloom clouds of oil near the well head that have not coagulated into various forms of sludge?

  13. Cute Logic, but Flawed. on The Chicken May Have Come Before the Egg · · Score: 0, Redundant

    1. All Chickens come from eggs.
    2. Not all eggs come from Chickens.

    The egg came first.

    And it did not happen over night, but by gradual changes caused by the egg's environment.

  14. Both Man and Robot will Stumble Along the Way. on Teaching With Robots · · Score: 1

    The day is coming when a mechanical surrogate may come to the door. Very much like Ray Bradbury's, "I Sing the Body Electric". But the day in which Asimov's 3 Laws is a long way off. Robots have one thing that Man has always coveted, "The Concurring of Time". It will take about 40 years to see how Robots can teach children. Some will fail, some will succeed. But the both groups can offer to each other what the other desires most.

  15. Re:Jokes on Black Hole Emits a 1,000-Light-Year-Wide Gas Bubble · · Score: 1

    And then BP will have a person state that he was "born and raised" at the black hole, and my favorite statement, "i will stay till this mess is all cleaned up." Boo-ya!

  16. A Possible Lower Divison Class for Health Science? on Stanford, U.C. Berkeley Offer Students Genetic Testing · · Score: 1

    The applications of planted evidence at a crime scene are relatively straight forward, and as CSI types learn their craft better, false-positives will be discounted. But "kitchen table genetics" is approaching very quickly. Students need to be aware of these future issues and applications. Then why not have a mandatory 1 Unit Health Genetics class for incoming freshmen/women where they do their on analysis and the data is never stored on campus for any reason?

  17. There Has Always Been One Drawback to Robotics on New Material Can Store Vast Amounts of Energy · · Score: 1

    The Battery; could this design be a useful solution?

  18. Re:One of these doesn't belong on Three Ground-Breaking Miniature Biosensors · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If I could, I'd mod you up. Personally, I was considering applications applied to customers, like me. It would be nice to have feed back on how my body is doing, and other applications that would allow me to live a healthier life. I guess 7 billion customers are not as exciting as a doctor or bio freak.

  19. Re:Interesting... on IceCube Telescope Takes Shape Below Antarctic Ice · · Score: 1

    I think we're going to need a bigger chunk of a ice type asteroid for this project. And as for the NASA, they're going to have to get a Conney built quickly so a crew of remote controlled robots can get the job completed.

  20. Re:um, ok on Building a Homemade Nuclear Reactor In NYC · · Score: 1

    Maybe the Japanese have a point. Send Robots and lab animals first, then see what happens next. And when it comes to the human trials, I believe that a review of the history of New Orleans could be used as a guide line for qualified candidates.

  21. Cost of the G20 Summit? on Canadian Arrested Over Plans to Test G20 Security · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How about 50 people to arrest one person because of it. I figured one RCMP dealing with an upset Mule would be enough.

  22. Re:um, ok on Building a Homemade Nuclear Reactor In NYC · · Score: 1

    I guess no one thought about wearing clothes and using tools that weigh 6x more when on the moon. It's troubling to see NASA run by those whose passion is troubled by looking up.

  23. Re:Interesting... on IceCube Telescope Takes Shape Below Antarctic Ice · · Score: 1

    How could I use neutrinos to produce muons which could be used to synthesize Cherenkov light on the moon? Wouldn't near vacuum conditions assist in more accurate light measurements?

  24. Re:um, ok on Building a Homemade Nuclear Reactor In NYC · · Score: 1

    Just a thought, but wouldn't Fusion research be better performed on the moon where H3 is lot more plentiful? H3 isn't the size of small car, and all the test equipment that one sees appears to be for solving problems that apply to larger structures.

  25. My Favorite Bar-B-Q Unicorn Ribs Receipe on ThinkGeek's Best Ever Cease-and-Desist Letter · · Score: 1

    Ribs taste best when cooked fresh. You want to get the ribs that mornng. Now I prefer to smoke unicorn ribs with a mixture of Red Oak, and Peeper Corns. Buy a quart of Charlie's Unicorn BBQ Sauce, on the second shelf at the Safeway. Cook the ribs at 250 degress for about an hour, else they get to stringy. Apply sause to personal tastes. Bew-Ya, that's a fine father's day fiest!