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  1. Re:Brilliant idea on Google Declares War On the Password · · Score: 2

    I have 20+ login passwords between work and home, my security is lower because you have to simplify them to remember them

    Have you tried using LastPass? You only have to remember 1 secure password (as complex as you want it to be) and LastPass remembers the rest for you. It also significantly reduces time logging into sites by filling the logins for you. I use this every day and don't want to remember what life was like without it.

  2. Re:This really isn't the end. on ACTA Gets Death Certificate In Europe · · Score: 1

    The key then is to help fund the Anti-Kleptocracy resistance (see OpenMedia for example), so that there's the Kyle Reese types completely dedicated to fight for us.

  3. Re:Diversion on School Shooting Prompts Legislation To Study Violent Video Games · · Score: 1

    Try per capita....cmon! I'll summarize: The per capita mortality from handguns in the USA is 4.6 times that of its closest contender, Israel; 23 times that of Canada, and 265 times that of Great Britain.

  4. Re:Not the cause.. on School Shooting Prompts Legislation To Study Violent Video Games · · Score: 2

    Look at China, they've got some of the strictest gun control laws in the world. They've got censorship of nearly everything and yet this happens

    You conveniently left this out: Seven of the students, aged between six and 12 years old, were taken to hospital, some with severed fingers and ears

    So....NONE of the children died. There's the big difference. If Lanza walks in with a knife, he does considerably less damage. You'll probably then argue that he could make bomb(s). If, and if he walks in with a pipe bomb (he first would've had to detonate one to get through the locked doors he shot through), someone has a real chance of subduing him before he gets more than one bomb detonated. Also, there's several examples of kids getting busted trying to build the pipe bombs...red flags go up when you start buying the materials necessary to do that, and parent/neighbor might question why you have bomb-making material in the garage. So yes, limiting access to guns is PART of the answer.

  5. Re:My idea for preventing this from happening agai on Adam Lanza Destroyed His Computer Before Rampage · · Score: 1

    I personally recommend building gated doors that automatically drop down when a gunshot is detected by omni-mics placed throughout schools.

    Whats to say you aren't locking the kids INSIDE with the shooter. This is an utterly terrible idea. You effectively prevent the best means of survival (escape).

  6. Re:We should all thank God on Ban On Loud TV Commercials Takes Effect Today · · Score: 1

    Oh Billy, I somehow knew you were on that secret Island with Elvis, Tupac, Michael Jackson, Marilyn Monroe and Whitney.

  7. Re:Dear God, why? on Book Review: Sams Teach Yourself Node.js In 24 Hours · · Score: 5, Informative

    Some decent explanations here.

  8. Re:I miss version numbers on Android Rules Smartphones, But Which Version? · · Score: 1

    And what happens when there's no yummy foods with that letter...I don't know about you but Android Zucchini Popsicle just doesn't have nice ring.

  9. Re:Know what would really make sense? on Cops To Congress: We Need Logs of Americans' Text Messages · · Score: 1

    Why not require cops to put video/audio recorders in all their cars and require them to keep the tapes for 2 years. Make any missing tape a felony so that the incentive to "lose" them disappears. That would do more to make our country a better place than keeping SMS messages.

    More than likely this will increase minor traffic violation tickets as police immediately can not let you go with "just a warning" in fear of reprimand. Double-edged sword here.

  10. Re:Really, Really, I call BS on your science... on Congressional Committee Casts a Harsh Eye On Vaccination Science · · Score: 1

    I wish I could mod you up as well. The argument always comes down to Autism or no Autism..when there's a definite risk that should be investigated.

  11. Vaccine = No Autism, but Vaccine != No risk on Congressional Committee Casts a Harsh Eye On Vaccination Science · · Score: 1

    It really bothers me that the argument is either Autism, or no Autism, because there is a lot more to this. Vaccines still carry a potential risk, and there's plenty of evidence to support this. The mere fact there's a Vaccine Adverse Event Database shows children are being hurt by vaccines.

    There are a large number of anti-vacciners (who are intelligent people btw) who simply don't want to take the risk associated with the current multiple vaccine schedule as laid out by the medical community. Some choose to vaccinate on their own schedule i.e. using the multiple vaccines at once approach, or simply not at all. It's a risk either way and I hope people simply do a bit of research either way before deciding.

    I'm also very surprised that the majority of /.ers are for blindly trusting government to tell us when, why and how to protect our kids. When they come out and start vaccinating for chicken pox, the common cold, ADHD..will these people blindly follow as well?

  12. Re:Any of you stooges following the news? on Congressional Committee Casts a Harsh Eye On Vaccination Science · · Score: 1

    When was the last time you were attacked by a bear? Clearly the Bear Patrol is working.

  13. Re:where is a petition against this that I can sig on Senate Bill Rewrite Lets Feds Read Your E-mail Without Warrants · · Score: 1

    Start one here?

  14. Next logical step is to segregate.... on With NCLB Waiver, Virginia Sorts Kids' Scores By Race · · Score: 1

    ... those groups into separate classrooms, with separate teaching styles and paces. And furthermore, to reduce costs for school boards, you could segregate the schools themselves based off those groups to reduce costs and centralize materials and teaching skillsets...problem solved. Oh...I see what I did there...nevermind.

  15. Re:Embarassing day for whites on With NCLB Waiver, Virginia Sorts Kids' Scores By Race · · Score: 1

    To what purpose?

    Because it's inferior, and the rest of the world uses metric. The US is the only industrialized nation that does not mainly use the metric system

    Everyone in the world calls it a Nozzle, but by golly we're gunna call it a Duck because my grand-pappy called it a duck, and his grand-pappy before him! ......Dangnammit! Just another example of why the rest of the world hates Americans.

  16. Re:Who not Hungry Hungry Hippos then? on Buckyballs Throws In the Towel · · Score: 1

    It's only after I read several linked articles that I found out that the problem with bucky balls is that they can attract together inside and pinch the intestines, causing severe problems. TFA should've at least mentioned that key detail.

  17. Who not Hungry Hungry Hippos then? on Buckyballs Throws In the Towel · · Score: 1

    And yet Hasbro is still allowed to sell Hungry Hungry Hippos http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungry_Hungry_Hippos, which is openly advertised as a toy marketed to 4 to 6 year olds. My guess is Hasbro has a heck of a lot more money than R Buckminster Fuller's estate to pursue legal action.

  18. Re:What were they expecting? on School Regrets Swapping Laptops For iPads · · Score: 0

    M$ is betting the farm that they can solve this exact problem. Want a laptop AND a tablet, we give you both with one great OS. I would love to have my laptop in my docking station and remove the screen when I have to go to a meeting and take notes, etc. i.e. the new ASUS transformer.

  19. Re:Doesn't Really Help on Go Daddy: Network Issues, Not Hacks Or DDoS, Caused Downtime · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This just makes them look even less competent as a service provider, if the problem was purely internal then.

    It might make them look less competent, but on the flip side suggests an "isolated" incident, and that it won't likely happen again, whereas if it's hackers you as a customer may wonder when the next hack will happen and what effect it will have on your websites, DNS etc. I.e. we better move off before it gets targeted again.

  20. Old News? on Two More HIV Patients Now Virus-Free Thanks To Bone Marrow Transplant · · Score: 1

    Didn't they already do this with Magic Johnson for exactly $200,000??

  21. Re:Related questions... on Why Ultra-Efficient 4,000 mph Vacuum-Tube Trains Aren't Being Built · · Score: 1

    Why do hot dogs come in packages of 10 but hot-dog rolls in packages of 8? Two for Fido.

    OR....so they force you to buy two packages of buns. When hot dog makers start putting 8 to a pack, bun makers will conveniently scale down to 6 buns and call it the "economy pack", and remove all 8 bun packages from the shelf.

  22. Re:So from here on out ... on Supreme Court: Affordable Care Act Is Constitutional · · Score: 1

    So how is this any different than Auto Insurance? If another driver hits my car, and he has no insurance, who pays? Will everyone be required to have Auto Insurance regardless if they want it? This is just the beginning of the slippery slope.

    It's already mandatory in a lot of states http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_auto_insurance to own car insurance...except in a few states where guess what...you pay a fee (tax) to drive around like an idiot in an uninsured car.

  23. Re:So from here on out ... on Supreme Court: Affordable Care Act Is Constitutional · · Score: 1

    Here comes the car analogy..

    This is the exact same concept as automobile insurance. If you are an idiot and don't buy car insurance, then get into an accident, the uninsured person pays out of pocket, and in the event they cant the other insurance company does (through an uninsured motorist rider). This increases most people's premiums and the uninsured motorist rider. There are a few states (Virginia) that don't mandate this, but you pay a fee (tax) to drive your uninsured car around.

    How is this any different?

  24. Re:I.T. curse on Adopt the Cloud, Kill Your IT Career · · Score: 1

    However, it's not my fault because my boss bought a shit cell phone that can't sink up with whatever

    shit cell phone that can't sink up with whatever

    sink up

    Good god, man. It's synching. Short for synchronizing. Or am I just not hip with the newspeak?

    Good god man, it could also be syncing. http://thelousylinguist.blogspot.com/2010/09/syncing-vs-synching.html.
    I personally think synching looks like it should be pronounced "cinch-ing".

  25. Can NASA seriously not drive out... on NASA To Future Lunar Explorers: Don't Mess With Our Moon Stuff · · Score: 1

    into the Nevada desert and get it back themselves? And why did they leave it there after filming in the first place..sheesh.