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  1. Re:Not possible! on Poll-Based System Predicts U.S. Election Results For President, Senate · · Score: 3, Interesting

    What are you talking about? Romney is pretending to be more right-wing than he really is in order to appease core republican voters. The only reason he's the republican nominee is that many people in the GOP thought they needed a more moderate guy in order to beat Obama. Now that they have the guy it seems they are worried about their voter base, which is why Romney has drifted to the right and they nominated Tea Party darling Ryan as vice president.

    The point is that once you get a Republican talking about Medicare and Social Security -- two major Democratic programs that nobody really believes Republicans support with any enthusiasm, he's on the losing side of the argument. Bringing up those programs is a giant mistake for any Republican who wants to get elected.

  2. Re:Wow a machine faster than a human. on DARPA's Robo-Cheetah Is Now Faster Than Usain Bolt · · Score: 1

    Also handy for wrapping around branches while climbing a tree. And you can use them blind because the animal version is equipped with sensors.

  3. Re:Wow a machine faster than a human. on DARPA's Robo-Cheetah Is Now Faster Than Usain Bolt · · Score: 1

    Google drive car goes faster. Cruise missiles go a LOT faster.

  4. Problem with basic plausibility on Norton '12 Cybercrime Numbers Lower Than Last Year's — But Just As Bad · · Score: 1

    Does anybody around here buy the basic story? That 46% of consumers are victims of cybercrime each year? And what are they defining as cybercrime? Is any crime that uses electronic means cybercrime? Nigeria scams? Fake charities? Phishing? ATM card duplication? Submission of fake bills via email?

    Lets see a definition restricted to the kind of malware that Norton is designed to prevent.

  5. Re:Do you trust your government? on Dutch Police Ask 8000+ Citizens To Provide Their DNA · · Score: 1

    That is what this boils down to. There is no "right" answer, but citizens of each country answer the question diferently.

    Yes, there is a right answer. The right answer is, "Let me see your warrant."

  6. Re:Romney waived a red flag on Secret Service Investigating Romney Tax Hack Claim · · Score: 1

    What makes you say that?

    Because it's many times easier for someone who works at PWC to pull the records, make a copy and take it home than it is for somebody who doesn't even know their filing system or where Mr. Romney's returns might be to sneak in, find the file, copy the file and escape undetected.

    Also, the chance that someone at PWC doesn't want to see Mr. Romney elected is approximately 100%.

  7. Security Theatre Act 24, Scene 158 on TSA Says Screening Drinks Purchased Inside Airport Terminal Is Nothing New · · Score: 1

    This is getting old.

  8. Re: $1 million in bitcoins on Secret Service Investigating Romney Tax Hack Claim · · Score: 1

    If the county party officials have it theyijust return it to Romney. They'll want no part of a burglary. If you want it distributed give it to the press.

  9. Re:Romney waived a red flag on Secret Service Investigating Romney Tax Hack Claim · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Broke in? Unlikely. It was probably an inside job.

  10. Re:One would hope on Secret Service Investigating Romney Tax Hack Claim · · Score: 1

    If they've never heard of bitcoins that alone is to their credit.

  11. Re:Misleading headline. on FBI Denies It Held iPhone UDIDs Stolen By AntiSec · · Score: 1

    Proving a laptop has not been hacked is impossible. If the FBI determines data that were on his laptop have been compromised they'll send him back to data security 404 and give him a new laptop.

  12. Re:Apple on Behind the Scenes With Samsung's Factory Workers · · Score: 4, Funny

    The real reason for the rounded corners: So workers can't slash their wrists with an iPad.

  13. Re:yea but on Behind the Scenes With Samsung's Factory Workers · · Score: 1

    How would they know if they can't get a fucking job?

  14. Re:oh the humanity on Behind the Scenes With Samsung's Factory Workers · · Score: 1

    I think that's 100 hours of overtime. I don't know what is considered a full time non-overtime week in China. In America, 100 hours of overtime/month would mean 75 hour workweeks.

  15. Re:Wireless has congestion on The Danger In Exempting Wireless From Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    not addressing my point im not saying that connections should be totally unlimited for 19.95 a month im saying that they should sell connections/deploy towers that can provide a reasonable fraction of service THAT THEY ADVERTISED.

    Watch those ads closely. They rarely offer anything specific at all. They say thing like "Verizon has the FASTEST 4G network, blah blah, etc." They don't say how fast your files will download. They might occasionally use the phrase "up to" which is semantically equivalent to "less than." They NEVER EVER say that you will have better than X bits per second download speeds at least Y% of the time. They would never say that because they know they can't deliver on such a promise AND YOU SHOULD KNOW IT TOO.

    You should also know -- though many people don't -- that a cellular tower costs upward of $150K. That's a rough ballpark figure from somebody who has never worked directly in the cell phone industry but is familiar with most of the equipment it comprises. It could be up to 3x that.

    So the question to you and others who insist they're not getting enough bandwidth, is how much are you willing to pay? The cellular companies would very much like to know. They might offer you a higher-end service, with less throttling (no throttling simply isn't an option), for a price. See they have to set a price point low enough that you'd be willing to pay it but high enough to pay for either installing a lot of extra equipment or fucking all their other customers. Would you pay an extra $50 a month for improved service? They could do that by just fucking the other customers. They can't do it for all their customers because there aren't enough people who'd pay $50/month more than Verizon costs now. So somebody has to get fucked.

  16. Re:Wireless has congestion on The Danger In Exempting Wireless From Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    Again, who promised you an unlimited data rate that will not slow down automatically when other users are on line in your area?

    Your employer, the phone company, advertise it. If you advertise a feature you should provide it.

    Better check that contract again.

  17. Re:Showers on Taking Telecommuting To the Next Level - the RV · · Score: 1

    Anthrax is natural too, I always make sure I get my daily dose.

    I've never understood the idea that something natural is inherently better than something non-natural.

    This is a case where ridicule is better than understanding.

  18. Re:Excuse my french, but on The Gates Foundation Engages Its Critics · · Score: 1

    True socialism is publicly owned and worker-operated workplaces.

  19. Re:Isn't Gates a big lib? on The Gates Foundation Engages Its Critics · · Score: 1

    Think what might have happened if they had told him he was dumb.

    I would be honored for a liberal to call me dumb.

    Consider yourself honored then.

  20. Re:Finally a country that gets it! on Estonia To Teach Programming In Schools From Age 6 · · Score: 1

    I know exactly how fast they develop, but my sample size is only 3.

  21. Simple enough on Networked Cars: Good For Safety, Bad For Privacy · · Score: 1

    Just make it so you can edit the car's trip memory. I think every user would want a "Remember this Destination" button and an editable destination list. But remember, the first company past the post looks like it's going to be Google and they never delete a byte. Everything goes in your permanent profile.

  22. Re:Finally a country that gets it! on Estonia To Teach Programming In Schools From Age 6 · · Score: 1

    How good is his reading comprehension? can he understand the man pages? Does he understand arithmetic? How about in bases 2, 8 and 16? Symbolic logic? How is his SPELLING for God's sake?

  23. Re:USA? on Estonia To Teach Programming In Schools From Age 6 · · Score: 1

    Where is the research that says children of six have the requisite cognitive capacity to program?

  24. Re:Isn't Gates a big lib? on The Gates Foundation Engages Its Critics · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Did I read that wrong or did you just day that you became a conservative because you were tired of liberals telling you you were smart? If so, you're still not doing any of your own thinking.

  25. Re:So is apple... on Anonymous Leaks 1M Apple Device UDIDs · · Score: 3, Insightful

    From that comment I gather that you believe an anonymous person who claims to be a hacker who claims to have gotten what he claims is Apple UDIDs from what he claims was an FBI computer.