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  1. Re:They are going to have to pass a law on Students Suspended, Expelled Over Facebook Posts · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I hate to be the one to do this but it is in fact already illegal to publish such things about a person and yes the kid should be expelled (and then sent to a boarding school).

    Slander/Libel is illegal and in this case you can be sued over it.

    Facebook 15 years ago would have been a Bulletin Board at the local arcade/kids hangout.

  2. Re:Neat...? on Quadruped CHEETAH Robot To Outrun Any Human · · Score: 1

    of course with a bot if it goes squish (rubble moved) you would only annoy an insurance adjuster and not the dozen or so people that would string somebody up after a dog gets squished.

    Shiny Bot not cute
    Furry dog = cute

  3. Re:wow, a SCO story? on SCO Found No Source Code In 2004 · · Score: 1

    the bad thing is
    http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050718204313749&query=ritchie

    basically the guy that worked with the guys that wrote UNIX AND WROTE THE BOOK ON THE LANGUAGE IN QUESTION says in a buncha words SCO is Smoking something if they think there is 'stolen" code.

  4. Re:Go if you can! on Is Attending a CS Conference Worth the Time? · · Score: 2

    On the social stuff make sure that you are dressed as best you can since you don't know how deep the "networking" may get.

  5. Re:More to come? on First Ever HIPAA Fine Is $4.3M · · Score: 1

    to be "exact" hippa is 45CFR 160 162 and 164

    three entire SECTIONS of dense laws.

    anybody that can actually understand HIPPA (even from limited sense) IS FLIPPING NUTS

  6. Re:but...... on Egyptian Father Names His Daughter "Facebook" · · Score: 1

    actually you would need to specify which "English" you are referring to since there is at least the big break of US and UK spellings not to mention that different words are used for some things. even if you limit yourself to UK subdialects i think right now NOBODY actually speaks "Anglo-Saxon" without some tweaks due to foreign influence and other effects.

  7. Re:Much easier way to handle this on Police Chief Teaches Parents To Keylog Kids · · Score: 1

    the same problems are present in a keylogger situation my method also gets around the whole problem of an antivirus program ripping the keylogger out doing its job.

  8. Much easier way to handle this on Police Chief Teaches Parents To Keylog Kids · · Score: 1

    1 Be known as the neighborhood "Tech Guy" and ensure that all the wifi in your neighborhood is secured.

    2 when your own internet is setup designate one room as the "com room" LOCK THE DOOR TO THIS ROOM

    3 install a computer between the gateway and the router to the rest of the house

    4 log and or filter the traffic as desired

    5 Profit!

    Of course this may result in you raising a Hacker (since if you do your job your kids will need to 1 break into the room 2 figure out how to access the filter computer) but thats not a bad thing. And yes this is mostly a "first pass" method that also requires you to be active in your kids upbringing.

  9. Re:Great plan there on Kids Who Skip School Get Tracked By GPS · · Score: 1

    "there is no law that says you have to send them to public school (at least in my state)"

    its actually legal in ALL 50 states to even go to the point of homeschooling your kids. http://www.hslda.org/laws/default.asp

    a law maker trying to make it otherwise will be visited by Mr Smith so he can explain reality in the US. http://www.hslda.org/about/staff/attorneys/Smith.asp

  10. Buried face down nine edge first?? on Computer Industry Mourns DEC Founder Ken Olsen · · Score: 2

    Im thinking that he would be one of the last folks this would apply to.

    Of course there is a problem of the shrinking number of folks that will get the reference also.

  11. Re:They never learn on USB Autorun Attacks Against Linux · · Score: 1

    "Any software vendor who thinks about adding such features should receive a savage thrashing. If they actually enable such features by default, they should be shot with prejudice."

    but wouldn't shooting them with say a smith&wesson loaded with FMJ rounds do more "good"???

  12. Re:'Series of Phone Calls' instead of 'Kill Switch on Egypt's Net Ruled By Phone, Not Kill Switch · · Score: 2

    "And btw, you have been selected for a random IRS audit. Long version"
    or even worse the "Deep Forensics" version
    because you know that they will find something you are not correct on.

    Dem Treasury Boys iz a ruff bunch y'all dunna want to mess with dem.

  13. The Wrong Way to fix this on Blogger Sued By Restaurant For Bad Review · · Score: 1

    If "we" wanted to get nasty about this we could just go ahead and 1 write actual letters to the corporate office in protest 2 boycott the place 3 do both

    Now what should have been done is the operator should have contacted the blogger and then sorted it out privately
    (hint comp a meal and figure out if its a product/training issue).

  14. Re:Stoicism Sometimes a Necessity on Challenger 25 Years Later · · Score: 3, Insightful

    and clamping emotion down has sold probably thousands of gallons of Jack Daniels.

  15. Re:Surprised they weren't doing *any* filtering on Spam Text Prematurely Blows Up Suicide Bomber · · Score: 1

    you forget a couple things

    1 the bomber may not exactly be willing and there is an effectively unlimited supply of willing bombers

    2 all the supplies can be stolen

  16. Re:Summary wrong, not so bleak on Teachers Back Away From Evolution In Class · · Score: 1

    Okay lets try this we have basically 2 models of how everything came into existence

    IN THE BEGINNING:
    1 GOD
    2 BANG

    now to even promote either model to "Theory" you much have repeatable facts which is not possible for the first fetmosecond or so of the universe.

    Now as to the formation of everything show me how dust blown from an explosion will somehow randomly form so much as a ping pong sized rock.

    (please note outside forces can not be used)

  17. Re:Freakonomics on Smartphone As Your Most Dangerous Possession · · Score: 1

    and to be truly secure the walls would have to have a lattice of welded bars all the way around (and in the roof and floor.

    any good attacker will locate the weakest point and use that (ultra secure door does Zippo when your walls are made of sheetrock

  18. Re:Firefox Portable 4.0 Beta 9 - Easy Way To Try I on Firefox 4 Beta 9 Out, Now With IndexedDB and Tabs On Titlebar · · Score: 1

    No this is a feature of portableapps

    In similar fashion to complaining that you can't buy a boat in a Ford Dealership The Portable Apps Platform is yes my friends WINDOWS (xp/vista/7) only.

    You want to port it to say Linux?? then the source is availble have at it oh btw if you can port the code to C or something else cross platform that would be actually helpful.

    Hey John we are still like 3 days away from Platform 2 launch right??

  19. Re:slow network? on T-Mobile Slashes Fair Use Policy, Says Download At Home · · Score: 2

    In a number port DO NOT CANCEL YOUR CONTRACT. ensure that the rep for the new carrier knows you are doing a number port (and for what reason) your new carrier will basically do this

    1 make a for request to port the number
      A as required the old carrier will release the number (after some song and dance)
    2 do the needed network magic to ring your ported number
    3 remind the old carrier that this account is now thiers so the old account needs to be closed and a final bill needs to be presented to the customer

  20. Re:Bait & switch on T-Mobile Slashes Fair Use Policy, Says Download At Home · · Score: 1

    NO NO NO

    You get a lawyer rated at least 0.025MOFO to tell them where they can shove ...

  21. Re:Will not work on New Laser Makes Pirates Wish They Wore Eye-Patches · · Score: 1

    besides how many rounds would you need to put into a boat of this size to get it to start sinking??

    you don't as such need to hit the pirates you need to make them leave your ship alone.

    Zodiac type boats get a couple bullets in each float and the others get an RPG type round to a nice spot

  22. Re:Grow Ops in Marin? on California County Bans SmartMeter Installations · · Score: 1

    point of interest on the "good number of states" that don't have a minimum wage.

    THEY ARE HELD TO THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE.

    just in case you are not getting this we have 3 possible scenarios in play

    1 state has higher than federal minimum wage = state has a law to that effect

    2 state has a minimum wage equal to federal minimum wage and a law to that effect = the law is basically use the federal numbers with these extra bits tacked on

    3 state uses federal wage laws directly without change = this is that list of states with no Minimum Wage law

    4 state can not have a minimum wage less that federal minimum

  23. time for this to figure in CSI:M?? on Honeywell To Sell Miami-Dade Police a Surveillance Drone · · Score: 1

    place your bets everybody as to exactly how this gets worked into one or more CSI episodes

    1 the drone is hijacked: 30 to 1
    2 the drone crashes on somebody: 600 to 1
    3 a primary character takes the controls of a drone for %reason%: 10 to 1

    any takers??

    (offer void in any jurisdiction using US Dollars as currency or funds convertible to same)

  24. Re:Plus a random fraction of a second. on Hackers Find New Way To Cheat On Wall Street · · Score: 1

    so in effect say 30 minutes and (5d20)/6 seconds is when a given trade will "count"

  25. What we all really want is ROMMIE on Kinect Creators To Make PC Controller · · Score: 1

    this whole gesture based interface is great but what we really want is Rommie (CR GR:ANDROMEDA) now that would get all of us going.