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  1. Re:Just Wait on Why Professors Love (and Loathe) Technology · · Score: 2

    When you are a computer science student and you get your grade by manipulating the computer system the school uses (whether it is remote access to laptop or anything else), you should automatically pass. Isn't that the point of computer science, to understand how they work better to make them do what you want?

  2. Re:Why is Linux's SSD performance so terrible? on OS X 10.8 vs. Ubuntu On Apple Hardware, Benchmarked · · Score: 1

    Good to know. Also good to know that Windows 7 DOES NOT disable scheduled de-fragmenting. At least on my Windows laptop. User be warned.

  3. Re:A Useful fact for you on Judge Orders Release of Ex-Marine Detained Over Facebook Posts · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, with a "I come in peace. I didn’t bring artillery. But I’m pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: If you fuck with me, I’ll kill you all" face.

    -General Mattis

  4. Re:Semper Fi on Judge Orders Release of Ex-Marine Detained Over Facebook Posts · · Score: 2

    Always Faithful.

  5. Re:Why is Linux's SSD performance so terrible? on OS X 10.8 vs. Ubuntu On Apple Hardware, Benchmarked · · Score: 2

    By PEBKAC, I mean the user is at fault for not doing his/her research and making sure the right SSD was purchased. He/she could have bought the wrong kind of SSD for what the user is doing, sequential read/writes or random read/writes.

    I saw a large performance increase in Ubuntu 12.04 by going to SSD, in boot time, application launch time, and any program which used swap space.

  6. Re:Why is Linux's SSD performance so terrible? on OS X 10.8 vs. Ubuntu On Apple Hardware, Benchmarked · · Score: 4, Informative

    Defragmenting SSDs is not recommended, as it causes unnecessary use of the storage transistors. The speed associated with a SSD is a result of any block of data being accessible at any time, no hardware movement required.

  7. Re:Why is Linux's SSD performance so terrible? on OS X 10.8 vs. Ubuntu On Apple Hardware, Benchmarked · · Score: 5, Interesting

    PEBKAC. When I upgraded my Ubuntu laptop to SSD, boot time was under 10 seconds and my battery life while surfing the internet went from 3 hours to almost 5 hours. Not all SSDs are made the same, you have to research the performance of each, power draw, etc.

    That being said, I bought the SSD with the second-lowest power usage and middle-of-the-road performance.

  8. Re:surprise surprise on OS X 10.8 vs. Ubuntu On Apple Hardware, Benchmarked · · Score: 1

    Stole my line....

  9. Too Cool on 'Wiki Weapon Project' Wants Your 3D-Printable Guns · · Score: 2

    You can have my gun.... When you pry my 3-D printer from the table over there. Seriously, it's just in the other room, you can have it. I don't want any trouble.

  10. Re:If we stick our collective heads in the sand... on Recent Warming of Antarctica "Unusual But Not Unprecedented" · · Score: 1

    Actually, I believe the sand would turn into glass and our heads would be stuck in a poorly-shaped fish bowl.

  11. Re:Round 783 on Recent Warming of Antarctica "Unusual But Not Unprecedented" · · Score: 2

    Have the elected officials in Washington D.C. give more speeches. They emit enough hot air to melt the Antarctic.

  12. TSA got bored on Booted From Airplane For Wearing Anti-TSA T-shirt · · Score: 5, Funny

    If the Miss Universe pageant had been boarding that plane, the TSA would have been to busy putting them through the body scanner to even notice this guy's shirt.

  13. Re:Uranium on Improving Uranium Extraction From Seawater, Inspired by Shrimp · · Score: 1, Interesting

    And when pigs grow wings, they will be able to fly.

  14. So basically, say I am a DJ that is hosting a party at a club. At that party, someone brings in drugs or prostitutes or an illegal firearm. As the DJ who handed out a flyer promoting the event, I would then be breaking the law by telling people about an event in which a crime was committed?

    Yeah, great idea....

  15. Note to the DEA on DEA Lack of Data Storage Results In Dismissed Drug Case · · Score: 4, Funny

    I guess $150 is too much for the DEA to spend.

    Note to criminals: To avoid prosecution, buy a few 2TB hard drives and fill them with dd if=/dev/urandom of=/mnt/hardrive1

  16. Brilliant on Hackers Hack Handcuffs at H.O.P.E. (Video) · · Score: 1

    Breaking news from 1962..... handcuffs can be opened without a key!

  17. New mad scientist pet on Curiosity Rover Fires First Laser Beam At Martian Rock · · Score: 1

    Rover's with friggin laser beams!

  18. Irony on Saudi Arabia Objects To Proposed .gay gTLD, Among Others · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Saudi Arabia refuses to allow for a .gay domain
    People continue to put oil from that country in their cars.

    Chick-Fil-A founder says he personally believes marriage is between a man and a woman
    Gets boycotted.

  19. Take Note on Scientists Reverse Engineer Animal Brains To Create Bionic Prosthetic Eyes · · Score: 3, Funny

    I would like mine with a HUD, infrared/night vision, and 50x zoom.

  20. Scams on Inside a Ransomware Money Machine · · Score: 1, Troll

    Scams are only effective if they appear to be true. Would it surprise anyone for the FBI to essentially take bribes (fines) over fake criminal charges?

  21. Re:Government Computer Skillz on DOJ Says iPhone Is So Secure They Can't Crack It · · Score: 1

    The speakers were law enforcement, therefore in their eyes, it was a problem.

  22. Re:Come again? on Let the Campaign Edit Wars Begin · · Score: 1

    No troops in Grenada today, Ruby Ridge is already the U.S. so not applicable. Panama has troops for the obvious reason, to keep the Panama Canal open and shave weeks off of a voyage from the East to West coast.

    It appears the best you can do is steal Obama campaign talking points (a.k.a. newspeak) and blindly support your messiah.

  23. Re:Government Computer Skillz on DOJ Says iPhone Is So Secure They Can't Crack It · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I was at this conference, the running joke was "If it's encrypted, forget about it!" Everyone knows this. FDE and utilities like TrueCrypt will always prevent data recovery, save for the human factor of giving up the password.

    Also at the conference was the strong difference between American and British/Australian law. In the U.S., the 5th Amendment prevents someone from being required to turn over their password. The Brits and Aussies do not have this problem, as the 5th amendment doesn't exist for them.

  24. Re:Come again? on Let the Campaign Edit Wars Begin · · Score: 1

    I was only pointing out Democratic wars in which the military is still stationed in the location where the war took place. To include everything would bring up Vietnam (started by a Democrat) among other wars.

    If we want to switch to Republican wars we can look at Lincoln and the Civil War, Reagan and the Cold War, HW Bush and the Invasion of Kuwait. 'nuff said.

  25. Re:Come again? on Let the Campaign Edit Wars Begin · · Score: 1

    The only forces there now are a small unit (under 1000 people) helping them with anti-terrorist operations.

    Exactly, US forces are still stationed in a country in which we were formerly at war with. What's the exit strategy? Isn't 110 years of war in the Philippines enough?

    Bosnia isn't a war situation for the US at all, but a police operation.

    I seem to remember Bush saying the same thing about Iraq, and the liberal media attacking him for it, saying it was a real war. If it was a police action, then they should send POLICE OFFICERS. Not Soldiers.

    But do keep blaming Democratic presidents for their historical actions as if you were genuinely offended. Such petty complaints only demonstrate the lack of authenticity from conservatives.

    I'm not offended by overseas military presence, I am glad there are troops over there. Only pointing out the fact that there are US forces stationed in 4 countries as a result of wars started during Democratic presidents. AC posts like this reveal the institutional bias from liberals concerning their messiah, Barack Obama.