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  1. DUDE, you're getting a superfish certificate! on Dell Accused of Installing 'Superfish-Like' Rogue Certificates On Laptops (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Whoa, thanks man. Want to burn one after school?

  2. Re:Was he arrested by the school or the county? on "Clock Boy" Ahmed Mohamed Seeking $15 Million In Damages · · Score: 1

    Meant to write "I can't imagine a county can be sued for executing an arrest..."

  3. Was he arrested by the school or the county? on "Clock Boy" Ahmed Mohamed Seeking $15 Million In Damages · · Score: 1

    I suspect the distinction is important because I can't imagine a county can't be sued for executing an arrest, provided there was a basis for the arrest.

  4. Cool ransom note Ahmed on "Clock Boy" Ahmed Mohamed Seeking $15 Million In Damages · · Score: 4, Funny

    Want to bring it to the White House?

  5. 3D-printed guns don't kill people on Australian State Bans Possession of Blueprints For 3D Printing Firearms (computerworld.com.au) · · Score: 1

    3D-printed bullets do. Keep the guns and outlaw the bullets!

  6. Oops, we fogot the new telemtry stuff! on Microsoft Pulls Windows 10 November Update (1511) ISOs (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    Pull back the ISO and get that in there.

  7. Re:"Bin Laden determined to attack in the US" on Whistleblowers: How NSA Created the 'Largest Failure' In Its History (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Why would they have to know Al Qaeda planned to fly the planes into buildings? They only had to know that that hijackings were planned - which they did. Prevent those hijackings with simple changes to cockpit procedure and you prevent all the downstream effects, be it crashing the plane into the ocean or into NYC skyscrapers. From the report you linked:

    "Nevertheless, FBI information since that time indicates patterns of suspicious activity in this country consistent with preparations for hijackings or other types of attacks".

  8. Re:"Bin Laden determined to attack in the US" on Whistleblowers: How NSA Created the 'Largest Failure' In Its History (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Read it. My assertion on how the cockpit door policy would have prevented 9/11 still holds, sorry.

  9. Re:"Bin Laden determined to attack in the US" on Whistleblowers: How NSA Created the 'Largest Failure' In Its History (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    I dunno...maybe reinforce cockpit doors, institute a policy where the door remains locked for the duration of the flight, you know, the things that were implemented after 9/11?

  10. Re:"Bin Laden determined to attack in the US" on Whistleblowers: How NSA Created the 'Largest Failure' In Its History (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Yep, agree completely. We knew who was coming, how they were coming, and from where they were coming yet we somehow lacked the know how to stop them? We didn't lack the know how - we lacked the leadership and will to stop them.

  11. Gotta call bullshit on Whistleblowers: How NSA Created the 'Largest Failure' In Its History (zdnet.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The best clue for detecting bullshit in the efficacy claims for any intelligence apparatus is when its proponents state it would have prevented a complex security lapse like 9/11. Reading the article further it seems like a bunch of people just mad their ideas weren't adopted.

  12. Who refers to their child as an "outcome"? on Zuckerberg To Take 2 Months Paternity Leave To Give His Kid a Better Outcome (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does he think his Kid is one of his PHP scripts?

  13. FBI's response to Blackberry's statement on Blackberry Offers 'Lawful Device Interception Capabilities' (itnews.com.au) · · Score: 1

    Thanks, we appreciate your cooperation. What's a Blackberry?

  14. Clerks II nailed this a long time ago on Now We Know Why the Hobbit Movies Were So Awful (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2
  15. Re:Not Sure on How Apple Is Giving Design a Bad Name (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It originated from Jonathan Ive, Apple's lead hardware designer who now have purview over the software's aesthetics as well. Ive hated the skeuomorphism elements of iOS and IMO went completely overboard with the horrible flat UX that is now iOS. For example changing buttons to a text label without even a border? WTF? One of the most basic elements of UX since the dawn of GUIs.

  16. I despise iOS transition animations on How Apple Is Giving Design a Bad Name (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    Those asinine, time-burglar eye candy transitions that occur for nearly every navigation you performed within iOS. Some of the most egregious ones can be "disabled" the 'Reduce Motion' option but rather than disable nausea-inducing animations like zoom it simply switches it to a dissolve, which executes just as slowly. And there is still no way to disable the most common animations like the sweep in an iOS Navigation Controller. I almost want to start a petition to all iOS developers to universally set the 'animate' parameter to False for all internal iOs methods that get passed the parameter.

  17. Re:Unbelievable on Donald Trump Obliquely Backs a Federal Database To Track Muslims · · Score: 1

    He was asked specifically about a Muslim database and answered those questions directly. The fact that Trump also mentions other measures don't detract from what he said specifically about the database questions. Not sure how it can be interpreted any differently. Nevertheless the full interview is there for everyone to decide for themselves.

  18. Re:Trump wins. essentially, that's it. on Donald Trump Obliquely Backs a Federal Database To Track Muslims · · Score: 1

    Trump is definitely on path to win the Republican nomination. His chances in the general election are decidedly less clear, esp. after he continues to alienate the entire Spanish electorate.

  19. Re:Unbelievable on Donald Trump Obliquely Backs a Federal Database To Track Muslims · · Score: 1, Troll

    The MSNBC reporter is the one who presented the idea but there is no second reporter in the grassy knoll as you suggest. The MSNBC reporter has Trump's full attention and repeatedly answers in the affirmative about the Muslim database to the reporter's follow-up questions. Here is the full interview including a transcript:

    http://www.nationalreview.com/...

  20. Trump backpedaled today but he's still an idiot on Donald Trump Obliquely Backs a Federal Database To Track Muslims · · Score: 1, Troll

    Today Trump released a statement saying the Muslim database was the reporter's idea, with his camp and conservative talking heads like Rush Oxycontin Limbaugh implying that the MSNBC reporter was laying a trap for him by asking such a provocative question while Trump was rushed for time. Of course the reporter was laying a trap but since Trump can't resist running his mouth whenever a microphone is put in front of his face he obliged and walked right into it.

    Here is a transcript of what the reporter and trump said:
    http://www.nationalreview.com/...

    And here is Rush Fathead's spin on it:
    http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/da...

  21. Steve Irwin agrees on Judge: Stingrays Are 'Simply Too Powerful' Without Adequate Oversight (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Crikey!

  22. Correction: 8 years minus 2.6 leap seconds on You Can Look Forward To 8 More Years of Leap Second Problems (cio.com) · · Score: 2

    Give or take a second.

  23. Get in line on Jolla Goes For Debt Restructuring (phoronix.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Blackberry is still trying to license theirs.

  24. Easy enough to identify fish that were modified on FDA Signs Off On Genetically Modified Salmon Without Labeling (consumerist.com) · · Score: 2

    It'll be the ones with three eyes.

  25. Quick, someone sell them a thermometer for $500M on ISIS's Hunt For a Bogus Superweapon · · Score: 1

    Has mercury and is colored Red. Pleasure doing business with you Mr. Armeen.