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  1. Re:Justice on CIA Lied Over Brutal Interrogations · · Score: 2

    So he should not be held accountable for things his subordinates did even when he should have known of their activities? Just checking. Is that the same standard we apply to all presidents then?

  2. Re:All for poisioning the well on AdNauseam Browser Extension Quietly Clicks On Blocked Ads · · Score: 1

    I do, if it gets rid of ads then I don't have to worry about blocking them anymore. I would gladly pay some sites 50 cents to a dollar a month to view them. I just hate dealing with the virus laden ads.

  3. Re:Sadly,... on Uber Banned In Delhi After Taxi Driver Accused of Rape · · Score: 1

    The already did, see Blackwater (Xe or whatever they are calling themselves now).

  4. Re:Their job is dangerous on Cops 101: NYC High School Teaches How To Behave During Stop-and-Frisk · · Score: 1

    Most police deaths are caused by vehicle injuries, which would be resolved if they wore their flipping seat belts. Even with those injuries it is no where as dangerous as many jobs.

  5. Re:Never Again on Sony To Take On Netflix With Playstation Vue · · Score: 1

    I don't. If other people do I don't really care. I haven't bought anything made by Sony since the Linux fiasco.

  6. Re:gps still blows on The Plane Crash That Gave Us GPS · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So it is Clinton's fault you purchased an inferior product, and that you are not observant enough to watch where you are going?

  7. Re:Computer Missues Act 1990 on FTDI Removes Driver From Windows Update That Bricked Cloned Chips · · Score: 1

    No that is the point. You are trying to justify bricking the end users equipment, claiming that they know what they are doing. It is obvious that they don't know what is going on, it is just a gadget they bought off amazon. Soft bricking the device is shady and underhanded. What they should have done was pop up a message stating the device is counterfeit and asked for the user to inform them of where they got the device so FTDI could take action.

    I know I would be glad to rat out the counterfeiters because I don't want counterfeit chips in my gadgets. If they were to ask me I would give them the information on where I got the gadget so FTDI could either help the manufacturer fix their supply chain, or follow it to the actual culprit.

    Punishing the end user is passive aggressive. They know their gadget is broken, but not why it is broken. Frankly I hope they become the subject of a class action. They have no right to destroy hardware.

  8. Re:Computer Missues Act 1990 on FTDI Removes Driver From Windows Update That Bricked Cloned Chips · · Score: 1

    You expect the end users to know that? Really?

  9. Re:backup for 911 on Software Glitch Caused 911 Outage For 11 Million People · · Score: 1

    The police department in my area has both Emergency and Non-Emergency numbers. It is listed that way in the phone book.

  10. Re:That's all we need ... on Debian's Systemd Adoption Inspires Threat of Fork · · Score: 2

    A large portion of distributions does not equal a large number of users. You should have realized that though.

  11. Re:And this is why Linux will never win the deskto on Debian's Systemd Adoption Inspires Threat of Fork · · Score: 1

    People use video cards from seven years ago? The only reason I can think of for that is if your PC is seven years old, in that case they need more then a new video card.

  12. Re:haha on Barometers In iPhones Mean More Crowdsourcing In Weather Forecasts · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apples reality distortion field. Remember, its not useful until apple does it, and then once apple does it, it becomes innovation.

  13. Re:Unity is rubbish. Systemd is rubbish on Ubuntu Turns 10 · · Score: 0

    So what your saying is you have specialized hardware that you had issues with.

    I have had no issues tethering my GS4, my only streaming issues are sites that use silverlight, and plenty of steam games for fun.

    Oh and BTW it looks like your complains about the Fuji(tsu)? scanner and Wacom tablet are overblown. It looks like there is some support for both, although it is not handled by the manufacturers. Both manufacturers linked to these sites so I am assuming they should be at least partially functional.

    http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.... http://www.fujitsu.com/emea/pr...

    Note: I cannot even find a Fuji scanner, so I am guessing you dont even know what hardware you are using, which might explain your difficulty in installing the hardware.

  14. Re:Just tell me on Positive Ebola Test In Second Texas Health Worker · · Score: 1

    If you get say 10 people into the general population (IE not admitted to a hospital) with ebola, you will see infection skyrocket. You claiming otherwise is akin to you putting your head in the sand and pretending there is no problem.

  15. Re:Just tell me on Positive Ebola Test In Second Texas Health Worker · · Score: 1

    The chance to be infected with ebola are only almost nonexistent because it hasn't made its way into the general population yet. Once that happens then the chance of being infected skyrockets. You should stop glossing over that.

  16. Re:Does Nigeria have subways? on How Nigeria Stopped Ebola · · Score: 1

    My comment is solely that the parent, who is accusing someone else of FUD, is spreading it him/herself. Go post your diatribe about not being scared elsewhere.

  17. Re:Does Nigeria have subways? on How Nigeria Stopped Ebola · · Score: 1
    You are wrong. You are the one that needs to stop spreading FUD. From the CDC:

    Ebola on dried on surfaces such as doorknobs and countertops can survive for several hours; however, virus in body fluids (such as blood) can survive up to several days at room temperature.

    Ebola has been detected in blood and many body fluids. Body fluids include saliva, mucus, vomit, feces, sweat, tears, breast milk, urine, and semen.

    Emphasis added.

    http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/t...

  18. Re:What a load of nonsense on Pentagon Reportedly Hushed Up Chemical Weapons Finds In Iraq · · Score: 1

    Bush claimed there were new factories manufacturing nuclear and biological weapons. These did not exist. Source: I served in Iraq, and one of my primary jobs was to search for WMD. As far as I am aware the only thing ever found was old chemical weapons from the 80s. Bush was not right. There were no new WMD factories, and there were no new nuclear or biological weapons. Either he was wrong, or he lied. That is up to the reader to decide.

  19. Re:But flights from West Africa are OK? on Positive Ebola Test In Second Texas Health Worker · · Score: 1

    Yet they sent home someone who had come from West Africa (and informed them of this), and had a 103 degree fever with some antibiotics. They screwed the entire shebang up. It seems to me that they did what they thought would cover their backsides and then sent him home.

  20. Re:Just tell me on Positive Ebola Test In Second Texas Health Worker · · Score: 1

    I wont catch a spike to the head just because my friend/family member/Significant Other/Neighbor/person at bus stop/stocker at grocery store/etc. caught a spike to their head. Your analogy fails badly.

  21. Re:Just tell me on Positive Ebola Test In Second Texas Health Worker · · Score: 1

    The current news shows this second nurse was on a flight from Ohio the day before she got her fever. And since you can be contagious before you even have the fever, I say we need to start getting worried.

  22. Re:Just tell me on Positive Ebola Test In Second Texas Health Worker · · Score: 1

    Ok, You have a choice. Get infected with the flu that kills what like 0.1% of people who catch it. Or get infected with Ebola that is currently killing 70% of the people who catch it.

  23. Re:NO on Positive Ebola Test In Second Texas Health Worker · · Score: 1, Insightful

    They have passports correct? Well you should be able to easily see they have recently come from West Africa. If they don't have a passport WTH are you doing letting them in?

  24. Re:Blue LED should've never been awarded. on No Nobel For Nick Holonyak Jr, Father of the LED · · Score: 1

    No the main concern is light at night, not just blue light at night. Why are you referencing a report you cant even read anyways? How do you know what it says and in what context it is said?

  25. Re:Blue LED should've never been awarded. on No Nobel For Nick Holonyak Jr, Father of the LED · · Score: 1

    Harvard says that blue light can mess with your sleep cycle, nothing about "toxic stress to the retina"