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  1. Re:Putting words into our mouths on NY Bill Would Force Decryption of Smartphones On Demand (onthewire.io) · · Score: 1

    I read it as referring to Snowden.

  2. Re:No private company should stick their neck out on Questions Linger As Juniper Removes Suspicious Dual_EC Algorithm (threatpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Silicone Valley is San Fernando Valley. You mean Silicon Valley.

  3. Re:There is only one goal on The US Gov't Could Become the Biggest Customer for Smart Guns (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Many magazine-fed firearms will in fact function without their magazine, if only briefly.

  4. Re: Obama, Champion of the Firearms Industry on The US Gov't Could Become the Biggest Customer for Smart Guns (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    This is absolutely ridiculous.

  5. Re: Obama, Champion of the Firearms Industry on The US Gov't Could Become the Biggest Customer for Smart Guns (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Most cops carry Glocks, which feature no "complex safeties". They have no "safeties" at all.
    One in the chamber is the best way to carry. You never see cops racking the slide, and it's for a damn good reason.

  6. Re:They are not "monitoring" you on Microsoft Monitoring How Long You Use Windows 10 (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Whoosh.

  7. Re: Speed tests don't always indicate performance on NY Attorney General Wants Public To Report Broadband Speeds (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    It's a torrent - there is no central server.

  8. Re:Get an anti bark device on Ask Slashdot: Cost Effective Way To Soundproof My Home? · · Score: 1

    I read this as "barker's chocolate". Thanks for the hearty laugh.

  9. Re:Two things I don't quite get on Germany Fires Up Bizarre New Fusion Reactor (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    A magnetic field.

  10. Re:Absolutely amazing on Germany Fires Up Bizarre New Fusion Reactor (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    The stellarator is 20th century technology.

  11. Re:Surprisingly, I'm sure there's an audience on GunTV Aims To Premier 24-Hour Shopping Channel For Firearms · · Score: 1

    It's called "gaslighting".

  12. Re:Different demographics on GunTV Aims To Premier 24-Hour Shopping Channel For Firearms · · Score: 1

    He was off by 2 deaths. When the difference is that small, it's safe to say it's a non-issue. Describing it as the "deadliest" even seems over the top. Why not "bloodiest" while you're at it? That way, you can add those horrific injuries and boost the total.

  13. Re:Not ill timed... on GunTV Aims To Premier 24-Hour Shopping Channel For Firearms · · Score: 1

    The state militias include every able-bodied male (white males originally).

  14. Re:So we're not going to over-react this time, rig on California Attack Has US Rethinking Strategy On Homegrown Terror (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    I didn't post that.

  15. Re:So we're not going to over-react this time, rig on California Attack Has US Rethinking Strategy On Homegrown Terror (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    What did I assert, again?

  16. Re:So we're not going to over-react this time, rig on California Attack Has US Rethinking Strategy On Homegrown Terror (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    So, the Shah wasn't exiled? That's what you're asserting?

  17. Re:Of course they have to lie ... on California Attack Has US Rethinking Strategy On Homegrown Terror (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    Mod up.
    If gun control is a viable option, then let the facts speak for themselves. Constantly fudging numbers for shock value makes me doubt seriously the motives of the pro-gun-contol side.

  18. Re:Just what we needed on Linux Mint 17.3 Officially Released (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    You're a bit late; this particular distro will be a decade old next year.

  19. Re:So why is this here? on Mass Shooting In San Bernardino Kills At Least 14 (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    First of all I am not in the US

    I had a feeling. Nevermind, then.

  20. Re:So why is this here? on Mass Shooting In San Bernardino Kills At Least 14 (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    You might want to bone up on your American history there, my friend. Black Americans returning home to the South after the Civil War would likely have something to say about the pointlessness of the 2nd amendment, for instance.
    The balance of power between the state and the people is a fluid, delicate thing, dependent on a certain calculus. The disarmament of the people changes this balance, this calculus, weakening the people against the state. It's not about parity of force. It's about maintaining some measure of power, however limited, against the state.
    If you're truly okay with the police in this country (I'm assuming you're in the U.S., if not, kindy disregard) having a monopoly of armed force, good luck with all that.

  21. Re:So why is this here? on Mass Shooting In San Bernardino Kills At Least 14 (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    One swears allegiance to the Queen, the other does not.

  22. Re:How I did it w/ EEC Systems/SuperSpeed.com on Ask Slashdot: What Is the Best Way To Approach Big Companies With Your Product? · · Score: 1

    Hopefully, OP's idea gains enough traction that it frees him from ever having to pointlessly troll /. every day, typing boastful but otherwise incoherent manifesto-style posts and utterly failing to grasp what constant -1s should have told him years prior.

  23. The moon lacks an atmosphere, for starters.

  24. Re:So why is this here? on Mass Shooting In San Bernardino Kills At Least 14 (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    The U.S. and Australia are two vastly different countries.
    When the U.S. fought a war and won independence from the king, the 2nd Amendment, among pther things, was the result. Australia took a decidedly different path, and the irony of bringing them up is not lost here.

  25. Re:Could you buy the guns back? on Mass Shooting In San Bernardino Kills At Least 14 (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    SCOTUS disagrees; self-defense is also now included.