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  1. Re:So you don't have to wait to load the link... on Americans Not Bothered by NSA Spying · · Score: 1

    Well given that the courts have a special kind of warrant they use to authorize law enforcement to get a list of the numbers you have called, I'm pretty sure that just turning the records over to the govt violates some laws (start here : 18 USC 3121)

  2. Re:US is a democracy? on Google Sued for Allegedly Profiting From Child Porn · · Score: 2, Insightful

    aghhhh.

    You can be a republic and a democracy, a republic and communist, comunist and democratic and a republic, a monarchy and democratic and/or communist ... you can't however be a republic and a monarchy.

  3. Re:Big deal on Reporters Without Borders Internet Annual Report · · Score: 1

    A common mistake when people see China on products they think PRC not Taiwan.

  4. Re:Color me dubious. on World's Largest Pyramid Discovered in Bosnia? · · Score: 1

    I love the way they label the guy a nutjob while declaring the idea of a pyramid there impossible. The writers haven't been there to look at the alleged pyramid, they just say it's impossible period. Either there is one there or not, if the guy uncovers it, then good for him, if not then he's only wasted his own time.

  5. Re:Question: on U.S. Government Moves To Dismiss EFF Case · · Score: 1

    It is however a civil case which attempts to enjoin the defendant from participating in a purported criminal scheme.

  6. Re:The NSA program probably IS Constitutional on U.S. Government Moves To Dismiss EFF Case · · Score: 1

    Doesn't have to be. The Bill of Rights isn't meant as an exhaustive list. That's why there's a Ninth Amendment, to stop people from saying a right doesn't exist because there's no provision for it in the Constitution.

    Correct, the bill of rights wouldn't have existed without the ninth amendment. Many were opposed to writing a bill of rights into the constitution just for the situation where the government says : "There's nothing in the constitution about that so you can't do it". The bill of rights isn't a list of what you as a person can do, but is a set of restrictions on what the government can do.

  7. Re:What's the status quo? on Verizon Ruling May Tax Dial-Up Customers · · Score: 3, Insightful

    but here's what I don't get :

    If I'm phone company b and somebody from phone company a calls one of my customers - then phone company a pays me for terminating the call for them.

    Verizon is saying if a verizon customer calls a Global Naps customer ... then Verizon should be paid for that call.

  8. Re:And one warrant to rule them all... on NSA Spying Comes Under Attack · · Score: 2, Informative

    And (under Fisa) the warrent can be obtained after the actual interception ... the warrant is required to use the wiretapped evidence, not obtain it. The administration is actually saying that seeking a warrant after the intercept would somehow delay it.

  9. Re:Heads should roll! on NSA Spying Comes Under Attack · · Score: 1

    Because the senate acquitted him of the charge

  10. Re:One wonders on US Intensifies Fight Against Child Pornography · · Score: 1

    What if I walk near a bank with a gun ?

  11. Re:Dupe on Slashdot Design Changes for Wider Appeal · · Score: 1

    Not to mention all the + timezones ... just cuz the usa is in - land it doesn't mean everybody is.

  12. Re:I mostly agree on NASA Priorities Out of Whack? · · Score: 3, Informative


    FYI the moon is not tidally locked and your telescope would only be usable about 1/3 -1/2 of the time, this is the same reason why you'd need 3 beaming stations for lunar based solar power.


    huh ? If you mean the same side of the moon isn't always turned toward the earth then i think you're wrong on that point.

  13. Re:Budget woes? on NASA Priorities Out of Whack? · · Score: 1

    Don't forget how much of this 13 billion lands on Boeing/Lockheeds bottom line. Nasa doesn't really launch anything itself.

  14. Re:Israel does this already... on Unmanned Aerial Drones Coming Soon Above U.S. · · Score: 1

    According to the marketing blurb ... the latest 777 flies on autopilot once it reaches 500ft above ground level. Apprently they think we need a human in the loop to get the plane that far.

  15. Re:ALL of the oxygen? on New Jet Engine Tested · · Score: 1

    I already explained the error above.

  16. Re:ALL of the oxygen? on New Jet Engine Tested · · Score: 1

    I'll withdraw that claim ... seems 12.879m i found online actually meant 12,879 meters not 12.869 miles duh !!!

  17. Re:ALL of the oxygen? on New Jet Engine Tested · · Score: 1


    There are even stories about towers giving clearance to 40,000 to SR-71, with the controller snidely stating, "it's yours...if you can get there."


    Kind of an odd thing to say when the ceiling on a 747 is about 12.5 miles or 65,000 feet.

  18. Re:This should surprise no one (911 horror stories on Vonage Puts VoIP 911 Caller on Hold · · Score: 1

    Once called the local non-emergency response number to report a drunk guy fallen down in the street with an apparent broken nose. After they asked my if he was violent to which I answered "No, he's just sitting there" they transferred me to 911.

  19. Re:Fire: respect it or die on Vonage Puts VoIP 911 Caller on Hold · · Score: 1

    A wet towel or a fire blanket will do the job with a grease fire ... biggest mistakes are a) water b) trying to take the burning pan outside.

  20. Re:The Parliament Act. on UK Parliament to be Made Redundant? · · Score: 1

    There's little point in having two houses if they're both elected by the same method. One thing to remember about the house of lords is that many of the voting members are judges who have to deal with the dumb laws once they're passed.

  21. Great the article is slashdotted. on U.S. House Clears Anti-Internet Gambling Bill · · Score: 1

    Does the bill explicitly name poker as being gambling ? Because if not it doesn't matter, the feds already appealed a ruling that poker isn't gambling all the way to the supreme court and lost. So unless they define gambling as including poker it does not.

  22. Re:How it's written is what matters on U.S. House Clears Anti-Internet Gambling Bill · · Score: 1

    Countries dont (generally) hand extradite citizens for something that is not a crime in their own country. Particularly in this case where the US is making something that the person does in their own country a crime. Thats plain nonsensical.

  23. Re:How it's written is what matters on U.S. House Clears Anti-Internet Gambling Bill · · Score: 1

    ok - so the us tax rule .. pro-rates the foreign earned income based on the number of days you were resident in the other country ... so if you're there for 365 days out of the year the deduction is 100% up to
    $80,000 ... then you can deduct housing costs too. According to http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc853.html

  24. Re:How it's written is what matters on U.S. House Clears Anti-Internet Gambling Bill · · Score: 1

    I believe that under international tax treaties, income tax is based on residence not citizenship. The big but here is how much time you still spend in the USA. From memory if you reside in another country for > 50% of the tax year and all your income arises in that country then that's where you pay your taxes. In any case taxes paid in one country are deductable from your taxes in the other if you're considered a resident of both.

    I am not a tax attorney or any kind of attorney buy I know a fair number of people that work overseas for long periods of time.

  25. Re:The Details on eBay in 'Buy It Now' Patent Dispute · · Score: 3, Interesting

    You're free to offer any amount you like to buy something in a store, most store staff will look at you funny, but who hasn't tried to haggle for a free something when buying a high $ item.

    The price on the tag could be considered the "buy it now" price at which the store owner has already indicated they'd sell.