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  1. revolving door on Certificate Blunders May Mean the End For DigiNotar · · Score: 1

    it's good to know that crows are equally black everywhere

  2. 9/11 was not an intelligence failure on NRO To Declassify Cold-War Spy-Sat Tech · · Score: 1

    All the intelligence collection can't fix an inter-departmental communication failure. Yet each year, US government grants itself ever more sweeping intelligence collection power. I wonder if the inter-departmental communication problem was ever fixed?

  3. there are things worse than being laid off on Cisco Emerges From Restructuring 13,000 Employees Lighter · · Score: 0

    No jobs will be lost in that transaction, but about 5,000 Cisco employees will be transferred to Foxconn

    Read the articles and get that chip off of your shoulder.

    there are things worse than being laid off; like the despair foxconn inflicts on its employees.

  4. You have a typo. on Jobs Bill Funds Safety Network With Spectrum Sale · · Score: 1, Funny

    Remember Citizen, your work, your money, your family, your life - all exist merely to further the aims of the Monstrous For-Profit Corporations .

    I've taken the liberty to fixed the typo for you.

  5. how quickly we forget... on Microsoft Reveals More Windows 8 Details · · Score: 1

    Mac OS (yes, the 68k OS) were considered stable every other release as well; all the odd major numbered OS always requires endless number of patches (keep in mind that back then, there was no broadband to ease patch distribution.) With the exception of OS8 (which was released to get out of contracts with Mac clone makers,) even numbered versioned OSes were considered more "mature" than the odd numbered versioned OSes.

  6. reminds me of 1993 on NASA Sells Space Food, Shuttle Tiles To Schools · · Score: 3, Funny

    Engineers on street corners with cups and signs that say "Please Give"?

    ... when I graduated. Aerospace department graduates had signs up that said "will build space shuttles for food."

  7. could, not can. on Boosting Battery Storage With Seaweed · · Score: 2

    ... could be used to increase the storage capacity of batteries

    Translation - Fund me, and I might produce something.

  8. here's a (non)novel idea for a game... on How Game Makers Like EA Mine for Tax Breaks · · Score: 1

    "evading the IRS and taxes"

  9. Bill the Chinese on Report Warns of Space Junk Reaching a Tipping Point · · Score: 1

    We can starting cleaning up the orbit, and bill them by deducting the cost plus a... modest profit off the US debt they're holding...

  10. Nobody will take it seriously on Report Warns of Space Junk Reaching a Tipping Point · · Score: 1

    until somebody die from it. sorry, but it's been that way for centuries.

  11. Wikidrown. on WikiLeaks Publishes Cable Archive In Full · · Score: 1

    and taking anyone near it down the abyss with it.

  12. business as usual on Justice Dept. Files Antitrust Complaint Against AT&T and T-Mobile Merger · · Score: 1

    other cell carriers have a lot more to do with it than common sense in the government. I fear this "outbreak" you speak of is at best, overly exaggerated.

  13. once again, I have to repeat myself on EPIC Files For Rehearing In Body Scanner Case · · Score: 1

    The TSA should engage in profiling, as the Israelis do.

    That would require TSA hiring and training intelligent people instead of farming out the work to politically well connected corporations that much rather hire employees being paid minimum wage.

  14. secret ingredient of HP smoke on Ex-Board Member Says HP Is Committing 'Corporate Suicide' · · Score: 1

    shredded HP stock certificates soaked in their expensive ink and rolled into joints.

  15. 600GB drives? on IBM Building 120PB Cluster Out of 200,000 Hard Disks · · Score: 1

    based on 120 million GB and 200k drives, the per-drive capacity works out to 600GB a piece. Sounded like they're stringing together a bunch of WD Velociraptors.

  16. imagine the brown out! on IBM Building 120PB Cluster Out of 200,000 Hard Disks · · Score: 1

    Can you just imagine the brown up when they power up the drive farm?
    In practice they would be doing sequential spin up. I do however, wonder how long that would take to sequentially spin up 200k drives.

  17. compelled to believe on China Removes Cyberwar Video, Denies Everything · · Score: 1

    ...the US government will probably believe China.

    Diplomatic "courtesy" requires the US to believe China. Privately, everyone knows that a deer is a deer.

  18. nothing to own up to on China Removes Cyberwar Video, Denies Everything · · Score: 2

    This is a country that has a history of pointing at a deer and call it a horse, or more recently calling Minnie Mouse a "cat with large ears." So why is this a surprise?

  19. a lot of good that encryption will do you... on Cybercrime Treaty Pushes Surveillance Worldwide · · Score: 0

    when the backdoor mandated by government is built right into every piece of equipment.

  20. no no no! on Steve Jobs Resigns As Apple CEO · · Score: 1

    short it, short it now!

  21. but why? on NASA Creating Laser Communication System For Mars · · Score: 2

    why would they want a probe orbiting Mars to communicate with sharks?

  22. real-time update to text books on United Pilots To Use iPads For Navigation · · Score: 1

    wait till text books are 'updated' in real time over 3G or WiFi to fit the current prevailing political views, Ã la Ministry of Truth...

  23. exploding batteries? on United Pilots To Use iPads For Navigation · · Score: 1

    keep in mind that other than the LCD, most of that iPad is battery...

  24. erroneous assumption that schools are for teaching on More Schools Go To 4-Day Week To Cut Costs · · Score: 1

    schooling isn't design to transfer knowledge from adults to children; it's design to create conforming and obedient citizens.

  25. follow the money on Chinese Propaganda Accidentally Reveals Cyberwar · · Score: 2

    a fair number of those "students" are funded by PRC government; for them, it's just a job. the roof over their head and the food on their table are paid for by PRC. so really, is it a surprise that they're out in force whenever anyone disagree with the current party line?