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  1. LibreOffice Base on Ask Slashdot: Linux Database GUI Application Development? · · Score: 2

    LibreOffice Base seems to be what you're asking about.

    http://www.libreoffice.org/discover/base/

  2. Re: Only 30 Grand? on Chevrolet Unveils 200-Mile Bolt EV At Detroit Auto Show · · Score: 2

    Electric cars need neither a clutch nor transmission -- the most expensive piece of a car to repair.

    My damn 2013 VW TDI manual just had the clutch die at 52,000 miles, so these things can vary in longevity.

  3. Re:stupidest. revelation. ever. on The NSA Uses the Same Chat Protocol As Hackers · · Score: 2

    OTR is mentioned as one of those things they really can't crack if you dig through the whole Spiegel article.

  4. Re:Awesome on Tesla Announces Dual Motors, 'Autopilot' For the Model S · · Score: 1

    $140k fully decked out.

  5. Re:Doctor Mary's Monkey on AIDS Origin Traced To 1920s Kinshasa · · Score: 2

    Maybe our digestive ssytem has proven well adapted to that, but there are a lot of knives and cuts involved in the preparation of any meat.

    Blood contamination while butchering is a very plausible transmission mechanism. Especially in areas where there are no enforced health guidelines, much less proper sanitization.

  6. Re:gtfo on Intel Drops Gamasutra Sponsorship Over Controversial Editorials · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Horse shit.

    Your right to free speech extends only to GOVERNMENT restriction of speech. Private venues are fully within their rights to limit your speech all they want in their venue. Don't like it? Leave.

  7. Re: Are we even sure this is legal? on How the NSA Profits Off of Its Surveillance Technology · · Score: 1

    Amateur! The government *is* allowed to *hold* copyright created on their behalf. If the copyright items in question are created by contractors, then the copyright exists and is transferred to the government.

    You honestly didn't think there wasn't a loophole, did you?

  8. Re: Deflect Blame? on Oregon Sues Oracle For "Abysmal" Healthcare Website · · Score: 1

    No, they didn't. Oregon acted as the systems integrator and overall project manager. Oracle was the main contractor but not the integrator.

  9. Re: Falsifying timecards on Every Day Is Goof-Off-At-Work Day At the US Patent and Trademark Office · · Score: 1

    Exactly. And falsifying hours is one of those thing that can get you fired quickly, union or not.

  10. Re:Why are Zorro cards worth anything at all? on The Almost Forgotten Story of the Amiga 2000 · · Score: 1

    "Fat AGnus", not "Fat ANgus", like you typed. Googling that will get you, I suspect, pictures of large cattle instead of BBW porn and custom silicon.

  11. Re:Pen & Phone on White House Punts On Petition To Allow Tesla Direct Sales · · Score: 1

    Big talk and political posturing does not equal action. "if you don't stop bothering me I'll have my dad beat up your dad" isn't the equivalent of felony assault. It is talk.

    It is the explicit job of the executive to take action implementing legislative decree (laws). Many -- probably *most* -- of the laws have several vague parts that say "make it so", without any details. Frequently they're along the lines of "just do SOMETHING", giving a LOT of leeway to the actual implementation, allowing for all sorts of exemptions, delays and the ability to deal with unforeseen issues.

    Whenever you see things like "refusing to uphold the law" start thinking about "unfunded mandate". Congress says "do this -- but we aren't giving you money". You need to prioritize based on resource constraints.

    If 10,000 people come across the border, and I have 100 cops and limited court resources for due process where do I prioritize? Focus on the 10 year-olds looking for their mommy? Or the convicted felons and known violent offenders? They are NOT equal in the effort needed or resources consumed.

    So, again, [Citation Needed]. Please point to a specific example. The ONLY one I can think of that might be a violation of law is the trade of Bergdahl for the Guantanamo inmates. Maybe.

  12. Re:Pen & Phone on White House Punts On Petition To Allow Tesla Direct Sales · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I thought...

    You keep using that word, but I don't think it means what you think it means.

    You parroted without doing any sort of independent analysis or validation.

  13. Re:Meh... I'll wait on Android Wear Is Here · · Score: 1

    http://www.withings.com/activite/en-US

    Interesting that didn't take my link.

  14. Meh... I'll wait on Android Wear Is Here · · Score: 1

    I'll wait for this.

  15. Re:um on Elon Musk's Solar City Is Ramping Up Solar Panel Production · · Score: 1

    So how is a laser like a goldfish?

  16. Re: OCA on Judge Orders DOJ To Turn Over FISA Surveillance Documents · · Score: 1

    Think of it like nuclear fusion. Once you get critical mass it is a self-sustaining reaction. Einstein is credited with once calling compound interest the most powerful force. Once you get past the hump of earning more than you spend, short of a catastrophe you're just going to get richer. It is the nature of capitalism. Marx and Engals knew this.

    The trick is getting to that point. Most people don't make it because when they make more they immediately spend more.

    It isn't baffling one you realise it is the nature of the system and doesn't require the rich to do anything.

  17. Re: Old bible scolars on New Evidence For Oceans of Water Deep In the Earth · · Score: 1

    Those options aren't mutually exclusive. In fact, they often go hand in hand.

  18. Re: Reflections on trusting trust... on Google Announces 'End-To-End' Encryption Extension For Chrome · · Score: 2

    Google for "double diverse compiling" and educate yourself a little more.

  19. Re:Cowards on Why Snowden Did Right · · Score: 2

    What I'm describing is a societal behavior trait, not necessarily one fundamental to humans as a species. We (Americans) didn't used to have it, but with the comforts of civilization and not having to struggle comes complacency and a softness.

    No, I'm not saying we should go back to struggling for a living, I'm just pointing out a simple fact. Eternal vigilance is the price we pay for liberty.

    As an American who has not lived extensively in another country for several years now, I don't presume to speak for them. I spoke only for what I am immersed and have experienced first hand. That isn't bigotry, just confining my opinion to what I know -- my own subgroup.

  20. Re:You are being a bit - a bit - unfair. on Why Snowden Did Right · · Score: 2

    Yes, the media plays a large role in exacerbating this. So does Hollywood and the entire political apparatus. It is in their own self interests.

    Hollywood and the media sell tickets, boost ratings and make money. Politicians get elected off of fear, accrue power by doling out patronage and make money.

    There is an entire ecosystem based on keeping the public afraid. Scared people are willing to buy the feeling of security, even if it is fleeting and false.

  21. Re:Cowards on Why Snowden Did Right · · Score: 1

    I agree, but don't have enough experience with people from too many other countries to speak in that general sense. I'm immersed in American culture and thus see it every day.

  22. Cowards on Why Snowden Did Right · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The sad truth is the majority of Americans are fundamentally cowards. That, combined with the human tendency to grossly over estimate the risks from rare events with severe consequences creates this problem.

    Unlike a war which happens over there terrorist acts can happen anywhere. If they can happen anywhere, they can happen here, to me! Gasp!

    Look at the hysteria that occurred when the anthrax mailings were going on. People were reporting "white powder" everywhere and breathlessly telling each other "that could've been me, I could have DIED".

    No, not really. Unless you were a postal worker, you had a bigger chance of being kicked to death by a wild mule than you did of encountering anthrax in a package.

    The sad truth is people play their potential role up in their mind because they think their lives are boring and uneventful. A terrorist attack may be horrible, but it is exciting, too. People do the same thing with celebrities. "OMG! I ate dinner in the same restaurant as Justin Bieber! He was there the night before!"

    Add all of that together and you get a lot of people who will gladly give up lots of freedom for a little (perceived) security.

  23. Re: Wrong concern on Don't Be a Server Hugger! (Video) · · Score: 2

    I am familiar with SOX, PCI, HIIPA, FISMA and other privacy requirements. It is my job.

    You don't get legal indemnification because the cloud service is providing IaaS in most cases. You aren't outsourcing risk. Proper configuration, application security and the like are still YOUR responsibility.

    (You CAN get indemnification clauses if you're using their services AND you pay for it.)

    The legal requirements from privacy and security aren't absolutes -- nothing is. You have to take reasonable accomodations and show due diligence, just like in every other contract. The level of effort is frequently detailed in the law requiring compliance.

    And I'm not angry.

  24. Re: Wrong concern on Don't Be a Server Hugger! (Video) · · Score: 2

    Then look for a cloud service provider that has been awarded FedRAMP certification at the FISMA Moderate level. Then evaluate their controls yourself.

    Oh, and speak to a privacy expert because your "reading" of privacy law is incorrect.

  25. Re:Weather control on Air Force Prepares to Dismantle HAARP · · Score: 5, Informative

    No, it isn't. Weather occurs in the troposphere, the layer of the atmosphere closest to the earth, extending up to between 7 - 20 km above ground level. About 80% of the mass of the atmosphere is here.

    The ionosphere is about 0.1% of the mass of the atmosphere, starting from about 90 km above ground level and continuing to between 500 - 1,000 km above ground level.

    Educate yourself a little. Science is a beautiful thing.