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  1. Re: TSA is unnecessary on Are the TSA's New Electronic Device Screenings Necessary? · · Score: 1

    Still, at least the cockpit entrance should have some sort of door restricting entrance, so that the few hijackers that do end up mingling among passengers won't find it easy to enter before they are apprehended. In case it's the pilot, a hundred people would have no problem breaking the door down.

  2. The 99$ fee on Fraudulent Apps Found In Apple's Store · · Score: 1

    Didn't Google remove Quickoffice in favor of Google Docs already?
    At least do some research first before paying the 99$ developer fee to be able to upload apps in the first place.

    Then again, it was released around the time Google was deciding to shut down the app.
    App Details

  3. Re:Graphene's a thing that everyone needs! on Graphene May Top Kevlar As a Bullet-Stopping Material · · Score: 1

    Just curious, what's the source of that little song there?

  4. Re:The missing information here: is it feasible? on Behind Apple's Sapphire Screen Debacle · · Score: 1

    Corning Glass did a test regarding it, but they are probably a little biased toward themselves, as they manufacture Gorilla Glass. Nevertheless, there are some advantages Gorilla Glass does have over sapphire.
    I suppose sapphire glass solutions can possibly be implemented, but without some major improvements it'll probably just be a more expensive end-product with a bit more benefit.

  5. IANAL, but... on Kim Dotcom Says Legal Fight Has Left Him Broke · · Score: 1

    ...is he able to get a public defender?

  6. When I First Saw the Title on HYREL 3-D Printers Were Developed by 3-D Printer Users (Video) · · Score: 1

    I thought they'd created a 3-D printer using a 3-D printer.

  7. Re:This is why... on Cameron Says People Radicalized By Free Speech; UK ISPs Agree To Censor Button · · Score: 1

    But anyways, in all seriousness, it's kind of disappointing to see the UK do this, especially when they were the ones that initially implemented some of the ideals in our Bill of Rights.

  8. This is why... on Cameron Says People Radicalized By Free Speech; UK ISPs Agree To Censor Button · · Score: 1

    I'm glad I live in America. The land of the free!!!
    Oh wait...

  9. Re:Scale down the land based forces on The Disgruntled Guys Who Babysit Our Aging Nuclear Missiles · · Score: 1

    Submarines and bombers do have to fly back and refuel...etc. These silos don't.
    However, they are stationary, so submarines/bombers are obviously more mobile. But they'll have to come back eventually some time to base for one reason or another.

  10. Re: Meanwhile... on Long-term Study Finds No Link Between Video Game Violence and Real Violence · · Score: 2

    "Another long-term study found a link between empty wallets and DLC upgrades." FTFY

  11. Re:Arab Spring? on New GCHQ Chief Says Social Media Aids Terrorists · · Score: 1

    Yes, isn't it interesting how just that time the media was touting the power of "social media networks" in organizing protests?
    Funny how now they claim it "aids terrorists". Doesn't that sound like something, say, some certain oppressive dictators would say?

  12. Re:Not a win on New GCHQ Chief Says Social Media Aids Terrorists · · Score: 1

    Yes, the the generalization of Muslims isn't exactly accurate, but that isn't the main idea here.

    Regardless of whether the post is "politically incorrect" or not, the important thing to remember is that we may eventually become just like the "evil adversary" that we don't want to become, if we continue to go on sacrificing liberties for "safety".

  13. Re:Corporate Malfeasance on Former Infosys Recruiter Says He Was Told Not To Hire US Workers · · Score: 1

    Well, this isn't that type of discrimination though; as mentioned above, it's more for financial reasons rather than the actual race being factored in.

  14. Re:Not named? on Google Threatened With $100M Lawsuit Over Nude Celebrity Photos · · Score: 1

    Good point. It's like the lawyer is just randomly suing Google for hosting inappropriate pictures.

    Correction. Not necessarily hosting, but providing a method to obtain access to those images.

  15. Re:Not named? on Google Threatened With $100M Lawsuit Over Nude Celebrity Photos · · Score: 1

    Good point. It's like the lawyer is just randomly suing Google for hosting inappropriate pictures.

  16. Re:They need to lock this down now! on Ebola Has Made It To the United States · · Score: 1

    Apparently, the patient had traveled recently to a West African country, where the disease is spreading, and later developed symptoms that suggested Ebola.

    How is it that the airports, customs, and immigration allowed this to pass through in the first place? Wouldn't this have set off some sort of "warning"?

  17. Re:My shield is called `Bob` as in: The Duck Hunte on Star Wars Producers Want a 'DroneShield' To Prevent Leaks On Set · · Score: 1

    Don't worry, it's a joke.

  18. Re:British problem. British solution. on Star Wars Producers Want a 'DroneShield' To Prevent Leaks On Set · · Score: 1

    Dress them as stormtroopers and they and the drones could might as well be part of the movie!

  19. Re:My shield is called `Bob` as in: The Duck Hunte on Star Wars Producers Want a 'DroneShield' To Prevent Leaks On Set · · Score: 1

    Not viable in civilised countries.

    So, it'll work in America?

  20. Re:Why math? on ISIS Bans Math and Social Studies For Children · · Score: 1

    Well, Muslim scholars pioneered quite a few advances in algebraic concepts.
    http://www-history.mcs.st-andr...

  21. Re:they will defeat themselves on ISIS Bans Math and Social Studies For Children · · Score: 1

    Killing them won't help; see reasons above.
    The thing is, we're dealing with fanaticists here; they just wouldn't care enough. In fact, ISIS will probably just turn it into some propaganda over how many of their fighters have gone onto paradise or something.

  22. Re:they will defeat themselves on ISIS Bans Math and Social Studies For Children · · Score: 1

    Is arming locals really that bad an idea though? Our problem in the past was that we picked religious zealots as our allies and armed them, while ignoring the not-so-religious ones we could have supported. Here with ISIS, we could arm the Kurds and support them; the Kurds are not terribly religious (not too different from your typical Sunday Christians here in the US), and are willing to fight ISIS, but we don't want to support them too much because we don't want them demanding their own state, because that works against our interest in keeping the region destabilized. If we stopped working towards keeping the region unstable, and instead helped out groups like the Kurds who want independence, which would make the whole region far more stable, groups like ISIS would die out.

    Unfortunately, there are always going to be radicals, and eventually, some extremist is going to get the wrong idea and decide to start their own "terrorist state". Even the most peaceful religions, like Buddhism, have their radicals that go around pillaging.

  23. Re:they will defeat themselves on ISIS Bans Math and Social Studies For Children · · Score: 1

    On the bright side they won't be calculating projectile trajectories any time soon....

  24. Re:Forced Symantec? on Use of Forced Labor "Systemic" In Malaysian IT Manufacturing · · Score: 1

    Now, if only Peter Norton did a "How to uninstall Norton" video...

  25. Re:"forced labor" on Use of Forced Labor "Systemic" In Malaysian IT Manufacturing · · Score: 1

    Well, technically it gives valuable experience, unlike those laborers. Well, technically...