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  1. Re:And nothing of value was lost... on Microsoft To Can Skype API; Third-Party Products Will Not Work · · Score: 2

    Plus skype used to be cheap, it's now very expensive - more expensive than my telco. Fuck skype.

  2. Re:How uplifting! on How Earth's Biosignature Will Change As the Planet Dies · · Score: 1

    Oh here we go, another one who plans on living forever. That just means you're young. It comes around a lot faster than people think, but usually not fast enough that you don't run out of money first.

  3. Re:free power on Magma Reservoir Under Yellowstone Is Much Bigger Than Previously Thought · · Score: 1

    You could probably even power a pump to make a "fake" geyser to keep the tourists happy :)

  4. Re:It makes me more comfortable. on Autonomous Dump Trucks Are Coming To Canada's Oil Sands · · Score: 1

    In Quebec we prefer salt and vinegar on fries.

  5. Re:Oil Sands on Autonomous Dump Trucks Are Coming To Canada's Oil Sands · · Score: 1

    If you don't want our money, many other countries will be happy to take it.

    No longer true, to be honest. People (read countries) still take it, but they're no longer happy about it. In fact a lot of them are planning to move away from it. The biggest customer for US Treasuries is the US Federal Reserve nowadays . Go figure.

  6. Re:How uplifting! on How Earth's Biosignature Will Change As the Planet Dies · · Score: 2

    If it's any comfort your own personal end of life will happen long before that.

  7. Re:free power on Magma Reservoir Under Yellowstone Is Much Bigger Than Previously Thought · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No, politicians and bureaucrats need to understand mathematics better so that they realize exactly how much heat you'd have to remove to start influencing geological events. Especially ones that measure 4000 km3...

  8. Re:I remember the days... on Apple Blocks Lawrence Lessig's Comment On iOS 7 Wi-Fi Glitch · · Score: 1

    Oh how the times have changed... different companies, same bitches. You people are never happy. LOL.

    Because although companies may change, the humans that run them are exactly the same. Call me when human nature changes.

  9. Re:Hmm on Apple Blocks Lawrence Lessig's Comment On iOS 7 Wi-Fi Glitch · · Score: 1

    Now lights out.

  10. Seriously on How To Better Verify Scientific Research · · Score: 1

    You verify research by reproducing the results. If you can get them, it's science. If you can't get them, it's bullshit. It's as easy as that.

  11. Re:lavabit should have helped the first time on ACLU: Lavabit Was 'Fatally Undermined' By Demands For Encryption Keys · · Score: 1

    Why is the government focusing on revenge?

    Sending a message?

  12. No, the populist always wins because there are a lot more stupid people than smart people. It's the fundamental flaw of "democracy".

  13. Re:Certainly an increasing danger. on Ask Slashdot: Developer Responsibility When Apps Might Risk Lives? · · Score: 1

    consider the case of psychologist Helen Smith a fit 37 year old woman who came close to dying since humans didn't believe she could be having a heart attack

    Or my case, where I actually did die (ventricular fibrillation) because humans didn't believe I could be having a heart attack. At 28. They sure changed their tune quickly though when I hit the floor without a pulse.

  14. Re:This cannot be true on Feds Confiscate Investigative Reporter's Confidential Files During Raid · · Score: 1

    Well yes, they want to protect whistleblowers... from themselves.

  15. Re:And is this Illegal? on Feds Confiscate Investigative Reporter's Confidential Files During Raid · · Score: 1

    No you don't get it. GP thinks that this search is entirely "reasonable".

  16. Re:felony offense on Feds Confiscate Investigative Reporter's Confidential Files During Raid · · Score: 2

    What evidence? It's not like any crime has been committed by the reporter, so why would there even be a trial? You're missing the entire point of the "raid". They can even say "I'm sorry" now and give the stuff back. Photocopies and scans of relevant documents are surely sitting on the desk of the TSA supervisor already.

  17. No, he's going to let all the Mexicans in and give them a reward. Why? Because it will enrage US-born citizens and create divisiveness. And that is the heart of politics. A divided enemy fighting with himself is much easier to control than a united front that doesn't like you at all. You think Obama's allusions to class warfare, racism, etc, are accidental or spring from innocence/ignorance? No, these are carefully thought out ploys to inflame and anger people. "Together we stand, divided we fall". This is not a new saying. But it shows where your founding fathers' interests were, versus the interests of the modern day politician.

  18. Re:I donâ(TM)t suppose... on Feds Confiscate Investigative Reporter's Confidential Files During Raid · · Score: 1

    Just make sure you have your burning permit, citizen.

  19. If you are a journalist, LEARN ENCRYPTION.

    Then pray that your encryption method is not one that the NSA already has the keys for and/or can crack without breaking a sweat...

  20. Re:I donâ(TM)t suppose... on Feds Confiscate Investigative Reporter's Confidential Files During Raid · · Score: 1

    No, you are the one who does not know what a police state is. Police states do not need martial law. Just jailing people for the slightest reason is enough. If the person doesn't offer you a reason, then escalate until the person gets angry and gives you a reason. Send in SWAT teams for breaches of civil law as well as criminal law. Listen to everyone's phone conversations, read everyone's email, track and compile a database of all their friends and acquaintances. Search people for the slightest reason and especially if they travel, and especially if they show discontent at being searched. Yes you are very much a police state. Congrats.

  21. Re:I don't suppose... on Feds Confiscate Investigative Reporter's Confidential Files During Raid · · Score: 4, Insightful

    that very well might have to do with the purchase/maintenance/use of guns.

    When you start adding arbitrary meaning to your interpretation of the law, you can get away with anything. I mean, why don't they seize the house too, since it was obviously used to shelter said gun, and also seize bank accounts because the money to purchase the guns came from there.... etc, etc etc. THIS is what is happening all over America - bullshit interpretation of what you WANT the law to mean instead of what it actually means. On the part of cops, judges and prosecutors. Well, do enjoy the police state this has led to. I'm glad I don't live there.

  22. Re:kinda odd on Network Scientists Discover the 'Dark Corners' of the Internet · · Score: 1

    1.3 billion. The .3 is important, because it's the same amount of people as the entire USA...

  23. Someone should probably explain this to them on Network Scientists Discover the 'Dark Corners' of the Internet · · Score: 2

    WWW != internet. It is merely a sub-set.

  24. Re:Bragging about torture on Citizen Eavesdrops On Former NSA Director Michael Hayden's Phone Call · · Score: 4, Informative

    Torture is not the NSA's job. That's more CIA.

  25. Re:Bragging about torture on Citizen Eavesdrops On Former NSA Director Michael Hayden's Phone Call · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Right. You go on and keep telling yourself that. Not getting caught doing it is not the same as not doing it.