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  1. Re:Good. on U.S. Gov't To Keep Data On Non-Terrorist Citizens For 5 Years · · Score: 1

    Older folks in Russia always like to say how they felt safer in the old Soviet Union. They didn't get the opinion of the people who went to the gulags though.

  2. Re:Both can be equally bad on Do Women Make Better Bosses? · · Score: 5, Informative

    I've noticed woman bosses tend to take things more personally and are quicker to pick favorites. Male bosses tend to be more "we'll do it this way!".

  3. Some cleanup required first on A Look At One of Blizzard's Retired World of Warcraft Servers · · Score: 1

    Before reselling them they had to clean the hard drives of all the lost hopes and dreams of previous players.

  4. Re:Problematic on Camera Gun Would Let Hunters Get Killer Wildlife Shots · · Score: 1

    Or if you are using it out of hunting season.

  5. Re:Capturing the intelligence of the readership, d on Have Online Comment Sections Become Specious? · · Score: 0

    I think having comments on sites like msnbc and cnn provides a vital public service. It keeps people busy who would otherwise be shooting guns out of their windows or mailing homemade bombs to strangers.

  6. Re:obviously on Have Online Comment Sections Become Specious? · · Score: 2

    As long as my "hot grits" and "in soviet russia" comments get modded up I'll stick with it.

  7. Re:You can have my PC on 'Of Course We Are In a Post-PC World,' Says Ray Ozzie · · Score: 1

    we refer to them as other things

    We'll refer to them as greasy finger-print displays.

  8. Re:A Brave New World on 'Of Course We Are In a Post-PC World,' Says Ray Ozzie · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And eyes ruined by squinting at tiny screens

  9. Re:Development costs? on 2000x GPU Performance Needed To Reach Anatomical Graphics Limits For Gaming? · · Score: 2

    I won't be able to afford the electricity bill alone at this rate.

  10. Re:Traitors on Details Of FBI Surveillance In Lulzsec Takedown Emerge · · Score: 1

    Seeing as he had two kids and was already unemployed they probably had lots of leverage on him. "Want to see your kids grow up?"

  11. Re:I approve on Cell Phone Jamming Devices Enjoy an Increase In Popularity · · Score: 2

    If a cell phone jammer can penetrate into your pacemaker and interfere with it then they need to design them better. Why would a pacemaker be responsive to cell phone frequencies anyway? There are plenty of other sources of radio noise already too.

  12. Re:I approve on Cell Phone Jamming Devices Enjoy an Increase In Popularity · · Score: 1

    I've known people at work who have dialed into meetings while sitting on the toilet. They were talking too so I know it wasn't simply on mute. Classy!

  13. Re:Difference between smoke and conversation on Cell Phone Jamming Devices Enjoy an Increase In Popularity · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Now if only they could invent a jammer for people who have their headphones cranked up to 11 until I swear their ears must be bleeding. If it is loud for me sitting next to you I can only imagine what must be left of your hearing.

  14. Re:I approve on Cell Phone Jamming Devices Enjoy an Increase In Popularity · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure he'd notice if there was a 911 situation in the same train car as himself and not use his jammer. Plus the range on the handheld models is very small.

  15. Re:He was arrested on LulzSec Leader Sabu Unmasked, Arrested and Caught Collaborating · · Score: 2

    You've got to justify your budget somehow.

  16. Re:more laws on Smartphones More Dangerous Than Alcohol, When Driving · · Score: 1

    It isn't using your hands that is the issue as much as the fact they are in an extremely distracting conversation with someone who can't go "Hey, watch the road."

  17. Re:Not smart Enough? on Scientists Say People Aren't Smart Enough For Democracy To Flourish · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm not worried about ignorant voters as much as I'm worried about people who know they are ignorant but claim to be proud of it.

  18. Re:Wow... on World's First Quadruple Limb Transplant Fails · · Score: 5, Funny

    His last words to the doctor, "All right, we'll call it a draw."

  19. Re:Hmmm... Let's see... on Lawyers For Mining Companies Threaten Scientific Journals · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Because mining jobs don't look fun and "empowering" on brochures.

  20. Re:To Quote Woody allen on Vaccine Could Cut Heroin Addiction · · Score: 1

    Now I'm addicted to vaccines.

  21. Camping on Interrupted Sleep Might Be the Best Kind · · Score: 1

    When I backpack I rarely sleep uninterrupted. Around 2-3am I'll wake partially and then sleep lightly from then on. I feel fine the next day.

  22. Re:Does staring at a Computer Screen all day count on Aging Eyes Blamed For Seniors' Health Woes · · Score: 1

    I use a full spectrum monitor

  23. Re:Of course the rich should give to charity on Tech Billionaire-Backed Charter School Under Fire In Chicago · · Score: 2

    And what makes you think they are completely separate? One feeds the other.

  24. Re:Of course the rich should give to charity on Tech Billionaire-Backed Charter School Under Fire In Chicago · · Score: 1

    Instead of convincing the kids of the value of school or making it a positive thing they enforce it via fear. It probably becomes something they hope to escape as soon as they can like the old English boarding school system.

  25. Re:How's it feel on Nuclear Truckers Haul Warheads Across US · · Score: 1

    Hiding it in plain sight is actually a smart way to do it. No one is going to protest plain white trucks as long as they don't announce anything. Diplomats have used this strategy for ages. You can either try to make your message super secure and put labels all over it saying "top secret" or you can just bury it in a mass of boring daily updates, visa requests, etc.

    The only problem they could really have is with other government agencies not being in the loop. I wouldn't be surprised if there were remotely controlled radiation sensors on some highways to detect the gamma rays from something like this (I know they have them at international ports of entry). They get an alert and then they are freaking out over it. Then there are major accidents that even if the contents are safe would make for bad publicity.