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  1. Re:Your phone has been spying on you for years on The Spy In Our Living Room · · Score: 1

    Who never complained?

  2. Re:Outside of the rant on The Spy In Our Living Room · · Score: 1

    per current us law, I'm not sure a warrant would be necessary if MS decided to open up the Kinect to a government agency. You have already entrusted the data to a third party.

    This issue really needs to be addressed, especially with cell phones.

  3. Re:Why all the popularity? on Code.org Resurrects 'Flappy Bird' As Programming Lesson · · Score: 1

    success is very luck oriented and a few early fans can make a huge difference.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/05/business/of-luck-and-success-economic-view.html?_r=0

  4. Re:Disproportionate Malware on Sundar Pichai: Android Designed For Openness; Security a Lower Priority · · Score: 1

    If your not side loading apps your risk is very low. Stick to Play Store.

  5. Re:In other news.. on Delayed Fatherhood May Be Linked To Certain Congenital and Mental Disorders · · Score: 2

    Maybe the pool of woman available to marry older men are either older and "quirkier" themselves, or emotionally damaged young women who my have their own mental issues.

    It's impossible to correctly control for this type of "science". Luckily I snagged a hottie while we were both young, so the human race will have ample access to my excellent genetic material.

  6. Re:Looking for a job on company equipment? on Microsoft Lync Server Gathers Employee Data Just Like NSA · · Score: 1

    I keep an x2go session open to a home server on my computer. Short of screen-shots, It's pretty safe.

  7. Re:sell is the key word. Cogent not paying Verizon on ISP Fights Causing Netflix Packet Drops · · Score: 1

    What the story on Netflix caching devices? Does Verizon use them?

  8. Re:Not really a technology problem on Can Commercial Storage Services Handle the NSA's Metadata? · · Score: 1

    Yes, this "let's have someone else collect it" is a straw man argument designed to answer a question that wasn't asked.

  9. Re:The benefit is standardization on How Russia Transformed a Subtropical Beach Resort To Host the Winter Olympics · · Score: 1

    No. The main benefit is that 95% of the world uses it.

    That's the same claptrap they fed us about day-light savings time...
    I'm still pissed, and it's still wrong.

  10. Re:also- good intentions, bad law outlaws imaginar on US Democrats Introduce Bill To Restore Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    and would gladly pay another $10-$20 to cover the cost of guaranteed 24/7 speed.

    Comcast would be happy to offer this service. There is a $99 enrollment fee and it will only cost you $49.95 a month.

  11. Re:It's incredibly frustrating... on US Democrats Introduce Bill To Restore Net Neutrality · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You've inadvertently pointed to a huge problem with the suggestions from the anti-regulation tea party crowd.

    Our regulatory landscape is not a vacuum. There are many existing regulations and many businesses take advantage of them to grow and shut out competitors. I'm sure each of us can think of 3 or 4 ways that an incumbent cable company has benefited from past regulations.

    Most of these people don't really want to get rid of current regulations, they just want to hold on to the status quo, the very definition of conservative. Unfortunately, without new regulations to keep companies in check and allow competition to thrive, current and past regulations will continue to allow an unfair advantage to companies and people.
    They won't acknowledge this, they think it's their right.

    ...but it's not right.

  12. Re:I'm sure they're grateful for COBRA on Layoffs At Now-Private Dell May Hit Over 15,000 Staffers · · Score: 3, Insightful

    There are so many variables when you buy insurance. I'm blessed with good health myself, but I have seen it happen to people.

    I had a friend who had a brain tumor which meant he lost his job (truck driver). So, of course he lost his insurance and you can bet that insurance companies weren't jumping out of the wood work to cover him. Even Cobra is little help in a situation like that.

    It's really stupid for insurance to be tied to employment. Only a single payer system makes sense. I would much rather pay taxes today to insure I am covered when I need it, vs our current system of paying premiums so 2 or 3 middlemen have a job and when you need the insurance you can't have it.

  13. Re:Wrong on Layoffs At Now-Private Dell May Hit Over 15,000 Staffers · · Score: 1

    reading comprehension fail, troll, or astroturfer?

  14. Re:I'm sure they're grateful for COBRA on Layoffs At Now-Private Dell May Hit Over 15,000 Staffers · · Score: 1

    This is true for alot of people, but ask me how I know you don't have a pre-existing condition.

  15. Re:In otherwards on Virtual Boss Keeps Workers On a Short Leash · · Score: 1

    failing a drug test does not in any way indicate someone stays in an altered state all the time. Alcohol, cocaine, heroine, and meth all leave your body within a pretty small time frame. Your not going to catch those people unless they are really stupid.

    Marijuana stays detectable for an extended period, way past the time it affects someone. You are already seeing inklings of this issue in states where it has been legalized and they want to keep people from driving while in an altered state.

    My point is that these tests don't do anything except provide afew convenient scape goats. they don't provide anywhere near the savings they are touted to bring. They cost money and they demean people. Unfortunately there is a subset of the population that has to have their boot on someones neck to feel good about themselves.

  16. Re:In otherwards on Virtual Boss Keeps Workers On a Short Leash · · Score: 1

    if only people had realized how stupid drug testing is...
    http://www.wthr.com/story/2133...

  17. Re:More versus Fair on Feds Grab 163 Web Sites, Snatch $21.6 Million In NFL Counterfeit Gear · · Score: 0

    Thank you for your (invalid) point and the straw man arguments I see you have seeded through this discussion.

    I'll have to tag this as one of Commissioner Goodell's accounts.

  18. Re:I'm somewhat disturbed... on Federal Agency Data-Mining Hundreds of Millions of Credit Card Accounts · · Score: 1

    This is due to our strong state governments. (which I don't necessarily disagree with) Unfortunately 49 states can make good laws, but one decides to shit in the punch bowl and the Supreme Court decided we all have to drink it
    As a consequence, most states have dropped their own good laws in order to attract businesses.

  19. Re:Priorities on Feds Grab 163 Web Sites, Snatch $21.6 Million In NFL Counterfeit Gear · · Score: 1

    I enjoy team sports as well as individual sports. I just don't enjoy watching either one unless I'm supporting someone I am personally involved with; like a child, friend, or family member.

  20. Re:For A Non-Profit, The NFL Sure Has A Lot Of Pul on Feds Grab 163 Web Sites, Snatch $21.6 Million In NFL Counterfeit Gear · · Score: 2

    This goes back to a point I have made repeatedly. Wealthy people and corps should pay more taxes because they use our legal framework more often (and it's usually crafted to their benefit).

  21. Re:hero on Edward Snowden and the Death of Nuance · · Score: 1

    Thank you for speaking up.

  22. Re: It's not that rare on California Students, Parents Sue Over Teacher Firing, Tenure Rules · · Score: 1

    Thank you for your insightful comment.

  23. Re:This is a scam on California Students, Parents Sue Over Teacher Firing, Tenure Rules · · Score: 1

    The median family income is quite a bit higher then the per capita. It is also probably a better indicator. It is $33,438.
    Kudos to you for worrying about your argument more then facts.

    I would also like to point out there is probably a added cost to recruiting someone with a Doctorate to live in a SC Appalachian town. There is a reason rural population is declining.

  24. Re:This is a scam on California Students, Parents Sue Over Teacher Firing, Tenure Rules · · Score: 1

    Somewhere around the turn of the century we have moved from trying to build ourselves up, to trying to pull others down. I posit that it is your own fault if you have a shitty wage, shitty benefits, and shitty employer. Unless you are a moron, one (and probably two) of those should be great. If they aren't, you are the problem for letting yourself accept those conditions.

    Don't begrudge others what you aren't willing to reach for.

  25. Re:It'll work if you want to suceed on The "Triple Package" Explains Why Some Cultural Groups Are More Successful · · Score: 1

    It can be intimidating to walk into a class/group that has built itself around an identifying characteristic. I think you are failing your community.