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  1. Nonsense on Crime Expert Backs Call For "License To Compute" · · Score: 1

    Russel Smith, principal criminologist at the Australian Institute of Criminology said the concept of a "computer drivers licence" should be taken seriously as an option for combating internet-related crime.

    I assume you then creating a version of the DMV (perhaps the Department of Internet Access) and they would give you your computer driver's test, and internet drivers licensee, and you'd have to renew it every so many years, bla bla bla. Not to mention the fact that it would be impossible to enforce ... are police gonna enter your home and approach you at your desk as ask to see your license? Oh ... and we all know how horrible the government does at running the DMV, so why wouldn't they be horrible at running this? I think it's a stupid idea ... and not practical.

  2. I for one ... on Emergency Government Control of the Internet? · · Score: 1

    ... welcome our new internet overlords!

  3. So what is the IE %? on Criminals Prefer Firefox, Opera Web Browsers · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If FireFox 46, Opera 26, that is 72. does that mean IE is close to 28? or are there other browsers that take up the rest ... the story seemed to lack that info?

  4. The Actual List ... on Ten Ways To Destroy a Hard Disk · · Score: 5, Informative

    1 - The classic hammer
    2 - "What's wrong with an angle grinder?"
    3 - The average welding torch
    4 - weaponry, from 12-gauge shotguns to high velocity rifles
    5 - Science fans will be pleased to see an electromagnet on the list
    6 - use a drill
    7 - Hard disk platters are generally made from aluminium, which melts at 660.32C
    8 - Electric log splitters
    9 - An industrial shredder
    10 - Finally, another method that scores valuable points for science: Thermite

  5. Mabye if I ... on Clojure and Heroku Predict Flight Delays · · Score: 1

    ... start naming my software with really cool names, then get somebody to intereview me, then I too could have my very own /. story!

  6. Death Panels are making sense on US Life Expectancy May Have Peaked · · Score: 0, Troll

    Now it's all coming together! The Health Care Reform will end up saving money by decreasing our life expectancy. The Death Panels are making sense now.

  7. Are you telling me ... on US Life Expectancy May Have Peaked · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    ... that we're going to spend over 1 trillion dollars on health care reform and our life expectancy is going to decrease?!?!?

  8. for crying out loud ... on IPv6 Challenges and Opportunities · · Score: 1

    ... does anybody realize how long have we been talking about ipv6?

    august 2009, december 2008, august 2007, jan 2006, july 2005, jan 2004, feb 2003, feb 2002, may 2001, july 2000, july 1999, may 1998

  9. why would you ... on The Decline of the Landline · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ... keep your landline? we ended up disconnecting our landline ... we were getting charged like $70 for unlimited long distance, the whole 9 yards ... instead we now have a $70 cell phone plan that also has unlimited long distance, the whole 9 yards ... plus I can text message, play games, surf the net, and most importantly it's mobile. I can take it wherever I want. Why would you keep your landline? If you really think you need one, I suggest getting cell phone and duct-taping it to your wall!

  10. how do we know ... on Wired Writer Disappears, Find Him and Make $5k · · Score: 1

    ... that he is not already dead?

  11. pronounced ... on Scala, a Statically Typed, Functional, O-O Language · · Score: 2

    ... skah-lah not scale-la

  12. i don't know about that ... on Why the BSA Is Less Reviled Than the RIAA · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    ... the gay movement is pretty ticked off at the Boys Scouts of America

  13. i wonder ... on Looking For a Link Between Sci-Fi UFOs and UFO Reports · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ... if there is also a link then between Government Conspiracy Theories & shows like the x-files?

  14. two words to explain why not ... on World's Only Diesel-Electric Honda Insight · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    If we can do it I don't see any reason why major auto manufacturers can't do it since we used their parts

    union contracts

  15. disappointing article ... on The Problems With Porting Games · · Score: 1

    There's a large lexicon of monosyllabic, four-letter words for describing something you don't like ...

    i glanced at 1st sentence of the summary, and got all excited to read the article ... only to be disappointed because it is lacking heavily in four-letter words for describing something you don't like. now that would make a great article.

  16. Nanofabrication on IBM Scientists Build Computer Chips From DNA · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "The degree of difficulty of nanofabrication is going up rapidly," Wallraff said.

    Tell me about it! I can hardly keep up.

  17. Re: Pronounced "Chee" on Wireless Power Consortium Pushes for "Qi" Standard · · Score: 2, Informative

    ...for those that don't want to read the first damn sentence in the summary but may wish to discuss it intelligently in person.

    There. Fixed that for you.

  18. I have a philosophy ... on Comcast Finally Files Suit Against FCC Over Traffic Shaping · · Score: 5, Informative

    ... a Republican is a Democrat is a Politician ... they're all the same

    Lack of government regulation can be bad. Some government regulation is good. Massive amounts of government regulation is bad.

    who here disagrees?

  19. So the government should ... on Up To 90 Percent of US Money Has Traces of Cocaine · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ... be using where's george to plan their next drug busts?

  20. You hear that Mr. Andreessen? on Netscape Founder Backs New Browser · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... That is the sound of inevitability... It is the sound of your death... Goodbye, Mr. Andreessen...

    Marc: My name... is RockMelt!

  21. please do go down that rabbit hole ... on Twitter Used To Control Botnet Machines · · Score: 2, Interesting

    There's something ironic about this finding, given that Russian hackers allegedly used a botnet to take Twitter down for two days last week. But we won't go down that rabbit hole.

  22. To be truly evil ... on Team Aims To Create Pure Evil AI · · Score: 1

    ... someone must have sought to do harm by planning to commit some morally wrong action with no prompting from others ... The evil person must have tried to carry out this plan with the hope of causing considerable harm to others ... and most importantly ... if this evil person were willing to analyze his or her reasons for wanting to commit this morally wrong action, these reasons would either prove to be incoherent, or they would reveal that the evil person knew he or she was doing something wrong and regarded the harm caused as a good thing.

  23. I'm insulted by ... on Genetic Mutation Enables Less Sleep · · Score: 0

    What distinguishes the two women in the study and other naturally short sleepers is that they go to bed at a normal time and wake up early without an alarm. The two women, one in her 70s and the other in her 40s, go to bed around 10 or 10:30 at night and wake up alert and energized around 4 or 4:30 in the morning, Dr. Fu said.

    ..the doctor's name!

  24. Oh how true ... on Domain Tasting "Officially Dead" Thanks To Cancellation Policy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    One of the unfortunate aspects of networked computing is that the cost of antisocial behaviors is so small

  25. Seriously ... on NASA's Cashflow Problem Puts Moon Trip In Doubt · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... how much could it cost to rent a hollywood studio and some video equipment for a day?