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  1. Re:Eh? on E-Book Sales Have Tripled In the Last Year · · Score: 1

    Well they get harder with age

    I always heard that they get softer with age...

  2. Re:Removed on Comodo Says Two More RAs Compromised · · Score: 1

    Here is Comodo's advice for removing certs from Firefox. The only difference is you would pick the Authorities tab.

  3. Re:Unclassified until Deemed Classified? on Federal Prosecutors Tempt the Streisand Effect · · Score: 1

    Well, you are equally wrong. While it may be true that a properly marked classified document would never have FOUO, we're dealing with people. And people do things out of force of habit. Or they don't proofread what they've done. So I can easily see someone tacking FOUO on the end of the classification string just because they do it all the time. Or doing a replace on UNCLASSIFIED instead of on UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO, resulting in a mangled classification string.

  4. Re:Better the int'l community, than strictly US. on The Politics of ICANN · · Score: 1

    Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

    But you're just changing the basket from the US to the UN. There will still be only one authority, just controlled by a different group. If you truly believe that adage is appropriate here, you'd have to propose multiple baskets...such as each country does whatever it wants.

  5. Re:interesting note: on Happy Pi Day · · Score: 2

    And White Day, so I'll be stopping on the way home to pick up a treat for my wife.

  6. Re:Actually it is 14/3 on Happy Pi Day · · Score: 3, Insightful

    According to ISO 8601, today is 2011-03-14.

  7. Re:Sounds like there will be a baby boom in 9 mont on Electricity Rationing Starting Monday In Tokyo · · Score: 1

    OK then, how about:

    North Japan is Best Japan!

  8. Re:what? on Court Rules It's Ok To Tag Pics On Facebook Without Permission · · Score: 1

    And since when is it truly -wrong- (not illegal, but harming someone else) to drink even under 21 (a really, really silly rule)?

    When you are in a custody battle and are taking medication that is incompatible with alcohol. Which you would know is the issue if you read the fine article:

    This was not good because her psychologist had testified that alcohol would have an adverse effect on the medication she was taking for bipolar disorder.

  9. Re:Used cars, anyone? on Japan Battles Partial Nuclear Meltdown · · Score: 1

    What they are worried about is the plant's meltdown awakening Godzilla and bringing him back from beneath the waves to once more terrorize the citizens of Tokyo.

  10. On the tech side on 8.8 Earthquake Near Japanese Coast · · Score: 1
    Google's home page has added this warning:

    Tsunami Alert for New Zealand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Hawaii, and others. Waves expected over the next few hours, caused by 8.9 earthquake in Japan.

  11. Re:Tales of old. on Stopping the Horror of 'Reply All' · · Score: 5, Insightful

    As reply-all is something that should only rarely be used

    There's a difference between "should only rarely be used" and "I rarely use." Just because it's not part of your way of doing business doesn't make it wrong. I find reply all essential for keeping a team of people together, particularly when there needs to be coordination of tasks.

    The real problem is people don't use BCC more for mass distributions. If you don't have the addresses, you can't spam them back with a reply all.

  12. Re:New Techonlogy? on Automatic Life Jacket Detection For Drones · · Score: 2

    Well, unless NASA isn't telling us something, there's not a whole lot of ocean on Mars. Spotting a static object without a major time limit isn't exactly the same as having to spot a moving object in choppy seas before the person drowns or freezes, while keeping enough fuel to return to base. (Yes, I watch too much Deadliest Catch.)

  13. Re:Such negative backlash... on Kids Who Skip School Get Tracked By GPS · · Score: 1

    If you read the fine article, you'll see it raised the attendance rate from 77% up to 95% in other locations.

  14. Re:Training for the future on Kids Who Skip School Get Tracked By GPS · · Score: 5, Insightful

    From the fine article

    Students and their parents volunteer for the monitoring as a way to avoid continuation school or prosecution with a potential stay in juvenile hall.

    So this is to keep children from getting in legal problems. It's not all kids, just those at risk of getting dragged into the court system.

    Police Investigator Armando Pardo reminded parents that letting kids skip school without a valid reason is, in fact, a crime.

    The entering of the codes isn't just to verify the child has the unit, but also to assist them in planning to get to school. (8PM code entry? Reminder to get stuff ready for the next school day.) In addition, it involves coaching the children to work on their attendance habits.

    So it's voluntary, has less impact on the students than the alternatives, and is designed to work with the students to improve their performance. Yep, that sounds like a violation of their rights.

  15. Re:Don't blame FILMS blame the SYSTEM on How Watchmen Killed 'R'-rated Fantasy Movies · · Score: 2

    I blame the fact that the 'system' is running out of ideas. Remake after remake is mostly what they are talking about.

    What if Hollywood never did remakes? Then we wouldn't have had Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade; there had already been a movie made of the Maltese Falcon ten years before. How about Ben-Hur? The Charlton Heston one was the third movie made. Sometimes the remakes are worthwhile.

  16. Re:Oh, and then there are the cookies on How Your Username May Betray You · · Score: 1

    And the installed fonts

    So you need a collection of fonts you don't like and a script to randomly add/remove them to your system.

  17. Re:Internet Connected Exchanges?! on London Stock Exchange Was 'Under Major Cyberattack' During Linux Switch · · Score: 1

    I imagine Stuxnet aimed at financial systems. Shudder.

    Yeah, nothing is as scary as the idea of a stock exchange's centrifuges being attacked.

  18. Re:Airplane!? on The Empire Strikes Back Added To National Film Registry · · Score: 4, Funny

    I am serious. And stop calling me Shirley.

  19. Re:Common sense says... on Woman Sues Google Over Street View Shots of Her Underwear · · Score: 3, Informative

    Except they may not have been in public view to begin with. The Google car-mounted camera system is around 2.5 meters high...higher than a pedestrian or driver of a normal vehicle, so it's entirely possible that the location is not normally viewable from the street.

  20. But where is the Blackwatch Plaid setting? on Make Your Own DHS Threat Level Display At Home · · Score: 1

    Not to mention the maximum level of alert: The cover of Rush's seminal album "Moving Pictures".

  21. Re:Yup, it's there. on Browsing the Body · · Score: 1

    Well, since you didn't go "Rats, she doesn't have a penis," then we know you don't spend all your time on 4 Chan.

  22. Re:I would like to verify the legitimacy myself on Racy Danish Tabloid May Sue Apple For App Rejection · · Score: 1

    Also, the ladies are showing their anatomy used for feeding infants. Clearly this is offensive and should not bee viewed by children under 17.

    So you have to blindfold the infants before they can feed?

  23. Re:Sorry, no "dirty tricks" campaign here... on Wikileaks Founder Arrested In London · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's not procrastination. Putting together flat-pack furniture is an essential part of the Swedish courtship ritual.

  24. Re:I just love the "new" security features... on Facebook Rolls Out Redesigned Profile Pages · · Score: 2

    Strangely enough, the name of my first grade teacher was "6F(x8~sD".

  25. Re:Science on Researchers Race To Recover Radioactive Rabbits · · Score: 1

    Unless the rabbit passes on the desire to nibble on radioactive waste material. We'll end up with roving bands of rabbits invading nuclear power plants across the world just to have a quick snack.