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  1. Re:The monitoring of passengers is a joke on The CDC Is Carefully Controlling How Scared You Are About Ebola · · Score: 1

    What is the amount of trade and other commerce from Africa VS Asia? Do we do 40 billion worth of business with the 3 west African countries in a year? 10 years? 100 years?

  2. Re:two words on RadioShack To Close 1,100 Stores · · Score: 1

    I agree I wanted a couple of white LED's they were like $5 for 2 IIRC. Went to the dollar store and got an LED flashlight with 10 LED's for $2.

  3. one corrupt country... on Citing Snowden Leaks, Russia Again Demands UN Takeover of Internet · · Score: 1

    ...or a group of corrupt countries. WTF is the difference? They will all use it to their benefit. Put my cat in charge and we might have a chance of a "free" internet..

  4. Re:Will it be a repeat? on Will PCIe Flash Become Common In Laptops, Desktops? · · Score: 1

    Windows 95 OEM service release 2.1 and beyond supported USB. For consumer versions it was not supported till the release of windows 98

  5. Drones for everybody..... on An Open Letter To Google Chairman Eric Schmidt On Drones · · Score: 1

    ....or drones for nobody.

  6. Truth hurts... on Apple and Amazon Flirt With a Market For Used Digital Items · · Score: 1

    ....... Mr Turow you are not losing money due to piracy, you don't sell as many books because your new ones suck compared to your older work. Quit your bitching and write good books again.

  7. Best TV is no TV on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Watch TV In 2012? · · Score: 1

    Best TV experience ever was watching the garbage men take it away. Now that was valuable entertainment.

  8. Re:Jelious co-worker. on Richard Feynman's FBI Files Released · · Score: 1

    Exactly, the government was run by petty selfish morons then and still is now.

  9. Re:Not always more accurate on Cops' Warrantless Cell Phone Tracking Now Better Than GPS · · Score: 2

    Law enforcement also lives in the 21st century. How long does it take to call someone to get a warrant faxed/emailed to you?

  10. Re:Came for the liberal circle jerk... on From MIT Inventor To Tea Party Leader · · Score: 2

    Republicans = = Return to that which never was. Democrats = = Promising that which will never be. Some choice!

  11. Re:WTF on From MIT Inventor To Tea Party Leader · · Score: 1

    Try not paying your "voluntary" taxes. If it was voluntary you would have a point.

  12. Own much Cisco stock? on West Virginia Buys $22K Routers With Stimulus, Puts Them In Small Schools · · Score: 1

    Curious minds want to know Mr G.

  13. All your life belong to us. on Posting Photos of Olympics Could Land You In Court · · Score: 1

    I bet you thought the Nazis lost WW II. LOL

  14. Come to America..... on Emigrating To a Freer Country? · · Score: 1

    .....and pretend you are free like everyone else here.

  15. You want their diagnosis??? on The Hard Drive Is Inside the Computer · · Score: 1

    "You don't call the auto shop and tell them that your engine is broken when your radio breaks!" You might not but lots of people do! Fixing anything can be a challenge, you get to figure it out without much help from the customer on most occasions (sometimes it is easier without their diagnosis). They just want it to work.

  16. Re:Good timing... on SuitSat Not Looking Good So Far · · Score: 1

    There are designs for limited space and portable antennas in the ARRL antenna book. http://www.arrl.org/catalog/?category=Antennas%2C+ Transmission+Lines+%26+Propagation&words= Portable antennas are used often in field day events. I wouldn't rule out enjoying amatuer radio due to your living situation. Just need some imagination in making and mounting antennas.

  17. Re:I tried to let this go... on Publishers Say 'Fact-Checking Too Costly' · · Score: 1

    Why isin't ther an open source/GPL text book movement? this could be a great way tp demonstarte the virtues of open source/GPL.

  18. Re:Just had this idea... on US Gov't Representatives - Who's Who? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    A right compromised is not a right! Lets compromise on the budget or something not infringement of our rights.

  19. Re:Protect? on Do Privacy Fears Allow Terrorism? · · Score: 1

    Perhaps you both are- FREEDOM!

  20. Re:pretty obvious, don't you think? on Slashback: Rocketry, Pythonation, Scoffing · · Score: 1

    "Worse, since AP won't explode and can't be made to explode no matter how hard you try (despite BATF's classification as an explosive,) " I think there are some folks in Henderson, Nevada who would disagree with you, it was about 1987-88 when the factory there blew up it was a heck of a boom and I lived in NW Las Vegas. They moved the plant and it appears it has exploded again. http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/1997/Jul-31-Thu-1997 /news/5810376.html

  21. Re:Cool...so now... on Digital 4 Track Recorders? · · Score: 1

    No worries about duplicate posts... gotta love it.

  22. Newton questioned everything on Sir Isaac Newton: The world Will End In 2060 · · Score: 1

    ....so why the big deal about the religous aspects he was just being a scientist. Perhaps he was also tired of being threatened with ex communication if he didnt fake it at least. :)

  23. When AOL...... on Dell Dropping The Floppy · · Score: 1

    .....quit sending all those free 3.5" floppies to use, they became obsolete for me.

  24. Re:Why leave? on AOL Reports Its First Drop In Subscribers · · Score: 1

    Cant say I have verified availability everywhere but my DSL comes with a free nationwide dialup account just for that purpose.

  25. Insurance would be a good idea... on Segway Banned In San Francisco · · Score: 1

    I imagine if they were allowed on the sidewalk and you even brushed someone you would get sued real quick. You gotta share the wealth in CA, and please dont forget to feed the lawyers! :)