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  1. Re:Wrong reasons ... on Texas School District Drops Embattled RFID Student IDs; Opts For Cameras · · Score: 1

    You hit the nail on the head.
    Watch the talking heads blather on about safety, it is only about funding.
    The us public school system is not about education, it is money and politics, but that is redundant.

  2. Re:Trust on Fifteen Years After Autism Panic, a Plague of Measles Erupts · · Score: 1

    'Name one medicine that has been "taken off the market and replaced" with an inferior version.'
    --
    Quaaludes.
    Sweet, sweet Quaaludes.

  3. Re:As Carter said, currently no functioning democr on New Jersey Supreme Court Restricts Police Searches of Phone Data · · Score: 2

    Even a blind pig can find an acorn once in a while.
    Carter was on this road, he's just jealous.

  4. Happy? on Apple Sued For Man's Porn Addiction · · Score: 1

    Are you happy to see me or is that an apple on your laptop?

  5. Re:It has a deep tradition it seems on The Little Bomb-Detecting Device That Couldn't · · Score: 1

    Not to worry!
    The 'ADE 651' can discern that for you.

  6. Re:You have got to be kidding me on Edward Snowden Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize · · Score: 0

    Aw, give him a break.
    He we to U.S. public schools.
    Most expensive system of non-learning in the world.

  7. Correct, you are not an expert. on Aussie Telco Telstra Agreed To Spy For America · · Score: 1

    And for some (t)reason you missed the point, accidentally?
    The synopsis says Telstra stored data about coms between "Asia and America", not Australia.
    Perhaps you missed the statement "With the blessing of the Australian government".

  8. So you played it twice? on Former Valve Hardware Designer Recounts Management Difficulties · · Score: 1

    To (two) give yourself a Full Life?

  9. Re:your nearest gun is here on UCSD Lecturer Releases Geotagging Application For "Dangerous Guns and Owners" · · Score: 2

    People with a lot of pressure cookers "has the means to kill a lot of people"
    People with a car bomb "has the means to kill a lot of people"
    People that strap bombs to little children "has the means to kill a lot of people"
    People that hijack planes "has the means to kill a lot of people"
    People that make (insert favorite gas or poison) has the means to kill a lot of people"
    --
    When your 'nutjob with a knife' is slicing your daughter up, I trust you would not resort to a horrible gun to stop him and you would of course stop any armed police from interfering.
    --
    By the way, Ted Kennedy's car has killed more people then 99.99 per cent of the guns in America.
    And his punishment was re-election to the senate.

  10. Re:Geotag those military bases! on UCSD Lecturer Releases Geotagging Application For "Dangerous Guns and Owners" · · Score: 1

    So, is that why gun crime is so much higher outside of the strict gun control DC?
    Because there are so many more guns away from DC????
    Does this include chicago too?
    --
    Please show your work as you solve this question.

  11. And sometimes; a mind is a terrible thing, too loose.

  12. Re:How many want to give this gov't *MORE* money?! on Got Malware? Get a Hammer! · · Score: 1

    What?
    It is like you don't believe Patty Murry.
    Come on dude, lighten up, she is doing the best she can, maybe, well sort of.
    Or not.

  13. Re:Outdated Equipment on Got Malware? Get a Hammer! · · Score: 2

    1> Take almost new 24 inch flat screen home
    2> Bring old CRT to the office as replacement
    3> Have taxpayers pay to destroy the evidence
    4> Get brand new flat screen at work
    5> profit!

    This is just more evidence of the systemic indulgence attitude that permeates big government.
    Hey IRS, ever find those receipts you lost?

  14. 'vapourware' Dude, that is perfect. on Smell Camera Snapshots Scents For the Future · · Score: 1

    However, I so want to go to H.R. and have evidence that that that huge thing that got off the elevator 50 feet from me is NOT complying with company policy about wearing strong perfumes.
    Next up, heavy smoker after every break and the dude that doesn't have to shower because his sweat doesn't smell, just ask him.

  15. Re:why replace once you have the screwdriver? on iFixit Giving Away 1,776 "iPhone Liberation Kits" · · Score: 1

    Warp drive man, Warp drive.

  16. Re:huge subsidies. on The Aging of Our Nuclear Power Plants Is Not So Graceful · · Score: 1

    >>1. The reason reactors are not being built has to do with the cost -- they're not cost-effective for utilities unless they get huge subsidies.
    ---
    Thank you for that brilliant observation.
    I had forgotten how economically viable all those solar and wind farms are.
    For some reason I thought they were based on huge subsidies.

  17. Re:Same reason as in any other field on Research Reveals Low Exposure of Excellent Work By Female Scientists · · Score: 1

    I saw Jennifer at the mall and she was not with a dentist.
    Did look like a little drilling had been going on though.

  18. Re:advertising on Former TigerDirect President Indicted In $230 Million Laundering Scheme · · Score: 1

    That's what I was thinking:
    Dude gets paid for selling lots of stuff, news at eleven.
    People who didn't sell stuff are angry because he got lots of money.
    Deep thinkers say send rich dude to prison and complain about the common thief not getting a fair break.
    ---
    Whatever.
    (Not letting my not reading the article get in the way of forming an opinion)

  19. Battery demoed at the sea shore on Battery Materials Made Using Crab Shells · · Score: 2

    My girlfriend got a job demonstrating these down at the beach.
    They were using the 'C Cell' size battery and comparing theirs to major brand batteries.
    Part of her job was to pull the covers off of the batteries so people wouldn't know which brand they were using.
    So....
    When people ask me what she does foo a living I say:
        She shells C-Cells by the sea shore.
    --
    I know you caught me.
    I made up the part about having a girlfriend.

  20. Please don't feed the troll. on 2 Men Accused of Trying To Make X-Ray Weapon · · Score: 2

    Dan Rather has been doing this for years.

  21. Re:And this needed research? on Trying To Learn a Foreign Language? Avoid Reminders of Home · · Score: 1

    Wrong, so wrong, dear AC.
    Or should I say "Police press won two bee corrected"?

  22. Clarke's three laws on Wi-Fi Signals Allow Gesture Recognition All Through the Home · · Score: 2

    And here is one now:
    Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

  23. Mott the Hoople, FTW on Green Lantern Writer To Pen Blade Runner Sequel · · Score: 1

    Dude, it's not dude it's dud.
    Maybe Weird Al could sing 'All the young duds'.

  24. Re:Why wouldn't the people support them? on Google Maps Used To Find Tax Cheats · · Score: 1

    Right.
    Until the invention of massive governments everyone starved, had no homes, and were always sick.

  25. Amateur douchebags. on Kim Dotcom Wins Case Against NZ Police To Get Seized Material Back · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You want to see how it is really done check out washington d.c.
    Douchery with the almost complete complicity and full support of the press.
    You want to do this kind of stuff, you need the press.