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  1. Re:Good mother! on Women Arrested For Refusing TSA Search of Children · · Score: 2

    Radiation effects are cumulative. They already take enough doses by flying the passengers every day of the week for a living without adding extra exposures ontop of that.

    And the stupidity of walking the pilot through security theater to check if they have a bomb or knife... when they are the one trusted to fly the plane to its destination and not into a building.

  2. Re:Oh yeah. on Workers Will Smash Their PCs To Get an Upgrade · · Score: 1

    Obviously you havent had the misfortune to work in a medical support capacity.
    Accidents with computers telling people what to cut off & how serious that tumor is, have a very real chance of harm.

  3. Re:A linear induction motor is not a railgun. on Navy Uses Railgun To Launch Fighter Jet · · Score: 1

    These unmanned aircraft mentioned in all the text could very well include a low tech drone 'cruise missile'.
    That makes the catapult technically capable of launching weapons. Just not a very good one.

  4. Re:Playing games in Windows VMs on Linux on Vuvuzelas Blare On Pirated Copies of Music Game · · Score: 1

    For as long as oracle doesnt pull the plug on it.

  5. Re:It's been done on Facebook Inbox Throws Blow At Google... No Flinch? · · Score: 1

    Well interestingly enough. Facebook are offering this to everyone. Not just to the USA.

    I'd prefer Google voice. But unfortunately, Google wont even let me pay them to give me an account in Australia, nor do they seem at all interested as no single other country has been added since they opened Google Voice. Not even your neighbor Canada.

  6. Re:Legibility on The World's Smallest Legible Font · · Score: 1

    my last 2 macbook pro 17 inch laptops disagree.

  7. Re:Bizarre to even consider on Australian State Govt. To Fund iPads For Doctors · · Score: 1

    Speaking as someone who actually supports these systems.
    No one gets sued for things crashing.
    Doctors & other staff are trained to function without constant assistance from fancy gadgets. Thats why the doctors spend 5+ years learning medicine.
    The gadgets make things easier, things don't suddenly grind to a halt & staff become useless morons without them.

  8. Re:Intended Use? on Iron Man Is Another Step Closer To a Reality · · Score: 1

    Maybe thats how he manages to haul around that dialysis machine he needs.

  9. Re:Hmm, Pity... on UK Terror Chief Blocked From Boarding Aircraft · · Score: 1

    Now thats how to make a well written argument.

  10. Re:I mourn the loss on Court Returns Stolen Stargate MMO To Founder · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately it seems they have.
    Which is a shame as it was so very good.

  11. Re:So stealing does pay. on Court Returns Stolen Stargate MMO To Founder · · Score: 1

    Which in some cases is a damn shame.

  12. Re:Won't somebody please think of the licensing co on Windows Cluster Hits a Petaflop, But Linux Retains Top-5 Spot · · Score: 1

    Mostly because of development costs.
    Much cheaper to work with linux than build a new one from scratch.

  13. Re:What???? on Australian Visitors Must Declare Illegal Porn To Customs Officers · · Score: 1

    customs recognise that what the Australian Government calls "Extreme Porn" is legal in other countries, and as long as you hand it over on the way in, it's all good.

    [ Citation Needed ]

  14. Re:The Picture in Question on Libya Takes Hard Line On Link Shortening Domains · · Score: 1

    mod parent up.

    Intelligent quotation with appropriate context. This is the sort of thing that needs to be done more. None of his 1 sentence out of context soundbyte crap that lets peoples minds (or the tv show host) fill in the blanks for them.

  15. Re:don't trust those guys, any of them on Libya Takes Hard Line On Link Shortening Domains · · Score: 1

    Which makes the idea you can confess on your deathbed & be absolved & get out of jail free, kinda stupid. Why have the punishment at all!!!

    Its sure as hell hasn't done anything to improve the politician's behavior.

  16. Re:The Picture in Question on Libya Takes Hard Line On Link Shortening Domains · · Score: 1

    If you've ever heard what the more senior people of the religion founded by that rather kindly gentleman who sat under the tree have to say about things, (Dali Lama, et all) you might actually want them in power.
    They actually like the "your responsible for your own choices" stuff.

    Unlike most politicians.

  17. Re:One difference on New CCTV Site In UK Pays People To Watch · · Score: 1

    if it's legal your TOS isn't binding.

    Tell that to the people writing software EULA's and website TOS.

  18. Re:Flies in the Face of Common Sense Too on W3C Says Don't Use HTML5 Yet · · Score: 1

    rather than simply what the workgroup thinks people would like (or what is in their interests, for whatever reasons).

    From what I've seen... the workgroup doesn't know whats in their own interests, let alone what people would like.
    This isn't a development process with code... this is a beurocratic standard development process.

    Im just glad none of us have to wait for them to make up their mind. Were all just moving forward while they make up their mind.

  19. Re:Why not send it plunging ... on Mission Complete! WMAP In 'Graveyard Orbit' · · Score: 1

    Economics at the most basic.
    Sunk costs are sunk. May as well get the most of what you have.

  20. Re:This article is an excuse for child MBA managem on The A-Team of IT — and How To Assemble One · · Score: 1

    And somehow this is a rare skill...
    oh wait... didnt they invent management degrees so people didn't need to know what they managed.

    and people wonder why things are so bad.

  21. Re:Prefer to be like Batman on The A-Team of IT — and How To Assemble One · · Score: 1

    But a lot more money.

  22. Re:Trained Monkeys on The A-Team of IT — and How To Assemble One · · Score: 1

    See the problem is that even trained monkeys go through the same thing.
    They have the same 2 weeks of wasted time.

    HR departments should not do Hiring. Leave that to the competent people that already do the work, least then they can spot the morons from their resumes.

  23. Re:It's a joke. on The A-Team of IT — and How To Assemble One · · Score: 1

    This sounds like a lot of people i know.

  24. Re:Wildcard on The A-Team of IT — and How To Assemble One · · Score: 1

    Speaking as someone supporting the work of such people... if their jedi then their drunk. because ive read their code & it seems on average they cant even put a web page together properly.

    The average IT person is just that... average. And average is not a good thing!

  25. Re:Maybe you should have held a 'conscience vote' on Conroy Still Hell-Bent On Internet Filter · · Score: 1

    Speaking as an Australian citizen... I wouldn't mind constitutionally protected free speech.