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  1. The NSA is supposed to deal with foreign intelligence only. The FBI is supposed to deal with domestic criminal investigations only.

    That's how it was back in the 70s, but this is no longer true, and hasn't been for decades.

    This is also a domestic terrorism case with no evidence that there is any foreign involvement...

    Unless you're part of the investigating team, you're comment is complete conjecture. You don't know what evidence they have.

  2. Assuming the FBI is privy to the NSA's capabilities.

    This is a terrorism case, so the FBI and the NSA are supposed to cooperate.

    In general, that would be correct. But, just like when the Enigma was developed, you wouldn't have let that secret out for a single case like this when you're fighting a larger war.

  3. Re:North Korea's next target ... on Kim To N. Korean Military: Be Ready To Use Nuclear Weapons At Any Time (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    I wasn't questioning the idea that it was desirable on a humanitarian front. I've lived in both places, and know full well the implications. The GP however made what I believe is an incorrect claim regarding their ability to produce once unified.

  4. Re:North Korea's next target ... on Kim To N. Korean Military: Be Ready To Use Nuclear Weapons At Any Time (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    I haven't forgot. I was in Germany for six years, including during the fall of the wall. I also spent another six in the ROK.

    ROK will certainly embrace their brethren civilians from the north, and exploit the natural resources there. I agree with your take on the northerners not missing any of their old country...they've lead extremely sheltered lives.

  5. Re:North Korea's next target ... on Kim To N. Korean Military: Be Ready To Use Nuclear Weapons At Any Time (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Under the threat of them using nukes? No, collateral damage would be a sad but necessary evil.

  6. Re:North Korea's next target ... on Kim To N. Korean Military: Be Ready To Use Nuclear Weapons At Any Time (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    How did that work out for Germany when the wall came down? NK has virtually no production capacity or skilled labor, and would be a drain on the ROK economy for years before things got better.

  7. Damn on Bitcoin's Nightmare Scenario Has Come To Pass · · Score: 0

    You know, I went through the Burger King drive thru, and they wouldn't take my bitcoin. So, I drove over to Micky-D, and you know they were like, "WTF is a bitcoin?!?" So, I figured I'd go exchange them at the bank, and the tellers at both Skank of America and ShittyBank just stared at me.

    Seriously, the level of concern for bitcoin is probably lower than that of folks trying to figure out which dog food to purchase. Please stop posting this crap.

  8. Re:How much do you bet he dies some times befor tr on Justice Dept. Grants Immunity To Staffer Who Set Up Clinton Email Server (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Considering that Hillary was the victim of Bill's philandering, it's unlikely she had any interest at all in covering that up.

    Her only interest in being with him for the last 30+ years was to get herself into that office. Do you really believe she wouldn't have left him otherwise? He's been screwing around for ages, and she's sucked it up, and looked the other way.

  9. Re: Will she pardon here self and him once she get on Justice Dept. Grants Immunity To Staffer Who Set Up Clinton Email Server (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    And posting this is pure chicken shit. Grow a pair.

  10. Re:Will she pardon here self and him once she gets on Justice Dept. Grants Immunity To Staffer Who Set Up Clinton Email Server (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    FWIW, with Trump as the likely RNC candidate, I initially considered the same. However, in my opinion, the overriding issue is that whoever ends up in the Oval Office will be replacing Scalia, and likely on or two more justices over the next 4-8 yrs. For that reason, and that reason only, I may hold my nose, and vote Rep.

    Other than that, I see HRC as the lesser of two evils, in spite of her criminal behavior in handling classified information.

  11. Re:Will she pardon here self and him once she gets on Justice Dept. Grants Immunity To Staffer Who Set Up Clinton Email Server (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    If the FBI charges Clinton with any sort of crime, it will just serve to further undermine the legitimacy of all law enforcement agencies in the US.

    You have that exactly backwards. Letting her walk when it's so obvious that she's committed many more counts of the same crime that Patreus was convicted for would demonstrate that some people can avoid consequences for blatant felonies.

    -jcr

    If her email server was never compromised then she never committed a single crime.

    You clearly have no clue regarding what is and isn't criminal in regard to handling classified material. Please stop talking. Just do it, because you're a fucking idiot.

  12. Does the MS EULA say that for Win 10?

  13. Instead on The Case Against Algebra · · Score: 1

    Let them do it, but for those taking this route, give them all participation ribbons instead of diplomas.

  14. Re:Same goes for all other skills on The Case Against Algebra · · Score: 2

    Why is it a bad thing that more people can get a college degree?

    Because the bachelors degree of today, is already the equivalent of a H.S. diploma from forty years ago. Do we really want to shift that up to a Master's?

  15. This seems a bit similar to yesterdays discussion on people following a robot out of a burning building. They trusted the robot, and got burned...these guys trusted the app, and (figuratively) got burned.

  16. Re:Watts per gram? on MIT Develops Ultra Thin, Light Weight, Efficient Solar Cells (blastingnews.com) · · Score: 1

    ... run all of it's payload and convert it's water ballast to hydrogen to allow for buoyancy control.

    Please learn the difference between its and it's or get the fuck off of Slashdot.

    Please go fuck your grammar-nazi self.

  17. Re:How damage resistant is it? on MIT Develops Ultra Thin, Light Weight, Efficient Solar Cells (blastingnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Would that be like saying rust is oxygen?

  18. Re:90% of people are useless in an emergency on People Will Follow a Robot In an Emergency - Even If It's Wrong (gatech.edu) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And 85% of the people will believe the percentages you just made up.

  19. Re:Why does that bother you? on Are CEOs Overpaid? Not Compared With College Presidents (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Go back to sleep, grandpa. Soon you'll be gone and we'll have to fix the mess that happened under your watch.

    Yeah, we failed by ending corporal punishment. Your parents were too busy giving you participation ribbons.

  20. Re:Why does that bother you? on Are CEOs Overpaid? Not Compared With College Presidents (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    The system is rigged, you sound like you're posting from the 1950s, grandpa.

    And you sound like a lazy whiny punk who can't be bothered to get out of bed to go do something about it. Get off your ass, and my lawn.

  21. Re:Inequality on Are CEOs Overpaid? Not Compared With College Presidents (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Living in the DC area, our combined incomes put us close to this figure. But $100-200k jobs are very common here. And, the cost of living here is proportional to the salaries. We're both low level managers, and by this the claim is that we're 1%ers, and we're criminally profiteering? If so, you need to get out of momma's basement, and learn something about the real world.

  22. Re:Storage box is extremely stupid on Airbus Patents Adjustable Seats, In-Seat Storage For Aircarft (consumerist.com) · · Score: 1

    ...socks (yes I always take them off for comfort and perfusion) under the seat. I don't see a problem with that.

    Maybe, but if I'm stuck next to you, I'm fucked. If I complain, then you think I'm an ass. And if I don't, I stuck seeing/smelling your stinky ugly feet.

    Shoes (if there's no odor), okay. Socks, you've gone too far.

  23. Re:sounds horrible on Airbus Patents Adjustable Seats, In-Seat Storage For Aircarft (consumerist.com) · · Score: 1

    The injection however, would make the whole thing more expensive and/or risky.

    Depends, do you prefer the Jack Daniels, or the hot beef injection?

  24. Economy plus seats are a fraud.

    Nothing fraudulent about them. You get more room, you pay more money. The fact that Economy is fucked is beside the point.

  25. Re: FUCK airlines on Airbus Patents Adjustable Seats, In-Seat Storage For Aircarft (consumerist.com) · · Score: 1

    Four inches is the difference between having a tray that you can actually use when the person in front of you leans back, and one you can't. And, in your case, it will now allow you to be fully erect.