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  1. Re:Actually there were three events on California Professors Unveil Proposal To Attack Asteroids With Lasers · · Score: 1

    Proof that God hates Communists! First, Russia, then San Francisco, now Cuba.

  2. Re:How was it broken into again? on Ask Slashdot: Inexpensive SOHO Crime Deterrence and Monitoring? · · Score: 1

    Never underestimate a meth addict. Some have been known to tie winch wire to the frame of their car/truck/suv with the other end secured to a door or window bar. You may have seen a scene in a movie where this was done to break someone out of a jail. Well, that shit works (IRL for buildings, not jails)!!!. They drive up, wrap it secure, yank it off. In, out, long gone before police show up. Loud alarms and alerts are just after the fact.

    If you're doing business in a bad part of town. My advice is to leave!

  3. Re:It's because they're crap on Can Dell and HP Keep Pace With An Asia-Centric PC World? · · Score: 1

    You don't. Not unless you're in High School looking to make beer money on the side. There is no money in building PCs. Even high-end PC gaming is lost among the youth these days. I suspect the consoles and lack of jobs (high youth unemployment rate and debt) are the factor here. Those that want them are generally going to build their own rig anyways. The support system is vast both on-line and via local communities.

    Basically, the "PC" will be replaced with mobile phone's that doc to a wireless KVM of some sorts. Tablet and Notebooks for the more serious power users. Everything else "cloud centric". Any remnants that constitute a PC will just be a Workstation/Server laying under the desk for vertical market applications such as video production, CAD, and geo-science type work (big oil).

    The PC as we know it is on the way out. Technology changes and so do paradigms.

  4. Re:Low Hanging Fruit on SSH Password Gropers Are Now Trying High Ports · · Score: 1

    Isn't anti-hammering pretty much the standard these days? I'm shocked some fuzzy logic isn't being used in this regard. Variables such as IP country location, time of day, and reputation should calculate how strictly or relaxed the attempt-per-hour authorizations should be.

  5. Re:PICK UPS on UK Apple Shop Forced To Change Its Name · · Score: 1

    Question: Does the user of that number actually "own" it? In other words, does one user have the rights to transfer that number to another user, or only forfeit it in exchange from another via phone provider? I'm not sure phone numbers are transferable like domain names are.

  6. Re:Global Warming and meteorites on Residents Report Bright Streak Over Bay Area Friday Evening · · Score: 1

    Anchor is a LIV (Low Information Voter).

  7. Re:how cares about meteorites? on Residents Report Bright Streak Over Bay Area Friday Evening · · Score: 1

    Dashcam technology is cheap. Would not surprise me in the slightest that this becomes a dealer option or standard in future cars sold. Flash memory is cheap too. You might be able to buffer weeks if not entire months of recording video while driving.

  8. Re:270 mile range seems good on CNN Replicates John Broder's Drive In the Tesla Model S · · Score: 1

    http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-cetera/8-grams-of-thorium-could-replace-gasoline-in-cars-20110812/

    Cadillac was seriously looking into a thorium laser powered system via concept car. Nothing was built to my knowledge, but for them to splash that as public news was very risky. So yes, I say that was a serious decision on their part as to not look like a bunch of kooks. Is it doable? I have no idea. All I know is that if it is, China and India will testing the waters first. No way in absolute hell will this be kickstarted in the USA. Too much politics involved and the scare of "nuclear meltdown" (public ignorance) will be the reason. So until those two nations test and validate the technology, then, and only then, will the West warm up to the idea of having public nuclear reactors in our possession.

  9. Re:270 mile range seems good on CNN Replicates John Broder's Drive In the Tesla Model S · · Score: 2

    Now just make small thorium reactor to self-charge these cars and I'm sold!

  10. Re:Medical uses on Ask Slashdot: What Features Belong In a 'Smartwatch'? · · Score: 1

    You can't!!! Legally, they can't unless they pay for medical certification of the device. Then, you're looking up towards 10's of thousands of dollars. This is an administrative limitation, not a technical one.

  11. Re:Isn't good work better than fast work? on What EMC Looks For When It's Hiring · · Score: 3, Insightful

    'One and Done' is passé. It's now all about flying-by-the-seat-of-your-pants in out of order execution style. This leads to excessive burnout. Trust me, I know first hand. The stress level never drops and can lead to PTSD.

  12. Re:You have to ask.... is NK's leader suicidal? on North Korea Conducts Third Nuclear Test · · Score: 1

    Maybe that's the point. The regime is so locked into a state of perpetual and self-reinforced oppression that "suicide by cop" is the only option (war against the US). Basically, they want us to defeat them in a twisted fucked up way.

  13. Re:"Wantonly violated?" on North Korea Conducts Third Nuclear Test · · Score: 1

    Next time NK launches a rocket, shoot it down. If there's an "end game" to this regime, we are only delaying the inevitable. War. We shouldn't have to live as hostages to their demands. It's our call as nations. Wait for them to get an ICBM, or take out the regime. Most likely, they will use a nuke against a nation and call that a "warning". Is that what you guys want?

  14. Re:Are they really moons? on Vote To Name Two Newly Discovered Moons of Pluto · · Score: 1

    Yes. Asteroids can have "moons" in fact.

  15. Re:Kids on Six Months Without Adobe Flash, and I Feel Fine · · Score: 1

    From the viewpoint of the Chinese, and one that I agree with; who's going to take care of you when you grow old and die? I really hope you don't mind some faceless organization dealing with your bouts of dementia and incontinence. More over, do these non-family members you pay for really care about you? No. They just fake it as it's just part of the job would be my guess.

    Is having a few kids selfish. No. Is having a brooding of children you can't afford a bad situation for the entire family? Yes. Do yourself a favor. Find the right mate, have a child or two with a full commitment to love and care for them, and replenish your rank. Soon your life on Earth will expire. Same goes for us all. It's all part of the cycle of life my friend.

    BTW. If you can't have children. Adopt.

  16. Re:Upgrade to 6.1? on iOS 6.1 Leads To Battery Life Drain, Overheating For iPhone Users · · Score: 1

    That's not a pirate. That's a head hunter.

  17. Re:Bill Maher on Super Bowl Blackout Caused By Defective Protective Relay · · Score: 1

    Bull shit! Bill Maher doesn't believe in God.

  18. Re:Not even a brick, not a story on Samsung Laptop Bug Is Not Linux Specific · · Score: 1

    Depends. Some motherboard vendors will include methods of reflashing a BIOS in the event the boot EEPROM code is hosed. Obviously this process is hard coded in ROM someplace. So perhaps Samsung has such a method in place for unblicking the units.

  19. Re:"to produce ... a more just society" on The Paradox of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks · · Score: 2

    Or maybe the fact Wikileaks doesn't want to deal with any other culture but the West. Perhaps it's a language barrier, lack of inside contacts, or the fact they don't give a damn. So they focus on the USA because it's such an easy target with low hanging fruit to exploit in the wild. Something like a never ending piñata that you can beat over and over to collect from a bottomless pit of goodies. Well guess what, such piñata's exist all over the world. Not that it matters. So yes, there is a bias. Without question!

  20. Re:Nintendo on Apple Now the Top PC Vendor, For Some Values of PC · · Score: 2

    For the record: Famicom was short for "Family Computer".
    **Fami**-ly**com**puter

  21. Re:Until artificial limits are removed... on Deloitte: Use a Longer Password In 2013. Seriously. · · Score: 2

    Some financial, investment and health insurance sites (I will not site for my own protection) specifically will not allow upper case and special characters (! @ # $ % etc). Oh, and they must be minimum of 8 but not more than 12 or some such. WTF? How is that secure?!

  22. Re:He's not a hero, on Chinese Blogger Becomes Celebrity Exposing Corruption · · Score: 1

    Typically what happens is that the 18 yo girl is asking for preferential treatment or a fast-track toward the ascension of political power (top university, or to protect her parents from the officials). Whoring herself out to a corrupt official is a good way of doing that.

    Basically, everyone is involved in corruption. You falsely assume that someone here is innocent. I have my doubts. When shit hits the fan in China, it's bad guys throwing each other under the bus. Last man standing wins.

  23. Re:Marines on Copyright Claim Thwarts North Korean Propaganda · · Score: 1

    True. But if they do launch a high altitude nuke and detonate it way up there, the resulting EMP (sand) could blind us for a very very long time. Not so funny now is it round eye?

  24. Re:This is very worrying. on Copyright Claim Thwarts North Korean Propaganda · · Score: 0

    All together now. "We are the world....We are the people...."

    North Korea is the best Korea! Ronald Reagan, we're coming after you! You can't hide from us forever. You'll pay for what you did to our comrades in the USSR!

    Umm, ya...Those poor poor SOBs. They haven't a clue, do they?

  25. Re:Compare to the Super NES Play Station on Why Microsoft Got Into the Console Business · · Score: 1

    That's not how I remember it. I remember way back when EGM was a popular magazine in the 16bit days that shortly after Sony prototyped the units, Nintendo left Sony out in the cold due to licensing disagreements. Sony got pissed and vowed revenge Japanese style. Hence, the birth of the PSX.