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  1. Re:Your friendly Chinese government official here. on Chinese Govt Spyware Puts Computers At Risk · · Score: 1

    *clap* *clap* *clap*

    Spoken like a true American politician! Member of the CCP? Hah, you can't fool me!

  2. Re:Why not atomic? on Nokia Developed Wireless Power-Harvesting Phones · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Will never happen.

    Nuclear is still considered to be a dirty word. You can thank Jane Fonda for its false reputation.

  3. Re:SharePoint? on How To Manage Hundreds of Thousands of Documents? · · Score: 1

    That's true of any other solution in the same manor as SharePoint. But at least the data is stored in a SQL database and not something proprietary like the MS Exchange information store.

  4. Re:Not a genius? He probably is. on 11-Year-Old Graduates With Degree In Astrophysics · · Score: 1, Insightful

    "I don't consider myself a genius because there are 6.5 billion people in this world and each one is smart in his or her own way."

    Not only smart, but insightful too :)

  5. Re:Safety on Printable, Rollable Solar Panels Could Go Anywhere · · Score: 1

    Ya, well, deal with it.

    The Sun sustains life here on Earth. It can damn well take it away simply by blowing up, or fading out to darkness. You have no choice in the matter.

  6. Re:Squids on How Do You Greet an Extraterrestrial? · · Score: 1

    Yep and George Bush is being unfairly attacked as a war monger even through he clearly said: "I believe that human beings and fish can coexist peacefully"

    The year is 3310 AD. The Ur-Quan are conquering all human civilized planets and strip-mining them for resources. To this day, not a single Ur-Quan being has died in this effort...

    Ur-Quan Sindaho is being unfairly attacked as a war monger even through he clearly said "I believe that Ur-Quan and human beings can coexist peacefully". Both parties involved have yet to complain.

    You've been watching the INN (intergalactic news channel). Stay tuned for our coverage of the civil war between the curly haired and strait haired minuminu-dici's on planet Opinarious.

  7. Re:Storage.... on "Colossal Magnetic Effect" Could Lead To Another Breakthrough In Storage Tech · · Score: 2, Informative

    I do IT work for a (small) Geoscience company. Currently they have projects taking up about 10TB worth of data on-line, and growing exponentially. Often, new SEGY data comes in the form of a 500GB to 1TB portable drives (near capacity) as keeping up with tape technologies no longer makes much sense. It's as though the guys on the boat says "We have this much storage? No problem, let's dial up the data resolution boys".

    God damn, the company I work for can hardly scope out enough storage long term to keep them afloat! I'm sure many in IT are facing the same problem with the Geoscience industry.

  8. Seal and Wash on Anti-Piracy Dog Uncovers Huge Cache of Discs · · Score: 1

    Just get yourself a vacuum bag sealer, then wash the bags in a washing machine with bleach for 30 minutes. Dogs wont smell shit even if put right up to their nose.

  9. Sorry Cisco on Cisco Introduces Rackmount Servers · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You're a day late and a dollar short.

    This market is already cornered by the likes of Dell, HP, and VMWare. Feel free to try in the market place however, but I think it's a big waste of your capitol and R&D.

  10. Re:I wish Obama were a socialist on Sotomayor's Position On Copyright Damages · · Score: 1

    Someone needs to read up on the moderator guidelines. Last time I looked, statements of fact don't fall under the category of "troll".

    You must be new to Slashdot.

    Welcome to the club buddy! Wanna see *my* battle scars?

  11. Re:Cannot beat RAID on What Data Recovery Tools Do the Pros Use? · · Score: 1

    How about addressing a crashed drive in your parents computer? I'd rather not drive to their house at 9pm to do an entire system rebuild on a new drive. If it was setup with RAID, I could swap out the failed drive on my own time.

    Working on computers all day sucks. Doing it after hours sucks even more.

  12. Re:Cannot beat RAID on What Data Recovery Tools Do the Pros Use? · · Score: 3, Informative

    I agree, these days every home PC should be setup for RAID1 (RAID5 for workstations). However, RAID should *never* be a substitute for making backups to external media.

  13. Re:Two Ends of the Cable on When Your Backhoe Cuts "Black" Fiber · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Up the tax payers ass, naturally.

  14. Re:Sotomayer is a nightmare on Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor's Cyberlaw Record · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure they see it as idiotic per say. Granted, 50% to 75% of Texan's would rather stay in the Union. And why not? There are many positives that outweigh the negatives. However, pay attention to the 25% to 50% range that *would* be in favor of succession.

    Now that someone had the political balls to grandstand on the idea (and for good reason), it might actually start to attract followers. I personally don't want us to leave the Union. But, if the federal Gov becomes more and more oppressive, I would (sadly) be in favor of leaving this once great union of humanity. Time will tell.

  15. Re:Like this not happens in America on 20 Years After Tiananmen, China Stifles Online Dissent · · Score: 1

    I fail to see the hypocrisy in people who believe religion == bad idea && gitmo == bad idea since both can be used as tools of repression.

    Then your not thinking!!!

    These same people would rather deny me the right to warship freely while at the same time, give freedom to those that deserve none as they would just as quickly take it from you by force.

  16. Re:Like this not happens in America on 20 Years After Tiananmen, China Stifles Online Dissent · · Score: 0, Troll

    Oh, I've all in favor of the First Amendment. But I've proven my point that others do not given my "Troll" moderation. IE, they do not want my voice to be heard.

  17. Re:Like this not happens in America on 20 Years After Tiananmen, China Stifles Online Dissent · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That will change.

    There are many in America (and an astounding amount on Slashdot) who would love to have religion banned forever. I would go so far as to say they would advocate any and all means stamp it out. Granted, these are the same group of people whom would close down gitmo and release the prisoners because we shouldn't have gone to war in the first place. Oh the irony...

    For the few open minded people left on Slashdot, I would recommend reading a book titled "Liberty and Tyranny" by Mark R. Levin. Quite an eye-opener.

  18. Re:Sotomayer is a nightmare on Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor's Cyberlaw Record · · Score: 1

    Most of the problems with the current state of the union and the overreach of the federal government were caused by Texans.

    You need to work on that humor. Your sarcasm wasn' funny.

  19. Re:Sotomayer is a nightmare on Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor's Cyberlaw Record · · Score: 2, Insightful

    think a state can outlaw a federal authority? Interesting...

    You know, Texas just might leave the union (with other states not far behind) in the next eight years if our nation's situation doesn't improve at the federal level. It started with FDR for sure. But honestly, power corrupts. If not for FDR, I'm sure someone else would have taken his place to forge a similar path ahead. Our nation was bound to fail as quickly as it was formed. The rise and fall of nations is part of what defines us as humanity at work.

    Seriously, does anyone think China, Africa, Middle East, and Europe will still have the same national status and legal system in the next hundred to a thousand years? America is not immune to another revolution, (or two, or three etc) in the future.

  20. Re:Ya this is kinda scary on Homeland Security To Scan Citizens Exiting US · · Score: 1

    Saying who can and can't enter is, well, part of being an nation. I would place it akin to an individual being able to decide who can and can't enter their home. Part of being a sovereign nation is you need to be able to decide who is allowed to come in.

    I agree with you. However, the US Department of States has posted the following regarding dual nationality.

    However, dual nationals owe allegiance to both the United States and the foreign country. They are required to obey the laws of both countries. Either country has the right to enforce its laws, particularly if the person later travels there. Most U.S. citizens, including dual nationals, must use a U.S. passport to enter and leave the United States. Dual nationals may also be required by the foreign country to use its passport to enter and leave that country. Use of the foreign passport does not endanger U.S. citizenship.Most countries permit a person to renounce or otherwise lose citizenship. http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1753.html

  21. Re:Idiocy on Homeland Security To Scan Citizens Exiting US · · Score: 1

    Such a partisan football is made out of what I thought was just common sense -- it's depressing really. I can't understand it -- I just can't.

    Actually, it's rather simple. Our politicians (both parties) know the handwriting is on the wall regarding the amount of illegal immigrants in our country. Mainly, south of the border. They're pandering for a potential *huge* voter base.

    Does anyone here really think Soyomayor nomination was because of her "qualifications"? Hell no! She's the antithesis to the level SCOTUS should be with regards to judicial impartiality and constitutional interpretation. In fact, the real irony here is there's a case under review by SCOTUS based on her previous ruling. No, it's all about pandering to the hispanic vote. Anyone who thinks otherwise is delusional.

  22. Re:Likely cause... on Is Playing a DVD Harder Than Rocket Science? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did I hear that right? They are the first Space Pirates ever? AWSOME!

  23. Re:water esential for life? on EPOXI Team Develops New Method To Find Alien Ocean · · Score: 1

    Good question. There's lots of ways, but my personal preference in this context is a system that expends energy in order to combat entropy.

    Talk about being a monkey wrench in the inner workings of the Universe. Then again, perhaps life is a way for the Universe's omni-present collective subconscious to be aware of itself as so to provide introspection.

    Too philosophical, I know. Sorry.

  24. Re:American Liberals on Bitterness To Be Classified As a Mental Illness · · Score: 1

    Nice. I'm not sure Iraqis consider 23%-38% unemployment a success. As of now, it's a craptastic hellhole.

    Oh? And it wasn't a hellhole before the invasion? And to top it all off, your comparing their standard of living now to long standing western and eastern democracies within a short period of time? That's intellectually dishonest of you, and you know it!

    These things take time, and it's progressing rather well all things considering.

    I see you completely missed the point in that statement. War does not exist outside the political sphere, outside the realm of human interaction. As for counter-examples, you can start with Hannibal's campaign against Rome. A spectacularly successful war, which still ended with Carthage ceasing to matter within Hannibal's lifetime.

    In what way did I miss the point? Your example of Hannibal seems to have made it for me. That is, tyranny and oppression can only be dealt with through force. That's exactly how Hannibal handled it too against the Roman Empire. Of course, success is never guaranteed...

  25. Re:Nice to have a Sec of Energy actually Read the on Painting The World's Roofs White Could Slow Climate Change · · Score: 1

    I find that actually funny. I mean come on, their freakin trees! That's what they do. They grow. What was the city expecting? Smart trees that know when to grow and how far, being ever mindful of man-made objects?

    Why is poor planning the fault of supporting the use of trees?