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  1. Re:Terran Empire baby! on Hubble Discovers a Hundred New Planets · · Score: 1

    I imagine aliens could kick my butt in the job market if they are jumping between stars, but I don't think they would want mine. Secondly, the Indian, Chinese, and poor Europeans driving down prices for computer scientist is unatural because they are consuming more resources than I am. Sure they consume less dollars, but they are getting more goods with the dollars they work for. It has nothing to do with IQ or work ethic. I has everything to do with exchange rates and politics. Your brain dead if you think it has anything to do with competition.

  2. Re:Planets passing in front of stars? on Hubble Discovers a Hundred New Planets · · Score: 1

    They were refering to general detection not a single method. Many methods exist. I described just one of many.

  3. Re:Planets passing in front of stars? on Hubble Discovers a Hundred New Planets · · Score: 1

    It doen't need to be in direct alignment. They use computers to detect the woble in a star then they go back through the archived images manually. They could be viewing these stars for years before they see a single woble, and they already have.

  4. Re:Terran Empire baby! on Hubble Discovers a Hundred New Planets · · Score: 1

    I was wondering were all the new jobs would come from. Argh I wish I had the flight formation experience. By the time I learn that they will want C++, Java, and Interstellar combat. No wait that would be a description for a Computer job in the US. Doh.

  5. N-Gage QD Has a Niche on N-Gage QD Review - No More Side-Talkin' · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It may not be the perfect gaming machine, but I don't want to carry around a laptop or GB all the time. When I wait in line for lazy government and large corporate employees to do their do nothing job I can play. Just think you can play a game while you wait in line at the post office and such. Pushing a dolly and having a GBA, Cell, and MP3 player is just too much. They have a niche market and they are going to keep it for a while. Plus anyone that knows J2ME can make games for it for free. Just look at how much it cost for a GBA dev kit. Plus the API is more complicated that J2ME.

  6. Nuke Mars on Terraform Humans First, Then Mars? · · Score: 1

    All the ICBMs in the world might warm up Mars a little and sterilize it for future use.

    Just fire and wait a thousand years.

    Seriously.. If we were to inhabit Mars before Armageddon which we won't we would simply alter peoples genetics for the climate. That would open whole bunch social differences for people that don't come back. This is something a One World Leader proponent does not want. Hard to have a single leader for very different groups.

  7. Government Claimed I Was a Terrorist on What's Your Terrorism Quotient? · · Score: 1

    I wonder how I scored. They never told me when they confiscated my property. They still have not given my guns back.

    Apparently applying for a FFL (Federal Firearms License), being a Computer Scientist, and wanting any kind of civil rights drives up the score.

    Yea I was acquitted, but they didn't need a conviction to destroy my life and career.

    I hate Fascism. I feel like I am in a bad Starship Troopers film.

  8. Re:Where is the security measure? (was: Re:How lon on RFID MasterCard · · Score: 1

    They don't expect it to be secure. Not only that, but it doesn't need to be. They could track all of the RFIDs from a network of ground antennas or sats or both. When they see two cards of the same type in existence they will simply go to both locations and arrest the imposter card. Can you say 1984?

  9. Re:I know this guy... on FBI Investigates Open Records Request · · Score: 1

    Doesn't seem like a bad guy to me. I have had the ATF and SSSG screw me over before. You don't want give these Nazi thugs an excuse. Even when they break rule after rule you can't say anything back or they use the Terrorist or Patriot Act even though they have nothing to back it up. Even when you win against them you lose. They are still holding up my FFL application. Once they come after you they never stop they will just pass the buck to another government organ instead of admitting they where wrong. Usually a government organ will complain to the SSSG then they will team up on you. Then later if they lose they will pass the buck to the FBI, NSA, and/or CIA. It goes on for years and years until they run you out of money. Then they will start throwing you in jail for being on the streets (vagrancy and other things). All I can say is leave the country or find some leverage against them. Use anything you can to survive. Fascism Sucks... But Giving Up On Freedom Is Worse...

  10. Friend on What Happens To Your Data When You Die? · · Score: 1

    I can't be your girlfriend, but I will be your friend if you need one. I'm the same age and in a similar situation. Our situation is not that uncommon. Maybe we should start an organization. You say you want revenge, but I think you just need back what has been stolen from you through government redistribution of wealth. For example, student loans have resulted in massive increases in education cost. If I adjust my BSCS education for inflation as a result of the student loan program I would have needed a student loan, but now I still have 12k in debt with no computer job.

  11. Re:Allready happens in UK on Big Brother Will Be Watching You In Florida · · Score: 1

    Wrongful acts would still exist, and would be very rampant. It would just be the camera controllers committing legal, but wrongful acts.

    Power corrupts fool.

  12. Re:It's who you know, and what you know... on Moving Up the IT Ladder in a Poor Economy? · · Score: 1

    If I wanted to be a sales person I would have earned an MBA. I earned a BSCS to become Computer Geek not a Car Sales Person.

  13. Re:Fighting Back on U.S. Considering Ratifying Cybercrime Treaty · · Score: 1

    Like voting for Bush or Kerry will reduce taxes and bring back civil liberties. I will vote for the Libertarian candidate if I am still alive then, but I know Brown can't win. Bush & Kerry Same for tax increases for more regulation for reduced civil rights Differences None

  14. Fighting Back on U.S. Considering Ratifying Cybercrime Treaty · · Score: 1

    When will u all be willing to pick up arms and fight these Fascist tyrants?

  15. Re:Never gonna get it.... on U.S. Considering Ratifying Cybercrime Treaty · · Score: 1

    They skip amendments and create law. Or have even noticed.

  16. Re:Well... on Army Discusses MMO Troop Training Sim · · Score: 1

    What Freedom? 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 10th amendment rights have been suspended. Gun Control Act Terrorism Act Patriot Act 1 and 2 War Powers Act 1 and 2 ... many more Not that I agree with either post, but we don't protect our borders or our economic stability.

  17. Techlibocracy=Government Where Geeks Rule on LUG Pres Resigns Over Military Linux Use · · Score: 1

    He is just stressed like many people are in today's economy. What do u expect after 70 years of high taxation? No investment money in America for good paying non-government related research jobs. Look what happened to the entire Russian science community. Many where jailed because they couldn't find work to pay bills (sound familiar). Then the government had to many criminals and let some of them go. Even today the over production of scientist and engineers in a poor investment climate has resulted in a reduction of wages and quality of research. I doubt he can even think clearly like many freedom loving Americans that don't like what the government is doing to people like the uni-bomber. The government still promises in their job handbook that computer jobs are in high demand in the U.S. even though everyone knows that's not true. Stress helps people make irrational statements. For example, we should build warbots and replace the fascist tyrants in control with Techlibocracy (Libertarian Government Where Geeks Rule).

  18. What about packet loss? on Pigeons' Bandwidth Advantage Quantified · · Score: 1

    I doubt birds are as reliable or as secure as networks. Imagine your bird falling into the wrong hands. I would guess that the average bandwidth would go down quite a bit when packet loss is accounted for.

  19. Re:Oh great.... on A Motherboard That Doesn't Require An OS · · Score: 1

    I agree. BIOS should now stand for Bloated Internal Operating System. Actually they should just add another acronym like: *ROOS (Read Only Operating System) - An operating system that will load from ROM only. *ROCOS (Read Only Capable Operating System) - An operating system that can load from ROM, but can load add-ons from other system resources. *HIOS (Hardware Integrated Operating System) - An operating system that loads add-on information from hardware memory like ROM or EPROM (No more adding drivers manually).

  20. Re:offshoring ? on China Plans Domestic Software Quotas · · Score: 1

    The same could be said about nukes. Since we have so many why don't we just send some to them to balance things out. Now whether we should launch them or ship them is another question. Since it's cheaper to launch the nukes instead of shipping them I vote we offshore our nukes to China.

    I guess the point is that H1Bs are unable to request the same pay. So H1Bs not having a fair playing field results in American IT job loss. They would ask for the same pay we do given the chance.