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  1. Re:Why do I get the feeling that on 3 Reasons To Hate Mass Surveillance; 3 Ways To Fight It · · Score: 1

    organized crime groups

  2. Why do I get the feeling that on 3 Reasons To Hate Mass Surveillance; 3 Ways To Fight It · · Score: 1

    certain groups which are used to be under constant surveillance are going to become the future's subject matter experts on the subject.

  3. Re:And this is why... on Do Hypersonic Missiles Make Defense Systems Obsolete? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And once the anti-missile lasers are well-established, there will be a push for faster-than-light missiles.

    And then of course, we will have the technology we need to explore other star systems.

  4. If you can read French on Ask Slashdot: What Online News Is Worth Paying For? · · Score: 1

    www.lemonde.fr is an excellent news source.

    I do not currently have a paid subscription, but I am increasingly tempted to get one.

  5. Re:wow on The Human Body May Not Be Cut Out For Space · · Score: 1

    This speed limit is necessary to restrict fuel consumption

  6. Re:It might be an unpopular opinion... on Ask Slashdot: What Does Edward Snowden Deserve? · · Score: 1

    Only if a new statutory holiday is created in his name, because we all need an additional 3-day weekend.

  7. Re:Why does Ford need this data? on Ford Exec: 'We Know Everyone Who Breaks the Law' Thanks To Our GPS In Your Car · · Score: 3, Interesting

    "What I want to know is, Why does Ford need this data?"

    Their robot car department probably needs it, at the very least.

  8. Re:Next? on Google Joining Fight Against Drug Cartels · · Score: 1

    Black market alcohol is still around, mostly bought by bars as a way to reduce costs and raise profits. But yea, it's hardly a blip on anyone's radar.

  9. Re:Unreasonable to expect privacy on Could Cops Use Google As Pre-Cogs? · · Score: 1, Funny

    I do not want anyone to know about the sort of pornography that I search for

    FREEZE! Drop the box of kleenex on the floor NOW!

  10. Why no cancer-free humans? on Gene Therapy Extends Mouse Lifespan · · Score: 1

    From the article: "In 2007, Blasco's group demonstrated that it was feasible to prolong the lives of transgenic mice, whose genome had been permanently altered at the embryonic stage, by causing their cells to express telomerase and, also, extra copies of cancer-resistant genes. These animals live 40% longer than is normal and do not develop cancer."

    Why can't we have cancer free humans based on this research?

  11. Re:Now work on nicotine free tobacco. on Scientists Work Towards Naturally Caffeine-Free Coffee · · Score: 1

    Nicotine-free, genetically modified tobacco already exists.

    It's grown by the Amish.

  12. Re:bugs on Nevada Approves Rules For Self-Driving Cars · · Score: 1

    new use for "punch buggy"?

  13. But those lasers on Laser Scanner May Allow Passengers To Take Bottled Drinks On Planes Again · · Score: 1

    are going to transform innocuous liquids into carcinogenic substances!

  14. Re:As long as ... on Is the Canadian Arctic the Future of Astronomy? · · Score: 1

    I'd be less worried about moose, than say, polar bears...

  15. Re:Geek In Us All on The Mexican Cartel's Hi-Tech Drug Tunnels · · Score: 1

    This would indicate to me that there are smarter people with even crazier schemes that have and will go undetected

    Every criminal, even the smartest one, run a risk of being detected at the most critical point of any drug operation: When and where the drug is exchanged for money.

    You could have the combined brains of Einstein and Tesla and have a flotilla of automated stealth UFOs for transporting your stuff across borders undetected, but at some point, you're going to have to deal with people to sell it.

    People who are not always 100% reliable.

  16. Re:I want to move to Germany... on German Surveillance Trojan Spies On Fifteen Apps · · Score: 1

    Vee haf vays of monitoring yur messages!

  17. Re:This is an insult to Hobbits everywhere! on McCain Decries "Hobbits," Accused of Ringbearing · · Score: 1

    Do the Tea Partiers like to kiss their siblings?

    And/or wookies?

  18. Re:So I can buy my way out of airport security? on TSA Announces Pilot of Trusted Traveler Program · · Score: 3, Funny

    Capitalism solves everything!

  19. Re:First it was NORTEL... on An Inside Look At the Rise and Fall of RIM · · Score: 1

    The Campagna T-Rex!

  20. to top it off on An Inside Look At the Rise and Fall of RIM · · Score: 2

    they're probably pissing off a lot of their customers by preventing them from deleting apps that are of no use to them, for example, MySpace

  21. How is Google+ different from Orkut? on Facebook More Hated Than Banks, Utilities · · Score: 1

    I'm asking because G+ hasn't open its doors to everyone yet

  22. Re:non-hallucinogenic LSD analog? on LSD Alleviates 'Suicide Headaches' · · Score: 1

    It makes a lot of people who have never taken LSD go crazy at the mere mention of its name

  23. Guns in games on Why Do Videogames Struggle With Sex? · · Score: 1

    ...are a metaphor for penises.

    And killing enemies is a metaphor for domination sex.

    I tried arguing this point in a Modern Warfare multiplayer game once... and *they* called me gay.

  24. Re:wow on Cancer Resembles Life 1 Billion Years Ago · · Score: 1

    this is awesome. less permutations of cancer = more chance of me living to be 400 years old! here's hopin!

    Are you hoping to turn into some kind of Leonard Betts?

  25. In the Australian edition on Duke Nukem Forever Not Edited For Australia · · Score: 1

    Will Duke wear a cork hat?