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  1. Cyber security needs to be tied into defense on Cybersecurity Chief Resigns · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Defending your country includes domestic and foreign defense both off and online. The fact that the military and various government agencies use the Internet is justification for including cyber security as part of defense. Cyber security should be part of the DoD's job.

  2. Re:Article Correction on 10 Things To Know About The Upcoming Debates · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It wasn't a mistake. They were making a point about the legality of the debates by changing what the organization's abbreviation stands for.

  3. Re:Bush contradicted himself on George Soros Speaks Politics · · Score: 1

    Do you have any hard evidence to prove that statement?

  4. Re:Bush contradicted himself on George Soros Speaks Politics · · Score: 1

    This is flamebait how? I have yet to see an explanation from him. Could someone elaborate?

  5. Bush contradicted himself on George Soros Speaks Politics · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    President Bush explicity referenced rogue states such as North Korea and Iraq as justification for his missile defense system. He's still pushing for it. Why invade Iraq if he can in fact get a working missile defense system that would protect us against Iraq and North Korea?

    The fact that he invaded Iraq implies that he lacks confidence in his own missile defense system.

  6. Links, here I come on Critical Mozilla, Thunderbird Vulnerabilities · · Score: 1

    Who says that text-based browsing is all that bad? No images to download.

  7. Re:All I know is... on The Jobs Crunch · · Score: 1

    The economy in Florida isn't strong since tropical systems have battered it repeatedly. The Miama Herald might not even exist now.

  8. Bioterrorism on Tuberculosis May Become A Global Threat Again · · Score: 1

    This looks like bad news in terms of bioterrorism. Terrorists could contract the disease and intentionally spread it among the populus.

  9. Disallow use of HTML on Stopping Disruptive Users in Online Communities? · · Score: 1

    I've been a message board admin for 3 years and one of the worst things that can happen on a message board is HTML posting. HTML can be used maliciously. That by far outweighs any words that a troll could use. And believe you me, there are people that would go to that length.

    In terms of the hateful words they use, it's important to realize that the Internet is a place where people can be whoever they want--even if they're being someone they're not. So just because people say a bunch of hateful stuff, doesn't mean that they can own up to the words they use. The Internet allows people to build their egos to ridiculous levels.

  10. I think the problem stems from the testing itself on XP SP2 Can Slow Down Business Apps · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Maybe Microsoft needs to determine what the most common software installed on Windows PCs is and even work with software manufactures directly to ensure the greatest compatibility.

  11. Microsoft Skynet has become self-aware on Bill Gates Gives $20M to CMU for New Building · · Score: 2, Funny

    Skynet was after all created at CMU. Now Microsoft is giving money to CMU. Will Terminators have glowing blue eyes instead of glowing red eyes?

  12. Re:Before you ask on Bill Gates Gives $20M to CMU for New Building · · Score: 2, Funny

    -If you get injured, you can visit Dr. Watson -The executive floor will have a terrace called Outlook -The employee lounge will have a small balcony called Outlook Express

  13. Nuclear Winter on Hobbit Hole + World Class Fallout Shelter · · Score: 1

    Sure, they have the solar panels and the propane tanks, and it they can survive a nuclear attack, but can they last through a nuclear winter?

  14. Science fiction is an unconscious beacon on Is Science Fiction About The Future Anymore? · · Score: 1

    It's how we warn ourselves unconsciously about the future. Cloning was science fiction at one time. Skynet was science fiction at one time. And the really messed up part about it was that the first Terminator movie was made before the Star Wars program was created.

    Science fiction can easily be based on true, classified, covered up stories too. But the believer is descreditted to the point that he's laughed at by science. Remember the remake of the movie "The Blob"? Who's to say that our government didn't do an experiment with an organism on a satellite that unexpectedly crashed? It could have happened. If the media didn't cover it, no one would believe it. Those who witnessed such events, know that the majority of people who watch science fiction movies won't look for the possibility of there being more science than fiction. But they also know that there will always be those who will.

  15. It would create too much hard feelings on Politics Making Strange Bedfellows · · Score: 1

    Politics is like religion, people will defend their views to no end because they're so deeply rooted. It would be better to stay same party if anything. But love is still blind and it could affect decision making.

  16. Farscape wasn't canned on Should Star Trek Die? · · Score: 1

    Haven't you seen the ads for the Farscape Peacekeeping Wars coming in October?

  17. Is Elvis still alive? on Hair Could Help Police To Check Alibis · · Score: 1

    Now we'll finally know the truth! Get hair from places he's been sighted.

  18. Radio stations fight back with new slogan on Microsoft Creates Static With New Webcast Feature · · Score: 5, Funny

    More radio, less reboots

  19. The more parties, the less democratic on Nader Off Virginia Ballot · · Score: 1

    Suppose that there were five parties on the ballot.

    Party A gets 15% of the vote
    Party B gets 20% of the vote
    Party C gets 15% of the vote
    Party D gets 20% of the vote
    Party E gets 30% of the vote

    Combined, Parties A through D have 70% of the total vote. But it's party E who wins because it has 30% of the total vote.

  20. The Lorena Bobbit Virus supports the floppy on The Death of the Floppy Disk · · Score: 1, Funny

    It cuts your 9 inch hard drive down to a 3 1/2 inch floppy and throws it out Windows.

  21. What do you get when you rub a floppy? on The Death of the Floppy Disk · · Score: 1

    A hard disk.

  22. Re:not yet. on The Death of the Floppy Disk · · Score: 1

    Don't forget the USB floppy drive.

  23. The ATAPI floppy lives on on The Death of the Floppy Disk · · Score: 1

    The Zip disk probably doesn't stand as good of a chance on the LS-120 Superdisk, but it's still around. The LS-120 Superdisk looks just like a regular floppy disk, but it has 120 MB storage capacity. And the drive can still read regular floppy disks.

  24. Is there a limit? on More Microsoft Patents · · Score: 1

    Is there a limit to what they can patent? I mean, what's stopping Microsoft from patenting everything from wallpaper, cursors and icons to file managers, shortcuts and folder views? If there's no limit, then patents could make it impossible to make an alternative to Windows.

  25. Microsoft patents service packs on More Microsoft Patents · · Score: 1

    Now that would create some problems. Actually, I'm suprised they haven't tried to do it.