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  1. Re:Ewh on North Korea Developing Electromagnetic Pulse Weapons · · Score: 2

    For most places that I've looked at, Bing has better "bird's eye" imagery then Google has at maximum zoom level. If you're just looking for basic satellite imagery, directions, etc I prefer Google Maps, but if you want the best detail, I think Bing is better.

    Everything else Bing-related sucks though.

  2. Re:I read this on Techdirt: on Edward Snowden Leaks Could Help Paedophiles Escape Police, Says UK Government · · Score: 2

    It's also the basic plot to a movie, The Purge.

  3. Re:Well, on Google Ends Internet Explorer 9 Support In Google Apps · · Score: 2

    It doesn't need special support necessarily. It's just a way for a company to officially say that they are discontinuing support for that browser to guarantee that it works. You still may be able to use the previous version to the full app's potential, but if you do have a problem, do go crying to Google about it.

    The exact same policy that exists for IE exists for Firefox and Safari as well. They support the current and second most recent version, and discontinue the 3rd most recent. It's less of a big deal with Firefox and Safari as they usually can be updated to the latest version automatically or at least with little issue with pretty much any OS version. Current versions of IE on the other hand only work with the latest versions of their OS. IE8 was the last version to work on XP. IE9 was the last version to work on Vista. There are still a lot of computers that run XP and Vista that could have unsupported problems now or in the future with Google Apps unless they switch to a modern browser.

  4. Frozen or thawed on The Feathered Threat To US Air Superiority · · Score: 1

    Is the 4lb bird that they designed for thawed or frozen?

  5. Re:Good idea on TSA Union Calls For Armed Guards At Every Checkpoint · · Score: 1

    What part of what I said implied what you say? I don't know if you've flown anywhere in the past decade or so, but there aren't too many "armed citizens" in airport security lines these days.

  6. Re:Sounds like the halting problem on Japanese Researchers Build Rock-paper-scissors Robot That Wins 100% of the Time · · Score: 1

    So the only way to win is not to play? Joshua taught me that.

  7. Good idea on TSA Union Calls For Armed Guards At Every Checkpoint · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I think this is a good idea. If/when future similar incidents occur, all those that are NOT carrying a firearm will be secondary targets. The poor guy who's carrying is just going to be the first guy shot, giving everyone else a slight chance to duck and hide.

  8. Googled for more informatio on Microsoft, Apple and Others Launch Huge Patent Strike at Android · · Score: 0

    I tried to google for more information on this lawsuit, but searching for Apple, Microsoft, Sony, RIM, and others returns no hits. Weird.

  9. Re:solution on Airgap-Jumping Malware May Use Ultrasonic Networking To Communicate · · Score: 1

    Anyone who identifies a dupe can be moderated +6 awesome for 7 days.

    Great. So then we'll have a race to be more annoying than "Frist P0st!".

  10. Like North Korea on Syria Completes Destruction of Chemical Weapon Producing Equipment · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So is this like North Korea over the years where they declare a nuclear enrichment facility deactivated, but then a month later we hear that facility is back in operation?

  11. Re:Noise Cancelling Headphones ? on FAA To Allow Use of Most Electronic Devices Throughout Flights · · Score: 1

    Last October I took a trip to a wedding on an airplane. My oldest on has Aspergers Syndrome and really dislikes loud noises, airplane engines included in that category. We got him a decent set of circumaural NC headphones. When we were getting ready to take off and the flight attendants where checking to make sure everything was off, they specifically asked if they were NC headphones and if they were off.

  12. Re:Did the NSA just kill SMTP? on Silent Circle, Lavabit Unite For 'Dark Mail' Encrypted Email Project · · Score: 0

    Did the NSA just kill SMTP?

    No. SMTP was never meant to be secure and was never advertised to be secure. It's "secure enough" for casual and most business emails. I'd venture a guess that 99.999% (and that may even be low) of email sent would have zero benefit of being encrypted because no one cares what the content is.

    It'd be like encrypting every conversation at a football game. Yeah all the conversations would be private, but aside from the two parties talking, no one cares.

  13. Re:In Canada on State Technology Taxes Face Stiff Resistance · · Score: 2

    Your state based tax system is pretty brain damaged

    It would be a great improvement if it was just state-based. There's nearly 10,000 sales tax jurisdictions in the US, and each jurisdiction can have multiple categories for taxable goods based on product or service type. Taxes can be flat rate or progressive. It's a nightmare.

  14. Re:When will the sheep look up on NSA Broke Into Links Between Google, Yahoo Datacenters · · Score: 5, Funny

    Speak for yourself. I don't care about dogs or tiny fetuses. I DO care about boobies on TV. There should be far, far more of them, preferably exposed in one form or another.

  15. Re:As an Asshole, I support this on How Big Data Is Destroying the US Healthcare System · · Score: 1

    cancer isn't a guaranteed death sentence

    It is guaranteed that if you have cancer, you will die. It's also coincidentally guaranteed that if you don't have cancer, you will die. Cancer just has a favorable probability of accelerating the guarantee timeline.

  16. Re:Civil Liberties Issues? on Police Use James-Bond-Style GPS Bullet · · Score: 1

    Despite what you might see on TV or in the movies, most folks get a little jumpy and freak out, when a copy hangs out the window of his car and fires a gun at you.

    Except there isn't a cop that hangs out the window to fire a gun at you with this device. The "gun" is mounted in the grill of the police vehicle. All the officer has to do is align themselves with the vehicle they are pursuing and press a button. The fleeing vehicle would have no idea they are being "targeted" until the thunk is heard.

  17. Re:Got things right on The Pentagon May Retire "Yoda," Its 92-Year-Old Futurist · · Score: 1

    You just heard of his successful predictions. How many of his predictions didn't come true?

  18. Re:Apple forums are a wholesome place on Apple Blocks Lawrence Lessig's Comment On iOS 7 Wi-Fi Glitch · · Score: 1

    Why would Apple even need a support forum? Having an entire forum would seem to indicate that there could be issues, or people might need help doing something. Surely a product that's as awesome as the iWhatever is perfect and such a forum would be completely unnecessary.

    Instead of being called a "support forum", how about we call it a "awesomeness forum" for people to proclaim their undying love for Apple.

  19. Re:Fantastic for corporate users on Motorola's "Project Ara" Will Allow Users To Customize Their Smartphones · · Score: 4, Insightful

    At my company we are not allowed to have phones with cameras,

    So why do you think that they would allow a phone that could easily have a camera added to it after you walked past security?

  20. Re:Content Control on Lost Star Wars Footage Found On LaserDisc · · Score: 3, Funny

    a lot of shots of Carrie Fisher in that bikini had to be dropped because of wardrobe malfunctions

    Video proof or it never happened.

  21. Re:Semantic capthas? on CAPTCHA Busted? Company Claims To Have Broken Protection System · · Score: 2

    Spell last month.

    l-a-s-t m-o-n-t-h

    Type the one that flies:
    England Turkey Russia

    They can all fly (provided they make it through TSA screening)

    Type the word for
    2 + number of days in a week

    t-h-e w-o-r-d...nevermind. Already used that.

    This one would be trivial to beat if they have already solve the distorted image captcha.

    2 + number of days in a week
    [html] What is the number above minus 4, as a word: ___

    negative two (yeah I know, it's two words)

  22. Re:Typical on France Moves To Protect Independent Booksellers From Amazon · · Score: 1

    By forcing people to pay more for books?

    No, from the sounds of it they aren't forcing people to pay more for books. They are preventing people from paying less for books through Amazon.

  23. Re:Stick with sodium on NYC's 250,000 Street Lights To Be Replaced With LEDs By 2017 · · Score: 1

    They create dark pockets where attackers can hide

    So the street light creates darkness? If anything, I'd say the streetlight reduces the size of dark pockets.

  24. Re:Simple solution on UK Police Seize 3D-Printed 'Gun Parts,' Which Are Actually Spare Printer Parts · · Score: 3, Funny

    Or that you can use replacement gun parts to make printers.

  25. Re:We're All Guily on US Executions Threaten Supply of Anaesthetic Used For Surgical Procedures · · Score: 1

    How does imprisoning imprisioners make us any better than the imprisoners themselves? Think about it for a minute.