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  1. Re: ALL telephones in Afghanistan ? on WikiLeaks: NSA Recording All Telephone Calls In Afghanistan · · Score: 1

    Not sure if you're joking, you are the one that said the US could be considered a 3rd world country. As another poster already replied to you, the US is 3rd in the world for number of mobile phones in use and that number is greater than the US population. I'm not sure if you're North American but if you think it would be profitable for any company to put towers out in the vast open expanses of the western United States, you're crazy. We have had universal landline access for most of the last century that provides the communication for people that choose to live in such remote locations. I'm not sure where you're getting your numbers since you fail to cite any of your facts, but I think your metrics are wrong.

  2. Re:ALL telephones in Afghanistan ? on WikiLeaks: NSA Recording All Telephone Calls In Afghanistan · · Score: 1

    Russia can call the US a third world country when it comes to mobile phone penetration - with good reason.

    And how many 3rd world countries have near universal telephone service? You do realize the US has 141 Million landlines and 286 Million mobile phones in use as of 2009?

  3. Re:Observers on Actual Results of Crimean Secession Vote Leaked · · Score: 1

    read the last part of the sentence, having their military observers sent away with warning shots was part of the reason they didn't send in referendum observers, in addition to believing the referendum itself was illegal.

  4. Re:Observers on Actual Results of Crimean Secession Vote Leaked · · Score: 1
  5. Re:Original iPads Work Well ... on iPad Fever Is Officially Cooling · · Score: 1

    iOS 7 was pushed out early to support the 5S release, the 7.1 update vastly improved the performance on iPhone 4

  6. Re:This is Why Notch Dropped the Deal on How Facebook and Oculus Could Be a Great Combination · · Score: 1

    It's not that VR is best suited for games, but the amount of money gaming enthusiasts plunk down in order to squeeze out a bit more performance probably makes gaming the best incubator for the technology to reach the price point that others can then also use it. If not gaming, then something related to sex they way it helped make VCR's mainstream, but FaceBook is likely to prevent that avenue.

  7. Re:Quick, Slashdotters! on Typo Keyboard For iPhone Faces Sales Ban · · Score: 1

    perhaps I'm missing something, but Apple didn't make or sell this keyboard add-on

  8. Re:Inaccurate the Security update fixes a ton of i on Apple Drops Snow Leopard Security Updates, Doesn't Tell Anyone · · Score: 1

    try right-clicking the "Upgrade to Mavericks!" and it will give a drop down option to hide the upgrade ;)

    Oh and there is a version of Security Update 2014-001 for Mountain Lion. If your App store still doesn't show it you can go to http://support.apple.com/downl... and download/install manually.

  9. Re: compare water usage with "average"? on California Fights Drought With Data and Psychology, Yielding 5% Usage Reduction · · Score: 1

    And farmers want to farm where it only (on a good year) rains for half or less of the year, so what's the difference? It's crazy that "free market" "get the government out of my life" conservative farmers in the US West want highly subsidized water so they can grow extremely water intensive crops, like alfalfa, in dry, often desert, locations. Its very possible to farm with much less water, for instance Isreal has reclaimed desert into farm land by using advanced techniques to stretch the water they use as far as they can, but US farmers have mostly up to now refused to invest in the technology as long as they get to pay much less for water than the other consumers.

  10. Re:Rand Paul is the only honest politician left. on Rand Paul Files Suit Against Obama Over NSA's Collection of Metadata · · Score: 1

    Bush and the Republicans in Congress kept the 2 wars out of the Budget, refused to raise taxes for the first time during prolonged war, and passed Medicare Part D unfunded.

    The deficit during Barack's 5 years has shrunk faster than any time since the end of WWII - all while coming into office during the biggest recession since the Great Depression, saved the American auto industry and dependent suppliers keeping people in jobs which prevented the tax base from decreasing further and help maintain the rest of the economy.

  11. Re:Rand Paul is the only honest politician left. on Rand Paul Files Suit Against Obama Over NSA's Collection of Metadata · · Score: 1

    Bush passed Medicare Part D unfunded and then started 2 wars that were kept out of the budget (until Barack was elected) and then didn't raise taxes to pay for the wars which had never previously happened in American history, but yes keep believing Obama is spending more than Bush. Never mind that over the last 5 years we've had the fastest shrinking deficit since the end of WWII.

  12. Re:Makes sense on Shuttleworth: Apple Will Merge Mac and iPhone · · Score: 1

    Windows 8 is the best desktop environment there is for ME.

    FTFY

  13. Re: Why we have a 5th Amendment on Bennett Haselton's Response To That "Don't Talk to Cops" Video · · Score: 1

    I never had a problem buying a firearm with my license having a different address. Maybe I had to show a power bill, but I can't recall.

  14. Re:Why we have a 5th Amendment on Bennett Haselton's Response To That "Don't Talk to Cops" Video · · Score: 1

    kind of hard to punch out a perforated form from a website ;) and i don't recall it having an option to print anything

  15. Re:Why we have a 5th Amendment on Bennett Haselton's Response To That "Don't Talk to Cops" Video · · Score: 1

    Now, if you didn't know the address thing, and you gave an address different than your license, you'd be cited for the infraction.

    California rarely re-issues new licenses until yours is about 12 or so years old and then makes you come in for a new photo, so I've spent most of my adult life with a license having a different address than my current residence. As long as you notify the DMV within 10 days with a Change of Address you're fine and will not run foul of the law.

  16. Re:Dear Facebook.... on Brazil Announces Plans To Move Away From US-Centric Internet · · Score: 1

    except in China.

  17. Re:The author is either a shill or a pawn of Googl on Verizon's Plan To Turn the Web Into Pay-Per-View · · Score: 1

    Everything you've stated is true, but typically the ISP does not show the cap in the advertising and just compares everything in regards to upload and download bandwidth.

  18. Re:Are ghettos really that bad? on Could Technology Create Modern-Day 'Leper Colonies'? · · Score: 1

    Leave your car unlocked in San Francisco and you're likely to find that someone with much lower hygiene than you spent the night in it, and hopefully they didn't decide to use it as a toilet on their way out.

  19. Re:no ghettos pre-internet? on Could Technology Create Modern-Day 'Leper Colonies'? · · Score: 1

    so legitimate and justified the 911 operator told him it wasn't necessary. I'd love to see how you would react to being persistently followed by a stranger. If the last few days haven't gotten you Zimmerman apologists to rethink what kind of person you're defending you're hopeless.

  20. Re:proving parent right... on Indiana Man Gets 8 Months For Teaching How To Beat Polygraph Tests · · Score: 1

    Actually, he accidentally saw a large amount of cash after one of his clients came back because the hide was overstuffed and jammed shut. He then continued to alter other cars for the client but after this client was later busted he ratted on the installer and helped the cops with a sting.

  21. Re:No on Microsoft Drops Price on Nokia's 41-Megapixel Phone · · Score: 1

    It hasn't even been "released" for 2 months, so I would argue the price dropping so quickly is news.

  22. Re:In Soviet Russia.. on Russia Issues Travel Warning To Its Citizens About United States and Extradition · · Score: 1

    I believe the U.S. government, along with Columbia, consider FARC to be a Narco/Terrorist organization, so I could see that as a reason the U.S. government would try to prosecute their weapon supplier.

  23. Re:The claim of first drone landing is incorrect ! on First Successful Unmanned Drone Landing On an Aircraft Carrier · · Score: 1

    it's particularly noteworthy that he's the only president ever with an MBA

    Why is having an MBA so important and distinctive as opposed to other higher degrees held by some Presidents? It didn't seem to help him run businesses well, even if he personally profited handsomely?

    He's far from the only President to have an Advanced Degree and certainly doesn't hold the highest. According to this site, these Presidents all had Advanced degrees:
    John Adams - Master's degree
    John Quincy Adams - Master's degree
    Woodrow Wilson - Doctoral degree
    Bill Clinton - Juris Doctor
    George W Bush - Master's degree
    Barack Obama - Juris Doctor

  24. Re:NIMBY on The Aging of Our Nuclear Power Plants Is Not So Graceful · · Score: 1

    One of the most practical aspects of France's nuclear industry is because it's nationalized they settled on a single (Westinghouse) reactor design. Training for one facility is training for all. Safety lessons learned at one facility, work equally well at all other locations. It also allows for reduced costs in the building and maintaining of facilities.

  25. Re: Well... on Of 1000 Americans Polled, Most Would Ban Home Printing of Guns · · Score: 1