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  1. Fine print on New Face Paint Protects Soldiers Against Bomb Blasts · · Score: 4, Funny

    * Not effective against effects of a bomb if you are the one wearing the bomb.

  2. Re:Our Dutch and French Masters on Android Piracy Sites Seized By US Government · · Score: 2

    Yes. I'll have to rethink my dreams of supporting an extravagant lifestyle by posting on Slashdot.

  3. Re:Our Dutch and French Masters on Android Piracy Sites Seized By US Government · · Score: 1

    Seems satire is harder to recognize than I thought.

  4. Our Dutch and French Masters on Android Piracy Sites Seized By US Government · · Score: 1, Funny

    When will we throw off the tyranny of Europe and their wild view of copyright? I for one am tired of having to jump every time some Dutch or French bureaucrat decides our copyright enforcement is too lax.

  5. Re:Dismiss every drug case on DEA Lack of Data Storage Results In Dismissed Drug Case · · Score: 2, Informative

    Did you even read the summary? It has nothing to do with illegal drugs. It's about illegally selling prescription (legal) drugs.

    They guy was selling to people that didn't have a prescription.

  6. Re:This, despite precedents protecting new reporti on Cables Show US Seeks Assange · · Score: 1

    Ah, that is a different question that the one you posed before. The concept of something being just isn't constrained by jurisdiction. If you give someone a gun and tell them to kill a third party in a different country, and they do, it would obviously be just to hunt you down (how you are hunted is yet a different matter). How about just telling them to kill? Or telling them to steal something?

    The theory is that if you are involved in a statute crime involving US interests, it is just to seek you out for punishment.

    You can argue if something should be a crime, or the level of involvement. You can also argue if seeking someone is worth it (i.e. conspiracy to jaywalk). But that's the theory.

  7. Re:This, despite precedents protecting new reporti on Cables Show US Seeks Assange · · Score: 1

    Google is your friend. Here's the theory:

    http://www.davidzapp.com/2011/11/10/application-of-u-s-laws-outside-u-s/

    This one gives a list of potential laws that might be enforced:

    www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/94-166.pdf

    Note that the crime does not have to be direct. That's why there is the whole "conspiracy to commit."

  8. Re:This, despite precedents protecting new reporti on Cables Show US Seeks Assange · · Score: 1

    My #2 has nothing to do with leaking information or obligations to keep a secret. It concerns Assange hypothetically assisting Manning in hiding Mannings involvement. I'm not talking about Assange saying he won't say it was Manning. I'm saying if Assange offered any technical advice to Manning on how to secretly transfer information in order to hide Mannings involvement, that could fall under the area of conspiracy. Discussion or assistance of a crime is conspiracy. Doesn't matter if the party would otherwise be shielded by law. The conspiracy itself strips those protections. Same would happen with a lawyer.

    As for where the law applies, many laws apply outside territories.

  9. Marketing on Is Windows 8 Microsoft's Riskiest Bet? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It won't be a total flop. They'll market the hell out of it. Heck, the IE9 ads are so flashy, you'd think they reinvented the internet and if you don't use IE9, you're SOL.

    If they can do that for IE, imaging what they can do with Win8.

  10. Re:This, despite precedents protecting new reporti on Cables Show US Seeks Assange · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you had read the article, you'd see that it is based on the Australians speculating. There's not much to quibble with the speculation (though the Slashdot title is misleading).

    But you'll also note that they think an indictment would be based on conspiracy. And in that area, journalists can get nailed. If you are just receiving information, journalistic protections are fairly powerful. But if you work too closely with the informant, then conspiracy can raise its head.

    Let me give two examples (hypothetical):

    1) Manning sends Assange the files unsolicited. Assange would be protected.
    2) Assange discusses with Manning how to hide his involvement in the disclosure. The discussion might lean towards conspiracy.

    The first was just receiving information. The second crosses the line from just transferring information to other activities.

  11. Re:Apologies on Kentucky Lawmakers Shocked To Find Evolution In Biology Tests · · Score: 4, Informative

    As someone also from Kentucky, I'm happy to point out that there don't seem to be very many of these guys. The article only mentions a couple.

    Everyone is getting upset that "Kentucky is demanding ..." No, just two whack jobs. The legislature hasn't done anything.

  12. Re:He REALLY pissed off governments.... on UK Authorities Threaten To Storm Ecuadorian Embassy To Arrest Julian Assange · · Score: 1

    You'll note you still haven't actually heard anyone threaten to storm an embassy. You've heard Ecuador claim that's what the note says. And it might. But I'd like to see the note. The exact wording may make a difference.

    There's a chance it points out that harboring a fugitive is against certain rules and that they would be within their rights to enter and detain him. There's a big difference between saying "We will do X" and "We could do X." And it's a negotiating gambit.

    The normal response is to claim you've been threatened. It would be smart for Ecuador to do just that. Maybe that's what they did.

    This is what happens every time someone hides out at an embassy. The host country sends a letter protesting, noting what response is within their legal rights. Then negotiations begin.

  13. Re:We're flushing away the ecology on Widely Used Antibacterial Chemical May Impair Muscle Function · · Score: 1

    I wasn't aware that Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis was a chemical.

  14. Re:1700 miles a *second* ??? on NASA Testing Supersonic X-51A Jet Tomorrow · · Score: 2

    Hear that whooshing sound? That's not the X-51. That's a joke going over your head.

  15. Re:1700 miles a *second* ??? on NASA Testing Supersonic X-51A Jet Tomorrow · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nope. It's correct. They are launching over the Pacific ocean. They expect it to disappear off the left side of the map and reappear on the right side of the map about 14 seconds later. 24,000 miles divided by 14 seconds gives you 1700 miles/sec.

    Maybe they should use a globe.

  16. iPhone abnormalities on "Severe Abnormalities" Found In Fukushima Butterflies · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Since 11 March 2011, there have been a number of abnormalities in they iPhone species. Several new variants have been noted in the wild and some characteristics disappearing altogether. One variant since Fukishima has even been seen with dual nervous systems.

    The study concludes that electronics sources have been mutated due to ionizing radiation.

  17. Re:Oblig xkcd on DOJ Says iPhone Is So Secure They Can't Crack It · · Score: 1

    Since it is not expressly forbidden, they may be tempted to test if it is.

    Whack!
          "Is that cruel?"
    Whack!
          "How about now?"
    Whack!
          "How about now?"
    Whack!
    .
    .
    .

  18. Re:Top ten Obama lies about Romney on Man Orders TV On Amazon, Gets Shipped Assault Rifle · · Score: 3, Funny

    What does a Canadian band have to do with Obama and Romney?

  19. Re:Pregnant? on Man Orders TV On Amazon, Gets Shipped Assault Rifle · · Score: 5, Funny

    Frail? Hell! I was scared shitless every time my pregnant wife picked up scissors. Anything sharper than a butter knife was an excuse to go to the store.

    An assault rifle in the house would have meant waking up to a loud bang in the middle of the night and bloody "can I sleep on your face" cat entrails blasted across the room. If I was lucky.

  20. Re:Pregnant? on Man Orders TV On Amazon, Gets Shipped Assault Rifle · · Score: 1

    A pregnant woman is less likely to have fun with an assault rifle

    And more likely to get down to serious business.

  21. Re:Anonymous Speech, First Amendment? on Paid Media Must Be Disclosed In Oracle v. Google · · Score: 1

    It would apply if they were anonymous. Google and Oracle know who they are. They paid them. And if they were paid, then there exists the possibility that the content (speech) was not entirely theirs, but Google's and Oracle's.

    The judge is asking Google and Oracle for list of who may have spoken on their behalf.

  22. I had high hopes on Physicists Demonstrate Quantum Router · · Score: 1

    From the title, I was hoping to be able to do some nano-scale woodworking.

  23. Alternative on NRC Accused of Ignoring Proliferation Risks With SILEX Enrichment · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The alternative is to not build a SILEX plant in the US.

    And what will the results be? Will no one else build them? If the technical hurdle, as the article claims, is the laser system, and if they are getting easier to produce, then it seems unlikely that no one else will produce a SILEX plant.

    Therefore, the danger does not stem from the US building a SILEX plant. It stems from laser research. So why doesn't the article insist we stop researching lasers?

  24. Geez! on Mac OS X Mountain Lion Gets Three Million Downloads In 4 Days · · Score: 0

    Another botnet story?

  25. Re:Snake Bites Own Tail on Apple In Trouble With Developers · · Score: 1

    Quezovercoatl