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  1. Re:What's so funny about an illegal war? on Google News Has Russian Army Invading Savannah, GA · · Score: 1

    I also wondered why they didn't collapse that tunnel, or at least severely damage the Entrance/Exit.. I mean if you were worried about Russian interference it would only make military sense... Actually regardless of this outcome, it would probably solve a lot of problems to destroy it anyway.

  2. Re:Privacy? on EFF Warns That Email Privacy Is In Jeopardy · · Score: 1

    Actually email is more similar to mail than a postcard in that you do have to open it. Of course there is no way to tell if an email has been opened by someone else.

    I am on the side that knows it's not secure, but it is a matter of professional ethics that you should expect that it is private.. Just as you should expect that people in the medical profession will protect your privacy.. Sure anyone in the hospital can find out what's wrong with you, but would you expect the janitor to be fired for looking at your records ?.. Would you expect someone visiting the hospital to be arrested for going through records ? .. Would you expect the police to be able to look at your records without a warrant ?

  3. Re:Don't know about their airline on Airline Cancels All Flights Booked Through Third-Party Systems · · Score: 1

    And now I like them even more for requiring Silverlight on their destinations map

  4. Don't know about their airline on Airline Cancels All Flights Booked Through Third-Party Systems · · Score: 1

    But their website sure is cheesy looking.

  5. Re:I just booked a trip to Europe on Airline Cancels All Flights Booked Through Third-Party Systems · · Score: 1

    Cause of course Hostel was a true story.

  6. Re:Chips.. just because they can ? on Chipped Passport Cloned In Minutes · · Score: 1

    Well, think about what information your checking.. all you are checking is the information entered into the passport. If you are wanted for a crime that information would not be on the passport, so a remote database would have to be checked anyway.

    As to airlines, you usually have to provide a passport number if you purchase international tickets in advance. They have plenty of time to verify that that person is not on a no-fly list.. Usually at the ticket counter the passport check is just basic ID and to show it's you and that you have a passport so you can enter the country they are flying you to. I have not purchase "spur of the moment" international airline tickets, but I imagine there are extra hoops to jump through for you and the airline.

    For passport control, I don't see why it should be a slow system.. and transferring data internationally is not a big deal either.. you figure what 5k of text, and maybe 100k for a jpg (tops)

  7. Direct route on Fingerprint Test Tells Much More Than Identity · · Score: 1

    I gotta wonder who thinks up these strange paranoid scenarios where the employer would do something like this.. If an employee is suspected of drug use, why would you test their keyboard as opposed to just giving them a flat out drug test ?,, If you were strange enough to do something like testing of keyboards at night, you would still have to verify anything by doing a real test.. You know, one of those tests where you sign that that is "your" sample in the sealed bag.. It sounds like a waste of time and money to pre-test someone using their keyboard. No one is going to be fired based upon the company playing lab technician.. lawsuit waiting to happen.

  8. So The question is.. on New Map of Carved Up Arctic · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Where are the other 4 5ths of undiscovered oil ?.. and further, how much is a fifth of undiscovered ?.. how does it compare in volume to discovered oil ?

  9. Chips.. just because they can ? on Chipped Passport Cloned In Minutes · · Score: 1

    Doesn't it make more sense to keep using the bar code system they already have on passports with the data tied to the passport stored remotely ? Storing data on the passport itself makes no sense.

  10. priceless on Hacking Ring Nabbed By US Authorities · · Score: 4, Funny

    hacking ring responsible for stealing more than 40 million credit and debit card numbers from retail organizations in the US have been caught and charged.

    To which they replied.. "put it on the card"

  11. Re:Oh yay on TSA To Allow Laptops In Approved Bags · · Score: 1

    I don't see how you flying "supports" the TSA.. and I myself certainly don't fly "just because i can".. I fly when I need to, or when I feel there is a benefit. A 500 mile trip can certainly be driven, but there are 8 hours in which I must watch out for other people to veer off and run into me. There is also wear and tear on my vehicle, and then I also take into account how I will feel physically after 8 hours of driving.

    I don't really worry about terrorists, or mechanical failures, or pilot error.. there is a risk, but I suspect there is a greater chance that someone will fall asleep on the road and slam into me head-on if I drive a long distance.

  12. Re:Huh on New Olympics Scoring: No More Perfect 10.0 · · Score: 1

    The sex of these good programmers is irrelevant.

    And often nonexistent.

    Score -5 ... too easy

  13. Re:More ambition than sense on SpaceX Launch Fails To Reach Space · · Score: 1

    China and Bill Clinton also had a problem with an Intelsat 708 where it crashed into a village

    Alright, please explain the Bill Clinton part of it.. Did he push the wrong button ? .. or are you saying that he had to deal with the political problems resulting from a crash ?

  14. Re: Privacy Needs A Rethink! on Where To Draw the Line When Punishing Email Snooping? · · Score: 1

    I all for open source.. but I don't think I want an open source life.

  15. Re:Usability is a matter of opinion on How To Fix the Poor Usability of Free Software · · Score: 1

    I don't do a lot of animation.. just a few animated gifs here and there, so I am not sure what animation support is missing in Gimp ?? .. I found it to be pretty easy. I learned it without so much as reading a help file. Not disputing you, but I was just curious what it is that's missing ?

  16. Re:So, what is the problem? on Yahoo Blocks Venerable Email List Over False Positives · · Score: 2

    Not sure why you are marked "off topic".. What you say is true from a receivers point of view.. What I would do if I was the sender though, is create a little informative email telling the Yahoo users what the deal is, and recommending that if they wish to continue getting the newsletter that they new a new email provider.. and then send to the Yahoovians using a different email address.. for irony, maybe even use Yahoo to send it.

  17. Re:Wow on Using Sun's Energy to Split Water Means Solar Power All Night · · Score: 1

    Yeah, Sun's on fire.

  18. Re:It's not as bad as you think... on The War Against Virtual Beer Pong · · Score: 1

    Yeah, back when I was a 18 year old youngster in the Army (a very long time ago) we had a beer machine in the barracks.. but we didn't use it much, cause being in Germany at the time, there were better beers than that canned American crap.. I was also in Kentucky before the laws you posted passed.. I imagine that covers the EM club, and PX, but I am willing to bet they still have beer machines in the barracks.. which don't ID anybody.

  19. Re:Cuil Proves Nothing on Cuil Proves the Bubble Is Back · · Score: 1

    Ok, I just got to know how the US government subsidizes fuel..

  20. Re:Gasoline?!? on Practical Jetpack Available "Soon" · · Score: 1

    I'm wondering about a combination of helium pack & electric fans.. might not get the speed but would still be cool.. have to wonder how big the packs would have to be to lift a 180 person though... if it gets to be "car size".. well then, may as well shoot for the flying car instead.

  21. Re:Mish-mash on KDE 4.1 Released, Reviewed · · Score: 1

    You can still tweak everything in Gnome, It's just not as easy as ticking off a check box.. requires some thinking.. To change some colors, and design your own theme means loading up gimp, editing some .rc files in a text editor, and compressing your files in a folder with ark.. takes a little smarts.. So who is really treating their users as retarded ? ... Next thing you know, KDE will have a check box that says.. "Do stuff I want"

    But seriously.. the whole idea that gnome is designing with a 'users are retarded' philosophy is not quite correct. I think they have a pretty good set of gui configurable options.. could they use more ? probably.. but it's not quite as bad as the KDE guys seem to make it out to be.

  22. Re:Inflation/Deflation on Software Price Gap Between the US and Europe · · Score: 1

    The Euro has never been 1 dollar to 1.5 euros.. It started out at $ 1.15 to 1 euro in 1999 ... In Late 2000 through most of 2002 it was the majority of in the upper .80's and .90's Mostly in the 90's(cents to the euro).. so average case scenario at this time was say... .87 cents for 1 Euro.. So 1.5 Euros would cost $1.30... at the euros absolute lowest .8525 cents to the Euro (Oct 2000) 1.5 Euros would cost you $1.28

    Here's a chart.. http://www.economagic.com/em-cgi/data.exe/fedstl/exuseu+2
    It's been pretty strong since 2003

  23. Re:The Republicans are correct on FCC Votes To Punish Comcast · · Score: 1

    Well.. there may have been a case for sexual harassment in the workplace.. However, this whole thing was brought about by a third party recording a telephone conversation. The morals of whether or not someone has an affair, even if that person is the President, have nothing whatsoever to do with whether or not it is illegal. Nothing illegal happened. Your married boss may be sleeping with the receptionist at work.. and although you don't like it, if the receptionist is doing it willingly then that is his, the receptionists, and the wifes business to sort out.. not anybody else's.. It is a strange country where people think that the President is like some deity, that should be held up to the utmost moral standards on the one hand, and yet be able to do all kinds of illegal nasty shit on the other, with "executive privilege".

  24. Re:The Republicans are correct on FCC Votes To Punish Comcast · · Score: 1

    You know.. in cases of divorce, or rape, maybe prostitution.. I can see someone being dragged into court, to ask if they have or not have had sex with someone.. The fact that any of the whole Lewinski - Clinton thing made into a courtroom (other than divorce), is like the stupidest waste of taxpayer money ever. The whole thing is a laughable and absurd.. that you find the whole "definition of word" the most disturbing thing about it is quite funny too.

  25. Re:What makes you think the DEA needs street view. on Google Caught On Private Property · · Score: 1

    Naww,, but there is this program called CAMP.. and they fly all around in helicopters looking for pot.. Personally I doubt that street view is going to find much. Most people are not stupid enough to grow in plain view of even their private access roads.. It's grown away from you in amongst the Manzanitas.. and often on nearby public land.