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  1. Re:I hate the word "they" in blanket statements. on US To Deploy Ballistic Missile Interceptors In Response To North Korean Threats · · Score: 1

    I'm sorry. Welcome to the real world, where it is Us vs Them tribal "bullshit."

    Just what do you think we are? We are tribal. We just have a lot of crap piled up on top of those foundations.

  2. Because the great circle course from china to the US shore is... along the US pacific coast! The same equipment can defend against Chinese missiles. By nullifying their projection, our own projection reaches farther.

  3. Re:Socialism at it's finest! on US To Deploy Ballistic Missile Interceptors In Response To North Korean Threats · · Score: 1

    Surprise surprise, a "communist" country that isn't actually communist.

  4. Re:Ok... on Windfarm Sickness Spreads By Word of Mouth · · Score: 1

    There's only a small difference between lazy and efficient...

  5. Re:Danger. on Brian Krebs Gets SWATted · · Score: 1

    They are. Rather, the "real" firearms are. That's why this particular hoax involves a SWAT team - Special Weapons and Tactics. These are the guys wearing the heavy body armor, carrying automatics and the like. I'm sure you have something equivalent. You can be sure they don't get dispatched without cause, because they break down doors, carry flashbangs and the like.

    Totally different beast than an officer checking things out.

  6. Re:Arcfour on Cryptographers Break Commonly Used RC4 Cipher · · Score: 1

    Yes, but if you send the same file over and over, the compression isn't going to stop this attack from working.

  7. Re:Arcfour on Cryptographers Break Commonly Used RC4 Cipher · · Score: 1

    Compression is deterministic. Compress the same data, you get the same output.

  8. Re:Scientific basis on Using Truth Serum To Confirm Insanity · · Score: 1

    Would you consider sensory deprevation to be violence? I see what you are saying, but I think that relies on you having a very particular definition of violence.

    Oxford has this to say about it, and this is in line with what I think of, personally:

    * involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something
    * strength of emotion
    * unpleasant or destructive natural force
    * (Law) the unlawful exercise of physical force or intimidation by the exhibition of such force

  9. Re:Scientific basis on Using Truth Serum To Confirm Insanity · · Score: 1

    Thank you for saying what needed to be said. I'd have modded you up if I had points at the moment.

  10. Re:who else is insane? on Using Truth Serum To Confirm Insanity · · Score: 1

    Insane and it's various synonyms do not mean what you seem to think they mean.

  11. Re:Good luck for Holmes on Using Truth Serum To Confirm Insanity · · Score: 2

    Well then it's a good thing the judge would not be administering the test itself!

    (I hope he wouldn't be)

  12. Re:thought police on European Parliament Decides Not To Ban Internet Porn · · Score: 1

    I may not like the idea, but I would bet men are more susceptible to using sexuality in advertising. Note I merely said "more" - this is an important word in my sentence.

  13. Re:Let's see . . . on 'Freedom of Information, Finally Made Easy' by MuckRock (Video) · · Score: 1

    We don't want MORE taxes. We want the existing taxes to be spent more appropriately/intelligently. Do that, and suddenly you have the budget to do the things that should be done. Of course, good luck making that happen. But that's why they call this a discussion.

  14. Re:Mr President on U.S. Calls On China To End Hacking; Start Cyberspace Dialogue · · Score: 4, Informative

    You are not funny.

  15. Re:Let's see . . . on 'Freedom of Information, Finally Made Easy' by MuckRock (Video) · · Score: 1

    We pay taxes. The personnel and supplies required for transparency should be paid for from that.

  16. Re:It's a flawed way to keep a site up. on Game Site Wonders 'What Next?' When 50% of Users Block Ads · · Score: 1

    Then you have the small population that actively hates any kind of advertising.

    I have never responded positively to an advertisement. If I buy your product it was because I saw the actual product, or was told about it by someone I trust to know about those kind of things.

  17. Re:It's a flawed way to keep a site up. on Game Site Wonders 'What Next?' When 50% of Users Block Ads · · Score: 1

    I'm not going to feed the paywall either. So either way, they don't get any cash from me.

  18. Re:New and interesting technology on Mobile Sharing: "Bezos Beep" Vs. Smartphone Bump · · Score: 1

    Just spew on the frequencies used for data encoding. No need to use the whole spectrum.

  19. Re:That's his right on Seattle Bar Owner Bans Google Glass, In Advance · · Score: 1

    Last I checked you could buy alcohol outside of bars, and drink it with your buddies to boot.

    Sure, if the bar doesn't want your cash... that's their choice to make.

  20. Re:I was so upset at the reminder of his death... on Google Doodle Celebrates Birthday of Douglas Adams · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's funny though, how accurate that idea is. That's exactly what orbiting is - falling, but moving sideways so fast that you miss the ground.

  21. What doodle? on Google Doodle Celebrates Birthday of Douglas Adams · · Score: 1

    I'm getting the standard Google logo.

    Does it not work when you use SSL?

  22. Re:Would have liked to play it... on EA Offering Free Game to Users After SimCity Launch Problems · · Score: 1

    No, it's not. Would you call iTunes DRM? No. It uses it, but it is not the primary function.

  23. Re:Would have liked to play it... on EA Offering Free Game to Users After SimCity Launch Problems · · Score: 2

    Erm, if I'm disconnected when I launch it, I get asked if I want to start it in offline mode.

  24. Re:Well no shit on Planescape: Torment Successor Funded In 6 Hours · · Score: 1

    You N'wah!

    Actually I never did play Daggerfall or Tribunal. I have them. Have had them for ages...

    Maybe I should install the damn thing again.

  25. Re:As opposed to actual Model Ms which are still m on Cherry's New Keyboard Switches Emulate IBM Model M Feel · · Score: 1

    I used to have a Model M. But I don't know what ultra means, I don't know the difference between classic, windows, and linux, etc.