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  1. Re:No protection against self incrimination ... on Former Police Officer Indicted For Teaching How To Pass a Polygraph Test · · Score: 1

    It depends if the theater is on fire.

    I would like the guy to plead not guilty and have the trial about the validity of polygraphy.

  2. A piece of aluminum was found in the Pacific? on Researchers Claim Metal "Patch" Found On Pacific Island Is From Amelia Earhart · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Wasn't there a LARGE conflict in the Pacific during the '40s.
    Wasn't there a lot of aluminum used on the ships and aircraft in this conflict?

    Thank you for playing ... NEXT!

  3. Misleading? IT'S CALLED FRAUD! on FTC Sues AT&T For Throttling 'Unlimited' Data Plan Customers Up To 90% · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Bait and switch is illegal. Where are the criminal indictments against the decision makers?

  4. Re:Litigious Forbearance on What Will It Take To Make Automated Vehicles Legal In the US? · · Score: 1

    The manufacturers are going to need panoramic camera views that show the vehicle stayed in its lane, wasn't going too fast, maintained safe distances to other vehicles and also shows a darwin award winner walking into the path of traffic while texting.

  5. Re:someohow I think on "Police Detector" Monitors Emergency Radio Transmissions · · Score: 1

    Did the FCC permit any states or DC to make radar detectors illegal? Last I heard the FCC has exclusive authority to regulate radio receivers.

    IANAL and I don't know if it has been tested in court.

  6. Does he have a patent or copyright on his blood? on The Man With the Golden Blood · · Score: 1

    If big-pharma uses his blood to make a product does he get a piece of the action?
    Does he have a say in how it is used?

  7. Re:Good luck with that. on Rite Aid and CVS Block Apple Pay and Google Wallet · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Current account? It's your checking account.

    There are bad ideas out there but few come close to this one. Allowing retailers the ability to directly deduct money from your checking account is a hackers wet dream.

  8. Let me guess, it will be based on your SSN on Identity As the Great Enabler · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Any solution that comes from bureaucrats should be immediately discounted.

    I suspect it will be too easy to compromise, inflexible and require antiquated, proprietary technology.

  9. Ad-free, how about government free on Ello Formally Promises To Remain Ad-Free, Raises $5.5M · · Score: 1

    It would be nice if the company was run from a country that didn't throw its constitution out the window when it becomes inconvenient.

  10. Re:Nah, this is just stage 1 NOT on Hungary To Tax Internet Traffic · · Score: 1

    Stage 1 was confiscation of private pensions. No nation can not tax or confiscate its way out of political incompetence and corruption. This road leads to anarchy or war.

  11. Let's start by closing the front door on Ebola Does Not Require an "Ebola Czar," Nor Calling Up the National Guard · · Score: 1, Interesting

    It would go a long way if the US refused direct commercial flights to and from the countries with outbreaks, and refused entry to anyone that has been in one of those countries in the past 3 weeks. The exception would be for US citizens and they should go through quarantine.

  12. Chicago caught red handed gaming the system on Speed Cameras In Chicago Earn $50M Less Than Expected · · Score: 1

    http://www.chicagotribune.com/...

    Thousands of Chicago drivers have been tagged with $100 red light fines they did not deserve, targeted by robotic cameras during a series of sudden spikes in tickets that city officials say they cannot explain, a Tribune investigation has found.

    The Tribune's analysis of more than 4 million tickets issued since 2007 and a deeper probe of individual cases revealed clear evidence that the deviations in Chicago's network of 380 cameras were caused by faulty equipment, human tinkering or both.

  13. How many patches did MS push down today for IE? on Confidence Shaken In Open Source Security Idealism · · Score: 1, Insightful

    And this makes how many?

  14. I'm surprised it took so long on The Executive Order That Redefines Data Collection · · Score: 1

    Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.

    - John Adams

  15. Re:Corporate taxes on To Fight $5.2B In Identity Theft, IRS May Need To Change the Way You File Taxes · · Score: 1

    regression is easily fixable.

    Determine what the average sales tax a person at the poverty line would pay in a month and have the government send a check every month to every citizen for that amount - 5%. The minus 5% is because everyone should pay some taxes.

    Warren Buffet gets a check for the same amount as the poorest person in Detroit.

  16. Re:God Damn It Shoot the Fools on Secret Service Critics Pounce After White House Breach · · Score: 1

    Getting your name above the fold would hardly be a deterrent.

  17. Re:Most taxes are legalized theft on New Global Plan Would Crack Down On Corporate Tax Avoidance · · Score: 1

    ... in any way that gets them reelected.

    A bit closer to reality.

  18. Baltics are next if the West fails to respond on Russian Military Forces Have Now Invaded Ukraine · · Score: 3, Informative

    Appeasement only makes the aggressor more aggressive.

  19. Can we stop using the word 'TAPE' on U.S. Senator: All Cops Should Wear Cameras · · Score: 2

    It's 2014 and nobody uses tape to record. Recorded data should be sent to a remote data store that the defendants, PD and DA have read only access to.

  20. Re:One rule on U.S. Senator: All Cops Should Wear Cameras · · Score: 1

    I agree, but let's start with the IRS on this one. The feds have had data retention rules in place for many years but if the DA refuses to prosecute the guilty it's a toothless rule.

  21. Re: The problem with the all robotic workforce ide on Humans Need Not Apply: a Video About the Robot Revolution and Jobs · · Score: 1

    The New Deal didn't work either.
    http://www.loc.gov/teachers/cl...

  22. Another sign NASA is circling the drain ... on The Flight of Gifted Engineers From NASA · · Score: 3, Insightful

    NASA headquarters staff votes to unionize.
    http://www.ifpte.org/news/deta...

    Anyone with the slightest objectivity knows that the working conditions for federal employees in Washington is glorious, with pay about double what everyone else in the country makes and benefits far exceeding even the best private packages. In addition, the hours are great and just slightly longer than what my generation would have called bankers’ hours. Moreover, if I can be blunt, these engineers are mostly paper pushers. They are not the one’s designing and building anything that might fly in space. Their only reason to unionize now is because they see a threat to their cushy jobs with the advent of private space and are organizing to secure their unneeded positions.

  23. What if Ireland seized the data? on Judge: US Search Warrants Apply To Overseas Computers · · Score: 1

    And told the US courts that it must make its request through them.

  24. Is it a legitimate collection? on 35% of American Adults Have Debt 'In Collections' · · Score: 4, Informative

    The Michigan teachers union sics bill collector on former members after they legally opted out of the union:
    http://poorrichardsnews.com/po...

  25. It will be used as a trough for political cronies on SpaceX Executive Calls For $22-25 Billion NASA Budget · · Score: 0

    This is just more SLS type pork.