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  1. Security? on Flash Is Dead; Long Live OpenFL! · · Score: 0

    How is openflash supposed to more secure than adobe flash?

    How do we know this isn't an NSA front organization?

  2. IAU has zero authority on IAU To Uwingu: You Can't Name That Martian Crater Either · · Score: 1

    Where does the IAU get off with this insistence that it has the power to name everything in space, from craters to the smallest boulders. Pompous aholes.

  3. Please cite your source. I might agree if this were a 3rd generation vehicle with 10000+ already on the road and a proven track record.

  4. "Anonymous anti-abortion extremist" on BPAS Appeals £200,000 Fine Over Hacked Website · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If the perpetrator was sent to jail how is this 'anonymous'?

    How do you know this wasn't a simple extortion for money scheme?

  5. Using battery technology from the Boeing 787? on Inside Boeing's New Self-Destructing Smartphone · · Score: 1

    In that case it should be easy and in this case it will be a feature.

    http://www.usatoday.com/story/...

  6. Additional Cuban troops arrived too on Internet Shutdown Adds To Venezuela's Woes · · Score: 1

    https://pjmedia.com/ronradosh/...

    Maduro wants no possibility of an Arab spring or Ukraine revolt

  7. California Drought Isn't Due To AGW, But Politics on US Secretary of State Calls Climate Change 'Weapon of Mass Destruction' · · Score: 1

    http://news.investors.com/ibd-...

    Environmental special interests managed to dismantle the system by diverting water meant for farms to pet projects, such as saving delta smelt, a baitfish. That move forced the flushing of 3 million acre-feet of water originally slated for the Central Valley into the ocean over the past five years.

  8. Re:Maybe if the US stopped using fraudulent data on US Secretary of State Calls Climate Change 'Weapon of Mass Destruction' · · Score: 1, Troll

    If the data to support AGW is so overwhelming there would be no need to cook the books.

    BTW, we are experiencing the Third Coldest Winter On Record So Far In The US

  9. Maybe if the US stopped using fraudulent data on US Secretary of State Calls Climate Change 'Weapon of Mass Destruction' · · Score: 1, Troll
  10. yes on Can Electric Current Make People Better At Math? · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's called negative feedback. Up the amps.

  11. Differentiating between people and animals? on South Koreans Using Kinect To Monitor DMZ · · Score: 1

    What are people insects or vegetables?

  12. U.S. Willing to Talk if Snowden Pleads Guilty on Russia Plans To Extend Edward Snowden's Asylum · · Score: 5, Insightful

    http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01...

    His response should be "you first".

  13. How does this keep salaries down? on How Silicon Valley CEOs Conspired To Suppress Engineers' Wages · · Score: 2

    How is this not self-defeating?

    I would expect higher salary offers coming from outside the colluding companies. This would push many applicants to smaller shops and spread the wealth.

  14. Re:Certainly the government can make sure it's saf on Regulations Could Delay or Prevent Space Tourism · · Score: 1

    The first civilian was Niel Armstrong.

  15. HOSTS file on Ask Slashdot: Are AdBlock's Days Numbered? · · Score: 4, Informative
  16. Hanging is quick not too messy on Controversial Execution In Ohio Uses New Lethal Drug Combination · · Score: 1

    Make it public, so society can see and experience what happens to the worst of the worst.

    Madoff types should be up first along with those that physically assaulted the defenseless.

    The prisons could be cleaned out by reforming the drug laws and putting down the most violent.

  17. Value-added service to push Google+ on Google Removes "Search Nearby" Function From Updated Google Maps · · Score: 2

    This is feature they plan to roll into a pay-for-use service sold to non-Google+ customers and free for Google+ customers, after you sign in.

  18. Re:Is it bad that I instantly assumed it's in the on Man Shot To Death For Texting During Movie · · Score: 4, Informative

    Regulation probably would not have helped. The shooter is a retired cop. Almost every jurisdiction with gun restrictions makes exceptions for active duty and retired cops.

  19. Re: i hope people with SCADA systems learned. on Hackers Gain "Full Control" of Critical SCADA Systems · · Score: 1

    Then use a VPN. This allows remote access without internet access.

  20. Who has shutter control? on Swarms of Small Satellites Set To Deliver Close To Real-Time Imagery of Earth · · Score: 1

    NSA, CIA, NRO, Israel , ???

  21. Kickstart outside SEC jurisdiction on The SEC Is About To Make Crowdfunding More Expensive · · Score: 0

    Unless the SEC sets global regulations?

  22. AGW is religion, not science on Helicopter Rescue For All Passengers Aboard Antarctic Research Ship · · Score: 0

    1. Antarctic Global Warming Expedition Ship Trapped in Sea Ice. You may have heard about the Russian vessel trapped 100 miles away from land in 10 feet thick ice in Antarctica and how three ice breakers have failed to rescue it. What you may not have heard is this ship is filled with Climate Scientists studying Global Warming. They are comparing data from 100 years ago when there was no sea ice in the same location.

    2. Yachts Trapped in Sea Ice in the Arctic Last Summer. You probably didnt hear about all the yachts, sailboats, rowboats, and kayaks that got trapped by sea ice while trying to sail the fabled Northwest Passage. They were promised an ice free passage.

    3. Global Sea Ice at Record Levels. Al Gore and John Kerry 5 years ago predicted that 2013 would be ice free in the arctic. You probably havent heard that the exact opposite came true. 2013 is currently at the second highest volume of sea ice ever recorded and will probably break the all time record before the season is over.

    4. Half of Meteorologists Dont Believe in Global Warming. Nearly half of meteorologists and atmospheric science experts donâ(TM)t believe that human activities are the driving force behind global warming, according to a survey by the American Meteorological Society.

    5. Only 75 Climate Scientists Believe in Global Warming. You probably have heard ad nauseum that 97% percent of Climate Scientists believe in global warming. That stat was based on a study which counted only 75 of 77 Climate Scientists. Compared to the over 31,000 scientists who have signed a petition saying they dont believe in Global Warming. Thats only 2.3 in 1,000 or .23% of scientists that actually believe in Global Warming.

    6. NASA caught fudging historical temps to make it look like the globe is warming. By massively cooling the past in their recent graphs, NASA has exaggerated the amount of warming they report by nearly twice as much as they did 13 years ago.

    7. Polar Bear Population at Record Levels. Since we've been keeping count the Polar Bear population is estimated at a record high of 20k to 25k. 5,000 are expected to be born around the New Year in Russia alone.

    8. Obama Allows Wind Farms to Kill Eagles Without Penalties. Over 50 years ago the green movement started with the book Silent Spring which alleged that DDT was killing the Bald Eagle. Now we have come full circle by allowing wind power companies to kill eagles without penalty because its good for the planet.

    9. The Oceans Arent Rising. Remember in 2009 when the officials of the Maldives held a press conference under water to show that their islands were sinking because of global warming. Well a new study do

  23. Re:Further disconnect from the "GOP". on New Study Shows One-Third of Americans Don't Believe In Evolution · · Score: 2

    The Republicans are currently in an upheaval. You've got the corporatists(big banks, conglomerates and security/military industries) on one side that wish to maintain the corporate welfare state and too-big-to-fail conglomerates, and the tea party on the other that wants a federal government that is much smaller, almost libertarian.

    Unfortunately the money is with the corportists.The real energy though is with the tea party.

    The evolution issue will get fixed with time.

  24. Congress should require NSA to reveal exploits on The Startling Array of Hacking Tools In NSA's Armory · · Score: 1

    If Congress required the NSA to reveal exploits of US made products within 30 days it could boost US sales.

  25. Re:Loophole closed on Italy Approves 'Google Tax' On Internet Companies · · Score: 1

    What loophole? Is it only a loophole when you don't agree with it?

    Google is serving ads from everywhere.

    Maybe a consumption tax on goods and services would be better for the 21st century.