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  1. Verizon FIOS does the same in No VA on RoadRunner Intercepting Domain Typos · · Score: 3, Informative
  2. Bush has agreed to pardon the telcos? on White House Says Phone Wiretaps Will Resume For Now · · Score: 1

    How else could he continue to get unfettered access to the phone systems?

  3. What if the trolls don't want to settle? on Lawmakers Debate Patent Immunity For Banks · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Can't they go to court and say the patent is worth more?

  4. Re:It's of no consequence on US Set to Use Spy Satellites on US Citizens · · Score: 1

    No Senator or House member is going to allow the President to alienate the lobbyists(aka campaign money tit). That would threaten their reelection, which is the elected official's top priority at all time.

  5. Re:XP SP3? on Vista SP1 Release May Be Near · · Score: 1
  6. Penny wise and pound foolish on IBM Responds to Overtime Lawsuits With 15% Salary Cut · · Score: 4, Insightful

    15%? That's cheap compared to the damage from the loss of morale and confidence in management.

  7. ATF should be abolished on More Federal Workers are Telecommuting · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Alcohol and tobacco should be regulated by the FDA, and firearms and explosives by the FBI.


    Every federal agency should have to periodically justify its existence and some should be abolished. An agency can be outdated or it's functions better done by another agency or the states. Unfortunately the federal government has become a jobs program.

  8. Where in the story does it say Warrantless? on US Policy Would Allow Government Access to Any Email · · Score: 1

    If it were known that the plan expected doing searches without a warrant it would have been in the first sentence.

  9. It's a start, the postal system should be next. on White House Gets Green by Putting Federal Budget Online · · Score: 1
    I don't remember the last time I received something via snail mail that couldn't have been sent via email and the web. Bills, stock notices, adverts, etc.


    500 trees is a pittance compared to what could be saved.

  10. I can't power up the laptop ... on US Courts Consider Legality of Laptop Inspection · · Score: 2, Insightful

    the first TSA guy took the battery. http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/28/1944208

  11. Isn't this what my tax money is supposed to fund? on Bill Gates and Microsoft Fund Telescope · · Score: 3, Insightful

    As opposed to the bridge to nowhere or the Woodstock memorial.

  12. Use Arizona's anti-illegal immigrant method on Data Theft Soars to Unprecedented Levels · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Knowingly having an unsecure system or not doing basic security due-diligence causes penalties, a second offense and you lose your business license.

  13. Who chose the images of metal grinding? on How To Tell If It's Really Titanium · · Score: 0
    You've got cast iron, steel, aluminum and ... and where's the titanium? The entire article is about how to tell if the metal is titanium. They even mention to look for white sparks as the telltale sign.


    DOH!

  14. Re:Global warming on Extreme Christmas Lights In Orlando · · Score: 1
    Allowed? In a truly free society everything is assumed to be allowed unless there's a good reason to outlaw it. A nanny state does the opposite.

    What this has to do with global warming I'm not sure.

  15. Problem with modified athletes ... priorities on Swedish Athletes Back GPS Implants to Combat Drug Use · · Score: 1
    Getting results now is a higher priority over the medical consequences later. Owners and agents will pump athletes full of god knows what and how much just to make a buck.


    If the athletes and the athlete's union want to cover 100% of those consequences then so be it, but I should not have to pay for Barry Bond's liver problems caused by steroid abuse.

  16. How about fixing the quality of the laptops. on Dell's Linux, IT Re-Invention · · Score: 1

    10% of our D520s have had to have motherboards replaced because the onboard Ethernet goes tango uniform.

  17. Flying? on Flying Humans · · Score: 1

    Are their any true airfoils involved? This seems like nothing more than a creative way to fall.

  18. How do they know it's my DNA? on $999 For a Complete DNA Scan, Worth it? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    What if I sent a swab from a perspective mate to see what genetic anomalies she may contribute to offspring? What if I sent a swab from my child to see what genetic anomalies they may have? In neither case would it be consensual.

  19. Will its speed change? on Voyager 2 Set to Reach Termination Shock · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Now that the tailwind has slowed down.

  20. Shared? on Japan to Start Fingerprinting Foreign Travelers · · Score: 5, Interesting
    So the Japanese fingerprint the Americans entering there and the US fingerprints the Japanese coming here, and then sharing is permitted. So in reality each government is getting access to its citizens fingerprints without violating any privacy laws.


    Am I supposed to just accept that this violation-by-proxy is legal?

  21. Please read the EULA agreement ... on Backing Up Your Brain · · Score: 3, Funny

    "All of your ideas belong to us."

  22. Army? on Predator-Style Helmets Allow Pilots to See Through Planes · · Score: 3, Informative
    "... which kinda makes you wish you were in the army."


    The Army flies helicopters, not fixed-wing aircraft.

  23. Re:It's a shame. on REAL ID In Its Death Throes, Says ACLU · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Let's be honest there is no additional privacy problems with RealID." The government wants to share data with Mexico, Europe and Canada and you don't consider that a privacy problem? The government want to eventually get RFID into DLs and you don't consider that a privacy problem? Let me guess, you are from North Korea or the former East Germany?

  24. Re:Suspicious... on Microsoft Plans $500 Million Chicago Data Center · · Score: 1, Funny

    440k ought to be enough for anyone.

  25. This might overturn the old adage ... on Genetic Modification Produces Mighty Mouse · · Score: 1
    "The early bird gets the worm, bit it's the second mouse that gets the cheese."


    These mice may be quick enough to not only get the cheese but also leave a tip. And if you piss them off they will move the loaded mousetrap onto your bedroom floor.