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  1. Sunlight Rule would help put an end to this on Bush Signs Bill Enabling Martial Law · · Score: 1
  2. Epitome of Shallowness on How Animatronic Clothes Work · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The fashion industry has no redeeming value whatsoever.

  3. If these are explosives, then why aren't bullets? on Backyard Rocketeers Keep the Solid Fuel Burning · · Score: 1

    It appears that model rocket fuel has been arbitrarily singled out since there are so many other chemicals with greater destructive potential.

  4. Re:impossible wtf or impossible, wtf? on Dutch Securing E-voting After Being Pwned · · Score: 1

    The problem with a national 'fix' is that politics has infected everything done at the national level. Legalized influence peddling would ensure that a trusted election process could never occur.

  5. Keep it simple ... on Firefox Accepting Feature Suggestions for Version 3 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Make it fast, compliant and secure. Leave everything else to extensions.

  6. Will the CyberCrime Treaty trump Google? on Google Denies Data In Brazil Orkut Case · · Score: 1

    If Brazil says its request is to stop child porn ...

  7. Will governments require data be stored locally? on Google Denies Data In Brazil Orkut Case · · Score: 1

    "If you want to do business in our country you must agree to store data in a manner that allows the local judicial system to subpoena it."

  8. Re:Why Only U.S. & USSR, Not Russia on The Man Who Literally Saved the World · · Score: 1

    It was the Soviet Union. Referring to the USSR as Russia is like saying Texas when you are talking about the USA.

  9. Interesting Antitheft Possibilities on 500 Miles on a 5-Minute Recharge? · · Score: 1

    Electrifying certain interior components to taser levels if the car is not entered properly.

  10. Wait for IE7 ... on Browser Vulnerability Study Unkind to Firefox · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm sure Microsoft will have ironed out all security problems with this version.

  11. Re:Get rid of the A-10 on The US Navy Says Goodbye to the Tomcat · · Score: 1

    No doubt ... another candidate for a one-way ticket to Caracas.

  12. Good plane, but too expensive to fly and maintain on The US Navy Says Goodbye to the Tomcat · · Score: 1

    The F18E Super Hornet cost per flight hour is 40% of the F14 Tomcat and requires 75% less labor hours per flight hour.

  13. Doing something because others are doing it??? on Vista Startup Sound to be Mandatory? · · Score: 1
    "Did you know that Sony has a built in sound?" he said. "Did you know that Toshiba has one?""

    Just because others are doing it is no reason for MS to do it. Do it or don't do it because it's the right thing to do.

  14. Patriot Act Violation? on YouTube Used for Whistleblowing · · Score: 1
    Could this guy be charged with aiding the potential terrorists by going public with weaknesses in homeland security systems. I'm not saying it would be justified, but Lockheed Martin has a lot of friends in powerful places. I could see this guy being made an example of to dissuade others doing the same thing.

    This kind of asymmetric journalism could throw a major wrench in the typical damage control playbook of the government and big business.

  15. Re:If this is true... on The Light Bulb That Can Change the World · · Score: 1

    Do not originate in Iran? Please site your source. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/transcripts/2314secr. html Iran has motive and opportunity.

  16. MPAA is probably demanding DRM be included on Video Projector on a Chip? · · Score: 1

    Otherwise this new technology will be responsible for the downfall of civilization. At least it will provide them with another dead horse to beat when theater revenues drop even lower.

  17. Ok if playing against Yankees, Knicks or Rangers on An Open Source Security Triple Play · · Score: 1
    Hopefully your IT security has a bit less random chance than these sporting event's rare occurrences.

    I suspect the black hats use the same metaphors to describe success, including goooooooooooooooooal!

  18. ALBUQUERQUE ... and another on Photograph the Police, Get Arrested · · Score: 1

    ALBUQUERQUE -- Undercover officers with the New Mexico Department of Public Safety that were out Saturday night trying to bust drunks leaving bars arrested three men for videotaping them. The three men showed up in court Sunday morning with an attorney to fight the felony charges they are facing. Jacob Traub owns the Downtown Distillery, David Garcia and Lance Gomez both work for him. One criminal complaint says an officer asked one of the men to stop videotaping for security reasons since he was working undercover. The complaint also says the man told the officer they were harassing the customers in the bar. The men's attorney Paul Kennedy told KRQE News 13 that they were videotaping on a public street and there is nothing illegal with what they did. "Every citizen has a first amendment right to videotape public officers in the performance of their duties on public property and that's all that was going on here," said Kennedy. Deputy Director of the Special Investigation Division Jim Plagens spoke with KRQE News 13 regarding the arrest. "These three individuals were arrested for obstruction of the administration of the liquor control act. To comment any farther at this point, I think would be inappropriate," said Plagens Kennedy plans on filing an injunction in state court and a civil rights lawsuit. All the men are charged with obstruction of the administration of the liquor control act. They are out on bond and allowed to go back to work. http://www.krqe.com/expanded.asp?ID=15249

  19. So Let's Raise the Retirement Age on Modern Humans Far More Robust Than Ancestors · · Score: 1

    If the evidence says that we are going to live healthier longer into old age then let's raise the retirement age for collecting social security benefits. The current system is a ponzi scheme that needs some serious help to keep it afloat. Raising the retirement age would appear to a logical start.

  20. Will photo blocker help? on License Plate Tracking for the Average Citizen · · Score: 1

    Is there anything that is invisible to the naked eye that would block these cameras?

  21. Too Early for Slashdot? on New Alzheimer's Drug Shows Promise · · Score: 1
    That progress is being made is great, but isn't it a bit premature to be announcing this on Slashdot? It seems to me that a Slashdot story would only be appropriate once human trials show promising results.

    Otherwise are we going to see stories on every new potential wonder drug coming down the pipe?

  22. National Safety Transportation Board? on Lithium-Ion Batteries Linked to Airplane Fires · · Score: 1

    Musta been the fumes comin' off the batteries.

  23. Re:Protect the Airports? on Northrop to Sell Laser Shield Bubble for Airports · · Score: 1

    AAMs or SAMs? The Stinger and SA-7/14/18 are SAMs. The Sidewinder, Phoenix and Atoll are an AAMs.

  24. Re:so? on EU Fines for Microsoft Approved, Off the Record · · Score: 1
    "It would be pretty much the best-case scenario for everyone except Microsoft."

    And Microsoft's shareholders.

  25. Why two words? desalination / desalinization on New Nano Desalinization Method · · Score: 2, Insightful
    As far as I can gather they mean the same thing ... removing water from salt. Does having two similar sounding words to describe the exact same thing add any value to the English language? Why not use just one of the words(somebody choose) and eliminate the other to reduce dictionary clutter?

    It reminds me of the contention between regardless and irregardless. Yeah, I hate irregardless too.