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  1. Re:Cheney's clueless, it's not that easy on Dick Cheney Had Implanted Defibrillator Altered To Prevent Terrorist Attack · · Score: 1

    Which still wouldn't have anything to do with wireless interrogation or testing. Unless he's completely dependent on the device, being in complete heartblock, then he'd be fine until he had an arrhythmia requiring a shock.

  2. Cheney's clueless, it's not that easy on Dick Cheney Had Implanted Defibrillator Altered To Prevent Terrorist Attack · · Score: 4, Informative

    Classic case of the dumbasses we put in charge who go sticking their fingers in things they know absolutely nothing about. Cheney strikes me as a prepper and we need to keep dipshits like that out of office.

    These devices have to be "woken up" with a sensor placed on the chest. Then it'll communicate with the interrogation equipment which can induces shocks via a defribillation test. The range is limited to about 15 feet. Despite the wireless option being turned off, anyone with the device used to interrogate can still induce a shock with the chest sensor.

    Still, a shock could still be induced without the tech by causing artifact in the leads. Inappropriate shocks have been reported in people operating heavy equipment like jackhammers and chainsaws. So shake the shit out of him and he may get an inappropriate shock. Worst that would happen there is induction of ventricular fibrillation which would only cause an appropriate shock.

  3. Prolly trough a vein on Tiny Pacemaker Can Be Installed Via Catheter · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't want something implanted in my arterial system ready to shower clots in me. We don't put pacemaker leads in the arterial system, we put the leads through the venous system. Even a BiV pacer stunning the left ventricle does so through the venous coronary sinus.

  4. Hate unity? There are other *buntus. on Ask Slashdot: Are We Witnessing the Decline of Ubuntu? · · Score: 4, Informative

    I switched to Kubuntu simply because I hate Unity's minimalism and lack of customization and I hate Mint's sluggishness. I haven't looked back. I like *buntu distributions simply because they're the easiest to get up and running. Unless you need a highly customized Linux system, you can't argue with *buntu's simplicity when it comes to installation.

  5. US vs Apple on Apple Starts Blocking Unauthorized Lightning Cables With iOS 7 · · Score: 1

    How isn't this anti-competitive?

  6. Look at it this way on Measles Outbreak Tied To Texas Megachurch · · Score: 1

    You may fall victim to a side effect from any vaccine, but, comparing risk of side effects to risk of infection, you will get the disease it aims to prevent.

  7. One argument in the ISP's favor on EFF Slams Google Fiber For Banning Servers On Its Network · · Score: 1

    By making it difficult to run a server on Joe Schmo's DSL connection, you remove the problem of malicious servers (spammers, bots, etc). I'd love to run my own mail server the way things are going. I already use SSH to tunnel home and BTSync to keep myself out of the cloud.

  8. Tried it on A Year of Linux Desktop At Westcliff High School · · Score: 1

    Put Ubuntu on my wife's net book that was brought to its knees by windows 7. Perhaps it's just Unity, but she hates it. What's funny is she will click on Firefox until the window opens and she ends up with 20 of them! I made the analogy for her: click it once and windows thinks about opening it, but Linux WILL run it however many times you click it.

  9. Well that solves everything, but... on Monogamy May Have Evolved To Prevent Infanticide · · Score: 1

    ...you kill my kid and my wife and I fucking kill you slowly and painfully. Albeit, both parties still lose.

  10. I blame the metric system on Second SFO Disaster Avoided Seconds Before Crash · · Score: 1

    600 meters would be great on that approach! Wait, the altimeter shows feet? Oh shit.

  11. New polite Linux fork on Kernel Dev Tells Linus Torvalds To Stop Using Abusive Language · · Score: 1

    It'll respond to brute force attacks with gratitude and decline access and instead of interrupts it'll have a please-thank you algorithm. The only security issue will be using the word "please" to gain root privileges as it'll feel obliged to do as you ask when you use the magic word.

  12. If its like the healthcare bug... on Database Loophole Lets Legislators Avoid Photo Radar Tickets · · Score: 1

    ...it'll take a year to fix.

  13. Re:So sue 'em. on Whistleblowing IT Director Fired By FL State Attorney · · Score: 1

    I'm not arguing that. But they're citing incompetence. Now saying he cannot be trusted to set foot in the office casts doubt on that an implies retaliation for whistle blowing.

  14. Re:Does anyone know on George Zimmerman Acquitted In Death of Trayvon Martin · · Score: 1

    In my opinion, I fail to see how Stand Your Ground applied here. Even IF Martin threw the first punch, Zimmerman PURSUED him after a 911 operator told him not to follow him. Zimmerman put himself in a place where Martin felt the need to confront him and asked Why he was following him per witness testimony. It would've been entirely avoided had he stayed his ass in his truck like he was told.

  15. Re:So sue 'em. on Whistleblowing IT Director Fired By FL State Attorney · · Score: 5, Informative

    Florida is a Right to Fire... erm, Hire state. I always confuse the two words because whenever I hear the phrase, it's always used in the context of firing people. Anyway, incompetence is a Florida-based employer's way of firing you simply because they don't like you. If you don't cross enough T's and dot enough I's it is grounds for incompetence.

  16. Re:Expect more of this. on The Black Underbelly of Windows 8.1 'Blue' · · Score: 2

    Ha! My mind's made up. My next laptop will most likely be, unless M$ changes their ways, a dual boot linux-MacOS Macbook.

  17. Ewwww... on iOS 7 Beta 3 Now Available For iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch · · Score: 1

    Ugly as shit. Someone drown that Hello Kitty mother fucker.

  18. However, I don't mind Sony doing it so much since I can play online there for free. It's also less intrusive than Xbox. Microsoft, on the other hand, charges $60 a year for their services and spams the shit out of the home screen with ads.

  19. I've always wanted boobies on Neuroscientist: First-Ever Human Head Transplant Is Now Possible · · Score: 1

    Aside the whole paralysis thing, this sounds like a better method for gender reassignment surgery.

  20. I'll be a guinea pig.

  21. Leaves us guessing on Voyager 1 Finds Unexpected Wrinkles At the Edge Of the Solar System · · Score: 1

    We are but observers of a universe that doesn't talk. A comment in a previous article put it best (paraphrasing): I hope it smashes into a wall to leave us guessing.

  22. Double take on A Different Approach To Making Alternative Fuels Practical · · Score: 2

    Maybe it's because I'm sitting on the potty, but did anyone else read: "the feces of women worried about their aging skin?"

  23. Re:One of these things is not like the other on Sony, Microsoft Squabble Over Console Features, But the Real Opponent Is Apple · · Score: 1

    What's this "outside" you speak of? The weather is always nice in my house at 74 degrees. It does rain in the shower once a week, whether it needs to or not.

  24. Hmmm... on Lawmakers Try To Block Black Box Technology In Cars, DVR Tracking · · Score: 1

    The only footing I see here in the black box favor is it is monitoring what you do on a public street (which 99% of people are driving on 99.9% of the time).

  25. Next time.. on Canadian Couple Charged $5k For Finding 400-Year-Old Skeleton · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...turn it into doggy treats.