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  1. Re:right. on Megaupload.com Shut Down, Founder Charged With Piracy · · Score: 3, Funny

    So that's about 5 Metallica songs?

  2. The dollar is obviously speaking loudly on SOPA and PIPA So Far · · Score: 1

    I think some more attention needs to be aimed at the big businesses supporting these laws and how they will benefit the law makers supporting it. There is a screaming loud uproar of the People against it, yet our lawmakers are scratching their asses and sniffing their fingers in contemplation over it. Forget about the bottom line of campaign funds and fucking think of your constituents' interest. In fact, many of these old farts are in the generation stereotype of not understanding the Internet except for what someone tells them and the dollar can help make a lot of sense to people like that.

  3. Um... Why? on Google Patents Caching MLK Day Search Results · · Score: 1

    To pay restitution to slave descendants or is thus whitey taking another stab at... well, you know.

  4. Where anonymous data fails on Facebook To Share Private Data With Politico · · Score: 1

    Coorelation. If you combine enough data, you can identify the people that make it up. For example, the malls that were tracking people via cellphones. Combine that with sales data from merchants, and you can see what individual people were buying and filter out window shoppers from legitimate shoppers. So who is willing to go the distance on this and delete their facebooks?

  5. Re:This won't work on New Cable Designed To Deter Copper Thieves · · Score: 1

    It may take a while, but eventually thieves making a business of this will see a vanishing return on stolen copper. A good "business man" in this case will move on to something else. Will it completely stop theft? No, but it is a start.

  6. Re:No Hollywood money for Obama 2012... on White House Opposes Key SOPA Provisions · · Score: 1

    As he's already in office, that'll make this run cheaper for him. Now, it would be smarter for a GOP candidate to support it unconditionally.

  7. Re:Erm... on Diebold Marries VMs with ATMs to Secure Banking Data · · Score: 1

    I'd say who the hell would try to rob an ATM in the first place, but then people do. My fiancé works at a bank that recently got broken into and the guys tried to break into the ATM. They busted the lock on it at which point the alarm went off (way after they shattered the glass door). It took Diebold 8 hours to drill their own ATM and get the money out. In my old IT job I had to support communications for a few ATMs. The guy that filled it fucked up and put the wrong bills in the wrong slot. So the bank came out and investigated. They downloaded some info from the machine which I assumed was a local log of card swipes and transactions done. It raises the question: if an attacker cut the phone line/cat5 coming out the back, then how would the bank investigate it?

  8. Re:Ken Murray's blog on How Doctors Die · · Score: 2

    In a perfect world, yes. However, this is a story about one doc he has turned into a hasty generalization. I'm an RN in a ICU and "medically futile" is a word I am all too familiar with. I've heard docs say they're going to have their DNR and signature tattooed on their chest, but I've more often seen doctors put themselves through the pain and anguish he speaks of. I even cared for a doctor's mom with a prognosis that left little to no hope of recovery, but we pressed on despite torturing her all because Mama's boy, MD wanted it done. These guys are human and sometimes emotion clouds rationality. And not all ICU stays are a painful experience. We have great drugs and a vigilant nurse will make sure you're as comfortable as possible. That may not always be painless, but hospital beds aren't magic. You don't get well just laying in one. It always requires work from the patient whether it be walking even when it hurts, using the damn incentive spirometer no one wants to be bothered with, or dealing with some temporary discomfort you should've known you'd have after having open heart surgery.

  9. Re:Yea, well... on Imgur.com: Why We Dumped GoDaddy · · Score: 1

    I feel offended, and so should every other Godaddy customer, they didn't think we'd see through the bullshit recant. So they're history. Just transferred all the domains I own or manage. Godaddy really punched themselves in the dick on this one.

  10. Re:Why would they have problems suing him? on Man Changes Name to "Mark Zuckerberg" After Facebook Sues Him · · Score: 1

    Giving feedback to /. for this article, IMHO, lacking merit to make the front page.

  11. Could lead to cheating on NFL: National Football Luddites? · · Score: 1

    Say a guy up in the booth or even on the sidelines could place the opposing players formation on a virtual field. He could then punch in the receivers routes, ball handoffs, etc. and name the play. Or if the play was already in, that information would spring up and the information could be relayed to the defense. I don't see how that would be much different from the Patriots scandal.

  12. Re:Why would they have problems suing him? on Man Changes Name to "Mark Zuckerberg" After Facebook Sues Him · · Score: 0

    I still don't give a shit.

  13. Re:Its a battle win, maybe not victory. on No SOPA Vote Until 2012 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Retardican primary votes when the media's too busy covering Rick Perry's latest stupid statement

    Right, cause bipartisan politics has done wonders for the countries so far. Cut that shit and get in the mindset of working with a diverse crowd to stop it. How about you look up why we have parties and see why they are no longer any good to us and only make the American people hate each other. Take any democrat and republican and you'll see they agree on something.

  14. I've heard this before... on Facebook Could Spawn Thousands of Milionaires · · Score: 1

    PUMP AND DUMP, BABY!

  15. Re:USB 3.0 or proprietary? on Microsoft Working On Kinect 2 · · Score: 1

    Proprietary and the cable will be sold separately.

  16. Re:Ye$! on Obama Orders Federal Agencies To Digitize All Records · · Score: 1

    I think there's better places to start. Elect to stop spending money on something, rather than spend money to save it an indefinite amount of time down the road.

  17. Ye$! on Obama Orders Federal Agencies To Digitize All Records · · Score: 0

    Let's spend some more cash. Balance my fuckin' budget, B!

  18. Re:Wouldn't trust Zuckerberg to watch my dog on Facebook Settles With FTC, Admits Privacy Violations · · Score: 1

    Well, only of they put it in there to begin with. I always tell people not to trust big business no matter what they tell you. Do you really think Zuckerberg values the interest of someone who won't make his earnings in 10 lifetimes?

  19. Re:Mixed Feelings. on Facebook Settles With FTC, Admits Privacy Violations · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Agreed. The damage is done and irreversible and Facebook is getting off pretty much free for it. All of those companies that had accessed that data is sitting on top of it now and can do whatever they would like with it.

  20. Re:democracy on 15 Years In Jail For Clicking 'Like' · · Score: 2, Insightful

    As far as asking us to respect the king they love so much, keep in mind Americans have come to love their freedom of speech. That said: Fuck that king. I'll shit in his shoes. Bet he has a severe case of short dick syndrome. You can tell him I said it.

  21. Bipartisan = fail on Debt Reduction Super Committee Fails To Agree · · Score: 1

    This is where I feel bipartisan politics fails everyone. We end up fighting each other, disagreeing seemingly just for the sake of disagreeing and forget that we're all going to have to give up something to come to a solution. No one wins. A while back I suffered some cutbacks at work, so I had to drop some cable channels, quit going to the gym and use the free one at my apartment complex, and limit eating out to once (if at all) a pay check. Those weren't huge sacrifices, just luxuries, but I pulled through a difficult period of lower income until I got a better offer. Quit fucking arguing and fix the shit. Bottom line. No one that really matters will blame you if you fix the bigger picture.

  22. The first? Living under a rock. on How Ford Will Upgrade Owners' Display Screens · · Score: 1

    I've been updating my Dodge Charger's touchscreen headunit for 3 years now. Can download it off the Internet or pick up a CD at my dealer.

  23. So... on Apple's New Patent Weapon — Location Services · · Score: 1, Interesting

    So Apple is gonna sue all GPS manufacturers? The government? Nice.

  24. Here is why on Why Economic Models Are Always Wrong · · Score: 1

    If you laid all of the economists in the world end to end, you still wouldn't reach a conclusion. Duh.

  25. Re:Get rid of the celebrities... on HPV Vaccine Recommended For Boys · · Score: 1

    Yes, the few instances of adverse reactions versus the thousands or millions falling I'll and spreading the disease sounds far better. It's easier to be told what to think rather than think for yourself. Some people think they cannot e held accountable when they're told what to think.