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  1. In violation of many Data Treaties on Privacy Oversight Board Gives NSA Surveillance a Pass · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Not only is it in violation of the US Constitution, but also the Canadian Constitution, and the EU-US Data Treaty that the Senate affirmed, making it more Law than Laws of Congress.

    But, hey, keep up this stuff and don't be surprised when the Guillotines start working non-stop.

  2. I don't trust the Internet on 30% of Americans Aren't Ready For the Next Generation of Technology · · Score: 1

    I for one, don't trust the Internet, and haven't since they let you civilians on to it back in the 1970s.

    But I do trust Internet2, which we don't let you on, and bask in it's fiery 100 GB/s pipes and 40 GB/s outlets while you squabble in the dark in sub 20 MB/s speeds.

  3. Re:US and Canada but not UK EU on Supreme Court Rules Cell Phones Can't Be Searched Without a Warrant · · Score: 1

    I love you too. But a few hundred women could easily disprove your assertion. I won't bother, because I know you're closeted.

  4. US and Canada but not UK EU on Supreme Court Rules Cell Phones Can't Be Searched Without a Warrant · · Score: 3

    In various rulings, the net result is the cops (FBI, NSA, SEC, State, County, Local) may not search your phone without a specific individual warrant.

    But the NSA is permitted to back collect the information from anyone you ever played a game with on Facebook, including their own avatars they created to "live" overseas to get around this data collection restriction. They also have ones inside WoW and other games like WildFire.

    Then they claim the information is "externally collected" and use it anyway.

    The UK EU Australia govts do the same thing to their citizens using our data collecting (illegal under data treaties) on them.

    Any questions?

  5. Re:Sellng widgets win wars on China Builds Artificial Islands In South China Sea · · Score: 1

    Well, people like me invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in China, first with Hong Kong and then further inland.

    The only problem is they failed to leapfrog development and are stuck in the Coal and Cement Age - a dirty grimy age of pollution and despair.

    They have the (stolen) tech. They just need to use it.

  6. Be a shame if we were to crash into this on China Builds Artificial Islands In South China Sea · · Score: 1

    You know, the strap on this thermonuclear bomb looks like it might break soon.

    Just saying.

  7. Cue Pacific Rim in 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... on Satellite Swarm Spots North Pole Drift · · Score: 1

    Rift opens in twelve.

    Hope you are ready for the Event

  8. Re:Correction on Continuous System For Converting Waste Plastics Into Crude Oil · · Score: 1

    Actually most money made from trash is made from burning it, and from mining methane from it. Look at any large scale company that operates landfills.

  9. Better to make them into 3D printer materials on Continuous System For Converting Waste Plastics Into Crude Oil · · Score: 1

    It's actually fairly cheap to manufacture "plastics" that can be used as raw materials by 3D printers from compostable materials that can be used to grow food if need be.

    We only use plastics that are oil-based because we have lots of cheap material and the sludge from the separator columns on the refineries needs to be used for something. We could easily replace those with vegetable based rotation crops that have oils - in fact major US research universities have the basic patents to do just that (e.g. University of Wisconsin (the other UW), WSU, etc).

  10. Not true - coal not "losing" on The EPA Carbon Plan: Coal Loses, But Who Wins? · · Score: 1

    I see you're new to how this works.

    Coal is heavily subsidized, both in extraction and in land lease conditions.

    In addition costs of pollution are rarely if ever borne by the miners or shippers.

    The only thing that is being changed is the conditions under which Power Plants burn coal.

    Water scrubbing has been used since (forever) to remove pollutants, including acidic CO2 and SO2 from coal but is rarely used for existing plants, and never for coal exported overseas. I used to clean the scrubbers from Tek Cominco stacks that basically operate the same way, in my first adult job.

    After these minor adjustments, coal will continue to be heavily subsidized at all other levels of production and distribution, just not as much at usage.

    Which will still make it artificially cheaper than wind, but not artificially cheaper than already cheap solar. Passive solar today is cheaper for heating/cooling in the US, and is near coal costs in active solar for certain applications.

  11. How To Tell You Live In A Dictatorship on Chicago Adding Sensors For Public Monitoring · · Score: 1

    see "public monitoring"

  12. Privacy in Constitution and US Data Treaty on Canadian Supreme Court Delivers Huge Win For Internet Privacy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It should be noted that not only do Canadian citizens have a Right of Privacy in the Canadian Constitution, but this overrides all agreements and treaties like the US-Canada Data Treaty so that US firms must ensure Canadians in their data have privacy as well.

    Period.

  13. Wait until USB3 on Starbuck's Wireless Charging Stations Won't Work With Most Devices · · Score: 1

    One that comes, all plugs will be power cords and everything will work together.

    One Plug to Rule Them All
    One Plug to Bind Them
    One Plug to Find Them All
    And in the power Blind Them

  14. Re:Not Really... on The Government Can No Longer Track Your Cell Phone Without a Warrant · · Score: 1

    A will work, B will work, C probably wont

  15. Re:Not Really... on The Government Can No Longer Track Your Cell Phone Without a Warrant · · Score: 1

    Actually, while this "should" work, it won't in actual practice. The phones have dual processors, the one that tracks movement through the accelerometer can have certain downloaded "app upgrades" that you thought came from the "store" but the store was actually the NSA clone with the "activate without screen wake" telemetry burst.

    We used to do this with printers in Iraq. What makes you think we care about Americans' Constitutional rights?

  16. Re:There's no "the Government" on The Government Can No Longer Track Your Cell Phone Without a Warrant · · Score: 1

    The world has lots of governments. Don't assume all Slashdot readers are American.

    Well, since the World Cup is on, it's a fair assumption.

  17. We don't need no steenking warrants! on The Government Can No Longer Track Your Cell Phone Without a Warrant · · Score: 1

    This only applies to the 11th circuit, and the NSA will continue to ignore the Constitution anyway.

    Please, you think you serfs have rights?

  18. Facial Recog has a high failure rate on Chicago Robber Caught By Facial Recognition Sentenced To 22 Years · · Score: 2

    Just saying.

    All this will do is put stupid people in jail, while high-stealing bank execs walk the streets free.

  19. Re:Today's Vancouver Sun says Canada spying on the on A Year After Snowden's Disclosures, EFF, FSF Want You To Fight Surveillance · · Score: 1

    twitter - no link for you - they changed the title twice - last title was "Government orders federal departments to keep tabs on all demonstrations" and also coverage of bill S-4 in Globe and Mail.

  20. Even better bundle on AT&T Charges $750 For One Minute of International Data Roaming · · Score: 2

    They now bundle "location services" for your AT&T credit card so that instead of somebody robbing you for your wallet, they now have to rob both your cell phone and your wallet, meaning you'll lose even more when you get robbed.

    It's a feature, not a bug.

  21. Re:Today's Vancouver Sun says Canada spying on the on A Year After Snowden's Disclosures, EFF, FSF Want You To Fight Surveillance · · Score: 1

    Yeah, basically we're paying foreigners to spy on us. Raisin our taxes 'n Outsourcing 'merican jobs. Great!

    Use 4k keys folks - the spooks really hate that! Takes at least twice as long to break our codes.

    Hey it's only $10,000,000,000 a year!

    Which if we spent on building wind and solar we would solve the Global Warming crisis with.

  22. I for one welcome our Canadian Battery Overlords on Group Demonstrates 3,000 Km Electric Car Battery · · Score: 1

    Vroom! Vroom!

    (or whatever sound a whisper quiet electric Tesla makes while it screams down Highway 1 at 200 kph)

  23. Today's Vancouver Sun says Canada spying on them on A Year After Snowden's Disclosures, EFF, FSF Want You To Fight Surveillance · · Score: 2

    So, it's not just the US spying on Americans in America, it's apparently Canadians spying on Canadians in Canada.

  24. Re:Behind the curve on Seattle Approves $15 Per Hour Minimum Wage · · Score: 1

    Resources cost money. You've obviously never run a business. I have.

  25. Re:Behind the curve on Seattle Approves $15 Per Hour Minimum Wage · · Score: 1

    Uh. Nearly 100% of the cost of goods sold is wages.

    No.

    It's packaging, shipping, advertising, and storage.

    Stuff like transportation and rent.

    Wages are a small fraction of the cost.