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  1. I think this is where they say on How to Maintain Lab Safety While Making Viruses Deadlier · · Score: 0

    Just because you can, does not mean you should! I am sure sometimes good things can come out of this type of exercise, but is it worth it once you weigh the risk / benefit ratio?

  2. Re:Real life is complicated on Suddenly Visible: Illicit Drugs As Part of Silicon Valley Culture · · Score: -1

    I never understood how someone could get addicted so easily. Then I was in an accident at work, and had two shots of Demerol in the E.R. This did not do much for the pain, it was still there. The Demerol just made me not care about the pain, and it was a very great feeling. This was about 14 years ago, and I still think about how wonderful that feeling was. I now understand how someone who has an weakness can become hooked on that feeling. Hmmmm, sounds like a song.....................

  3. Re:Bradbury's take on Ask Slashdot: High-School Suitable Books On How Computers Affect Society? · · Score: -1

    "Fahrenheit 451 might be too long, but germane.." What have the God dammed Germans got to do with this?

  4. MUSIC on Ask Slashdot: What To Do With New Free Time? · · Score: -1

    Finally master that guitar or other musical instrument that you have only picked up evry once in a while. Get outside, hunt, fish, sit under a tree and just let your mind wander.................. Do what you have not had time to do, but always wanted to. Only read /. when you have a few minutes of downtime while on the clock from now on.

  5. Re:Well... on US Near Bottom In Life Expectancy In Developed World · · Score: -1

    Well, I can tell you, I do not need a rifle with a high capacity magazine to hunt and kill a deer. I need high capacity magazines to protect myself from a tyrannical government. BTW, in my state of Missouri, I am already limited to hunting deer with no more than 5 rounds allowed in my firearm when hunting. -Speed

  6. Re:Why the lower receiver? on Makerbot Cracks Down On 3D-Printable Gun Parts · · Score: -1

    I don't know much about gun technology, so maybe somebody can explain why the lower receiver is the controlled part. Why not the barrel? It seems to me that the barrel is the heart and soul of a gun. You can make a gun with just a barrel and nothing else: it's called a cannon.

    Furthermore, I would think the barrel would be the hardest part to manufacture, given the forces and temperatures it must endure, and having to be perfectly straight, and rifled. I would imagine that 3-D printed barrels are probably a long, long way off.

    3-D printed receivers are already here, and only going to get better and cheaper. If they don't change the regulatory framework to start controlling the rest of the parts, then soon anyone that wants to will be able to make a gun at home and all the gun control laws in the world will just be so much pissing in the wind.

    The lower reciever is the part that is seralized and tracked. -Speed

  7. Re:My first computer on Sinclair ZX Spectrum 30th Anniversary · · Score: -1

    The Timex Sinclair 1000 with 16k of RAM was also my first computer. It was the first and only item my family ever purchased off of one of those shopping channels on our new cable TV service. I think the price without the ram pack was $99.00. I was in 7th grade, and begged my parents to get me one. I am so glad that they did!

  8. TSA screener identified only as 'Jennifer, on Interview With TSA Screener Reveals 'Fatal Flaws' · · Score: -1

    Yea, they did such a good job of obscuring her face!

  9. Re:Best Buy lies to consumers on Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn Resigns After $1.7 Billion Loss · · Score: -1

    I was in a similar situation about 5 years ago in my local BB. I did step in and voice my opinion. The manager did not appreciate it, and I have never been back in that store again.

  10. First! on FBI Says Smart Meter Hacks Are Likely To Spread · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Post!

  11. Re:Bye, Samsung! on New Samsung TV Watches You Watching It · · Score: 0

    I just bought a new 2011 Samsung on clearance, I am glad i got the one I wanted before they came out with this! I will not buy another Samsung.

  12. Re:I like acting on Help Rename the Department of Homeland Security · · Score: 0

    I agree 100% with this .00000001 percent-er!

  13. Re:Sounds like you need a tech solution on FAA Goes To the Web To Fight Laser-Pointing · · Score: 0

    Well, try to picture this. someone holding a very high powered blue laser in their hand (May be seen up to 42 miles away I am told) This person just moves their wrist back and fourth in a rapid sweeping motion. How much area of sky can be covered in just a few sweeps back and fourth in front of the plane? My blue laser is way more powerful than I imagined it would be. (Wicked Lasers - Artic) I live about 20 miles from an airport, and the planes do sometimes fly very close to my house coming in on approach. I do not play with my laser outside as I have seen just how easy it would be to accidentally sweep a plane and I enjoy my freedom too much to chance it. If you have not seen what $300.00 US can buy in the last few years as far as lasers go, you should look into it a little more. It is amazing at how powerful and small they have gotten. They are nothing like the red key chain lasers many posters seem to be equating to in their posts. I am sure some of the incidents have been from cheap low power lasers, but it seems very easy to have a high powered one get you into trouble.

  14. Re:I've got it. on FBI Wants You To Solve Encrypted Notes From Murder · · Score: 0

    No, it says "Don't taze me bro!". At least that is what I got out of it.

  15. Fourth on $30 GPS Jammer Can Wreak Havok · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Fourth post!

  16. Re:What to do, oh what to do... on Intel Buys McAfee · · Score: 0

    Two chicks at once. I think with 7 Billion, I could make that happen. Just kidding! I know I am on /.

  17. Re:Fake on Girl Quits On Dry Erase Board a Hoax · · Score: 0

    Yes, but I can't wait to see her on Tosh.0 in a few weeks. That may make it worth it, fake or not!

  18. Re:So question on RIAA Accounting — How Labels Avoid Paying Musicians · · Score: 0

    I am not sure how this relates to today's market. 15 years ago, if you had a hit in the top 100 you were pretty much guaranteed $100,000 per year from royalties. At least that is what I was told when I was working at a recording studio and this subject came up.

  19. Re:Pictures? on South Korea Deploys Killer Robot In DMZ · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I saw this robot in person. It looks just like Laura Croft.

  20. Re:Carbon Footprint? on How Sperm Whales Offset Their Carbon Footprint · · Score: 1

    So do sperm whales have their own giant version of Mr. Hankey, and is his wife a giant lush?

  21. Re:Please! on Shedding Light On the Black Art of IT Management · · Score: 1

    Apparently the moderator has never managed an EPO server or this would be at least a 2. I know what you are saying brother!

  22. Re:Tracing back to a user on AOL Releases Search Logs of 657,427 Users · · Score: 3, Funny

    I just traced all of your searches, I know who you are. You are Kevin Bacon!

  23. Re:Move New Orleans on 9 Weeks to Pump Out New Orleans? · · Score: 1

    Build a hotspot, they will come..............Or a Starbucks.