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  1. Re:can be argued for other things too on Why OldTech Keeps Kicking · · Score: 1

    Software trying to interpret driver's intent? That's the last thing I want in dangerous road conditions -- I need to be in control of my vehicle. Maybe someone else can demonstrate that this actually improves safety, but I'm not signing up for any pilot program, so to speak.

  2. Re:can be argued for other things too on Why OldTech Keeps Kicking · · Score: 1

    People have this idea in their heads that things with electricity can break while things without electricity can't. You trust the engineer to design a mechanical steering system that won't break, and you don't trust that same engineer to build an electric steering system that won't break. Funny, that.
    I don't think the mechanical systems are immune to failure, but I'd still like to protect myself from electrical system failure. Drive-by-wire introduces new ways for me to lose steering control without cutting down any others.

    BTW, if people cover their heads/necks to protect from falling debris, do you think they're assuming nothing will fall on their legs?
  3. Re:Hillary, anyone? on IT Workers Split For McCain, Obama · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Obama offers real hope of what?
    Change, of course...

    Compare his actions to any other candidate. Compare his detailed statements of policy to the other candidates. He isn't different
    He's the only one who's consistently opposed the expansion of government surveillance.

    Let's give McCain credit, he isn't afraid to buck his party to stick with what he believes in.
    That's why I've always liked McCain. Unfortunately, I haven't really seen much of that in the past couple years. It's enough to make me wonder, but not enough to make me choose Clinton instead.
  4. Re:how about passing laws that have some... on State Lawmaker Wants To Ban Anonymous Posting Online · · Score: 1

    The important thing, however, is that the tax rate at any given time might be on either side of the peak, and we probably won't ever find out which.

  5. Re:Probably set up on Facebook Interviewer Heckled at Web Conference · · Score: 1

    Re: MySpace -- That really seems to be a younger demographic there (i.e. weighted more towards high school as opposed to college and later).
    Re: Friendster -- The difference between Friendster and Facebook is that most of the target demographic has heard of Facebook.

  6. Re:MIT wishes they were Waterloo on Canadian University Puts Tech Whiz Kids in 'Dormcubator' · · Score: 1

    So... do I get to tell people I learned calculus in day care?

  7. Re:Who'll be the judge? on End Software Patents Project Comes Out Swinging · · Score: 1

    Well, do you mean make it actionable for large companies to copy those ideas, or do you mean actually preventing such copying?

  8. Re:Defense on Mayor of Florence Sues Wikipedia · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You cannot just run afoul of countries' laws and expect borders to protect you.
    I do this all the time. Think how many countries' laws I'd be violating just by exercising my 1st Amendment rights. It doesn't matter because I'm outside their jurisdiction.
  9. Re:Ah Good on Proposed Bill in Tennessee Penalizes Schools for Allowing Piracy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ah good, so Tennessee has the magic black box that can sniff out encrypted traffic.
    Well, the evil bit is right there in the packet header.
  10. Re:We need a new internet also on New 'Net Neutrality' Bill Introduced · · Score: 1

    While we're at it, we can also implement less intrusive filtering with RFC 3514.

  11. Re:Those who join will become killers. on Air Force Seeking Geeks For 'Cyber Command' · · Score: 1

    Well, war can be, essentially, lots of personal self-defense at the same time. How do you think primitive wars took place? It was 50 guys showing up with rocks and clubs demanding tribute from another group they thought was weaker, and the second group all getting out their rocks and clubs and fighting them off. I don't know many people who would honestly argue the second group had much of a choice but to go to war, or that if they won they hadn't achieved their purpose.
    It's typical of those members of the cult of death to make statements such as those above when confronted with the possibility of other approaches other then their coveted death based solutions.
    This is because you have yet to explain how they might avoid war other than subservience. All you have to do is talk through that scenario. Just fill in the blank:

    Some other tribe shows up with rocks and clubs and demands tribute from your tribe. Your tribe's course of action is _________.
  12. Re:Facebook Terms of Service on Facebook A Black Hole For Personal Info · · Score: 1

    Interesting. I must have missed that.
    The TOS also says the license is perpetual and irrevocable, so now I'm just confused.

  13. Re:Protest? on "Anonymous" Takes Scientology Protest to the Streets · · Score: 1

    You left out a couple of things, like the church making legal threats after the coroner reported negligence as the cause of death.

  14. Re:I thought "it was all good"... on "Anonymous" Takes Scientology Protest to the Streets · · Score: 1

    Actually, he means the initial autopsy, not the one that came after some legal threats from the church.

  15. Re:Facebook Terms of Service on Facebook A Black Hole For Personal Info · · Score: 1

    The TOS says that the user gives Facebook a license to use that material.

  16. Re:What is it good for? on Fixing US Broadband Would Cost $100 Billion · · Score: 1

    No need to pull funding from the combat troops -- just suggesting out that $100 billion isn't all that outrageously expensive

    On the side, how much of what goes into the Pentagon ends up going to the soldiers?

  17. Re:how about having a MDFICO (quality of provider) on The Doctor Will See Your Credit Score Now · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'm kinda liking the idea of scores based on how likely all insurance companies (auto, medical, etc.) are to pay.

  18. Re:And???.. on Trial Set To Determine What SCO Owes Novell · · Score: 1

    If not, Darl owes Novell a pound of his flesh, right?

  19. Re:proof should be most simple on Should Wikipedia Allow Mathematical Proofs? · · Score: 2, Informative

    So if you have something like a mathematical proof, and noone modifies it, is that a sign that nobody understands it, or that it's correct? I would guess the latter, but even if not, I would not go on deleting it just because I sustepct something.
    Indeed. This is what the Talk pages are for.
  20. Re:You don't need brains to be a dictator on Graph Shows Fraud in Russian Elections · · Score: 1

    I'm afraid I'm to busy to climp up on your soapbox for you, especially if you won't even give me your talking points.

  21. Re:You don't need brains to be a dictator on Graph Shows Fraud in Russian Elections · · Score: 1

    Unfortunate fact #3:

    Government will keep acting this way, even if you "withdraw your consent" by walking out of the polls.

  22. Re:Ham's day is over, probably on Ham Radio Operators Are Heroes In Oregon · · Score: 1

    If you think that dropping the requirement would lead to the complete loss of Morse code in a practical sense, then I think you place too much importance in yourself.
    Yes. Even though it's no longer required, people keep using/learning CW because they find it interesting or useful.
  23. Re:Ham's day is over, probably on Ham Radio Operators Are Heroes In Oregon · · Score: 1

    Since we have things like digital audio/video compression, software defined radios, mesh network works, packet routing etc.
    Actually, these things do get used, and some of it has been in use for decades.
  24. Re:Under my desk on Wireless Keyboard "Encryption" Cracked · · Score: 1

    I would expect the kid in question is basing this on the idea that bigger means more powerful.

  25. Re:Encryption on Protecting IM From Big Brother · · Score: 1

    Even so, those resources can't be allocated/used lightly, so they simply can't afford to run huge fishing expeditions.
    You make it sound like it is easy to just randomly break encryption.
    If that's how you want to interpret it, I guess I can't stop you. The whole point is that breaking encryption is not a trivial task, so it would be impossible to try to read everything.