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  1. Re:Roald Dahl called this 50 years ago... on Is Software Driving a Falling Demand For Brains? · · Score: 1

    The story was about the one smart guy who evolved not the 20 who griped that they were losing their shitty job to a robot.

  2. Re:They pulled records on a non-suspect on US Justice Department Dug Up Reporter's Phone, Bank Records · · Score: 0

    The reporter did commit a crime he knowingly disseminated classified information, for whatever reason the DOJ has had a long standing tradition of not going after newspapers for committing this crime.

  3. 200 million down the toilet on National Broadband Map Shows Digital Divide · · Score: 0

    What did this study prove that rural areas are undeserved, that was well worth 200 million that was supposed to be for helping the economy recover.

  4. Re:Poor Engineering As A Plus: on Spam Text Prematurely Blows Up Suicide Bomber · · Score: 1

    In Communist Russia Spam Deletes You!

  5. Re:Oh, I laughed when I read this on Spam Text Prematurely Blows Up Suicide Bomber · · Score: 2

    Its a little sad that you would view someones death by suicide bombing-- even the bomber's-- as funny. Of course during a war / struggle / conflict it is common to demonize the "enemy" in order to make it easier to hate them, but you tend to lose some of your humanity in the process.

    I won't lose any humanity finding the humor/irony in a suicide bomber who was planning on killing innocent people blown up by another scourge of the civilized world, spam. Anytime a suicide bomber blows themselves up and doesn't kill any innocent people it's a good thing.

  6. Re:OK. You can record me if I can record you. on DOJ Seeks Mandatory Data Retention For ISPs · · Score: 4, Informative

    Or you could just use an out of country VPN to hide yourself and if your super paranoid multiple VPNs. The best part is that the pedophiles all ready do this so it won't even help the children, and will probably hurt them because more people will turn to VPN's so the traffic will be even harder to trace.

  7. Re:News Flash! on Spam Levels Lowest Since 2009 · · Score: 1

    The amount of spam has increased it's just that the amount of legitimate crap has increased more.

  8. Re:If true... on Chinese Stealth Fighter Jet May Use US Technology · · Score: 1

    As for the new Chinese stealth fighter, it's reported to be an even match for the Raptor, and used designs on a Lockheed HDD that was not wiped before being sold overseas. I wonder what else remained on that drive, though...

    The Chinese stealth aircraft is huge being that large will make it less agile it's a better match for the JSF they are both light bombers, as for a HD that wasn't wiped, the rapture design was classified so a simple wiping is not what is done with old hard drives, and they are not sold over seas they are rendered useless. If China got a HD through other means I would believe that but why would a perfectly good HD be resold with all the classified markings on it.

  9. Re:Really? on Bufferbloat — the Submarine That's Sinking the Net · · Score: 1

    yes managing the buffer queue takes time, the larger the buffer the longer the line, the more time must be spent telling packets where to stand in line.

  10. Re:The Right Way on Star Wars Coming To Blu-ray In September · · Score: 3

    It would be nice to be able to have the option to watch the originals in an unperverted format, I would consider forking over $140 if that is an option, if that's not an option it's not worth the upgrade from the DVDs.

  11. Re:Ross Anderson on New Cars Vulnerable To Wireless Theft · · Score: 1

    Ross Anderson's security engineering textbook discusses this problem, as well as how cryptographic systems like Keeloq might be attacked, and some other related topics. I am going to guess, though, that the manufacturer's view is that a thief with the technical skills needed to take advantage of these vulnerabilities is rare (not saying I necessarily agree) and that most thieves will just smash the window and try to steal the radio before the cops arrive (do people still steal car radios?).

    While it may be true that a person with those skills may not be stealing cars, if that person has an uncle Tony he may be able to sell a few of those devices to him.

  12. Re:Ministry of Truth? on The Continued Censorship of Huckleberry Finn · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here is a great quote that the morons failed to realize when they read the book because they were too offended to learn the lesson Twain was trying to teach.
    Russell Baker wrote:

    "The people whom Huck and Jim encounter on the Mississippi are drunkards, murderers, bullies, swindlers, lynchers, thieves, liars, mows, frauds, child abusers, numbskulls, hypocrites, windbags and traders in human flesh. All are white. The one man of honor in this phantasmagoria is 'Nigger Jim,' as Twain called him to emphasize the irony of a society in which the only true gentleman was held beneath contempt."

  13. Re:Two Words on The Continued Censorship of Huckleberry Finn · · Score: 2

    Fuck censorship. Also, fuck you, lazy parents who probably teach your children far more offensive beliefs, much less language, than they could possibly derive from reading the Great American Novel without butchering it. Replacing "injun" with "slave" doesn't even make sense.

    Nigger Jim will now be Slave Jim which will be changed to Black Jim and then to African American Jim
    Injun Joe will be Indian Joe which will then get changed to Native American Joe

  14. Re:Interesting... on First Pictures of Chinese Stealth Fighter · · Score: 1

    The article says it would be a contender for the F-22, and calls it the world's only fully operational stealth fighter. Why don't the f-117 or even the f-35's count?

    f-117 is no longer operational and was a light bomber
    f-35 is a light bomber
    The Chinese stealth fighter is also in the category of light bomber given it's size there is currently nothing out there that rivals the f22.

  15. Re:Someone help me out here. on First Pictures of Chinese Stealth Fighter · · Score: 1

    Far more likely its based on stolen US plans.

    For what?

    There is no US stealth fighter design with that size or characteristics that has been made public.

    Fixed that for you

  16. Re:That's one small step for ? on Houston We Have a Problem · · Score: 1

    Knowledge = Power P= W/t t=Money Money = Work/Knowledge

    Wouldn't that be: Money = W/K = W/(W/t) = W*(t/W) = t

    So, either Money = time (and vice-versa) or time = time. Or did I miss something?

    Yes time is money (t=Money) and yes time=time.
    Money = time = W/P = W/Knowledge
    I've been using my sig for 3 or 4 years now and it has yet to be disproven it may even be a law of science now.

  17. Re:That's one small step for ? on Houston We Have a Problem · · Score: 5, Funny

    I really want to know what people are going to write for the statement that Neil Armstrong made when he stepped off the LEM ladder.

    "Can we do a retake?"

  18. Re:Really? on Spoofed White House Card Dupes Many Gov't Employees, Steals Data · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    At many government facilities it is policy that to send an attachment a signature must be used, and warnings are given if an attachment is not signed. That will only stop the cautious from doing something stupid and the others will simply ignore the warnings as they have done with so many other warnings they get. The real tip off that this wasn't real it that it was a CHRISTMAS card from the white-house, Kwanzaa, would have been more believable.

  19. Re:No doubt money greased this wheel. on Pink Floyd Give In To Digital Downloads · · Score: 1

    I wonder how many songs they would have to sell to get enough royalties to pay for Nick Mason's Enzo.

  20. Re:Take a guess... on Labor Lockout Lingers At Honeywell Nuclear Plant · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If only it were that easy to get rid of union control, GM and Chrysler may have fared better.

  21. Re:Liberals FCC on Al Franken Makes a Case For Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    The biggest problem with the FCC creating regulations and enforcing the regulations is that they are overstepping their authority to do so. Congress has not given the FCC authority to regulate the internet which was confirmed by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in April of 2010 and them doing so is against the law. There are many people who want net-neutrality but do not one entity to be able to pass laws/regulations and then also be able to enforce them, checks and balances is an important part to our government getting rid of it should not be taken so lightly. If net neutrality is to happen then a law should be passed, clearly defining the scope of the FCC's power to regulate the internet, not doing so would be a great mistake as the FCC could decide to censor the internet or impose a fairness doctrine. I know that would be asking for a lot but from our government to do so but I would rather have broadband providers charging content providers for bandwidth use then have the FCC be able to decide it has the power to regulate an entity then regulate it however they see fit.

  22. Re:Not now Mom on US Army Considers a Smartphone For Every Soldier · · Score: 2

    Yes but it is military policy that hands free devices must be used while engaging the target, safety is a number one priority.

  23. UN is a toothless wonder on Vint Cerf, US Congresswoman Oppose Net Regulation · · Score: -1, Troll

    The UN is a joke, they can't do squat and they don't have enough black helicopters to enforce their rules.

  24. Re:Sheesh on Survey Shows That Fox News Makes You Less Informed · · Score: 1
    Remember these are pollsters questions and may be worded to be misleading.

    Here is a list of what Fox News viewers believe that just aint so: * 91 percent believe the stimulus legislation lost jobs

    I doubt this is true I would believe that 91% believe we have lost jobs since the passage of the stimulus bill.

    * 72 percent believe the health reform law will increase the deficit

    If you are to believe the CBO report which bases it's calculations on the parameters given to them that would be true, but those numbers are deceiving mostly because the cuts and taxes are calculated for the whole 10 years of the CBO estimate even though the health care coverage is only for the last 6 or 7 years, if it takes 10 years of cuts and taxes to pay for 6-7 years of benefits there is going to be a budget problem.

    * 72 percent believe the economy is getting worse

    If unemployment is the yard stick then how could anyone think differently it may finally be going down now but when the survey was taken (Jan 2010 - Sept 2010) unemployment was not getting any better.

    * 60 percent believe climate change is not occurring

    The problem with this is that climate change and MMGW are tied together and people may confuse them the bottom line is that CO2 levels keep increasing and the temperature does not follow, which would lead many people to disregard MMGW.

    * 49 percent believe income taxes have gone up

    With the passage of the HealthCare law taxes will go up, increased medicare tax, Cadiliac health insurance tax, and sin taxes have or will all go up.

    * 63 percent believe the stimulus legislation did not include any tax cuts

    the tax cuts were for capital gains and probably a few loophole tax breaks for big donor companies. A capital gain tax is a tax of an item that is a non-inventory item so the few that are taking advantage of it are gong out of business and have to sell equipment.

  25. Re:Success on Stuxnet Virus Set Back Iran’s Nuclear Program by 2 Years · · Score: 1

    You assume rational decisions on both sides. MAD falls apart if one side isn't fully rational. Iran's leadership is subject to change, and tends towards extremally devout Muslims. What happens if their leader, present or future, decides that he can't lose because Allah will protect him? Besides, there is more than one way to use a nuke. Nuke + Shipping container comes to mind... it'd be enough to blow up any costal city in the world, and be very hard to definitively trace as the nuke destroys all evidence indicating exactly which ship in that harbor might have concealed it.

    A nuke's origin can be traced