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  1. Re:Exactly how many 3-letter spook agencies are th on DNI Admits FISA Surveillance Violated the 4th Amendment · · Score: 4, Informative

    Nowadays, can someone please tell me now many are out there?

    Many: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Category:United_States_intelligence_agencies

    Note that not all of those entries are for agencies; some are for programs, etc.

  2. Re:Privacy Concerns Aside on Google Wants You to Use Your Real Name on YouTube · · Score: 1

    so the "fire in a crowded" theater guy should retain his anonymity?

    How about a little fire, Skarecrow?

  3. Re:balloon launch? a bit late... on Just $10M Keeping "Red Neck Rocket Scientist" From Reaching Space · · Score: 1

    I've got a bridge to sell you...

    Let me guess... $10M cheap?

  4. Re:Put stuff in sealed plastic cases? on Ask Slashdot: Storing Items In a Sealed Chest For 25 Years? · · Score: 1

    What facilitates aging?

    One more for your list:

    Off-gassing of contaminants such as VOCs:
    - Allow time for materials (particularly plastics) to off-gas before enclosing.
    - Mitigate with adsorbent(s) such as activated alumina, zeolite(s), and/or activated carbon, the last two of which are available at aquarium supply retailers.

  5. Re:Put stuff in sealed plastic cases? on Ask Slashdot: Storing Items In a Sealed Chest For 25 Years? · · Score: 1

    Acid free paper is for 100 years plus, and has been the norm for off the shelf office paper since the 60s or earlier. True archival paper is Alkaline paper, which has a life expectancy of over 1,000 years for the best paper and 500 years for average grades.

    Most decent-quality, bright paper sold in office supply stores is acid-free. The exception seems to be (in my observation,) the cheap, bottom-tiered, store-branded, low-brightness recycled stock. Making a special effort to procure acidic paper for a preservation project is seems absurd.

  6. Re:Only a matter of time... on Plan to Slow Global Warming By Dumping Iron Sulphate into Oceans · · Score: 1

    "Before we have to drop giant blocks of ice in the ocean..."

    If you mean like asteroids, the amount of energy they added at impact would far surpass the amount they subtracted from their inherent coldness.

    I'm sure he means like PSA from Futurama, "None Like it Hot."

  7. Re:Awesome! on Man Who Protested TSA By Stripping Is Acquitted By Judge · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure ol' Ben was referring to protesting by showing the world your dick, but hey, I get the sentiment!

    I'd bet Franklin would agree with me — the most distressing instances of publicly showcased dicks here are the blue-shirted ones DHS/TSA stick in peoples' faces.

  8. Re:so what exactly is 'stealing', im sorry on How the Inventors of Dragon Speech Recognition Technology Lost Everything · · Score: 1, Insightful

    im a little confused as to what you would actually consider 'stealing'.

    my favorite definition is from Jennifer Aniston's character in Office Space.

    you take something thats not yours. and then it becomes yours.

    Like a breath of air? That character's definition renders all utilized matter and energy on the planet "stolen."

    In my view, an entity needs to have been deprived of something that belonged to them in order for a theft to have occurred.

  9. Re:So, how many fake FB accounts do you have? on Facebook "Like" System Devalued By Fake Users · · Score: 1

    15 Facebook accounts and going through all that trouble just to play Facebook games or spy on others? I'm really tempted to offer you the "go get laid" - advice.

    Many people have difficulty connecting and socializing across an air gap.

  10. Re:in 3..2..1 on Chicken Vaccines Combine To Produce Deadly Virus · · Score: 1

    [...] you pose a clear and present threat to public health [...]

    Jack Ryan is back and this time the bad guys are in his own minivan!

    Starring Harrison Ford and Willem Dafoe

    Truth needs a soldier.

  11. Re:Is it so wrong? on Solar X-Flare Blasts Directly Toward Earth · · Score: 1

    I've seen you make this observation in the past, and I somewhat agree... My uncertainty about it is mostly due to lack of rigor in my analysis.

    Though some of the technologies listed in the link I posted range from COTS to unproven hypotheses and science-fiction, the latter are more fun to read about than the latest advances in furtherance of eroding privacy, liberty, and other human rights. Coincidentally, I had a tab open there when I read your post; I thought you might find it helpful, given your ongoing interest. =)

  12. Re:Is it so wrong? on Solar X-Flare Blasts Directly Toward Earth · · Score: 1
  13. Re:False on Melinda Gates Pledges $560 Million For Contraception · · Score: 1

    There is no instance of a woman not having sex getting pregnant.

    I hope you're being sarcastic or trolling...

    https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Assisted_reproductive_technology

  14. Re:Reliability on British Airways Plans To Google Passengers · · Score: 1

    I was the first three and none of the rest, with a globally unique name, as far as I know (though there are alternate spellings of my name that aren't unique). I even had Barak Obama on the first page.

    Forge yourself a note:

    By Executive Order of The President of The United States,

    The bearer of this note is entitled to unlimited free upgrades to first class, unlimited drink refills and an extra bag of nuts.

    - Barack

  15. Re:What if your name doesn't come up? on British Airways Plans To Google Passengers · · Score: 1

    My real name is fairly uncommon and I use it on social networking sites, because I'm not a tinfoil-hat-wearing secrecy wonk. Despite this, the only images of me that come up for my name are my github and facebook "avatar".

    Even searching for my nick that I use everywhere and have done since the early 90s, I only show up twice on the first page of results - one of those being the aforementioned avatar, and one taken years ago at a barbecue. My cat has better google juice than me.

    In your case, it'll work exactly how BA wants and expects it to work, since you had the foresight to be a good, compliant citizen. Congratulations.

  16. Re:charity != outsourced marketing or ? on A Critical Examination of Bill Gates' Philanthropic Record · · Score: 1

    http://www.deathhousebarber.com/images/jr-647-copy-2.jpg (another fine example of philantropy, al capone's soup kitchen)

    One difference is that Al Capone sold a product that people enjoy using.

  17. Whew... on Copyrights To Reach Deep Space · · Score: 1

    https://thepiratebay.se/torrent/4072098

    That was truly exhausting.

  18. Re:Air conditioning? Open a window. on After Recent US Storms, Why Are Millions Still Without Power? · · Score: 1

    Air conditioning? Open a window.

    The heat is outside, also.

    Why are Americans so obsessed with air conditioning?

    Because the weather is hot.

    Massive power failure you'd think there'd be more important priorities.

    There are; we deal with those as soon as we're not too hot.

    Anyway you have slave labour in the form of prison chain-gangs [...]

    That's only in the less-civilized states that also enjoy killing their own citizens... Mainly where it's too hot.

  19. Re:Dilapidated infrastructure? on After Recent US Storms, Why Are Millions Still Without Power? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, this above ground stuff is for the birds.

    Although the birds do enjoy chillaxing on suspended utility lines, that wasn't a primary consideration in pursuing their installation. :o)

  20. Re:One caveat. on The 'Everyone Gets the Source Code, Donations Get You Binaries' Software Model · · Score: 1

    What's a CD?

    There are a few different meanings.

  21. Re:Tax Havens before USA/China/Russia? on Space Tourist Trips To the Moon May Fly On Recycled Spaceships · · Score: 1

    [...] it would be quite fun if the Manx flag did fly on the moon [...]

    Is that some kind of running joke?

  22. Re:He was a known pederast on Turing Archive Director Questions Alan Turing Suicide Report · · Score: 1

    Um, [...]

    "Um," indeed. Presumably, you're struggling to construct a sound argument.

    [...] because he was a pederast, [...]

    Failing to produce a sound argument or a single citation, you instead resort to circular reasoning.

    [...] how fucking stupid are you?

    Apparently not as fucking stupid as you'd like me to be, since I'm unpersuaded by your tautology and ad hominem attack.

    Your failure to present even one reputable source citation further undermines not just your claim, but your credibility.

  23. Re:AZ ftl on Arizona H-1B Workers Advised to Carry Papers At All Times · · Score: 1

    If Mexicans are free to be in the country after they sneak in, [...]

    They're not.

    [...] why even have a border gate and fence?

    Pork.

    Let's let em all come up here.

    Generally, I agree. However, our nation of immigrants may need to be more selective than that, at least until the economy has recovered appreciably; though this has the unintended consequence of increasing illegal entry.

  24. Re:License and registration please? on Arizona H-1B Workers Advised to Carry Papers At All Times · · Score: 1, Insightful

    P.S. don't you love how Obama panders by pronouncing "Latinos" differently than any other word? Imagine how the liberal hypo would piss themselves if Romney had a shout out to the "Afro Americans" sounding like Ludacris. If I was "Latino" I'd be pretty pissed at being pandered to, but apparently the promise of welfare checks and scare tactics that big mean Republicans are out to get you is enough to keep the sheeple dependent and in line.

    I don't pay a lot of attention to the trivialities of partisan, campaign rhetoric. I'm more interested in facts, such as the Obama administration's record deportation of undocumented immigrants.

  25. Re:Why are states enforcing federal laws? on Arizona H-1B Workers Advised to Carry Papers At All Times · · Score: 1

    All you are seeing here is that the people are better represented in state and local governments than they could ever dream of being in the federal government.

    So, it's state governments that are achieving record-level deportations?