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  1. Can the removed materials be used for a Nuke? on Iran To 'Remove Fuel' From Bushehr Nuclear Plant · · Score: 1

    If it is possible for the material to be used to make a nuclear weapon, then this may be a bad thing. If it isn't then yay, counter terrorist hackers ftw!
    Weapons of mass destruction in the hands of a terrorist state seems like a very bad thing if you don't think murdering innocents intentionally is an acceptable political tactic.
    Imagine David Karesh with a nuke...
    I know it's a bad analogy, I'm just sayin these Iranian dudes ain't cooking with a full load of fava beans.

  2. Online Voting? on WA Election To Try Online Voting · · Score: 1

    As a WA State Citizen this worries me. I prefer a paper ballot with it's unique characteristics. Better yet, I prefer that those who care enough to actually go to a polling place get to vote. Anyone not willing to travel doesn't care enough to vote. Why should our laws be made by those who can't find the remote?

  3. Re:Stop celebrating - it's going to pass on House Fails To Extend Patriot Act Spy Powers · · Score: 1

    Heh. Don't believe the hype. TEA partiers mostly have one thing in common: Mistrust of Government's "Good Intentions".

  4. Re:The House failed..? on House Fails To Extend Patriot Act Spy Powers · · Score: 1

    Me too.

  5. Goatse anyone? on Google's Search Copying Accusation Called 'Silly' · · Score: 2, Funny

    If I was Google I would Goatse Bing's ass for being so lame.

  6. Internet Connected Exchanges?! on London Stock Exchange Was 'Under Major Cyberattack' During Linux Switch · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It gives me the heebie-jeebies to think of what could happen to a trading network connected to the Internet. I imagine Stuxnet aimed at financial systems. Shudder.

  7. Which news network has the most viewers? on World's Plant Life Far Less Diverse Than Thought · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    More people watch Fox than any other news source. Fox haters, would you trust them more if they published fake air national guard memos like CBS did?

  8. Spill prediction software? on Chevron Got North Sea Contract Despite IT Safety Crashes · · Score: 1

    Is that like weather prediction software?

  9. Re:Dilbert on People With University Degree Fear Death Less · · Score: 1

    LoL! I apologize for the redundancy with the Score:5, Funny, but I couldn't help myself.

  10. Re:Not Temporary, Microeconomics is stubborn on GM Loses Money On Every Volt Built · · Score: 2

    The Government has had a hand in GM and most other Big Businesses for quite some time. How do you think congressmen and senators get money for re-election?

  11. All your Brakes are belong to us... on Google's New Meta-Tags For News Story Authors · · Score: 1

    "Google News is experimenting with meta-tags in an effort to ensure that the correct news source is credit with an article."
    Someone set us up the Googlebomb?

  12. Fear not. A Cataclysm will soon save you... on Have I Lost My Gaming Mojo? · · Score: 1

    ...and you will love video games again. BTW, these are not the droids you are looking for...
    (Despite the snark, I am still looking forward to Cata.)

  13. Walmartization of app space..? on Mozilla Plans Mobile App Store · · Score: 1

    From the first 2 opening paragraphs:
    "Mozilla has already brought the desktop Firefox experience to mobile devices long back as the Fennec browser"
    "Mozilla has designed a prototype of mobile app store"
    GNU can take over the world, but beware the dreaded Engrish.

  14. Who paid for the report? on Hard-Coded Bias In Google Search Results? · · Score: 1

    They must feel pretty ripped off. It failed to prove anything.

  15. Facts? We don't need no stinking facts.. on White House Edited Oil Drilling Safety Report · · Score: 1

    Not when it comes to the eco industrial complex.

  16. All your base are belong to humans... on Developing StarCraft 2 Build Orders With Genetic Algorithms · · Score: 1

    I'd bet on human ingenuity vs generic build orders though. We learn build orders from each other and adapt far faster to disruptive tactics than any AI can at this point. Of course we can't watch 15 flash points at once...

  17. The problem is lack of bits on Interop Returns 16 Million IPv4 Addresses · · Score: 1

    So tack 32 more onto the existing working IPV4 technology. No need to change the INTERNET PROTOCOL so drastically. Just extend the address space of the currently working technology. Duh... Like it would be hard to add 4 bytes.

  18. Re:Wikileaks held back fifteen thousand pages! on Wikileaks Donations Account Shut Down · · Score: 1

    AIUI, those documents contain the names of people in Afghanistan who are giving information to the US. Publishing the documents without redacting the names tells the Taliban exactly who to kill. Does that answer your question?

    Publishing the names without redacting them WOULD HAVE told the Taliban who to kill. But they DID REDACT AS MANY NAMES AS THEY COULD.

    Sorry we didn't redact your name and they killed you. We did the best we could...

  19. Re:Uh on Wikileaks Donations Account Shut Down · · Score: 1

    And the SECRET military after action reports Julian Assange posted online contained nothing "we the people" didn't know already.

    Besides the names of the locals trying to get rid of the terrorists on their side of the mountain that is. The bad guys are stoked. Unfortunately for the locals, Julian's actions put them in grave danger.

    Julian gets famous, the folks he really outed get dead.

    And he's bitching because the US gov't is choking off his MONEY?

    Sorry to shut off the flow pal, but you're KILLING PEOPLE.

  20. Well, Yeah on Senate Candidate Sued By Copyright Troll · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The party of trial lawyers isn't going to change without some feedback.

  21. It's prawn. Who cares about FPS?! on Flash On Android Is 'Shockingly Bad' · · Score: 1

    nuff said...

  22. 2 providers for all those people?!? on 2 Chinese ISPs Serve 20% of World Broadband Users · · Score: 1

    The more providers the better. That way nobody has a corner on the market and if you don't like your service you have options.

  23. Equation to describe why the PC will live on... on Digital Distribution Numbers Speak To Health of PC Game Industry · · Score: 1, Insightful

    World of Warcraft > all console games combined.

  24. Booms of Doom on Ban On Photographing Near Gulf Oil Booms · · Score: 1

    Why is getting closer than 65ft bad enough to be fined $40K or slapped with a Felony?

    What's the problem as long as long as nobody touches the boom?

    Scary much?

    That's like a friggin electric fence that blows your life apart.

    I'll take care of my own safety, thank you, and I'm not talking about interfering with the boom, so spare me the straw men.

    Why so harsh?

    What if I walk along the beach, some of the poorly installed boom has washed up and I accidentally get closer than 65ft?

    Can a pencil neck prosecutor who needs votes for a close election take my life apart?

    Nah. Never happen.

    I don't play Lacrosse.

  25. Re:Outsource it! on Colleges Risk Losing Federal Funding If They Don't Fight Piracy · · Score: 1

    You are a teabagger. They are the true liberals. Don't tax me bro.