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  1. Wilson Electronics on How Do You Extend Your Wireless Connection? · · Score: 1

    http://www.wilsonelectronics.com/

    I have installed MANY of these in buildings, and if you have ANY sort of signal outside the house, down to about -90dBm, these boosters will amplify that about 60dBm, coupled with a good 5dBm indoor antenna, and 10-15dBm outdoor antenna, and you get very good signal indoors.

  2. Re:Beware, lawmakers: November is coming. on House Passes Massive Medical Insurance Bill, 219-212 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The Democrats ran on the platform of healthcare reforms. And they won! By a sizeable margin! This is what we call a mandate.

    Yes they did run on a platform of "healthcare" reform. At the same time, over 60% of people did NOT want THIS legislation to become law. THAT is a mandate, and the Democrats did not listen to their constituency ... there will be hell to pay in November.

    Just watch the Senate get bogged down by the "reconciliation" bill that was passed by the House, it'll never get passed as-is, and the House Democrats will be left out to hang.

  3. Re:Frist psot! on Programming the Commodore 64: the Definitive Guide · · Score: 3, Funny

    Atari 800 rules!

    Here we go again ... "which platform is better" flamewar. Everybody KNOWS that the Sinclair ZX80 was best.

  4. Re:Conspiracy Theories on A Warming Planet Can Mean More Snow · · Score: 1

    On one hand we have thousands of climatologists from dozens of countries armed with super computers and the resources of government. They tell us we have a problem.

    Yes, yes they do tell us we have a problem. At the same time, they ask or demand more funding to study it further.

    Arguing against them are a bunch of people, most of whom are not climatologists or even scientists, who do not have super computers or any data of their own. They argue that there is a worldwide conspiracy to falsify data.

    EXACTLY. These same "scientists" refuse to give out the raw data, along with any information about how they're massaging the data. In fact, many "studies" aren't even based on data, just thoughts and conjecture. Some of these same scientists have recently done an about-face and have said that there has been INSIGNIFICANT WARMING for the past 15 years. So now, even Phil Jones has "come clean" about the information.

    Thousands of scientists from Europe, Asia, Australasia and the Americas all working in harmony to defraud the world, to drive up taxes and bring down civilisation - all led by the anti-christ Al Gore.

    Yep ... although anti-christ is a little strong ... I would say "useful idiot". Al is as much a scientist as those not buying the "global warming" fraud. Although he does stand to make billions from continuing "global warming". That alone should cause red flags to be raised by ANY believer in "global warming".

    Think about who you are siding with and why you believe in what you believe.

    I prefer not to drink the kool-aid.

  5. Re:Future predictions on Gov't Proposes "National Climate Service" For the US · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ... we can change the climate to make things better

    No, this should read: we need your money to dump into a hole, so climate guessers can pull Punxsutawney AlGore out every August and tell us it's getting warmer out.

  6. Re:Manbearpig? on Gov't Proposes "National Climate Service" For the US · · Score: 1

    So the hunt for manbearpig continues?

    Excelsior!

  7. Re:I think it's a good idea on Why the IRS Should Automatically Fill In Returns With What It Knows · · Score: 1

    TurboTax is great for filling in the forms, but a lot of people are scared of math, or the government, or filling in forms, and so they run to a tax preparer.

    Not entirely accurate. Filling in the forms is easy, and the math is the easy part. What you're not saying is the law is hard, difficult, and at over 7,500 pages, next to impossible to decipher.

    What to deduct, when, do I qualify, etc.

    Even the IRS gets it wrong. That's why you use a tax preparer, for the "insurance" that if you get audited, they'll take the heat instead of you.

  8. Re:Ah yes, those conspiracy theory nuts on Obama Appointee Sunstein Favors Infiltrating Online Groups · · Score: 1

    Now there's a paranoid individual.

    You're not paranoid if they ARE out to get you.

  9. Re:This is smart. on INTERPOL Granted Diplomatic Immunity In the US · · Score: 1

    Nah, this administration doesn't need to even give it to Interpol now ...

    http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/executive-order-classified-national-security-information

    Section 1.7(d):

    (d) Information that has not previously been disclosed to the public under proper authority may be classified or reclassified after an agency has received a request for it under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552), the Presidential Records Act, 44 U.S.C. 2204(c)(1), the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a) ...

    So, basically if a document is NOT classified, and you request it ... they can THEN classify it since you now brought it to their attention.

  10. Another EO to watch as well on INTERPOL Granted Diplomatic Immunity In the US · · Score: 1

    http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/executive-order-classified-national-security-information

    This EO allows various people to classify or reclassify documents.

    But most specifically, Section 1.7(d) states:

    (d) Information that has not previously been disclosed to the public under proper authority may be classified or reclassified after an agency has received a request for it under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552), the Presidential Records Act, 44 U.S.C. 2204(c)(1), the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a)

  11. Re:All I want to know is... on NASA Attempts To Assuage 2012 Fears · · Score: 1

    ...how do I make money off these fools?

    You really need to ask Al Gore, he has it down pat.

  12. Re:Respect the law on German Killers Sue Wikipedia To Remove Their Names · · Score: 1

    Shouldn't you respect a countries laws weather you agree with them or not

    No.

    But if you want to make that argument, then if I got convicted of underage drinking at 19 in the US, by your logic, I could make the argue to the court I was respecting OTHER countries laws (specifically Canada or Mexico).

    Yeah, that would fly far.

  13. Re:Bubby? Is that you? on German Killers Sue Wikipedia To Remove Their Names · · Score: 1

    These people committed a crime, did their time and now they are free again. They should be given a chance to reintegrate into society.

    So do you make the same argument for pedophiles? Should we not know about these crimes and these "peoples" whereabouts either?

  14. Re:Hate these claims: These guys can't lose on Synthetic Stone DVD Claimed To Last 1,000 Years · · Score: 1

    If you're going to put your faith in this nonsense I have a bridge to sell you.

    Well, depends on where this bridge is ... and if it goes somewhere.

  15. Re:How healthcare should be fixed on Landmark Health Insurance Bill Passes House · · Score: 1

    This is a good start ... how about adding a couple?

    11. Allow you to purchase insurance NOT in the state you live .. that is more competition right? and should reduce the price since companies want to be competitive.

    12. Don't force me to get coverage for useless procedures that are currently being forced to buy (due to current regulations) ... for instance, I'm a dude ... I do NOT need or want mammogram coverage.

  16. For those who can't understand the article ... on Amazon Patents Changing Authors' Words · · Score: 1

    From the JiveSpeak Translator

    "To 'esist o' not t'exist, dig dis: dat be de query. Slap mah fro! Dat's whut de famous Hamlet soliloquy might look likes if subjected t'Amazon's newly-patented System and Medod fo' Markin' Content, which calls fo' ' honky codematically substitutin' synonyms into distributed text content,' includin' 'scribblin's, sho't sto'ies, product reviews, scribblin' o' movie reviews, news articles, edito'ial articles, technical sheets, scholastic sheets, and so's on' in an effo't t'uniquely identify customers who redistribute material. In its descripshun uh de 'invenshun,' Amazon also touts de use uh 'alternative misspellin's fo' selected wo'ds' as some way t'provide 'evidence uh copyright infrin'ement in some legal acshun.' Afta' all, anti-piracy measho' nuffs should trump kids' ability t'spell co'rectly, shouldn't dey?"

    Oops ... just killed the patent.

  17. Re:New slashdot poll on Neanderthals "Had Sex" With Modern Man · · Score: 1

    How many people looked at the neanderthal photo attached to this article and thought to themselves, "Yeah, I'd hit that!"?

    First, I'd have to know which one is the guy ...

  18. Re:I'm writing a new book.. on Save the Planet, Eat Your Dog · · Score: 2, Funny

    Do you have idea what the carbon footprint of a human is?

    Depends on the human ... if it's Al Gore, with his mansion, or his private jet(s), I guess it would be a lot.

  19. Re:Environmentalism means losing your mind on Save the Planet, Eat Your Dog · · Score: 1, Informative

    The one reason we're fucking up there environment is that there's about 6.5 BILLION people and growing. That many of a species that without modern technology and medicine should by rights number in the tens or hundreds of thousands just isn't going to be sustainable.

    I was actually agreeing with what you were saying ... up until you started going all population control.

    The main reason that population control goes all wacky, is when you run the numbers, EVERY man, woman and child could live in the state of Texas, with NOBODY else on the planet ... and that is with everyone having about 1200 sq ft around them. Start grouping people into families, and the size needed to hold everyone gets smaller. Now, just start going up ... you get the picture.

    Also, how many insects are around? They don't have any "modern technology" and yet "at any time, it is estimated that there are some 10 quintillion (10,000,000,000,000,000,000) individual insects alive." Your argument that humans are overpopulated just doesn't hold water.

    However, if you continue to feel that humans are overpopulating the Earth, please lead the way in reducing the population instead of telling everyone else what they should do.

  20. Re:Captain Obvious on For Some Medical Workers, a Flu Shot Or Possible Job Loss · · Score: 1

    And if you've had one, keep away from me - you're more, not less, likely to have a compromised immune system in the long run if you get annual flu shots.

    Ahhh ... so you're the one who took George Carlin seriously ... you please get away from me, after swimming in the Hudson. Sheesh.

  21. Re:FTFA, It's for the Children, of Course on High-Tech Gadgets Can Pose Problems At Mexican Border · · Score: 1

    Why does this American Federal employee talk like Speedy Gonzales?

    I guess you just added "Andale! Andale! Arriba! Arriba! Yii-hah!" in your head.

  22. Re:Won't this upset the natural order of things? on Transforming Waste Plastic Into $10/Barrel Fuel · · Score: 1

    LOL ... that's a great George Carlin clip (5:11 minutes in)

  23. Re:Has anyone stopped to wonder... on How the iPod Nano's Video Abilities Stack Up · · Score: 2, Funny

    Absolutely everything in Britain must have a camera on it.

    So my brand new Digital SLR camera must have a cheap-ass digital camera built in?

  24. Re:Seems odd... on Russia's New Official Holiday — Programmer's Day · · Score: 1

    because surgeons or police officers are less likely to create a website on a whim to promote a holiday.

    OH COME ON NOW ...

    St. Urho isn't going to create his own website.

  25. Re:At least... on Russia's New Official Holiday — Programmer's Day · · Score: 3, Informative

    I really wish I could laugh at your ignorance.

    What the OP is talking about is Obama's Speech at the Pentagon. Watch at about 4:00 minutes in, and listen to what the President is saying ... "On this first National Day of Service and Remembrance, we can summon once more that ordinary goodness of America to serve our communities ..."