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  1. Re:Who knew... on Some Sites That Blue Coat Blocks Under "Pornography" · · Score: 1

    What do you expect? Do you know what you get when you take the middle two letters out of "annual"?

  2. In the 7985 years they'll start upgrading everything to have 5 digit years, so they'll be looking for people experienced with legacy software.

  3. Re:Population Bomb on First Automatic Identification of Flying Insects Allows Hi-Tech Bug Zapping · · Score: 2

    In practice, this isn't true. Insecurity leads to high birth rates. People who aren't sure whether their children will survive compensate by having a lot of kids.

  4. Re:Explain Oregon Politics to Me on Ex-Head of Troubled Health Insurance Site May Sue, Citing 'Cover-Up' · · Score: 3

    This is just one issue. People aren't happy about this, but most people are satisfied with what he's done in general.

    Also, the blame has stayed further down the org chart.

    Also, the republican party in (statewide) Oregon is a mess (I think it's been several years since a republican was elected for a statewide office). Oregonians tend to be liberal or libertarian on social issues, and the republican party here has trouble figuring out it's identity.

  5. Did anybody else read "Android WAR"? on Google Unveils Android Wear · · Score: 1

    ...guess I've been watching to many conspiracy videos.

  6. Re:Oh Good on New Stanford Institute To Target Bad Science · · Score: 1

    Actually, that's not how it will be.

  7. Rats on Why Did New Zealand's Moas Go Extinct? · · Score: 1

    tend to tag along with people and disrupt indigenous species.

  8. Any new music coming out? on Interviews: Ask Jonathan Coulton What You Will · · Score: 1

    I think it's been a couple years since Artificial Heart came out. I know that you've been busy with Ask Me Another, touring, cruising, etc., but are you working on anything new?

    Also, how do you feel about Artificial Heart compared to your earlier (do-it-yourself) albums?

  9. Re:Three fold problem on Top E-commerce Sites Fail To Protect Users From Stupid Passwords · · Score: 1

    You might be better off using a credit card number.

    If somebody hacks the site and uses a debit card number, you may be responsible for part of the charge plus overdraft charges, etc.

    With a credit card, the credit card company will cancel fraudulent charges that you tell them about.

  10. Re:Three fold problem on Top E-commerce Sites Fail To Protect Users From Stupid Passwords · · Score: 1

    I think Amazon does give you the option of storing your credit card number. Some of their customers think this is a nice convenience, and are likely to take their money elsewhere if Amazon doesn't offer this "service" (or maybe it just makes impulse sales easier).

  11. Re:...and this wont change because on Top E-commerce Sites Fail To Protect Users From Stupid Passwords · · Score: 1

    I don't mind strong passwords at sites that I'll never visit again, because I won't have to remember it (and if I do come back, I just hit the "I forgot my password" button).

    It's the sites that I go to infrequently that drive me nuts.

  12. From what I remember on NASA Offers Bounty For Improved Asteroid Detection Algorithms · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    When they go off the left side of the screen, they'll show up again on the right side of the screen and vice versa. Same with the top and bottom of the screen.

  13. Re:Interesting Math (like there's another variety) on Meat Makes Our Planet Thirsty · · Score: 1

    That would reduce growth in the future population, but it wouldn't do anything to reduce the current population.

  14. Re:Comments prove the McWhorter's point on Author Says It's Time To Stop Glorifying Hackers · · Score: 1

    A friend of yours habitually leaves their car running in front of places while they're running errands. One day a thief decided to take the car.

    If you talked with your friend, wouldn't you suggest that leaving their car running and walking away was a bad idea?

    Suggesting that your friend take reasonable security precautions doesn't excuse the thief, it just improves your friend's chances of avoiding future problems.

  15. Re:Interesting Math (like there's another variety) on Meat Makes Our Planet Thirsty · · Score: 1

    Ok, you first.

  16. That's silly on Dinosaurs Done In By... Dark Matter? · · Score: 1

    Everybody knows that it was Nibiru.

  17. More or less on Can Science Ever Be "Settled?" · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Newton's laws have been pretty much settled. Einstein found a way to get more precision under certain circumstances, but Newton is good enough most of the time.

  18. Re:HIPAA violations? on Ask Slashdot: Does Your Employer Perform HTTPS MITM Attacks On Employees? · · Score: 1

    Is it that different than your boss overhearing you discussing your medical conditions on your work phone?

    If you don't want them to know about it, don't use their equipment to communicate about it.

  19. Re:Multiple Choice Questions on One In Ten Americans Thinks HTML Is a Type of Sexually Transmitted Infection · · Score: 1

    More likely 20% have no idea what HTML is, but half of them picked the right answer out of blind luck.

  20. Re:No Such Thing on 'CandySwipe' Crushed: When Game Development Turns Nasty · · Score: 1

    You have to be alive to run for President. Bush Sr is the only one of those guys could run for President again.

  21. Sounds better than Windows 8 on North Korea's Home-Grown Operating System Mimics OS X · · Score: 1, Informative

    Where can we get a copy?

  22. That's nice... on GPM Satellite To Usher In a New Era of Weather Observation · · Score: 0

    cough (SkyNET) cough

  23. Is this really a *problem*? on Americans To FCC Chair: No Cell Calls On Planes, Please · · Score: 1

    Airlines have had wired phones on seat backs for years without any problems or public outcry. The only difference between them and cell phones are that the users don't have to pay the airline to use their cell phones.

    Sure it's annoying to have the person next to you yacking on a cell phone, but it's also annoying to have them snoring, talking loudly, crying, etc.

    We need to stop making a big deal out of the fact the we're annoyed and appreciate the fact that we can travel thousands of miles without anybody die from scurvy, malnutrition, or attacks from unfriendly people or wild animals.

  24. 50 bucks is 50 bucks on Police Pull Over More Drivers For DNA Tests · · Score: 1

    just sayin

  25. Al Gore did it... on Bitcoin Inventor Satoshi Nakamoto Could Actually Be Group From Europe · · Score: 1

    he doesn't want to admit it, because he's taken so much guff from people who say he claimed to have invented the internet.