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  1. Re:Don't worry about it on Encryption Rights Community: Protecting Our Rights To Strongly Encrypt · · Score: 1

    Seems easy enough to work around. For example, hiding an encrypted message in a photo posted on reddit.

  2. You can play flash games with media player classic. You just need to download the flash file.

  3. Re:Not the reality of software development on Tech Jobs and Apple: Every Bit As "Fun" As Pleasure Island? · · Score: 1

    The bottom line is that when Apple employees leave home every morning and head to the office, they say "I'm going to work" not "I'm going to have fun."

  4. Re:What is a republic? on Fake Mobile Phone Towers Found To Be "Actively Listening In" On Calls In UK · · Score: 1

    When was the last time, if ever, that someone was cited or arrested for any of these?

  5. Re:Use a cellphone booster? on Fake Mobile Phone Towers Found To Be "Actively Listening In" On Calls In UK · · Score: 1

    I got a feeling that there are some pretty simple work-arounds for Stingrays. It would explain all the secrecy about it's operation.

  6. Re:Icehouse Earth on Why Our Brains Can't Process the Gravest Threats To Humanity · · Score: 1

    Previous global warming episodes were generally very beneficial for mammals. See PETM - Paleocene Eocene thermal maximum.

  7. Re:the world was supposed to end years ago on Why Our Brains Can't Process the Gravest Threats To Humanity · · Score: 1

    And on the other end of the spectrum: The author has dubbed climate change as a "crisis."

  8. Re:Pop culture mental fugue on Google Diversity Report Straight Out of 'How To Lie With Statistics' Playbook · · Score: 1

    You can't say Google is evil based solely on the racial status of their employees. You also have to look at the number of applicants for a job. If only 5% of applicants have a particular racial profile would you expect more than 5% in their workforce?

  9. Re:Stucturing on Why Is It a Crime For Dennis Hastert To Evade Government Scrutiny? · · Score: 1

    "Why hasn't he (the blackmailer) been indicted for his part of the money laundering?"
    He's probably going to get nailed for income tax evasion. I doubt he reported the payments as income. The govt. always wants their cut.

  10. Re:An anonymous reader writes... on Google Photos Launches With Unlimited Storage, Completely Separate From Google+ · · Score: 4, Funny

    Since when has Google started deleting data?

  11. The Fappening II

  12. Re:How is this news for nerds? on Do Russian Uranium Deals Threaten World Supply Security? · · Score: 1

    This is an important issue for people who care about transparency and influence peddling in government.
    If only she hadn't used her own private email server then deleted all those emails, then she would have a mountain of evidence to show how innocent she is. Right?

  13. Re:*Bullspittle* on Do Russian Uranium Deals Threaten World Supply Security? · · Score: 2

    It must be a vast right wing conspiracy...
    but then there's the Washington Post story.

  14. once again on James Comey: the Man Who Wants To Outlaw Encryption · · Score: 4, Interesting

    A law that will affect innocent citizens and dumb criminals. The criminals the FBI is after will probably be aware of it and manually turn on encryption.

  15. Seems like the solution is to limit government.

  16. Re:Not searches. Ads. on How Google Searches Are Promoting Genocide Denial · · Score: 1

    Adblock and other javascript blockers do not block the Google Search Sponsored Links. Sponsored links are embedded in the page html just like all the other links, although they are clearly marked with an "ad" icon.

  17. Re:Water- we dump it on the ground on William Shatner Proposes $30 Billion Water Pipeline To California · · Score: 1

    Best comment yet, because it's the only one I see that deals specifically with Shatner's idea.
    So, his idea would be blocked at the source? Is there anyplace else they could get water? How much water could a 4 ft pipeline deliver?

  18. Re:Here's a better idea on William Shatner Proposes $30 Billion Water Pipeline To California · · Score: 1

    But unlike the East, CA has all year growing. That greatly increases a farm's earning potential. That attracts a lot of farmers.

  19. Re:The states... on Powdered Alcohol Banned In Six States · · Score: 1

    Kentucky & TN: Booze is a major part of the economy.

    Powdered booze is made of booze.

  20. Re:Web sites on Popular Android Package Uses Just XOR -- and That's Not the Worst Part · · Score: 1

    "No or few reviewers? I don't take the chance."
    I'd go with 1 review if it was trusted. Astroturfing sockpuppets... there's not really safety in numbers.

  21. Re:"The World" on The Dystopian Lake Filled By the World's Tech Sludge · · Score: 2

    Kudos to the author for including a google maps link. All news stories should do that now.
    If you look south of the sludge pond you can see what looks like an older sludge pond that is being processed. Yes, it's nasty and dangerous and definitely should be contained, but isn't that what sludge ponds are for? To keep all that nasty stuff contained for later processing.

  22. We have the technology on The Unlikely Effort To Build a Clandestine Cell Phone Network · · Score: 1

    Smartphones are so powerful now that cryptography software hasn't caught up yet. We have the computing power in phones now to do things not possible just a couple years ago. You could do things like real time steganography where the real audio message is hidden inside a fake conversation. The hardware is here, we just need an app for that.

  23. Re:Maybe you should have read more than one senten on Wikipedia Admin's Manipulation "Messed Up Perhaps 15,000 Students' Lives" · · Score: 1
    Not everyone has the same experience as you do.
    Another quote from the article:

    Kolbe believes the site's flaws are felt more keenly outside the West. "People in the developing world don't always understand how Wikipedia is created. It's such a credible website, it comes so high up the search rankings - people think it's just another encyclopedia."

  24. Sort of redundant on Public Records Request Returns 4.6M License Plate Scans From Oakland PD · · Score: 1

    All this information could also be legally found out by following a person around.

  25. Financial education on Obama To Announce $240M In New Pledges For STEM Education · · Score: 1

    I think more financial education would have a bigger impact on people's lives. Personal finance tied in with higher education and career planning. Basic cost/benefit analysis. Also business finance like how corporations work and how to start a company.
    All they taught me in high school was how to write a check.