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  1. Re:Getting to Mars by rocket is a long haul... on After Successful Launch, India's Mars Orbiter Is On Its Way · · Score: 1

    Yes but it requires putting nuclear reactors into space. Public opinion is against this for some reason.

  2. Re:God forbid someone proposes something useful on TSA Union Calls For Armed Guards At Every Checkpoint · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Not manly enough.

  3. Re:Bottom of the barrel on Autonomous Dump Trucks Are Coming To Canada's Oil Sands · · Score: 2

    You know I have a book here about the history of the oil industry that references 'peak oil' was to happen in the early 1900's and every decade or so after that.

  4. Re:Museum? Looks more like... on Welcome to the Goodwill Computer Museum (Video) · · Score: 2

    But rearranging the junk was half the fun ....

  5. Re:Museum? Looks more like... on Welcome to the Goodwill Computer Museum (Video) · · Score: 2

    My basement until my wife finally won the argument.

  6. Life skills are never a waste. on Telegraph Contributor Says Coding Is For Exceptionally Dull Weirdos · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Back in the day, well at lest up to the mid 1970 our schools taught wood working and metal working in grades 6,7, and 8 because these were life skills. You learned how to build and fix things.

  7. Stake Holders on Why Can't Big Government Launch a Website? · · Score: 1

    Stake Holders are the major problem.

    For example (ignoring the whole question of gun control for a moment) a way back the Canadian government started a a Long Gun registry and budgeted a couple of million dollars for it. I knew chaps who were in on it from the start. It was essentially a second year computer science database project.

    However, once underway and all the stake holders got involved and the turf wars started and the pro pr campaigns started to counter the anti government registry campaigns it eventually ballooned to a couple of billion dollars.

    Then because of the major cluster frak it turned into it did not really work so after a few years of operation and bad publicity it was canceled.

  8. Simple solution. on US Executions Threaten Supply of Anaesthetic Used For Surgical Procedures · · Score: 1

    Drop them naked on the tundra during the spring and let the files have them. Use a drone and televise it. Sell advertizing.

  9. Children it is your own fault. on MEPs Vote To Suspend Data Sharing With US · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Every child knows that if you abuse a privilege it gets taken away.

  10. Who's next? on Call Yourself a Hacker, Lose Your 4th Amendment Rights · · Score: 1

    And any biologist has the knowledge to release botulism in a concealed manner.

  11. Re:No boobies though. on Facebook Lets Beheading Clips Return To Its Site · · Score: 1

    Can't wait for this scene

    And He blotted out every living substance which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping thing, and fowl of the heaven; for after the 40 days and nights God let up the rains and gazed down upon the Ark looking resplendent in a sea of dead and bloated babies and children. Their faces contorted in the agony of drowning while the carrion birds of the ocean did feed on their bloated and discoloured corpses. And they were blotted out from the earth; and Noah only was left, and they that were with him in the ark. And the Lord God smiled and was joyful for he knew then that his retribution had been slow and painful and without mercy for even the young and innocent. (Genesis 7:23)

  12. Re:Headless breasts? on PM Calls Facebook Irresponsible For Allowing Beheading Clips · · Score: 1

    Right ending life is so cool but creating it, hell no.

  13. No Matter, I have Nothing to Hide on CryptoSeal Shuts Down Consumer VPN Service To Avoid Fighting NSA · · Score: 1

    Right, now just wait until as a cost saving measure the NSA starts using 'advanced' software analysis programs to not only tag but also to vet all your emails and chats instead of people and then you end up automatically being put on a watch list.

    Now try to get off of it.

    That is the problem.

  14. NSA is tipping their hand on CryptoSeal Shuts Down Consumer VPN Service To Avoid Fighting NSA · · Score: 2

    So the NSA is supposed to be covertly gathering intelligence. Yet they use high pressure tactics that force these sites to shut down therefore tipping off their users that something may be amiss. Leading them to change their procedures there by wasting all the time an effort the NSA put into thin initial investigation.

  15. Re:This actually isn't half bad on Valve Shows How Steam Controller Works In Real Life · · Score: 1

    Ditto. Looks good for the couch when you are playing a leisurely game. However, mouse and kb will will be tops for getting rid of the pent up must kill something moments.

  16. Surcharges on Who's Getting Pay-By-Phone Right? The Fast Food Industry · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Want people to use it. Get rid of all surcharges related to it. I don't have to pay extra when I use cash.

  17. Re:Douche-o-matic on Police Demand Summary Domain Takedown, Traffic Redirection · · Score: 1

    Like the phone company who benefits from prostitution.

  18. Re:Photos on Sorm: Russia Intends To Monitor "All Communications" At Sochi Olympics · · Score: 1

    Um, it is a java apk file, zip file, just decompose it there are tools on the net. Besides since you have the original png and the shaded one you can actually compare the two and see exactly what the code is doing. Any way contact the authors they may release the code.

  19. Will add to my net worth. on Slashdot Asks: How Does the US Gov't Budget Crunch Affect You? · · Score: 1

    When they default and the market tanks it will be a great buying opportunity.

  20. Re:Photos on Sorm: Russia Intends To Monitor "All Communications" At Sochi Olympics · · Score: 1

    No you want to subtly adjust the rgb values of a loss less data format so without access to the original image file there is no evidence what so ever of the overlayed information. And because it is just a normal picture not even advanced data analysis can detect the overlayed information. The only way to extract it is via brute force and well depending on the size of the image the sun may die first.

  21. Just send lots of photos, png format of course, home attached to your emails. That way you can say anything you want by using undetectable steganography.

  22. You keep using that word. on US Intelligence Chief Defends Attempts To Break Tor · · Score: 2

    "we use every intelligence tool available to understand the intent of our foreign adversaries" I do not think the word foreign means what you think it does. Foreign if you look it up in any dictionary and then apply it in context to the United States means non American citizens.

  23. Does not work on MasterCard Joining Push For Fingerprint ID Standard · · Score: 1

    I once saw demo given by a security expert fooling a fingerprint scanner with a print lifted with a gummy bear.

  24. There are several nice conference centers in Canada that are available to host this and in the fall the changing colours of the leaves are really quite nice to see.

  25. Re:Really? on Shots Fired At US Capitol · · Score: 1

    The shooter was on the grassy knol......