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  1. Re:Oh? on NSA CS Man: My Tracking Algorithm Was 'Twisted' By the Government · · Score: -1, Troll

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    Obama is even worse on the Constitution than Bush was; he's not going to prosecute anyone for that.

    Of course he's worse on the Constitution, it's against his communist, I mean socialist ideals.

  2. Re:Oh? on NSA CS Man: My Tracking Algorithm Was 'Twisted' By the Government · · Score: 1

    Sitting presidents do not need a nomination to run for a second term.

  3. Re:Oh? on NSA CS Man: My Tracking Algorithm Was 'Twisted' By the Government · · Score: 2
  4. Re:I wonder if he really said that... on The Cost of US Security · · Score: 1, Informative

    You mean like giving trillions to failed banks during the first month in office, oops that was Obama.

  5. Re:crop circles on Search For Alien Life On 86 Planets Begins · · Score: 1

    And usually left in their luggage. It is also something that one would not normally find in the cockpit.

  6. Re:crop circles on Search For Alien Life On 86 Planets Begins · · Score: 1

    Except these were also visually identified. So that throws your "primitive radar" theory out with the bath water.

  7. Re:Trustworthy repairmen? There Aren't Any... on Confessions of a Computer Repairman · · Score: 1

    If that was a sink you could have just removed the trap under the sink.

  8. Re:crop circles on Search For Alien Life On 86 Planets Begins · · Score: 1

    Then explain why we never were able to shoot a single one down. The Soviets managed to shoot down our spy planes during the cold war, and those were more advanced than any the Soviets had. In fact the Soviets focused on spy satellites instead of building spy planes.

  9. Re:crop circles on Search For Alien Life On 86 Planets Begins · · Score: 1

    All of those people and not a single camera. How convenient. I'm sure they all immediately ruled out every possible explanation besides aliens too.

    Yes, because everyone had a camera phone back in 1986. The fact is that not many people had access to a camera all the time back then.

  10. Re:crop circles on Search For Alien Life On 86 Planets Begins · · Score: 1

    i know several college educated people with mental illnesses, the symptoms of which include auditory and visual hallucinations.

    mental illness wasn't particularly well understood back in the day.

    Can you explain, if you will, how their hallucinations have shown up on radar?

  11. Re:crop circles on Search For Alien Life On 86 Planets Begins · · Score: 1

    There are hundreds of reports of UFOs from pilots who flew during WWI and WWII (the so called 'Foo Fighters'). Not to mention all the reports from Naval officers of USOs, UFO reports from astronauts, pilots, and mass sightings of UFOs over major cities. Lets also not forget about the UFOs that were seen over the US Capitol in 1952. President Truman even issued a shoot down order. I guess they were all drunken hillbillies too? Any logical person has to admit that there is something out there.

    https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Foo_fighter

    https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/1952_Washington_D.C._UFO_incident

  12. Re:crop circles on Search For Alien Life On 86 Planets Begins · · Score: 1

    Without knowledge of general relativity, your GPS device would be off by a minimum of 4 miles, with inaccuracy increasing from there. Without GPS, our army is lost in the middle of the desert. etc. etc.

    Right, because people couldn't navigate before there was GPS. And lets not forget that all soldiers learn how to navigate with a map and a compass in basic, and other school during their career give them refreshers. Even in the Navy they still navigate the old fashioned way, using GPS to verify their chart plotting. Same with the Air Force.

  13. Re:very soft target on O'Reilly Author's Laptop Rescued By 'Twitter Posse' and Prey · · Score: 1

    Haven't you seen 'Canadian Bacon'?

  14. Re:Not the real name on Disney Seeks Trademark On 'Seal Team 6' · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure commissariat does not mean what you think it does.

  15. Re:If you steal a laptop on O'Reilly Author's Laptop Rescued By 'Twitter Posse' and Prey · · Score: 1

    I've had a laptop stolen from me before and recovered so I am speaking from experience here. Thieves will use whatever account they can simply click on to login. I made sure that my dummy account was limited so that they could not install or change anything on the system. Snatch and grab thieves hardly know anything about the stuff they steal. In fact it appeared that they were only using it to look at porn.

  16. Re:Not the real name on Disney Seeks Trademark On 'Seal Team 6' · · Score: 1

    No, he is the largest share holder with 7% of the stock though. I would hardly call that ownership.

  17. Re:It doesn't matter anyway on Western Washington Univ. Considers Cutting Computer Science · · Score: 1

    I state a simple fact and you call me a redneck? Damn you are one ignorant, smug, bastard.

  18. Re:hrmmmm on Confessions of a Computer Repairman · · Score: 1

    That's why they charge the customer for the RAM _AND_ the labor to install it. Removing spyware doesn't take up much of a techs time anyway, just start mbam or whatever and let it run.

  19. Re:Confession Time on Confessions of a Computer Repairman · · Score: 1

    I'm sure many of the readers here pay money to have the oil in their car changed by the 15-minute shop down the street (or worse yet, the dealership).

    I'd rather take it to the dealership than to the 15 minute lube place. Those 15 minute lube places are notorious for damaging engines, if the dealership screws something up you're still covered by your warranty.

  20. Re:Trustworthy repairmen? There Aren't Any... on Confessions of a Computer Repairman · · Score: 1

    Maybe they have to charge $200 to stay in business... you know kinda like a plumber charges you $200 to unclog your toilet.

    Yeah, or you could be smart and just go buy a drain snake for under $30. They're good for more than just your toilet too.

  21. Re:Trustworthy repairmen? There Aren't Any... on Confessions of a Computer Repairman · · Score: 1

    They also love to advertise systems as being on-sale, but when you get to the store all the unsealed ones are already gone so they will offer you one that has had the Geek Squad "optimizations" done to it, for a hefty price increase. I do not even see how this is legal under bait-and-switch laws.

  22. Re:What is the problem? on Confessions of a Computer Repairman · · Score: 1

    It happens randomly, one hour the site works great, and the next it doesn't. I can use any browser I want on any system I have when it is not working right, and they all get the same result. This is not a problem with anybody's computer as these problems have been getting reported on here for a while now by quite a few people.

  23. Re:About time! on Confessions of a Computer Repairman · · Score: 1

    My personal favorite, the page scrolls to the top of the screen when you attempt to click on anything. Happens in FF4, Chrome, and IE9.

  24. Re:Geek Squad. on Confessions of a Computer Repairman · · Score: 1

    Ever hear the term "support monkey"?

  25. Re:Meh on Confessions of a Computer Repairman · · Score: 1

    I seriously doubt that the feds used a breaching charge while serving a warrant on a business. There is a ton of paperwork and liability involved in that.