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  1. Re:Gov't for the people, by the people on US Government Poisoned Alcohol During Prohibition · · Score: 0

    Could it be that blowjobs are not good for you and that is why they tried to get you to not perform that act? I mean, you were giving a trigger finger but that doesn't mean you should shoot everyone... I think that sex outside of reproduction and love is negative in that you lose focus of what is important, and trying to get Patti O'Conner over to the darkside is not one of those things...

  2. Re:This explains the gritweed/killer weed. on US Government Poisoned Alcohol During Prohibition · · Score: 1

    No I am complaining that they are changing cigarettes and harming millions for the same of hundreds. This is as stupid or worse than putting lead or another poison in coffee because it will make it less hot and maybe someone wont burn themselves. Even if it worked it is retarded, and worse off it doesn't work, but makes the hazard worse! Why shouldn't we be upset that our lives are being gambled with?

  3. Re:You got the cause and effect reversed on US Gov't. Ending Its Hands-Off-the-Internet Stance · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I didn't vote for Obama, hell I didn't even vote. Crap like this is why. Is this the change that everyone was hoping for? "Yes we can!" - take over your Internets?

  4. Re:This explains the gritweed/killer weed. on US Government Poisoned Alcohol During Prohibition · · Score: 3, Interesting

    No, but the government IS behind making all cigarette smokers smoke FSC, and it seems to make them MORE dangerous as the cherries fall out of the ends! Do your cigarettes seem to be going out for no reason, do you cough more lately, or have other symptoms??? Check out FSC and get ready to be pissed! To prevent several hundred people from dying by burning the house down, eveyone who doesn't roll their own (millions in America) is going to smoke have to smoke carpet glue!

    http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-11705-NY-Holistic-Body--Spirit-Examiner~y2009m7d12-Are-the-new-FSC-firesafe-cigarettes-making-smokers-sicker-than-ever

  5. Re:Javascript DRM on Aussie Internet Censorship Minister Censors Self · · Score: 1

    "The Internet interprets censorship as damage
    and routes around it." -- John Gilmore

  6. Re:How about some alternatives people on Aussie Internet Censorship Minister Censors Self · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If you are a concerned parent, use private options. You can afford a several hundred dollar computer, and Internet every month, but not Net-Nanny? Please... Governments should not be censoring anything! (Why should the public pay for it as well, or waste dollars overseeing it?) If they feel they have to, then they are treating a symptom, not the disease! And in that case, probably just making things worse!

  7. Re:LIES! on Aussie Internet Censorship Minister Censors Self · · Score: 1

    Thanks TubeSteak, this is +5 informative. Of course this is a self preservation defense you are doing since your name will be on the blacklist, lol. But none the less puts things in the right perspective and illustrates what concerns are on people's minds. Even if only 10% of your constituents are passionate about something, a "good" or just politician (yea I know..) should tread lightly and try to do it right. Treading lightly is not the same in this case and trying to tip toe to not be seen.

  8. Re:I don't want to be tracked on Steam UI Update Beta Drops IE Rendering For WebKit · · Score: 1

    I guess he has a point. Playing Peggle Deluxe you wouldnt want your friends to see you. However, for the rest of us, knowing what those of us with similar tastes are into is good intel. I have bought a few games partly based on what I saw others liking enough to spend time in. There is your connection. I don't love tracking so much either though, but what are you going to do? Cross the streams and give Google a Steam ip and vice versa? heh

  9. Re:Note to self.... on Anti-Piracy Windows 7 Update Phones Home Quarterly · · Score: 1

    Does anyone know of anywhere this is already setup and can it be trusted? Or will this only work over a LAN and not the net?

  10. Re:in case any other Americans are confused on UK Gov't Says "No Evidence" IE Is Less Secure · · Score: 1

    Get out of my way, before I pick you up and chair you out of my way!

  11. Forget all other arguments! on UK Gov't Says "No Evidence" IE Is Less Secure · · Score: 1

    Whether anything is more secure when both often need patches can be argued all day. What should matter and is scientific, is the percentages or users who have been compromised. If you want to be a nitpicky, then compare the same demographics, most preferably the highest risk and or biggest selection. (Perhaps more IT centered people do not use I.E. and can skew the results for an example, but I would take that as a sign myself if that were the case...)

      This approach centers on "real" and verifiable end result solutions and ignores time wasting arguments. In other words, what really matters will be assessed and highest yield of success suggestions given.

  12. Re:in case any other Americans are confused on UK Gov't Says "No Evidence" IE Is Less Secure · · Score: 1

    Think of "to table" something as setting it down in US English, as opposed to putting it up on the table in the UK. Context clues help to make it clear, and I have heard it used the "UK" way in the US. E.G. "Alright, lets table that, what else have you got?" - Lets set it down and move on; "Good idea Frank! However keep in mind if we (put this on the) table this now, we wont have time for your other presentation." - What are we about to look at or talk about?

  13. Re:Probably true, even. on UK Gov't Says "No Evidence" IE Is Less Secure · · Score: 1

    "Security through obscurity" works in this case (though of course the phrase comes originally from open source vs. closed source).

    I believe that you are referring to "Security through lack of interest for malicious intent due to popularity or rarity", while the meaning of the phrase "Security through obscurity" would be clearer with the word obfuscation instead. But hey, then it wouldn't rhyme or be as memorable either.

  14. Article Comments on AT&T Glitch Connects Users To Wrong Accounts · · Score: 1

    Reading the article's comments (Ya, I know ban me for RTFA lol) the issue appears to be quite widespread, and possibly on Facebook's end. They appear to not sue encryption once you log in, so that is definitely a weakness there. But that "costs" more bandwidth... but if Google can do it and switch to HTTPS... but of course this is email, not public humiliation we are talking about here.

  15. Re:The WHO needs to shut the fuck up on WHO To Investigate Handling of Swine Flu Information, Vaccine Orders · · Score: 1

    Ditto to Ishobo... I'll take a doctor who is thinking's word over a doctor who says get this shot because my superiors say so's word any day, and much more so than some random person on Slashdot.

  16. Re:The WHO needs to shut the fuck up on WHO To Investigate Handling of Swine Flu Information, Vaccine Orders · · Score: 1

    Ditto

  17. Re:no shit sherlock on WHO To Investigate Handling of Swine Flu Information, Vaccine Orders · · Score: 1

    We need a new and different kind of media. One that is "cool" and fresh for being smart and true...

  18. Linux, Specifically Ubuntu on Does Your PC Really Need a SysRq Button Anymore? · · Score: 4, Informative

    I use the "busier" backwards or "reisub" combination with the sysrq key in order to gently shutdown Ubuntu when it locks up. So yes, I use it, but that has only been in the last couple of years or so. Not sure what else it is used for...

  19. Re:Attorney Client Privilege on Challenge To US Government Over Seized Laptops · · Score: 1

    Couldn't everyone just claim to have power of attorney for some relative effectively stopping this for "everyone" that makes that claim if found to be voided for attorneys? The general populace being attorneys would definitely not be something the powers at be would like, as it might incite actual education of the laws...

  20. NetFlix in Linux? on Move Over BoxeeBox, Here Comes PopBox · · Score: 1

    D-Link, meanwhile, is rumored to be scrambling to add Netflix streaming support to its BoxeeBox device as well, prior to inaugural shipments of that device. All three run embedded Linux OSes,

      If I read this right, it is believed that D-Link runs Linux on the BoxeeBox and is trying to get NetFlix working. If they can do it, shouldn't I be able to in Ubuntu as well?

  21. Re:Great timing on World's Tallest Building To Open Monday · · Score: 1

    Construction hubris and economic crash seem to be close companions.

    Come on think about it for a bit. They didn't build this in the last few months. Burj Dubai was started during an economic boom. I doubt anyone was predicting that it would be completed in an economic crash.

    Well, I think I will next time. :) It seems that the stock markets can indeed have a correlation between the boom to start a building and the crash just about the time it is done. Interesting.

  22. Re:Great timing on World's Tallest Building To Open Monday · · Score: 1

    So what do you have to say about this Mr Australian http://www.smh.com.au/national/online-fury-over-stabbing-death-of-indian-man-20100103-lnb9.html. It is amazing how one can jump to any conclusion without actually knowing the place and its people.

    Does every stabbing have to be hate related? Of course it does, evil wants us to hate and look for reasons to do so.

  23. Re:Most ways are overrated or overstated. on Steve Jobs Crowned "Person of the Decade" · · Score: 1

    most Americans have iPods than any other portable music device and virtually everyone knows what an iPod is as opposed to an iRiver. Plus companies are copying the iPod and iPhone's designs, not anyone else's so yeah seeing how Apple are more or less set the standard for portable listening devices, I think it is possible to say they've changed how we listen to music.

    It's possible to say anything, including Mic Jagger, Sara McLaughlin, or Brittany Spears changed the way we listen to music. But none are Elvis or Michael Jackson.

      The question is if they hadn't created the iPod would we still have MP3 players? I think that we would. We should be careful to give credit to those that merely took the lead, and give credit to those that were truly groundbreaking. Example, the Model T and Mr. Ford. The Wright brothers. They changed the way we do things. Apple merely took and resold technology and made it stylish. Is that worthy of note, sure, but a footnote, not an article. Unless of course that spirit spread to other things, other than "their" products. And I do not mean the look and feel, I mean the stylish philosophy, if you will. Coke may have changed what we drink, but Arizona, Lipton, Louisiane, didn't. We already drank tea. Just like we already used MP3 players, the market was just waiting for somebody (anybody) to make it affordable and stylish. Do we really make him the person of the decade for doing what someone else would have done? Perhaps, but I just don't feel it is truly worthy, even with what he did for "Apple". Brine and Page, now those guys have changed things.

  24. Re:Cut the power Spiderman! on Mother Calls 911 to Stop Son Playing Video Game · · Score: 1

    It's mainly designed to give insight into learning these things from the ground-up, regardless of prior experience.

    Why am I not surprised?

    I might consider throwing together a collection of simple guides on this subject. With the exception of tearing open the wall and installing new power equipment (plus sealing and repainting it), most of these workarounds are very simple to implement and safe. Thank you for the positive feedback :)

    Positive feedback (in some form) is what keeps us going. I do not know much about websites yet, but I have some ideas. Perhaps opening the wall is too extreme for a child issue... but might be good for other reasons. What I am getting at is that I would like to start something helps people see how easy everything really is, and can be. In the words of Mr. Miyagi, "No such thing as bad student, only bad teacher!" (Unless that student avoids good teachers?) In other words, to learn anything one must be interested. I guess that goes for sovling problems as well, for that is a learning experience.

      Anyhow, I know that understanding how a nuclear reactor works really is not hard. It just isn't. Anyone who uses energy should know their options, including that. Just like most anyone who drives a car (everyone?) should be aware their are cylinders, a cyclic explosion, etc. It is not rocket science. But even I would probably be surprised by how many people do not know. It is sickening. We are behaving like children and do things very inefficiently. Perhaps if a small percentage of us started thinking logically like adults, we could quickly encroach upon a critical mass.

  25. Re:Tell it to the plastic clown on Uniforms For the Help Desk? · · Score: 1

    It sounds more like they want to be able to identify the IT professionals. This is counter productive in most environments and will likely lead to more interruptions as they walk to do work a ticket. If they use a ticketing system, then this is a bad idea.