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  1. The programs written for the weapons are the only item run on the computers for a reason. The code is trusted and audited which is way more important than new and flashy. Changing or updating the underlying OS or code requires a new audit and verification.

    The calculations can be done longhand for verification.

    Read the rainbow series for more info if they are still in existence.

  2. Now the law is made by randomly pulling a number out our a$$.

    And now cops are suppose to diagnose being high with physiological test.
    Great.
    I'll take the random number.

  3. nsa ia not so braindead afterr all on Emails Show NSA Rejected Hillary Clinton's Request For Secure Smartphone (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Clinton and Co were already breaching security protocols and wanted to know what the president used. The info would be sold or given to the highest bidder by Clinton and Co.

    Have a coloring book.

  4. Someone at the health Dept knows the password... on Apple: Terrorist's Apple ID Password Changed In Government Custody (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Might I suggest Enhanced interrogation for the entire health department, I hear it is still legal.

  5. Stopping to think on Weak Electrical Field Found To Carry Information Around the Brain (eurekalert.org) · · Score: 1

    may have some meaning. The slower brain signals must be the more thought out brain signals. How much bandwidth does each signal send? Are they coherent thoughts or just random pulses?

  6. Re:A simple proposition. on Advertising Companies Accused of Deliberately Slowing Page-load Times For Profit · · Score: 1

    How about having a marketable product and buisness plan. The web site can then be a media rather than the product.

  7. Too long to load a page, just lost a sale on Advertising Companies Accused of Deliberately Slowing Page-load Times For Profit · · Score: 2

    Whenever a site takes an overly long time to load or is add loaded I go to their competotors web site which seems to be quicker loading. Also many ad rotator providers have become 0-day security risk so I just block them by default.

  8. Re:Incorrect characterization on Army Exoskeleton Prototype Helps Soldiers Learn To Shoot · · Score: 1

    And the less skill a solder has the less of a threat they are to the politicians who sent them to war.

  9. Basic marksmanship better than a exoskeleton on Army Exoskeleton Prototype Helps Soldiers Learn To Shoot · · Score: 1

    Mastery of basic marksmanship and body mechanics will go further than band aiding the problem with technology.

  10. Re:All products of this type of shit on E-Detective Spy Tool Used By Police and Governments Has Major Security Holes · · Score: 1

    You secure a network by locking down its capabilities to what you need to do and NOTHING else. Hacking then becomes basically impossible... right there.

    Not when this is your gateway out. It is a clasic MIM device and sniffer.

  11. Long term storage on How To Store Your Data For 1 Million Years · · Score: 2

    Already done, stones and a hamer!

  12. Re:Not all of these are equal... on New Privacy Concerns About US Program That Can Track Snail Mail · · Score: 1

    The USPS has a history of convictions of individuals spreading illegal thoughts and unpopular speech during the early portions of the 19th century.

      The Espionage Act of 1917 and Sedition Act of 1918 helped convict people for horrendous crimes such as, association with the Communist Party, opposing conscription and unpopular speech.

    Early Communist, anarchist, socialist and others were convicted jailed and deported with much help from the USPS.

    Becoming an enemy of the state means a person is disliked by the ruling political party.

  13. One Word on Why Girls Do Better At School · · Score: 1

    Breast.

  14. Darwinian Science on The Chemical-Free Chemistry Kit · · Score: 1

    Half the fun of the old science kits was learning not to becoming a Darwin award winner. With all the coddling and protectiveness in the world today what kid is going to learn not to mix calcium carbide and water in a balloon and let it float over a kitchen table with lit candles? That is outside play!

  15. Re:Bastard on Geostationary GPS Satellite Galaxy 15 Out of Control · · Score: 1

    If it is an Indian nuclear satellite the yes nuke it!

  16. Re:sigh on Internet Probably Couldn't Handle a Flu Pandemic · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It is the only government agency who's main drive for its survival of the organization is fear. Once people have nothing to fear then the agency becomes obsolete.

  17. Teach them to think on there own! on What To Cover In a Short "DIY Tech" Course? · · Score: 1

    Seriously I deal daily with people who have MBA and have trouble opening doors! The ability to think out a simple process is underrated. Just about any thing which teaches people basic principals or processes is a great start.

  18. Re:Anonymous Coward on Should IT Unionize? · · Score: 1

    Depends on the union.

    The one I am stuck in now AFSCME is not an IT union it is a public service and health care workers union.

    The sad thing is that the management knows they have the union by the balls as the employees are to afraid to strike for fear of not being able to feed their families.

    The amount of comp and vacation time lost is just stupid as the management chooses weather or not to give you comp time or OT and when you can take the comp time. Which ends up being comp time that workers cant take.

    Wage wise...... I work for one of the lowest paid counties in the state.

  19. DHS constantly does domestic searches! on DHS Allowed To Take Laptops Indefinitely · · Score: 2, Informative

    "Border" searches include people who have not departed the U.S. Depending where you travel in the U.S. DHS still stops people and searches them for not leaving the country.

    Same thing happens between San Diego and L.A. there are DHS checkpoints on I-5 and I-15 which are 40 miles from the international border.

    http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004364797_ferrypatrol22m.html
    and
    http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2008/07/02/immigration_checks_on_ferry_runs_irk_locals/

    "A couple of months ago, the U.S. Border Patrol began occasional "spot checks" of every vehicle and passenger arriving in Anacortes off state ferries, the lifeline between these islands and the mainland. ... In the islands' coffee shops and the editorial pages of the local paper, then in a crowded, heated meeting last month, a number of people have complained that islanders are being unfairly treated and questioned, even though they haven't left the country and normally wouldn't be subject to such scrutiny. ... The Border Patrol responds that the stops are annoying but necessary, the cost of keeping the country safe. It maintains that a terrorist could easily use the same maze of waterways and islands here that for generations has harbored smugglers, rumrunners and drug dealers. ... San Juan Islanders are used to customs inspections in Anacortes if they take the ferry that comes from Sidney, B.C. Before now, though, they were never subjected to checks on domestic ferry runs.

    That changed in February, when federal agents started corralling everyone off domestic ferries into a fenced-off area in Anacortes and questioning them about their citizenship. It now happens once, maybe twice a week; no one has any way to know if they will be stopped."

    WELCOME TO AMERIKA, BTW nice I-phone.....

  20. Re:This isn't that far fetched... on Second Life & WoW Terrorist Training Camps? · · Score: 1

    Using MMO's for training is not that far fetched. I SL there are builds of real cities. Building a realistic simulation of a building or facility is easy. The military has for years used sandboxes for battle training. SL is nothing more than an electronic sandbox. More detail could be put into a SL sandbox like accurate photos of buildings down to floor plans and the interior colors. The environment is a good way to train people for a particular mission. Individuals could virtually walk through a building many times before actually going into the real building to commit terrorism.

  21. Re:I'm about to start the road to divorce on IT and Divorce? · · Score: 1

    Next year?
    Your still posting on slashdot.

  22. Re:Two Words: Chilling Effect on NSA To Datamine Social Networking Sites · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Excellent post

      Most data mining is not about the known information; it is about the unknown information. The social networks which are built online with people known only through there alias can be rather surprising.

    I had the opportunity to find out what was going on in someone's life online and offline. I was able to build the targets offline life from information obtained online by using an account ID which the person had probably forgotten about. That account ID led to the first page which the person made on line which gave personal details and dates of birth. By the time the collection of information was completed the information available gave up the targets; full name, date of birth, home address, property owned and value, phone numbers, spouses full name and family members names and locations. Personal information included likes and dislikes, pets' types and names, and so forth.
    The circle of online friends included a couple who were trying to get their brother in-law married.

    The target had no clue of the back ground available or the connection of the social network which the target had walked into. The target had no concept of social engineering, or the fact that the target was being used.

    The amount of information available publicly and through public/private information sources is amazing and amazingly accurate. It is all a matter of knowing where to look and the interpolation/conformation of the information.

  23. Re:It isnt outlawed on Does Your Employer Ban Skype? · · Score: 1

    My company does not ban most software, but only agency approved (Read directly work related) software can be loaded.
    This policy came about from people loading every cute program, screen saver and online streaming viewer which would slow the computer and clog bandwith.
    it still gives the users some latitude in using software to increase producivity with out breaking the computers and slowing the networks.
    Programs which has a negitive effect on the network and productivity are tracked and removed.

  24. taxpayer dollars on US Missile Shield already Defeated? · · Score: 2, Funny

    How much is going to be spent on an anti-anti-missile-defense missile missile and the anti- anti-anti-missile-defense-missile-missile-missile?

    One more program an anti truck bomb missile

  25. Re:My will is too weak to avoid the obvious joke.. on Piracy Setup Discovered in WV Capitol Building · · Score: 1

    $10 Now that there movie distribution business is shut down.