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  1. Re:old story for this physicist on Particle Physicists Facing Insane Competition For Work · · Score: 1

    And what makes you think that it is different in any other profession? I'm an engineer, been unemployed, underemployed and self employed and the only complex mathematics I do is when I try to calculate 10% of a restaurant tab - Bistro Math.

  2. Re:Where will this end? on Joining Lavabit Et Al, Groklaw Shuts Down Because of NSA Dragnet · · Score: 1

    Yup, you hit the nail right on the hammer there - the NSA is fearing that it won't survive more disclosures and will be closed down, so the spooks are fighting for their jobs.

  3. Re:Where will this end? on Joining Lavabit Et Al, Groklaw Shuts Down Because of NSA Dragnet · · Score: 1

    Yes, PJ could have published GPG keys for her email, but she and the other helpers and their computers all reside inside the USA and the whole thing is probably hopeless compromised. PJ probably received a lot of NSA related submissions and because of that simply cannot go on with the system she has in place and doesn't want to expend the effort to start over somewhere else and she probably doesn't want to spend her retirement in jail.

  4. Re:It was a myth on Joining Lavabit Et Al, Groklaw Shuts Down Because of NSA Dragnet · · Score: 1

    The USA has always strived to be a fascist country - well, at least ever since their civil war. The main outcome of the civil war was an immense increase in the power of the federal government vs the state governments. The USA today, is the world's largest police state with more people in jail than the total population of many European countries. Even so, the situation on the ground varies a lot geographically and most of the interior of the country is free and fair. It is mainly the large cities that are good places to stay out of. The big problem though is the border choke points where travellers have to pass through the police machinery and the reason for the strong police presence on the borders is probably because that is much easier than doing real policing in the crime ridden cities.

  5. Re:Who is really endangering agents' lives? on UK High Court Gives OK To Investigation of Data Siezed From David Miranda · · Score: 1

    Ja! CENSORED das Oder die CENSORED gersput!

  6. Gmail forwarder on Ask Slashdot: Speeding Up Personal Anti-Spam Filters? · · Score: 1

    Just forward your mail through gmail. That way all the spam disappears and the NSA can get their data without trouble.

  7. Re:How accurate is the sea level rise figure? on Huge Canyon Discovered Under Greenland Ice · · Score: -1, Troll

    Ssssssh, don't confuse the global warmers with weird facts.

  8. Re:The dilema ... on NSA Cracked Into Encrypted UN Video Conferences · · Score: 1

    It is similar to the 'stolen art conundrum'. If a picture has been stolen repeatedly over the centuries, and is stolen again, is it really a crime?

  9. Re:Panopticlick is another method on Cookieless Web Tracking Using HTTP's ETag · · Score: 1

    You cannot win. If you don't respond with anything, then that still identifies you uniquely, since nobody else does that.

  10. Jim, he's dead. on Windows 8.1 RTM Trickling Out, With Start Menu and Boot-to-Desktop · · Score: 2

    Sometimes, the doctor turned the words around and with Windows, adding a start button that turns the desktop around back to the Metro zombie screen isn't going to help.

  11. Re:Somewhat misleading. :( on Australian University Unveils New Carbon-Trapping Bricks · · Score: 1

    I wonder why a geothermal power station would produce CO2, is the water is volcanic and bubbling? Maybe bottle it as a new enviro friendly soda pop...

  12. Wood on Australian University Unveils New Carbon-Trapping Bricks · · Score: 1

    I have a patent pending system that captures carbon from the atmosphere and turns it into wood, for the construction industry. The process only requires water and sunlight, while maintenance costs are minimal.

  13. Stoned... on Ask Slashdot: 4G Networking Advice For Large Outdoor Festival? · · Score: 2

    Why would a bunch of stoners need high speed internet? I can imagine maybe one user typing 'hey' and another user typing 'dude' a half hour later, but if there is any more activity than that, then the fest is a dud...

  14. Re:Private? on Aiming For a Commercially Available Submersible · · Score: 1

    Not to mention all the subs used in under sea oil fields.

  15. Re:Ocean, the next frontier on Aiming For a Commercially Available Submersible · · Score: 1

    Living under the sea has been tried 50 years ago already. The problems are pressure, damp, mold, rust and barnacles. NASA still has a deep water habitat: http://gcmd.nasa.gov/records/GCMD_dgomb.html

  16. Re:5 Passengers? on Aiming For a Commercially Available Submersible · · Score: 1

    Congratulations Mr BitZtream, you are now a second class citizen, who get shat on at every check point. If HS actually found the said knife on you, then you would probably have become a third class citizen on the No Fly list, so count your blessings.

  17. With the castors, you can use it as a shopping trolley in a supermarket when it is folded...

  18. If you can't squash them, square them on Members of Parliament Demand Explanation For Detention of David Miranda · · Score: 1

    and if you can't square them, squash them. -- Harold Wilson (of the press)

  19. Unnaturally speaking on How One Programmer Is Coding Faster By Voice Than Keyboard · · Score: 1

    I tried Dragon Unnaturally Speaking years ago and came to the conclusion that it is only usable with a lot of training. Guttoral sounds and clicks also work better than words. So yeah, quite a crappy system.

  20. Re:If it's not super regulated now, it will be on Commercial Drone Industry Heating Up · · Score: 1

    Most of these toys are just somewhat improved RC planes and are allowed to fly up to about 300 feet. The important thing for people to realize is that most of these are mere toys and just as useless.

  21. Re: Biggest market will be the media. on Commercial Drone Industry Heating Up · · Score: 1

    Yup, and a vibrating little toy chopper with a cheap camera will not make a good quality picture

  22. Re:Hyper loop on The Smog To Fog Challenge: Settling the High-Speed Rail vs. Hyperloop Debate · · Score: 1

    Uhmmm, trains inside tubes have been around since the 19th century. Why would building a train in a tube above ground (the hyper loop) be cheaper to build and run than a train in open air?

  23. Lemme guess, you have no idea how big Europe is, never been there and never used a train...

  24. 128bit AES is insecure on Google To Encrypt Cloud Storage Data By Default · · Score: 1

    Google doesn't need to give the keys to anyone if the algorithm is insecure.

  25. Dumb economically illiterate students on The College-Loan Scandal · · Score: 1

    Smart US students go and study in Canada, where costs are lower.