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  1. power on CIA Accused: Sen. Feinstein Sees Torture Probe Meddling · · Score: 4, Interesting

    We will see who is more power, Congress or the CIA. The answer will be the CIA.

  2. secure email on SXSW: Edward Snowden Swipes At NSA · · Score: 1

    Even though we all know that all of our email is being read... email client support for encryption in many cases is still bad or non-existent.

  3. Re:Rearranging deck chairs on RMS Titanic on SXSW: Edward Snowden Swipes At NSA · · Score: 1

    Websites use of SSL make tracking easier. SSL does nothing to prevent google from tracking all your website searches. SSL does nothing to prevent your employer from monitoring all of your external internet access. What SSL does is make google's tracking easier because it helps them identify who you are.

  4. Re:The root of the problem lies with ... the peopl on Snowden Says No One Listened To 10 Attempts To Raise Concerns At NSA · · Score: 2

    The majority of the people believe the TSA is necessary because that is what they have been told.

  5. smell collection on Metadata and the Intrusive State · · Score: 1

    They also tracked people by smell: http://boingboing.net/2007/07/...

    Current German government is doing the same thing: http://www.theguardian.com/bus...

  6. Re:Who believe "just metadata" reassurances anyway on Metadata and the Intrusive State · · Score: 3, Informative

    Obama. Obama says we should not be concerned that the NSA is collecting all our metadata.

  7. Re:Already Lost on Bugatti 100P Rebuilt: The Plane That Could've Turned the Battle of Britain · · Score: 1

    The Gloster Meteor could have beat the shit out of the Dornier Do 335: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    The Germans were lucky they were forbidden to fly over German territory.

  8. Re:Directly contacting gov agencies. Good idea? on Using Google Maps To Intercept FBI and Secret Service Calls · · Score: 2

    he couldn't justify obtaining the necessary necessary agency time to get the warrants to track the spammers

    Snowden's documents showed that the FBI was getting information from the NSA on drug traffickers without obtaining warrants.

  9. Re:"Is This News"? on How I Cut My Time Warner Cable Bill By 33% · · Score: 1

    Did you know that you could also use your cell phone when your internet goes out?

  10. Re:Still should be hands free on Using Handheld Phone GPS While Driving Is Legal In California · · Score: 3, Informative

    Windshield mounts are legal in California in the lower left hand corner of the window.

  11. Re:Easy on the Canada hate slashdot. on Quebec Language Police Target Store Owner's Facebook Page · · Score: 1

    But, why doesn't the rest of the country have laws to preserve their white, protestant, english speaking heritage? Don't Canadians appreciate the positive effect to "their lands and people" from keeping it white?

  12. Re:Nissan Dealers Hate the LEAF on Why Nissan Is Talking To Tesla Model S Owners · · Score: 3, Interesting

    NADA 2012 per dealership average profits: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t...

    New vehicle sales net profit: $60,000
    Service and parts department net profit: $310,000

  13. Re:Odd on Why Nissan Is Talking To Tesla Model S Owners · · Score: 1

    Leaf is for those who want to save money.

    Tesla is for those who have too much money and want to spend it.

  14. vietnamese on Study Shows Agent Orange Still Taints Aging C-123s · · Score: 4, Informative

    It is interesting everyone ignores the greater harm agent orange is doing to the Vietnamese servicemen.

  15. Re:Naked Posture Photos on All In All, Kids Just Another Brick In the Data Wall · · Score: 2

    http://www.sfgate.com/news/art...

    "the photographs were taken by W. H. Sheldon, who believed there was a relationship between body shape and intelligence and other traits."

  16. other crowd sourcing on Open Source Video Editor Pitivi Seeks Crowdfunding to Reach 1.0 · · Score: 2

    The most popular website for crowd sourcing for open source appears to be: http://www.freedomsponsors.com...

    Pitivi seems to be having better results crowd sourcing than many other open source projects.

  17. Re:Nationalization on Time Warner Deal Is How Comcast Will Fight Cord Cutters · · Score: 1

    Cable is regulated?

  18. Re:Desktop Linux on Red Hat Hires CentOS Developers · · Score: 1

    They have, it is called Android.

  19. Re:and the TSA exists because... on Confessions Of an Ex-TSA Agent: Secrets Of the I.O. Room · · Score: 1

    Welfare for those for have been on it for five years was terminated in 1996.

  20. Re: Get Ready on Congressmen Say Clapper Lied To Congress, Ask Obama To Remove Him · · Score: 1

    Congress has the power to remove Clapper through impeachment.

  21. Re:Do not have my permission on Why Does Facebook Need To Read My Text Messages? · · Score: 1

    Yahoo also reads all yahoo emails.

  22. Re:Choice on Office Space: TV Documentary Looks At the Dreadful Open Office · · Score: 1

    I once work at a company that had a crazy desk assignment scheme... the workers chose with whom they wanted to share an office.

  23. Re:Show me a climate model for the past 16 years on Global-Warming Skepticism Hits 6-Year High · · Score: 1, Interesting

    The best models that they have are ones that have as part of them global warming. Can you point us at other models that have produced better predictions ?

    No, I thought not ... so let us go with the best models that we have, even if they do have flaws.

    Here's someone's model that is beating the prediction of all the pro's:

    http://www.climate-skeptic.com/2013/09/update-on-my-climate-model-spoiler-its-doing-a-lot-better-than-the-pros.html

  24. Re:If it means faster CentOS development, good on Red Hat To Help Develop CentOS · · Score: 3, Informative

    Redhat does not want CentOS to quickly produce compatible releases, doing so would encourage people to use CentOS rather than buying Redhat.

    The CentOS 6 debacle was at least partly caused by:

    1) Redhat not making publicly available some information regarding rebuilding the sources.
    2) CentOS being a closed development group that refuses to accept any help from outsiders. Scientific Linux is another clone of Redhat that was able release their version of Redhat 6 much faster.

  25. Re:Odd... on Red Hat To Help Develop CentOS · · Score: -1, Troll

    I understand GPL allowing CentOS and Scientific Linux to use Redhat in their respective products, but I find it really puzzling that they would actively *help* CentOS... Doesn't make a lot of sense to me...

    By "help" they mean "control".