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Comment 10 reasons paper books are better then e-readers (Score 1) 312

1. You can take it to the beach (and not worry about getting sand in it)
2. You can read it in full sunlight
3. You can photocopy pages from a book
4. You can write in them, tear out pages, or cross out swear words so your children can read them (my school used to do this)
5. You can display them in your study to show off and look smart
6. They are more environmentally friendly then e-waste
7. You can take only one on a trip and not have your entire library list on displayed for anyone who uses your e-reader
8. They never need to be recharged
9. You can use them to level furniture in your house
10. You can kill bugs with them
Communications

FCC Considering Proposal For Encrypted Ham Radio 371

Bruce Perens writes "FCC is currently processing a request for rule-making, RM-11699 (PDF), that would allow the use of Amateur frequencies in the U.S. for private, digitally-encrypted messages. Encryption is a potential disaster for ham radio because it defeats its self-policing nature. If hams can't decode messages, they can't identify if the communication even belongs on ham radio. A potentially worse problem is that encryption destroys the harmless nature of Amateur radio.There's no reason for governments to believe that encrypted communications are harmless. See hams.com/encryption/ for more information."

Comment photo in second link (Score 1) 320

notice how the officer is now standing at a 90 degree angle to the person he is talking with? Seems they figured out how to subvert that countermeasure pretty quickly. Also an officer will never approach your vehicle door head-on either, they always walk along the side of your car and poke there head around to corner into your window - they are trained to do it this way because it is safer. The only thing this would really be useful for is when pursuing a fleeing suspect

Comment 82% chance of dying?! I'll wait until monday (Score 1) 152

Doctor: Sir, I'm afraid I have some bad news. Your heart is going to explode. We'll need to perform emergency surgery right away.
Patient: But....today is saturday! I don't wanna die - can it wait until monday?
Doctor: If you don't have it now there is a a 75% chance you will not live until monday
Patient: yea...I think I'll take my chances and wait until monday thank you very much

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