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Comment Re:Prediction: (Score 0) 848

Russia is not low hanging political fruit. Politicians don't know how to do anything that requires commitment or being accountable. Helping Ukraine, including shipping real weapons systems means taking a stand with consequences. And what they refuse to recognize is that when Russia is at the Polish border they'll be asking how it got that far. They actively forget that by ignoring what is going on, they (Ukraine) will eventually become NATO. Better to stop it early, unlike in the 1930s. Maybe Germany will actually do something more than have conversations on the phone when the Berlin Wall is being rebuilt. This is not hyperbole. It should be readily apparent that Putin wants the Soviet Union back. I wonder when Neville Merkel or Barack Chamberlain will get their heads out of their asses. Of course Russians aren't Muslims so the US Congress won't care till it's too late. but I put more blame on the Europeans. They will be waffleling and talking until Eastern Europe is paying taxes to the Kremlin again. Russia will not stop trying till they get it all back bit by bit over time. Or until Europe grows some balls. Those who forget history...

Comment Re:Oh, really? (Score 0) 261

This also shows the problem with most Hollywood movies... why they mostly suck and why indi movies are often better. Idiots who think everything must be spelled out in detail, nothing left to the imagination. Like the difference between a beautiful woman wearing lingerie and a classless stripper who sticks her rancid snatch in your face. It's why sarcasm is wasted there. The American masses can no longer seem to think, and it's growing worse year by year. It's why science is dying there, and people are becoming radicalized fundamentalists (insert faith here) allowing their church leaders to think for them. Thank Christ (a euphemism if I may be permitted) that there are still some who can understand and appreciate implicit endings and...

Comment Re:What's MediaGoblin? Do we care? (Score 3, Insightful) 73

The very first thing you need to do is describe on the front page of your Website what your project is

In non-technical terms. Everyday language an average computer user can understand, free of jargon. More than one or two sentences, with pictures. Think extra long user story written by an end user who is going to use the output, not the one installing it. You can have as many other web pages you wish to get esoteric with.

Submission + - Blackberry Passport Specs "Leaked" Synopsis: Powerful, more than expected

theshowmecanuck writes: Digital Spy says:"BlackBerry's square-shaped Passport smartphone will be more powerful than first thought if a specs leak turns out to be accurate. N4BB has posted a page of what they say is the full specification sheet for the new device."
It is set to be released in September, so time will tell. N4BB says it will include:
  • 4.5-inch 1,440 x 1,440 display with a pixel density of 453dpi. possibly a higher resolution than the iPhone 6.
  • Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 with 2.2GHz Quad-Core CPUs (MSM8974-AA)
  • Adreno 330, 450MHz GPU
  • 3GB of LPDDR3 800MHz RAM
  • 32GB Flash storage
  • micro-SD support (hot swappable) to 64 GB.
  • 13 MP back camera, 2 MP Front
  • 1080p HD video recording at 60fps (back)
  • image stabilization front and back
  • USB 2 support out of the box
  • USB 3 support with optional (as in buy separately) BB cable
  • etc... see the N4BB link for more detail

Submission + - Amazing New Invention: A Nail Polish That Detects Date Rape Drugs (geek.com)

stephendavion writes: Checking to see if your drink has been tampered with is about to get a whole lot more discreet. Thanks to the work of four North Carolina State University undergrads, you’ll soon be able to find out without reaching for a testing tool. That’s because you’ll already have five of them on each hand. The team — Ankesh Madan, Stephen Gray, Tasso Von Windheim, and Tyler Confrey-Maloney — has come up with a creative and unobtrusive way to package chemicals that react when exposed to Rohypnol and GHB. They put it in nail polish that they’re calling Undercover Colors.

Submission + - Analysis Of The War Of 1812 Finds Same Failures That Led To 9/11 (io9.com)

An anonymous reader writes: io9 reports, "This month is the 200th anniversary of the British capture of Washington, DC, and the torching of the White House. How did this disaster happen, despite ample warnings? A CIA analyst who pored through historical documents blames the same types of intelligence failures that preceded Pearl Harbor and September 11th. ... CIA analyst William Weber addresses this very question in a study published in the most recent issue of Studies In Intelligence. ... Weber's study is sort of an historical version of the "9/11 Commission Report," which pointedly faulted U.S. officials for a "failure of imagination" that kept them from understanding and anticipating the al Qaeda threat. "

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