Comment Re:Diminishing returns... (Score 1) 633
This /. so hopefully no one here is either an actor or gullible.
That includes you, CleverNickName!
Sorry?
Comment Re:The next ban... (Score 1) 633
Actually, passengers are the second-worst thing about flying. Think about how quiet the plane would be! No screaming babies, no smelly people, etc...
Comment Re:Disturbing to see TSA still behind the curve. (Score 1) 633
Disturbing? I actually expect it!
Comment Diminishing returns... (Score 4, Insightful) 633
The terrorists keep winning. I'm pretty sure we've done just about all we can do to protect ourselves without severely impeding our basic rights. Locking the cockpit with a bullet-resistant door and only allowing passengers to the gate (after screening) ensures we'll never have a 9/11-type attack again. Everything else is just really making flying annoying and more and more cost/time prohibitive. Basically, they keep winning despite not killing anyone.
Comment Re:Does Google Scholar count? (Score 1) 225
Google Scholar gives you an individual impact factor? I thought that was ISI's job... and for journals, not people.
Comment Re:Rarely. There's no point. (Score 1) 225
Almost no one is going try an wade through 8M+ hits. I'm pretty sure everyone knows that if you don't get it on the first couple of pages, you're doing it wrong.
Comment Rarely. There's no point. (Score 1) 225
I have googled myself but my real name is so common and bland that hits referring to the actual me don't show up for several pages. I guess that's a good thing. It kind of stings the ego, though...
Comment Re:Their patents are bullshit (Score 1) 197
True, but that doesn't stop NTP from suing and wasting everyone's time and money.
Things You Drink Can Be Used To Track You 202
sciencehabit writes with an intriguing story about the potential of figuring out where people have been by examining their hair: "That's because water molecules differ slightly in their isotope ratios depending on the minerals at their source. Researchers found that water samples from 33 cities across the United State could be reliably traced back to their origin based on their isotope ratios. And because the human body breaks down water's constituent atoms of hydrogen and oxygen to construct the proteins that make hair cells, those cells can preserve the record of a person's travels. Such information could help prosecutors place a suspect at the scene of a crime, or prove the innocence of the accused." Or frame someone by slipping them water from every country on the terrorist watchlist.
State Senator Caught Looking At Porn On Senate Floor 574
Everyone knows how boring a debate on a controversial abortion bill can get on the Senate floor. So it's no wonder that Florida State Sen. Mike Bennett took the time to look at a little porn and a video of a dog running out of the water and shaking itself off. From the article: "Ironically, as Bennett is viewing the material, you can hear a Senator Dan Gelber's voice in the background debating a controversial abortion bill. 'I'm against this bill,' said Gelber, 'because it disrespects too many women in the state of Florida.' Bennett defended his actions, telling Sunshine State News it was an email sent to him by a woman 'who happens to be a former court administrator.'"
Comment Re:Obvious. (Score 1) 555
It's important to note that LUKS does not provide deniability.
Comment What do you expect? (Score 2, Insightful) 296
Until Open Source(TM) starts making major campaign contributions, this is how it's going to be.
Comment Re:wow (Score 1) 325
Yeah, right. Where's the (-1, Bad wishful thinking) option? First, Google would never do that. If it did, VP8 would be more likely than Theora. Microsoft can add either codec whenever they like, they won't lose that much from doing so, although I assume they would much prefer to support only H.264. Oh, and Google is unlikely to break IE, especially on purpose, unless its market share drops a fucking lot. And Theora would be bad for all those of us who want to want to get the quality that H.264 offers at current bandwidths, so, again, it would have to be "VP8" to get me on your boat.
That's a no, no, no, no and no.
Comment Re:It's not ending... (Score 1) 549
There are things that just cant be done decently in a console. Combat Flight Simulators for starters. And I mean SIMULATORS, not the crapy POSH they peddle nowdays in the PS3 or the xbox.
Comment Re:Well, (Score 1) 229
No, they're right. In this age of the internet, we in the rest of the world have to live with their idea of "property" in which a multinational PR shell with enough lawyers can literally own your thoughts.
