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Comment Re:Improper purposes (:-)) (Score 1) 60

Ask yourself honestly, if it were your job to enforce these copyrights,...

If you are bringing 'honesty' into this, then you are operating from a flawed premise that he/she would even have that job to start with.

I know I would 'honestly' not take that job with my viewpoint on copyright!

Your type of argument is from a false position you created to support your view.

Try arguing your case with facts instead of strawmen and fake parameters.

Comment I could not help myself... (Score 1) 137

Your comment run through the "Jive" filter at the link you provided:

Your Text, Dialectized (jive)

De "dialectizer" http://www/ so cut me some slack, Jack.rinkwo'ks.com/diale... [rinkwo'ks.com] "translates" English t'Redneck, JIBE, Cockney, Elma' Fudd, Swedish Chef, Mo'on, Pig Latin, o' Hacker. Ah be baaad... And dere's an English t'Ebonics translato' at http://massa/ l.net/EBONICS/Transl... [Massa' l.net] so's it won't be dat difficult t'get some translato' dat outputs 16-year-old-goat rap.
--

I'm not repeatin' mah'self
I'm an X window user; I'm an 'es-Windows user

Then that out put filtered with the "Elmer Fudd":

Your Text, Dialectized (fudd)

Youw Text, Diawectized (jive)

De "diawectizew" http://www/ [www] so cut me some swack, Jack.winkwo'ks. Oh, dat scwewy wabbit! com/diawe... [winkwo'ks. Oh, dat scwewy wabbit! com] "twanswates" Engwish t'Wedneck, JIBE, Cockney, Ewma' Fudd, Swedish Chef, Mo'on, Pig Watin, o' Hackew. Ah be baaad... And dewe's an Engwish t'Ebonics twanswato' at http://massa/ [massa] w.net/EBONICS/Twansw... [Massa' w.net] so's it won't be dat difficuwt t'get some twanswato' dat outputs 16-yeaw-owd-goat wap.
--

I'm not wepeatin' mah'sewf
I'm an X window usew; I'm an 'es-Windows usew

Then, since a moose once bit my sister, that output run through the "Swedish Chef" filter:
Your Text, Dialectized (bork)

Yuoov Text, Deeevectized (jeefe-a)

De-a "deeevectizoo" http://vvv/ [vvv] su coot me-a sume-a sveck, Jeck.veenkvu'ks. Um gesh dee bork, bork! Ooh, det scvooy vebbeet! cum/deeeve-a... [veenkvu'ks. Um gesh dee bork, bork! Ooh, det scvooy vebbeet! cum] "tvunsvetes" Ingveesh t'Vedneck, JIBE, Cuckney, Ivme' Foodd, Svedeesh Cheff, Mu'un, Peeg Veteen, oo' Heckoo. Eh be-a beeed. Bork bork bork!.. Und dooe's un Ingveesh t'Ebuneecs tvunsvetu' et http://messa/ [messa] v.net/IBONICS/Tvunsv... [Messe' v.net] su's it vun't be-a det deefffficoovt t'get sume-a tvunsvetu' det ooootpoots 16-yeev-oovd-guet vep.
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I'm nut vepeeteen' meh'sooff
I'm un X veendoo usoo; I'm un 'es-Veendoos usoo

Aannd, then run that output back through the "Jive" filter:

Your Text, Dialectized (jive)

Yo' Text, Dialectized (bo'k)

Yuoov Text, Deeevectized (jeefe-a)

De-a "deeevectizoo" http://vvv/ [vvv] su coot me-a sume-a sveck, Jeck. Ya' know?veenkvu'ks. Um gesh dee bo'k, bo'k! Right on! Ooh, det scvooy vebbeet! Right on! cum/deeeve-a. WORD!.. [veenkvu'ks. Um gesh dee bo'k, bo'k! Right on! Ooh, det scvooy vebbeet! Right on! cum] "tvunsvetes" Ingveesh t'Vedneck, JIBE, Cuckney, Ivme' Foodd, Svedeesh Cheff, Mu'un, Peeg Veteen, oo' Heckoo. 'S coo', bro. Eh be-a beeed. Bo'k bo'k bo'k! Right on!.. Und dooe's un Ingveesh t'Ebuneecs tvunsvetu' et http://messa/ [messa] v. Man!net/IBONICS/Tvunsv. Man!.. [Messe' v. Man!net] su's it vun't be-a det deefffficoovt t'get sume-a tvunsvetu' det ooootpoots 16-yeev-oovd-guet vep. Jes hang loose, brud.
--

I'm nut vepeeteen' meh'sooff
I'm un X veendoo usoo; I'm un 'es-Veendoos usoo

All of that proves that.....I'm easily entertained.
Too bad there was not a Japanese anime filter as well. :-)

Submission + - Supernova secrets seen in X-rays

wjcofkc writes: CNN reports that astronomers using NASA's NuSTAR telescope have for the first time mapped deep within the radioactive material from a supernova. The light from the originating star, Cassiopeia A, located about 11,000 light-years away and having had about eight time the mass of our sun, first reached Earth about 350 years ago. But that does not mean there still isn't a lot to study. Scientists using the NuSTAR, which stands for Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, launched in June 2012 and consisting of an instrument with two telescopes that focus high energy X-ray light, were able to peer deep within the cataclysmic aftermath. While there is currently no model for how the process of a supernova works, the findings in the study are a big step forward. "Until we had NuSTAR, we couldn't see down to the core of the explosion," Brian Grefenstette, lead author and research scientist at the California Institute of Technology, said at a news conference Wednesday.

There is a fairly good amount of detail in this article, and if your not opposed to flash, a fascinating simulation of their findings about halfway down.

Submission + - Scientists Calculate Most Precise Measurement of Electron's Mass (sciencemag.org)

sciencehabit writes: Ateam of physicists has produced the most precise electron mass measurement ever made. Instead of trying to measure the mass directly, the researchers bound a single electron to a bare carbon nucleus and placed the resulting atom in a uniform electromagnetic field called a Penning trap. The team's new measurement is 13 times more precise than previous efforts, with an uncertainty of just 0.03 parts per billion. The group’s precise result will help physicists more accurately calculate the fine-structure constant, an important value in tests of the standard model of particle physics, which shapes our understanding of the basic building blocks of the universe.

Submission + - Cops should have gotten warrant for cell phone location information, court says (internetcases.com)

neoflexycurrent writes: According to this report over at internetcases, the Supreme Court of Massachusetts has issued a very important ruling concerning the privacy of cell phone records. The court concluded that although the CSLI at issue was a business record of the defendant’s cellular service provider, he had a reasonable expectation of privacy in it, and in the circumstances of this case — where the CSLI obtained covered a two-week period — the warrant requirement of the Massachusetts constitution applied. The court made a qualitative distinction in cell phone location records to reach its conclusion:

No cellular telephone user . . . voluntarily conveys CSLI to his or her cellular service provider in the sense that he or she first identifies a discrete item of information or data point like a telephone number (or a check or deposit slip) In sum, even though CSLI is business information belonging to and existing in the records of a private cellular service provider, it is substantively different from the types of information and records contemplated by [the Supreme Court's seminal third-party doctrine cases]. These differences lead us to conclude that for purposes of considering the application of [the Massachusetts constitution] in this case, it would be inappropriate to apply the third-party doctrine to CSLI.


Comment Re:Just that same old song and dance. (Score 1) 245

Not just this administration, it has been happening quite awhile now.

Last administration gave us the 'war on terror', the PATRIOT Act(with the DHS and TSA), and two wars that have cost us over a trillion US dollars; the list goes back a ways, and is a long list of tomfoolery.

The 'playlist for the dance' will remain the same as long as there are effectively only two parties to choose from at voting time.

It is currently close to impossible for any candidate to get support enough to pose a threat to the Democrats or Republicans, and I don't think they(D and R) will allow that to change willingly.

We've coasted on our laurels too long, and to regain lost liberties and freedoms that(allegedly) were associated by the USA is going to get messy, I'm afraid.

Freedom and Liberty are not free, or perpetual.
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Comment The Placebo Pub (Score 3, Insightful) 118

It is a very good thing they are not charging for the drinks, I can't imagine the horror show resulting when the pub patrons find out they are buying watered down drinks.

Even after I RTFA, I still am not sure how they are concealing the info that there is little to no alcohol in the free drinks. I know if I was presented a free pub, I would wonder what the catch was, thus altering my behavior and skewing the data.

Maybe just my own suspicious and skeptical nature is the cause for my questioning this.
Or I missed that part of TFA. :-)

Comment Reminds me of something like this in the past... (Score 2) 225

I can't remember how long ago it was (a decade or more, IIRC) they were irradiating uncooked food for long term shelf(room temp) storage.
I think they irradiated some raw chicken carcasses to test, and were going to test and taste them after 10 years.
I have not heard a single thing about this since.

Wonder what came out of the 10 year fowl experiment?

Now, they are trying 5 year pizza. Hmmm.

Past experience in the military has taught me that when they start experimenting with field rations, nightmares frequently result.

In my day, fights over the few edible entrees packed in the C-rations resulted in more severe(and numerous) casualties than accidents, Acts of God/Nature, poor planning, and Demon Murphy taking over, than all of 'enemy action' casualties combined during the 'Reign of the C-Rats'.

If you were the unfortunate troop to find 'beef stew' in you ration pack WITHOUT a p-38 to defend your life, it turned gruesome quickly!(p-38's were only included in one out of five ration packs, and were highly coveted items.)

Comment Troll feeding time over now... (Score 1) 148

I can and do read.
But apparently that reply was modded below my reading threshold of '0', and was never presented to me to read.

Having read the answer, it's just more handwaving, as 'cold fjord' is a well known troll here.

Which tells me that others with mod points are modding 'cold' fjord' down faster than notice of reply gets to me.
That fact speaks volumes for the value of those posts. In other words, many feel the same as I about 'cold fjord' just being a troll.

As for your link to his reply, and considering the value of that reply, thanks anyhow...for nothing of importance.

If it was not for the fact that 'cold fjord' occasionally posts some interesting comments on other topics, I would just mark him for so his/her comments had -5 and would never see them.

Well, troll feeding time is over, so save your 'cold fjord' defense...I won't play that game any longer today.

Comment Re:Wanna play silly word games? Okay.... (Score 1) 148

That link changes nothing.
Plenty good enough 'fix' for the likes of your class of comments.

The fact that Clapper lied under oath to congress is still a fact.

All that link shows is that Clapper played the game by choice, and was caught. If he was not involved, then he could not be so easily trapped. He was in deep over his head. Guilty as charged. Case closed. Period.

That link doesn't change anything at all. In fact, it just shows that the lawbreaking, anti-constitutional, lying criminals have become more numerous and blatant about their agendas than before.

It actually makes Clapper look worse, for willingly playing the game and getting caught so easily.

You still have not answered my question, your hand waving has not distracted me.

Comment Re:so what free codec can/should I use? (Score 1) 235

...and those who have Windows definitely have Quicktime installed.

No. Not only NO, but HELL NO!

Real friends don't inflict Quicktime on their friends that use Windows.

Quicktime on Windows is and always has been a putrid, steaming, stinking pile.
I have not had Quicktime on any of my computers since I discovered VLC back in 1998.

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