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Submission + - Netflix Is Raising Its Monthly Rates, Again (businessinsider.com) 4

Submitted by MetalliQaZ
MetalliQaZ writes: "Today, Netflix announced that they are raising rates on monthly plans that allow customers to get unlimited streaming and one DVD out at a time. The plan which originally cost $9.99 a month will now cost $15.98 a month. In addition, the company is now splitting out streaming only plans from DVD plans and consumers can get an unlimited streaming plan for $7.99 a month, or one DVD out at a time for $7.99 a month."
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Submission + - NASA Goes Earthbound With Sustainability Base (eweekeurope.co.uk)

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judgecorp
judgecorp writes: "As NASA’s space programme winds down with the final mission of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, the US space agency is looking to the future with a totally sustainable building, on planet Earth. The Sustainability Base.will generate more power than it uses, despite being located at the Ames Research Centre in California where air conditioning is a must."

Comment Sneakernet? (Score 1) 240

by celticryan (#36118042) Attached to: Bin Laden's Sneakernet Email System
Now, I may not be all in on the IT/Security lingo, but this seems to be over selling it a bit. Or at least giving it a much cooler name than it really is.

All he was doing was saving a text file and then having someone else email it from an internet cafe? I think a 10 year old could come up with this simple scheme. But I guess it was simple and effective.

Comment Re:Kids shouldnt even have SSI numbers (Score 1) 391

by celticryan (#35290264) Attached to: Why Google Wants Your Kid's SSN

>>>may be claimed as tax deductions

My parents claimed ME and my two nieces on tax returns, and we didn't get SSNs until we were 16 (i.e. when we started working). So your claim is false.

You're right, because nothing could have possibly changed since were a kid... Take a look at http://www.irs.gov/publications/p17/ch01.html#en_US_2010_publink1000170567 Specifically:

Dependent's social security number. You must provide the SSN of each dependent you claim, regardless of the dependent's age. This requirement applies to all dependents (not just your children) claimed on your tax return.

Comment Judicial recommendation =/= prison placement (Score 5, Informative) 502

by celticryan (#34877822) Attached to: Palin's E-Mail Hacker Imprisoned Against Judge's Wishes
FTFA:

"The judge can give either incarceration or probation, but if it's incarceration the state gives power to the Bureau of Prisons to determine the nature of incarceration," said Professor Robert Weisberg, director of the criminal justice center at Stanford University in California.

If the Judge didn't want him to go to prison maybe he shouldn't have sentenced him to prison time...

Comment Re:The TSA is Ineffective (Score 1) 554

by celticryan (#34186756) Attached to: What security policy will the TSA adopt next?

Hell, the couple of times since 9/11 when passengers thought that another passenger was attempting to hijack the plane, they've very forcibly detained those persons, in at least one case, killing him.

Except the article you linked to about Jonathan Burton, is in regards to an incident in August 2000... more than a year before 9/11... so it has absolutely nothing to do with the post-9/11 hijack attempts.
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Bicycles As a Gateway To Government Control 634

Posted by samzenpus from the slippery-spoke dept.
somaTh writes "Dan Maes, a candidate for governor of Colorado, thinks he's found an international conspiracy that starts with bike sharing. The article describes his current complaints with the incumbent's policies. 'The bike program in it of itself, if that's all it is, I wouldn't be opposed to it,' Maes told 9NEWS. 'What I am opposed to is if it's part of a bigger program that the mayor has signed on to as part of a UN program. That I would be opposed to.' He goes on to argue that the bicycle program is only a gateway into bigger policies including, but not limited to, forced abortions and population control. I understand that bike seats are uncomfortable, but I had no idea it was on purpose."

Comment Re:The old quote (Score 1) 485

by celticryan (#33124658) Attached to: FBI Instructs Wikipedia To Drop FBI Seal
Mike Godwin's response is a great read! Thanks for posting that.

How exactly does a Deputy Director of the FBI not quote the law verbatim, but omit the parts which might don't support his argument? "Nothing to see here, keep moving along" I suppose.

I especially love the tone of the letter. It walks the line of calling the Deputy Director of the FBI an idiot very well.

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