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Comment Re:Good. (Score 2, Interesting) 156

Um, so do you REALLY think that Obama and ilk DON'T KNOW THAT???

Of course they know that. What better way to solidify power and wealth that to continue the problem? The stimulus bill was the perfect way to embed cool stuff like Electronic Medical Records (which was the real goal) the enable more government. Not to mention gaining 36% of Citibank.

Problem is this however, IF you let the economic pain go on too long, people are liable to start screaming for your beheading on public TV. Ukraine today is on the verge of major riots, they want ALL of their government and banks exiled.

Thialand wants the same thing last week. They had the best quote of the week: "This government is full of robbers!"

So in 18 months they will reimplement Reaganomics (and call it something else, Pelosiomics?).

Comment Re:No picture, but more details (Score 1) 188

Agreed. Shes a talking head. Crap I have better security credentials than that.
I recently read an article about the DoD cyber-warfare....they all use Windows for jebus sake.
HTF can you hack anything running windows....this is just more Security Theatre, Act2.

WW3 will be decided in less than 6 minutes.

Hows that for getting inside your opponents decision timeline?

Comment Re:Why, when the law was ignored (Score 1) 570

This was on yahoo news a day or 2 ago.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h7cv3fJnVi_WQi-gdvqKLGVWStlgD964LNQ80

Cities are losing tax monies. So they are winding up the cops to 'enforce' the laws on
the books. Whowouldathunkit?
Seat belt laws are tied to federal monies too, so those states the never had seat belt
laws are now running to add them, and get Fed money.

Wow, and we are just talking some stupid seat belt law to raise money.
Imagine what could be done if we really wanted to f&^k with everybody!

Comment Re:Here's a novel idea: don't fucking SHOPLIFT !! (Score 1) 570

Ha. What you going to do when they change that requirement to include 'driving without a seatbelt'? No matter that its a antique car that didn't come with seatbelts. Or you just happen to forget that day.

Remember in these tight economic times, cops are being told to pull over anyone and everyone for anything, and seatbelts are a super easy one to catch people on. Cities need revenue and will do anything to get it.
Hiding under the cover of hassling lawbreakers shouldn't fly with anyone, lawbreakers or not (mostly not).

Its why we have Principal of Law and not Kings. Kings like to go around making up shit.

Comment Re:There's no way they'll abuse this (Score 1) 570

Wow, do you really have no idea how you life could be made miserable to tortuous by this?
I suggest you wake up.

Its information tied directly to you. Any mistake(not to mention malice) may tie you to a crime you didn't do. Of course government computers are never cracked, or abused.
Maybe you can't get a job if you are in there.
Maybe you can't get a job if you aren't in there.

There is precedence for that scenario.
Think about your credit score. Think its good? Think it only applies to getting a car loan? 3 companies run your entire life. Need a job? You may not get one if Equifax says you are a bad credit risk. Even if Equifax is WRONG, you still won't get that job.

No, all this information centralized is bad. Besides its the first attack vector of the next world war.

I also think its hilariously funny that people can spot the 'slippery slope' of dna info, but deny or ignore the same thing in terms of firearm ownership.

Comment Re:Other (Score 1) 1131

Yes NP++ is pretty good, but Programmer's Notepad is better.

PN has 'clips' - code fragments you can add in, and add your own code bits.
And far better 'Tools' additions.

And its all configured/extended using XML.

BTW Both NP++ and PN are quite portable.
PN runs straight from a USB stick, and PortableNotepad++ is avialable from PortableApps.com.

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