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Comment Re:The Clintons (Score 1) 315

You do realize she'd set this server up in 2009 and left in Feb 2013? So she continued to use her own server her last five months, rather than do a disruptive move to the State server, when she already knew she was leaving in a few months. Your point?

I think you're fooling yourself. I remember e-mails being in the news way back when Ronny was President. Remember Iran Contra? Remember Billy Boy's dealing and e-mails, which Hilary was a part of by the way? GW and e-mail?

She knew what she was doing. She just didn't have someone competent set it up, clearly.

Of course all of this is really beside the point. It was a carefully timed leak (IMHO by the White House, a certain woman there) to the NY Times to take her out of the running early. Make way for the people they really want to finish destroying the country. Not that it matters, nobody in Washington seems to care about the country anymore with very few exceptions.

Comment Re:More dangerous than lawn darts? (Score 1) 286

Really? Looked it up. CPSC has banned the sale, the US and Canada won't allow you to bring them into the country. However I'm having a tough time finding something that says it's illegal to use them. Some states have a warning to keep them from kids. Sort of like hand wringing along with pellet guns, knives, other stuff.. but doesn't say it's illegal. I can't even find something in California making it illegal to use them.

Heck of a lot of fun to use them. I used them when I repaired them a few years ago. Before that, probably not since the 1970s. That and the other terrible thing - horseshoes. Why that could KILL a kid!

Honestly... make things so safe nothing bad can happen, life isn't worth living.

Comment Re:yeah, well, get into ham radio, then (Score 1) 286

The motor ether - Hot start, other names. Usually near the diesel section of the automotive store. Great stuff. I have a few cans in the garage. Great with a lighter as well. Remember as a kid I did a demo with another kid. Shot about 15' across the room setting some bedding covers on fire. Nothing a knife wouldn't scrape off... Parents never knew. Then there was the stuff I did in high school. Wonder I didn't get in trouble.

Comment Battleship isn't obsolete (Score 1) 439

I've talked to men who were the captain of an aircraft carrier, battleship and submarine. A battleship isn't obsolete, only stupid people think that. Why? because a battleship can do things nothing else can. Like pound a position for weeks or months using cheap shells. Also, nothing intimidates like a battleship. They are also a lot more versatile than a carrier. The captain of a battleship said we're fools for removing them from the inventory.

Subs likewise aren't obsolete. It's a race to be sure. They build detectors, we find countermeasures. Guess wrong and you die. It isn't worth it.

Here's a thought - stop being dumbasses and try to get along with other people. American, Iranian, Chinese, Russian, we're all the same when you get down to it. We all put our pants on the same way, grow up in a very similiar manner. Why try to kill each other? Just a thought.

Comment Bad want advertisement maybe? (Score 1) 809

I have a feeling your asking for the wrong person. I know from experience you'll get a lot who are just unqualified even with a very good description. However I'm having no trouble with new hires and encryption. Key I think is they must know unix/linux. As long as it has that in the description I generally don't have a problem. If I ask for a Windows person, forgetaboutit! They're morons generally speaking. This goes right along with the general windows user - they're a moron too. I know, being captain obvious here. I bet I go through 100 windows applicants to find one that's any good.

Comment Re:Hopefully the applicants had a relevent backrou (Score 1) 809

Don't comment about stuff you know nothing about.

PKI is everywhere. You use it all the time and you don't even know it, obviously.

I set this stuff up all the time. From simple web site to ldap/dap authentication to some really big stuff.

When I hire even tier-1 type people (deal with idiots on the phone), they have to show me they can deal with at least a web server pki. They're a dime a dozen.

Comment Re:I'll take the wine instead (Score 1) 480

Clearly you've never been to Vegas (max bet, spin, max bet spin... Ding ding ding!). It's stupid to buy just one ticket. You have just one change to not only get the jackpot, one change to get every other combination as well. In Maryland one woman didn't get the jackpot, she got the 1M other prize. It's stupid to not buy at least $20 at a pop. I often buy $80 - $100 when I buy them. I think I didn't win something about 5 years ago.

Understand that the $100 to me means very close to nothing. I'll never miss it. I probably do this 3 times a year or less? Something like that.

Comment Re: Science... Yah! (Score 1) 958

You're talking out your ass. Read the latest UN report? Says they are more sure than ever man is causing GW, yet admit they have no idea why it's not warmer now given the CO2 levels. They can no longer defend their models, it's been over 15 years. Statistically impossible to believe them anymore.

Ignorance we can fix, stupidity is forever. Question is - which are you? Look up Maurice Strong sometime. Get mad at being fooled.

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