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Comment Well, duh... (Score 4, Insightful) 299

Janet Napolitano, the Secretary of the U.S. Homeland Security Department from 2009 to 2013, admitted that she didn't use email 'because she just didn't think it was useful

No, she knew how every email was scanned, so there was no way in hell she was going to use plain ol' email. She is just using the "I'm old so I don't use computer stuff" excuse to cover the real reason.

Comment Re:Dangerous... (Score 1) 399

... it was because the so-called supervisors didn't want to follow the steps outlined to get ride of a poor worker - it was easier to transfer that loser around to different departments.

I think you just made the point about how difficult it can be to fire unionized employees. I don't think you really meant to, but thanks anyways.

Comment vaporware? (Score 1) 368

Dynex has brought the technology to the proof-of-concept phase, in which virtual modelling of the âoeair-sealingâ principle looks promising enough to get to work on the real thing.

So, they haven't gone beyond a computer simulation of this? Yet,...

Weâ(TM)ve reached the point where we need to secure corporate backing to push the project through the development stage towards international commercialisation,

They think that a computer model is good enough to get this thing into mass production? Without even building a single prototype engine? What the hell, am I missing something here?

Comment This again? The easy, no brainer solution is... (Score 1) 658

JUST RAISE THE DAMN GAS TAX!

Seriously, I can't believe that the government is going to setup yet ANOTHER giant bureaucracy that will effectively track our movements, when the obvious solution is to raise the gas tax rate to account for improved fuel efficiency.

If you Oregonians don't vote out every single nimrod that votes to even look into this boondoggle of an idea, you get what you deserve...

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