I removed NetworkMangler from all my systems except my laptop. It does come in handy when connecting to WiFi hotspots when I'm not at home. Keeping it on a server with a static network connection is just inviting trouble.

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Dave

Odd that the FAA didn't put a test area near Deer Trail, Colorado. I wonder what they're afraid of.....

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Dave

Used to be that military actions took place at the nation vs. nation level and the individual citizens were just along for the ride (whether they wanted to be or not). So, one country would spy on another COUNTRY, intercept the other country's communications, etc. Other than stuff that was military related, commercial and private communications weren't really of interest to national intelligence.

Fast forward to now and you have private citizens taking violent action against countries they disagree with. As 9/11 demonstrated, this sort of action can result in mass casualties and huge material losses. Like it or not, governments have good reason for snooping on the communications of individuals.

I still don't like it. By my reading of the 4th Amendment, the NSA is not allowed to listen in on my (or any other U.S. citizen's) communications. Unfortunately, about all I can do about it is threaten to hold my breath, stomp my feet or, now, appeal to the UN. Appealing to the UN probably won't do any more than my other "threats.".

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Dave

So, why don't you go out in the street and dg up "your" part? Ditto for "public lands" like BLM land, National Forrests, National Parks, National Monuments, the cpital, the White House, etc. Just walk right into the White House and say you want to stay in "your" part. Better yet, try it with a nuclear sub or an aircraft carrier.

The answer is that it is commonly accepted that government, on whatever level, "owns" and thus controls these properties. You can protest all you want that you are just taking "your" piece of whatever public property but the cop and the judge and your jailor won't care. I don't agree with governemnt controling the roads, buildings, etc. but I won't try any of the above.

So, go take a big hit of your hard core, libertarian Kool-Aid and then knock yourself out seizing back your property from the government. I'll quietly work at convincing people that the government shouldn't be in the business of running all of these properties. If you're lucky, you'll at least have the satisfaction of serving your time in a privately run prison.

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Dave

Driving is not a constitutionally protected right. Most states issue drivers licenses as granting the driver the privilege of being allowed to drive on public (i.e., government built and owned) roads. If you don't like the terms, you are free to not accept them but then you also may not use the state's roads.

DUI checkpoints have only been ruled unconstitutional when it was shown that cars being stopped were driven by members of identifiable ethnic groups. The stop itself was not unconstitutional but the uneven application of who got stopped violated "equal protection under the law."

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Dave

You'd be surprised how much it hurts when some little old lady violently runs into you with her walker.

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Dave

Traded in a 1987 Nissan Pathfinder in 2009. We were the original owners. Hated to let it go but 22 years and 200,000 miles was good usage so, yeah, I've had some products that have just lasted. Got $4,500 trade in for the Pathfinder since it qualified as a "cash for clunkers" vehicle.

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Dave

Bad combination on my part. I have oily skin and always at least one cat. Have to pull cat hair balls out of the mouse every so often. Hell, I even find cat hair build up in the optical sensor hole on the bottoms of my optical mice. Not so bad now that the one cat we still have has gotten old (~20 years old). She used to like to lay in front of the monitor while I was working on the computer. She still wants up once in a while but not like when she was younger (and I don't have as much cat hair picked up by the optical mouse now, either).

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Dave

Choice one: BitCoins are a legitimate currency and are recognized as such by the U.S. government. What he's doing isn't illegal unless they are.

Choice two: Physical BitCoins are novelties sort of like the commemorative coins minted by Franklin Mint. What he's doing isn't illegal unless what Franklin Mint does is illegal.

You can't have it both ways.

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Dave

Flawless for the user mean fatally flawed for the manufacturer. The manufacturer wants something like a mouse to work well enough but last just long enough that you're willing to replace it when it breaks. If it lasts longer than that, they missed a chance to extract more $$$$ from you. See "planned obsolescence."

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Dave

RTFS - Read the f-ing summary

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Dave

Try using one for very long when you have a cat. You left "cat hair" out of your list so I'm guessing you don't have a cat. Semmantically kind of funny when a mouse chokes on a cat hair ball.

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Dave

I actually had an optical mouse die. The left button micro-switch started failing so a click of the button didn't always translate into a button event. Really annoying when it first started to go because I was always wondering if I had just "missed" whatever I was attempting to click. Finally started seeing some really obvious things.

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ave

Go with my second option and have a nice glass of wine with your pasta.

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Dave

Interesting. I had kind of absorbed what I thought was the meaning over time. Mainly from people I talked to who apparently shared the same misconception. That is, people would say they were agnostic with something like, "I don't believe in any specific religion. I'm an agnostic." Their usage of agnostic was more one of knowing which religion was correct was the issue.

One reason I enjoy doing crossword puzzles is I frequently find out that that there are other meanings to words I thought I knew or, like this, my understanding of the meaning was not correct.

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Dave