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Comment Punish those that do not readily condemn?!?! (Score 2) 219

That sounds like a clear abuse of power.

"Yes, you called the terrorists evil, damn, evil S.O.B.S. But you paused before you said evil. Take him away BOYS."

It's bad enough to punish those that use their freedom of speech to praise criminals, but to go that far pushes you beyond the bar of reason and into tyranny.

If we used this in America, I think Obama could arrest the entire cast of Fox News for praising Putin. That is just plain wrong. Fox news should be laughed at, not arrested.

Comment There are certain appliances that this works for (Score 1) 172

Chief among them are the Dish washer and laundry machine.

But to be honest, 90% of the time, a simple mechanical clock works better than the crap they suggest.

Yes, you can save a small percentage by setting certain equipment, including your heater and refrigerator to switch to low power mode when power is expensive. Basically this expands the range by a couple of degrees. But the amount of money saved is not worth the HUGE invasion of privacy.

Especially not when simply improving your insulation will save your more money.

Submission + - Holder Severely limits Civil Forfeiture (washingtonpost.com)

gurps_npc writes: As most people know, the US has for quite some time let police steal pretty much anything they wanted to, forcing you to (expensively) go to court to get back your stuff. Most of the problems came about because the Federal government let the local cops keep most of what they took.
Eric Holder, the US Attorney General, has changed the rules of that program, making it more difficult for the police to do it under the federal program. They can still use local state programs, but that accounts for only about 57% of the cash taken. Note he did not end the program entirely, he left in some excepts that amounted to about 1% of the current federal program. Still with this action he will have struck a serious blow to a despicable practice that serious newspapers and comedy TV shows decried as nothing more than legalized theft.

Comment Re:Walking dead??? (Score 1) 148

1) Watching your whole world die is not that bad. People come out it mentally intact all the time. Talk to Holocaust survivors. Survival is not a psychosis, it is the natural state of all living creatures. 2) Anyone that get's trapped by a horde of zombie is a fool. Zombies are easy to kill. All you have to do is arrange the environment so that they come at you one at a time. See every single anti-zombie plan ever created by any geek. In the wild with an appropriate number of zombies for a no building situation? Build a spear and climb a tree. When zombies get too close spear their brains out. Repeat until none are left. If it takes you more than day, you don't know how to use a spear. Similar plans work for all but the most ridiculous situations. But that's assuming the zombies get a start. Ever notice how the zombie movies tend to skip over the point from one zombie to millions? Because any single adult human being that is aware of them should be able to kill at least 3 zombies, and humans should become aware of zombies before they outnumber you. End results, humans should always outnumber the zombies.

Comment Instead of fixing the law, let's sweep it under (Score 2, Interesting) 157

Yes, instead of realizing that we went WAY WAY overboard on sex crime laws - lets hide the evidence. That will solve the problem.

1) Most actual offenses are committed by kids being kids.

2) Most arrested for sex crimes do NOT re-offend (while people arrested for theft, drug related or violent crimes DO re-offend).

3) Most places have huge double standards punishing men more than women, boys more than girls.

4) States do their best to ensure that anyone that committed one sex crime gets screwed over entirely - no job, no place to live, no friends, all under the banner of "protect the children", when in reality they endanger the children by encouraging the offenders to break ridiculous laws instead of getting involved in normal social activity like attending church.

5) The rules are set up to the worst first time offenders - family and close friends - while making everyone else paranoid about strangers.

Comment Re:An example. (Score 1) 179

1) They can themselves create a wifi account with that name, and should be able to boost it it's strength. They can do this without blocking ALL wifi signals.

2) Send Hotel Security to track them down using a directional wifi sniffer. Then either disconnect the device and give it to the cops, or if they are quick enough to catch the person, hold them and call the police. That's what you do when you find someone committing a crime on your hotel property.

Submission + - Marriot decides to obey wireless laws (bbc.com)

gurps_npc writes: Marriot Hotels had been illegally blocking Wifi hotspots in Nashville. They thought they owned the airwaves inside their hotel and wanted to charge guests for using them. They claimed to be 'surprised' they were breaking the law. Other hotels have complained to the FCC, asking for permission to do it legally.

The FCC had fined Marriot $600,000 for their actions, among other things.

They have stopped their illegal blockage, in part because of public backlash and in part because the government told them they were criminals.

Comment Re:Sounds like concentrated bullshit.... (Score 1) 52

No there does not need to be iphone software that tweaks the car. That itself would be a stupid idea.

I predict that the cars in question will have no wireless connection from the controlling computer. There will be a wired plug, just like in current cars.

Because adding wireless capacity to the part of the car that controls fuel injection is a moronic idea - as you pointed out.

Comment Walking dead??? (Score 3, Interesting) 148

I mean get real.

The people in Walking Dead all act like sociopaths - even the good guys. They totally fail to create a working society to defend themselves and attack their enemies, something that even lunatic killers like ISIS can do.

None of them have any idea how to protect themselves from lets face - the stupidest human beings in the world that only have numbers going for them.

The main reason every geek in the world has an anti-zombie plan is that it is so freaking easy to create a working anti-zombie plan.

The other shows have superheros and magic. Both of those are FAR more believable and realistic than Walking Dumb and living Dumber.

Comment Re:Sounds like concentrated bullshit.... (Score 5, Insightful) 52

The author thought that people needed to be reminded that if we let computers control cars, then a hacker can hack your car. This might cause deaths.

Apparently, they don't seem to understand that computers already control airplanes, submarines, other boats, trains, and nuclear missiles.

Not to mention computer controls power plants (including nuclear power plants, dams, our traffic systems, etc.

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