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Comment Re:It should be obvious by now (Score 2) 134

'm fairly certain the median IQ ( not to mention ethical and moral standards ) of those who peruse Slashdot are a few standard deviations higher than those who run governments.

I think the median deviation of those that peruse Slashdot are a few standards higher than governmental officials, but not so sure about IQ.

Comment Re:Not very effective. (Score 2) 134

Anyone going into Pakistan (or any other foreign country) would need a visa (and probably a Visa). So the government would have ample opportunity to set up tracking / notification / surveillance or whatever they deem appropriate. Killing or kidnapping foreigners for a SIM card seems a bit overwrought as other Slashdotters have quickly discovered several other loopholes (give a random kid $20, kid gets cell phone, kid disappears into the slums .... )

  I doubt this will be terribly useful but it might help track phones to some extent.

Comment Re:Superfish is present in Flash Video Downloader (Score 2) 113

This is the top of the superfish.js listing. Not that I understand Javascript very well (where are the line numbers?) but it seems fairly innocuous...

*
  * Superfish v1.4.8 - jQuery menu widget
  * Copyright (c) 2008 Joel Birch
  *
  * Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses:
  * http://www.opensource.org/lice...
  * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gp...
  *
  * CHANGELOG: http://users.tpg.com.au/j_birc...
  */ ;(function($){
        $.fn.superfish = function(op){

                var sf = $.fn.superfish,
                        c = sf.c,
                        $arrow = $([' '].join('')),
                        over = function(){
                                var $$ = $(this), menu = getMenu($$);
                                clearTimeout(menu.sfTimer);
                                $$.showSuperfishUl().siblings().hideSuperfishUl();
                        }, .....

Comment Re:Why hasn't it happened already? (Score 2) 241

The payoff isn't immense, however. If they do blow up a mall, then you risk getting the Wrath of the Great Military Industrial Complex upon your head. We can stomp ISIS into the ground should we be so inclined - but we're not so inclined.

If ISIS just rattles scimitars it's a no-cost way to get effective propaganda. Blowing things up entails real risks of escalations. Just ask Japan how well Pearl Harbor worked out for them in the long run.

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