Comment But what if... (Score 1) 303
BitTorrent?
Comment Hmmm... (Score 1) 233
And how will this will help global warming?
Comment Oh Boy! (Score 1) 247
More natural resources to exploit and then wonder why the environment is changing!
Comment Missing finger? (Score 1) 356
How long until we start hearing stories about stolen iPhones along with stolen severed fingers?
Comment Re:Tell me again (Score 3, Informative) 918
Because we joined the UN as a permanent member of the security council. It's our job to protect the rights of foreign people from human rights violations.
I mean I suppose we could resign from our position, supposing you like the idea of China and Russia being in charge the security council.
Then it would be up to UN Forces, *not* US Forces to enforce any UN actions.
Comment Land of the Free (Score 1) 743
Land of the Free... and the Home of the Brave???
Ha!
Comment Suck it up. (Score 2, Insightful) 510
Surprisingly smartphones have not been around forever and little Johnny & Sally still managed to make it thru daycare okay. If there's an EMERGENCY, outsiders can call your employer's main number and ask for you. You get paid to work, not deal with personal matters.
Comment Delicious Library (Score 2) 230
Try Delicious Library.
http://www.delicious-monster.com/
Comment Swap out the tee shirts for golf shirts (Score 1) 432
When I made the move from worker bee to director all I did was ditch the tee shirts for (mostly vendor-supplied or company) golf shirts and made sure to have a denim overshirt or corduroy sportcoat handy for improtu meetings w/ CxO-level mtgs. Levis 501s and sneakers were still mandatory for geek cred.
Comment Smoking gun? (Score 1) 255
When I ran track in the 70s, we were taught to watch for smoke from the starter's pistol rather than wait for the soundwave.
So much for technology.
Comment When the shoe is on the other foot? (Score 1) 1127
What would you do if it was your daughter joining the group.
Everyone woman is someone's daughter.
Comment Glove time (Score 1) 122
Great! Now I have to wear gloves whenever I'm in public. And I though wrapping my RFID cards in aluminum foil was bad!!!
Submission + - Dutch company aims to put four people on Mars by 2023 - permanently (mars-one.com)
Simon321 writes: An independent space launch company aims to put four people on Mars by April 2023 — and the team will not be coming back.
Mars One claims that a new crew of four will join every two years as the explorers build their settlement, and that by 2033 there will be 20 people living on Mars.
The company has been in talks with independent space suppliers such as Space X, which recently launched the first privately owned rocket to the Space Station.
Mars One claims that a new crew of four will join every two years as the explorers build their settlement, and that by 2033 there will be 20 people living on Mars.
The company has been in talks with independent space suppliers such as Space X, which recently launched the first privately owned rocket to the Space Station.
Submission + - Sexual Harassment In Online Gaming, On the Rise (rashidumar.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Despite that it’s a macho environment, the number of woman in online gaming is growing fast. In the United States alone, 42 percent of women represent the boom, however, sexual harassment has...
Comment Homeland Security! (Score 5, Interesting) 376
Homeland Security agressively patrols that area since it borders Canada and has a international crossing at Cornwall.
I've been stopped at road blocks hosted jointly by NYS Police & Homeland Security. The State Police stayed in the background while my car was singled out by Homeland Security for a walk-around sniff by their dog and an uncomfortable amount of questioning. I'm an old Unix admin who does not resemble a terrorist in the slightest.
Also worth noting that that St. Regis Native American Reservation sits on both sides of the border there. Perhaps someone is trying to keep tabs on them??
