Comment: So now you guys LIKE Anonymous Cowards? (Score 1) 397
Isn't this the place that hates Anonymous Cowards?
Comment: Ref: "giant load off his back" (Score 4, Funny) 282
Oh, NO! That "giant load off his back" means he's experiencing weightlessness which means he stowed away on the capssule! Abort! Abort! (Grats!)
Comment: Don't travel abroad if License Plate Scanning ... (Score 1) 295
Don't travel abroad if License Plate Scanning bothers you. Google it, boys. Most countries now do it on all their borders, in the least. Users (countries) don't always advertise it but the makers of License Plate Scanning systems are all over the web. You guys need to travel more. Welcome to the rest of the world.
Comment: Re:Online needs to change (Score 2) 60
I think learning SHOULD be more like RPG's. The step by step approach in MMORPG's keeps me going. :) At least for the first few years of a subject. There used to be a reading program like that back in the 60's for 10-11 year olds in Ohio that used short stories. (don't remember the name) It had a range of reading comprehension where the level of comprehension was color-coded. I was SO worked up to become a PURPLE reader.
Comment: Re:LOL (Score 1) 79
Your reply leads me to suspect that you probably have never stepped foot out of your own city, much less country. You have no idea how few rights people in most of the world have and how repressive the governments of countries like Pakistan, China, Iran, etc., are. I have to just laugh at your real ignorance of the rest of the world's situation. While the US has its problems, reporters aren't being shot down in "broad daylight" as in Brazil, Mexico, etc. I really do suggest you go spend a few years in just about any country not in NATO. Heck, even Europe is quite a bit more repressive than the US. Mouth-off to an EU policeman and he or SHE will beat the living crap out of you in public with no fear of reprisal. So, walk down the street when you want, yelling your hatred, and feel safe. This is the ONLY country (so far) in you can fairly safely do that. Go ahead. And have a nice day.
No, really. You should move. Besides it clearing the air considerably here, you really do need to go see that if you spout that silliness in a non-NATO country (and also IN some NATO countries) that you will not need a fair trial because the local police or military will have killed you in plain site of everyone. And all the witnesses will just walk away. It's sad, but true. So, good luck.
Comment: Re:Now even the Pope hates the truth? (Score 1) 286
No, sorry, Your statement is akin to saying "Why hate on Ford (or GM), dudes?"
And, for the record, the dictionary definition of the word "cult" is simply any section of a genre of any religion. Only here in America have people mis-used the word to indicate what they regards as "whackos". So, , by definition, Catholicism is definitely a cult of Christianity. (And generally a group of "whackos" who have drank their own brand of kool-aid, their own completely unsubstantited "beliefs", which are no more substantiated than the belief in spaceships flying in the wake of comets. Just more "believed". Good grief.
Have a nice day.
And, for the record, the dictionary definition of the word "cult" is simply any section of a genre of any religion. Only here in America have people mis-used the word to indicate what they regards as "whackos". So, , by definition, Catholicism is definitely a cult of Christianity. (And generally a group of "whackos" who have drank their own brand of kool-aid, their own completely unsubstantited "beliefs", which are no more substantiated than the belief in spaceships flying in the wake of comets. Just more "believed". Good grief.
Have a nice day.
Comment: Re:Run your own (Score 1) 193
Lovely. This was upgraded to "Insightful"? Good grief. There is a different between "screwed up" and "screwed over".
Comment: Re:The TV-Theory of Why We Can't Find Life... (Score 1) 64
The Galactic COMEDY Channel.
Comment: Re:The squirrels are even cleverer than that (Score 1) 125
Last I heard they wanted to build it in some desert in Australia or South Africa just in case the snakes escape.
I heard about that! Snakes on a plain...
Bah-ha-ha-ha!!!! Oh, my sides hurt!! thank you.
Comment: Re:WTFBBQ (Score 1) 125
BAH-ha-ha! Thank you.
FTC Privacy Report Draws Praise From Activists->
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wiredmikey writes "Privacy advocates are largely giving the thumbs up to a report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) calling for Congress to enact privacy, data security and breach notification laws.
The report, entitled “Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change: Recommendations For Businesses and Policymakers,” also lays out best practices for businesses for protecting the privacy of American consumers. Building upon a report from December 2010, the updated report calls on corporations to enact the following recommendations: Privacy by Design, Simplified Choice for Businesses and Consumers, and Greater Transparency.
“In general, we’re pleased by the new privacy framework set forth by the Commission,” blogged Rainey Reitman, activism director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). “We hope Congress, the Commerce Department, and industry figures will turn to it as they continue crafting policy around user data in coming years.”
In particular, Reitman expressed the EFF’s support on the FTC’s stance regarding a Do-Not-Track mechanism as well as the agency’s support of the HTTPS Everywhere Firefox Add-on and its articulation of the problems with data brokers.
The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) also largely praised the FTC report for providing a baseline for best practices for protecting consumer privacy."
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The report, entitled “Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change: Recommendations For Businesses and Policymakers,” also lays out best practices for businesses for protecting the privacy of American consumers. Building upon a report from December 2010, the updated report calls on corporations to enact the following recommendations: Privacy by Design, Simplified Choice for Businesses and Consumers, and Greater Transparency.
“In general, we’re pleased by the new privacy framework set forth by the Commission,” blogged Rainey Reitman, activism director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). “We hope Congress, the Commerce Department, and industry figures will turn to it as they continue crafting policy around user data in coming years.”
In particular, Reitman expressed the EFF’s support on the FTC’s stance regarding a Do-Not-Track mechanism as well as the agency’s support of the HTTPS Everywhere Firefox Add-on and its articulation of the problems with data brokers.
The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) also largely praised the FTC report for providing a baseline for best practices for protecting consumer privacy."
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Most Ancient, 'Impossible' Alien Worlds Discovered-> 1
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astroengine writes "Two exoplanets have been discovered by scientists at the Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy orbiting the star HIP 11952. But according to conventional thinking, these worlds shouldn't exist. You see, HIP 11952 is a "metal-poor" star and planetary formation is hindered around stars with low metallicity. This isn't the only thing; as metal-poor stars were the first stars to form when the Universe was very young, these two worlds also formed around the same time. They are therefore the most ancient exoplanets discovered to date having lived through 13 billion years of cosmic evolution."
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Comment: Can't R.E.S.I.S.T.. (Score 1) 63
HOT TUNA!
Comment: Slashdot just "jumped the shark". (Score 0) 248
I personally don't live anywhere near Wisconsin and really don't think anyone but those who live in that district should have any say, whatsever, what the FLYING FSCK the people of that community spend on their school system. What arrogance. this is my last post to Slashdot. Cya. Unbelievable.
Comment: Re:Mass Transportation in America (Score 5, Insightful) 1205
There is no "Mass Transportation: in America, outside NY and Chicago. Washington, DC didn't add a line or track for 30 years and, surprisingly, adding a stub to Dulles Airport, which is about 40 years late, and is, as the Brits say, "Fsck-All" useless if you aren't headed for the airport. When I lived in London in the 80's and Stuttgart the last 4 years, there was a bus stop, always, within 2, max. 3, blocks of where I lived. In America, there is not even a bus-stop in my "sub-division" or neighborhood. I have to DRIVE to get to a bus stop.
Washington, DC is the size (in area) of London with the "Mass Transit" system of a city one-tenth the size. (And that would be denigrating all the European transit systems for cities that size.) So, Trans. Secretary X, I will happily give you my car when, and only when you arrange "Mass Transportation' in America, but not until then. In the meantime, it would be a good start to take all the current "Mass Transit Planners" out and shoot them. They haven't done "SQUAT" in the last 30 years.