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Comment: Re:wtf is "internet threat information"? (Score 1) 616

by MagicM (#39820645) Attached to: House Passes CISPA

If you mean "cyber threat information", the definition is part of the bill:

(6) CYBER THREAT INFORMATION. - The term cyber threat information means information directly pertaining to a vulnerability of, or threat to a system or network of a government or private entity, including information pertaining to the protection of a system or network from -
(A) efforts to degrade, disrupt, or destroy such system or network; or
(B) theft or misappropriation of private or government information, intellectual property, or personally identifiable information.

Comment: Re:Widespread interest (Score 3, Interesting) 187

If you had five parties running, the winner might win with 22% of the voting population's support, and then the 22% would be able to impose their political views on the remaining 78%

That is indeed what happens with "winner takes all". If instead the winner wins a 22% stake (say, 22 seats in a 100-seat house) then the result is representative of the electorate.

So a multi-partisan system for Congress and the Senate would not have to be undemocratic at all. The Presidential election would, by your definition, but if the President is able to "impose their political views on the remaining 78%" then that's a flaw with the Presidential powers, not with the election process.

Neutrinos either faster, slower, or exactly as fast as previously thought->

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MagicM writes "The OPERA collaboration has identified two possible effects that could have an influence on its neutrino timing measurement. These both require further tests with a short pulsed beam. If confirmed, one would increase the size of the measured effect, the other would diminish it. New measurements with short pulsed beams are scheduled for May."
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