So transistor is a finite state machine is a computer. Well I've got a jar of pennies where each one is a finite state machine and therefore each one is a computer. Or else maybe they should start teaching more engineering and less computer science.

Just before 911 the FBI was spending more time and money on finding online copyright violators than finding terrorists. They were even labelling violators as copyright terrorists. It's only a matter of time before the FBI becomes MPAA and RIAA lackeys again.

This cannot be 'current' news.
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My opinion is that if these documents are true then Heartland Institute should be dragged across burning hot coals and their stomachs roasted and eaten.

Back when Bush was still in charge I came up with...

George's Electronic Security Transportation and Papers Organization

Agreed. Just buy a SIM card from one of the small shops located almost anywhere. Don't buy it from the malls directly across from the border crossings however. You will get ripped off if you do so. Phones are pretty cheap also if bought from the shops selling SIM cards.

Are we really getting our tax dollars worth with this new upgrade? There seems to be nothing related to hamsters there.

A good Slashdot article would be the history of the title of this article and who got paid to create and spread it.

is already started. Look at Facebooks IPV6 address closely...

snark@toluene:~$ host www.facebook.com
www.facebook.com has address 69.171.224.39
www.facebook.com has IPv6 address 2620:0:1c00:0:face:b00c::

Actually, you can take your pick if you just want to believe in something without caring if it is verifiable. Choose one that makes you feel good.

Marooned should've been listed as one of the most realistic movies since it almost happened just a few years after the movie was made (Apollo 13).

Saying "the pictures will never be saved" is known as a "Pie Crust Promise" - easily made, easily broken. Here is some interesting reading on similar promises from the government, especially on how the SSN will never be used for identification. http://www.scragged.com/articles/the-plague-of-presidential-pie-crust-promises . The moral is never EVER trust the government .

I remember when they shut down the Apollo program to do this thing it was suppose to be a permanent hopping off point in space to get us out to the other planets and beyond. They never told us it was just going to go around circles just outside the atmosphere and let astronauts perform little science fair experiments and do little else. Basically, I believe now the space station and the space shuttle were just welfare programs for aerospace companies. Now NASA wants to crash it back to earth and loose everything. I don't blame Russia and the other countries wanting to detach their modules and taking them to play elsewhere. If NASA really wants to salvage the space station project, they need to push it to a higher, more useful orbit, and start building some real interplanetary manned (and unmanned) spaceships out there.

Send me some money and I'll tell you all about them. I'll even wear some dark aviator shades and a UFO cap while I do so.