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Comment Re:no this is what you get with outsourced IT VA (Score 1) 86

Yup, I too was hired by DHS via a contractor. My UA was hot for Benzo (I was in the middle of a messy divorce, but had no script), I told the Dr at the physical and they passed me through. I left for the same reason you mention. No rhyme or reason for speciality hires. Myself and another highly qualified co-worker applied for a IED detection instructor position and it was awarded to a 55+ year old woman who had probably never seen an explosive in her life. I left a few weeks later. My co-worker lasted a few more months until he threw in the towel and moved into private security.

Comment My front door has a key code. (Score 1) 127

I have a password to get into my house, well, a key code. My deadbolt lock has a number pad. I punch in my code and the deadbolt unlocks. I hate carrying keys around, if I could get my truck to start up that way i would (I already have a hidden wireless keypad on my truck that will unlock and/or open the windows.

Comment I hate credit scores (Score 1) 117

If this becomes a everyman's Echelon can we expect a new era of quasi-puritanical social actions? Jesusland anyone?

I hate the credit Houses and scores. I am a small business owner and I go from large cash reserves in August to negative cash by February ever year (this year was the last of that), so I get a credit score flux by 100 points in some weird cycle. My social network for are my volunteer associates (paramedics and rescue operations) and friends that went to a very small New England boarding school who are now spread out around the country. However, last and pertaining to this ./ is the group of punks, hackers, insurgents and general freaks I went to college with in the SF bay area. Most of us still post out latest antics when we pull them (ex: I post my 37mm launcher payload designs for flashbangs, smokers, 2 stage flechettes, and wasp rounds, stuff I would "never" "build" since the ATFE considers them "destructive devices". I only use FB to stay in touch with people I would otherwise not keep up with, I have my account as locked down as possible and have no information other then name and my email address, but I know my data being locked from "non-friends" does not protect it from corps FB make deals with.

Comment Re:What the hell? (Score 1) 703

Thanks to the Daily Show and the Report, I follow much more closely what is going on at the local level and national level. I am a bit darker in that I am starting to think another civil war is coming between Jesus freaks, with the ones that profit off them and EVERYONE to the left of them. I see a 10:1 Liberals:Jesus Freaks since the liberals don't like guns.

Comment Re:Count me in (Score 1) 703

"Colbert" is in fact a persona not a real person, that is the personality on screen is not as he is in real life. The whole thing is a sarcastic cynical look at Fox News talk shows and other self important talking heads. That's why some people think it's funny, others (without a sense of humor) are offended.

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