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Comment Re:Two things to remember about polygraphs: (Score 1) 465

It looks like the website has either been Slashdotted or killed by the Feds. I have actually visited the site several times and find it informative. I have been polygraphed one time, and passed it. It was to get a license to become a minimum wage + $.15 an hour security guard at a bank. The site says that the more you believe in the concept of lie detectors the greater the reaction displayed on the machine. It is a great tool for enhancing interrogations because of the fear factor.

Comment Re:Its a shame. (Score 1) 207

Then charge a distribution fee. The should buy and sell power at the same rate and only charge for infrastructure use.

Utilities as they are monopolies the law forces me to buy from should not be for profit.

Not so. APS is one of the owners of the Palo Verde power plant, the largest nuclear plant in the U.S. That plant, for instance, has fixed costs to run no matter what level they are generating at. It is like when during the gasoline shortage that the States had to raise the taxes on gasoline because the lower income from reduced gas sales didn't cover the costs to maintain the roads. If electricity is supplied from outside, APS, Salt River, etc all still have to pay the costs of running and maintaining Palo Verde. If they can't get the costs from selling the power they generate, they will have to raise rates on their customers to cover that shortfall. I get my electricity from APS and for the record, I am also a retired APS employee. If all the power was generated by someone other than APS you would still have to pay APS to for the maintenance costs of their distribution system, expansion of that system for new houses built in their area, reading your meter and providing a billing mechanism. Capitalism doesn't work when there is one wire, or one pipe coming to your home. We pay for that service, water, landline telephone, sewer and Internet and hope the folks we elected to the Corporation Commission will have our best interests at heart and not let those utilities abuse us. Solar users are pumping their excess power into APS' grid and should have to pay their fair share of the cost to maintain it. It's not up to us non solar customers to subsidize it. This is my personal opinion not APS'.

Comment Re:Too bad Snowden will only be 33 in 2016 (Score 2) 351

Snowden has a better chance of being elected President of the European Parliament than he does President of the United States.

When did the U.S. swap governments with East Germany? A Republic an not survive when the government keeps data bases on all it's citizens. If the Supreme Court wasn't in the pockets of the fascists now running this country, we could have our Constitution back and become a Republic again. Presently the Executive Branch run the entire country and the other two branches are lapdogs.

Comment Re:Because of the Limited Lifespan? (Score 1) 202

50,000 hours at 10 hours a day is 13.7 years. I certainly don't watch 10 hours of TV a day. Probably maxes out most days around 4, meaning that the TV would last me about 34 years. Assuming something else didn't break first. 50,000 hours is quite a long time.

But I'm retired and my TV is powered on for about 14 hours a day. That is 10 years.

Comment Re:I'm for this (Score 1) 394

Hello, NSA shill! Let's be honest here. That's quite right. Exactly: no one knows how many. You know something else? It doesn't even MATTER how many: the ends DO NOT justify the means!

This, what you're doing here? This is state-sponsored terrorism! This is completely off limits. You're way, way out of line. You need to look in the mirror and realise that Snowden has more integrity in his big toe than you have in your whole body. Stop making excuses. Shut these operations down. Publish details of any vulnerabilities you know about, including ones you've created or discovered. It's unethical not to: and it's quite frankly extremely damaging to national and international security not to. And we'll fix them, because we can't trust you to.

At this point I'm not worried about blithering crazy idiots waging "war" on us with half-assed bombs: I'm worried about our own governments waging "cyber-war" on us with billion-dollar budgets. It's obvious with a moment's thought which one the greater threat is, and I'm sorry, but it's not the frothy-mouthed jihadist who's actively sabotaging efforts to secure critical internet and other infrastructure. It's YOU.

People should not have to be afraid of their governments. But they do. We're not interested in your feeble justifications. Freedom IS worth human lives: it always has been. Operations like this make the sacrifices of those who gave their lives in years long past to ensure you have at least the promise of freedom utterly meaningless, and turn our own governments - quite literally - into our adversaries. You should be ashamed of yourselves. That has to stop. It has to stop now. And it has to stop no matter what the cost, no matter what the trade-off.

Given the hard choice between anybody having privacy and nobody having privacy, even if it means sitting down and redesigning baseline security protocols and the internet at large, I'd rather make the right choice than the easy choice. It's time to roll up our sleeves and start fixing this mess, and you're not invited to the party.

Interesting:
I just posted a response to this, and it disappeared. Was it edited out by /. or by the NSA? This is what I posted:
"Your response is as an AC. You should be proud to put your name on a post like this. I have worn a military uniform and I have lost friends to war. Your response was the reason we put out lives on the line. I would be proud to call someone with your values my friend. Your words bring thoughts of Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin. I wish this country had a couple hundred million of you."

Comment Re:I'm for this (Score 1) 394

Hello, NSA shill! Let's be honest here. That's quite right. Exactly: no one knows how many. You know something else? It doesn't even MATTER how many: the ends DO NOT justify the means!

This, what you're doing here? This is state-sponsored terrorism! This is completely off limits. You're way, way out of line. You need to look in the mirror and realise that Snowden has more integrity in his big toe than you have in your whole body. Stop making excuses. Shut these operations down. Publish details of any vulnerabilities you know about, including ones you've created or discovered. It's unethical not to: and it's quite frankly extremely damaging to national and international security not to. And we'll fix them, because we can't trust you to.

At this point I'm not worried about blithering crazy idiots waging "war" on us with half-assed bombs: I'm worried about our own governments waging "cyber-war" on us with billion-dollar budgets. It's obvious with a moment's thought which one the greater threat is, and I'm sorry, but it's not the frothy-mouthed jihadist who's actively sabotaging efforts to secure critical internet and other infrastructure. It's YOU.

People should not have to be afraid of their governments. But they do. We're not interested in your feeble justifications. Freedom IS worth human lives: it always has been. Operations like this make the sacrifices of those who gave their lives in years long past to ensure you have at least the promise of freedom utterly meaningless, and turn our own governments - quite literally - into our adversaries. You should be ashamed of yourselves. That has to stop. It has to stop now. And it has to stop no matter what the cost, no matter what the trade-off.

Given the hard choice between anybody having privacy and nobody having privacy, even if it means sitting down and redesigning baseline security protocols and the internet at large, I'd rather make the right choice than the easy choice. It's time to roll up our sleeves and start fixing this mess, and you're not invited to the party.

Your response is as an AC. You should be proud to put your name on a post like this. I have worn a military uniform and I have lost friends to war. Your response was the reason we put out lives on the line. I would be proud to call someone with your values my friend. Your words bring thoughts of Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin. I wish this country had a couple hundred million of you.

Comment Re:I donâ(TM)t suppose... (Score 1) 622

Doesn't seem that way.

I mean, seriously? What kind of journalist, investigating malfeasance by federal agencies, would have the names of her sources in plain text?

The kind who isn't a computer expert.

I know it's hard to do considering the crowd here, but try and keep in mind - most people, journalists included, barely even know what encryption is, let alone how to use it properly.

Regardless, her Constitutional rights should have negated any need for encrypting her work. That is what we should take away from this.

This is what happens when the Supreme Court lets the Executive branch run wild. The Executive branch is supposed to enforce the laws under the Constitution. Instead they do what they want like they are War Lords in a third world. Who will restore the balance of power?

Comment Re:Stallman would have something to say about this (Score 1) 488

In what non US universe do you live in?....judges are appointed..not voted for...

True... un untrue. Here in Arizona we elect to retain judges. They are usually retained because the electorate usually has no clue. However there have been times that judges have been thrown out when the was miss conduct that was publicized before an election. Federal judges are appointed for life not so Arizona judges.

Comment Re: If the state of the website is any indication (Score 1) 382

One of the problems we are having with healthcare costs is the everything is covered idea. When I was young, in the 50s, my parents had Blue Cross Blue Shield. I had a calcium deficiency and had several broken arms and legs as a child. When I was sick, flu, cold infection, we went to the family doctor and paid cash. When I broke a limb, we went to the hospital and my Mom plunked the Blue Cross card on the counter. Health insurance was for major medical not colds.

Comment Re: Nothing left to do (Score 1) 527

Land of the free, home of the brave?

Our country (U.S.A.) was founded on having three separate branches of government. The Executive Branch controls and has access to all the data from the NSA. The NSA, the FBI and the CIA all work for the President of the United States. How can Congress and the Supreme Court sit idley by and let the Executive Branch read their emails and track their phone calls? The founding premise of this nation has been violated and the President has been given the "Keys to the Kingdom". The previous resident of the White House was not tech savvy or anything savvy for that matter. However this President is tech savvy and knows how to use that data. And every President from now on will also. We no longer have a Republic when one and only one branch of government can spy on the other two. How can the people, the Congress and the Supreme Court not see this? This country is so screwed!

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