Comment Just take funding from the military. (Score 0) 141
Fund the project even if there aren't any short-term benefits. China could use a reduction in their military budget, just like most of the world.
Comment Thought it was Nancy Grace at first! (Score -1) 216
Undue happiness.
Comment Life (Score 1) 111
Life, uh, finds a way.
Comment Already Been Done (Score 1) 19
Mycestro actually developed and released a product like over a year ago. It works and it's fun, but the tracking is a little finnicky so it hasn't replaced the good old mouse for me yet.
https://www.kickstarter.com/pr...
http://www.mycestro.com/
Comment It shouldn't even be wired. (Score 0) 58
If the data center has to store all of our private information, why is it available on the internet to be attacked? Storage units should be for storage, I don't care if you have to truck in station-wagons full of tapes. One misstep followed by another, apparently.
UK Police To Step Up Hacking of Home PCs 595
toomanyairmiles writes "The Times of London reports that the United Kingdom's Home Office has quietly adopted a new plan to allow police across Britain to routinely hack into people's personal computers without a warrant. The move, which follows a decision by the European Union's council of ministers in Brussels, has angered civil liberties groups and opposition MPs. They described it as a sinister extension of the surveillance state that drives 'a coach and horses' through privacy laws."
Comment Fair Game (Score 0) 357
I hope the UK CPS is Clear!
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