Let's be real, if they are going to be hiring you, they will have your SSN, full name and address etc. All of this data is much more useful to wrongdoers and surely stored is a less secure way. In addition, for most purposes other than a full backround check, your SSN, address and full name are all you need to dig up all sorts of information. I have used a fingerprint scanner for a college job once, and it was nothing fancy, just matched some fingerprints to what we trained it on. Furhtermore, if someone were able to lift a digital copy of your fingerprint from the device, whta could they do with it? Most places that use fingerprint encoding for access will require you to scan on the spot with a real finger. I would think they would notice if someone was trying to use a print-out or someone else's finger. Save your breath for bigger issues.

Seriously, look up Haber Bosch as well as inorganic fertilizers. They are made by consuming huge amounts of fossil fuels.

Algae is grown in margianl places too, such as in waste water treament plants/pools./ Also, places like the desert are ideal for algae production because of the generous amounts of sunlight and heat. Water is not a big issue because algae is best grown in closed tanks and the water can be reused.

Algae has great potential and should not be ignored; the process just needs to be refined. It has much greater yield than other biofuels crops, and can be more easily turned into fuel oil of various types than other sources. Ethanol should be avoided; because it is plain inefficient no matter how well you develop the process. Ethanol when burned produces 30% energy by weight than petroleum, and requires at least as much petroleum to produce as it displaces. Furthermore, it cannot be transported like petroleum-based fuels due to it propensity to mix with water. That means even more petroleum transporting this crap around in tanker trucks. Algae on waste water ponds and treatment systems not only produce fuel, but naturally help clean the water. Growth tanks can also be setup at industrial sites with CO2 emissions being piped into the tanks. There is a lot to do with these wondrous little plants; we just need to give them a chance. ..and John Hasler, look up the Haber Bosch Process. It’s called nitrogen fixing that requires lots of fossil fuels.

You mean like this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiBxkLydnU8

Seriously, all it takes is a hammer and 5 minutes. Just put on some saftey glasses, take it out back, and go apeshit on it. Imagine it's someone you hate (you could even print a photo and tape it on) and go to town with the hammer. After some soild swings, give it a shake to make sure you can hear broken platters. Then hit it some more. I am sure some of the nerds out there could use a soild 5 minutes of pyhsical activity.

If you are near Seattle I highly reccomend the Museum of Flight at Boeing field. See some great history and awesome jets. http://www.museumofflight.org/

Back in the day I used to play Rogue Spear against my buddies for hours using only shotguns loaded with rubber batons. It would take as many as 20 shots sometimes to take someone down. The total lack of melee weapons ensured there was a lot of limping around next to each other frantically reloading. Add a few J's and we could stay entertained all night.

I can see why Apple would want things like submersion/heat/shock sensors to be included to counter warranty fraud, but going as far as continuity sensors to detect jailbraking and whatnot is wrong. The phone is yours when you purchase it and you should eb ablet o do what you want with it. The sensors are only a small part of the overarching issue of Apple trying to exert too much control over their products. With any luck Steve Jobs will die soon and someone will have the balls to take the company in a new, not control-freaked, direction.

I have to agree that this new testing device might make for some tricky situations. Most current saliva based tests can detect for usage from the last 3 days to a week or so. I wonder what kind of detection window this new method has... I don't want to get a DUI for that J I smoked 2 days ago....