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Government

Gov't Report: Laser Pointers Produce Too Much Energy, Pose Risk For the Careless 260

coondoggie writes "Commercial grade green and red laser pointers emit energy far beyond what is safe, posing skin, eye and fire hazards. That was the conclusion of a National Institute of Standards and Technology study on the properties of handheld lasers. The study tested 122 of the devices and found that nearly 90% of green pointers and about 44% of red pointers tested were out of federal safety regulation compliance."
Privacy

Do You Like Online Privacy? You May Be a Terrorist 720

schwit1 passes on this snippet from Public Intelligence: "A flyer designed by the FBI and the Department of Justice to promote suspicious activity reporting in internet cafes lists basic tools used for online privacy as potential signs of terrorist activity. The document, part of a program called 'Communities Against Terrorism,' lists the use of 'anonymizers, portals, or other means to shield IP address' as a sign that a person could be engaged in or supporting terrorist activity. The use of encryption is also listed as a suspicious activity along with steganography, the practice of using 'software to hide encrypted data in digital photos' or other media. In fact, the flyer recommends that anyone 'overly concerned about privacy' or attempting to 'shield the screen from view of others' should be considered suspicious and potentially engaged in terrorist activities. ... The use of PGP, VPNs, Tor or any of the many other technologies for anonymity and privacy online are directly targeted by the flyer, which is distributed to businesses in an effort to promote the reporting of these activities."

Comment Re:Surprise, surprise, surprise (Score 1) 162

#!/bin/bash
if [[ -z $1 ]]; then
    echo "Usage:  ${0##*/} (stop|start|restart) [daemon]"
    exit 1
fi
if [[ -z $2 ]]; then
    d=sarcasm
else
    d=$2
fi
case $(</proc/1/comm) in
    systemd)
        systemctl $1 $d.service
        ;;
    upstart)
        service $d $1
        ;;
    rinit)
        sv $1 $d
        ;;
    init)
        for s in {rc,init}{.d,}; do
            [[ -f /etc/$s/$d ]] && /etc/$s/$d $1
        done
        ;;
    *)

        if [[ $1 == @(stop|restart) ]]; then
            killall $d
            for i in {0..5}; do
                pidof $d &>/dev/null || break
            done
            [[ $? -eq 0 ]] && killall -9 $d
        fi
        if [[ $1 == @(start|restart) ]]; then
            pidof $d &>/dev/null || $d -D
        fi
        ;;
esac
if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
    echo "FATAL:  Could not $1 $d service."
    exit 1
fi

Comment Re:constitution also protects: (Score 1) 473

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[breaths]

ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha... ...sorry, it's just that that is hilarious. Hilarious because you are thinking exactly how they want you to think. So long as the general population really believes what you believe they will be able to continue to o as they wish, business as usual.

You know what would actually be a sensible democratic system though? If you think your country should go to war, you fund it yourself separately. Wars funded solely by war bonds or donations. Good luck ever seeing this implemented.

Comment Why Is This a Bad Thing? (Score 1) 403

I do not understand the all the negativity behind the single-window mode, especially when it is an optional component and is not "forced upon" users without an alternative, save for using an older version for as long as it works and is maintained, waiting for or working on a fork, accepting the changes, or abandoning ship and seeking an alternative. As a user of a keyboard-driven tiling window manager that does not completely follow the WIMP model, I find the option of using a single window mode to be a welcome change.

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