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Comment Re:The ironicalness of it (Score 1) 288

James O'Keefe is the guy who fabricated the Planned Parenthood "baby parts" video and is responsible for numerous other frauds. "Project Veritas uses methods not employed by reputable journalists, including misrepresenting its operatives' identities." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Comment CODING HORROR had a great blog post (Score 1) 193

by lemur337 (#45046543) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Best Open Source Project For a Router/Wi-Fi Access Point?

about this a year ago. http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/06/because-everyone-still-needs-a-router.html

I followed the advice there and flashed an ASUS RT-N16 ($70 when I bought it. Maybe less now.) with easytomato firmware. The name says it all. I especially love the wireless print server. I believe easytomato works on the expensive dual band ASUS routers as well but haven't tried it personally.

Submission + - Rise of the Warrior Cop: How America's Police Forces Became Militarized

Submitted by FuzzNugget
FuzzNugget writes: An awakening piece in the Wall Street Journal paints a grim picture of how America's police departments went from community officers walking the beat to full-on, militarized SWAT opterations breaking down the doors of non-violent offenders.

From the article: "In the 1970s, there were just a few hundred [raids] a year; by the early 1980s, there were some 3,000 a year. In 2005, there were approximately 50,000 raids." It goes on to detail examples of agressive, SWAT-style raids on non-violent offenders and how many have ended in unecessary deaths.

Last year, after a Utah man's home was raided for having 16 small mairijuana plants, nearly 300 bullets in total were fired (most of them by the police) in the ensuing gunfight, the homeowner believing he was a victim of a home invasion by criminals. The US miltary veteran later hanged himself in his jail cell while the prosecution sought the death sentence for the murder of one officer he believed to be an criminal assailant. In 2006, a man in Virgina was shot and killed after an undercover detective overheard the man discussing bets on college football games with buddies in a bar. The 38-year-old optomitrist had no criminal record and no history of violence.

The reports range from incredulous to outrageous; from the raid on the Gibson guitar factory for violation of conservational law, to the infiltration of a bar where underage youth were believed to be drinking, to the Tibeten monks were apprehended by police in full SWAT gear for overstaying their visas on a peace mission. Then there's the one about the woman who was subject to a raid for failing to pay her student loan bills.

It's a small wonder why few respect police anymore. SWAT-style raids aren't just for defense against similarly-armed criminals anymore, it's now a standard ops intimidation tactic. How much bloodshed will it take for America to realize such a disproportionate response is unwarranted and disasterous?

Comment Denial and Greed. (Score 1) 1

by lemur337 (#43071801) Attached to: Deluge: We are entering a new phase of fossil fuels

Some humans are in denial and others are selling investments in energy companies.

If the planet was truly awash in abundant fossil fuels do you think we'd be drilling in 5000' of ocean water, killing eleven men and almost ruining the Mexico in the process? Why would we be pressure washing sand in Alberta to get the oil off of it -- a dirty and expensive process.

If you replace "rapidly advancing technologies" with "increasing prices for crude" the linked article and others like it currently being pushed by business magazines make more sense.

If you read oil geologists instead of business writers you get a very different picture. I suggest www.theoildrum.com

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