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Comment Re:Merge them all. bloat... (Score 1) 76

Sadly true.

Let us not forget that the Navy led the US Space Program, and lobbied to push the Army out of the way.

Then failed to launch a missile that didn't blow up, until AFTER the Soviets beat us into space with Sputnik 1.

Then the job was given to the Army, which dusted off a Redstone missile, and nailed it first time.

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F...

The Navy leadership has done well since, but suffers to this day from a degree of arrogance and Not Invented Here thinking.
But that's just my opinion. Take it or leave it as you wish.

Comment Food additive hormones? (Score 4, Interesting) 185

Hormones are added to animal feed, and other chemical additives in food can affect hormone levels.
I wonder if these additives could account for the higher Estrogen* (Oestrogen) levels responsible for this.

* In know, it's a UK study, so Oestrogen is correct; but I'm from the US, and it just ain't right here ;)

Comment Re:Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde (Score 1) 102

Shouldn't Pinkium be matched with Brainium?
"What do you want to do tonight, Brain"
------
Brain: Any questions?
Pinky: Yes, do you know the way to San Jose?
[Later]
Brain: Make a right at Oxnard.
Pinky: Come again?
Brain: It's the way to San Jose. You get to Oxnard and make a right.

Comment Re:"Did you even test this??!!!" (Score 1) 523

Most useful functionality we ever added to one application 20 years ago: when it displayed a MessageBox to the user, it logged the exact text, along with the error code, and offered to email the error report to the support desk.

And the support desk was given a comprehensive manual with instructions on how to guide the user through what they were trying to do.

A friend of mine wrote that function, and I have reused it many times.

Comment Re:FBI hack should not be made public (Score 1) 346

"Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils." -- General John Stark
"Give me liberty, or give me death!" -- Patrick Henry
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves" -- Abraham Lincoln
"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter" -- George Washington

Comment Re:Encrypting the Link is only part of the story (Score 1) 57

If the ISP or email provider host the domain that your email is at, is it really that much of a problem?

Actually, it is. The NSA tapped Google's communication lines with the help of Big Mother Bell (AT&T), and the NSA and anyone they decided to let see the data could read everyone's emails.
http://www.theguardian.com/wor...

Due process should matter to everyone.

Warrant? We don't need no stinking Warrant!

Comment Re:Rubbish (Score 2) 100

>> I'm not opposed to text ads, banners, and animated GIFs provided they're not deceptive and clearly identify as ads.

Add "and do not interfere with viewing the content." That covers popups. floatovers, and tons of other intrusive things.

>> The journalism has declined.

One thing you didn't point out; fact checking and verification of sources has fallen off so much as to render most content worthless.

Even major outlets, such as the New York Times, have become incredibly sloppy, publishing a great deal of blatantly garbage content, that five minutes of checking sources and facts would catch.

Comment Re:Not for sale in the state of California. (Score 1) 251

Actually, Apple might do this. Anyone in California who wants an Apple iPhone can go over the state line and pick one up, or have a friend or family member in another state pick it up and send it.
After gangs starts running truckloads of illegal Apple iPhones into California (easy enough to do), and California regulators are taking flack for all this inconvenience and extra cost, they'd most likely back down.
Especially in California, where it's easy for the citizens put a bill on the ballot to repeal this law.

Comment Re:Unison (Score 1) 748

As others have pointed out:
- Deer jumping into traffic: this is exacerbated by poor highway design and maintenance, that limits the view of the diver, so that he has no chance of seeing the deer until it is directly in his path.
- Other drivers: I cannot tell you how many times I have seen a poor driver change lanes directly into another vehicle, or lane changing in front of another car in such a way as to impact the left front quarter panel and drive the law-abiding driver into the guardrail or off the road.
- My first car was in an accident when my father borrowed it; a woman was speeding and talking on the phone, swerved to pass a car stopped at a stop light, and ran a red light to plow into the side of my car. 2 good points: there were witnesses, so her lies to the police did not hold up, and the car was an Olds Delta 88, and damage was minimal. He car was totaled.
Driving defensively only goes do far in keeping you safe.

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