Posts by Don Jefe

Amazon founder Bezos snaps up Washington Post

Lobby Vehicle

What he's bought is ownership of the lobbying vehicle most popular with Federal government power players. He's basically purchased the opinion making device for all of the greater DC region and the Federal government.

World's FIRST TALKING SPACE ROBO-CHUM BLASTS OFF to the ISS

Intruder Alert

...will meet and recognise the 'naut when he arrives at the space laboratory

What happens if the robot doesn't recognize him? Just doesn't open the airlock?

US Republican enviro-vets: 'Climate change is real. Deal with it'

Re: Climate change or not

You're a eunuch? Is that what you're telling us?

Re: Cold enough yet? No? Just wait...

Peer review makes no difference? Really? Christ.

It's a shame the award for the dumbest comment was already given out. Try again next time but do try and get your entry in sooner.

You created an account just to say that?

You're William K. Reilly aren't you?

Re: stale myth as usual

Are you saying we should blame Canada or Irving, or both? What are you saying?

For clarification, are you saying that believing in anthropogenic climate change turned Cheistians against their God?

Re: The problem is approach

Is "Denism" even a word?

Don't worry. There'll be an article by Lewis Page in the next few days that throws everything out of balance again. We probably won't be able to comment on it though, the comments section will be buried in the forums.

After some consideration I've decided I was wrong. That is the dumbest thing I've heard all week.

Jesus Christ man. That may be the dumbest fucking thing I've heard all week. What in the hell is wrong with you?

Re: Deep Ocean

Is that really your question? Why is the largest heat sink on the planet heating up?

If you think your question through just a little bit I believe (I hope anyway) you'll see your error...

Re: Worse disasters happen when everyone agrees.

You don't know what the word theory means do you?

Re: EPA, EPA, oh those process droids

People who knock the EPA either aren't old enough to remember how bad air and water quality got in the 70's or they willfully forget. 'Market Forces' chose to do nothing and forced the government to step in and make changes.

Only a fool would want to go back to the days of the early 80's when everyday was a 'Code Red Air Quality' day. The air was so foul you couldn't even rank it; it was just fucked. If you think you're OK with that you can go visit Beijing, they've reached late 70's early 80's US levels of pollution and even they know it has to stop.

The hammer falls: Feds propose drastic controls on Apple's iTunes Store

Re: Maybe

Yes, they can legally hold those funds offshore.

The issue isn't whether it's legal or not, it is that Apple, in this example, are being dicks. It isn't nice to go around being a dick. It is not nice and quite dumb to go being a dick to the US, the planets biggest bully.

Even properly raised children are taught not to take advantage of things, I guess Apple missed those lessons.

Re: pretty outside, ugly inside

I wasn't aware that motherboard color was indicative of quality... Electrical current holds itself to a fairly high standard and does not display bias based on color.

Re: "Left Allen with only $15 billion"

The US healthcare industry punishes you for having cancer...

Re: Good

The DOJ is only imposing these fines because Apple were found guilty of a crime. The DOJ isn't responsible for you getting a good deal on your purchases.

Re: Eventually, they became the Microsoft they hated

Apple's business practices are no worse than any other large firm in any industry. The difference is prior to the iStuff product line they never had a product that got much traction on its own. Its bread and butter money were desktops for academia and they only sold those because of insanely generous financing. Now that they've got major traction the shittiness of their practices is apparent.

Big blue Avatar movie spawns THREE SEQUELS

Re: Cost Savings

It also helps keep the narrative consistent with the same actors and overall 'feel'. I like the idea of filming all the movies at once.

The only downside I can see to it is that the huge upfront investment means that the marketing and tie-in products can be overwhelmingly pervasive. Kind of like the product placement satire in Spaceballs, except not satire.

Re: Great

Oh Navi! You are breaking my heart...

Re: Personally I'd like a pre-quel

The Navi are actually castaways from the Smurf B-Ark equivalent!

In times long forgotten, those Smurfs who had abused their higher education system and received degrees which only burdened society were gathered up and sent to a distant planet. There they were able to continue their pursuit of sociology, art appreciation and native handicrafts while contributing nothing useful and without negatively impacting the lives or financial well being of the other hard working Smurfs who were left behind.

After appalling loses from attacks by native wildlife and starvation from a failure to understand why there were no Smurfberry vendors on their new world, the Navi went feral and began a primitive religion based on nature worship and the deification of a tree. The newly emergent priestly class quickly took to interbreeding with their own offspring. Resulting in severe deformities and birth defects including gigantism, heightened visual acuity, severely limited mental capacity and a penchant for killing and necrophilia.

As news of the Navi atrocities spread throughout the galaxy an army of Galaxy Police was assembled by the United States and sent to bring democracy and capitalism through planetary exploitation to the Navi. This is their story.

Re: Truly there is no God

We could always campaign to have Avatar considered a metaphor for Catholic Church's historical penchant for traveling to new lands and destroying any culture they find there. Seemed to work pretty well for derailing the Golden Compass movies...

SAP boss cops jail time plea after Lego barcode bust

Re: WTF?

He could go into the court room and just stick discount barcodes on everything: The bailiff, his attorney, the furniture, the judges robes and gavel, just absolutely everything.

Re: "dish liquid"?.....

It is liquid soap for washing the dishes.

Speaking about the antennas is frowned upon and Mr. Woods will be, educated, regarding his outburst.

Head Case?

Ok, scoring some high dollar Lego kit for cheap then reselling, I can understand that. But why risk your scam and more charges over a shitty $49 child's push scooter and dish soap?

What strikes me as really odd is that since the bar codes aren't universal in size he seems to have printed them up specifically for the scooter and soap... I wonder if he's got a mental disorder and he just has to steal?

Edward Snowden skips into Russia as Putin grants him asylum

Re: The ex-KGB officer

Bush Mk I was regularly referred to as the former Director of Central Intelligence, even during his Presidency, but this tapered off after Bush MkII became President.

I really believe this was because the government was afraid foreigners would get the two Bushes confused and some might think MkII was actually in charge of our intelligent operations. It would have been terribly embarrassing.

DMCA Takedown Notice

The Snowjob term, as applied to a name, is trademarked by Hasbro as one of many related to their successful line of GI Joe action figures.

Tick-tock, Apple: Obama has just days to stop US iPhone iPad sales ban

The written justification for giving the US President veto power over USITC rulings is that he can favor US companies if he feels that allowing the decision to go forward cost US companies too much money, loses them too many jobs, gives a foreign company an advantage inside the US or any combination of those things.

Foreign companies can cry foul all they want but there is no appeal process. The case would have to start over from the beginning with different justifications. By the time it was resolved, the products in question would no longer be relevant.

Besides, there's not much those other companies can do about it. They aren't going to pull out of the US, they any afford to.

Re: Wouldn't it be better

The way it works is that the judgement will go forward unless Obama stops it. He is the only person with the authority to overrule the USITC judgements. Should he choose not to interfere it means that the knowledgeable people have already examined the issue and decided.

Qualcomm exec on eight-core mobile chips: They're 'dumb'

Al Dente

'that is the equivalent of throwing spaghetti against the wall and seeing what sticks," he said..

The only way to tell if spaghetti is done is to throw some at the wall. They won't stick until they're al dente. Obviously this man has no knowledge of pasta and should keep his opinions on such matters to himself.

Mystery object falls from sky, area sealed off by military: 'Weather balloon', say officials

Re: The Truth is Out There

He did show up yesterday (Thursday) with much improved syntax and new, typically Southern US, colloquialisms. Perhaps the UFO was his sky-crane and it simply ran out of fuel over land instead of in the bay.

Naval Station Norfolk, the largest naval base in the world is there. Norfolk is basically a military city. Odd things happen there all the time.

Terror cops swoop on couple who Googled 'backpacks' and 'pressure cooker'

Re: Suffolk

Yeah, government likes to buy vehicles. A few years ago the DOE was under some pressure to reduce the size of their fleet. They had significantly more vehicles than they had employees. Several dozen were missing entirely.

Re: Backpack? Pressure cooker? I own both!

Immediately! Compliance and confession will lighten your heart and spare you a few weeks of waterboarding in Camp Freedom, Cuba.

Re: who in the hell

Well, according to Fox News & and a few Congressmen, it requires not only overseas training by an experienced bomb builder but also a sponsor with significant financial resources and a cadre of supporters at home all conspiring to design and build this 'weapon of mass destruction'.

If nothing else I think all this reflects very poorly on the US education system. Basic primary school science teaches you (or used to anyway) everything you need to know about doing this of you wanted. The fact so many people think it takes supervillain levels of knowledge and resources means there are a lot of idiots with poor educations in charge of the news and Congress.

Re: Suffolk

The black SUV's are everywhere man, everywhere. You may not see them driving around but they are parked nearby somewhere. Here in the U.S. the black SUV's are often kept at the self storage facilities outside of most, even tiny, towns. They rent space for them in the same parking areas people park their RV's, campers and trailers at. Secure facilities with 24/7 access and basically hidden in plain site.

As an aside, the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center (the jail) in Leesburg, Virginia (USA) has an entire mechanized unit in their hanger. The equipment, complete with anti-armor weapons, is there in case the Feds need them.

FBI spooks use MALWARE to spy on suspects' Android mobes - report

Re: Federal mobile malware ..

It's explained in the article...

Sell drugs, organize terror plots, sell guns, spread malware, steal cars

That's the FBI at work. They are a prime example of how things have gone terribly pear shaped when law enforcement is above the law.

Slow clap... Yay, I guess.

Icahn sues Dell's board over Big Mike's buyout bid

Re: Maybe its a little trite...

If Ichan gets his way you probably won't have much of a choice. There'll be nothing left but a brand if he gets it.

Re: Why does this story get so much coverage?

Because a lot of people are interested in the fate of one of the largest hardware suppliers on the planet. I know we've got a substantial amount of money invested in Dell kit as I assume a lot of other readers of an IT focused site do...

If Ichan gets Dell he'll rip it and its staff into tiny little pieces. If Dell, the man, wins it is possible the company will stay afloat and be there for future purchases and support. Developing relationships with key vendors is not easy or cheap and the less you have to do it the better off you are.

Roses are #f00, violets are #00f. This witty code is a boffinry breakthrough

Re: Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer?

I am Funnybot:

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Study finds open-source home 3D printer could save $2,000 a year

Re: 3D Printing stuff you don't need in the first place isn't a savings

When my grandmother died we were cleaning out her house and I found an entire gross of hammer handles. I asked my dad why the hell granny had 144 brand new hammer handles. He said she bought them because thy were on sale for just .05 cents each...

I suppose there's a big enough crowd that will print and hoard shower heads and sporks. Survival nutters will probably like the idea: Thousands of collapsible drinking cups and water bottles.

Re: So?

The whole movement is headed towards licensed and/or one time use files of your project. By the time the lawyers are through with it I fully expect most consumer printers will be catalog driven: Select your product, pay the fee and print.

It simply isn't worth your time to print household goods anyway. Weird one off parts are one thing, but a consumer device is never going to reach the production scale where it would be cost effective vs just buying the required widget.

HALF of air passengers leave phones on ... yet STILL no DEATH PLUNGE

Re: Phones off during taxiing??

Are you talking about Jet-B? It has a fairly high gasoline content and a lower flashpoint than A. It's usually only used in very cold weather though, and I've never seen it outside the U.S.

Google scientists rebel over company's support for 'climate-hoax' Senator

Re: It pays to check the story "facts" before commenting

So science miscommunication is right wing Bible based science? Praise Jesus you were here to set us all straight. Dumbass.

MPs get secret squirrel dossier of 'lawyers, megabiz hiring hackers'

Re: Report Title

Dammit.

Well, I like my new title better than the original anyway.

Report Title

That's the dumbest title for a report I think I've ever seen. Private Investigators: The Rouge Element in Private Investigations. Not only does it sound like the title of a sappy romance novel, it sounds like it totally missed its target too.

It seems like the police would be the rouge element in all this. They are the ones actively breaking the laws they are supposed to uphold. The other people are just a bunch of tools doing what tools do to each other.

First Austin, now live across the US: Watch Americans pay by bonk

Re: Never, no way, no how.

I thought you'd get in deep shit for waving your wand at women in Dubai.

'Mm, we do love tweeters' private info, we'll take 40% more,' say world's g-men

Easy Analysis

I guess having to cram your inappropriate/illegal/embarrassing statement into 160 characters makes it a lot easier to do analysis on. Instead of having to read through manifestos and such they know right off the bat if you're going to get 'extra scrutiny'.

You know there's a shitload of automation behind this. Otherwise the suicide rate at security agencies would be sky high. Having to sift through billions of brain farts everyday would drive anything but a computer to suicide. The first AI suicide will probably be the Twitter monitoring system at the NSA.