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  1. Re:So why offer an unlimited plan in the first pla on AT&T Clarifies Data Limitations On "Unlimited" Data Plans · · Score: 2

    I really don't like AT&T but what other service in the states offers GSM capabilities that work with the iphone. T-mobile uses gsm but at 1700MHz, iphone is 850/900/1800/1900 MHz.

  2. Re:Way to go! on Student Sues FBI For Planting GPS Tracker · · Score: 1

    I've given some thought as to why we've become such a litigious society. One of many contributing factors is the increasing wealth disparity. People cannot afford health insurance, are constantly in debt. Suing a company is orders of magnitude more probable than winning the lottery. Desperate people go to desperate measures to support themselves. If we had affordable healthcare, affordable housing and a more educated populace, we wouldn't be in the situation we are in.
    Some random stats I dug up, these are not meant to justify anything I've said. I'd be interested to know if Finland, New Zealand, and Turkey have similar litigious issues.

  3. Re:Awesome... on Artificial Heart Recipient Has No Pulse · · Score: 1

    ...and steal the metaphysic shield technology...

    It was a metaphasic shield fyi.

  4. Helvetica on Comic Sans, Font of Ill Will · · Score: 4, Informative

    If you haven't seen it yet, check out the movie Helvetica. It explains how a simple font has replaced nearly every other font for business logos and typeface. If you have netflix, It's still on instant play.
    I never thought a font could be so interesting...

  5. Re:Not just Fort Meade - all of the DC area on Places Where the World's Tech Pools, Despite the Internet · · Score: 2, Informative

    Not to mention the Dulles Technology Corridor.

  6. Re:Why do i feel that ... on Intel Shows Off Quake Wars, Ray Traced · · Score: 1

    Well, it's exactly like the real world works if you only change the reference of time. Who are you to say that we don't emit photons from our eyeballs into light bulbs and local nuclear furnaces!?

  7. Re:Stupid question time on MD Bill Would Criminalize Theft of Wireless Access · · Score: 2, Insightful
    I can't believe bigotry qualifies as +5 interesting. Let me play devils advocate.

    My kids go to the college one state over. I get raped for $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ tuition.

    Now we hit college time. His kids are supposed to get all sorts of "minority scholarships" for "underpriviledged minorities", and they're talking about giving his kids in-state tuition????
    You could have sent your kids to a state school. No one forced you to send your kids to another state. If that other state school system is so much better, you could perhaps move? There's scholastic scholarships, scholarships from companies, plenty of other places to get money for school; "Minority based" scholarships are only one type of funding. You or your children could take out loans for a college education (something an illegal resident cannot do.)

    Asswad from Mexshitco comes up. Has a bunch of kids (free on the public dime by giving a false name or just not paying the hospital).
    I pay my taxes, and pay for heath care as well. The only other option for these people is to give birth in places other than hospitals. You'd rather have a higher infant mortality rate? Why does being a legal resident have any bearing on why a person should have a better or worse chance to survive?

    Has his kids sitting around shitting up the school system to the point where all the non-spanish-speaking teachers are run off and my kids have to wait for the brainless shitheads to catch up before anything else can be taught, or else I wind up spending MORE of my money to send my kids to a decent school because his kids have fucked over the school but good.
    It's very unbecoming to generalize an entire population. Some of the smartest people in the world never spoke a lick of English. Did you know that the United States has no national language? I don't need to remind you that everyone in this country (save the Native Americans) are all immigrants. Getting an education and making it in this country is the "American Dream." Once again, why does it matter where a person comes from? The only alternative to a free education for everyone is to completely privatize, where everyone would have to pay tuition for all grades. You should feel honored and privileged to have the money to send your kids to a private school, not many people can.

    No, seriously. Enough is enough. I've run the numbers and no longer want the mooching illegals around ruining the schools, ruining the health care and emergency rooms, running up the costs in insurance (I have to pay an extra %1000/year for uninsured/underinsured coverage thanks to all the mexshitcans around here), and all the rest of the trouble they cause. Enough is enough.
    It's not simply illegal residents that get health care for free at hospitals, it's homeless, people who simply cannot afford health care, and children said people. I don't have the statistics, but there's plenty of Americans that are living paycheck to paycheck, a little bad luck and one could find themselves without a house. So the next time you think of how much money you're wasting on these people, just think you could be one of them.
    So next time you're doing your taxes, be thankful that you can afford to pay for these necessities, and pay for those that may not be so fortunate.
  8. Re:Trojan in synchroplastikum on Programming As Art — 13 Amazing Code Demos · · Score: 1

    Bit defender is also complaining about generic trojans.

  9. Re:Fixed? on US DHS Testing FOSS Security · · Score: 1

    Or do they mean fixed?

  10. Re:The summary contradicts itself on Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon" Is Out · · Score: 2, Informative

    sudo apt-get install build-essential debhelper fakeroot && sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh
    I did not say this; I was not here.

  11. Re:Duct tape saves the day! on Why ISS Computers Failed · · Score: 1

    Like the force, it has a light side, a dark side, it binds, penetrates, holds the universe together, and in this case, makes for a nice wire cozies.

  12. Re:power management? on GNOME 2.20 Released · · Score: 1

    But according to Data, 680 milliseconds is an eternity.

  13. Re:Statistics on Survey Shows More Women Blogging Than Men · · Score: 1

    but 100% want karma points

  14. Re:Thank you very much on Most Laws Attempting Limits of Violent Videogames Fail · · Score: 1

    Alcohol laws vary from state to state. In New York it is permissible for parents to give their children alcohol. http://www.alcoholpolicy.niaaa.nih.gov/stateprofil es/StateProfie.asp

  15. Yet another anecdote. on Discouraging Students from Taking Math · · Score: 1

    My middle school had two different 8th grade classes. An advanced, and regular math. I wanted to get into the advanced math, but there was not enough teachers to teach it. Ok, fine. But during high school the only way to take calculus as a senior was if you took precalc in as a junior, which required advanced math as a sophomore, etc. So what I did was I took precalc during my junior summer at a local college so I could take calculus the next year in high school, my grades weren't great, but I passed. But the school didn't take the credit, regardless of grade. So I had to take precalc... again as a senior. Hilariously, I retook precalc in college for a better grade. I am now a college graduate with a degree in... yep, mathematics. And yes, I still know my trig identities. Plug: Anyone hiring? I also have a degree in CS which is worth its weight in iron. =]

  16. Re:Brought peace? on Higher Tuition For an Engineering Degree · · Score: 1

    True, it ended one war. But what about future wars? I could have sworn the whole Iraq quagmire started because Bush thought they were importing yellow cakes from Niger. =\

  17. Re:Cruel on Study Proves Having Fat Friends Makes You Fat · · Score: 1

    They're also there for there for people that can't walk well. Elderly, crutches... etc...

  18. Re:Unfortunatly it is the only way to go. on MySpace Sues Spam King · · Score: 1

    Move to Sealand and send all the spam you want with a beautiful ocean view.

  19. Re:What's the frequency, Kenneth? on Physicists Promise Wireless Power · · Score: 1

    http://www.fcc.gov/oet/spectrum/table/fcctable.pdf 6.4Ghz is in the frequency for satellites, maybe they figure 5 feet for the power is short enough.

  20. Re:ONLY 1% Porn? on Internet Only 1% Porn · · Score: 1

    I'd like to see the statistics of lives being ruined by porn. Also, wouldn't it be better if rapists had an outlet, like, say... porn, instead of people?

  21. clearly... on Viral Fossil Brought Back To Life · · Score: 1

    It's Black Oil.