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  1. Re:Why is everyone so excited about porn... on Is Salacious Content Driving E-Book Sales? · · Score: 1

    To continue your off topic it's an interesting concept. This goes much farther then not socializing with the stranger in a cafe. One thing I recently was thinking about was "If we actually had another great depression it would be difficult for people to survive. Families and neighbors just are not as close as they were in the 30's". Honestly, you can start to see the growing trend of this since the early 70's but growth spiking in the mid 90's. Basically those families who lose jobs will not have anywhere to go, and more likely then not; if the economic environment get's worse; will die out.

  2. Re:Prime Obsession on Mathematics Reading List For High School Students? · · Score: 1

    This particular book is what made me fall in love with math in high school. It gives a lot of interesting insight on number theory explained to the lay.

  3. Re:Enact the assault sword ban! on Man Robs Convenience Stores With Klingon "Batleth" · · Score: 1

    Actually in most states with a license you can walk around waving a pistol around. I have yet to see a license for waving a katana around though :(

  4. Re:Makes you wonder on US Becomes Top Wind Producer; Solar Next · · Score: 4, Informative

    I live next to a windmill and I can tell you, I've almost never heard a peep out of that thing, running and all. I hear protests against them all the time in the mid-western part of this state (Kansas) because they think they're loud/etc. No they're not and it's false media like that who are stopping anything real starting up.

  5. Re:This will come up on Local Police Want To Jam Wireless Signals · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Solar chargers, game,set,match.

  6. Re:This will come up on Local Police Want To Jam Wireless Signals · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Kill criminals... solve the problem of crime really fast.

  7. Re:can we request the torture vids? on Obama Edicts Boost FOIA and .gov Websites · · Score: 1

    Protect Soldiers who under orders committed torture from retaliation

    I agree with your first point, but IMHO soldiers who committed torture do not deserve protection. They could and should have refused to execute their orders.

    I disagree with you 100%. They were following orders of there superiors, those in charge should be punished.

    They could have refused to execute their orders and they could have been subject to the same treatment. Torture or be tortured seems like an easy choice to me.

  8. Re:Expected on Woman Claims Ubuntu Kept Her From Online Classes · · Score: 1

    Show me where I might find these most excellent schools of 20dollars per unit! For community college where I'm at it costs on the average of $80/credit hour. And the local university is ~300/credit hour.

  9. Speaking of uptime on FreeBSD 7.1 Released · · Score: 2, Interesting

    My current NAS is running FreeBSD 5.3, in constant use, and has: 10:31AM up 2331 days, 28 mins Kinda nice if you ask me, I also use it as a desktop environment on my laptop because it just "works" for me.

  10. Re:99.3% accurate? on New Method To Revolutionize DNA Sequencing · · Score: 1

    Clone a human, get a large singing dinosaur! Close enough.

  11. Re:No Worries on IT Job Without a Degree? · · Score: 1

    Exactly, the best idea you can give someone (hell degree or not degree) be a fucking superstar. Work your ass off and it will have it's rewards (maybe not where you are at, but IT is great for moving company to company).

  12. Re:Experiance on IT Job Without a Degree? · · Score: 1

    I've worked with a bunch of fresh grads from all over the US. I've trained them, the hardest concept for them to get is KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) the libraries are already out there to do xy in the most logically efficient manner. It's hard for them to grasp this concept and typically the code they initially produce is sub-par at best. Now with that said, I have nothing against a CS degree but a CS degree isn't a degree for code churning (one might call themselves a monkey) and really not for designing the flows or architecting the application. What it is good for is pounding every little byte out of the code at the most efficient speed. More often the way I see it is that if you are going to go CS (theory) you ought to go for your masters. It's kind of the separation between CIS and CS, library re-users and library creators.

  13. Re:shouldn't be legal on The Trap Set By the FBI For Half Life 2 Hacker · · Score: 1

    No! Boundaries are geographically set on map and listed in size. They are actually quite defined, so if the cops moved the sign back the boundary is the same and it was fair game. The drug dealers should have grabbed the ordinance map and a gps.

  14. Re:Usability Glitch? on Finnish E-Voting System Loses 2% of Votes · · Score: 1

    See: Jim Crow Laws. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws

    The voting requirements are what you are asking for. I also want you to evaluate on WHY others vote. Some vote for religon; I feel as though that doesn't make basic competency in and of itself. Some people vote on hot topic issues that wont be resolved ever (see previous and abortion). Some people vote for personal wealth and free market (see republicans). Some people vote for public health care and government control (see democrats). Everyone has there own reasons it's hard to judge who is wrong or illiterate or not current.

  15. Re:Gosh, underage hackers with no skill? on Alarm Raised On Teenage Hackers · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No reason to go after the guy who makes rifles, hand guns, etc. Go after the guy who used it to murder people.
    No reason to go after the guy who makes vehicles. Go after the guy who used it to run someone off the road.
    No reason to go after the guy who makes whiskey. Go after the guy who used it to beat someone with.
    Your argument goes both ways sir.

  16. Re:More proof on Russia Mandates Free Software For Public Schools · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Actually, if you consider it we are very quite socialist. We have public schools, laws forcing hospitals to provide aide when a patient enters in critical condition. They bail companies out when they screw up. We have social services like welfare, wic, &c coming out of the ass. Government services which make up a decent portion of the populations jobs (see: military, see: cops, see: politics &c) and fund our economy. To end my causation abruptly, those crying Communism every step of the way need to remove our military, our public schools, and a bunch of other things they have come to rely on to protect them and aide them.

  17. Re:Mod parent up. on New Bill To Rein In DHS Laptop Seizures · · Score: 1

    I think this could have more restrictions on the TSA but hey; atleast it adds some limitation on them.

    So I think I speak for all of us when I say: GIVE US MOAR NAOW

  18. Re:Thanks from the reminder on How Close Were US Presidential Elections? · · Score: 1

    I hope you are talking about the original attack on the WTC in 1996. And the Oklahoma Federal Building had nothing what so ever to do with bin laden.

  19. Re:Go with the flow on What To Do Right As a New Programmer? · · Score: 1

    KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) if it's already been done, it's probably been done better than you can do it. Code reuse is the key to the current days woes in programming so be ready to do that. Also, make sure you have a damn good grasp of the languages syntax and how it's supposed to work (also a few design patterns wouldn't hurt). If you are working in Java my suggestions are Head First Java Effective Programming (by Joshua Bloch) (EE enviroment) Head First Servlets and JSP's Head First Design Patterns Yeah, I like my comic books version of programming tutorials.