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  1. Re:Why youtube? on Congress Gets Their Own Piece of YouTube to Host Videos · · Score: 1

    Why youtube? Youtube is all the rage in today's youth, they are just trying to take advantage of that.

    If I can host flash video and a simple player on my £30/year web host, is there any good reason their in house tech is 'slow and cumbersome'? Think about how many people connect to your server. Now think how many per second connect to the youtube servers.
  2. Re:Part of Obama's plan on Congress Gets Their Own Piece of YouTube to Host Videos · · Score: 1

    I have to be honest here that is part of the reason why I am even thinking about voting for him. Even though I have more republican views. I also like him because of his more moderate views so it is more of a balance then many of the extremists are and in many ways he is a good fit(In my opinion).

  3. Re:If they win on Universal Attacks First Sale Doctrine · · Score: 1

    If that sticker trick works, soon the only right we'll have around content is paying for it. If the sticker works they will never get any of my money... ever.
    DRM on music was one thing but having a EULA for a music CD is a bit much.
  4. Please tell me on Inside the Secret War Against Internet Spies · · Score: 1

    They are so hard to find. And the keep stabbing me in the back :'(

  5. Re:Adderall XR on Many Scientists Using Performance Enhancing Drugs · · Score: 1

    I never said it was without side effect. I just said that I use it(legally) and that it works for me and that I dont think it should be illegal because it can only kill the person using it and cant harm others in the way drunk driving does. Also if you had a prescription and talked to a doctor(which I suggest anyone who has any problems to do) they would tell you that most of those are quite rare.

  6. Re:Adderall XR on Many Scientists Using Performance Enhancing Drugs · · Score: 1

    I asked my doctor to allow me to choose my dosage so I got 3 5mg pills instead of the 15mg pill so if it starts to scare the hell out of me then I can take 2 5mg pills or even just 1 5mg pill.

  7. Re:Fairness on Many Scientists Using Performance Enhancing Drugs · · Score: 1

    So if life's not fair, why ban "cheating" with drugs? Cheating is part of being unfair. These drugs don't make you smart, they just help you use your natural intelligence and work longer. They actually act in a very similar way to how caffeine works(I am not a doctor). This is only from personal experience but my Adderall makes me concentrate in a similar feeling way as caffeine does the only difference is that it works 10 times better.
  8. Re:Adderall XR on Many Scientists Using Performance Enhancing Drugs · · Score: 2, Interesting

    How did you approach your physician about this to get the drug prescribed? Did you just explain your problem and express interest in a medical solution? I had always thought doctors would be reluctant to try a pharmaceutic approach with an adult and have been hesitant to ask. I have been on ADD medications since third grade(now a freshman in college) about every three years they retest me, so I cant really help you there. But if you are having a problem just explain it to them. I recently restarted taking Adderall after trying to go Straterra only and asked my doctor if he could switch me from the 1x 15mg pill to 3x 5mg pills so I could figure out a correct dose based on how badly I needed it. Because my mom picks it up at the local pharmacy and ships it to me he was worried that she was taking it instead of me. The doctors are definitely worried people will abuse it and will perform the test for ADD which is very lenient and because you are an adult they may or may not trust you more. If you explain all your symptoms and tell them you have tried to work in a less distracting environment then they shouldn't give you as hard of a time. There is one thing I do know for a fact, Straterra doesn't work half as well as Adderall does so if it is offered I recommend you ask to try a different drug first.
    Also the doctor will require you to make frequent appointments(every 1-3 months) and there are no refills on the Adderall prescriptions so you need to call up your doctor each month(the max allowed number of pills they can give you) for a new one. I really think adderall helps and if you are having a serious problem then I highly suggest you see a doctor because it has helped me a lot over the last 10 years. Also, I have yet to check up on it but there is a possibility that your regular Physician could prescribe it to you, but I haven't tried it yet.
  9. Turning Point... on Mediasentry Violates Cease & Desist Order · · Score: 0

    Looks like the table has turned RIAA. You will not win this war.

  10. Re:Adderall XR on Many Scientists Using Performance Enhancing Drugs · · Score: 1

    I said it helps me think. Not that I can write any better when taking it.

  11. Re:No, it's not drug abuse. on Many Scientists Using Performance Enhancing Drugs · · Score: 1

    I totally agree. The only drugs that should be illegal are the drugs that can cause harm to others. I have yet to hear of anyone crashing into a pedestrian and no noticing it until they are arrested the next day because they were taking Ritalin or other similar drugs. I personally use Adderall(with a prescription) and took 15mg this morning with my breakfast. and I am perfectly fine even with no sleep last night. The possible negative side effect that I have noticed is sometime my resting heart rate is a little higher than usual but not by much and not often.

  12. Re:From the horse's mouth on eBay Australia Makes PayPal Mandatory · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't mind if they added a requirement for paypal and a paypal like competing website that they approve of but do not own. Or if they required paypal to be offered or even paypal or credit card(not through paypal). So in other words I would be OK with them removing cash and check as an option. Cash and checks open you to all sorts of problems and I like how paypal and credit card companies can have the buyer protection. But I also don't think it is eBay's job to make sure you are being smart about buying online other than blocking and banning know/reported scammers.

  13. Adderall XR on Many Scientists Using Performance Enhancing Drugs · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I use Adderall damn that drug is addictive. I can stay up all night then take that and I feel good as new an hour later. Plus it has the benefit for me of allowing me to concentrate better and get more work done. It also stops me from clicking the damn stumbleupon button for hours on end. With it I get twice as much work done and can think twice as well.

    Please note I do have a prescription for it and I dont even need to fake ADD to get it, just he gives me a slightly higher dose than I might need.

  14. Re:From the horse's mouth on eBay Australia Makes PayPal Mandatory · · Score: 3, Informative

    Using paypal doesn't eliminate problems it just reduces the problems and gives you a few tools to resolve them. Also isn't paypal owned by eBay? if so it makes sense that they want it to be required by eBay users.

  15. Re:Census? Just count me out. on Census Bureau To Scrap Handhelds — Cost $3 Billion · · Score: 1

    This may be a crazy question but how does one questionair a year relate to a web cam in a bathroom? This is just like relating donating blood to being shot 12 times. You didn't need to treat my Ideas as complete garbage and my first sentence was meant to be a joke since you hear it so much in the news. Also when I said ignore the questions I meant write down "Uncomfortable question" and then you would be technically being truthful and if they didnt care if you answered any questions over the last 2 years what makes you think they will care about a few missing ones this year.

  16. Sharks on The Texas Petawatt Laser · · Score: 1

    Now to put it on a F***ing sharks heads

  17. Biased on What Font Color Is Best For Eyes? · · Score: 1

    from the blue-definitely dept. So biased, it is obviously red.
  18. Re:Census? Just count me out. on Census Bureau To Scrap Handhelds — Cost $3 Billion · · Score: 1

    Sound like someone has something to hide. If anyone ask about my ethnicity I would happily say that my family has been here so long that we cant trace our roots back past the civil war. I mean it isn't like they are going to use the information to decide how much to pay you or how much to tax you. and if the questions bother you that much you can ignore those questions and only answer the ones that aren't about race. Though I would still answer them because it gives the government some idea of who is being represented and how the economy is doing.

  19. Re:tax deduction on California Lawmaker Proposes Music Download Tax · · Score: 1

    Bender is that you?

  20. Black Hole for our young planet on Scientists Discover Teeny Tiny Black Hole · · Score: 1

    Looks like now we have a small black hole for our youngest planet

  21. Is this new? on Feds Overstate Software Piracy's Link To Terrorism · · Score: 1

    Piracy statisics and claims have been commonly botched overstated or flat out wrong in the past.

  22. Re:Copyright? Maybe not, but maybe trademark? on Blizzard Sues Creator of WoW Bot · · Score: 1

    I may be breaking my own plea but I was thinking along the lines of runescape.

  23. Re:Copyright? Maybe not, but maybe trademark? on Blizzard Sues Creator of WoW Bot · · Score: 1

    I am just glad they are first going after the creator of the software and not directly attacking the players who use it. I am extremely glad that they don't make annoying additions to the game that occurs randomly while logged in and harms, kill, or causes monetary loss to the inattentive player. This makes me happy. Now lets not name any names and let the poor game that has this harmful features hold its dignity.

  24. As my highschool CS teacher said... on To Search Smarter, Find a Person? · · Score: 1

    "Computers are fast but stupid, humans are smart but slow. The only way a computer can be smart is if a human makes it smart. And even then it is only as smart as the person an make it"(slightly reworded) The thing that a computer helps us with is not the searching for complex information it is finding the simple thing that we are looking for and eliminating the things that we dont want to waste time with. A computer is nothing without a person and a person is slow without the computer.

  25. Re:Hmm... do we need either of these studies? on Beer-Drinking Scientist Debunks Productivity Correlation · · Score: 1

    I go on slashdot or Stumbleupon both prevent any real work from getting done