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  1. Re:IP is the most important issue facing us in the on H.R. 4279 Would Establish Federal IP Cops · · Score: 1

    He thinks he is referring to "Mexkins" or whatever some racial epithet thereof. he would still be dead wrong. Most of the immigrants I know would love to bring their families, but one person that is highly mobile leaves less of an illegal footprint than a whole family of illegals.

    He also doesn't think about the fact that with my proposal, we just made them legal, and suddenly very traceable. Nor does he realize that the computers do not send money, nor does the Internet (capital "I" in this case, please). The medium of payment is through an *institution* or institutions that could be held responsible for breach of law. I can still think of about 10 work-a-rounds for what I just proposed, but people aren't smart.

    One other thing he fails to realize is that most immigrants when they come to America don't want to go back. If he'd read the proliferation of articles from other countries that decry the problem of citizen/breadwinner loss due to immigration, he'd immediately realize that his characterization is ill-founded.

  2. Re:DPS on AoC Bug Penalizes Female Characters? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Newcomers to WoW are increasingly finding that it's very hard to find people to run low-level instances with, and as a result, when they finally *do* catch up with everyone else at level 70, they don't have the instance-running skills they need to successfully contribute to end-game instance runs Frankly, that's BS. All these people need is some attention and guidance. That is, in other words a guild that actually cares about their development in the game. I personally trained some newbies (husband and wife) in instancing. The husband took to it pretty well and I taught him higher level tactics that over half of the raiding guilds never seem to achieve. His wife, more of an artist than a statistician and tactician, was also able to keep up and do well, in fact.
    We picked up a few more of the same along the way and ended up with quite a motley crew of individuals that work together with not nearly as much raiding experience as most raiding guilds, but with a combined effectiveness far greater than most of them. Why? Because we communicate effectively.
    A simple solution but so very overlooked. Quick example. Gear checking sides say that we were barely ready for Karazhan in WoW, but we felled the Curator on the second attempt.
  3. Re:IP is the most important issue facing us in the on H.R. 4279 Would Establish Federal IP Cops · · Score: 1

    This is only a problem in two instances - housing and lack of entrepreneurial scope. More people coming *makes* more jobs than it takes away. You have more service needs, more provision needs, more of everything. The problem is that no one takes initiative to harness that potential, instead attempting to shove these people into niches in society where they are afraid to spend their money in many economic areas. Then people complain that they get jobs and never return the wealth to the economy. Idiots. Better policy: ask them to bring their family with them and restrict monetary exports to an acceptable maximum. Mail scanning is easier than border patrol.

  4. Re:IP is the most important issue facing us in the on H.R. 4279 Would Establish Federal IP Cops · · Score: 1

    Like hell. Even padded this wouldn't be like American Football. It's much more chaotic and fun.

  5. Re:solar warming, that's why. on Of Late, Fewer Sunspots Than Usual · · Score: 1

    The problem is, we can only make such a staggeringly huge change in our habits perhaps once in a thousand years. Yes, that's a fact. For certain. Oh, i forgot: ~
  6. Re:Ooops...? on Study Hints At Time Before Big Bang · · Score: 1

    That's not got much spam.

  7. Re:AFAIK on Study Hints At Time Before Big Bang · · Score: 1

    No, but 42 is.

  8. Re:I think you mean... on Study Hints At Time Before Big Bang · · Score: 1

    That was not a strawman, but he also didn't seem to get the joke.

  9. Re:I think you mean... on Study Hints At Time Before Big Bang · · Score: 1

    String theorists aren't the only ones to predict such an occurrence. Stephen Hawking, not the biggest fan of String Theory, has calculated the possible existence of baby universes. I don't recall him expostulating on the possibility of this universe being such an object, however.

  10. Re:Hey, Mr. Monkey, don't be asking why. on What Shall We Do With the Moon Once We Get There? · · Score: 1

    We want to remove prisoners from Guantanamo, and the Geneva convention doesn't appy in outerspace? I'm hedging my bets and also choosing: The Moon, A Space Odyessy. Corporations can rent advertising space.

  11. Re:We haven't had faxes for 20 years on Schneier Asks Why We Accept Fax Signatures · · Score: 1

    For sure anywhere in the south and east of the U.S. and in most small to medium sized businesses they are still commonly used.

    Go to any car dealership, tax prep office, real estate firm, etc. to see this.

  12. Re:I AM SINISTAR on Ghostly Ring Found Circling Dead Star · · Score: 1

    So you're the one on the left side?

  13. Re:Pssst! on Ghostly Ring Found Circling Dead Star · · Score: 1

    [You would die horribly.] This would be not so good for you... Somehow I agree with this. >
  14. Re:Pssst! on Ghostly Ring Found Circling Dead Star · · Score: 1

    The UK technically stopped that a while back (i.e. before I was born). The question is not, however, which country uses the system, rather does this person use the system?

    Using short-scale terms: are we talking quadrillion or quintillion here?

  15. Re:Slight error in logic on Sci-Fi Channel Merging TV Show with MMO · · Score: 1

    You mean Lodoss?

  16. Re:Really good on An Imaginative Use For CCTVs · · Score: 1

    "It was not a hoax. The film did include a mixture of real cctv, mock ctv and hand held camera. The original intention was to use cctv exclusively, but it wasn't possible because of the limited footage we were able to get back under the government acts. After all, we're artists, not journalists or documentary makers and the most important thing for us was to make a video that looked good. If we had only used cctv and nothing else the video itself would have been very one dimensional with no interesting shots of people's reactions. But there was no big camera crew or production company"
  17. Re:Don't laugh on A Home Lab/Shop For Kids? · · Score: 1

    Given that making aspirin from salicylic acid is childs play for anyone with half a brain banning aspirin because it can be used to make TNP. OK, I took out the parenthetical so it would be more obvious. It looks like you were gearing up to say something and then forgot to say it.

    I'm trying to figure out if you were going somewhere with that or were you just trying to say something like: "Given that making aspirin from salicylic acid is child's play for anyone with half a brain, there is no point in banning aspirin because it can be used to make TNP."
  18. Re:Speed? on 1TB Blu-Ray Compatible Optical Disc Announced · · Score: 1

    Incremental or differential? Discuss. (again)

  19. Re:Attacker? on Stealing From Banks One Cent at a Time · · Score: 1

    Since he defrauded the companies using false identities to do it.

  20. Re:Almost on Space Station Toilets Poop Out · · Score: 1

    There's a better comment than that one to accompany this quote.

  21. Re:I Don't Think So on Doughnut-Shaped Universe Back In the Race · · Score: 1

    Continuity doesn't lead to an infinite regress. Attempting to get to the fundamentals of anything does. The crackpot on the site references Aristotle and then proceeds to make a claim that would cause infinite regress in the exploration of the properties of the subject. This is done even as he claims to refute the other evidence on the basis of infinite regress. Aristotle disapproves of your reasoning.

  22. Re:Pay for the article? on Doughnut-Shaped Universe Back In the Race · · Score: 1

    Good on ya. I was worried I might forget to look it up when i get back to campus.

  23. Re:Ughh... on Consumer Reports Gets Its Game On · · Score: 1

    Only a small percentage of computers read automotive magazines. Damned uppity computers making posts. What has the world come to?
  24. For Clarity. on McCain vs. Obama on Tech Issues · · Score: 1
    Just so everyone reading this is on the same page
    FTA:

    METHODOLOGY: The totals on these charts are calculated from PAC contributions and contributions from individuals giving more than $200, as reported to the Federal Election Commission. Individual contributions are generally categorized based on the donor's occupation/employer, although individuals may be classified instead as ideological donors if they've given more than $200 to an ideological PAC. Lobbyists barely contributed to Barack, compared to other candidates. The real question is more along the lines of "What cross-section of the IT world is supporting Barack?"

    If they're like me, they may be included in that number. No corporation is buying my vote. I just call it like I see it.
  25. Re:Are you crazy on Getting Rid of Staff With High Access? · · Score: 1

    I have too, so like i.r.id10t just pointed out, there are things you can do while waiting for your new job beyond surfing