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  1. Re:-1 for linking to FOX news on 2012 Another Record-Setter For Weather, Fits Climate Forecasts · · Score: 1

    To be fair, it's actually an Associated Press article reposted by Fox. However as everyone else has noted, that in itself should say something; that it's pretty undeniable/solid if Fox is actually supporting claims about climate change of all things.

  2. Maybe? on 27 Reported Killed In Connecticut Elementary School Shooting · · Score: 1

    What do you mean maybe that's what we should be asking? That's exactly what we should be asking.

  3. Wait... on "Badass" Bug Infects and Kills Borderlands 2 Characters · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Wasn't South Park's WoW episode like this?

  4. Re:NFC no thank you on Android Hacked Via NFC On the Samsung Galaxy S 3 · · Score: 1

    What you did there. I see it.

  5. Re:As An American... on Apple Is Forced By EU To Give 2 Years Warranty On All Its Products · · Score: 1

    "... you sure do a good impression of a bigoted asshole."

    Can't tell if trolling or just that blind. I mean, did you not first by calling ME an idiot? What is it that made you felt the need to be an asshole to me?

    Woody Allen once remarked, "Confidence is what you have before you understand the problem," and it's clear from your commentary that you're just brimming with confidence and certainty in the righteousness of your opinion.

    Perhaps, although are you not then projecting?

    When your entire commentary rests on the assumption "anybody who doesn't agree with me is a backwards rube to be mocked," you pretty much give up any chance at being taken seriously, or of being engaged in a serious attempt at discourse. Your problem - and yes, it is a problem - is that you've almost certainly never made a good-faith attempt to *understand* the positions of people who disagree with you.

    Please don't tell me that you don't see the irony in assuming something as well.

    Why would people be against a law that only benefits them?

    Perhaps because a significant portion (not all!) that could sway one way or another has been brainwashed otherwise as BasilBrush suggested. What, you're going to tell me that political ads are largely informational and not propaganda meant to exploit those who haven't been taught to think for themselves?

    But of course, that couldn't be, could it? In your breathtaking arrogance, you've already concluded that you're right, no dissent is valid, and anybody who disagrees with you is automatically assigned the label of "backwoods idiot." I'm glad I'm not as smart as you - it must be enervating, looking down on so many people all the time.

    When did I attack you and assign all as backwood idiots? I don't see any absolutes in my original post.
    Look, I get that there's countless factors aside from religion and population density, yet it does it not have a significant effect on people's scopes of just how far chains of events can reach, and the amount factors people are forced to consider on a daily basis? This makes people more likely to translate that behavior to how they view social systems and their beliefs of how to keep them in order. Again I say, seriously, does it not? Because it's my understanding that it DOES, and that's the basis of my argument and my pondering. Attack this facet of my argument versus my character, because that is the root of it.

  6. Re:As An American... on Apple Is Forced By EU To Give 2 Years Warranty On All Its Products · · Score: 1

    I realize that there's more than what I said affecting the whole issue, but it's a big factor none-the-less, is it not? Please, enthrall me with your superior hypotheses and insight as to why, "Somehow certain consumers would complain about a law that only benefits them."

  7. Re:As An American... on Apple Is Forced By EU To Give 2 Years Warranty On All Its Products · · Score: 1

    On one hand, it's because those in rural areas tend to keep far away from the cities because the cities are so fast paced and anything to do with them is scary. Backed by them keeping their minds in religion to look for answers versus science, and raising their kids on such methods, you have a closed system that renews itself. Then you have the greedy people within the elite class understanding this, and tactically playing the idiots like a deck of cards. I wonder if the U.S. had even half the longitudinal land space than it actually does, whether we'd have either two countries from the civil war, or the south would've been transformed into a more progressive culture by default from overpopulation and integration of cultures.

  8. Re:Hollywood won't change on You Will Never Kill Piracy · · Score: 1

    As part of the summary... "from the go-ask-louis-ck-how-to-do-things dept." http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/louis-ck-records-200k-profit-on-drm-free-show_b43927

  9. Re:I disagree; Lectures are valuable on When Getting Rid of College Lectures Makes Sense · · Score: 1

    Actually I'm sorry to say but the whole auditory/visual learner thing was debunked a couple years ago. Huge upset in psychological research in recent times. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091216162356.htm

  10. Re:A classic example... on PR Firm Unwisely Tangles With Penny Arcade · · Score: 1

    Just wanted to say thanks especially for the link.

  11. Re:The new release cycle is going to hurt Firefox on No Additional Firefox 4 Security Updates · · Score: 1

    But what browser isn't any worse?

  12. Re:Passwords are a failure on Learning From Gawker's Failure · · Score: 1

    The issue with password managers are that you then run into the issue of accessing your accounts from different computers which aren't your own.

  13. Re:Reminds me of the LM hash on Gawker Source Code and Databases Compromised · · Score: 1

    Thanks for that link.

  14. Re:whatever... on Microsoft Adds 'Do Not Track' Option For IE9 · · Score: 2
  15. Re:Security Vulnerabilities Discovered != Bad Thin on Open-Source Social Network Diaspora Goes Live · · Score: 1

    Are you kidding me? Every alpha has bugs. Get real. There's a reason it's invitation only.

  16. Re:Details on Seagate To Pay Former Worker $1.9M For Phantom Job · · Score: 1

    That's a good law.

  17. Re:Odds of dying in terrorist attack on TSA Pats Down 3-Year-Old · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What's the formula for your statistic? I think the chances are much lower given the amount of flights each day.

  18. Re:Firefox 4 beta 7 uses twice memory as 3.6.12 on Firefox 4 Regains Speed Mojo With No. 2 Placing · · Score: 1

    +2 on the memory thing. I'm experiencing it on both Win7 and OS X with all addons disabled. I'm starting to consider other browsers, most likely Opera.

  19. Re:opposing cylinders? on Looking To Better Engines Instead of Electric Vehicles · · Score: 2, Informative

    Citation needed? They both use boxer engines, but Subaru certainly didn't buy the rights to use them. If anybody had the rights to it, it was Mr. Karl Benz who is the earliest known person to demonstrate a flat engine in the 1890's. Also, it's worth noting that the OP didn't seem to be labeling any specific entity as to who did it first, and indirectly referenced Ferdinand when listing VW. If you're going to play the part of Mr. Correction, correct a post that's actually wrong, and make sure you have your facts straight. I bid you good day.

  20. Re:What would Carl Sagan say...? on Recently Discovered Habitable World May Not Exist · · Score: 1

    You forgot to check the box for "Anonymous Coward."

  21. Re:Already happened before on Don't Cross the LHC Stream! (Maybe) · · Score: 1

    You missed the part about his brain deteriorating. Cool article.

  22. So what? on Today's Children Are Officially Potty Mouths · · Score: 1

    The real question is, does this make any difference aside from how we use language, and does it have any significant effect on how youth are growing up? Children using euphemisms to curse adults when angry allows adults to maintain their higher status. By bypassing the euphemisms, children are then enabled more "verbal power." So really, this only matters if the adult can't handle that because they're wrong from the start. I'd be much more worried about a shift in acceptability of sexual violence than this.

  23. Re:Blizzard? on Blizzard Sues Private Server Company, Awarded $88M · · Score: 1

    Someone needs to put you in charge of fair use laws.

  24. Re:Let the rationalizations begin on Has Any Creative Work Failed Because of Piracy? · · Score: 1

    So there can only be one copy of the book? If I build a house and lease it out, do I only get to lease it once? I think perhaps the root of your frustration comes with the fundamentals of capitalism economics...

  25. Re:Let the rationalizations begin on Has Any Creative Work Failed Because of Piracy? · · Score: 1

    Because those were the terms of agreement. If he wished to, he could retain ownership of said laid bricks (the property) and lease or rent out the dwelling. It's the artist's work so they can make whatever terms of agreement they want as long as they can find another party to pay them.