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  1. Re:Holy Crap! Calm down on Making a Child Locating System · · Score: 1

    I'm certainly more guarded my first day at a job as I don't know the people, personalities, etc. And how do you expect a 4 year old to learn Portuguese for a vacation...

    All in all, I would say it's a massively stupid idea to leave a 4 year old unattended and outside of immediate assistance for more than a couple of minutes. Leaving one alone in an unlocked apartment is even dumber.

  2. Re:No swaggering... on A Short Summary Following the Pirate Bay Trial · · Score: 1
    It is NOT a random sample of the population, there are specific requirements for those serving on a jury: http://www.uscourts.gov/jury/qualifications.html

    Specifically, felony offenses disqualify someone from serving on jury duty. So I would expect there to be 0 people convicted of felony drug offenses and 0 people convicted of felony murder offenses. Now my opinion on whether or not drug offenses should be federal or not are a complete different subject.

  3. Re:No swaggering... on A Short Summary Following the Pirate Bay Trial · · Score: 1

    and in most murder trials, nobody on the jury has ever killed anyone...

  4. Re:Apple on Apple Laptop Upgrades Costing 200% More Than Dells · · Score: 1, Informative

    As others have mentioned, Antitrust is not about you being able to start a business of upgrading another manufacturers hardware. Secondly, on most current Mac, upgrading both RAM and HDD is very easy, can be done without voiding the warranty, and doesn't have to be done with product bought from Apple. I got my 4GB of Mac Certified Ram for $90, I don't think that was gouging.

  5. Re:And your bad genetics cost ME... on Japan Imposes "Fine On Fat" · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Part of the problem is economy of scale. To feed a family of 7 it is MUCH cheaper to go to the grocery store and get (at least moderately) healthy food. However for feeding one person it's just as cheap to make a run to the drive through. Unless you want to eat the same thing for dinner for an entire week.

  6. Re:Macintosh on Apple Prepares For the Coming iPod Slump · · Score: 1

    Yes, exactly like those, except trendy. Apple doesn't make money selling things no one else does. They make money by making things cool and making people want them.