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  1. I personally... on Pandora App Sends Private Data To Advertisers · · Score: 1

    Haven't updated the app since it started asking for "Personal Information" permissions several months ago.

    I'm rather curious as to how the app is supposed to be determining my gender/sex in the first place. Algorithmically based on the songs I listen to? If so, all those Glee songs I upvoted are probably throwing it off.

  2. Re:25 years is permanent? on 15-Year-Old Boy Fitted With Robotic Heart · · Score: 2, Funny

    Cardboard and duct-tape are a 'temporary' solution to a damaged car window. Fixing the window and replacing the glass is a 'permanent' solution in that you're not normally going to be replacing the window again until you get side-swiped by a garbage truck again. FTFY

  3. My First Thought on Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted · · Score: 1

    "Now why'd you choose such a backward time and such a strange land? If you'd come today you could have reached the whole nation; Israel in 4 BC had no mass communication." -Judas, on Jesus' choice of time and place for his First Coming (Jesus Christ Superstar)

  4. The best part on AMD Hates Laptop Stickers As Much As You Do · · Score: 1

    I built a new desktop recently, ordered all the parts off of Newegg, mostly OEM. Nearly every major component came with a sticker: Mobo, RAM, processor, graphics card, even the case. As if they expected me to stick them on myself?

  5. Re:What the hell happened inside Google? on Google and Verizon In Talks To Prioritize Traffic (Updated) · · Score: 1

    I was about to say, facetiously, "Unless they discontinued it yesterday, you must have a very different definition of 'discontinued' than I do, since I used it a couple of days ago." Then I double-checked wikipedia: "On August 4, 2010, Google announced the suspension of standalone Wave development..." That'll teach me to be snarky on the internet.

  6. Re:Ah the joys... on The Recovery Disc Rip-Off · · Score: 1

    I know this is anecdotal, but: I spent several hours trying to get drivers downloaded and installed for a two-year-old HP printer/scanner for Windows. Then I booted into Ubuntu, opened XSane (which is included with 10.04 at least) and pressed the "scan" button, and 30 seconds later I had my scanned image. So sure, some hardware isn't supported by Linux. But for the vast majority of supported hardware, it works from the get-go, or at the very least automatically scans the hardware and gives you a button to install the correct drivers (for things like graphics cards).

  7. Re:Hard disk failure? Unlikely... on The Recovery Disc Rip-Off · · Score: 1

    I worked in IT at a medium-sized college, and we got 3 or 4 laptops a week in with either HDD failure or unrecoverable corruption (usually due to viruses). In either case, recovery partitions were un-usable. Fortunately, we had a bunch of OEM install disks lying around, but most people aren't in that situation. So yeah, it's less common than reinstalling due to software issues, but hard drive crashes happen often enough that it's worth having an install disk. But then, this is just one of the many reasons why I build my own computers and use exclusively OSS.

  8. Well, since you asked... on Airship Inflated To Create Monster "Stratellite" · · Score: 1

    Length: 0.49 LoCs ; Top Speed: 890 LoCs/LoC ; Payload: .0000026 LoCs ; Flight Ceiling: 102 LoCs

  9. Re:Condoms and Seatbelts on Wisconsin DA Threatens Arrests Over Sex Ed · · Score: 1

    Damn, that was my car analogy too.

  10. Re:Translation for the legislative impared. on Wisconsin DA Threatens Arrests Over Sex Ed · · Score: 1

    The Honorable Representative should read her own laws, because it most certainly is a crime for a person to use a condom (properly) if the other party to the condom usage is under 18 (under 16 and it's a felony). If both are under 18, then it is mutual statutory rape under the laws of the fine state of Wisconsin. So yeah, Mrs. Roys, using a condom is a crime for the vast majority of high school students in your state.

    No, having underage sex is a crime. The use of a condom during an otherwise illegal act has nothing to do with the condom. To make a car analogy: Driving without a license is a crime. But the claim that "Wearing a seat-belt is a crime for unlicensed drivers" is obviously absurd, as wearing a seat-belt has nothing to do with the reason why the action is illegal and is in fact a much safer option regardless of the legality of the action. A nitpick, sure. But wording can be important.

  11. Re:Sure they can claim it on IOC Claims Olympian Lindsey Vonn's Name As Intellectual Property · · Score: 1

    Not for me, thought; I didn't know they were on until someone left a TV on.

    Ignorance is bliss, as long as you are selective of things you ignore.

    Thought is not for you, and ignorance is bliss. At least you're being consistent.

  12. Re:Sure they can claim it on IOC Claims Olympian Lindsey Vonn's Name As Intellectual Property · · Score: 1

    More to the point: TFS specifically refers to the "poem" on the front page of the UVEX website, which is linked.

  13. Re:Duh... on Australian Senate Hears Open Source Is Too Expensive · · Score: 1

    I'm still trying to figure out how eating the chicken after it has stopped laying works into the analogy.

  14. Re:The debate is long from over. on The Lancet Recants Study Linking Autism To Vaccine · · Score: 1

    I find it particularly amusing that the wiki article for fallacy uses vaccines and autism as the example for post hoc ergo propter hoc.

  15. Citation on Political Affiliation Can Be Differentiated By Appearance · · Score: 1

    Studies show that people with more bumper stickers have higher levels of road rage.

  16. Re:For those too lazy on New Study Shows Youth Plugged In Most of the Day · · Score: 1

    So kids who supposedly spend too much time being "plugged in" are going to take time to stop texting, surfing, whatever to complete a journal?

    Two words: Online quizzes.