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  1. Re: But think of the children! on DST-Hating Reps in Washington State Vote To 'Ditch the Switch' (komonews.com) · · Score: 1

    It's easier to legislate DST for all than it is to find enough unicorns to do it on an individual basis.

  2. Re: But think of the children! on DST-Hating Reps in Washington State Vote To 'Ditch the Switch' (komonews.com) · · Score: 2

    Had the clock been on DST in the winter, you would at least have an hour at home before the sun set. Better than the noything you get by falling back.

  3. Re:Inconclusive Alibis on Tufts Expelled a Student For Grade Hacking. She Claims Innocence (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    If it's a private matter, why are we reading about it? It is now a public matter. If the school doesn't want to get a reputation for dishonesty itself, it should consider telling it's side rather than circling the wagons.

  4. Re:I was around when the USA did this, it was hell on DST-Hating Reps in Washington State Vote To 'Ditch the Switch' (komonews.com) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps you might find hell to be enjoyable, but for most, if you are enjoying aspects of it, it's not hell.

  5. Re:I was around when the USA did this, it was hell on DST-Hating Reps in Washington State Vote To 'Ditch the Switch' (komonews.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure hell is the right word for it. My friends and I enjoyed having an excuse to take a flashlight to school.

  6. Re:But think of the children! on DST-Hating Reps in Washington State Vote To 'Ditch the Switch' (komonews.com) · · Score: 2

    But laws can shift our reckoning of time such that we have the daylight when our schedules are more likely to allow us to enjoy it.

  7. Re:LEARN TO READ SJAMES on A Doctor Remotely Told A Patient He Was Going To Die Using A Video-Link Robot (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    OH, you're the same AC. You need to have a talk with your meth dealer, he seems to have sold you a cheap substitute.

  8. Re:O.K., But what were the other options? on A Doctor Remotely Told A Patient He Was Going To Die Using A Video-Link Robot (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Incorrect, go read it again.

    Then learn to speak with civility.

  9. Re:The Viper is a security threat on 'Smart' Car Alarm App Could Allow 3 Million Cars To Be Unlocked Remotely (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps the alarm system shouldn't annoy everyone who walks near the car, especially in a parking lot. I'm guessing the AYM probably wasn't a stranger to minor criminal charges, but from the car owner's perspective, it would have been better if the alarm system had just kept quiet unless someone actually messed with the car.

  10. Re:O.K., But what were the other options? on A Doctor Remotely Told A Patient He Was Going To Die Using A Video-Link Robot (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    So, what should the doctor have done?

    Gotten a nurse or even the hospital chaplain to accompany the bot when he delivered the bad news.

  11. They could have had a nurse physically present when the robo-doc gave the news.

  12. Attention Idiot, the hospital was NOT completely un-staffed. The correct handling would be for the remote doctor to arrange for another doctor or nurse to be physically present when the news was delivered (note, according to TFA, that is also hospital policy). Also, they should have waited for the patient's wife to be there.

  13. The Viper is a security threat on 'Smart' Car Alarm App Could Allow 3 Million Cars To Be Unlocked Remotely (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I once saw the viper get a car destroyed. Someone, lat's call him Angry Young Man was walking through a parking lot when he passed within 3 feet of a car with the Viper installed. It started going into the car alarm version of the internet tough guy speech about how it was the Viper and you needed to step away from the car.

    AYM, who was about to walk harmlessly by, turned and yelled "OH YEAH, WELL FUCK YOU!!!" He then began kicking the grille in, smashing the headlights, etc repeating "FUCK YOU" over and over. By the time I left he was working on the windshield.

  14. Re:There is some evidence on Tufts Expelled a Student For Grade Hacking. She Claims Innocence (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    On the other hand, a RAT was found on her laptop. That and otherwise we would have to believe that she was sophisticated enough at computer security to manage all that hacking, but not enough to know she shouldn't do it on her own laptop connected to the school's LAN.

  15. Re: They got her money on Tufts Expelled a Student For Grade Hacking. She Claims Innocence (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Give it a try. Find a lawyer in another country that will represent you for free using only the telephone.

  16. If those what ifs are weighing on their minds, perhaps they shouldn't have expelled her. If they are really sure they're right, they should consider reporting the crimes to law enforcement a good way to make sure they don't get wrongly sued.

  17. Re:different country may let her not pay back loan on Tufts Expelled a Student For Grade Hacking. She Claims Innocence (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps. Not sure how that works.

  18. Re:Who said you SJAMES need to see evidence? on Tufts Expelled a Student For Grade Hacking. She Claims Innocence (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    I had no idea Tufts was now the arbiter of public opinion. When did that happen?

  19. Re:They got her money on Tufts Expelled a Student For Grade Hacking. She Claims Innocence (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Your logic was fuzzy, I dusted it off for you. You mad?

    I provided several good reasons why the or not clause was meaningless.

  20. Says the AC who wants the accused to prove a negative.

    What this tells us, unless you believe that the media would totally miss that law enforcement was notified, is that the university isn't THAT sure they have the right person.

  21. Re:Inconclusive Alibis on Tufts Expelled a Student For Grade Hacking. She Claims Innocence (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, I think it's fair to say SOMEBODY accessed the answers. But it is kinda important WHO did it.

  22. Re: They got her money on Tufts Expelled a Student For Grade Hacking. She Claims Innocence (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    I guess you missed the part about being unemployed and the proud owner of a five figure debt? Also, since the suit would be in the U.S., she would have to hire an American lawyer, from Canada, with no money.

  23. Re:They got her money on Tufts Expelled a Student For Grade Hacking. She Claims Innocence (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    And I'm pointing out that we cannot really read anything into her NOT filing suit. So, the or not part of your statement tells us nothing.

  24. Re:Who said you SJAMES need to see evidence? on Tufts Expelled a Student For Grade Hacking. She Claims Innocence (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Currently, I don't expect to see any evidence. Neither can anyone here who wants to declare her guilty.

  25. Re:Alibi proves her guilt. on Tufts Expelled a Student For Grade Hacking. She Claims Innocence (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    So you're saying if she floats she's a witch and we kill her, but if she drowns she's innocent?