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  1. Re:Always on = !on on Xbox 720 Could Require Always-On Connection, Lock Out Used Games · · Score: -1, Troll

    People that own only a Wii do not count as a gamer.
    Have fun with Mario Party 29 and good luck with your upcoming Mario Cart 9 championship run.
    I going to play Battlefield 3 now.

  2. Re:Radio buttons, for that vintage look on Hidden 'Radio' Buttons Discovered In Apple's iOS 6.1 · · Score: 1

    You only really need a number of sides exceeding that which you can easily perceive to be considered a circle.

  3. Re:Great! on HR Departments Tell Equifax Your Entire Salary History · · Score: 0

    Also if you have a decent Football system the cost of the system is actually less than zero.
    As these types of programs normally bring in more money than they use.
    So that extra money is spent on real education. Great sports programs benefit education.

  4. Re:A *lot* of microfinance is just a scam on Researchers Demo Hack Against African Micro-Finance Accounts · · Score: 1

    I give my charity contributions to The Salvation Army.
    Sure. They are religious. But...
    The bang for the buck is awesome and they do not tie their help to what religion the beneficiary is.

  5. Re:more likely we will become gigantic couch blobs on Amazing Video of a Brain Perceiving the External World · · Score: 1

    Steve figured all that shit out before he died.

  6. Re:There is this thing called a Union on As Music Streaming Grows, Royalties Slow To a Trickle · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Absolutely.
    Because as we all know there was no such thing as "Music" before the artists were protected by Unions and Major Labels.
    Now as the major labels and the unions are going down the amount of new music available to the public has dropped precipitously.
    Much like when the VCR killed the movie industry. Wish we never got those damned things.

  7. Re:Should be interesting ... on RIM's BB10 Campaign Requires Some Serious Work · · Score: 1

    It is incredibly easy to never sync with a gmail account, and not use the Play store.
    You do not need to load Maps, or Youtube on it.
    You can Root and side load whatever apps you like.
    There are also very secure ROMs you can run.

  8. Re:No hard keyboard! on RIM's BB10 Campaign Requires Some Serious Work · · Score: 1

    Yeah.
    Samsung sucks at it too.
    I mean who would buy a Samsung SGH-i747?

  9. Re:It's the same for Blizzard. on Feedback On Simcity Gets User Banned From EA Forums · · Score: 0

    Been using Steam a long time.
    Once in offline mode I have had zero problems paying a game I already have downloaded and installed.
    Zero.
    Either you do not know how to put Steam into Offline mode or you are spreading FUD.

  10. Re:Just more wanna-be "mommy" behavior on Apple Has a New Porn Problem · · Score: 1

    All porn must be viewed through Apple.
    Apple must have a slice of all porn.
    Long live that dead guy that parks in handicapped spaces and refused to have a license plate because he is better than everyone else.
    Fuck him. Fuck his family and fuck his fanboys.

  11. Re:Lousy lawyers on How Newegg Saved Online Retail · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That would be a Justice system.
    Some people call what we have a justice system, but they are wrong. What we have in the US is a legal system.
    There are a few good things about a legal system. Also a few pitfalls in having a "Justice System".
    Though I think I would still prefer a justice system. Even though it would result in the instantaneous execution of many lawyers and politicians.
    Notice how such a large number of scum sucking politicians are lawyers?

  12. Re:Obama effect on California's Surreal Retroactive Tax On Tech Startup Investors · · Score: 1

    Weapons that do not serve a purpose for hunting.
    The second amendment is not about the freedom to hunt.
    It is to protect the people from the government.

    If enough of the populace is armed they do not NEED fully automatic weapons to prevent tyranny.
    But it does not hurt.

  13. Re:Obama effect on California's Surreal Retroactive Tax On Tech Startup Investors · · Score: 1

    If you knew why in the US we have a constitutional right to bare arms you might be a little more understanding.
    It is not to hunt or to "make gun go boom". Though one was at one time necessary and the other is loads of fun.
    The reason that it is a constitutional right is to protect they people from the tyranny of the government.
    The founders at the time felt (because of the history of every previous government ever) that government eventually would grow to take the freedoms of its people.
    Governments always get more powerful. They take that power from the people. Even a "good" government strip you of all your freedoms eventually in the name of "The greater good".
    The only defense against this is an armed populace. We can argue about what rights we should have and we can have real differences about it.
    Though without an armed populace when the government oversteps its power grab it will not matter. When they come for a freedom you do value there will be nothing the people can do to stop the government.
    When the people fear the government there is tyranny.
    When the government fears the people there is freedom.

    I want freedom. I understand that with freedom comes thing I do not like.
    Put away the criminals, Help the sick, Keep the guns.

  14. Re:It's official!! on EFF Moves To Nix Trademark On "Gaymer" · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I thought he was a Gaymer.

  15. Re:Ridiculous on Student Expelled From Montreal College For Finding "Sloppy Coding" · · Score: 1, Insightful

    OTOH.
    Lets look at what happens when you let Islamists have their way in your country for a bit.
    Lest look at France.
    Let me go on record. Without being AC.
    Islam is a religion that allows no other religions to exist.
    Everywhere it has taken hold and become dominant it has used that dominance for evil.
    Fuck them.

  16. Re:HOW LONG AT WARP 10 ?? on On Second Thought, Polaris Really Does Seem 434 Light Years Away · · Score: 1

    Warp 11 is 1331 times the speed of light.
    So around 3 months.

  17. Re:Brilliant idea on Google Declares War On the Password · · Score: 1

    The best feature of the password is that it's in your head. You carry it around everywhere, and it can never be physically taken from you.

    A wrench and i use on your fingers can physically take it from you.

    Obligatory

  18. Re:Let us celebrate.. on Australian Scientists Discover Potential Aids Cure · · Score: 0

    Not really.

  19. Re:Pretty radical view of intent on Thailand Jails Dissident For What People Thought He Would Have Said · · Score: 1

    Thought Crime.

  20. Re:Correct Number on Messenger App Brings Free VoIP to US Facebook Users — At a Price · · Score: 1

    I use my Google voice number exclusively.
    If I get spamed I can just click a button on my browser and block that number forever.
    Works great. You also never know when a person you want to give your number to will change into a person you wish you had never given your number to.

  21. Re:Irrational on Messenger App Brings Free VoIP to US Facebook Users — At a Price · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Good for you.
    Me. I do not give a shit.
    I share nothing with Facebook and will continue to not use it.
    I do not find my life empty and without purpose. I am not missing invites to my (real) friends birthday parties or get togethers.
    I have about 40 - 50 people in my life. Friends, family and co workers I give a shit about. I find no need of having 500 -600 Facebook "friends".
    Not sure how I would have a life if I had 500 real life friends. Even with social networking to make it a bit easier.
    I think that many people do not even know what a friend is anymore.
    My life is full and I have 10% of the "friends" that many Facebook users have.

  22. Re:That's it!! I've had it!! on Soot Is Warming the World — a Lot · · Score: 1

    The cheapest is the present. Embrace it.

  23. Re:The question is... on RIM Attracts 15,000 Apps For BlackBerry 10 In 2 Days · · Score: 1

    I bailed on RIM almost 4 years ago.
    Went to Android. I will not be switching back but....
    If I was still using a BB I would be very happy right now.
    The keyboard looks very nice. The time shifting photo thing is awesome.
    There are some real nice ideas in there. Would love to see that keyboard on my Galaxy Nexus.

  24. Re:Already got it. on Microsoft Patents Tech That Would Silence Your Phone For You · · Score: 4, Informative

    I love Tasker for this kind of thing.
    Turning on wifi at home and at work.
    Toggling GPS off when battery power gets low.
    Guess though would would need some kind of patent on stuff like this to use it on iOS or Windows Phone 8.
    On Android though Tasker has been on every one of my phones for a few years now.

  25. Re:Cop quote: on Japanese Cops Collar Malware-Carrying Cat · · Score: 1

    The victim does not need to be black.