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  1. Re:Dog tags on Czech Nationwide Census Shows Jump In Jedi Knights · · Score: 2

    If you're religious, and answer 'none' to the census because you don't want to pay church tax, aren't you overdue to leaving your religion?

  2. Re:Discrimination against The Jedi! on Czech Nationwide Census Shows Jump In Jedi Knights · · Score: 1

    So the -only- actual difference between Jediism and Scientology in your entire rant is that Jediism lacks a prophet?

    I must sadly inform you that the presence of Prophets is irrelevant in the definition of religion.

  3. Re:Cross Licensing on German Court Issues Injunction Against iPhone & iPad · · Score: 1

    That's Samsung electronics. One of Samsungs many subsidiaries which by itself pulls in more revenue then Apple.

    Samsungs total assets are at 340 billion to Apples 116 and their equity is 140 to apples 76.

  4. Re:Cross Licensing on German Court Issues Injunction Against iPhone & iPad · · Score: 1

    Hahahahahahahaha, no. Apple is the small player in this market, Samsung is the company that has enough money to buy Apple twice over.

  5. Re:Maybe this is just me on Are You Better At Math Than a 4th (or 10th) Grader? · · Score: 1

    I simply did 288/40*30 = 2xx and it's not going to be even, so that leaves 208.80.

  6. Re:Maybe this is just me on Are You Better At Math Than a 4th (or 10th) Grader? · · Score: 2

    Yeh, I could tell at a glance it would be 200 something, and there's no way in hell that the cents would be even. I have to admit I was guessing slightly on the X,Y as well since I wasn't sure that the question was actually asking since it used wording unfamiliar to me but I do know that mirroring over the Y axis simply means flipping the X coordinate.

  7. Re:Maybe this is just me on Are You Better At Math Than a 4th (or 10th) Grader? · · Score: 2

    Well, doing it manually means you at least have to know how to perform the operations, when you enter them into the calculator you just have to know what order they're supposed to go in and with a fancy enough calculator you don't even need to know that since it can solve the entire expression.

    This is important since the only way you'll ever get through calculus is by knowing how to simplify expressions, and if you never learn because you keep using a calculator then like most people you'll fail.

  8. Maybe this is just me on Are You Better At Math Than a 4th (or 10th) Grader? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    But I found those questions trivial without a calculator, how you'd manage to fail with a calculator is beyond me.

  9. Re:SSL is heavy on OpenDNS Releases DNS Encryption Tool · · Score: 3, Informative

    Everything is a heavier protocol then DNS. By default DNS queries are plain UDP packets, that way you do not have any handshaking overhead.

  10. Re:NIMBY's on MythBusters Bust House · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Well, in this case the bomb range was built first, and then they build houses around if afterwards. It takes NIMBY to quite another level when you build the backyard in question on top of what you don't want there.

  11. Re:Why this technology is a non-starter on Ocean Energy Tech To Be Tested Off Australian Coast · · Score: 3, Informative

    Your conclusion does not follow from your premises. I can show you how absurd your argument is by re-framing it.

    All hydro energy is simply water that has rained down. Thus you are capturing energy that was originally rain. For any given number of dollars, you could try to tap this energy source by.

        Placing your device in the air, where all the internal workings are available for inspection and you can choose a location with relatively rare adverse weather events (like the interior of a country away from the coast)

    Placing your device under water, with all the maintenance costs that involves and the need for scuba gear and high $$$ divers to even work on it.

  12. Re:Problems with copyright law... on Google To Seek Dismissal of Suit Against Google Books · · Score: 1

    You got that ass backwards. Legally you're required to ASK PERMISSION, you're not expected to be allowed to violate copyright until told off.

  13. Re:First he has to win this appeal... on Assange Wins Right To Submit Appeal · · Score: 1

    Sort of. That's what makes the entire thing so weird. If he had just gone to Sweden and done the whole interview thing the whole case would have been dropped ages ago.

    Fighting it just makes him look guilty.

  14. Re:Marijuana should be legalized on Mexican Gov't Shuts Down Zetas' Secret Cell Network · · Score: 1

    You are aware of what dosage means right? There's also the fact that Methylphenidate and Amphetamine are an order of magnitude softer then Cocaine/Meth.

  15. Re:Marijuana should be legalized on Mexican Gov't Shuts Down Zetas' Secret Cell Network · · Score: 1

    Well, it's not that surprising since they've shown the opposite as well. That is Ritalin is able to treat cocaine withdrawal since it stimulates the same receptors.

    As far as I can tell Ritalin (Metyldefinate) is basically a weaker form of cocaine.

  16. Re:Great on Anonymous Threatens Robin Hood Attacks Against Banks · · Score: 2

    What's wrong with wholesale theft and armed robbery? What do you think protects your property rights in the first place?

  17. Re:Ready, fire, aim on Anonymous Threatens Robin Hood Attacks Against Banks · · Score: 1

    No, as you state yourself. The reason that there is a limit to the military's ability to keep the people under control isn't because they can't kill all the people, obviously they can, it is partly because the military itself consists of the people and partly because if you kill everyone, then you don't have a country anymore.

  18. Re:Pisses me off on 'Alternative Medicine' Clinic Attempts To Silence Critics · · Score: 1

    Well, to be fair for 'light' ailments the relatively light documented benefits of various alternative medicines combined with the placebo effect tends to be enough for many people to get 'cured' by them.

    Usually things like colds, aches or tiredness.

  19. Re:"THE next attack vector"? on Printers Could Be the Next Attack Vector · · Score: 2

    CPUburn can't trash a CPU, it'll just turn itself off when it overheats.

  20. Re:You're Going To See More and More of This. on New Jersey DMV Employees Caught Selling Identities · · Score: 1

    That's not an argument against sharing information better, that's an argument for beating Doctors over the head until they see sense and reform parts of the healthcare system.

  21. Re:You're Going To See More and More of This. on New Jersey DMV Employees Caught Selling Identities · · Score: 1

    What are you on about? We don't 'all know' that 'nothing good will come from this'.

    There's massive HEALTH benefits in having better communication with and between your doctors, it's those benefits you have to weight against the potential privacy issues and for most people personal health will win over privacy risks any day of the week.

  22. Re:Finally somebody understanding piracy on Valve's Gabe Newell On Piracy: It's Not a Pricing Problem · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Disneys market strategy is to make you forget about their IP so they can sell it again to your kids. That is why they deliberately do not sell subsets of their content.

  23. Re:Let's bring some numbers into this... on Debt Reduction Super Committee Fails To Agree · · Score: 3, Informative

    Social Security income:
    Social Security and other payroll tax $925 billion
    Social Security Expenditure:
    Social Security $761 billion (+2.6%)

    Oooh, what's that? Social Security making PROFIT. Social Security pays for itself and is not actually meant to be a part of the budget.

  24. Re:They inherently suck on EULAs Don't Have To Suck · · Score: 1

    You appear to not know the legal definition of unconscionable.

  25. Re:They inherently suck on EULAs Don't Have To Suck · · Score: 2

    They're non-negotiable contracts between unequal parties where the signature isn't even verified and the contract isn't presented until -after- money has changed hands. Nothing about them is conscionable