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  1. Re:Not true. on Ohio Judge Rules Speed Cameras Are a Scam · · Score: 1
  2. Re:Not true. on Ohio Judge Rules Speed Cameras Are a Scam · · Score: 1

    Yes. This is why I went to court and plead not guilty for my last ticket even though I knew I had no case. They should be made to sing for their supper.

    There's a site out there you can join where if you go to court and plead not guilty, they'll pay your ticket. $15/year I think. I'm not a member but it's interesting.

  3. Re:Not true. on Ohio Judge Rules Speed Cameras Are a Scam · · Score: 2

    It's the planning that causes the sprawl. Areas are zoned commercial, residential etc so everyone has to commute from one to the other. Consider alternatively old European cities where expansion was ad-hoc, work/home had to be within walking distance for most people and places are much more interspersed.

  4. Re:Not true. on Ohio Judge Rules Speed Cameras Are a Scam · · Score: 1

    +100. They are absurd. Just put some part-time lights in and be done with it FFS.

  5. Re:Not true. on Ohio Judge Rules Speed Cameras Are a Scam · · Score: 1

    This is true. Yet often slower traffic needs to use the road. Though it's sometimes annoying, we should all be able to accept this. What stinks is when people drive slow and allow traffic to pile up behind them. Here, if you're doing 10mph or more less than the speed limit and you have three or more vehicles behind you, you are supposed to pull over/off the road. (Almost) No one ever does though.

  6. Re:Not true. on Ohio Judge Rules Speed Cameras Are a Scam · · Score: 1

    Argument or road conditions?

  7. Re:Not true. on Ohio Judge Rules Speed Cameras Are a Scam · · Score: 1

    Sensor lights?

  8. Re:Not true. on Ohio Judge Rules Speed Cameras Are a Scam · · Score: 1

    Ah, the old "Brake to the green then punch through the yellow leaving the driver behind you (usually me) the red." maneuver. Perfect for road-trolls and guaranteed to make blood boil.

  9. Re:Sounds horrible... on Mobile Sharing: "Bezos Beep" Vs. Smartphone Bump · · Score: 1

    No Simpsons?

  10. Re:R2-D2 on Mobile Sharing: "Bezos Beep" Vs. Smartphone Bump · · Score: 1

    OK, already done by Weird Al. Probably why it rang a bell.

  11. Re:R2-D2 on Mobile Sharing: "Bezos Beep" Vs. Smartphone Bump · · Score: 1

    I think you might be mixing up your George Lucas with your Don McLean. Though that may might a quite amusing parody.

  12. Re:Old school television remotes on Mobile Sharing: "Bezos Beep" Vs. Smartphone Bump · · Score: 1

    That may have more of a Catholic heritage.

  13. Re:Why anyone would think this is a good thing on Bitcoin Hits New All-time High of $32 · · Score: 1

    Sorry, you lost me when you used the symbol '$' and the phrase 'real money' in the same sentence.

  14. Re:Thank you! on Bitcoin Hits New All-time High of $32 · · Score: 1

    OK, that makes you not like it but that really doesn't mean much.

  15. Re:Thank you! on Bitcoin Hits New All-time High of $32 · · Score: 1

    I bet he knows the meaning of "almost" though.

  16. Re:Price Is Not Relevant - You're missing the poin on Bitcoin Hits New All-time High of $32 · · Score: 1

    Everyone gave up gold because the government stole it by force of law...

  17. Re:No kidding on Bitcoin Hits New All-time High of $32 · · Score: 1

    Agreed that it's not ideal. But I suspect Bitcoin is going to go to many times what it is right now and it has to get there somehow. A more leisurely pace might be preferred but there are bound to be bumps in the road. Hopefully we'll hit some stability and see some opportunity for providers of goods and services to come aboard before much longer.

  18. Re:My BitCoin story (As if you care) on Bitcoin Hits New All-time High of $32 · · Score: 1

    I'd teach him for a few Satoshi.

  19. Re:What ever happened to man pages? on Developers May Be Getting 50% of Their Documentation From Stack Overflow · · Score: 1

    Let's not forget Gnu's predilection for "Here is a near-useless man page, please use info if you want to actually know how this command works" at which point I usually just jump to Google as info is pretty unintuitive and I want my answer right-now as I have something to do and I'm not interested in a little learning session which will be totally forgotten by the next time I need it (Space bar is easy to remember. 'b' is handy and cursor key navigation is just gravy).

  20. Re:slashvertisement on Developers May Be Getting 50% of Their Documentation From Stack Overflow · · Score: 1

    Android documentation is awful. It assumes a lot of domain knowledge that simply isn't there when you're getting started so you have to navigate through a maze of documentation just to start getting a skeleton you can hang things off. Fortunately, there are sample apps to pull apart (whereupon you will exclaim "why didn't they just say that?). There are also several terms that are used in ways that someone familiar with non-Android areas of IT would not recognize. Then there is the fact that for some ways, there is a pointy-clicky way of doing things and a programmatic way of doing things and almost no documentation to bridge the gap between the two (This is also the case for Microsoft's stuff though)

  21. Re:Personal medical information on Microsoft: the 'Scroogled' Show Must Go On · · Score: 1

    It's not really the right solution anyway. It helps but end-to-end encryption (as far as possible, anyway) is the way to go. For webmail, this would mean some kind of browser plug-in or built-in to do the decryption

  22. Re:What could go wrong? on Microsoft: the 'Scroogled' Show Must Go On · · Score: 1

    The need for regulations to keep the prices low are because of regulations which allow the prices to go high. So now you have two layers of regulation and all the regulators, offices, janitors, managers, HR staff, security guards, personal assistants, middle managers, enforcement officers and so on that that implies. Remember, tax day is April 15th in the US.

  23. Re:Reminds me of this story on Microsoft: the 'Scroogled' Show Must Go On · · Score: 1

    I actually remember a time when the complaint was about irrelevant spam and everyone was wishing for more targeted advertising. Be careful what you wish for, I guess.

  24. Re:Then... Use your usual techniques? on Chinese IT Ministry Looks Askance At Google's Control of Android · · Score: 1

    <racism>Andloid?</racism>

  25. Re:Peasants! on Do Kiosks and IVRs Threaten Human Interaction? · · Score: 1

    Ever turned up at a hotel and you've been traveling all night and it's after midnight and the front door is locked and the employee is in the bathroom? Not the best start to a stay. (Same chain as yours. I don't hold it against them but humans are humans).