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  1. Re:Student effect on economy on Pittsburgh To Tax Students · · Score: 1

    That is because Boston wants universities in Boston because of all the other benefits of having hundreds of thousands of students drop all the cash and all the staff that get employed and all the staff's property taxes and sales taxes and so on. It's not like they forgot to tax universities, it was done intentionally to lure them in.

  2. Re:Of course, there is another solution on Vatican Debates Possibility of Alien Life · · Score: 1

    I guess you missed where the physicist works at the Vatican.

  3. Re:Of course, there is another solution on Vatican Debates Possibility of Alien Life · · Score: 1

    It's much more likely that humans never questioned their aliveness until much more recently. Gods were invented to explain the unknown (thunder, where the sun goes, and so on). I guarantee the abstract concept of counting arrived long before the abstract concept of the divine. It's much more important for survival.

  4. Re:WTF? Of course it affects reality. on Vatican Debates Possibility of Alien Life · · Score: 2, Funny

    So are you saying those people wouldn't be kind and generous without the fear of some sort of god? What a bunch of assholes.

  5. Forget the publishers on Google To Offer Micropayments To News Sites · · Score: 1

    I was actually thinking about this problem this morning. Pay the journalists directly. Shit, if a good journalist (say Hersh) could get a tenth of the New York times over one million subscribers to pay him a dollar a year, that's a livable income, even if he's paying for travel and an editor. Publishers are only required to amalgamate payments and cut cheques.

  6. Re:If only... on Copyright Troubles For Sony · · Score: 1

    Courts to look to other countries courts for guidance from time to time.

  7. Re:People definitely neglect science... on Parents Baffled By Science Questions · · Score: 1

    I believe the follow up was as well. Killing the kids curiosity carries over to the teens.

  8. Re:People definitely neglect science... on Parents Baffled By Science Questions · · Score: 1

    You had one science teacher?

  9. Re:obvious answers on Parents Baffled By Science Questions · · Score: 1

    they could probably even spell america

  10. Re:Come on GM, at least make the lie BELIEVABLE on Chevy Volt Rated At 230 mpg In the City · · Score: 5, Informative

    Nissan said last week that its all-electric vehicle, the Leaf, which comes out in late 2010, would get 367 m.p.g., using the same E.P.A. standards. so don't worry, the volt is already 137 mpg behind the competition

  11. Re:Reverse Engineering and Better Search on New Company Seeks to Bring Semantic Context To Numbers · · Score: 1

    But in the case provided, you would have no reason to know that number but not know what the molecule is. I can't even think of a situation where you would be looking for a molar mass and it didn't matter what the molecule was that had that mass. The reason search engines don't work backwards is the same reason the period table of the elements doesn't work that way either. You wouldn't just have a number in mind and expect the atomic mass or electronegativity or oxidation state or melting point or radius or atomic number to jump out at you. There are relationships, but you're looking for a specific element's properties.

  12. Re:It's unclear why this is a bad thing on College Credits For Trolling the Web? · · Score: 1

    ID is not science. All theories presuppose that god exists. That's an impossible theory to prove, so anything built on it is say, a castle built on sand.

  13. Re:OK, UTFA on Malaria Vaccine, Via Mosquito · · Score: 1

    This is accurate.

  14. Re:and yet NYC still has traffic jams on Rude Drivers Reduce Traffic Jams · · Score: 1

    It seems like a lot of the rule breaking they speak of is in response to other rules being broken. For example, the only way to pass on the wrong side is if someone else fails to drive in the right most lane (in N.A.)

  15. Re:Freedom versus high quality pictures on Why the Photos On Wikipedia Are So Bad · · Score: 1

    If the celebrities or their publicists (for example) wanted a better picture, it would literally take a minute for them to do. It would take less time than they probably spent going back and forth. Choose a photo or two from your own collection and release them to the commons. Ta da.

  16. Re:Why Internet radio should pay more on Pandora Wants Radio Stations To Pay For Music, Too · · Score: 1

    I don't know what you do down there, but in Canada the cost is a percentage of advertising revenue, so the cost scale accordingly to number of listeners (assuming you get paid more for having a larger audience).

  17. Re:Contact your state senator!!! on Pandora Wants Radio Stations To Pay For Music, Too · · Score: 1

    That's funny, the only radio stations I do listen to are the local college stations and the CBC (Canada's NPR).

  18. Re:I wish... on Pandora Stabilizes, No Longer Completely Free · · Score: 1

    You should try traveling. All major networks sites do not work outside of the states. Same for Hulu. Radio isn't as big an issue, but because Pandora made the mistake of following the law, they are geographically restricted.

  19. Re:I wish... on Pandora Stabilizes, No Longer Completely Free · · Score: 1
  20. Re:A question... on Judge Rules IP Addresses Not "Personally Identifiable" · · Score: 1

    Sounds like it. If the IP doesn't identify you, then noone has any business trying to get it (for the purpose of identifying you).

  21. Re:Grog? on Pirate Party Coming To Canada · · Score: 1

    To be fair, the rum they were watering down was 180-190 proof.

  22. Re:About an Autobahn lane projector ? on Bike Projector Makes Lane For Rider · · Score: 1

    "The thing that really bugs me is the idea that other people's recreational activities trump my need to get to work and earn my living." It doesn't trump it, it equals it. I believe your issue is that you believe your need should trump others.

  23. Re:About an Autobahn lane projector ? on Bike Projector Makes Lane For Rider · · Score: 1

    This is on city roads at 50 kph (~30 mph). As I mentioned, most drivers are reasonable, but if even 1% are asses, you're getting passed by every car, and the number of asses adds up pretty quick.

  24. Re:About an Autobahn lane projector ? on Bike Projector Makes Lane For Rider · · Score: 1

    agreed. For a yield, you would be required to stop if a car was entering the intersection (or if another bike had entered before you) (or if a pedestrian was crossing).

  25. Re:About an Autobahn lane projector ? on Bike Projector Makes Lane For Rider · · Score: 1

    I assume you are also pushing for improved bike lanes in your area, since it seems to be a huge concern for you.