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  1. Re:Just so you know, Texas is on School District Threatens Suit Over Parent's Blog · · Score: 1

    Of course its incorrect, he said it was bigger than all the states combined, which would make Texas take up more than half of the country.

  2. Employers Should Tread Cautiously on The Implications of a Facebook Society · · Score: 1

    Opening themselves the information on Facebook and such opens them up to screwing up Equal Opportunity Employer status. Knowing folks religion and sexual orientation is something employers should avoid.

  3. Re:Confusing The Issue on Does Hacking Grades Warrant 20 Years in Jail? · · Score: 1

    Incorrect, it depends on the laws on the books. My state doesn't have a B&E law itself, just trespass and burglary but B&E is normally considered bypassing a barrier like a door.

  4. Re:obligatorily on Paying People to Argue With You · · Score: 1

    Its some sort of allusion.

  5. Re:Don't be such a dick... on BBC Backpedals On Linux Audience Figures · · Score: 1

    First, you can make it cross platform at the get go, or even open. Second, why would you offer Linux third and Apple second? I heard the usage numbers between the two were just about the same.

  6. Re:Alex Goatse? on Ten Strangely Cruel Science Experiments · · Score: 1

    Correction: Author's name is Alex Boese, not Boase or Goatse.

  7. Alex Goatse? on Ten Strangely Cruel Science Experiments · · Score: -1, Troll

    Alex Goatse? Talk about a horrid experiment.

  8. Re:Stop linking to shitty sources! on Emailed Threats Less Crazy Than Snail Mail · · Score: 1

    You farging sneaky bastige! I gonna take you dwork, I gonna nail it to the wall! I gonna crush you boils in a meat grinder! I gonna cut off you arm, I gonna shove it up you icehole!

  9. Re:Fuckin A, Brother on Google As The Next Microsoft? · · Score: 1

    The horrible thing is, that is the truth. Google is preinstalled on dells and firefox.

  10. Re:SI units on Seagate Offers Refunds on 6.2 Million Hard Drives · · Score: 1

    I agree with the spirit of the argument, the average user won't assume something is in base 2. However the average user will also not assume their OS is base 2. So when they go out to buy more hard drive space they base how much they want to buy on how much they use already, without much care on how the unit is measured. This ignorance causes a major screwup that wouldn't be helped by labeling sizes with GiB, the user still gets home and perhaps rightly thinks hes been ripped off. In this case however, maybe its some latent feeling of elitism in my bones that lets me say "screw it, thats okay."

  11. Damnable Security! on Picture Passwords More Secure than Text · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I wonder how many users will just end up drawing Stars, Hearts, and Smiley Faces?

  12. Re:Seriously, on EMI Caught Offering Illegal Downloads · · Score: 2, Funny

    I agree with your platform of cutting off criminal's legs to prevent them from walking into your house and stealing everything. Only problem with it is, the lefties will force us to make our houses wheelchair accessible. That is why I'm making the suggestion that you edit your presidential platform to include banning of all imported wheelchairs, just to be safe.

  13. Re:"Tragedy of the commons" ??? on FCC Complaint Filed Over Comcast P2P Blocking · · Score: 1

    You got it on the nail, Comcast doesn't want to advertise bandwidth caps for the same reason dialups stopped selling hourly allotments, customers don't know how much bandwidth they need and would rather go for unlimited and cut out the hassle. Comcast saw what they needed to do to sign up the most customers. But as you said before, you can't have your cake and eat it too.

  14. Re:It could be very useful on Open-Source 3D Printer Lets Users Make Anything · · Score: 1

    Aye, mass piracy of miniatures. What a riot that would be.

  15. Re:HORRIBLE PR move on Colbert Ballot Bid Shot Down · · Score: 1

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting I think what you're thinking of is Instant Runoff Voting. Still should be one person one vote.

  16. Re:$195,000? on FCC Complaint Filed Over Comcast P2P Blocking · · Score: 2, Informative

    In fines not damages.

  17. Re:Get the facts on Google Caught in Comcast Traffic Filtering? · · Score: 1

    Nope, and I run at -1 myself, but its more for tyranny of the majority reasons than it is for some feeling of site wide coverup. Your post just made me decide to pull out the "Call 'em as I see 'em" card.

  18. Re:It's a matter of publishing on Privacy Advocates Bemoan the Problems With WHOIS · · Score: 1

    You're mistaken to think that WHOIS is purely a IP tool. A verifiable whois could give swift justice to those who practice fraud in the various ways they could do it. I'd hate to think that businesses could only hold themselves on the net by reputation alone, as there is no way to push it farther than that.

  19. Re:Get the facts on Google Caught in Comcast Traffic Filtering? · · Score: 1

    You give yourself too much credit, as this post comes across as "listen to me, stop modding me down, everyone must hate me." Maybe that's what's going against the grain. As well, I can see a good reason why you might get "offtopic" modifiers.

  20. Re:Consumer rights on Valve Responds to Steam Territory Deactivations · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Thus the customer should seek action against the merchant.

  21. Re:Sorry... on FEMA Sorry for Faking News Briefing · · Score: 1

    Former no, latter, chances are depending on how much they prop up the government.

  22. Re:Using Nukes? (was Re:Yeah...) on FEMA Sorry for Faking News Briefing · · Score: 1

    Its not so much the government nuking its own people as much as it is the security infrastructure that is holding those nukes would break down. Just imagine if some screwball goes out to fight the immigrants with "the big one".

  23. Re:EVP? on Paranormal Investigations and Belief in Ghosts · · Score: 1

    As well, some EVP is actual voices picked up via radio waves and the like, the rest just being general human ability to piece things together even if the things don't exist. I remember when my home phone picked up a country music station. That was screwy.

  24. There will NOT be a Star Wars MMO on Pondering EA's Move Towards Hardcore · · Score: 1

    Interesting rumor, and would be cool if it was true, however all things aren't pointing in that direction as much as they might be pointing to Bioware pushing an MMO based on some franchise its developing.

  25. Re:Flying versus driving on What NASA Won't Tell You About Air Safety · · Score: 1

    The biggest question I have about that statistical analysis is does the flying pertain to all aircraft or just commercial pilots?