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  1. Re:I didn't know on Bicycles As a Gateway To Government Control · · Score: 1

    But I did hear him advocate the dissolution of the IRS, FBI and CIA. Which definitely isn't the party line.

  2. Re:I didn't know on Bicycles As a Gateway To Government Control · · Score: 1

    But...wouldn't that mean every organization in the world is a real potential bad guy? I mean, except for the islands of Micronesia...but who takes them seriously?

  3. Re:I didn't know on Bicycles As a Gateway To Government Control · · Score: 1

    Ron Paul?

  4. Re:Exercise. on A Million Kids Misdiagnosed with ADHD? · · Score: 1

    Competition is exactly what leads to ridicule even in tag. ("Oh no, now we've got ____ on our team again, we're gonna lose because of him. Why are they so useless?") As for running? There's a reason 90% of coaches use running laps as punishment.

    But traditional gym (to me at least) includes Basketball, Kickball, Handball, Dodgeball, Flag Football, Softball, Soccer, Floor Hockey, etc... nearly everything done in gym class was done with teams except when the time came around for people to do the Presidential Physical Fitness tests, the track an field section, or when they incorporated step aerobics as a section.

    I dunno, it just seemed that actually getting children in shape and teaching them how to improve their physical fitness as well as maintain that level of fitness was not the foremost thought in the P.E. teacher's heads.

  5. Re:Sigh on A Million Kids Misdiagnosed with ADHD? · · Score: 1

    Very well, that's a legitimate complaint. Give them marijuana for their appetite and cocaine for energy. Problem Solved. In the words of John Hodgman,"You're welcome."

  6. Re:Exercise. on A Million Kids Misdiagnosed with ADHD? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Gym was the period that the athletic kids got to make fun of and pick on the nerds or other physically inept. Nothing can make you healthier than a deep rooted hatred of athletics due to the associations developed by being repeatedly embarrassed publicly. Yes, exercise is good...but I'm not sure if traditional gym class is the best way to go about it.

  7. Re:Medical corruption on A Million Kids Misdiagnosed with ADHD? · · Score: 1

    Often depression can occur when someone experiences a severe injury, usually the type of injuries that keep you disabled for extended periods of time. Such injuries create frustration from being unable to complete certain activities of daily living, and that frustration can then be turned inward to depression and self-pity. This is especially true if the injured is a primary bread winner, with the added stress of knowing that they are less able or completely unable to provide for their families due to injury. Now it sounds like this wasn't the case with your friend, but that's part of the reason why a neurological visit is usually paired with rehabilitation from severe injuries.

  8. Re:Whe are lossing the internet to the mainstream. on How the Internet Is Changing Language · · Score: 1

    I always prefered this definition of Noob vs. Newb.

    http://cdn.cad-comic.com/comics/3223892223c1814zzq2za94454048.jpg

  9. Re:Um..... on Drunk Driver Mugshots Featured On Facebook · · Score: 1

    A phone book isn't considered part of the public record. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_records

  10. Re:escalators too on Should Cities Install Moving Sidewalks? · · Score: 1

    *headpalm* It was just a little joke, and you have slain it so mercilessly. *tear*

  11. Re:escalators too on Should Cities Install Moving Sidewalks? · · Score: 1

    That, and as we all know, somehow the slowest walking people on the subway always make it to the stairs before the fastest ones. There's gotta be a physics rule that it violates.

  12. Re:Invented the pixel? on Pixel Inventor Goes Back To the Drawing Board · · Score: 1

    For a more detailed explanation of why there wasn't color in the old days just listen to Calvin's dad: http://multifamilyinvestor.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/calvin-hobbes-world-black-white-color.jpg

  13. Re:A honeypot? Or are they for real? on Swedish Pirate Party To Run Pirate Bay From Parliament · · Score: 1

    They do for the booty.

  14. Re:Educated, not crazy and not afraid. on Unique ID In India Causes 'Fear of the Beast' · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Religion has nothing to do with it. Everywhere you go, the sky is the sky and people are people.

  15. Re:Not plagiarism on Plagiarism Inc. · · Score: 1

    Well, I looked up Plagiarizing in the Merriam-Webster Online dictionary and it states:

      : to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source

    And I'd have to say that when a student buys a paper and submits it as his own original work, it does satisfy the definition.

    And yes, most politicians are plagarists too. But you can just add that onto the long list of negative traits of politicians and businessmen.

  16. Re:Also an example of lazy/overworked professors on Plagiarism Inc. · · Score: 1

    I would like to believe that the teachers I have known were willing to risk their jobs on behalf of their integrity.

    Besides, doesn't tenure protect you from incidents like these?

  17. Re:Unethical is not the word on Plagiarism Inc. · · Score: 1

    I think he's being dishonest in saying that he'll pay his writers and then chooses to not pay them, employing a variety of bogus excuses. It's all in the article.

  18. Re:Yes, but can they fix my Karma? on Plagiarism Inc. · · Score: 2, Funny

    Of course grades don't get inflated. The rate the teacher's charge is still $100 per grade over a D. Same as it was when I was in school. Silly teachers, not charging more for the cost of living increases.

  19. Re:Race Drivin' on Video Games Linked To Reckless Driving · · Score: 1

    ^_^ You made me think of the Initial D anime, for which, I thank you.

  20. Re:Kids are kids on Video Games Linked To Reckless Driving · · Score: 1

    And what culture would that be?

  21. Re:More to this story? on Apple Blindsides More AppStore Developers · · Score: 3, Funny

    "But Mr Dent, the plans have been available in the local planning office for the last nine months."

    "Oh yes, well as soon as I heard I went straight round to see them, yesterday afternoon. You hadn't exactly gone out of your way to call attention to them, had you? I mean, like actually telling anybody or anything."

    "But the plans were on display ..."

    "On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them."

    "That's the display department."

    "With a flashlight."

    "Ah, well the lights had probably gone."

    "So had the stairs."

    "But look, you found the notice didn't you?"

    "Yes," said Arthur, "yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard'."

  22. Re:Example: Standard Deviation on Science and the Shortcomings of Statistics · · Score: 1

    The question is, why would a Doctor (when talking to a patient about how to interpret one's blood sugar reading) use a term he doesn't properly understand? Doctors, when operating in their professional capacity, should know exactly what they're talking about. Why? Because when they smudge it people can end up dead.

  23. Re:Hey EMI executives... on EMI Cannot Unbundle Pink Floyd Songs · · Score: 1

    Don't forget Rick (in spirit).

  24. Re:Because selling "Shine on you crazy diamond IV" on EMI Cannot Unbundle Pink Floyd Songs · · Score: 1

    I think their argument is "We signed a contract that said you were allowed to sell our albums as a whole and specifically you were not allowed to sell individual songs. You broke that contract." I think it's a pretty good argument. It was the judge who said the contract protected "the artistic integrity of the albums." Not the band or a spokesperson for the band. In fact there was no comment from the band in the entire article.

  25. Re:Because selling "Shine on you crazy diamond IV" on EMI Cannot Unbundle Pink Floyd Songs · · Score: 1

    I don't care what PF wants. If I want to listen to "Comfortably Numb" for a few minutes and something else before and after, isn't that my right?

    And you can listen to Comfortably Numb with something else before and after. Though they do suggest that it is better with "Bring the Boys Back Home" before it and "The Show Must Go On" after it. There is nothing preventing you from listing to only one track off the album. Of course if you don't think the entire album is worth purchasing then you're probably not a fan and they probably could care less what you think.