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  1. Re: Question from a non American on Critics Say It's Time To Close La Guardia Airport · · Score: 1

    All of that is true and I'm assuming the smaller Canadian airports don't fly into LGA because LGA does not have customs and immigration.

  2. Re: Question from a non American on Critics Say It's Time To Close La Guardia Airport · · Score: 1

    It does, but you clear customs in Canada.

  3. Re:isnt..... on SurveyMonkey's CEO Dies While Vacationing With Wife Sheryl Sandberg · · Score: 2

    That was Punch The Monkey.

  4. Re:Treat yourself and avoid United on United Airlines Passengers Stranded By Computer Outage · · Score: 2

    I'm no United fan, but what would you have them do? Cascade the delays for two days and impact 600 customers instead of the 99 already impacted? Sucks for you of course, but I'm not sure there was a better option (assuming there wasn't alternative metal sitting around unused -- which is unlikely).

  5. Re:The devil in the details on Google, Apple and Others Accused of 'No Poaching' Deal · · Score: 1

    A good example would be with the Microsoft/Yahoo search deal. The companies entered into a strategic partnership that included (among other things) a set of Yahoo! employees that would be transitioned to work for Microsoft. Before and during that transition period it made sense not have the companies poach each others employees.

  6. Re:Analogy of the year on Facebook's HipHop Also a PHP Webserver · · Score: 1

    In complete agreement here.

  7. Re:Who cares? on Zune HD Twitter App Censors Tweets For You! · · Score: 1

    I also have one. So make it two.

  8. Re:Tor can be blocked as well. on Iranian Government Cuts Off Internet Access Again · · Score: 1

    I like it. Not free as in beer. Not free as in speech. Free as in nudity!

  9. Re:Surprise? on Reliability of Computer Memory? · · Score: 1

    Where the hell do you live that the power is that unreliable? I think I remember about one power outage in the last three years.

  10. Re:Exactly! on GAO Reports Bailout and Tech Firms Love Tax Havens · · Score: 1

    Absolutely, and this ludicrous, greedy policy (and regulations like Sarbanes-Oxley) are really helping to kill the US economy. Now a majority of the top IPOs every year occur in other countries. It used to be like 23 of the top 25 IPOs would always be in the US. Last year, it was like 2 of 25.

    I'm sure that had nothing to do with the non-IPO friendly economy that started in the US last year.

  11. Re:What's going to kill this first? on Using Money As Incentive For Competition On Consoles? · · Score: 1

    Why? It seems to be a model that works well for Golden Tee.

  12. Re:All the banks are valueless. on Data Centers Crucial To Lehman Sale · · Score: 2, Informative

    The problem is that something is only worth what someone will pay for it... and nobody is buying. Lack of liquidity is the real driver of the problems many of these banks and investment houses are seeing.

  13. Re:All about China on DARPA Sponsors a Hunt For Malware In Microchips · · Score: 1

    Mike Bloomberg, mayor of New York City, takes the NYC subway to city hall most days.

  14. Re:They don't complain on A New Tool From Google Worries Brand-Name Sites · · Score: 1

    Site specific search does show ads if you actually do a search.

  15. Re:Pissed off the wrong guy on Can Blockbuster be Sued Over Facebook/Beacon? · · Score: 4, Informative

    No he isn't.

    From Wikipedia...

    During debate over his nomination, Bork's video rental history was leaked to the press, which led to the enactment of the 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act. His video rental history was unremarkable, and included such harmless titles as A Day at the Races, Ruthless People and The Man Who Knew Too Much. The list of rentals was originally printed by Washington D.C.'s City Paper.[5]

  16. Re:the only answer on Google Keeps What Ask.com Erases · · Score: 4, Informative

    They already renewed the deal and announced it about a month ago. Their own platform isn't even developed by them it is build on LookSmart's AdCenter technology and probably only accounts for 2-3% of their sponsored search revenue.

  17. Bishop Allen on Selling Independent MP3s Direct to Customer? · · Score: 1

    I think Bishop Allen has a system that does what you are looking for. I seem to remember is was developed by one of the members, but I'm not sure if its OSS or if they'd be willing to share.

  18. Re:I still have games that I have not played... on Game Industry Bigger Than Hollywood · · Score: 1

    The NHL Player's Union and team owners are currently in the middle of a lockout, with no end in site. There will be no NHL in 2005.

  19. Re:I still have games that I have not played... on Game Industry Bigger Than Hollywood · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm curious. In NHL 2005 do you just sit there and watch an empty ice surface?

  20. Re:Short-term memory loss on Supreme Court Backs Do-Not-Call List · · Score: 1

    If the President does not sign a bill within 10 days of its passage through Congress it becomes law even without his signature. That is unless Congress is adjourned, in which case it is considered a pocket veto and does not become law.

  21. Re:waahhhh on Carter says Florida Voting Still Not Fair · · Score: 1

    I can't believe I'm saying it, but RTFA. Black felons are being singled out, where as hispanic felons (more like to vote Republican) are being given a free pass.

  22. Re:Verification on Two Faces of Electronic Voting · · Score: 1

    Do current electronic voting machines do this? I mean doesn't it just make sense to print out a receipt after the voting is done, and have it dropped into a box as the voter leaves the booth? Hell why not print out two and let the voter take one home. It would be almost like going down to OTB and playing the ponies!

  23. Re:Mining, flying on US Still Dithering Over Analog-Digital TV Conversion · · Score: 1

    I think Adam Smith would have disagreed that Monopolies were capitalism at its finest.

  24. Re:People will just throw their money away on on Online Poker Bots Becoming Problematic? · · Score: 1

    I throw my money away on all of those things. My life is all the happier because of it.

  25. Re:ummm... on Absentee Ballots by Email? · · Score: 1

    Kerry has no support from anyone you know in the military, yet he'll still get 35% of their vote? Exactly how many people do you know?