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  1. Re:This article is ridiculous on Why Apple's iPhone Upgrade Program Is a Bad Deal For Most · · Score: 1

    A smartphone is a computer that makes phone calls. My Nokia N900 that I bought in 2009 is still going strong. Still, you can't fault a company for trying to make a profit. That is, after all, their very reason to exist.

  2. Re:It won't matter on Will a Tighter Economy Rein In Startups? · · Score: 1

    True, higher interest rates means your checking account gives back a higher percentage, but the barrier to owning stocks and bonds is so low nowadays, who cares?

    That's my very point! Current interest rates make the payoff for savings so low that discourages people from being responsible and encourages them to become indebted.

  3. Re:It won't matter on Will a Tighter Economy Rein In Startups? · · Score: 1

    But wouldn't higher interest rates encourage the common man to save for rather than borrow against his future?

  4. Re:Simplification on Germany Says Taking Photos Of Food Infringes The Chef's Copyright · · Score: 1

    I'd say this an argument for requiring copyright registrations if ever there was one. 99.9% of all cooks don't care if people take pictures of their food. The very few who do can beg and pay the government for protection if they want it.

  5. Re:Capitalism is killing them on Breathing Beijing's Air Is the Equivalent of Smoking Almost 40 Cigarettes a Day · · Score: 1

    Democrats = outlaw smoking
    Republicans = smoking is a personal choice

    Stay on topic please.

  6. Re:TIPS means to... on You Can Have My TIPs When You Pry Them From My Cold, Dead Hands · · Score: 0

    Still, which meaning of TIPs is older and more universally understood? Back of the house wanting to steal from hard working servers is an age old problem.

  7. TIPS means to... on You Can Have My TIPs When You Pry Them From My Cold, Dead Hands · · Score: 0

    ...ensure prompt service. Any one who who does not ensure prompt service should not expect TIPs. This is especially true for back of the house employees who move slower than molasses. Expecting a cut of the server who is breaking their ass TIPs when you can barely get up of of yours is tantamount to theft.

  8. Simple, buy used and buy old. on Ask Slashdot: Buying a Car That's Safe From Hackers? · · Score: 1

    Stay away from any cars that are popular, and all those that can be controlled by the manufacturer. For the most part hackers want the most bang for the buck, so stay away from anything that you see everyone else driving. There is a reason why so many Window's viruses exist.

  9. Tech, schmeck!! on Good Economy? Tech Layoffs Are Up · · Score: 1

    For an economy to thrive, all its parts must thrive.h

  10. Re:It is what it is on Twilight of the Bomb · · Score: 1

    Perhaps, but I'm just happy that my father and the fathers of millions of others did not die because Japan was forced to surrender. Whether American, British, Korean, Chinese, or even Japanese...many, many lives were saved due to the "bomb".

  11. Re:Unfair comparison! on India Blocks Over 800 Adult Websites · · Score: 1

    Good answer! Could you please provide references where Catholics encourage sex for purposes other than procreation?

  12. Catholic Cannon on India Blocks Over 800 Adult Websites · · Score: 1

    Okay, maybe I'm wrong. Is there anything in Catholic beliefs that allows for people to have sex that blocks procreation?

  13. Unfair comparison! on India Blocks Over 800 Adult Websites · · Score: 0

    Catholics simply don't have sex unless they are wanting to procreate. It is in there creed that procreation is the only reason to have sex. Anyone who has sex without the purpose of procreation simply is not Catholic. Thus it is written, thus it is done.

  14. That IS scary!! on Lessons From Your Toughest Software Bugs · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You actually had to lower yourself to work with "C"!!! Thank goodness you didn't have to resort to machine language where there aren't even any "{}"s to help you out.

  15. Not a Republican on Lessons From Your Toughest Software Bugs · · Score: 0

    Not a Republican, but all us libertarians understand that in order to sell a thing there must exist people who can buy that thing. And, since the vast majority of things cost money, the more people who have money the more of those things you can sell. This isn't rocket science folks.

  16. But cyclists are the enemy!! on Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May Making Show For Amazon · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Seems nearly everyone of them feels they can peddle anywhere despite local laws. My city has sacrificed car lanes to make bike lines and bikers still ride the wrong way on one way streets, let alone to mention sidewalks. What is needed is a biker's license equal to a driver's license and equivalent penalties for violating the rules of the road. Breeze by a stop sign? Be subject to strip search just as everyone else is.

  17. Input is the real problem. on Apple Watch Still Waiting On App Developers · · Score: 1

    The main problem with small devices is that they make input very difficult. If Facebook doesn't awaken you to the idea that everyone has something to say, no matter how trivial, then nothing will. Start focusing on input technology that make it easy to call an idiot a dolt and these small devices may eventually take off.

  18. Re:So what is the answer? on Massachusetts Examining Disability Access For Uber, Lyft · · Score: 1

    Making utilities and necessities accessible to the disabled is reasonable.

    So it would follow that when the disabled find it necessary to utilize a ride "sharing" service that it is reasonable for that service to be accessible to them. Glad we agree on this.

  19. Re:Recognition of need for medical care? on Robot-Staffed Japanese Hotel Opens · · Score: 0

    Probably will be the same as with human staff. If a situation arises that can't be handled by current programming, call a supervisor. In actuality that may get a quicker EMS response as I doubt robots will sit around trying to think of way to take advantage of the situation.

  20. Re:Anyone who professes a belief... on Scientology Group Urged Veto of Mental Health Bill · · Score: 1

    I didn't say that. The Bible is nearly just as incredible as Scientology. But only nearly.

  21. Anyone who professes a belief... on Scientology Group Urged Veto of Mental Health Bill · · Score: 3

    ...in Scientology should be held. Their beliefs defy all credulity.

  22. Re:The NSA has done several things to help securit on NSA Releases Open Source Security Tool For Linux · · Score: 1

    I've got nothing to hide!! Still, do you seriously expect everyone to incorporate NSA back doors into their systems just on their say so?

  23. Re:The NSA has done several things to help securit on NSA Releases Open Source Security Tool For Linux · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Still, until the NSA really stands for Security and not spying, I think most of us will only touch this with a ten foot pole.

  24. Re:Yes reliable on Italian Court Throws Out TripAdvisor Fine Over Bad Reviews · · Score: 2

    My mum says I'm perfect. Are you calling her a liar?

    So did mine, a half a century ago. Overtime though the warts and blemishes developed so today we just accept each other as being mere humans.

  25. Re:Yes reliable on Italian Court Throws Out TripAdvisor Fine Over Bad Reviews · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So give them as much credence as the paid positive reviews then? It's gotten to the point that I won't buy anything that doesn't have at least a couple of negative reviews to balance out a product's cheerleaders. Nothing is so perfect that somebody somewhere can't find something wrong with it.