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  1. Re:Search algorithm failure and Yelp on Small Restaurant Out-Maneuvers Yelp In Reviews War · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just did.

  2. Re:How is Yelp supposed to work? on Small Restaurant Out-Maneuvers Yelp In Reviews War · · Score: 2

    I know several business owners who swear by Angie's List. No corruption as far as I can see from them or their customers/reviewers.

  3. Re:dropped out of school at 13 on Wired Profiles John Brooks, the Programmer Behind Ricochet · · Score: 2

    He can score with the chicks who want to date someone old enough to buy beer.

  4. Re:This is supposed to be the *WAY* they do their on Emails Cast Unflattering Light On Internal Politics of Healthcare.gov Rollout · · Score: 1

    Hey now. Remember Jimmy Carter was the one who had the foreign embassy taken over, and all those people take hostage. It can't get worse than that, can it?

  5. Re:And we're surprised why? on Emails Cast Unflattering Light On Internal Politics of Healthcare.gov Rollout · · Score: 1

    Only if he wears short skirts and dances provocatively.

  6. Re:Emails didn't get lost? on Emails Cast Unflattering Light On Internal Politics of Healthcare.gov Rollout · · Score: 1

    Isn't it cute how he plays off you nickname there, as if it is an indicator of your level of understanding in these matters?

  7. Re:This is supposed to be the *WAY* they do their on Emails Cast Unflattering Light On Internal Politics of Healthcare.gov Rollout · · Score: 1

    It's the magic 97% consensus. Because 99% would be too obvious.

  8. Re:Memory doesn't cost that much. on Why the iPhone 6 Has the Same Base Memory As the iPhone 5 · · Score: 1

    Or, if it is such a traumatic event for you, you can just buy an Android phone, install the card size you want, and leave others alone. So the guy wants a phone without a card, and there is one on the market that has that configuration. Let him be happy.

  9. Does the TrueCrypt License on TrueCrypt Gets a New Life, New Name · · Score: 4, Insightful

    allow a fork to be released under a standard open source license?

    Because I can take software with a standard open source license and put TrueCrypt's name back into it.

    Not that I intend to do so, but it just seems off, somehow.

  10. Re:Doo-proofing on 'Why Banana Skins Are Slippery' Wins IgNobel · · Score: 1

    Hey, I've always want to visit the East Pole.

    Well, ever since Stile found out about it anyway.

  11. Re:5 words: "on a computer" doesn't matter. hurt|h on Alice Is Killing Trolls But Patent Lawyers Will Strike Back · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the explanation.

  12. Re:One of the most overpaid execs in history on Oracle CEO Larry Ellison Steps Down · · Score: 2

    Screw them both.

    What about their customers?

  13. Re:more evil things to do elsewhere? on Oracle CEO Larry Ellison Steps Down · · Score: 3, Funny

    >

    maybe he'd want to run for a Senate seat or governorship. He already owns a whole island in Hawaii.

    Yeah, but it's only the size of a large patio.

  14. Re:Provided on New Study Projects World Population of 11B by 2100 · · Score: 1

    Says the man who claims not to be Nine Volt. ;^)

  15. Re:Patent Attorney chiming in on Alice Is Killing Trolls But Patent Lawyers Will Strike Back · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the help. That article is more useful than simply pointing someone to the court's ruling pdf. Not everyone speaks legalese, after all.

  16. Re:Patent Attorney chiming in on Alice Is Killing Trolls But Patent Lawyers Will Strike Back · · Score: 1

    I read the linked article, but it doesn't say why Alice is having this effect.

    Can you point to a article that explains Alice for us uninformed people?

  17. Re:When doing anything involving the ocean on Wave Power Fails To Live Up To Promise · · Score: 1

    Adamantium.

  18. Re:Anti-math and anti-science ... on ISIS Bans Math and Social Studies For Children · · Score: 1

    As someone who disagrees with your posts from time to time, I thank and commend you for pointing out the obvious truth.

  19. Nelson says: on Wave Power Fails To Live Up To Promise · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ha! Ha!

  20. Re:ObamaBOTs! Panic!! on The Case For a Federal Robotics Commission · · Score: 1

    I didn't say you are not allowed to question people.

    Maybe after Basic Grammar, you should start Reading Comprehension: Enabling Effective Arguments In Online Forums.

  21. Re:they will defeat themselves on ISIS Bans Math and Social Studies For Children · · Score: 1

    Rounding is another function of math.

  22. Re:Wait, these are for real? on Astronomers Find Star-Within-a-Star, 40 Years After First Theorized · · Score: 1

    I should have phrased this better. I realize it sounds like I am making a derogatory statement about people who don't know what a BB is. In fact, I was doing just that, but in jest. I'm not sure if the 'in jest' part comes through.

    Some people are not raised in a place that every other kid has a BB gun. I didn't have one myself, actually, but the neighbor kid did. Also, there are so many things classified by letters, the term BB could mean a credit score or, as an AC pointed out, pencils.

    I even just now googled "BB", and didn't get the explanation I assumed it would give. The top references were all about BlackBerry. All of this and more could make it difficult to figure out what "a BB inside of a balloon" means.

    In light of that, and having seen my original comment for a day, it does sound like a dickish line. It wasn't meant as such.

    So, for those who for whatever reason don't think of air guns when seeing "BB", I do apologize for making it sound like you are stupid or ignorant.

  23. I had a couple COBOL classes on College Students: Want To Earn More? Take a COBOL Class · · Score: 2

    One in high school in the late 80s, and one college course while in the military.

    Of course, I may need to freshen that up a bit.

  24. Re:Wait, these are for real? on Astronomers Find Star-Within-a-Star, 40 Years After First Theorized · · Score: 1

    Well sure, everyone knows what a BB gun is.

  25. Re:ObamaBOTs! Panic!! on The Case For a Federal Robotics Commission · · Score: 1

    Did they get further in Basic Grammar lessons than you managed to do?