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  1. Re:Ancient Chinese wisdom on Nicaragua Gives Chinese Firm Contract To Build Alternative To Panama Canal · · Score: 1

    A dollar wasted on this boondoggle is a dollar not spent on their military.

    I don't know if the signal that they are building this is a good thing or a bad thing. That is an awful lot of money to spend on a project that you cannot currently, and will not be able to for the forseeable future, protect.

    Does it mean that they don't feel they need to...or that by the time it is done they will be able to?

  2. Re:I bet... on Cisco and iRobot Create Sheldonbot-Like Telepresence System · · Score: 1

    My 5th grade teacher was vehemently against some of the language of the Midwestern kids that came thru his classroom. Thanks to him I stopped saying ain't, warsh, 'at instead of that, 's when it wasn't plural...etc. "Duct" tape not "duck" tape was one of his peeves. Years later when I heard what you said above...I so wanted to track him down and tell him. But I have promised not to be that kind of an asshole anymore. One day at a time.

  3. Re:Geotarding? on Google To Buy Waze For $1.3 Billion · · Score: 1

    I had an iphone until someone relieved me of it several months back. I don't think I am going to get another fancyphone, but that is another story...

    I do still have an ipad though. If I don't know where I am going, I usually look it up on google maps before I leave, then take the ipad with me. If I am looking for an address...I don't notice a difference. If I am looking for a starbucks on the way...I have learned that (at least in my medium sized city) the apple maps will piss you off.

    I would wager that google maps would do the same from time to time...and that any time it happens on an iDevice, people are just quicker to blame the maps.

  4. Re:Paying off for whom? on Class Action Suit Goodies Await Tech Users · · Score: 1

    I am from the same town as John Schnatter. I ate papa john's pizza when there was one "store" in the back of a somewhat crappy bar. It was great. Over the years I would usually always try to get PJ's whenever pizza was being ordered out of hometown loyalty (I guess).

    Having said that, papa john's is not much better than little caesar's is nowadays. It is terrible, terrible mall pizza.

  5. Re:Popular Idea on American Targeted By Digital Spy Tool Sold To Foreign Governments · · Score: 1

    Goddamn Obama.

  6. Re:Why should it be any different? on Marriages Spawned From Online Dating As Satisfying As From Traditional Dating · · Score: 1

    We are pretty much already completely homogenized. I doubt this could have much of an effect. Just read this yesterday, pretty interesting. http://nautil.us/blog/we-are-all-princes-paupers-and-part-of-the-human-family

  7. Re:Esport? on Managing an Elite eSport Team · · Score: 1

    I always thought of it like this. No ball/no finish line...no sport. But I am not a snob about it...or at least I don't think I am. I am not passing judgement on anyone's pastimes...that just makes the most sense to me. (Ball and finish line has a very wide meaning here.) Something can be a game and be just as difficult or require just as much/more mental discipline.

  8. Re: It doesn't look like it's going to happen for on Aurora Borealis Likely To Be Visible In Southern NY and PA Tonight · · Score: 1

    http://www.facebook.com/pages/AccuWeathercom-Astronomy/178186248887910 The Bz isn't going negative. It still could, but it hasn't as of yet.

  9. It doesn't look like it's going to happen for most on Aurora Borealis Likely To Be Visible In Southern NY and PA Tonight · · Score: 1

    It isn't moving south nearly as far as originally predicted/hoped.

  10. Re:Looks like Google Earth on Landsat's First Images Show Rocky Mountains In Stunning Detail · · Score: 1

    You are right. You don't see it. Good job!

  11. Re:No, he's 49 on Google Doodle Celebrates Birthday of Douglas Adams · · Score: 3, Funny

    He decided that it was a waste of time. You wouldn't comprehend anyway.

  12. Re:Conspiracy! on Most Doctors Don't Think Patients Need Full Access To Med Records · · Score: 1

    The description of every office visit CPT code (which is what I was talking about) ends "Typically, X minutes are spent face-to-face with the patient and/or family."

    If you billed a code that should "typically" take 40 minutes, and you didn't speak to me for more than 5, you are almost certainly billing the wrong code.

  13. Re:Conspiracy! on Most Doctors Don't Think Patients Need Full Access To Med Records · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Not only see what the price is, see what they told your insurance company they did. It is rampant to bill a longer office visit (the time that the Dr is actually speaking to/examining you) than what actually happened. I will generally give them the benefit of the doubt, but if they rush in/rush out and then bill my insurance a code saying they spent about 25 minutes with me....I have to call and complain. I have high deductible insurance...I have to pay it.

  14. Re:Misleading title on Rock Band Live's Second Act: Networks and Data Centers · · Score: 1

    Why would rock band be capitalized for the generic meaning?

  15. Drivers pay [gas] tax to cover [a small percentage of the] costs of roads, including bike lanes, why shouldn't bikes pay some of this?

    FTFY. Most of the rest is just general tax money, from everyone...no matter how they get around.

  16. Re:Simple solution on State Rep. Says Biking Is Not Earth Friendly Because Breathing Produces CO2 · · Score: 1

    I am curious to conduct an experiment on this. What does someone have to do at a light/stop sign to get a negative response from someone in a car watching?

    Example, if you ride thru in a car....yes that is very dangerous to all and everyone would disapprove. If you walk thru...would not get a response from most (I suppose) because that is only dangerous to that person...and since nobody wants to be hit by a car you assume that they can see there is no car coming (even though this is still against the rules). On a bike....the same rules apply that do to the person walking, you might scratch someone's paint but you are really only putting yourself at risk. However, I suspect that the bicyclist would make more people angry.

    Since I don't think that we are naturally wired to dislike people on bicycles, there has to be another reason why. Probably that there is a small percentage of cyclists who act like complete douchebags when they get on the road? I wonder how close that number is to the number of people in cars who do the exact same thing?

    Full disclosure. I commute by bike. If I can see that nobody is coming...I am riding thru. I live in a medium/small city with a very small downtown area...if I lived in a larger city I would certainly take another look at that strategy.

  17. Re:Not as strange as it sounds on State Rep. Says Biking Is Not Earth Friendly Because Breathing Produces CO2 · · Score: 1

    Pedal, coast. Pedal, coast. Pedal, coast.

    I commute by bike every day. It has to be pretty windy from the right (wrong) direction for me to breathe much harder than I would be if I were walking. Some people want to show everyone how into cycling they are and what great shape they are in (in which case, they probably aren't breathing that hard either).....but some of us are just "pedal pedal coast, pedal pedal coast"ing to work.

  18. Re:Actually... I'm glad. on Microsoft Releases Internet Explorer 10 For Windows 7 · · Score: 5, Informative

    You probably use FF because you just like it more in general. But in case anyone wants to know.

    Type chrome:plugins in the address bar to open the Plug-ins page.
    On the Plug-ins page that appears, find the "Flash" listing.
    To enable Adobe Flash Player, click the Enable link under its name.
    To disable Adobe Flash Player completely, click the Disable link under its name.

  19. Re:I hope they paid him a bajillion dollars.... on Han Solo To Reportedly Return For Star Wars VII · · Score: 1

    In our new era of HGH fueled older action stars he may be able to pull it off. Between that and the camera swinging around everywhere.

  20. Re:Understandable but still frustrating on CERN's LHC Powers Down For Two Years · · Score: 5, Funny

    Trust me, no one will be idle.

    Trust me. I will be.

  21. Re:Barbara Streisand Effect? on Tesla Motors Battles the New York Times · · Score: 1

    They couldn't prove damages because of the episode. I thought that even Clarkson came out and said he wished the episode had gone differently. Top Gear is a great show, the second best car show behind Leno's garage (seriously). But, the bits they do aren't exactly reality based...it is pure entertainment.

    Having said that....this seems like Tesla are being crybabies.

  22. Re:Banking passwords are overrated on Everything You Know About Password-Stealing Is Wrong · · Score: 2

    I outsmarted myself when I was young and ran into this. Maybe the angriest I have ever been with another person. She thought so too, because the cops showed up very quickly to escort me out. I thought I heard something about a bank(s) getting into trouble over this a while back (several years)?

  23. Re:"to produce ... a more just society" on The Paradox of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks · · Score: 1

    No mod points, so I will have to reply stating that this is a pretty interesting point.

  24. Re:Internet radio ? No thanks on Hidden 'Radio' Buttons Discovered In Apple's iOS 6.1 · · Score: 1

    Not sure if you are just pointing out that you hacked that together or not...but this isn't over the air radio either.

  25. Re:How games differ from music, movies, and TV on Hidden 'Radio' Buttons Discovered In Apple's iOS 6.1 · · Score: 1

    BitchX bitches!