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  1. Re:Because death threats are illegal and a felony on Student Banned From Minnesota Campus Over Facebook Comments · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That is what they are doing. They only "banned" her so that they could do a review of her situation. upon being cleared, she will be allowed back to class/campus.

  2. Re:Because death threats are illegal and a felony on Student Banned From Minnesota Campus Over Facebook Comments · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I was pointing out that that is what people wil lsay if she did end up killing someone down the road. While I agree that what she wrote does not equal "obvious signs that she was unstable", if it turned out that she was unstable, people would look back and call what she wrote an "obvious sign".

    Because of situations like that, the school has to cover itself.

  3. Re:Because death threats are illegal and a felony on Student Banned From Minnesota Campus Over Facebook Comments · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Imagine if the Teachers did not do anything and she actually did kill someone. Everyone would ask why they did not do something when there were obvious signs that she was unstable.

  4. Re:Clogging the bandwidth on Angry AT&T Customers May Disrupt Service · · Score: 1

    So... To sum it up, you agree that the U.S. Carriers are screwing the U.S. Market over.

  5. Re:Resolution on Apple Counter-Sues Nokia Over Patents · · Score: 1

    Is there something out there that says Nokia cannot set whatever price they want for use of their patent?

  6. Re:Stop using trees for paper - use hemp! on Global Deforestation Demoed In Google Earth · · Score: 1

    Who is this "we' you use? In the U.S. the logging industry already replants trees to ensure that it will have trees to cut down in the future. It's not 1880 anymore.

    It is outside of the U.S. where the logging industry doesn't follow this model. And often it isnt for the trees themselves, but for the land they are covering.

    So I don't see how the U.S. using hemp for paper is going to have much of an affect.

  7. Re:Because the internet is worse than real life... on FTC Says Virtual Worlds Bad For Minors · · Score: 1

    A friend and I were out at Ikea buying some furniture and as we it onto the cart he drops it on his foot and says "Fuck!" Some lady we hadn't seen up to that point says "Excuse me, there are children here." My friend turns around and as politely as possible and says, "The world isn't censored"

    On the flip side, when your friend goes to the store and has to put up with someones kids who are running around yelling, screaming, and crying, he should remember that the world isn't censored.

  8. Re:Times have changed on FTC Says Virtual Worlds Bad For Minors · · Score: 1

    and if you're not religious, than what possible justification is used for the belief in "bad" words? Tradition?

    Social Norms. The words are neither "good" or "bad", but socially acceptable or not.

  9. Re:Warcraft on Treading the Fuzzy Line Between Game Cloning and Theft · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hope they fired whoever made the choice not to go through with Warcraft being a a licensed Warhammer game.

  10. Re:Seems OK on Facebook Masks Worse Privacy With New Interface · · Score: 1

    My old defaults were set to "friends only". When I logged on today, it did promt me to make new selections. However, everything was defaulted to "everyone". But, I only have "Public" information about me on Facebook anyways, so no big deal.

  11. Re:Also makes social engineering harder on Facebook Masks Worse Privacy With New Interface · · Score: 3, Informative

    I beleive you can require them to submit a message with their friend request that explains who they are or why they want you as a friend.

  12. Re:Massive exaggeration on Each American Consumed 34 Gigabytes Per Day In '08 · · Score: 1

    Of course there are always honest mistakes with reporting. Those usually happen when they are trying to report things fast nad make errors and often happen because so few actually report but jsut parrot what others are saying. So one mistake snowballs into misinformation being reported by near everyone.

    As for "what others are thinking", it would seem that I put more respect on differing opinions as I pay attention to both my perspective and that of "conservatives" and "liberals". You then go on a tanget calling me an "elitist" and assert that I have a distain for flyover country and support gun control. All things that are wrong and baseless.

    Not being a fan of Fox News does not make someone a "Left Wing Liberal Elitist".

  13. Re:Definitions so broad as to be pointless on Each American Consumed 34 Gigabytes Per Day In '08 · · Score: 1

    I'm not understanding the Dam Metaphor. Could you rephrase it using cars instead of a dam and water?

  14. Re:Massive exaggeration on Each American Consumed 34 Gigabytes Per Day In '08 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "When we do it, it's ok" is usually a good reason.

    I personally don't watch MSNBC or CNN, so I couldn't really respond to their programing. However, I do occationally watch Fox News (good to know what others are thinking and being told). The reporting is far from fair and balanced, but they say it is to mislead their audiance. They use horrible tactics (Glenn Beck) and sometimes down right lie (Daily Show pointed this out with footage of Washington Demonstrations).

    The reason you see more hate for Fox News is probably because it is not only the "libs", but some middle of the road people who take offense to their "journalism".

    Also, I'd be willing to bet that Fox has much higher ratings than MSNBC. So, beign larger, they get more attention.

  15. Re:wifi, hdmi, usb... on D-Link's New Boxee Box Runs Linux, Eyes Netflix · · Score: 1

    Woooooosh.... :-)

    The bullet is for yourself.

  16. Re:Deprecation of the word "geeky" on The Ultimate Geek Christmas Card · · Score: 1

    There were no clear definitions for the words Nerds, Geeks, Etc. They were insults from "popular kids" to "un-popular kids" and were interchangeable; Nerds, Geeks, etc., created a classification system in their Nerdy-Geekdom. Somewhere along the line, people started taking pride in the names they were branded with and further down the line being "un-cool" became "cool" and people that would have never been called a Nerd, Geek, etc., were calling themselves one.

  17. Re:Context? on Google CEO Says Privacy Worries Are For Wrongdoers · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yes, it is bad for American (and European) interests. However, for the Chinese people, it's good. They are moving from poverty to middle class. The Government is loosening its grip (slowly) and the people are (slowly) gaining freedoms. One could argue that not supporting China in its slow revolution is more "Evil" than supporting it.

  18. Re:Context? on Google CEO Says Privacy Worries Are For Wrongdoers · · Score: 1

    You didn't mention:

    China now has "Free Trade Zones"

    China now has a growing middle class

    China is being changed

  19. Re:In Smaller Markets, Kijiji Dominates on eBay vs. Craigslist Courtroom Fisticuffs Start Today · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I wonder if Edmonton, Ca is an anomaly.

  20. Re:Classified as a religion? on Scientology Charged With Slavery, Human Trafficking · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ha. Ha. It's funny because it's true.

    I read it like that in the voice of the character from Family Guy. It gave me a good laugh.

  21. Re:out of the box on Linux on Cool-Tether Links Phones' Bandwidth To Make High-Speed Hotspots · · Score: 4, Insightful

    that's why there's no simple UI for configuring it

    Well, for many people, they cannot do anything on a computer with out the "simple UI". So bringing something that a very small population knows how to do on a OS that most have not heard of to the general population might be something worth doing.

  22. Re:Second Flamebait on US Congressman Announces Plans To Probe Wikileaks · · Score: 1

    You must be confused; you implied that the IRA are/were Terrorists. However, they are Christians; not Muslims. So, obviously your implication must be false as everyone knows the Muslims are Terrorists.

    /Sarcasm (If someone couldn't tell)

  23. Re:Who cares about Iraq on Online "Guilds" Mirror Real Life Gangs · · Score: 1

    Sure, it doesn't need a rational reason. But why give them one? Giving them one helps validate thier position.

  24. Re:Sarcastic question, answered honestly on Online "Guilds" Mirror Real Life Gangs · · Score: 1

    Or it screams that they are going to move on to Law School. I guess some could define that as not *working*

  25. Re:Why? on Are Ad Servers Bogging Down the Web? · · Score: 1

    The ratio of page space for ads to page space for articles seems like a good assessment of magazine qualitly to me.