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  1. Name Change on No More "Asperger's Syndrome" · · Score: 0

    Most ridiculously named condition, ever. Seriously, the guy who, I assume, this is named after really has to change his name, but more importantly we cannot call something aspergers. Names are important, and calling anything ass-burgers is ridiculous.

  2. Re:Ass boogers on No More "Asperger's Syndrome" · · Score: 1

    How is it not Ass-burgers? Ass-boogers is a pretty big stretch.

  3. Re:Need more sub-definitions on No More "Asperger's Syndrome" · · Score: 1

    This is nothing but better categorization and summation in a general medical book. Everything cannot get its own section.

    This does not mean that people with ASD will no longer be diagnosed in depth. I never read the original article and have no idea what this book is used for, but I know that is is not the sum of all medical knowledge.

  4. If it is in the Job Description on Should Inventions Be Automatically Owned By Your Employer? · · Score: 1

    If you are employed to come up with patentable inventions then yes, of course. And even if you spend time developing it in your free time, Intellectual property is far to intangible to really differentiate, so I can see why it makes sense to own all inventions.

    If it is not in your job description (aka a main duty that you are being paid for), I do not care if it was completely worked on in your office using office supplies. They do not own you or your intellect.

  5. Mixing on Samsung Sets New Guidelines For Alcoholic Beverages · · Score: 1

    What is wrong with mixing alcohols? it is not like it makes it stronger.
    If you are just drinking straight alcohol, and variety does not matter you are doing it just to get drunk.
    What does Samsung have against class or taste?

  6. Re:So it's just like... on How Some Chinese Users Bypass The Great Firewall · · Score: 4, Informative

    Well then you have never gotten caught or tried then.
    Actually, I would say that the punishment in the US is far more severe for piracy than the Chinese punishment for censorship laws.
    That said, its seems that using proxies to bypass the firewall just for normal every day activities is not even really considered illegal in and of itself. The general answer to the question of, "what is the risk/punishment" is there is none.

  7. Re:Wrong direction on DOE Wants 5X Improvement In Batteries In 5 Years · · Score: 1

    Well energy storage is a general problem, it does not make sense to add on a specific goal to such a general need.

  8. Re:20-50-100 years from now on UK Government Mandates the Teaching of Evolution As Scientific Fact · · Score: 1

    What?

    Not "in that case". That is the definition accepted by every English dictionary on Earth.
    It is irrefutable and has no effect on anything since it has always been like this.

  9. Re:20-50-100 years from now on UK Government Mandates the Teaching of Evolution As Scientific Fact · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You keep using that word, but I do not think you know what it means.

    Belief: "An acceptance that a statement is true ..."

  10. Re:You shouldn't have to mandate this on UK Government Mandates the Teaching of Evolution As Scientific Fact · · Score: 1

    More importantly you should not have to mandate this particular case since there are many other topics that are just as important and thousands of other fairy tales that publicly funded schools should not be teaching.

  11. Re:Why is this bad? on New Humble Bundle Is Windows Only, DRM Games · · Score: 1

    Well yea, a lot of their games are crappy, completely mainstream titles.
    I am not surprised or sympathetic.

  12. Re:And Linux? on Virus Eats School District's Homework · · Score: 1

    Incompatibility with 99% of all software, including viruses, is not a feature.

  13. Re:Corporations are people on BP and Three Executives Facing Criminal Charges Over Oil Spill · · Score: 1

    If BP controls the franchise than even if they do not set the price they would have near absolute control over it.

  14. Re:reason and common sense on Canada Creates Cap On Liability For File Sharing Lawsuits · · Score: 1

    Ah, well that explains it. The French part of Canada does not really count.

  15. Re:reason and common sense on Canada Creates Cap On Liability For File Sharing Lawsuits · · Score: 2

    If you were really Canadian you would of said:
    "No, sorry. Please get your own reason."

    *I am actually Canadian, and that is how we actually talk.

  16. Clarification??? on Canada Creates Cap On Liability For File Sharing Lawsuits · · Score: 1

    Does this means $5000 per lawsuit, or $5000 per person forever.
    Because if it is just per lawsuit, than they could just sue you separately for every infringement. And if you pirate one song, you have likely pirated 5000.

  17. Re:It as always been Legal on Supreme Court Blocks Illinois Law Against Recording Police · · Score: 0

    "HIGHLY constrained to the types of orders they can give, and have to provide reasonable justification, albeit later."

    I agree, you still legally have to do what they tell you to do. (http://www.wnd.com/2011/02/259457/)
    And leaving legality out of it, they will likely beat you and arrest you anyways, if you do not follow all of their instructions.

  18. It as always been Legal on Supreme Court Blocks Illinois Law Against Recording Police · · Score: 1

    That does not mean you will not be arrested or bitten for it, as it is still illegal to not follow the directions of police.

  19. Re:doesn't this rely rather strongly on the novelt on Finding a Crowdsourced Cure For Brain Cancer · · Score: 1

    At the same time bigger charities are sometimes very inefficient. hundreds of thousands of dollars can go for salaries and even more might be spent on advertising.

  20. Re:No Death Penalty on Search For "Foolproof Suffocation" Missed In Casey Anthony Case · · Score: 1

    The exact some logic could be used to say we should not imprison people, or punish them in any way. "Because they might be innocent".

  21. Re:Can we get rid of long sigs as well? on Companies Getting Rid of Reply-all · · Score: 1

    Add overly big fonts, all caps, colours other than black for text and white blank for background to that list.

    I suggest that a popup confirming the content, that goes something like.
    "You realise you are about to look like an idiot with your choice of formatting, right? Click confirm to send anyways."

  22. Re:I'd do the opposite on Companies Getting Rid of Reply-all · · Score: 1

    I agree complexly. I have never been in a huge corporate environment, so never encountered this reply-all spam but I have had to take time to forward many a email to the others in a convo when someone hit reply instead of reply-all.

  23. How about.... on Companies Getting Rid of Reply-all · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Not sending emails in the first place to the entire company if you do not want to waist their time?

    It sounds to me that either the originators of the email is at fault, or there is something very wrong with how all these people use email. And technical solutions never solve personal ignorance.

    If someone actually reply-alls to an entire company saying "thanks!" then they are not qualified to use email in a profession setting.

  24. Re:Hardware level adblocking is the future. on Ad Blocking – a Coming Legal Battleground? · · Score: 1

    Well routers already cost $50 for 1/200 of that. But something like that is completely doable. You could turn a $25 Raspberry pie into a decent router.

  25. Re:Hardware level adblocking is the future. on Ad Blocking – a Coming Legal Battleground? · · Score: 1

    But if you wanted a new device, or more than a very very small number of people wanted to do this it would cost considerably more.