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  1. Re:Yes on Proposed NJ Law Allows Cops To Search Phones At Crash Scenes · · Score: 1

    I didn't say it was right, I just pointed out the way it is. You cause a fender bender, you've got a little bit of trouble to deal with. You get caught drunk behind the wheel, regardless of how you got caught, pose for your mug shot.

  2. Re:After accounting for all variables *they know o on Death of Trees Correlated With Human Cardiovascular & Respiratory Disease · · Score: 1

    After accounting for all details, I've determined that exposure to matter created by the emerald ash borer is harmful to humans. The general level of health should be restored if Im given a grant to kill all ash trees to drive the emerald ash borer to extinction.

  3. Re:Yes on Proposed NJ Law Allows Cops To Search Phones At Crash Scenes · · Score: 4, Interesting

    What happened to figuring out which car actually caused the accident?

    Doesn't always matter entirely. If the victim of a car accident was breaking the law, but driving fine, he could still be in trouble. We had an incident in town where everyone who saw the wreck was pointing at one person as being at fault, but the guy who got hit was drunk. Guess who got cuffs?

    In this case, the person causing the accident may get some leniancy by pointing out that the person was driving illegally and could have avoided the accident had he not been.

  4. Re:MLB has much bigger problems on Pitcher-Turned-Law Student On Cheating In Baseball · · Score: 0

    ...I would put forth that the NHL is actually the most "gameplay" for the length of a game.

    Not an MMA fan then?

  5. Re:And when they get bitten in the ass? on Google Advocates 7-Day Deadline For Vulnerability Disclosure · · Score: 1

    Hewlett-Packard started with only two...

  6. Re:Misleading summary on Scientists Who Failed to Warn of Quake Found Guilty of Manslaughter · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If I, as an engineer, certify that a plant is safe when it may be not, I can be jailed.

    Not the same thing. This is more like having an engineer inspect an old building that has parts collapse from time to time, asking him if it's safe, and having him tell you "Well, it's no less safe than usual..."

  7. Re:Pry XP from cold, stiff fingers on Microsoft Urges Businesses To Get Off XP · · Score: 2

    This is fairly recent - A year ago things weren't nearly as locked down. I'm not sure when exactly LANL started blocking outgoing IE, but they are now.

  8. Re:Pry XP from cold, stiff fingers on Microsoft Urges Businesses To Get Off XP · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Businesses use IE, and the smart people break the policy and install other Browsers.

    Depends on the business. At my company we have IE, but are encouraged to use FireFox instead (no other browsers allowed). At Los Alamos National Lab both IE and FireFox are installed on the computers, but only FireFox is allowed to access anything but internal sites.

  9. Re:Alternative on NRC Accused of Ignoring Proliferation Risks With SILEX Enrichment · · Score: 1

    ...sitting in the forest crying for the trees.

    And what's wrong with that? The Lorax agrees.

  10. Re:Uhh, Yay? on Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog Hits Primetime · · Score: 1

    Dunno about CW, but Joss did say at a ComiCon interview that his next project was going to be a Dr Horrible 2. Can't picture how that's going to work, but I've got faith in the guy.

  11. Re:Not to be annoying, but... on Anti-piracy Group Fined For Using Song Without Permission · · Score: 1

    How ironic...

  12. Re:Another case of "do what i say, and not what I on Anti-piracy Group Fined For Using Song Without Permission · · Score: 2

    Well said. "Yertle the Turtle". Dr. Seuss's take on Mussolini, but for kids!

  13. Re:France has a problem on Man Physically Assaulted At McDonald's For Wearing Digital Eye Glasses · · Score: 1

    Well... It almost is...

  14. Re:What usually happens on How NY Gov. Cuomo Sidesteps Freedom of Information Requests With His Blackberry · · Score: 1

    Or, the politician needs to give a good reason why their views have changed other than "Because I am more likely to be elected".

    I know that makes them sound bad, but isn't part of an elected official's duty to act based on the opinions of their constituents (i.e., promise them what they want to get elected)?

    Of course, that would only be valid if they didn't go immediately back to their original stance once in office...

  15. Re:I don't think it'll have the same impact. on Security Camp Is Not Space Camp, Just Based On It (Video) · · Score: 1

    Typical Recation: ...?

    Is that like a vacation that you take twice?

  16. Re:Next up: Ninja Camp on Security Camp Is Not Space Camp, Just Based On It (Video) · · Score: 1

    The Ninja Security Agency?

  17. Re:Why? on Amazon To Pay Texas Sales Tax · · Score: 1

    A distribution center isn't a business? Or are they distributing without charge or paid employees from public lands?

  18. Re:Note to all governments on Amazon To Pay Texas Sales Tax · · Score: 1

    Amazon Internet Usage Fee.

    The law says "Brick and mortar presence". It may not say "Amazon" on the front, and I'm a self-confessed Amazon fan-boy, but if you set up a 100% owned brick-and-mortar subsidiary in the state, then yeah, you owe them taxes or you need to set up in a state in which you won't. Figure out whether you come out ahead making 0% taxed sales from Texas or shipping from somewhere else.

  19. Re:he was giving out business cards.... on North Carolina Threatens To Shut Down Nutrition Blogger · · Score: 1

    Revenue from ads on the page he was advertising is kind of a mixed bag. Charging for private phone consultations I would say certainly qualifies.

  20. Re:Sweet, I'm a practicing therapist on North Carolina Threatens To Shut Down Nutrition Blogger · · Score: 1

    Only if you charge for it. How do I get that job?

  21. Re:he was giving out business cards.... on North Carolina Threatens To Shut Down Nutrition Blogger · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So handing out business cards is the definition of a business transaction?

    No, but handing out cards advertising services that you offer in return for compensation sure makes it look like one.

  22. Re:We should have known! on Australia's Largest Police Force Accused of Widespread Piracy · · Score: 2

    Somehow "Argh! G'day!" just doesn't have much of a ring to it...

  23. Re:Why not just wait? on Brain Scan Can Predict Math Mistakes · · Score: 1

    That's correct. I took my GRE back in '99 or so. The reading comprehension didn't seem too tough (but I only hit a 540 if I remember correctly so I guess it was harder than I comprehended.) The other two sections were getting fairly difficult because I hit perfect 800's.

    But, while adjusting an exam while you're taking it to better gauge where you stand seems useful, using something like this as an every day teaching tool is radically different and, to me, seems counter-productive.

  24. Re:Maybe there's something wrong with me... on Brain Scan Can Predict Math Mistakes · · Score: 1

    At my college the math & physics departments were basically at war over teaching methods and decided to swap who was teaching a couple of classes. Trying to take Differential Equations from a physics professor was a complete nightmare. Not only do you need to have compatibility between students and teachers, you need a good match between teachers and their subjects. It's like saying that a good manager can manage any department whether he understands what his employees do or not.

  25. Re:See where this is going? on Facebook Purchases 650 AOL Patents From Microsoft · · Score: 1

    In the end there can be only one.