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  1. Re:I don't get it at all on Terror Arrest Used As Fodder To Fund Real ID Act · · Score: 1

    I'm really, truly apathetic on this, and I don't understand why anyone cares at all.

    It's a huge waste of money. We pay that money with our taxes or with fees associated with the IDs.

  2. Re:But.. But... on High-Bandwidth Users Are Just Early Adopters · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Just because there's a conflict of interest doesn't mean the data is a lie. This should be as obvious as the correlation/causation idiom.

  3. Re:What an amazing offer on How To Protect Your Privacy and Make Money · · Score: 1

    I've visited Rhode Island several times, and several gas stations there have 2 prices listed now. You pay ~5 cents less per gallon of gas if you pay cash.

    This was in the Warwick / West Warwick area.

  4. Re:Forget advocates how about consumers in general on BitTorrent Ponders Releasing World ISP P2P Speed Report · · Score: 1

    Or it could also be interesting that your 10 Mb/s speed is available never. How would that go over?

  5. Re:The difference? on Facebook-Direct Phones — and Facebook Right On the SIM · · Score: 1

    Rereading, perhaps I misunderstood or was not clear. I've never had a text message to or from a company that wasn't considered a domestic message. Why would you expect messages to and from this one to be non-domestic?

  6. Re:The difference? on Facebook-Direct Phones — and Facebook Right On the SIM · · Score: 2

    Unlimited domestic text messages are a difference of $10 on my T-Mobile (yes, US) plan.

  7. Re:Not censored in australia? on Duke Nukem Forever Not Edited For Australia · · Score: 1

    It's funny, because they act like an "AO" rating here doesn't have the exact same result as refusing classification in Australia.

  8. Re:Won't somebody think of the children!? on Duke Nukem Forever Not Edited For Australia · · Score: 1

    I remember, too. I found the first 2 much more fun.

  9. Re:Safeway on Algorithm Contest Aims To Predict Health Problems · · Score: 1

    The same thing applies to non-smokers with regard to smoking breaks. You'd be an idiot to take up smoking just for that incentive.

  10. Re:Awesome on Ford Building Cars That Talk To Other Cars · · Score: 1

    "If your going slower than the right hand lane, your breaking the law..."

    Where are you that you think that's true? Are you sure? Also, "you're"

  11. Contradiction on 100 P2P Users Upload 75% of Content · · Score: 4, Informative

    Headline says uploading, summary and linked article say downloading. Headline is wrong.

  12. Re:They once were on America Losing Its Edge In Innovation · · Score: 1

    Sounds like you should watch the "Homer's Enemy" episode.

  13. Re:Too late on Mozilla To Release Firefox 4 Next Month · · Score: 1

    Master password? Depends on your computer's living situation, of course.

  14. Re:Personally.... on How To Use a Real Guitar With Rock Band 3 · · Score: 2

    True, it's not music, it's rhythm. Do you hate the drums and singing and keyboard (which are all somewhat similar to the real thing), or just the guitar peripheral?

  15. Re:Early Development on College Students Lack Scientific Literacy · · Score: 1

    You're ignoring the fact that English is pronounced differently in different places.

  16. Re:Rename the class on Do High Schools Know What 'Computer Science' Is? · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think you mean discrete math, unless they're teaching how to do math without drawing attention.

  17. Ratings on Amazon Fake Products and Fake Reviews · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is why Amazon likes to show you the top-rated positive comment and the top-rated negative comment. It's why they have reviewer ratings and the "Vine" program. It's why they have the whole meta-rating system in the first place. Don't ever take the star score at face value. Put more weight behind confirmed real names. Read review comments. It's not that hard to figure out.

  18. Re:Must run on One Night Stands May Be Genetic · · Score: 1

    Sexist. Perhaps it's X-recessive?

  19. Re:Reaction on Nook Color Rooted — Will B&N Embrace the Tablet? · · Score: 1

    That's because the Library of Congress made jailbreaking of phones legal by adding it to the list of DMCA exceptions.

  20. Re:Why do they call it the Xbox 360? on The 5-Year Console Cycle Is Dead · · Score: 1

    Actually, it's only 270 degrees of a circle; it's three of the four lights. Do a google image search.

  21. Re:Democrats loved the Pentagon Papers on Compiling the WikiLeaks Fallout · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Their agenda seems to be government transparency.

  22. Re:The "enhanced" procedures are useless on TSA Saw My Junk, Missed Razor Blades, Says Adam Savage · · Score: 1

    "When" isn't really accurate. Wikipedia says "currently in use in the US at airports, four court houses, and two correctional facilities"
    I'd link but I'm using Chrome and I don't want to hand-type the URL.

  23. Re:Hmmm, don't really like the guys tone on Xbox Live Enforcement — No Swastika Logo · · Score: 1

    Same situation for me when I was 7 or 8 years old, except that mine was on paper and my teacher was of Jewish descent. She freaked out and called my parents, who told her I had no idea what it represented (which was true). I was told not to draw that anymore.

    Point: I thought it was a cool symbol, having no context of its associations.

  24. Re:From the No-shit-sherlock department on Oxford Scientists Say Dogs Are Smarter Than Cats · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That's not intelligence. That's toxoplasmosis.

  25. Re:Expensive Price on Anti-Smartphone Phone Launched For Technophobes · · Score: 3, Informative