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  1. Re:RLCs = more danger on Red Light Camera Use Declined In 2013 For the First Time · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I've seen plenty of intersections where, once the light turns yellow, there is not enough time to cross before it turns red while going the posted speed limit. Every intersection is different and should have its own timing based on speed limit, length, and other factors.

  2. Love it on Disney Pulls a Reverse Santa, Takes Back Christmas Shows From Amazon Customers · · Score: 5, Informative

    The best arguments for piracy come from the studios/MPAA/RIAA/media outlets themselves. Even after you pay for content, it's only their whim that lets you keep it.

  3. Re:We already know who created Bitcoin on Bitcoin Inventor Satoshi Nakamoto Could Actually Be Group From Europe · · Score: 1

    "Nick Szabo" is also a group of people.

  4. Re:Oh NSA on CBS 60 Minutes: NSA Speaks Out On Snowden, Spying · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Right. If it's only 60 Americans, why are you building a massive data center in Utah?

  5. Re:The article is FUD on Get Ready For a Streaming Music Die-Off · · Score: -1, Troll

    Sure, current generation of services might die off, but as long as there is demand there will be a way to make money off it.

    So you're saying the same thing the summary is. Do you just like arguing?

  6. Re:This app never seemed necessary on FTC Drops the Hammer On Maker of Location-Sharing Flashlight App · · Score: 2

    It's for the LED flash next to the camera, which is much brighter than a white screen.

  7. Re:Quit texting with our mouth on Visual Guide – the Making of a DIY Space Capsule · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's called vernacular, and it makes it easier to read as it's more relatable. Sorta like using contractions and incomplete sentences. Like your first sentence. And your second one.

  8. Re:Not restrained by law? on Obama Praises NSA But Promises To Rein It In · · Score: 1

    I didn't say that, now did I?

  9. Re:Not restrained by law? on Obama Praises NSA But Promises To Rein It In · · Score: 1

    It is not against U.S. law for U.S. intelligence agencies to spy on foreigners.

  10. Re:Who to elect? on Ask TechFreedom's Berin Szoka About Govt. Policy and Privacy Online · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    It's not a question of who to elect, but whom to elect.

  11. Re:Tough luck.. on Thieves Who Stole Cobalt-60 Will Soon Be Dead · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The karma is not for what they did but what they could have done with it.

    Good point. And your mom should be charged with prostitution, because she could do it.

  12. Re:"They will, without a doubt, die." on Thieves Who Stole Cobalt-60 Will Soon Be Dead · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's too bad they found that cobalt. If not, they would have lived forever!

  13. I would like to turn my nerd card in on Tesla Would Be Proud: Wireless Charging For Electric Cars Gets Closer To Reality · · Score: 4, Funny

    When I read Tesla in the title, my first thought was the car manufacturer. It wasn't until a few minutes later I realized it was referring to the inventor. If someone would kindly give me the proper address, I will hand in my nerd card. I'm sorry, everyone.

  14. Re:Going to change everything on Andy Rubin Is Heading a Secret Robotics Project At Google · · Score: 2

    Civil unrest begins after unemployment % reaches a threshold. I don't know what the threshold is,

    So civil unrest may happen at some point. That's about as useful as saying there will be civil unrest unless there won't. Thanks a lot.

  15. Re:No, the worst part was joining in the attack on Anonymous Member Sentenced For Joining DDoS Attack For One Minute · · Score: 1

    And if 8,000 people threw the brick, don't charge each person with the entire cost. He's guilty and should be charged, but the punishment is not proportional to the crime.

  16. Re:A phone should not need a case on Yota Phone Launches With Secondary E-Ink Display · · Score: 1

    Yeah, and everyone uses their phones in the same environment with the same stress. Thanks for your input, but I need a case.

  17. Re:Durability? on Yota Phone Launches With Secondary E-Ink Display · · Score: 2

    How many of them are clear on the back? Normal style cases wouldn't do the trick for this phone.

  18. Durability? on Yota Phone Launches With Secondary E-Ink Display · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I like having a working phone after the inevitable drop, which means putting it in a case. This phone looks cool, but unless it's built to be durable without an additional case, or they have a custom case to make both screens usable, I'm no interested.

  19. USB cables are 4 dimensional on Death to the Trapezoid... Next USB Connector Will Be Reversible · · Score: 4, Funny

    Proof that USB cables are 4 dimensional.

    Apologies if this appears twice. It looks like slashdot ate the first attempt.

  20. Re:Every year on The Desktop Is Dead, Long Live the Desktop! · · Score: 5, Funny

    Reading the entire summary before posting is generally not needed and considered bad form.

  21. Re:What country is Shanghai? on New Education Performance Data Published: Asia Dominates · · Score: 1

    Ironic? The only thing ironic is your inability to articulate what you mean clearly while accusing the summary of the same thing. Perhaps you meant sarcasm, and my detector failed.

  22. Re:What country is Shanghai? on New Education Performance Data Published: Asia Dominates · · Score: 2

    Wow, reading fail again. I never said, nor implied that. I merely stated that the fantastic summary never said that Shanghai was a country.

    I would agree that comparing a city to a country is unfair, but that's not what this conversation started off as.

  23. Re:What country is Shanghai? on New Education Performance Data Published: Asia Dominates · · Score: 2

    Read it again for yourself. It says 'countries and economies' but the post you quoted left off 'and economies'. We know how to read just fine. You need some work.

  24. Re:What country is Shanghai? on New Education Performance Data Published: Asia Dominates · · Score: 2

    Good thing you didn't selectively quote, like leaving off 'and economies' from the end. That might have made you look stupid.

  25. Re:Cannot compare a city to a country on New Education Performance Data Published: Asia Dominates · · Score: 1

    Or perhaps, at best, an entire Chinese province to a US State. The results of this study only show that students in the best Chinese schools are only slightly above US with all of its good schools and bad averaged together.