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  1. Re:Summary of /. Reaction to Proposal on Firefox To Replace Menus With Office Ribbon · · Score: 2

    I dislike the ribbon interface because I find that the many actions take 1 to 3 more mouse clicks compare to the classic office interface.

    I tried the change. I don't think it is an improvement.

  2. Re:tagged: !change on $18M Contract For Transparency Website Released — But Blacked Out · · Score: 1

    That's right. We had to sign those damn treaties. I forgot that the US isn't sovereign over itself.

  3. Re:"Junk" DNA on Prehistoric Gene Reawakened To Battle HIV · · Score: 1

    Obviously you don't worry about maintaining backwards compatibility while adding new features in your job.

  4. Re:The glaciers are retreating! on Formerly Classified Global Warming Spy Photos Released · · Score: 1

    I agree a religion is not require. I don't agree religion is a contradiction to "right result" for someone else. It is only a contradiction for your "right result."

    I still believe the point of my original post, "wrong reason, right result" is flawed, still stands. The pursued argument further supports the my assertion.

    The straw at this moment seems strong enough.

  5. Re:The glaciers are retreating! on Formerly Classified Global Warming Spy Photos Released · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Are there any religions you believe should be endorsed by the government because they bring about the right result?

    My comment is to point out the flaw in "wrong reason, right result" thought process; not to debate the validity of global warming.

  6. Re:He has shown forty years of bias on EPA Quashed Report Skeptical of Global Warming · · Score: 1

    Economists are handy in almost any subject area where a practical statistical analysis needs to be made of real world data. Given the data that climatology uses appears to be large statical data sets, an economists is very worthwhile to have on a team study climate change. While they an economist may not be able to determine why something is happening, they will be able to tell you if statistical data supports the hypothesis.

  7. Re:Ethanol is just stupid on The Great Ethanol Scam · · Score: 1

    I understand your comment but none of those calamities are exclusive to free market or government.

  8. Re:no, its because 160 on Why Text Messages Are Limited To 160 Characters · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's a long fail.

  9. Re:Cavemen? on Some Large Dinosaurs Survived the K-T Extinction · · Score: 1

    For the curious, yet uninformed, which event in scientific discovery occurred 200 years ago? Please do not say Darwin's Theory of Evolution because the second voyage of the Beagle did not occur until 1831; "On the Origin of Species" did not occur until 1859.

  10. Re:And.... on Senator Arlen Specter Becomes a Democrat · · Score: 1

    Go to Canada and wait two weeks to see the doctor for the broken ankle. By the way, it is common for the bone to have to be rebroken to get it set properly. Go Universal Healthcare.

  11. Re:So.. on Energy-Beaming Space Collector To Also Alter Weather? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yea, but the government has the authority to use force. Disney can loop "It's a Small World." Pick your poison.

  12. Re:Intel must be really confident in its new GPU on NVIDIA Countersues Intel Over License Conflict · · Score: 1

    If subpar technology faded, then we would all be running Alpha processors instead of x86.

  13. Re:MAP vs Price Fixing on Battle Over Minimum Pricing Heating Up · · Score: 1

    MAP is a joke. Wisconsin has minimum markup on goods by law to "protect the small guy." (Yes, I understand that MAP and minimum markup are not the same, but the effect on the consumer is almost the same.) MAP and minimum marks ups do nothing to protect the small guy. I see all of the same big box stores dominating in Wisconsin as I see everywhere else in the country. In the end any minimum price fixing to "protect the small guy" does nothing but hurt the consumer.

    When it comes to lowering prices, supplier competition is king. Guess what, as a consumer retail outlets are the supplier, not the manufacturer.

  14. Re:well, this part makes me wonder if I can share on Stallman Unsure Whether Firefox Is Truly Free · · Score: 1

    I would donate millions of man-hours to write software for the F-22 if I got to do the hardware testing.

  15. Re:One thing annoys me: on TrueCrypt 5.0 Released, Now Encrypts Entire Drive · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Assuming there is free space to move data between and have room for a new partition. While not critical, still an inconvience