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  1. Re:BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA on True Size of the Shadow Banking System Revealed (Spoiler: Humongous) · · Score: 1

    I'd love to hear your insights on Regulatory Capture, especially any differences between your view and those of the Wikipedia article. Would you mind sharing any links to your insights on this issue?

  2. Re:No one to blame but themselves on X.Org Foundation Loses 501(c)3 Non-Profit Status · · Score: 1

    That's what the W-4 is for. Income tracked under your W-4 is proof that you made money that might be taxable. You don't pay taxes if you made no money that year.

  3. Re:No one to blame but themselves on X.Org Foundation Loses 501(c)3 Non-Profit Status · · Score: 1

    But you still have to *file*. They hadn't filed at all for several years, and it finally caught up to them.

  4. Re:As a tinfoil hat-smith on What Wi-Fi Would Look Like If We Could See It · · Score: 2
    Agreed; I RTFA in order to learn something about the patterns for broadcasting, reflecting, and cancelling out of these waves. Instead, the images were created by someone who has less of a clue about radio waves than even I do, and they didn't even try to visualize anything even remotely close to reality.

    TLDR: Ooh, pretty colors.

  5. Re:Imagine that on Google Raises Campaign Funds For Climate Change Denier · · Score: 2

    Do No Evil. Unless it make good business sense.

  6. Re:RTFA. on Motorola Is Listening · · Score: 1
    To add some context, those jets are owned by an LLC named H211, and the LLC is owned (or at least operated) by several Google execs.

    http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/11/googles-3-top-executives-have-8-private-jets/

  7. Re:So much for... on Teenage League of Legends Player Jailed For Months For Facebook Joke · · Score: 2
    Nice, I see what you did there. You have many career options available to you in the public sector.

    Might I suggest the Department of Truth?

  8. Re:Good for the economy. on Use Tor, Get Targeted By the NSA · · Score: 3, Informative

    Because of the Fourth Amendment.

  9. Re:What kind of hardware do I need to play this? on Pitcher-Turned-Law Student On Cheating In Baseball · · Score: 2

    No worries, you can always buy the DLC (steroids) that everyone is complaining about as being Pay to Win.

  10. Re:So? on Google Code Deprecates Download Service For Project Hosting · · Score: 2

    A true vanguard. You rock!

    In order to help your users even further, you may want to think about devolving your app to just pseudo-code. I'm sure that your choice of programming language has given pause to many upcoming Logo programmers out there.

  11. Re:So what? on China's Allwinner Outsold Intel, Qualcomm In Tablet Processors In 2012 · · Score: 2

    Sometimes a person is perfectly fine with buying and using a toaster instead of buying and using a whole oven.

    The same goes for tablets; for casual surfing or communications, a slower, smaller tablet is fine for many people. Those who have tasks that require more CPU power will, of course, purchase different tablets more suitable for those types of tasks. But those uses don't' negate the value of cheap, "lightweight" tablets for other users' uses.

  12. Re:mature response to a corporate stumble on Microsoft Prepares Rethink On Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    I fail to see what Metro is good for except on a tablet. Windows 8 is indeed a step in the right direction, but Metro should have only been the default Start menu on tablets.

  13. Re:Decade long dearth of any good television? on The Dark Side of Amazon's New Pilots · · Score: 1

    While your plan may be admirable to many, I fail to see how you can expect people to "get off the internet". The Internet is not a physical thing that people can climb onto and off of; it is a collection of logical 1s and 0s that have no tangible physical presence.

  14. Re:Oh Canada... on Canadian Official Escorted From House For Others' Facebook Comments · · Score: 1

    So a Canadian who didn't want to pay her bills moved back to Canada, leaving the bill to be paid for by Americans. That's something to be proud of....

  15. Re:Cover story? on American Airlines Grounds Flights · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think that a passenger saw a monster on the wing, like what happened in "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet".

    Hey, if we're going to be making up random shit, it might as well be something cool.

  16. Re:Agents do have some latitude on TSA Log Shows Passengers Say the Darndest Things · · Score: 2

    "Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists."
    - George W. Bush

    I believe that this quote sums up the frame of mind that justifies making casual comments about any national security issues potential threats themselves (the comments).

  17. Re:Taste like asparagus? on How To Hunt a Cicada Smorgasbord · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Why, because they look funny to us? Check out how freaky lobsters look.

    Because they're small? So are all of those tasty yeast microbes.

    Because you were told that bugs aren't food, so eating them is something to worry about? Some bugs are very tasty, and most are quite safe to eat and are quite nutritious.

  18. Re:Lesson: Licensing costs suck on PayPal To Replace VMware With OpenStack · · Score: 1

    First to market != monopoly

  19. Re:Have done this for 3 years in the US. on How a Programmer Gets By On $16K/Yr: He Moves to Malaysia · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The key is having no debts...

    Actually, the key is having no medical problems.

  20. Re:Good on 41 Months In Prison For Man Who Leaked AT&T iPad Email Addresses · · Score: 1

    This would be a great analogy if your home is located on AT&T's property, weren't ever allowed to go to your home (but you could view it and AT&T's discretion), and your house was made entirely of windows.

  21. Re:Seriously now... on Google's Punishment? Lecture Those They Snooped On · · Score: 1

    I still don't understand how someone can steal something that they already own (Public Domain).

  22. A hoax on Ukrainian Attack Dolphins Are On the Loose · · Score: 4, Informative
  23. Re:Nuclear Options? on StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm Released · · Score: 3, Informative

    North Korea and South Korea are two different countries.

  24. Re:so what? on Homeland Security Stole Michael Arrington's Boat · · Score: 2

    No, it's OK to temporarily seize his boat because there was an error on his paperwork (clerical or not).

    No, it is not OK, regardless of the person't wealth. It is not OK to sieze property because of a governmental clerical error. It is not OK to sieze property because of governmental clerical error. It is not OK to put a person in jail temporarily because of a governmental clerical error.

    Clerical errors can take *years* to identify and remedy. It is not OK to punish the victim of these errors until the error can be corrected, again, regardless of the wealth of the victim.

  25. Re:Really Blizzard? REALLY? on Blizzard Has a Version of Diablo 3 Running On Consoles · · Score: 2

    Seriously. I have no idea how PvP could work in D3

    PvP damage scaling.