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  1. The real crime is on AT&T On Data Throttling: Blame Yourselves · · Score: 0

    overselling service to a point you can no longer cover the service contracts sold. It is fraud isn't it?

  2. Isn't TSA just a super expensive scapegoat? on Laser Scanner May Allow Passengers To Take Bottled Drinks On Planes Again · · Score: 0

    A scapegoat designed to divert attention to the real problem going on, politicians and their antics.
    If you've ever had the chance to be near a goat you well know you need to guard your personal items else they get eaten. And they leave crap everywhere.

    Seems to me that the only way to legitimize TSA is to institute a TSA duty system like jury duty.

  3. Re:and where is exactly the problem? on Journalist Arrested By Interpol For Tweet · · Score: 0

    Can someone enlighten me, please?

    I'm not sure if you're the one that needs it.

  4. Individual items in the flier... on Do You Like Online Privacy? You May Be a Terrorist · · Score: 0

    ...individually sound ok maybe. After reading it I have an overwhelming urge to turn in my Jewish neighbors. Anybody else have the same response?

  5. Bad for writers on Apple Unveils Software To Reinvent the Textbook · · Score: 0, Troll

    Be sure to read the License.pdf before you put any time into iBook Author. The Apple Overlawyers have done a doozy.

    Simply put if the Work isn't going to be free then it must only be distributed through Apple. You will need an apple contract. You will need some luck because your Work will have to be approved by Apple as well just like an app. If Apple chooses to censor your Work you do not have any way to send your completed work to any other distributor. You will then be forced to recreate your work in another ebook creator.

    If you are a non established writer, you owe it to yourself to use any tool other than iBook Author. Perhaps even if you are an established writer.

    It could be a good tool if the Overlawyers release their grip some.

  6. Re:Not at all. I've had a house built. on Code Cleanup Culls LibreOffice Cruft · · Score: 0

    Frankly I don't know what's inside my walls, and I'm not sure I want to know.

    I have found out what is in mine and I will agree that you do not want to know what is in yours.

  7. Re:Am I the only one on FreeDOS 1.1 Released · · Score: 0

    who misses the old 8 character filename limits?

    I-DO.TXT

  8. May be small but still big enough on Smallest Known Black Hole Found · · Score: 1

    to steal socks from the washer.

  9. I've never had Raspberry Pi on PCMCIA Computer Project Aims Even Higher (and Cheaper) Than Raspberry Pi · · Score: 1

    I did have a Blackberry crumble after falling down the stairs and Apple crisp up a lapboard after it was on a few hours.

  10. Partial Fix: Abolish all term limits on Congress's Techno-Ignorance No Longer Funny · · Score: 1

    and impose huge fines, jail time and immediate loss of position for lawmakers and staff receiving any money or gifts from lobbyists. Define gifts as anything more than you haven't eaten by the end of the day. So the plate of cookies from Martha homemaker are ok and the 500 lunch from a corporation are ok. Both allow bending of an ear but little else.

    It allows people who want to make a difference into lawmaking. It quickly disperses the ones who are willing to lie cheat and steal enough money for the next voting campaign.

    To help level out the playing field: Limit the amount of money a campaign fund can spend. Pay salary and benefits such that any other current sources of income will take away from your lawmaking salary. Stay at home. You cannot leave your voted state except for vacations and emergencies. This one will be particularly difficult for the people who get high on face to face inter-personal manipulations, bribes and compromises.

    The real problem is that often there is one or two people who want to do the right thing but are beaten down by the current way of doing things. In order to survive they have to adapt and become just like the others or fizzle out.

    Now if we could vote on the items we wish to spend our taxes on every four years we can solve a lot of problems.

  11. Driving while driving on Why the NTSB Is Wrong About Cellphones · · Score: 1

    is quite dangerous. It should be banned too.

  12. That makes sense on Japanese Use Wild Monkeys To Track Radiation · · Score: 1

    It is much easier to read a glowing monkey than listen to a Geiger counter. In Japan, I believe wild monkeys are quite often seen as pests so it makes it ok. Now if they could only militarize the cicadia population.

  13. We don't need it spelled out on NTSB Recommends Cell Phone Ban For Drivers · · Score: 1

    Technology in most phones have gps and the ability to know the phone is traveling faster than a humans two legs. A simple change to the code on the phone will make it the phone useless at dangerous speeds. Of course battery life will be next to zero and passengers will be affected as well. --- What truly is the purpose of this ban when there are already penalties for dangerous driving? Could it be that multiple yellow bus crash caused by texting being used by a politician for votes or is it purely to raise fines? The beauty of either is that it divides the population and lets it fight amongst itself instead of fighting to retain freedom from even more half cocked laws. Laws are already in place for reckless driving. --- Just because most text messages have misspellings and grammar problems doesn't mean we need this spelled out for us.

  14. Hovering at ten percent on US Senator Proposes Bill To Eliminate Overtime For IT Workers · · Score: 1

    Quite obviously there is no unemployment in the US. That is why we need to eliminate overtime. Actually it will be handled like the biannual psuedo time travel event because congress is involved. Before you leave clocks are turned back five hours.

  15. How much tech can kids take? on How Much Tech Can Kids Take? · · Score: 2

    Depends on how much room they have in their pockets, backpacks and fanny packs.

  16. And the new Doctor is Keanu Reeves. on Doctor Who To Become Hollywood Feature Film · · Score: 1

    You know... Ted.

    And The Master is Alex Winter.

    Hollywood already did this the last time the show went to the chopping block on Season 26. If this is a go and there is a Doctor change, Johnny Depp would work well with his character range.

  17. Re:New anti-privacy trends? on Verizon Wireless Changes Privacy Policy · · Score: 1

    Actually, I do not need to see ads for items I've researched and have made the decision to buy or not to buy while doing said research. It's not win/win because it eventually turns the decision to buy to a no due to over advertising. It's like seeing so many movie trailers that you don't need to go see the movie anymore.

  18. No one uses Microsoft Windows on Microsoft Killed the Start Menu Because No One Uses It · · Score: 1
    or the start menu?

    Seriously, it is going to be a very long time until my Apple or PC laptop or desktop are touch screen. Whats the rush to turn them into a tablet?

    I mean I'm just about never going to go up to my living room TV/Monitor to swipe around for daily computing. I'll probably get burnt from the heat and arthritis will severely cripple my workload. Although the heat will probably help out on the arthritic days.

    Removing the start menu is like key mapping return/enter to F1.

    Start menu is going to be in the 'enhanced' upgrade.

  19. Now that is a relief on Theremin Guitar Hero · · Score: 1

    My idea for Accordion Hero is safe.

    Just to screw around with the staff I went into the local game store attached to the Hollywood Video and asked for Accordion Hero. The kid actually started a stock check. His cohort was all excited because he thought such a product must be stock full of Weird Al songs.

    How many keys and buttons are there on an accordion? How big of a TV would it take to effectively play Accordion Hero?

  20. Re:The Earth is not a perfect sphere on More Spacecraft Velocity Anomalies · · Score: 1

    Earthspots. Why should the sun have all the fun?