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  1. I heard that with maps instead of math tables, putting errors in on purpose to help notice infringement

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartography#Cartographic_errors

  2. Re:Big Bang on The Laws of Physics Trump Traffic Laws · · Score: 1

    Only Raj is (at the least quite a metrosexual)
    And Amy has sometimes made homoerotic comments around Penny

  3. Re:go catch real crooks cops on The Laws of Physics Trump Traffic Laws · · Score: 1

    here in NY state:
    Left on red is OK if you're going from a one way street to another one way street.
    Right on red is OK unless a sign at the intersection specifically says otherwise.
    You have to come to a complete stop rather than just slow down like for a regular turn.
    (well, OK if the traffic's clear)

    just switch the words right and left to think about the UK equivalent.

  4. reasonable doubt on The Laws of Physics Trump Traffic Laws · · Score: 1

    yeah, it sounds like what may have been obscured is enough to generate reasonable doubt

  5. Re:Actually.. on The Laws of Physics Trump Traffic Laws · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I figure that even if some of the points are technically accurate, they're presented with one hell of a slant.
    Yep, it's offtopic - zealots have a habit of doing that - out of enthusiasm, jamming stuff in where it doesn't really fit the discussion.

  6. Re:She did the right thing. on Teacher's Aide Fired For Refusing To Hand Over Facebook Password · · Score: 1

    Yeah, let SCOTUS speak before people get in trouble and dragged through the courts.

  7. Re:The battle now begins. on Teacher's Aide Fired For Refusing To Hand Over Facebook Password · · Score: 1

    funny (well not funny, it's ridiculous), an Italian teacher caught hell because she was a sexy model on the side

  8. Re:I'll own up to it...I throw them away on Canada To Stop Making Pennies · · Score: 1

    or at least making the change an even dollar amount - say $20.51 for a $8.51 total. $12 is easier than $20-$8.51=$11.49

    also in the supplying cashiers with change department: when I have extra small bills, I give the cashier $20 worth for a $20

    this also keeps you from accumulating too much of the small stuff.

  9. this happens with paper currency too on Canada To Stop Making Pennies · · Score: 1

    Massachusetts is the home of Crane Paper Company, which makes the paper for US paper currency; their lobbying has helped keep the $1 bill in circulation.

  10. yes [citation included] on Canada To Stop Making Pennies · · Score: 1

    The US law also forbids exporting the coins to melt down

    USC Title 31 Section 5111 subsection D (http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/31/5111) gives the Secretary of the Treasury the option, http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/?action=press_release&ID=724 [usmint.gov] is about that option being used.

  11. Re:I'll own up to it...I throw them away on Canada To Stop Making Pennies · · Score: 1

    I live in New York, fairly close to the Canadian border, and Canadian small change gets mixed in without incident.
    When I was searching penny rolls, about 2% of them were Canadian. 5c,10c,25c and $1 show up sometimes too.
    I remember a Canadian nickel getting rejected when I was in the DC area.

  12. Re:Always amazes me on German Court Rules Rapidshare Is Legal, But Must Adjust Content Policies · · Score: 1

    even if someone likes to create, they sometimes can't afford to do so at the best of their abilities.
    some people are professional enough to do a good job at something they don't like doing. (this includes the unpleasant aspects of something one likes to do overall)
    in either case, money can help

  13. Re:The Administration's Sweating Profusely on Army Reviews Controversial Drug After Afghan Massacre · · Score: 1

    Yeah, if Bales pulls off an OJ Simpson, the shit will hit the fan even more than it already has. Yet ya don't want to railroad/scapegoat him either

  14. Paging Carl von Clausewitz on Army Reviews Controversial Drug After Afghan Massacre · · Score: 1

    Sounds like Clausewitz' conception of war

    Also, to refer to "It's about finding out who loses less" in buchner.johannes' post and "making it unacceptably costly for your opponent to resist your political will" in yours - make it more costly for them than for you.

  15. Re:Rochester and Boston for sure on Historic Heat In North America Turns Winter To Summer · · Score: 1

    the relative lack of snow was nice, but now it's too hot too soon.
    yeah, mid-March and I'm thinking about air conditioners (we use window units, I'd need to get them out of the garage and put them back in)

  16. hyprocrites on Surviving the Cashless Cataclysm · · Score: 1

    yeah, credit card fees add up, but 7-11should be the last to complain about high prices

  17. Rochester and Boston for sure on Historic Heat In North America Turns Winter To Summer · · Score: 1

    I'm from Rochester, NY and I was in Boston last weekend; it's particularly warm in both places.

    this is almost surreal

    It's around St. Patrick's Day, so the green is fitting
    normally Rochester March heat wave means 50
    we didn't set our clocks ahead an hour, we set them ahead an entire season

    In the words of Monty Python, this is getting silly.

  18. what do you mean? on Teacher Suspended For Reading Ender's Game To Students · · Score: 1

    is this comment about how the book discussed brutal warfare, or saying Sherman was justified in laying waste to SC?

  19. Re:Put them to work on Teacher Suspended For Reading Ender's Game To Students · · Score: 1

    Paragraph 1 reminded me of http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Bart_Stops_to_Smell_the_Roosevelts, a Simpsons episode where Superintendent Chalmers gets through to Bart by teaching him about guy stuff

    I've heard that conspiracy before.

    Also, I'm front Rochester NY and one of the recent local news stories had to do with a student catching hell for a critical essay; here's one link about that: http://www.fdfny.org/blog/2012/02/27/breaking-news-13-year-old-jada-williams-persecuted-by-the-rochester-city-school-district/

  20. Re:Next thing you'll know,... on Michael Bay To Remake TMNT As Aliens · · Score: 1

    finally something that should explode

  21. me likey cash on Sweden Moving Towards Cashless Economy · · Score: 1

    I like cash
    However, that might be due to me being a collector and Where's George? user, rather than strictly practical advantages of cash or disadvantages of electronic transactions.

  22. Maiden? on Sweden Moving Towards Cashless Economy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    did you mean to reference the Iron Maiden song 22 Acacia Avenue with your sample address?

    anyway, I don't see how people knowing that you bought hamburger buns is a big deal.

  23. Re:This comic seems appropriate on Ruling Prohibits Kaleidescape From Selling, Supporting Movie Servers · · Score: 1

    the comic does say that he doesn't want to buy the whole channel just for one show.

  24. charging more to rental stores on Ruling Prohibits Kaleidescape From Selling, Supporting Movie Servers · · Score: 1

    I thought that was because copyright law treated paid rentals differently, in addition to any special needs of the rental business (different packaging, extra-durable tapes, whatever)

  25. Poe's Law on US Government Withdraws IANA Contract From ICANN · · Score: 2

    sounds like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_Law in a nutshell