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  1. Re:New cover on The Continued Censorship of Huckleberry Finn · · Score: 1

    Yup. Laughed out loud.

  2. Anti-malware? on Android Trojan Found, Spreading From Chinese App Stores · · Score: 1

    So is anti-virus/anti-malware worth installing on an Android phone? Because, yeah, I don't like installing apps that ask for permissions, but it seems like almost every app asks for "Full Internet Access," at least. I can't always tell the good ones from the bad. Would a free anti-malware app help or is it just a waste of time?

  3. Re:Alternative solution on North Magnetic Pole Racing Toward Siberia · · Score: 1

    But in order to generate enough magnetism to align the giant magnet we'd have to reroute power through the deflector dish and reverse polarity on the electromagnetic field; like souring the mother's milk.

  4. Sell advertising space on the side of their trucks on A Blue-Sky Idea For the USPS — Postal Trucks As Sensors · · Score: 1

    Worked great on The Apprentice.

  5. Confucius peace prize on China Blocks News Websites In Protest of Nobel · · Score: 2

    Of course, I prefer the peace prize in its original Klingon text.

  6. Re:Perhaps a structural solution would be better on Corporations Hiring Hooky Hunters · · Score: 1

    My employer does one better. Combined sick days and vacation days, yes, but if you're out sick for two days you're automatically put on short term disability, which pays 100% up to something like 500 hours. Down side, they combined holidays with sick and vacation, too, but I'll take the good with the bad.

  7. Re:Mandatory chastity belts? on US May Disable All Car Phones, Says Trans. Secretary · · Score: 1

    Only if they're hands-free...

  8. Re:so my choice is on US Marshals Saved 35,000 Full Body Scans · · Score: 4, Insightful

    they've permanently altered our society to turn us into scared cattle and they've permanently made airplanes a hellish unattractive transportation method

    No. That was us.

  9. Re:Okay... on UK Games Retailers Threaten Boycott of Steam Games · · Score: 4, Insightful

    and make every "purchase" nothing more than a really expensive rental.

    Almost every game I've purchased on Steam was under $5. Some even less. Never more than $10. Not that expensive as far as a "rental" goes.

  10. Re:People want fear, not facts on 2010 Election Results Are In · · Score: 1

    We are responsible for our own deterioration.

  11. Re:OK, I'll bite. on 1928 Time Traveler Caught On Film? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Given that it's a time traveler, I'd say, "Can you hear me then?

  12. Re:Parenting skills? on Apple Awarded Anti-Sexting Patent · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Not monitoring anything isn't good parenting either.

  13. Not saying I'm ok with it... on College Student Finds GPS On Car, FBI Retrieves It · · Score: 4, Interesting
    ..but it wasn't totally out of the blue. FTA:

    Six months ago, a former roommate of his was visited by FBI agents who said they wanted to speak with Afifi. Afifi contacted one agent and was told the agency received an anonymous tip from someone saying he might be a threat to national security. Afifi told the agent he was willing to answer questions if his lawyer approved. But after Afifi's lawyer contacted the agency, he never heard from the feds again until he found their tracking device.

  14. Re:And for those who don't use Steam on First Reviews of Civilization V · · Score: 1

    Also because of the activation, the game may not be resold.

    I thought that you could "gift" games away after you bought them. Am I wrong about that?

  15. Re:Closer on World's First Transcontinental Anesthesia · · Score: 1

    Yup. That's how we roll.

  16. Re:Kinda Sad on Mozilla Unleashes JaegerMonkey Enabled Firefox 4 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I don't know. I think that if the big corporations are made to care about things that "common folk" care about simply because of competition from FOSS projects, that in itself is a kind of victory for FOSS.

  17. Book burning falls under a rule of thumb... on Rackspace Shuts Down Quran-Burning Church's Sites · · Score: 1
    I try to follow, which is: If Hitler tried it, maybe go a different route.

    --Brad Stine (misquoted horribly)

  18. The only dance move you really need to know is... on Researchers Discover Irresistible Dance Moves · · Score: 1

    A jump to the left, and then a step to the right. With your hands on your hips, bring your knees in tight...

  19. Re:vpns? maybe outsourcing will slow down, then. on India Now Wants Access To Google and Skype · · Score: 2, Insightful
    The flaw in your logic is that you're thinking about the long term. In my experience, senior executives are brought in to a company with the understanding that they will do whatever it takes to jack the stock price up a certain percentage, then get the hell out. Outsourcing is perfect for them because it lowers the bottom line short-term, they post record profits, and then get out before it all comes tumbling down.

    Ok, I admit, I'm only thinking of one or two executives in particular right now, but it can't be too uncommon.

  20. Re:How far back you want to go? on Library of Congress Opens Records of Anti-Comic Book Shrink · · Score: 1

    Thought I knew 'em all. The dice is new to me. I should add that my parents allowed all these things, but others in my home church didn't, and the church itself surely condemned all those heathen practices.

  21. Re:Buy one get one? on NIH Orders Halt To Embryonic Stem Cell Research · · Score: 1

    I refuse to allow the beliefs of anybody to get in the way of scientific research.

    You sure you mean anybody? I mean, you could learn a lot about the human body's capacity for pain and mental anguish by abducting people and torturing them, just as an example. That's against your religious beliefs, but you wouldn't stop it, because then you'd be the one getting in the way of scientific research.

  22. Re:How far back you want to go? on Library of Congress Opens Records of Anti-Comic Book Shrink · · Score: 2, Informative

    You skipped movies and playing cards (the standard kings, queen, aces, spaces, clubs kind -- they were/are viewed as being too tarot-like or too close to gambling).

  23. Re:Demonization? on Library of Congress Opens Records of Anti-Comic Book Shrink · · Score: 1

    The trauma this man has inflicted on American media culture -such that entire media are still seen, more than 50 years later, as fit only for children...

    I'm not so sure about that. I was into adult-oriented comics for a while, got out of it in college when money got tight, then just recently I went back into a shop specifically to try to find something kid-oriented that I could use to try to hook my 7-year old. I mean, yeah, they were there, but I had to look pretty hard. I might be an exception, but I've flip-flopped. Now I view almost the entire media as being fit only for mature readers, where the kid-stuff is the exception.

  24. Re:Inaccurate Headline & Summary on Library of Congress Opens Records of Anti-Comic Book Shrink · · Score: 1

    Which one? I mean, there are something like 10,000 of those things on my hard drive alone.

  25. Re:Sauce for the goose on GPS Tracking Without a Warrant Declared Legal · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You are not allowed to track government vehicles. A relative of mine is looking at a prison sentence because he hid a GPS device in his wife's car (he suspected her of cheating). His wife is a civilian who works at an air force base. When she went through the gates they detected it somehow and, well, he got in trouble. Granted, the law might be different for police vehicles, but I really doubt it.