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  1. Re:Relative terms, huh on Major ISPs Seek To Lower Broadband Definition · · Score: 1

    i have three mobile broadband and I love it. Mainly because I get 1GB per month and it was thrown in for free as an incentive to resign my phone contract for another 24 months. It is damned slow though.

  2. Re:Cue Standard Replies on Japan Plans $21B Space Power Plant · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure that if the /. story was about the physics of frying onions that someone would be able to link it to the Nazi's secret plan to create global warming in the future if they lost the war.

  3. Re:On grey goo on Swarms of Solar-Powered Microbots On the Way · · Score: 1

    You fail to take into account that the things that will possibly create the 'goo' think along the lines of 'If A=B then do C'. the procreating hordes on the planet's surface at the moment just want to know where to have lunch. I guess they could choose McDonalds?

  4. Re:New grey goo milestone on Swarms of Solar-Powered Microbots On the Way · · Score: 1

    I haven't repeated anything

  5. There's a good chance on Drop in P2P Traffic Attributed To Traffic Shaping · · Score: 1

    that most P2P is occurring when the criminals are in bed with their teddy bears

  6. Re:Smoker? on EMC Co-Founder Commits Suicide · · Score: 1

    The fact none of them mentions it probably answers that question. After all, we only found out the truth on throat cancer after the Gardasil vaccine became available. Those statistics where hidden for years and of course blamed on smokers. I cannot talk about this much further as I could become a stereotypical target of hate-crime legislation.

    • I do not support smoking (I support a person's right to smoke)
    • I am not saying that smoking is a healthy activity
    • I am not full of hate.
  7. Re:"Committed Suicide?" on EMC Co-Founder Commits Suicide · · Score: 1

    Hey, its my metaphor, and you've screwed it up. The "race" in the metaphor is, of course, life. But the "finish line" is not just any death, but natural death, i.e. dying of natural causes.

    So just how is Jesus today?

  8. Re:"Committed Suicide?" on EMC Co-Founder Commits Suicide · · Score: 1

    Those who take their own life aren't brave... that's all I'm saying. They should be held to the same standard as someone who runs a race, doesn't like how its going, and quits. Sure, personal choice. But the runner that makes it to the end, even if they are dead last, endears far greater respect.

    I will enjoy that respect as my poor crying wife wipes the spittle from my chin, as she realises that she has to change my nappy again(for the eleventh time that day) because it's full of bright orange shit, and instead of being thanked for her long suffering efforts I instead call her a "worthless fucking whore" because tumours in my head have changed me into an unrecognisable, pain-filled, hateful bastard. I will make sure in my will that I direct her to your posts on the subject so she can understand just how noble and worthy of respect I still am.

  9. Re:Suicide Rate in Japan on EMC Co-Founder Commits Suicide · · Score: 1

    That's why the Nigerian people are so upset with Western Oil Companies. In their minds those that they kidnap are major criminals raping and destroying their homes. In the West we call them 'captains of industry' and other names that in no way, shape, or form reflect honestly on what they do.

  10. Re:Suicide Rate in Japan on EMC Co-Founder Commits Suicide · · Score: 1

    I only have one colour TV

    I don't even have that

  11. Re:"Committed Suicide?" on EMC Co-Founder Commits Suicide · · Score: 1

    Yes, I'm quite familiar with inverses relations

    Are you absolutely sure?

    , contrapositives, converse, etc., etc. And it really depends on the propositions and how the statement is constructed.

    For example, the statement: "All triangles are 3-sided." can be broken down as: If (P)a shape has 3 sides then (Q)it is a triangle.

    I checked Google and you are absolutely correct

  12. Re:"Committed Suicide?" on EMC Co-Founder Commits Suicide · · Score: 1

    yeah, if he had realized that control was an illusion, if he had decided instead that it was not up to him to decide when it would end, just as it was not his decision to begin, to face debilitation and pain... he would have undone all he had done and we'd see him as a coward.

    Can you advise as to who's decision it might be? Are you a twit?

    suicide is for cowards (unless in protest).

    What sort of protests are we talking about here. Would I be brave if I lopped my head off with a chainsaw at the next anti-strip mining protest?

    there is no honor in ending your life.

    May the souls of a thousand cranky Samurai attach themselves to your belly button

    Either you have the fortitude to see it through to the very end, or you don't. He didn't. Suicide doesn't diminish what he did while alive, however, it does not make him brave.

    You are an awful person and I sincerely hope that you get some hideously painful illness that forces you to see what a lying, selfish piece of human excrement you are.

    Have you considered a career in politics?

  13. Re:"Committed Suicide?" on EMC Co-Founder Commits Suicide · · Score: 1

    My wife's mother was diagnosed with breast cancer and 'beat it'. Several years later it had metastatised(sp) and became very bad brain cancer. She had absolutely no sickness from the chemotherapy. She would go out to lunch with friends after the radio/chemo. The night she died she had been in a coma for over a day and my wife was standing beside the bed waiting for her to go.
    She woke up(the doctors said this was impossible as she was very heavily medicated at the time), was completely lucid ,hugged Sarah, told her how much she loved her, and some other stuff, went back into her coma, and a couple of hours later she died. She only regained consciousness for a few minutes and although I don't believe in miracles this was damned close.
    I still get wet eyed when i think about this.

  14. Re:"Committed Suicide?" on EMC Co-Founder Commits Suicide · · Score: 1

    I don't want to dreg up past horrors for you so if you chose not to respond that's fine. Your post makes it appear that the morphine overdose was a horrible way to die. If that was the case then I don't understand. All the morphine related deaths I have seen have been peaceful endings.

  15. Re:"Committed Suicide?" on EMC Co-Founder Commits Suicide · · Score: 1

    How about taking an overdose of some very fun drug while enjoying the company of a well-paid lady friend?

    When you have great drugs the company doesn't matter at all. Nothing's better than having in-depth conversations with extremely witty and intelligent people that are all just a figment of your imagination.

  16. Re:Reality slowly creeps in on Woman Fired For Using Uppercase In Email · · Score: 1

    I once worked in a situation where the woman in charge was a monster. She was the stereotypical man-hating lesbian feminist. I am not just saying this for a rise it is an accurate description. If you were a man she made your working life a living hell. If you shared her gender you could do no wrong. I have also worked in situations where the values you espouse above are on display. It seems that it is somewhat rare these days to find a decent, enjoyable position. With the employment market the way it is it is amazing what some people I know are putting up with. This includes a guy who urinates in machine code that currently drives a taxi.

  17. Re:Reality slowly creeps in on Woman Fired For Using Uppercase In Email · · Score: 1

    Just try to remember when you do get back to a leadership position that you 'should be nice' to other people

  18. Re:Stealthy? on India's First Stealth Fighter To Fly In 4 Months · · Score: 1

    It's what the FA stands for on the end that makes it acceptable to them

  19. Re:Good for US overall on India's First Stealth Fighter To Fly In 4 Months · · Score: 1

    Their values are the closest to ours in that neighborhood and it is good to have a counterweight to the ambitious China.

    if that's the case then the Indians are off my Christmas card list

  20. Re:Interesting stuff on India's First Stealth Fighter To Fly In 4 Months · · Score: 1

    I started to write a long rebuttal of this but it is unnecessary. Anyone with enough brain cells to rub together and make fire knows that the US is guilty of these crimes in much greater proporrtions and with infinitely worse results than anything Chavez is 'alleged' to have done/be doing. The USA's involvement in stuff like this is undeniable. Chavez's involvement in stuff like this is all just allegations. Liars always like to blame the one they are lying about with their own faults and misdeeds. Another reason for the lack of the 'long rebuttal' is that anyone outside of the US knows this and most within the US couldn't be convinced anyway.

  21. Re:Interesting stuff on India's First Stealth Fighter To Fly In 4 Months · · Score: 1

    Honestly I wonder why anyone else bothers, seems like we run all over the world anyway whenever we're called, if you're a US ally you're pretty safe.

    You don't go where you are called. You go where you are mostly not wanted. Your country is a bully and a tyrant.

  22. Re:Dangerous Thinking on India's First Stealth Fighter To Fly In 4 Months · · Score: 1

    You just have to look at the way $50 munitions in Iraq and Afghanistan are knocking out those very expensive weapons to see just how short sighted spending large amounts of money on single targets is.

  23. Interesting situation in Australia on Musician Lobby Terms Balanced Copyright "Disgusting" · · Score: 1

    The AU government calculates every year the number of times a copyrighted library item has been lent out(they average it out somehow). The author of the lent out work receives a cheque annually from the government. It's as if every time a book is borrowed it counts as a sale and the author is sent their percentage of the 'sale'. It is called the Lending Rights program. It covers both educational material and the rest. We receive a cheque every year for around $10,000AU and it's really nice being on the receiving end. If anyone reading this is aware of any Australian with content in AU libraries please advise them of this as it is one of those government programs that isn't that well known of amongst AU authors (at least not on the educational(ELR) side of the field).

  24. Re:Forces of Reality on Musician Lobby Terms Balanced Copyright "Disgusting" · · Score: 1

    The rightful owner of 95 bytes of data. An amount so small that no currency exists that can measure its worth.

    It can quite likely be measured in Australian currency if the downloader uses BigPong.

  25. About News in the US being legally allowed to lie on Musician Lobby Terms Balanced Copyright "Disgusting" · · Score: 1

    Just another link about US News being allowed to lie without any repercussions. At least the truth about this is now out in the marketplace(i would have said 'wild' but everything has to be reduced to capitalist-speak for US citizens). It's been going on for decades.