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  1. Re:They saw this coming for ages... on Main US Weather Satellite Fails As Hurricane Season Looms · · Score: 0

    So "that money" becomes "some money", even though the first clearly means "all". But that's not a lie, right?

    And you own source, as I already quoted, says "the Bush administration program didn't finalize a single loan guarantee", so even your modified claim of " the previous president gave them some money" seems to be a lie. Or do you have some reference for your claim that the Bush administration gave them some money under these loan programs?

    And yes I make mistakes, I don't pretend I claimed something different and keep on digging (well I try not to anyway). I usually just say "I was wrong", though I have to admit that sometimes I just shut up and wallow in my embarrassment.

  2. Re:They saw this coming for ages... on Main US Weather Satellite Fails As Hurricane Season Looms · · Score: 2

    Yes no spin. Just 100% lies.

    The statement was " the $535 MILLION that the Obama Administration gave to Solyndra". Are you claiming there was another loan/loan guarantee/grant under Bush that happened to also be exactly $535 million? Are you then seriously further claiming that you thought the poster was referring to that earlier item and assigning it to the wrong President? That's going to be a stretch given your own source says "the Bush administration program didn't finalize a single loan guarantee [under the program in question]".

    So please, provide your citation for the $535 million Bush gave to Solyndra?

  3. Re:Nice. on Tesla Motors Repays $465M Government Loan 9 Years Early · · Score: 1

    You really should go get your hearing checked, it appears you have become profoundly deaf without noticing.

  4. Re:It's about time! on Tesla Motors Repays $465M Government Loan 9 Years Early · · Score: 1

    Does the government have $2 trillion sitting around to pay back those T-bills? No? So the government is another $2 trillion in the hole to social security then.

    I have a similar private retirement fund. I simply owe myself $10 million dollars so when I retire I'll be fine even though I'm not actually putting away any money (why would I need to I have a $10 million dollar IOU already).

  5. Re:It's about time! on Tesla Motors Repays $465M Government Loan 9 Years Early · · Score: 1

    If you sign up for a loan with early repayment penalties that's your own stupid fault.

  6. What an idiot on Do Developers Need Free Perks To Thrive? · · Score: 1

    Not all developers are sedentary fat fucks who slurp down soda all day and get the rest of their nutritional intake from candy.

    And unless you are the guy who consumes way more than everyone else then why would you want what could be money in your pay packet subsidizing their obesity?

  7. Re:rather have money on Do Developers Need Free Perks To Thrive? · · Score: 1

    Less than Americans, since the US is number one by a mile on the per capita health care expenditure (which doesn't care if the spending is done by individuals, or health insurance companies, or the government) front.

  8. Re:Don't copy that floppy! on Latvian Police Raid Teacher's Home for Uploading $4.00 Textbook · · Score: 1

    Amen! That Rosa Parks chick should just have written strongly worded letter to the editor or something, right?

  9. Re:Yeah... on 97% of Climate Science Papers Agree Global Warming Is Man-made · · Score: 1

    One side says that global warming exists and is manmade. They go too far and decide that your personal car and incandescent lights are solely to blame

    You have a citation for that right? Who makes up this group that makes that crazy claim? "Personal cars cause global warming, but fleets of trucks do not" seems a stretch so where exactly did you hear that one? "Incandescent lights cause global warming but electric air conditioners on the same grid do not" also seems a stretch, who claimed that?

    One side looks at that stance as foolish. But they go to far and reject global warming completely

    Well the second part I have to give you since http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3760341&cid=43752787 in this very article seems to be doing that. I can't know their motives for the first part though - how have you managed to do that?

  10. Re:I live in Florida on Florida DOT Cuts Yellow Light Delay Ignoring Federal Guidelines, Citations Soar · · Score: 1

    One bad stretch of a highway (192) is timed so that if you follow the speed limit you would run a red - but just barely - everytime.

    Surely that means that when you actually stop at a red light you are now synchronized to hit greens the entire rest of the way - which sounds like the ideal scheduling for lights.

  11. Re:Citations? They need to be sued heavily on Florida DOT Cuts Yellow Light Delay Ignoring Federal Guidelines, Citations Soar · · Score: 0, Troll

    Because the word "primary" actually has a meaning.

  12. Re:pfftt... on A Computer-based Smart Rifle With Incredible Accuracy, Now On Sale · · Score: 1

    Sure you need to be in good shape. But while humans are slower over a short distance they have significantly better cooling mechanisms and hence over a long distance the moose will collapse from exhaustion long before the human does.

    Of course do you really want to run for 5 hours when it is hot to catch your food? Or would you rather use a projectile weapon of some sort?

  13. Re:Unknown Lamer, that's not how justice works on Federal Judge Dismisses Movie Piracy Complaint · · Score: 1

    If the probability of being caught is 40% then "twice the value" is not a "fair amount". That just means rational people will steal is and end up paying getting 20% off.

  14. Re:Open set it is! on Major Advance Towards a Proof of the Twin Prime Conjecture · · Score: 1

    You should learn what multiply means before opening your mouth.

  15. Re:Unknown Lamer, that's not how justice works on Federal Judge Dismisses Movie Piracy Complaint · · Score: 2

    That would depend on the probability of getting caught.

  16. Re:Oh yeah, it's Photoshopped on World Press Photo Winner Accused of Photoshopping · · Score: 2

    You don't like the retouching, but given it won whatever the award in the title is clearly some other people did like it. So ruined from your perspective - made to appeal to the people judging that award in a less self centered perspective.

  17. Re:Can't offer much on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Deal With Programmers Who Have Not Stayed Current? · · Score: 0

    In order for either of those things to "take" you money, you would have had to given it to them in the first place. You made the decision, if it was bad that's your problem.

    The US government seems to take money out of my pay, if my reading of my pay slip and of the various forms I file at tax time is any indication. I would be deported if I tried to vote (well if I got caught anyway), or maybe thrown in prison for a while and then deported I guess. I'm not saying I don't have a choice - I can leave anytime I choose, but I certainly don't vote them in nor did I elect them to do anything.

  18. Re:Can't offer much on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Deal With Programmers Who Have Not Stayed Current? · · Score: 0

    So no charity has ever used a slick sales pitch?

    You can assign random nuances to words that no one else uses, just don't be surprised when no one understands what you are saying.

  19. Re:The best way to find programmers on Are Contests the Best Way To Find Programmers? · · Score: 1

    OK.

    I guess if "I think language is X is better than language Y, and even though you haven't said a word I will assume you don't and belittle you" is humourous, have at it. I'll just find a job in which I'm more likely to be able to use the right tool for the job instead of the company mandated all purpose solution.

  20. Re:The best way to find programmers on Are Contests the Best Way To Find Programmers? · · Score: 1

    No I looked at four questions, most of which seemed to make an assumption on the what the prior answers would be before they were asked let alone answered. All of which seemed to be asked as if they already know my answer, in which case why ask?

    Eg: "Justify why you didn't know that C++ can also do those things".

    1. I didn't say C++ couldn't "do those things". Hence telling me a didn't know it could is just a tad of a stretch. Expecting me to justify whatever random thoughts happened to be in your head at the time also seems a bit of a stretch. I'd rather not work in an environment that requires mind reading, which I'm sure is my loss but I do seem to like it when people tell things rather than expecting to me know their thoughts.

    Of course in reality my third answer would be a bit more in depth, but given I'd already seen question 4 there was no point in bothering since apparently you already knew my answer.

  21. Re:Does it matter if SOME are? on Are Some of North Korea's Long-Range Missiles Fakes? · · Score: 1

    I didn't miss the sarcasm. It doesn't change that it doesn't make sense to make fun of a claim the person never actually made.

    But sure, you could have just made it up completely rather than making an error in the logic of the claim.

  22. Re:Does it matter if SOME are? on Are Some of North Korea's Long-Range Missiles Fakes? · · Score: 0

    Of course not, you should get a refund from whomever your logic teacher was though.

  23. Re:The best way to find programmers on Are Contests the Best Way To Find Programmers? · · Score: 1

    There's no need to.

    If the first introduction is "why do you hate X?", when nothing has been said about X I'm not interested in working in that environment in the first place. Thus I'm not wasting my time with it. They can have fun with their "always use tool Y since it is always best" outlook, but I'd rather work someplace where the people are a little more rational.

  24. Re:The best way to find programmers on Are Contests the Best Way To Find Programmers? · · Score: 1

    When the answer is "I don't", there's no room for a longer exposition.

  25. Re:bollocks on US Senate Passes Internet Tax Bill 69 To 27 · · Score: 2

    Your state sales tax rate is higher than your credit card interest rate?

    Maybe you should move to a more reasonable state?