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  1. Re:Just another blowhard? on Ron Paul Suggests Axing 5 U.S. Federal Departments (and Budgets) · · Score: 1

    Have you even looked at his plan? His plan cuts 15% (approx. 200 billion) from DoD in the first year alone. About halfway through this interview he talks about his feelings on the military industrial complex. His plan cuts approximately 1 trillion from the fed budget and 20% of that is from the DoD.

  2. Re:In other words, we should give up. on Ron Paul Suggests Axing 5 U.S. Federal Departments (and Budgets) · · Score: 1

    Look at Paul's actual plan and you will see he calls for approximately 200 billion cut from the DoD in the first year alone.

  3. Re:Does not fempute? on New Chili Is World's Hottest · · Score: 1

    I doubt you would need protective gear until you cut them up and got the juice on your skin. That's when you would have issues.

  4. Re:Meanwhile, reality disproves the study... on Piracy Is a Market Failure — Not a Legal One · · Score: 3, Informative

    The problem is that "extremely affordable and reasonably priced" is very subjective. When I was in college with basically no income a $10 cd was not affordable at all. Now that I have a job it is. Reasonably priced is also subjective. To some people $0.99 for one song is not reasonable at all.

  5. Re:Detection on AT&T Cracking Down On Unofficial iPhone Tethering · · Score: 3, Informative

    The tethering app makes the network level requests look like they are coming from the phone because they are, but the application level packet data can easily enough be looked at to determine what type of traffic it actually is.

  6. Re:Oh snap! on IsoHunt To Court: Google Is the Bigger Problem · · Score: 1

    Pinky, I know what we're going to do tonight, TRY TO SUE THE WORLD!

    In both versions, they're both insane.

    FTFY

  7. Re:Said many times on How the PC Is Making Consoles Look Out of Date · · Score: 1

    That's just like what Valve and Microsoft do. Some people are already used to that lowlife.

    Please show me an instance of Valve doing this.

  8. Lineup on Software Matches Police Sketches To Mugshots · · Score: 1

    Why not do the same thing here as they do with lineups? Have the computer pick the top 10 closest matches and display them. If the witness selects the photo of the same one the computer thought was correct then you have a likely match.

  9. Re:Excellent! on Bing Becomes No.2 Search Engine at 4.37% · · Score: 2

    Google may not be a true monopoly but they are an effective monopoly. However that said there is nothing wrong or illegal about being a monopoly. It is illegal however to abuse that monopoly to stop future competitors.

  10. Re:Easy Fix on Last.Fm Founder Criticizes Apple Over Music Subscription Fees · · Score: 2

    Safari's had the ability to play music in the background for a while. It could do it before any other apps could. The only problem is I think it has to be a stream that quicktime understands as that's the only possible player Safari will support. I know that's how the game audio for the MLB app worked. You clicked a link in the app and it would switch to Safari for the audio. Then you could exit Safari and it would keep playing.

  11. Re:Racist on 34,000-Year-Old Organisms Found Buried Alive · · Score: 1

    Did he say anything about anyone skin? All I see is the name of a city. St. Louis MO can be pretty bad, but East St Louis IL is much worse. It's an observable fact and there is nothing racist about it.

  12. Re:iPhone on Dual-Core Chips Coming To All Smartphones In 2011 · · Score: 1

    They will grandfather your data plan. I switched from an iPhone to a Android on AT&T and they let me keep my data plan so they should do the same for an iPhone upgrade.

  13. Re:Unlicensed spectrum, eh? on Wireless GeForce Graphics Card Announced · · Score: 1

    I was thinking the exact same thing only in regards to just me. What if I want to run dual monitors? Are they going to interfere with each other? To me this just seems like a solution in search of a problem.

  14. Re:i hereby nominate on The 10 Worst Tech Products of 2010 · · Score: 1

    They have to be better than the Dell D6xx series. We have had the laptops for 1.5 years and so far have a failure rate of about 90%. We had about 20 of them and only 1 is still in use. We have another that is technically functional but has something failing and is to slow to use.

  15. Re:Preorder now! on Minecraft Reaches Beta Status, Price Goes Up · · Score: 1

    To be fair I don't think Notch has the intention of charging for updates in the foreseeable future, but he removed the language about unlimited updates because permanent language like that scared his lawyers.

  16. Re:First sale doctrine on First-Sale Doctrine Lost Overseas · · Score: 3, Insightful

    While that decision was very questionable and has some terrible consequences, I think it pales in comparison to the effect of the Filburn decision. The Filburn decision was a massive expansion in Federal power. Using the twisted logic of SCOTUS, Congress could basically justify any law they wanted to pass. Until United States v. Lopez, Congress had a largely limitless power under the Commerce Clause. Even using a liberal interpretation of the Commerce Clause, most federal laws in place today are probably not Constitutionally sound without the Filburn decision.

  17. Re:No precedential force on First-Sale Doctrine Lost Overseas · · Score: 1

    Kagan was recused from the case because she filed a brief in the case as Solicitor General. Her ruling in the case would have represented a huge conflict of interest. The only time situations like this occur is when you have a new justice that served as a lawyer previously. The only reason it happened so much for Kagan is because as Solicitor General she submits briefs on many cases at the appellate level.

  18. Re:First sale doctrine on First-Sale Doctrine Lost Overseas · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Wickard v. Filburn is easily the worst decision the Supreme Court ever made. The twisted logic that they went through to conclude that by not participating in commerce he had effected commerce and was therefore subject to regulation is absurd.

  19. Re:Touchscreens vs. Touchless on BendDesk Merges Computer, Monitor and Desk · · Score: 1

    How do you know that what we have is optimal? Just because a keyboard is fairly fast and is what we have now does not mean it is even remotely close to optimal. For most office tasks it is probably better than touch screens, but that doesn't mean we should stop looking for something to replace it. Maybe it is optimal and we never find a worthy replacement, but we won't know unless we try.

  20. Re:Isn't it... on Why Don't We Finish More Games? · · Score: 1

    I really enjoyed both those sets of missions, but I loved the driving missions. Getting bronze to progress the story was really easy, but gold was a real challenge. I did it after many hours on a keyboard and had a claw of a left hand for hours after I finished.

  21. No calls when moving at all on US May Disable All Car Phones, Says Trans. Secretary · · Score: 1

    Most of the ways I've seen discussed to do this are with speed sensors in the phone. That means if you are moving faster than x speed your phone won't work. The end result of this is that not only can you not use your phone when driving, your passengers can't use it. You also can't use it on a train, a completely passive activity.

    People will find ways to use their phones. All these bans do is make them be more discrete about it. When will politicians learn you can't legislate away stupidity.

  22. Re:It's either full body scanning on EPIC Files Lawsuit To Suspend Airport Body Scanner Use · · Score: 4, Funny

    Personally I want to see a woman wear sweat pants through the checkpoint and wear fake silicone balls under them. I would absolutely love to see the look on the guards face when she runs into those.

  23. Re:KDE on Fedora 14 Released and Reviewed — Advanced, and Not For Wimps · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I thought the exact same thing. I've first used Fedora Core since 3 and almost immediately switched from GNOME to KDE. Especially now I would definitely take KDE 4.2+ over any version of GNOME.

  24. Re:Ford did drop Microsoft plugs from their ads on Microsoft Is a Dying Consumer Brand · · Score: 1

    You're right that they no longer emphasize that point, but I think that's mostly because they don't need to. They did a great job associating Sync with Microsoft when it first came out. That association did a great job building the branding of Sync. Now Sync has its own brand recognition and they don't need to push it as Microsoft product and they can let it be associated with Ford.

  25. Re:Maybe Microsoft is different? on Microsoft Is a Dying Consumer Brand · · Score: 1

    Yes the division has lost billions, but it is currently profitable. They spent a fortune establishing a foothold in a well established market when the released the Xbox. With the 360 however they had already carved themselves a place and are making a profit now. They may have still a net lost for the division, but it is definitely currently a money maker.