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  1. Re:So like the Soviet Union? on Senators To Unveil the 'Ex-Patriot Act' To Respond To Facebook's Saverin · · Score: 1

    You need to get out more. Away from slashdot. It's not as bad as you think.

  2. Re:Why is the solution to every problem on Senators To Unveil the 'Ex-Patriot Act' To Respond To Facebook's Saverin · · Score: 0

    Anti-Obama people don't need actually facts. They just choose what they think is true and then deride anyone who shoes up with actual facts.

  3. Re:Why is the solution to every problem on Senators To Unveil the 'Ex-Patriot Act' To Respond To Facebook's Saverin · · Score: 1

    Obama did no such thing.
    Make an attempt to under what what was actually put in..

  4. Re:Why on Online Loneliness At Google+ · · Score: 1

    It doesn't suck. I fond it to be far cleaner, easier to use and easier to organize.

  5. Re:Google doesn't want participation... on Online Loneliness At Google+ · · Score: 1

    Posting is information. Why do you think Facebook is so hot on wallstreet?

  6. Re:Not in my experience on Americans Happy To Pay More For Clean Energy, But Only a Little More · · Score: 2

    2 cents a kilo is , what? 25% increase?

  7. Re:I guess I am odd then... on Americans Happy To Pay More For Clean Energy, But Only a Little More · · Score: 1

    Only 5K, wow. If ti was 5K I would have solar on my roof right now,.

    For my, it's 15K. Plus, no one will do it until a get a new roof, but that's a separate issue.

  8. Re:the irony is on Americans Happy To Pay More For Clean Energy, But Only a Little More · · Score: 1

    Youmight want to look at the federal money your state ALSO gets to work on roads, numbnuts.

    The money put in is used you many other things, as it always has been.
    You do know we have spent over 1.3Trillion dollar in about 10 years, right?

    so this $43,675,900,000 per year doesn't cover the cost of the wars.
    It would take 14 years of that to pay for the cost of the last 10 years.
    And this isn't talking about normal peace time operations, as in keep a fleet there.

    You're application of the numbers is laughable ignorant.
    I also like how you try to twist his argument from paying for war, to patrolling.

  9. Re:the irony is on Americans Happy To Pay More For Clean Energy, But Only a Little More · · Score: 2

    Your gas tax has nothing to do with 'paying for the war'.

    Add a buck then it might start to take care of it.
    Ha, every time we go to war, maybe the price of gas should be taxed an additional dollar a gallon to pay for it. That will have people seriously thinking about going to war and staying at war. The need to go to war would need to out weigh the political disadvantages of raising gas a dollar a gallon.

  10. Re:I think most people want to be "green" but... on Americans Happy To Pay More For Clean Energy, But Only a Little More · · Score: 1

    boo hoo, I have to wait a second for light to come on.
    What a whiner.

  11. Re:true of almost anything altruistic, really on Americans Happy To Pay More For Clean Energy, But Only a Little More · · Score: 1

    a) haha. Most are 'mom-profits' but the vast majority of the money (75%) goes to 'management'.
    b) Then we should tax churches on it's income.

    "1) Religious outreach; private schools
    2) "Help the Poor" (food shelves, Coats for Kids, etc.)
    3) Infrastructure (churches, etc.)"

    no. 3,1,2, is far more accurate. The next is 1,3,2.

    "You *could* make the argument that large international churches, such as the Catholic churches"
    Those OTHER churches, those guys? yeah tax dodges, us? no where not.

    IN any case, we should allow tax deduction for donation to non-profit. In fact, if altruism is truly the motive, then it should be illegal to call yourself a church if you require any type of donation. aka membership dues.

  12. Re:true of almost anything altruistic, really on Americans Happy To Pay More For Clean Energy, But Only a Little More · · Score: 1

    Very, very little go to social work, and most of that is PR or used in away to force people into doing a specific religious rituals.

    Churches need to be taxed.

  13. Re:Nice editing, editors. on Americans Happy To Pay More For Clean Energy, But Only a Little More · · Score: 1

    I f people want to know that something in the description means, they can go read the damn article.
    Stop helping people to lazy to read.

  14. Re:Solar power satellites on Americans Happy To Pay More For Clean Energy, But Only a Little More · · Score: 1

    Yes, if we use magic to life it in orbit, it's cost effective.

    But hey, If' I am going to invoke magic genies, I'll wish for a devices the generates electricity out of the expansion of the universe and solve all out problems.
    so what is the magic that lowers launch costs from 10K per kilo to 4 dollars per kilo?

    And it still doesn't address the issues of just having something in orbit.

  15. Re:to much weapon potential on Americans Happy To Pay More For Clean Energy, But Only a Little More · · Score: 2

    The you should keep them out of the sun.. really you should keep then at 0K.

  16. Re:Solar power satellites on Americans Happy To Pay More For Clean Energy, But Only a Little More · · Score: 1

    Cuople of thing.

    A sqr 100 miles to a side. 10,000 sqr miles. I think that s what you where saying, but you worded it kinds weird.

    And ti would probably take more then that, that is a fairly optimistic assumption that doesn't account for growth.

    Another thing to consider is water IST plants you a lot of water. And not in a way where it can be cooled and reused.

    IST have a couple of other problems as well.
    That said, I would love to see the government build on big enough to power , say Phoenix. 24/7.
    The open it up and let anyone see how its built, the technology and all costs and electricity production numbers.
    That would be the most effective way to get it on the table for energy companies.

    If it does pan out as expected, and the energy companies don't don't start building there own, build another. The another.

    Sell energy at cost. This is the only way to pressure energy companies to change. Take their business away.

    For our northern states, I would like to see throium reactors.

  17. Re:think for yourself! on Americans Happy To Pay More For Clean Energy, But Only a Little More · · Score: 1

    And when they need to move it out of the way of space debris? Easy of destruction doesn't seem to gte added into the thought proses of people who are for it.

    1 satellite accident could ruin the whole thing.
    Then there is wear and tear. Just being in space wears things out.
    Look at the lessons we are learning from the space station. And this thing would be how many time bigger then the space station? how many would we need?

  18. Re:Solar power satellites on Americans Happy To Pay More For Clean Energy, But Only a Little More · · Score: 1

    The only people who want SPS are people who think space is empty.

  19. Re:And, of course on Americans Happy To Pay More For Clean Energy, But Only a Little More · · Score: 1

    Way to miss the point. With more options like salads at more places, then the more places the 6 of you can go.

    And they where talking about McDonalds, not 'a nice lunch'. Any where you would go to get a nice lunch will have salads.

    If you consider McDonalds a 'nice lunch' you need to enjoy more opportunities,.
    Now, It's a quick lunch, ts an 'ok' lunch. People go there, I occasionally go there, so I ma not bashing it. Nice lunch seldom means fast food.

  20. Re:bittorent is not for speed on Wil Wheaton: BitTorrent Isn't Only For Piracy · · Score: 1

    IT certainly can be depending on the popularity of the item. I'm not arguing that, just that Many, many , many times I have seen people claiming downloads faster then their max bandwidth. Including people who should no better.

  21. Re:Downloading Ubuntu on Wil Wheaton: BitTorrent Isn't Only For Piracy · · Score: 1

    Take dubstep... please.

  22. Re:Who cares? on Wil Wheaton: BitTorrent Isn't Only For Piracy · · Score: 1

    Where does it say downloading stuff is illegal? you got a law or something? here in America uploading things you don't have permission to do so is a crime.

  23. Re:Please, Missing Ads is the the lie on Wil Wheaton: BitTorrent Isn't Only For Piracy · · Score: 1

    When as advertisers asks why a million people who say a show didn't have an opportunity to see the ad, the networks are in a bad spot.
    It isn't about you. It's about the mass audience.
    Using a wildly popular show as an example show that you are short sighted and none to bright in this area. The vast majority of shows are no where near as popular as American Idol

  24. Re:MSM does not want Wiki in the cogs on GMU Prof Teaches How To Falsify Wikipedia — and Get Caught · · Score: 3, Funny

    SO a company was trying to not use Wikipedia, talk to an actually expert to avoid Wikipedia mistakes, and you were a dick about it.

    Well done.

  25. Re:Noone read the articles on GMU Prof Teaches How To Falsify Wikipedia — and Get Caught · · Score: 1

    He was referring to Mormonism.