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  1. Re:There would be no healthcare crisis in the U.S. on The Problem With Personalized Medicine · · Score: 1

    Wrong.
    A) We are talking about countries with money and power. IN the group, the us is last.

    B) ", if you're sick and you can get to a hospital, you will be cared for"
    Wrong. If you are experiencing lige threatening emergency, you can get care for.

    C) "And you can probably hitch a ride to the hospital, with the police if no one else."
    That's pretty niave.

    D) ". Tell people in most of the underdeveloped world that they aren't denied health care because they have no money. And step back, lest they smack you."
    this has nothing to do with the discussion. The US is NOT an underdeveloped nation.

  2. Re:U.S. law is the new international law on Megaupload.com Shut Down, Founder Charged With Piracy · · Score: 1

    I would to if my countrymen were also breaking laws in other countries.
    oh wait.

  3. Re:U.S. law is the new international law on Megaupload.com Shut Down, Founder Charged With Piracy · · Score: 2

    Presumed indecent and sans Comic.
    ***NOTICE****

    Suspect was alerted by our presence by a Courier.

    If this Graphic designer appears on your porch, simply pay for your pizza and he will leave.

  4. Re:U.S. law is the new international law on Megaupload.com Shut Down, Founder Charged With Piracy · · Score: 1

    The concern is: Will people still make movies if they can't make money. It's a legit concern.

    However, it looks like piracy helps the media more then hurts it. Is there a tipping point were ALL people only download material for people who do not have authority to be distributing it?

    " Capitalism has no place in the future."
    don't be stupid, of course it does.
    We can revisit that when we have machines that do everything, and an infinite power supply.

  5. Re:U.S. law is the new international law on Megaupload.com Shut Down, Founder Charged With Piracy · · Score: 1

    No, we think Ron Paul is crazy because he assumes Corporation will take care of the people, and wants to lock us beck up into the gilded cage.
    Many Good things came out of the Mideast, and many bad things. It's a far more complex issue then a one line statement.

    Also, its far more complex then sending in soldiers, but that's a different issue.

  6. Re:U.S. law is the new international law on Megaupload.com Shut Down, Founder Charged With Piracy · · Score: 1

    And I made the mistake of thing m people would understand the context, since we are talking about an international event.

    Yeah, I guess I should have spelled it out and said the US will file paper work and make a diplomatic contact with Mexico, who will then respond. After which the government would contact the Captain of the police, who would then notify the Sgt, who would ask 5 police officers to come and arrest you.

    I just assumed you where above the median intelligence.

  7. Re:U.S. law is the new international law on Megaupload.com Shut Down, Founder Charged With Piracy · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's funny, with a name like Dotcom, I expect him to be a douche.

  8. Re:Ban the use of faucets! on Megaupload.com Shut Down, Founder Charged With Piracy · · Score: 1

    the criminal is the distributor. SO yes, the uploader, and also megaupload if they allow distribution.
    If I made an illegal recording and gave it to you, and then you gave it to someone else, we BOTH commit a crime.

  9. Re:Ban the use of faucets! on Megaupload.com Shut Down, Founder Charged With Piracy · · Score: 1

    Variant 1 is what happened in Portland, Or.

    A lobbing effort force the WB to submit a variance to a UV plant mandated by the feds.
    They lied, they forced the WB top redo Studies.
    The cited wacky ass conspiracies, and psuedo science.

    No we got the variance. If my child ever gets even the hint of any bug that could have been stopped from UV, I will sue the WB, and I will sue the shits at 'Friends of the Forest'.

    Hell, before the variance we had a counsel member PROUD she gt the filtering removed.
    Yeah, we got the best open water system in the world, literally, but ducks still shit in it.

    After hearing the people in open discourse with the WB, I genuinely believe that any science and health decision should not be open to the general public except specific members who are educated and expert on the topic.

    Privatizing water has pretty much always gone badly for the consumer.

  10. Re:Ban the use of faucets! on Megaupload.com Shut Down, Founder Charged With Piracy · · Score: 1

    I'll give you a hint: It's only use water that's just started boiling. If should boil for up to 20 minutes, depending on the reason. Regular coffee makers will not kill any 'bugs' residing in the water.

    So relax, Boston stupidity has nothing on you!

  11. Re:Ban the use of faucets! on Megaupload.com Shut Down, Founder Charged With Piracy · · Score: 1

    water collects things as it falls from the sky.

  12. Re:Ban the use of faucets! on Megaupload.com Shut Down, Founder Charged With Piracy · · Score: 1

    IT's been going on for, let me see here... hmm. Since always.

  13. Re:Ban the use of faucets! on Megaupload.com Shut Down, Founder Charged With Piracy · · Score: 1

    haha 'Chump' Now that fucker, mother fucker, and cocksucker have lost all impact, we are back to chump. I love that.

  14. Re:Ban the use of faucets! on Megaupload.com Shut Down, Founder Charged With Piracy · · Score: 1

    " it is theft."
    which is why ti's a STUPID ANALOGY to use when discussing copyright violation.

  15. Re:U.S. law is the new international law on Megaupload.com Shut Down, Founder Charged With Piracy · · Score: 1

    No encryption is stronger the a crowbar to the knee.

  16. Re:U.S. law is the new international law on Megaupload.com Shut Down, Founder Charged With Piracy · · Score: 4, Funny

    I, for one, welcome our new Tom Cruise smashing alien overlords.

  17. Re:U.S. law is the new international law on Megaupload.com Shut Down, Founder Charged With Piracy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    But they used server located in the US.

    If you stand in Mexico and use a remote control car to rob a bank in the US, the US will come after you..and visa versa.

  18. right. on Megaupload.com Shut Down, Founder Charged With Piracy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "holders including record labels and movie studios more than $500 million in lost revenue."
    my ass.

  19. Re:Interesting, but DARPA is exaggerating the prob on Pentagon To Crowdsource Weapons Software Testing · · Score: 1

    ".. just had to get smarter.."
    code for: We have deluded ourselves that we can handle it by throwing more process at it.

    And weapon system are far more complex and require far more rigor then your puny software.

  20. Re:Stupid. on Pentagon To Crowdsource Weapons Software Testing · · Score: 1

    That are using millions of people used to improve methods for analyzing software. That's stupid.

    And by "That's" I mean "You're".

  21. Re:Not PC, please suppress on Genes About a Quarter of the Secret To Staying Smart · · Score: 1

    Current state of alarmist media debate, not the actual debate.

  22. Re:Superior Genepool? on Genes About a Quarter of the Secret To Staying Smart · · Score: 2

    If I could create a pill that change what your DNA expresses so it makes you smarter, and thus improves the Genepool*, is a good thing.

    Doing so by 'weeding out' a class of people is 'Nazi Science' not this.

    *assuming the trait can be passed on.

  23. Re:Title.. on A Planet Literally Boils Under the Heat of Its Star · · Score: 1

    I was waas pleased the used literally correctly. I mean, my brain literally exploded out of my head with pleasure~

  24. Re:What happened with the "with warrant only" sear on NYPD Developing Portable Body Scanner For Detecting Guns · · Score: 1

    well, if the police have probably cause, and they find a knife. They will probably ask you to remove it. If you are hostile, they will take it away. Just like they do now if they see you have a knife vs. finding a knife when the search you.

  25. Re:I hope it fries their gonads on NYPD Developing Portable Body Scanner For Detecting Guns · · Score: 1

    Yeah... gun tolerance approaches Zero and crime drops. Man, it must pain you when the facts run counter to your belief.