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  1. Re:Let's get this straight on NASA Pitches Heavy Lift Vehicle To Congress · · Score: 1

    you say downfall, I say lifeblood.

  2. Re:and... on Google Secret Privacy Document Leaked · · Score: 1

    wah wah. as you know the shareholders is everywoman and man, not a bunch of billionaires but rather people who deserve for google to do their best. if you think maximizing profits is wrong, you should tax the companies accordingly.

  3. They Should Do a Study on China Admits Use of Death-Row Organs · · Score: 1

    Ask this: If it were mandatory for all usable organs to be harvested, would the long run result be that demand for organs would be filled to the extent that there would be no need/incentive for questionable executions/pulling of plugs/etc?

  4. Re:Decriminalization in Light of the Drug War on Mexico Decriminalizes Small-Scale Drug Possession · · Score: 1

    Yeah, legalize your pet drug, eh? Legalize it all, and stop using my tax dollars from to keep adults from using drugs they want to use.

  5. Re:They wouldn't have arrested her on Woman With Police-Monitoring Blog Arrested · · Score: 1

    because they're public figures. yes, you are actually allowed to watch the government do its work in this country.

  6. Re:Interesting Difference in Genetics on Times Are Tough For Nigerian Scammers · · Score: 1

    But, if you'd prefer to believe your way, that's your decision. I must quote...

    "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana (1863-1952) The Life of Reason (1905-1906)

    This simply is not true.

    It exaggerates an obvious truism in four ways. Those who go about repeating this catch phrase don't seem to have thought very deeply about what it actually says.

    What is true is something like this: those who are UNAWARE of the LESSONS of the past are MORE LIKELY to LIVE SOME SIMILAR VERSION of it.

    Important distinctions.

  7. Re:Exploding ipod? Don't worry! on Apple Tries To Gag Owner of Exploding iPod · · Score: 1

    Oh, they know I suck at intercourse. They all know.

  8. Re:Customer service apparently alive still on Amazon US Refunds Windows License Fee, Too · · Score: 1

    I used to love NewEgg, but they don't pack sensitive items well ... video cards costing $300, hard drives, etc. all arrive with a few sheets of paper and the video card in a box shorter than the video card...it didn't work and I had to argue for a full refund for 15 emails, but I did get it. Since then I've spent $1500 at ZipZoomFly, TigerDirect, and $50 at NewEgg and that only to get my shipping refund credit for the video card actually.

  9. Doesn't the gov't monitor black hat sessions? on Microsoft's Urgent Patch Precedes Black Hat Session · · Score: 1

    Can't they just take names and watch hackers until they break a law and then throw them in the clink? How hard would it be?

  10. Simple Solution on Stallman Says Pirate Party Hurts Free Software · · Score: 1

    Why not just use EULA's instead of copyright to enforce GPL?

  11. Soldier's are next on South Korea Deploys Cloned Drug-Sniffing Dogs · · Score: 1

    followed by doctors, then presidents, finally girlfriends.

  12. Re:Proof please. on Comic Artist Detained For Script Containing 9/11 Type Scenarios · · Score: 1

    An illegal search by someone working for the government as a contractor throws out evidence just like an illegal search by a government employee. If the cops pay me to break into your house it's an illegal search.

  13. Re:I wonder on Google Mistook Jackson Searches For Net Attack · · Score: 1

    it worries me that it worries you so much

  14. Re:Let me get this straight... on Desktop As a Cellphone Extension? · · Score: 1

    Try a studio apartment, makes my life simple enough.

  15. Re:Moving targets on Memory Usage of Chrome, Firefox 3.5, et al. · · Score: 1

    not everybody can afford to buy a new computer every two years, or is tech savvy enough to know how to upgrade cheaply. hell, there are those who have hand me downs of hand me downs, schools, kids, public places like coffee shops, even libraries depending on the city. to them this info is important, but i doubt the mass media ever broadcasts the information.

  16. Re:kiddie porn "research" on German Member of Parliament Joins Pirate Party · · Score: 1

    Really? Tell that to the kid who was abused, photgraphed and knows ten thousand people are using their picture for tissue paper.

  17. Re:HOT on Microsoft Seeking Hot-Or-Not Patent · · Score: 1

    Please send $5.69 to Redmond, WA immediately. And please send $0.53 to Mountain View, CA for sending said money. And pay ...

  18. Re:Another reason not to gamble online on $33 Million In Poker Winnings Seized By US Govt · · Score: 1

    That's not how it works. First of all, why would a good poker player give the house a profit? If they win more than they earn hourly they'd just play for themselves. The "shills" are there to generate interest in games. They're paid a small hourly sum so tables don't go empty. On line poker sites don't need shills. They're always people playing and they don't have idle dealers.

  19. Re:These comments are just stupid on $33 Million In Poker Winnings Seized By US Govt · · Score: 1

    Well, there are ways to cheat, and I'd bet a lot of people are cheated. Friends on the phone playing a table have less incomplete information, and if they find the right sucker, can make a years' salary playing five against one high limit. Also there was a scandal at Ultimate Bet (Annie Duke and Phil Hellmuth's site) were one person knew the cards other players held. So cheating is possible, though you are probably safe statistically as so many players are honest.

  20. Deposits (never gambled $) not just profits frozen on $33 Million In Poker Winnings Seized By US Govt · · Score: 1

    They didn't seize winnings, they froze money the players requested be returned to them from the site, which often includes money deposited by the played and never gambled.

  21. Related: GM asks Obama to rid US of used car sales on Publishers Want a Slice of Used Game Market · · Score: 1

    And how much more would McD's make if dumpster divers didn't get access to free food at shelters?

  22. Re:More to the point on Build an $800 Gaming PC · · Score: 1

    The freedom to steal movies faster, cool.

  23. Re:Appeal to His Original Priorities on How To Help a Friend With an MMO Addiction? · · Score: 1

    "... a bad part of the Franklin neighborhood in Minneapolis ...." There's a good part?

  24. Re:Fishing on Windows 7 Will Be Free For a Year · · Score: 1

    crack/meth/coke aren't physically addicting anyway, in the sense of painful protracted withdrawal. A little exercise and some food will cure "cocaine withdrawal". Opiates are where withdrawal happens.

  25. They make money elsewhere anyway on Windows 7 Will Be Free For a Year · · Score: 1

    Don't they make a great deal of money from forcing people who buy prebuilt computers to take a paid for copy of Windows with it? I can't see Dell, HP, Toshiba et al selling their computers with a beta OS.