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  1. Re:Paranoia amongst the minority. on Lenovo Denies Claims It Plotted With Microsoft To Block Linux Installs (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    The most logical reason is so that people who buy the laptop to run windows don't break their laptops when they go messing around in the bios. There are tons of options in the BIOS that are not always exposed to the end user. If you need one of those option, then buy the system that gives it to you.

  2. Re:Interesting... on What US Health Care Needs · · Score: 1

    This only works in Libertarian utopia. In the real world the folks who didn't bother to save or buy insurance get pissy and cause massive social unrest.

  3. Re:"ostensibly qualified" is fuzzy on What US Health Care Needs · · Score: 1

    I've thought for a long time that maybe there was a place for someone who's more than a nurse but less than a doctor. But the politics of that industry gives politics a bad name. It'd be the demarcation dispute to end them all.

    Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner.

  4. Re:Meh on A Playable PAC-MAN On Google Doodle · · Score: 1

    They stay blue forever in 2p mode.

  5. Re:Define "unauthorized access" on In UK, Hacker Demands New Government Block Extradition · · Score: 1

    Argg, there is no such thing as a default windows password.

  6. Re:But now on In UK, Hacker Demands New Government Block Extradition · · Score: 1

    FYI: There is no default windows password.

  7. Re:I don't want to say it's not serious on Photos of Chinese Sweatshop Used By Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Bzzzt. You can live "off campus" no problem, if you want to.

    Bzzzt! that is not what the human rights report says. Workers are not allowed off campus except during specified hours, so unless they can find alternative housing in the plant, which they can afford, yes they have to live in the dorms. Are you being paid to spread misinformation?

    Since they point out the need to buy a mattress when Chinese don't even use mattresses I would say this report is suspect.

  8. Re:you're missing the implication on Japanese Guts Are Made For Sushi · · Score: 1

    Really? Never seen that, all the info I have seen says to BF ASAP.

  9. Re:First Polanski on Google Airs Super Bowl Ad · · Score: 1

    The point of the ad was "holy shit, Bing is actually getting some traction, better start reminding people to use google."

  10. Re:GATTACA on Routine DNA Tests For Newborns Mean Looming Privacy Problems · · Score: 1

    Wow, this is a new argument I haven't heard.

    I don't see how people who elect premium heathcare plans are penalized? The general idea is everyone is provided a base level of healthcare, if you want more you can buy it, the premium should just be the cost over and above the baseline.

    Young people have equal consideration, everyone gets the same base level of care. doesn't matter if they necessarily need it. Keeping the populace healthy is not really "free" stuff. It is pretty essential to a functioning society.

  11. Re:GATTACA on Routine DNA Tests For Newborns Mean Looming Privacy Problems · · Score: 1

    You can implement the mandate by adding a tax. Congress has the power to levy tax to "provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States"

  12. Re:GATTACA on Routine DNA Tests For Newborns Mean Looming Privacy Problems · · Score: 1

    General Welfare clause is Article 1 Section 8, not the preamble.

  13. Re:GATTACA on Routine DNA Tests For Newborns Mean Looming Privacy Problems · · Score: 3, Informative

    General Welfare clause is a perfectly reasonable justification to the constitutionality of federally run healthcare.

  14. Re:Safety Critical on Toyota Pedal Issue Highlights Move To Electronics · · Score: 1

    Someone went out and tested this themselves with a Lexus ES350 which is the car that was involved in the fatal crash due to stuck accelerator. You CAN stop the car, but you only get one chance, if you let up on the brake and try again your braking power is dramatically reduced. If you do it a third time you have no brakes. The brake fade to nothing.

    This is most likely what happened in that crash, the driver noticed the car accelerating, braked to slow down to 70 then let off, it happened again, braked then let off at 70. Then the panic set in, he probably had little braking power left at that point.

  15. Re:It's a slippery slope on US Grants Home Schooling German Family Political Asylum · · Score: 1

    Because they can't get a Green Card otherwise.

  16. Re:What? on 3D Blu-ray Spec Finalized, PS3 Supported · · Score: 1

    I've even heard of DVD players available in Japan (of course, not here in the US) with a USB jack supporting similar functionality. And, there's one on my FiOS box that I suspect will someday do the same thing...

    Are you sure they are DVD players? BD-Live capable Blu-ray players can do that, available worldwide.

  17. Re:So... the dutch? on Court Orders the Pirate Bay To Delete Torrents · · Score: 1

    Macromedia doesn't exist anymore, they were bought by Adobe.

  18. Re:Ahh, that explains that ... on Car Glass Rules Could Impair Cell, GPS and Radio Signals In CA · · Score: 1

    They cannot axe Buick, it is a big seller in China.

  19. Re:Experience from academia on Student Loan Interest Rankles College Grads · · Score: 1

    A student loan is very high risk, the high interest rate makes up for that risk. If you default on a car or home loan the lender can take the asset you bought with the loan. What recourse does a lender have if you default on a student loan?

  20. Re:All mine were cheap! on Student Loan Interest Rankles College Grads · · Score: 1

    FICO credit scores max out at 850, what credit score are you talking about?

  21. Re:That's New York for ya. on Obama Makes a Push To Add Time To the School Year · · Score: 1

    The Friends apartment had Monica's Grandmother on the lease still supposedly, so rent control would presumably have kept the rent low.

  22. Re:Waste MORE time!? on Obama Makes a Push To Add Time To the School Year · · Score: 1

    They change the hints every so often pointing to different states. There was an episode where their area code was split, the original is 636 which is Missouri, but the new area code is 939 which is Puerto Rico.

    There is no definitive answer. There is a Springfield in 36 states, that is the point of naming it Springfield, it is "Anytown, USA".

  23. Re:Fox and New Corp on Disney Buys Marvel For $4B · · Score: 1

    Disney isn't Disney anymore. John Lasseter runs Disney Animation now.

  24. Re:uh, wow? on 7-Story Wooden Condo Survives 7.5 Magnitude Quake · · Score: 1

    There were buildings close to the epicenter? Looked like it was in the middle of nowhere to me.

  25. Re:Google on If You Live By Free, You Will Die By Free · · Score: 1

    However there is an angle that makes a difference, user investment. Facebook will hold up against any search engine because users have invested the time and effort to grow their friend networks. Switching to a competitor would mean starting from scratch, but switching search engines is effortless.

    How is Myspace doing these days?