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  1. Re:I'm shocked on Boy Scouts Bully Hacker Scouts Into Submission · · Score: 1

    Heaven forbid that a private organization, built with religion as a core value, should encourage its members to attend a church of their choice.

    And politics was never part of my Scouting experience.

  2. Re:Well... on Boy Scouts Bully Hacker Scouts Into Submission · · Score: 2

    Almost all Boy Scout Troops are hosted by churches. The Boy Scouts embrace religion as the foundation for building a good citizen.

  3. Re:Sacrilege on Boeing Turning Old F-16s Into Unmanned Drones · · Score: 2

    Put another way, in 50 years, at airshows, we will be seeing an F-16 flying and the announcer will say it's one of the last X flying examples in the world.

    Sad.

  4. Sacrilege on Boeing Turning Old F-16s Into Unmanned Drones · · Score: 1

    Such a noble and iconic aircraft turned into a play toy.

    50 years from now it will seem like the Air Force scrapping P-51s.

  5. Re:Morality lessons in school? on California Elementary Schools To Test Anti-Piracy Curriculum · · Score: 1

    It's not just morality, it's the law.

  6. Re:Copyrights brainwashing NOT ENOUGH? on California Elementary Schools To Test Anti-Piracy Curriculum · · Score: 1

    Would you shoplift a book from the book store? Why not?

    It's the same IP, just stored on a different medium.

  7. Re:What about getting it into Church as well? on California Elementary Schools To Test Anti-Piracy Curriculum · · Score: 1

    You mean "Thou shalt not steal"?

    Or, for the atheists, "don't swipe other people's shit".

  8. Re:What idiot is allowing this on California Elementary Schools To Test Anti-Piracy Curriculum · · Score: 1

    That idiot would be the person who voted for the idiot(s) that made the decision.

  9. Re:Fuck ... on California Elementary Schools To Test Anti-Piracy Curriculum · · Score: 1

    Schools are free to not use it, not pay for it. No one is putting a gun to their head.

  10. Re:School == Copying on California Elementary Schools To Test Anti-Piracy Curriculum · · Score: 1

    Schools purchase curriculum. Heard about the Common CORE controversy? That's a curriculum.

    Teachers use the lesson plans and questions while teaching. So, yes, they have a performance license.

  11. No More Anoymous Moderating. on Comments About Comments · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Moderators should be identified.

    If you are going to moderate, you should be willing to stand behind your moderation. Anonymous moderation leads to people down modding things they simple disagree with rather than flagging actual abuse.

  12. Re:why should anybody care? on Arctic Ice Extent Tops 2012's, But Is 6th Lowest In History · · Score: 3, Informative
  13. Re:What a surprise on Its Nuclear Plant Closed, Maine Town Is Full of Regret · · Score: 1

    For that to be a complete analogy you'd have to have national organizations lobbying the federal government to not license the fish factory, develop an entire movement opposed to fish factories, and then have the government regulate the fish factory to the point of insolvency.

  14. Re:This is disputed on Its Nuclear Plant Closed, Maine Town Is Full of Regret · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hold on... Where did you read that? ? ?

    No doubt, on the Internet.

    Bonjour!

  15. Re:Gasland, anyone? on Fracked Shale Could Sequester Carbon Dioxide · · Score: 1

    Gasland is crap

  16. Re:Sounds like a great plan. on Fracked Shale Could Sequester Carbon Dioxide · · Score: 1

    Yeah...except it it doesn't

  17. Re:how big? on Fracked Shale Could Sequester Carbon Dioxide · · Score: 1

    At least they didn't link to Wikipedia.

  18. Re:interesting on Fracked Shale Could Sequester Carbon Dioxide · · Score: 2

    Does it hurt to be so wrong?

  19. Re:interesting on Fracked Shale Could Sequester Carbon Dioxide · · Score: 1

    Dejavu!

  20. The Problem with Self Driving Cars on Tesla Working On Autonomous Cars: Musk Wants Teslas With Auto-Pilot · · Score: 1

    For me, as a "manual" driver, I can't put my blinker on and look into your eyes to communicate that I really need to move over and exit the freeway.

    For me, with a self driving car, the damned thing might start letting everyone and their mother in law get in front of me.

  21. Re:I'll Save Them on Abandoned UK National Health Service IT System Has Cost $16bn... So Far · · Score: 1

    I think it could all be done with Excel.

  22. Re:This is what Ronald Regan protected us from on Abandoned UK National Health Service IT System Has Cost $16bn... So Far · · Score: 0

    When facing the same condition on a government plan, they just stick you in a room and stop feeding you.
    How many old folks in Britain have been starved to death or had fluids withheld? Seems to be a regular news item.

  23. Re:This is what Ronald Regan protected us from on Abandoned UK National Health Service IT System Has Cost $16bn... So Far · · Score: 2

    Just more expensive...as I just saw during open Enrollment. Why? Because although I am single and have a vasectomy, my new and improved, Obamacare approved plan is required to cover Obstetrics.

  24. Re:This is what Ronald Regan protected us from on Abandoned UK National Health Service IT System Has Cost $16bn... So Far · · Score: 1

    Obamacare is the most fact free government program ever.

    Mark my words, it will be common for people with identical conditions and similar physical attributes to be treated differently by Obamacare. Some will be denied treatment, others will get one kind of treatment and others will get a different treatment, all for the same malady. No one will know why and the people running Obamacare won't care until someone dies AND it gets on the evening news. Then, it will be "unfortunate" and require "re-examination".

  25. Re:"Dayum!" on Abandoned UK National Health Service IT System Has Cost $16bn... So Far · · Score: 1

    Isn't that what happened to New York City's time system?