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  1. A petition is not a ballot on SCOTUS Rules Petiton Signatures Are Public Record · · Score: 1

    I really don't see the "keep our names secret!" argument at all. If they feel the need to impose their morals upon other people, they should not expect to be able to do so from safe anonymity.

  2. Everything you wanted to know about Juggalos on Noisebridge Attempts to Teach Science To Juggalos · · Score: 3, Informative

    but were afraid to ask can be found at ED; http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Juggalo

  3. I work for a public school district on Where Does IT Fall Within Your Organization? · · Score: 1

    For a somewhat rural school district of 3 elementary, 1 vocational, 1 middle, and 1 high school, and the main SAU.

    Our IT department is the boss, 2 techs, and 1 part-time secretary. Each of the schools have lab assistants, though they are more considered teachers than techs.

    The boss reports directly to the superintendent though, so we are fairly well-placed within the hierarchy. It helps at budget time to have ears close to the top.

  4. Re:If you are distracted by horns at a football ga on Digitally Filtering Out the Drone of the World Cup · · Score: 1

    Yes, because a constant droning sound never simply fades into the background after awhile.

    Never happens to anyone.

    Stupid cunt.

  5. I have nothing backwards, kiddo on Digitally Filtering Out the Drone of the World Cup · · Score: 1

    If you want refined and quiet, go attend a golf game and leave this to the rest of us.

  6. If you are distracted by horns at a football game on Digitally Filtering Out the Drone of the World Cup · · Score: 1

    then you have the attention span of a piece of lawn furniture.

    I love it, it adds color and atmosphere to what has so far been several rather ho-hum matchups.

  7. What about those who want to see? on Chatroulette Working On Genital Recognition Algorithm · · Score: 1

    I'm wondering if this is just to filter out guys who are already naked, or if it is going to auto-disconnect as soon as someone whips it out?

    Sure, 80% of it is just solo guys whacking away, titillated by simply having someone see them, if even for a second. But sometimes you do land on a real-life, not-a-recorded-loop girl who wants to have some fun, so you both go at it. Or 2 couples having a go for all to see.

    I'd much rather see effort go in to blocking the advertisements and the fake girl loops that everyone's seen a million times now. Sorry Maya, but you've asked "Do U like me?" one too many times.

  8. well, I guess it is nice to know... on Porn Sites More Infected Than Thought · · Score: 1

    that you're now as likely to catch something from an internet tartlet as you are from a street-walking hooker.

  9. Helllllllooooo lawsuit on MA High School Forces All Students To Buy MacBooks · · Score: 1

    Surely there's something amiss here, imposing what is for all intents and purposes a $900 tuition fee on public school students.

  10. There is nothing to sue over on Google Researcher Issues How-To On Attacking XP · · Score: 1

    Please, get over yourself.

  11. Re:Irresponsible on Google Researcher Issues How-To On Attacking XP · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Could he be sued for this by someone who gets infected?

    Don't be stupid. It isn't the messenger's fault.

  12. I kinda liked it on Google Introduces, Then Scraps, Bing-Style Background Images · · Score: 1

    Never used bing, so I had no idea about that angle. Saw the background option this morning, and now I have a nice, mist-shrouded valley for my google background.

    What's the big deal?

  13. Re:I disagree on Microsoft a Weak Link In Possible Cyber War · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I am not a Microsoft fan, but I believe the weak link has much more to do with the meat sitting in front of the computer than the software on the computer.

    Well, that gets to the issue of who bears the responsibility; that which sells a poor but patchable/fixable product, or the buyer who is ignorant of the necessary fixes?

    Is this more like owning a house, where the owner is responsible for regularly checking the foundations for cracks, the locks for security, etc... Or more like owning a car, where the owner is still responsible, but the manufacturer builds in many, many indicators and warnings when things need attention?

  14. Hai guyz, was XP released in the 90's??? on Time To Dump XP? · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Seriously, half* of the responses so far are of the "OMG n00b it was 2001!!!" variety. Let's try some honest responses rather than nerd-raging over OS release dates...

    * If someone actually scurries off analyzes the exact percentage to see if I'm right nor not, I'll facepalm mightily.

  15. 14 patients...hailed a taxi on Chinese Internet Addiction Boot Camp Prison Break · · Score: 1

    That was one hell of a big taxi.

  16. Is this from the Onion? on FTC Staff Discuss a Tax on Electronics To Support the News Business · · Score: 1

    "...they suggest making facts 'proprietary' and allowing news organizations to copyright them" is no thing a sane person could actually say.

  17. For fuck's sake, IT ISN'T A LAW on When the US Government Built Ultra-Safe Cars · · Score: 1

    And you are positively clueless here. This long-running bad joke about how a devolving argument can be magically declared dead by the invocation of "Nazi" was dumb in 1990 and dumb today.

    Add to that the fact that these days Godwin does nothing but provide a legal shield to the Wikipedia's hosting of child porn, and all we have is a pathetic CP'er who isn't nearly as witty as he thinks he is, propped up by witless regurgitators like you.

  18. I get more and more disheartened on When the US Government Built Ultra-Safe Cars · · Score: 3, Insightful

    told Congress the destruction compared to the Nazis burning books

    I've heard of threads getting Godwin'd..... but this one had it in the summary.

    Doesn't that, by itself, mean that no further replies are necessary?

    by the continuing use and misuse of something a lawyer said in a Usenet post, what, 20 years ago?

    A single invocation of a Nazi comparison, in the original post/article no less, is NOT running afoul of the Magic Pixie Dust of the Godwin Line. And it isn't even a comparison to Nazism in general, just an analogy to one particular thing that they did; rewriting history by obfuscating the truth. Some bad things that people do today *gasp* realy can be as bad as some bad things done by Hitler's government; not every comparison is an automatic beeline to the Holocaust.

    Get over yourselves and these witty "OMG GODWIN!" bon mots.

  19. Kill it with Fire on Iron Baby · · Score: 1

    eot.

  20. So in other words... on Neuromancer Movie In Your Future? · · Score: 1

    Stephenson's Metaverse is like Facebook, while Gibson's Matrix is like chatroulette?

  21. Actually, yes on Neuromancer Movie In Your Future? · · Score: 1

    ...still want a Neuromancer movie?

    I think Neuromancer in David Lynch's hands would be quite good. Imagine him handling the Molly-Peter interactions, esp the state performance? Surreal.

  22. Regarding the Wikipedia entry on Decency Group Says "$#*!" Is Indecent · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The Wikipedia article cannot be titled properly, due to technical limitations in the wikitext;

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleep_My_Dad_Says

  23. Re:Jack's afterlife vs everyone's on Lost Ends · · Score: 1

    You assume that the afterlife is automatically rainbows and sunshine. Moving on from here doesn't necessarily mean we're going someplace better. Just different.

  24. Re:Doing it wrong on Critics Say US Antimissile Defense Flawed, Dangerous · · Score: 1

    Those who did believe Obama is "different" should watch Ron Paul's What If speech and wake up.

    Obama may be quite in the wrong here, but listening to the caterwauling of Paulistas is not the answer.

  25. It is the same difference on Critics Say US Antimissile Defense Flawed, Dangerous · · Score: 1

    We build a missile shield.
    They build better missiles.
    We improve the shield.
    They improve the missiles.
    ...

    It's the Reagan-Fucking-80's all over again; deficit spending to bloat up the military-industrial complex and slash social programs.

    Joy.