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  1. Re:Not magic on Violation of Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle · · Score: 1

    Quantum states kind of suck. When I kill a cat I KNOW its dead.

  2. Re:TLC on NYC Taxi Commission Nixes Cab-Hailing Apps · · Score: 1

    I think we could regulate free will. We just need to advance biotechnology and one day we can eliminate the SCOURGE of free will. End free will today!!!

  3. Re:TLC on NYC Taxi Commission Nixes Cab-Hailing Apps · · Score: 0

    Except it isn't a small minority. Its the majority. In 2010, it was estimated that 58 percent of all workers in the US were earning minimum wage. http://www.bls.gov/cps/minwage2010.htm
    Now imagine 60 percent of the population getting a paycut from the current minimum wage ($7.25/hr) to a market regulated minimum wage which would be whatever companies could get away with. And the fact is since so many people are at the minimum, their wages would most likely plummet.
    Now consider with all those people stuck at minimum wage, American corporations are reporting record profits and the stock indexes are at near record levels. The companies are making plenty of money, but they sure aren't rewarding the workers with increased compensation for doing such a good job.

  4. Re:Don't worry, Romney... on Secret Service Investigating Romney Tax Hack Claim · · Score: 1

    no it definitely will have something to do with Uranus.

  5. Re:Romney waived a red flag on Secret Service Investigating Romney Tax Hack Claim · · Score: 1
    The biggest problem with Romney not releasing his tax returns is that it was his father, George Romney, that started the practice many years ago. George Romney said,

    In November 1967, Gov. George Romney released 12 tax returns, just prior to beginning his run for the presidency. When asked why he was releasing so many returns, he had this to say:

    “ One year could be a fluke, perhaps done for show. ”

  6. Re:Double idiots on Secret Service Investigating Romney Tax Hack Claim · · Score: 1

    If the "hackers" were really clever they wouldn't even attempt to collect the 1 million in bitcoins at all. They would wait until Romney bought the bitcoins and use that purchase to take advantage of the bitcoin market itself. Then when the blackmail collapses and Romney puts the bitcoins back on the market, the price would drop and they could take advantage of that as well. And all with little risk. How successful it might be depends on how desparate Romney would be to prevent his tax returns from being made public.

  7. Re:Yeah right. on Leave Your Cellphone At Home, Says Jacob Appelbaum · · Score: 1

    Yes, absolutely. It pisses me off that no one still has a horse and carriage.

  8. Obligatory quote. on Book Review: Why Does the World Exist? · · Score: 2

    “The story so far:
    In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”

    Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

  9. Re:Who made your maker? on Book Review: Why Does the World Exist? · · Score: 1

    In that you are wrong. The violin DID evolve. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_violin

  10. Re:The Answer summed up: on Book Review: Why Does the World Exist? · · Score: 1

    you are absolutely right, there is no use putting Descartes before the horse.

  11. Re:The Answer summed up: on Book Review: Why Does the World Exist? · · Score: 1

    once you define that must be a god because belguim, then...

    That kind of language is simply inexcusable. No one should use that word.

  12. Re:Not safe on California To License Self-Driving Cars · · Score: 1

    Google cars have had over 480k miles accidents-due-to-system free. There was one accident when one was rear ended while stopped at a redlight, and another when a human tester decided to override the automatic driving and drive it himself.

  13. Huh on How Apple's Story Is Like Breaking Bad · · Score: 1

    Well I've always thought Apple Fanboys must be smoking something.

  14. Re:Some important missing details on ArenaNet Suspends Digital Sales of Guild Wars 2 · · Score: 1

    Welcome to the world of return fraud
    http://www.bustathief.com/refund-scam-refund-fraud/

  15. Re:Maple Syrup Strategic Reserve? on Police Probing Theft of Millions of Pounds of Maple Syrup From Strategic Reserve · · Score: 1

    meh, the riots are just hockey games

  16. Re:Some important missing details on ArenaNet Suspends Digital Sales of Guild Wars 2 · · Score: 1

    Actually a better analogy would be if Wal-Mart accidentally marked the price of Avatar to $1, but the customer service/return desk still saw it priced at $10. So a bunch of people went and bought a thousand copies of Avatar for $1 each and immediately returned it to the return desk for $10 each. While Wal Mart isn't going to prosecute anyone who did it a few times, you can bet they will press charges against someone who did it a thousand times..

  17. Re:Half the population on Survey Reveals a Majority Believe "the Cloud" Is Affected by Weather · · Score: 1

    Yes. The half that is considered stupid is always the other half of the diagram you are part of. Unfortunately the venn diagram of humanity has perfectly overlapping circles.

  18. Re:So what... on Survey Reveals a Majority Believe "the Cloud" Is Affected by Weather · · Score: 1

    When everyone in IT knows that a RAID is when the Feds bust in arrest Kim Dot Com and shut down the Cloud.

  19. Kim Dot Com says.. on Survey Reveals a Majority Believe "the Cloud" Is Affected by Weather · · Score: 2

    You are absolutely right. There is no reason to worry about losing your data on the Cloud.

  20. Re:85% of the so-called on Survey Reveals a Majority Believe "the Cloud" Is Affected by Weather · · Score: 1

    Of course we know what it is. Its the thing we mention to pad our bills.

  21. Re:Weather does affect it on Survey Reveals a Majority Believe "the Cloud" Is Affected by Weather · · Score: 1

    You would probably say "yes". Then when you crashed his race car you would say, "You didn't ask me if I could drive it well."

  22. Re:Nah on Should Developers Be Sued For Security Holes? · · Score: 1

    HIPAA might be a good place to start.

  23. Re:Great on 'Wiki Weapon Project' Wants Your 3D-Printable Guns · · Score: 1

    But a printable Cremation Urn is totally doable.

  24. I knew this was a problem on CPUs Do Affect Gaming Performance, After All · · Score: 1

    when Crysis wouldn't load on my 80286 machine.

  25. It would be totally awesome. on Hurricane Could Make a Mess of Republican Convention · · Score: 1

    If only the Ron Paul supporters were able to make it to the convention. If his delegates aren't at the convention, they can't vote for Romney.