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  1. Re:What if I don't WANT to have a long life? on Not Exercising Worse For Your Health Than Smoking, Diabetes and Heart Disease, Study Reveals (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Motorcycle.

  2. It wasn't the Russians on Swedish Security Company Boss Declared 'Bankrupt' After Identity Stolen (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    Someone at Milton Security did it!

  3. Re:There's always other options on Forced Arbitration Isn't 'Forced' Because No One Has To Buy Service, Says AT&T (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    We're cut off out here. There's an outdoor burn ban and hawks see the pigeons as fortune cookies.

  4. AT&T 7300 on Ask Slashdot: What Was Your First Home Computer? · · Score: 1

    Bought one with a dead HD. I think it was a ST-251 that I replaced it with. Once Sys-V was installed, the adventure began. Found /bin before the books I ordered arrived. At that time, mkfs with no args, would immediately create a file system on the current device. Oops.

    That machine is at the top of my must resurrect list.

  5. By your figures, your county's population is over 40k. I'm a bit more out in the woods, 4k of us sitting on 740 sq. miles. Take a look at Hinsdale County. I need to check that area out, it's getting crowded around here.

  6. Re:so make something like bitcoin but anonymous on Why We Should Fear A Cashless World (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    Apply a little heat to your coins, and presto, they're jewelry and exempt. After the dollar devaluation, your savings would have been intact, while everyone else's savings lost significant purchasing power.

    In 1910, 20 troy oz. would buy a new car. Still does, today. Had you obeyed the 1934 dictate, the paper receipts ($20 bills) you received in exchange wouldn't buy much more than the front bumper today.

  7. Malware devs are protecting malware researchers? Hey, thanks!

  8. Politics is not the motivation behind basic income. Note how there are words to appeal to both left and right oriented political factions. That is the florid prose that covers the reason for the program.

    This is the helicopter money that Bernanke spoke about, packaged in politically palatable language.

  9. Re:One tiny caveat on Grow Your Daily Protein At Home With an Edible Insect Desktop Hive · · Score: 1

    Styrofoam, actually. Feed 'em your used coffee cups, and you'll have a tasty snack a few days later.

  10. Good point, but samples that size are quite easy to lose. Shall we try to corner the market on tweezers?

  11. It's not about gravity, it's investment advice. Long osmium?

  12. Re:That'll teach you... on Volkswagen CEO Issues Apology Over Emission-Cheating Software · · Score: 2

    The U.S. is going after Germany's top automaker. It's not about the emissions, what does the U.S. really want?

    My bet is that Greece needs a bit more bail-out money because Goldman-Sachs would have a bad quarter if Greece exited the E.U. Let me hedge my bet, now. The Bundesbank wants to repatriate gold held by J.P. Morgan and they're a little short on the stuff these days. Can't let them default, can we?

    Captcha: circus

  13. Heatsinks on World's First 1 Megawatt All-Electric Race Car · · Score: 1

    At least one aspect of an electric car is affected, cooling. As altitude increases, the efficiency of heat-sinks decreases. I hope they added some over-sized cooling fans, Apple didn't.

  14. Re:Chocolate alternative on MARS, Inc: We Are Running Out of Chocolate · · Score: 1

    Do you mean the stuff the other 'chocolate' makers are using, PGPR?

  15. Re:The rules are simple. on Build a Secret Compartment, Go To Jail · · Score: 1

    True enough, but consider things from the ability to pay vantage point.

    Individuals are limited to $2,000 campaign contributions. Result: The system crushes them like bugs.
    Small corps. yield small donations, if any at all. Result: Crushed at the discretion of the prosecutor handling the case.
    Giant corps. yield continuing enormous donations to hordes of politicians and their associated parties. Result: Here's a bailout for your corp. and we could smack-down a competitor while we're at it, too.

  16. Re:Closed on weekends on 'Bandwidth Divide' Could Bar Some From Free Online Courses · · Score: 1

    Like the rural folk that complain about slow internet, you just live in the wrong place. Try this one in Salida, CO. It's open 70 hours per week and nearly every day of the year.

  17. If we're talking about Prince George's County in Maryland, I'll bet against. The board appears to be elected on a non-partisan basis. Take a look.

  18. Re:Some people seem to forget... on Rand Paul Has a Quick Fix For TSA: Pull the Plug · · Score: 2
    Travel by X is a privilege
    Travel by Y is a right

    Which ones go where? Foot horse private horse drawn carriage company owned horse drawn carriage (stagecoach) train privately owned vessel ship bicycle privately owned automobile company owned automobile (limo/bus) privately owned aircraft company owned aircraft

    The constitution is silent on specific modes of travel. I take that to mean that all modes of travel belong in Y.

  19. Re:Japan and Europe is where the industry is on Chevy Volt Meets High Resistance, GM Suspends Sales · · Score: 1
    It's the 4 cyl. It handled I-285 in Atlanta quite nicely and does well in Denver, but way up here (9,000') it's pretty pathetic.

    You're right, a hard top and real doors would address some of the problems. Then again, so would a small pick-up truck. Lesson learned.

  20. Re:Japan and Europe is where the industry is on Chevy Volt Meets High Resistance, GM Suspends Sales · · Score: 1
    Jeep, are you serious? Try living with one for a month.
    • Don't get lost. If you need to read a map, the only interior light source is near the fuse block by the driver's feet.
    • My '02 has a soft top and half-doors, everything flaps in the breeze when I'm heading down the road at speeds over 45 mph.
    • On US-50 outside of Pueblo, I ran into a headwind, it could barely maintain 50 mph, in 4th gear, at full throttle.
    • I have to use low range to go up my driveway, partly due to the lack of torque and partly because of the open rear differential. (My 20 yr. old Honda had little problem with the same driveway.)
    • Try putting a picnic cooler in a Jeep sometime, it won't fit under the tension bar for the rear window. You'll have to unzip it. Did you know that dust jams zippers? Here, in the desert, there's no shortage of dust.
    • For a vehicle that may actually go places where the terrain isn't level, why isn't there a way to keep the tailgate open?
    • Don't let the tailgate slam either. The mass of the spare tire will actually cause it to cave-in.
    • BTW, I hope your elbow is starting to feel better, after you smacked it against the mounting peg for the half-window.

    There are after-market solutions for most of the problems that I've listed, they simply require you to "Just Empty Every Pocket". If you'll buy my 22 MPG Jeep, I'll go buy that 45 MPG Range Rover that I've recently read about.

  21. Re:Forcing a run on the bank on EA, Nintendo, Sony Quietly Withdraw SOPA Support · · Score: 1

    Do the withdrawls on payday. When regular customers come in with their paychecks, they'll be the ones that can't get cash. Since they're the long-time customers, they'll make plenty of noise and be the ones subject to the disorderly conduct charges.

  22. Re:Looks like people are starting to see the benef on Is DIY Algae Farming the Future? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Sugar producing algae? I WANT!!!
    Just add yeast. Fun for all.

  23. Re:"Passport data"? on Rogue Employees Sell World Cup Fans' Passport Data · · Score: 1

    Err, Germany.

  24. Re:"Passport data"? on Rogue Employees Sell World Cup Fans' Passport Data · · Score: 1

    The name on the ticket must match the passport. Either to reduce fraud or prevent scalping. Maybe all tickets purchased outside of South Africa were put on a "will call" list. This is purely conjecture on my part.

  25. Re:"Passport data"? on Rogue Employees Sell World Cup Fans' Passport Data · · Score: 1

    Transfer of event tickets is prohibited?