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  1. Re:As an inhabitant of Chattanooga... on Comcast Pays $800,000 To U.S. For Hiding Stand-Alone Broadband · · Score: 1

    I consider myself "decently employed", and I would not be willing to drop a car payment every month on my internet connection.

  2. Re:i hope the taxpayers... on Police Forensics Team Salvage Blind Authors' Inkless Novel Pages · · Score: 1

    Or, it could be that since the problem arose because her pen ran out of ink, it might be nice to give her a writing device that gives some sort of tactile feedback that it is not capable of writing.

    But no, it's much more fun and insightful to bash Americans.

  3. Re:Any Different? on EA Defends Itself Against Thousands of Anti-Gay Letters · · Score: 2

    In other news, its not like they force the LGBT encounters on you in the game. You pretty much have to consciously chose them.

    Finally, some sanity. You have to consciously seek out any "intimate relationship" with the other characters, whether homo- or hetero-sexual in nature. In fact I think it's even possible to go through the first two games without *any* type of sexual relationship (haven't played ME3 yet, but I would assume the same is true there as well).

  4. "NBC" didn't do anything on NBC Apologizes For Editing Zimmerman 911 Call · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This article refers to things that NBC decided, did, or said regarding their outrageous editing of George Zimmerman's 911 call.

    But NBC exists only in a legal sense. It has no brain. It makes no decisions. And it's really incapable of giving a rat's ass about criticisms it might receive from the right of the political spectrum.

    The things that NBC "says" or "does" are really said or done by the people who work, mostly anonymously, inside the protective bubble we refer to as NBC.

    We're not permitted to know which of those people made the "error" in question. But we know who is the one ultimately responsible for it.

    That would be Steve Capus, the president of NBC news. As the top guy, he is ultimately responsible for everything NBC "says" or "does".

    And now, Steve Capus is responsible for the whitewashing of this "error."

    Steve Capus must be held accountable for this travesty that happened on his watch. Steve Capus must step down as the president of NBC News.

    Every post about this issue should frame it as what it really is: Malicious malpractice, committed and covered up by Steve Capus.

  5. Re:First Illegal Troll on Arizona Attempts To Make Trolling Illegal · · Score: 2

    We do pay more taxes, as it happens. I would think as a resident of a state which pays less federal tax than it takes in federal money, you'd be a little less spiteful.

    I would posit that most states pay less federal tax that they take in federal funds... otherwise we would not have a budget deficit.

  6. Re:Ugh, Citrix... on Citrix Moves Away From OpenStack For Apache · · Score: 2

    If that's your engineering standards, then i can see why you hate Citrix. Engineered properly, however, it functions quite well.

    Funny, that.

  7. Re:Not a flying car on Flying Car Makes Successful Maiden Flight · · Score: 2

    Not sure about this particular vehicle, but if this is anything like the Terrafugia Transition you have to come to a complete stop before you can deploy the wings, and they take a couple of minutes to deploy.

  8. Re:Idiots who can't read... on Using Apps To 'Soft Control' People's Movements · · Score: 1

    Thus sayeth the Anonymous Coward.

  9. Pfft. on An Early Look At Mac OS X 10.8 · · Score: 1

    OSX 10.8 is really just what 10.6 should have been.

  10. Re:Next up : Toilet scanners on Sony Outlets Control Electricity Through Authentication · · Score: 1

    OK, so the direct analogy falls apart... but the larger point is made by a commenter upstream, that the military has access to personnel and weapons that would easily decimate any sort of uprising. Heck, your state National Guard probably has access to those weapons - artillery and air strikes can win a conflict :)

  11. Re:I'm not worried. on Sony Outlets Control Electricity Through Authentication · · Score: 1

    Neither am I. It would be the first Sony lock-in standard in a long, long time that gained any measurable traction.

    Um... Blu-Ray?

  12. Re:Next up : Toilet scanners on Sony Outlets Control Electricity Through Authentication · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately 100 men with hunting rifles are no match for 10 men with automatic rifles and rocket launchers.

  13. Re:China on Super Bowl Bust: Feds Grab 307 NFL Websites; $4.8M · · Score: 3, Funny

    He's a Krogan.

  14. Re:More Republican Poutrage on White House Refuses To Comment On Petition To Investigate Chris Dodd · · Score: 2

    Yes because someone taking their *legally acquired* money and using *legal* constructs in the tax code to pay less taxes is exactly like a politician passing legislation that favors one particular company, and then getting a senior position at said company when they retire.

    Exactly. The. Same.

  15. Re:Ironic? on What If the Apollo Program Never Happened? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ron Paul on the ballet? Dear $DIETY I don't want to see him in tights...

  16. Re:What exactly is the problem with this? on Flaw In YouTube Takedown Process Exposed · · Score: 1

    We keep asking for more intelligent and/or rational application of Copyright laws, including people bitching about draconian use of lawsuits, etc.

    The alternative is something like this. IT'S NOT YOUTUBE'S FAULT. Youtube discovers someone else has uploaded this music and (presumably) claimed copyright over it. Someone "else" uploads it, and their software catches it. Good job, Youtube. The "original" artists should work things out with the other group, and/or sue someone.

    Just not Youtube.

    But YouTube has all the money...

  17. Re:Not to be a grammar nazi or anything but... on Object Lesson in Non-Transparency At Energy.gov · · Score: 1

    "(In some varieties of English 'object lesson' is used.)"

  18. Re:500 million?? on Top Google Executives Approved Illegal Drug Ads · · Score: 1

    Who gets to define "fair share"?

  19. Re:Hmmm on Amateur UAV Pilot Exposes Texas River of Blood · · Score: 1

    Eh, at the end of the day I'm not truly worried, like you said... I don't fit the rest of the profile. The equipment sits in the garage, probably not the best place for equipment in a hot Alabama summer :)

    I have actually noticed a spike in the power bill, but it's less than $50 extra a month. Plus with my neighbors practically right on top of me (we live in one of those lovely "garden home" communities) I think any shady dealings would be found out pretty quick :)

  20. Re:Hmmm on Amateur UAV Pilot Exposes Texas River of Blood · · Score: 4, Interesting

        Extra power consumption, with a hot room or plume of heat from an extra air conditioner, is enough probable cause for a warrant.

    Now this has me legitimately concerned. I have a home networking lab that I use to validate various network configs for training, and for customers. A rack of routers, switches, and servers pulls quite the electrical draw, and generates quite a bit of heat. Not as much as grow lights, I'd imagine, but still...

  21. Re:Doublethink on Georgia Bill Would Prohibit Subsidies For Municpal Broadband · · Score: 1

    And then triple your bill with a "recovery fee".

    What, you thought they would just take the hit to their bottom line?

  22. Re:it doesn't matter if he's a "real" racist or no on Police Investigate Offensive Wi-Fi Network Name · · Score: 1

    It also says you were adopted. So that's funny, too.

  23. Re:Name revealed on Police Investigate Offensive Wi-Fi Network Name · · Score: 1

    I think he was saying that the act of holding the cellphone to one's ear was illegal in the jurisdiction in which he currently resides. Not that the person is violating federal immigration law by being in the country.

  24. Re:This device empowers criminals. on NYPD Developing Portable Body Scanner For Detecting Guns · · Score: 1

    Granted, they certainly could use this device to scan random people. But that's an unconstitutional search which the Supreme Court would slap the Hell out of. Remember: fear the people, not the tool.

    You place too much faith in our supreme court.

  25. Re:Just coat them with plutonium on New Cable Designed To Deter Copper Thieves · · Score: 1, Funny

    Wow another Alabama Slashdotter :)