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  1. Re:What will happen to the current guns? on Makers Compete To Produce US Army's Next Official Handgun (military.com) · · Score: 1

    As would I. I wouldn't mind one of the m1's korea tried to return a couple years back but the Obama admistration refused to take.

    I think the cheapest m1 you can get from the CMP is around 600 for a rack grade compared to around $200 for a rack grade a few years back. No one is going to be using a 70 year old m1 in street crime as the Obama administration alleged, its way to big to conceal

  2. Re:What will happen to the current guns? on Makers Compete To Produce US Army's Next Official Handgun (military.com) · · Score: 1

    unlikely, since the CMP can't even get their hands on the couple million ww2 era 1911's the military is paying millions per year to warehouse!

    http://www.alloutdoor.com/2015...

  3. Re:political correctness alert on Makers Compete To Produce US Army's Next Official Handgun (military.com) · · Score: 1

    Well its not like male teenagers never beat the US Womens national soccer team 8-2 or anything (see the match held april 23 2012)! Or that they lost to an under 15 boys team the year prior!

  4. Re:Remove casing from a Wallmart clock - get invit on 'Clock Kid' Ahmed Mohamed and His Family To Leave US, Move To Qatar · · Score: 4, Informative

    According to Irving police, Ahmed's case contained a digital clock that the student had taken apart and rearranged. Police said the student had the briefcase in his English class, where he plugged it into an electrical outlet and it started to make noise.

    Ahmed said his English teacher confiscated his case. A few hours later, the student said the school's principal and resource officer pulled him out of class. Police confiscated the case along with Ahmed's tablet computer.

    Why the heck was the kid playing with his clock, plugging it into a wall during english class. He either was bored with a short attention span, or was looking for attention, since he already showed it to his science teacher.

  5. Re: Why? on 4 Calif. Students Arrested For Alleged Mass-Killing Plot · · Score: 1

    Strangely if you scale US demographics so that they are inline with european demographics, you get levels of violence that are slightly higher than european rates of violence instead of notably larger.

  6. founder left tivo on TiVo's Latest Offering Detects and Skips Ads, Adds 4K Capability · · Score: 1

    I had a meeting with James Barton (former CEO of Tivo and main inventor on their original patents), and he said they didn't implement commercial skipping and all the other features that ReplayTV (sending shows over the internet, etc) had because they didn't want to be sued.

    Barton left Tivo a few years back and I guess the new leadership isn't worried about that stuff anymore.

  7. Re:Unionize on American IT Workers Increasingly Alleging Discrimination · · Score: 1

    I'm for that or levying a surcharge of 50% on the H1B's wage, this surcharge must be paid by the company and not the H1B themselves.

    Thus you would have to pay a premium to fill a slot that an american or greencard holder can not.

  8. Re:Bias? Or reality? on Houston's Gifted Education Program Biased Against Blacks and Latinos · · Score: 1

    But, Asians?

  9. Re:Low taxes and good mileage+driving fun combined on EPA To Overhaul Emissions Testing In the Wake of VW Cheating · · Score: 1

    We bought one because of a long commute (70 miles rountrip), low maintenance (no spark plugs, no valve adjustments, electric power steering) and getting real work 50mpg highway (rated 42hwy).

  10. Re:Don't take yours in. on Volkswagen Ordered To Recall 500K Vehicles Over Its Own Malicious Programming · · Score: 1

    Interestingly on VW's TDI's removing emissions equipment nets a 10% gain in MPG.

  11. Re:Watch prices on The Force Awakens With Devon's $28,500 Star Wars Limited Edition Watch · · Score: 2

    For men at least, its one of the few forms of acceptable jewelry, and thus can be seen as a status symbol.

  12. Thats one heck of a porn star watch! on The Force Awakens With Devon's $28,500 Star Wars Limited Edition Watch · · Score: 1

    Thats one heck of a porn star watch!

    Once upon a time, male porn stars wore huge dive watches, and this is reminiscent of that.

  13. Re:Wicked-cool Collectable on The Force Awakens With Devon's $28,500 Star Wars Limited Edition Watch · · Score: 1

    I don't think the 1//M looks that bad:

    http://www.mecaniqueexpertpres...

    most of BMW's current designs are pretty horrid, but its hilarious that everyone still copies their design language as ugly as it is.

  14. Re:Get used to it, this is the future on Why Apple's iPhone Upgrade Program Is a Bad Deal For Most · · Score: 2

    People's lack of impulse control, and future time orientation allows others to become rich, from stockholders, to stock buyers.

  15. Re:This shows exactly why most Americans... on Why Apple's iPhone Upgrade Program Is a Bad Deal For Most · · Score: 1

    Yep.

    You NEED paid TV in some form.

    You NEED a new smartphone.

    You NEED a smartphone plan.

    You NEED to go to a private 4 year college.

    You NEED a new car.

    You NEED to eat out.

    Or substitute NEED with DESERVE.

    Err.. those are want's not needs.

    If you can live frugally you can save for the future, be happy, and enjoy a secure lifestyle.

  16. Re:This article is ridiculous on Why Apple's iPhone Upgrade Program Is a Bad Deal For Most · · Score: 1

    I use mine until its broken or needs a new battery.

    I'm also super frugal and live a lifestyle that most people would prefer not to in order to gain capital for business ventures.

    I don't "need" flashy and shiny new things all the time nor do I use apps on my smartphones other than included ones.

  17. Re:Awesome on Adblock Plus Returns To Android and Arrives On iPhone For First Time · · Score: 1

    Like the washingtonpost.com just started doing today?

    http://www.buzzfeed.com/matthe...

  18. Re: Heh on Why Do So Many Tech Workers Dislike Their Jobs? · · Score: 1

    Thats why you go into work that requires a security clearance and get out of the bay area.

  19. Re:Amazing on Trump Targets the Abuse of H-1B Visas · · Score: 1

    Or managed more than 20 people prior to becoming president.

  20. Re:Amazing on Trump Targets the Abuse of H-1B Visas · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Trump has a political brilliance, a strategic brilliance, a thoroughness in showmanship unlike anything anybody else running has, a personal image perfect for maximizing his control over public opinion through the rhetorical strategy of hyperbole, and the money to do this his own way, right, without needing to be phony to satisfy some donor or other.

    Doesn't mean he will be a great president, but his use of hyperbole sticks in many average voters minds as it move the goal posts in his direction, even if the numbers he uses are actual incorrect. It is a great rhetorical device.

  21. Re:Government contracts on Leaked Documents Suggests Uber Is 'Losing Millions' · · Score: 1

    Can I fly over from asia with no passport check?

    Nope.

    You don't have open borders.

  22. Re:Diversity in abram's Star Trek? on J.J. Abrams On "Star Wars" Cast's Racial and Sexual Diversity · · Score: 1

    Well considering the original Khan was played by a white dude as well (Ricardo Monteban's parents are spanish), there's nothing new there.

  23. Re:The Struggle on Is the Amazon-Led Economic Boom Wrecking Seattle? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Honkeys aren't homogeneous. Anyone who thinks so hasn't thought much about it at all.

    Whites are diverse in religion. Some follow no religion at all.

    Whites are diverse in country of origin, further there are a number of "white" regional cultures in the USA..

    White Euro-Americans are diverse in ethnicity. Some of these ethnic categories are Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, Gallic, Iberian, Italic, Greek, Germanic, Basque, Scandinavian, Hispanic, and Slavic.

    White Americans are diverse in how long they or their families have lived in North America. Some families have been here for hundreds of years, but at least a third of all white American families have a grandparent who immigrated here from Europe.

    White Euro-Americans are diverse in wealth. Over half of all the people in the United States who live below the poverty line are white Americans.

    Whites have a wide variety of facial features and colours.

  24. Re: so what on More Than 22 Million People's Data Compromised By OPM Hack · · Score: 1

    People are sheep.

  25. Re:so what on More Than 22 Million People's Data Compromised By OPM Hack · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You don't need to be in love to get married. There's no requirement to prove love. Long term cohabitiating couples, homo or hetero don't need government validation of their relationships.

    This is about recognition for benefits and property rights, though the latter was often done by homosexual couples through LLCs for joint property.