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  1. Re:The finding on Google Looking To Define a Healthy Human · · Score: 1

    That is why they are only looking for 175 people. They don't expect to find many more than that.

  2. Re:Problem with proprietary 'free' offerings on Microsoft Kills Off MapPoint and Streets and Trips In Favor of Bing Maps · · Score: 1

    My company has products utilizing both Bing and MapPoint. I'm not sure this news really matters to us though. Most of our customers are still running Windows XP.

  3. Re:BMI is a lie! on Gaining On the US: Most Europeans To Be Overweight By 2030 · · Score: 1

    Which makes it next to impossible for me to find a pair of pants in 30x34. Nobody carries them any more.

  4. Re:A bunch of nuns? on Autonomous Car Ethics: If a Crash Is Unavoidable, What Does It Hit? · · Score: 1

    Kill the kids and give them and their parents Darwin Awards.

  5. Re: In Soviet America... on These Are the Companies the FAA Has Sent notices To For Using Drones · · Score: 1

    These drones are delivering beer across a frozen lake. There are no obstacles.

  6. Re:To require? on Government To Require Vehicle-to-vehicle Communication · · Score: 1

    I think "break lights" are supposed to be broken.

  7. Re:Maggiw on Great Firewall of UK Blocks Game Patch Because of Substring Matches · · Score: 1

    At least we can still watch porn.

  8. Re:Laugh =) on Watch Out, Amazon: DHL Tests Drug-Delivery Drone · · Score: 1

    No fuel costs when telling the mailman to bring the packages straight to your door.

  9. Re:Its a shame. on Arizona Commissioner Probes Utility's Secret Funding of Anti-Solar Campaign · · Score: 1

    I'm not living in my house right now after it was flooded, but still have the electric service on so I can work on it. My bills lately have been $15 worth of service/distribution charges and $2 for the actually electricity.

  10. Re:Well... on Boy Scouts Bully Hacker Scouts Into Submission · · Score: 1

    I was expecting a link for "To Kill a Mockingbird".

  11. I could see Google saying "Hey our car works. License our patents."

    No, Google will offer it for free and then display ads for every store and restaurant on the way asking if you would like to stop.

  12. Re:Burning bridges on Ask Slashdot: When Is It OK To Not Give Notice? · · Score: 1

    That depends on who you are pissing off. I had a co-worker walk out without notice and had no problem getting another job. Employers actually sympathized with him because they had heard stories of our boss. We had several contractors leave because of him, so our boss' name got around the industry quickly. Any of us that worked with him would have gladly given him a good reference.

  13. Re:Solution to the problem on 9th Circuit Court Elevates Celebrity Privacy Rights Over Video Game Portrayals · · Score: 1

    There is really no point in arguing about this since there will be no more NCAA games. http://www.webpronews.com/ncaa-will-not-renew-ea-contract-ncaa-football-2014-to-be-the-last-ncaa-game-2013-07

  14. Re:No real solutions - and we're doing what? on Obama Reveals Climate Change Plan · · Score: 1

    Flood insurance policies are limited to $250,000 for building property. Taxpayers aren't paying to rebuild million dollar homes.

  15. Re:Just set it to clock speed on Speeding Ticket Robots — Laws As Algorithms · · Score: 1

    Some people call them revenue raisers.

    That is what they are. Speeding isn't that big of a cause of accidents, but it is the easiest to ticket because it is measurable. When everyone is doing 20mph over the limit on the highway, there is no issue. If one person is doing 20mph faster than everyone else and weaving between lanes, that is an issue. Worse if someone is drunk, talking/texting on a cell phone or distracted with something else. I'd rather work on detecting these drivers as they are the real danger.

  16. Re:Lazy on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Stay Fit At Work? · · Score: 1

    run for an hour outdoors with your heart rate around 150-165. "Good shape" will get you 7.5 miles. Good weekend triathletes will get 10 miles. Professional triathletes will get 12.

    You clearly aren't a runner, at least not one capable of the 10-12 miles. It possible those great athletes to get that distance in an hour, but in race conditions. It isn't something they are going to do 3 times a week.

  17. Re:Considering the reputation that megaupload had on Kim Dotcom's Mega Claims 1 Million Users Within 24 Hours · · Score: 2

    He is referring to the malpractice insurance the doctors need that inflates the cost of repairing your kid's broken leg.

  18. Re:rob this person for guns here on New York Pistol Permit Owner List Leaked · · Score: 1

    Probably because it is necessary to have a gun just to walk outside, unless you want to be eaten by a bear. Also, I'm pretty sure Alaska has the highest crime rate per capita in the US (at least for rapes and murders). There are loads of nutcases just living in the woods in tents.

  19. Re:it tells you one thing, at least on Adam Lanza Destroyed His Computer Before Rampage · · Score: 1

    Guns are part of the problem. What legitimate reason could anyone have for owning an AR15? Don't you dare say hunting. If you can't kill a deer with a standard hunting rifle, you need a new hobby. Personally, I'd rather take my chances with a disturbed individual trying to build a bomb than getting their hands on an assualt rifle. No matter how easy you think it is to build a bomb, firing a gun is far simpler. Anyone looking up how to build a bomb is also going to end up on watch lists and could potentially (chances are likely slim though) be picked up before something happens. If he had come in wielding knives, there is a decent chance the principal and other staff member that died trying to stop him would have succeeded. They may still have died, but those 20 children would be alive.

  20. Re:Iidots on Pull Lever, Don't Snap Shutter: It May Be Illegal To Post Your Ballot · · Score: 1

    Taking the picture may very well be illegal. I know at my polling place this morning that had signs saying that cellphones were not allowed.

  21. Re:3 million on Einstein Letter Critical of Religion To Be Auctioned On EBay · · Score: 1

    ManBearPig? You're thinking of the wrong Al.

  22. Re:But the moon is full of cheese on Space Vs. Poverty Debate In India · · Score: 1

    or the company that hired them and didn't want to spend enough to actually hire educated people?

    You think people in US call centers are "educated"?

  23. Re:Now I know on Chuck Schumer Tells Apple and Google To "Curb Your Spy Planes" · · Score: 1

    Along those lines, I would think that warning people when they will be photographing would cause more issues. I imagine a lot of kids going outside to moon the Google drones. Then the government will confiscate all their servers citing child porn and no longer need to even go through the hassle of making requests for data.

  24. Re:Rubbish on Fox News Brings Video Game Violence Debate To a New Low · · Score: 2

    Fox News does have people to verify their "facts", unfortunately they all work for the Daily Show.