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  1. Re:Should be good for the economy on 2010 Election Results Are In · · Score: 1

    Which is crap because the Democrats control half of Congress and the Presidency, if anything, the Republicans should still have to do what the Democrats want.

  2. Re:Matter / Antimatter on Fermilab Confirms Evidence of 4th Flavor Neutrino · · Score: 2, Funny

    We would know because everything would be spinning in the opposite direction. ;-)

  3. Warhammer on HULC Robotic Exoskeleton MK II Undergoing Tests · · Score: 1

    Make Terminator Power Armor, NAOW!

  4. Re:Wait a minute... on Ontario School Bans Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    I remember hearing that the Event Horizon for the sun would be only a radius a few meters wide.

  5. Re:It would be like this: on What If We Ran Universities Like Wikipedia? · · Score: 1

    I thought most Physics MSs were essentially handed to you when you pass your test qualifying you for the doctorate program?

  6. Re:Wait a minute... on Ontario School Bans Wi-Fi · · Score: 2, Informative

    I think you are missing the part where if the fusion reaction at the center stopped the sun would immediately start collapsing.

  7. Re:Or on Proving 0.999... Is Equal To 1 · · Score: 1

    What is wrong with this? [0,1] Is a set that includes 1 and .9999~ and when graphed on a number line, it makes sense. [0,1) is a set that doesn't include 1 but if you graph it it seems that .999~ would be included because the graph can always get that much closer to 1 and if you continuously zoom in on 1 to infinity then it should go to .999~ right? So how can a number be in the set that excludes it?

  8. So... on Mexican Senate Votes To Drop Out of ACTA · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Another "backwards" country cares more about the freedoms of its people than the United States.

  9. Re:No "creative value" though on Anti-Piracy Lawyers Caught Pirating Each Other · · Score: 4, Funny

    I dunno...according to apple, all words beginning with i belong to them.

  10. Re:Subjective perspective exaggerated on Genetically Altering Trees To Sequester More Carbon · · Score: 1

    The difference is they didn't have the tech back then to keep the horses from shitting everywhere. We have the technology to potentially handle a problem. Just cause it involves genetic manipulation doesn't make it any less viable of a solution. Like every solution, you just need to make sure you find out the side effects.

  11. Re:Subjective perspective exaggerated on Genetically Altering Trees To Sequester More Carbon · · Score: 1

    In the United States, over the past 100 years the forests have been growing faster than we cut them down.

  12. Re:Subjective perspective exaggerated on Genetically Altering Trees To Sequester More Carbon · · Score: 1

    And 100 years ago they were asking where are we going to put all the horse shit. Technology changes the world and that technology gets better all the time.

  13. Re:Subjective perspective exaggerated on Genetically Altering Trees To Sequester More Carbon · · Score: 1

    We start forest fires. Doesn't seem that difficult of a solution.

  14. Re:Meet the new boss, same as the old boss on Obama Wants Broader Internet Wiretap Authority · · Score: 1

    How long till they require websites to record the IP and text entered by anyone there just in case a court order comes up?

  15. Re:Cry me a river, billionaires on Ballmer, Bezos Fund Effort To Undermine Bill Gates · · Score: 1

    Yes, the benevolent corporationists who have never taken advantage of the country, ever.

  16. Re:Question, adjusted, remains on Ballmer, Bezos Fund Effort To Undermine Bill Gates · · Score: 2, Informative

    It is impossible for a state to spend more than it takes in. When a state can print money then we may have something to talk about. As it is now, they are selling bonds to pay for their stuff which is probably a wise decision because if they laid people off from government service, those people would probably be on unemployment for 6+ months.

  17. Re:put your money where your mouth is (or shut up) on Ballmer, Bezos Fund Effort To Undermine Bill Gates · · Score: 1

    You want proof that you need social safety nets? How many people died during depressions and recessions before Unemployment Insurance? You lost your job, you didn't get paid jack until you could get another one, and good luck doing that in a depression.

    Let's see here, they lived in slums, they had their children work instead of going to school, they were malnourished. A living wage means you can live without doing any of those things. And I like how you advocate that slaves were paid. I bet you wonder what they complained about at all, food, bed and water, what more could somebody ask for right?

    And no, its not live in comfort that most people want for the poor. But it would be nice if the Middle class was the largest of the 3 classes, its not like consumerism isn't driven by the middle class or anything.

  18. Re:Question, adjusted, remains on Ballmer, Bezos Fund Effort To Undermine Bill Gates · · Score: 1

    You do realize that states are not allowed by the Constitution to run at a deficit right? Yeah, they can sell bonds, but that isn't exactly the same thing.

  19. Re:Next year you would not know. on Ballmer, Bezos Fund Effort To Undermine Bill Gates · · Score: 1

    Yes, people should vote on things like facts and arguments. But I think you become disenfranchised from the average intelligence of Americans by reading / all day long. The average American is easily swayed by shiny things and the person with the most advertising sways their short mindedness.

  20. Re:put your money where your mouth is (or shut up) on Ballmer, Bezos Fund Effort To Undermine Bill Gates · · Score: 1

    Or we could realize that a modern society functions better with certain safety nets and regulatory committees. But I guess you want to go back to the late 19th Century where corporations controlled all and the average worker made less than a living wage.

  21. Re:Cry me a river, billionaires on Ballmer, Bezos Fund Effort To Undermine Bill Gates · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Penalizing people? Taxes are not a penalty. They are what you owe to have things like Roads, Public Education, Police and Firemen. Rich people who employ people doubly benefit from those services in that their workers benefit from them making their companies that much more functional and secure. Why should they not pay higher taxes for the extra benefits they get?

  22. Re:Open your wallets on Orchestra To Turn Copyright-Free Classical Scores Into Copyright-Free Music · · Score: 4, Funny

    Not even saving abandoned puppies me thinks.

  23. Re:Keep track of your stuff on Judge Allows Subpoenas For Internet Users · · Score: 1

    I would have made a copy for this eventuality, but it seems that is just as illegal.

  24. Re:Keep track of your stuff on Judge Allows Subpoenas For Internet Users · · Score: 1

    If I know said movie is in my house, its just packed in a box somewhere and it would take me hours to find, why should I have to bother looking for it when I have paid money for that movie already and it is more convenient for me to download?

  25. Re:This is going to be a bit unpopular, but.... on Judge Allows Subpoenas For Internet Users · · Score: 1

    And hence, we get to the root of the problem.