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  1. Re:I want silent vehicles on Fake Engine Noise Is the Auto Industry's Dirty Little Secret · · Score: 1

    My vehicle is not entirely silent but close enough that I have to look at the rpms to tell if the car started sometimes. Listening to the actual engine noise even if there isn't much of one can be helpful it lets you know when there is a problem. Fake engine noises would drowned out the actual engine noise when a problem did occur.

  2. Re:People forget about people. on Pirate Activist Shows Politicians What Digital Surveillance Looks Like · · Score: 2

    Not to mention made them second guess who was controlling every other conference wi-fi labeled "Open Guest" that they had connected to over the years. These were not just politicians some were supposed security experts.

  3. Re:Are you trying to get legislation? on Uber Suspends Australian Transport Inspector Accounts To Block Stings · · Score: 1

    I can see why Uber would think that the regulation are outrageous. It's a lot easier to convince them to follow the rules when they make sense and are not a huge financial burden. There are some places including where I live that they do follow the rules.

  4. Re:Slashvertizement ... on Facebook Targets Office Workers With Facebook At Work Service · · Score: 1

    "Facebook at Work has the same look, apps, and tools as the Facebook we’ve seen before." from TFA

    So basically a bunch of random games, quizzes, silly feeds, cat videos, and chat? It doesn't sound very productive or useful.

  5. Re:It's been going on for years on UK Computing Teachers Concerned That Pupils Know More Than Them · · Score: 1

    I had some good teachers music, math, and science. The rest were basically just reading a text book at the class, if you asked a question they would basically just read the same thing again.

    I particularly liked science and was excited when my kids got to junior high because I thought they would be doing cool experiments like when I was in school. They don't do that anymore due to budget and safety concerns, I think I was more disappointed than my sons.

  6. Re:It's been going on for years on UK Computing Teachers Concerned That Pupils Know More Than Them · · Score: 1

    I had a similar disagreement with a math teacher who's answer was... Yes I know it's faster and easier to understand that way but I'm teaching you how it will appear in papers that are currently being published, show me you understand it as it's being taught anything else is extra credit.

  7. Re:When I first read this... on Ted Cruz To Oversee NASA and US Science Programs · · Score: 4, Funny

    or Mars is the best place to go elk hunting....

  8. Re:God-damn. on Rare Recalled NES Game Stadium Events On Ebay For $99,000 · · Score: 1

    I have heard about fast food being served in schools, but it's not happening in the mid-west where I live. { I would know my kid loves fast food and hates the school cafeteria }

    The municipal water here is not only safe, it is bottled and sold... probably to you.

  9. Re:Conform or be expelled on HOA Orders TARDIS Removed From In Front of Parrish Home · · Score: 1

    Less than half a payment is principal for the first few years on a 30yr fixed mortgage you can save a bundle in interest making extra payments and shortening the mortgage length.

  10. Re:Start with Venus... on How Close Are We To Engineering the Climate? · · Score: 1

    Well I guess they are not counting the cloud seeding that's been going on in the mid-west. I know Colorado and Kansas both have programs since that the area I live in and it occasionally hit the news.

    http://cwcb.state.co.us/water-...weathermodificationprogram.aspx

  11. Re:Conform or be expelled on HOA Orders TARDIS Removed From In Front of Parrish Home · · Score: 1

    I live in a not really rural area of Kansas but mostly the homes are spread out. My place isn't that big 3 bed 2 bath 1 car garage... my son lives in California the land of the $2.5k a month 1 bedroom apartments, I've priced some homes where he lives and all I can say is I got an amazing deal.

             

  12. Re:Conform or be expelled on HOA Orders TARDIS Removed From In Front of Parrish Home · · Score: 2

    This is why I told my real estate agent that I didn't want anything with a hoa... I don't want anyone telling me I can't install a large patio with fire fit and grill... My house isn't worth near that but depending what state you are in mine may be bigger.

    a $400k home in my area usually doesn't have neighbors and comes with 3 - 5 acres and are in the 4k sq ft range. $700k homes are usually over 4k sq ft with 5 or more acres private lakes or ponds and stables.... These guys don't worry about hoa

  13. Re:History Channel on Finding Genghis Khan's Tomb From Space · · Score: 1

    Sharknado, Enough Said!

  14. Re:History Channel on Finding Genghis Khan's Tomb From Space · · Score: 1

    A lot of channels are going that way... I can't remember the last time I saw a music video or music related program on MTV and Syfy is not any better at living up to it's name.

  15. Re:Ha on Sony Thinks You'll Pay $1200 For a Digital Walkman · · Score: 1

    As a musician who also has many friends and a brother that play in bands {some signed to crappie indie labels and even universal} and have recorded at various studios. It really depends what you start with... how well the original recording was done. Otherwise it could just be hi-res feedback and static.

    {I want to use my amazing sounding tube amp from the 60s that has no audio out and goes nuts if you place any other electronic near it especially a mic... this is the last thing a recording engineer wants to hear}

  16. Re:Yes. on Writers Say They Feel Censored By Surveillance · · Score: 1

    I try to put thought into what I say on the internet or otherwise in order to better communicate my intent, but on things like facebook I see a lot people {mostly younger} that just don't appear to have a filter they post hundreds of random thoughts a day as if they are trying scream over everyone else begging someone to pay attention.

    I sometimes think that the way we are using technology to communicate is more harmful than it is good. I don't think a fear of surveillance has the ability to take root in society and control it the way you think it does.

  17. Re:Physical media on Vinyl's Revival Is Now a Phenomenon On Both Sides of the Atlantic · · Score: 1

    I know a few people who still buy vinyl because of the art work especially the ones with the artwork on the vinyl and never actually play them.

    Now about quality... When I was a kid I had crates of albums and later cassette tapes then cds now it all fits on a single mp3 player and they all sound different but none of them sound the same as live. If I pull out a album that i've has since highschool and play it that would be nostalgia, not hipster wanna be garbage...

  18. Re:Poor choices to use proprietary cause this! on Google Researcher Publishes Unpatched Windows 8.1 Security Vulnerability · · Score: 1

    I'm surprised more people haven't responded that they already have contributed, given the way anything about a particular language turns into an argument.

    I'm not a professional developer, but I have on occasion been the fresh pair of eyes that has spotted something that turned out to be an easy fix. On many more occasions I have found bugs that were out of my league.

  19. Re:What I like on Designing the Best Board Game · · Score: 1

    Sealed deck or not Magic is still a game of chance.

    A friend wanted to play a couple weeks before Christmas so we bought a couple decks and played. He got two bad shuffles in row the first game he had two mana and nothing with a casting cost under three when he died on the 6th turn and the second game was pretty much the same even though the deck had a decent amount of mana and low casting cost creatures.

  20. Re:hmmm...no. on CIA on UFO Sightings: 'It Was Us' · · Score: 1

    You have a point.... People manage to catch all the stupid accidents, cute pets, and any other silly thing that happens and post it on youtube, by now someone should have some great footage of bigfoot or UFOs.

  21. Re:and yet... on NVIDIA Breached · · Score: 2

    We have yearly mandatory security training and testing for all employees. They like to recap recent incidents that hit the news and point out how following proper security policies could prevent a similar incident.

  22. Re:He must enjoy preaching to the choir. on Neil DeGrasse Tyson Explains His Christmas Tweet · · Score: 1

    Had he worded it "Isaac Newton, born Dec 25th, changed the world before age 30. Happy Birthday!" I doubt it would have stirred up as much but then again the way he did word it, sounded very much like how he speaks on the tv show. Was it intentional? I guess only he knows for certain.

  23. Re:"advised to cease her activities" on NSA Reveals More Than a Decade of Improper Surveillance · · Score: 1

    And also, what did you find out?

    Her ex's new girlfriend looks better in a bikini and isn't a crazy stalker.

    I had a crazy ex stalker girl that would watch me at work with binoculars from the park across the street... I eventually moved to another state.

  24. Re:Vintage name phones on Kodak-Branded Smartphones On the Way · · Score: 1

    Same here... they are staffed by kids that wouldn't know a transistor from watch battery and the few components they have are learning kits for 12 yr olds. When I was kid they had almost any electronic component you could ask for.

  25. Re:Question it with a hypothesis... on Skeptics Would Like Media To Stop Calling Science Deniers 'Skeptics' · · Score: 1

    (By the way, no, "global cooling," was never a real thing, before somebody ham-handedly posts a link about it. There are fake magazine covers out there, etc., but ignore the deniers.)

    You must be kind of young.... global cooling was a not so popular and short lived theory just as we were starting to realize that we do and how we might effect our environment.