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  1. Re:Jimmies Rustled on Cisco VP To Memo Leaker: Finding You Now 'My Hobby' · · Score: 1

    They depend on the family relationship, internally and externally. Externally, to exploit. Internally, to trust.

  2. Re:Excellent on Barack Obama Retains US Presidency · · Score: 1

    You can't prove a negative. You can interview all the people you want who didn't see the plane go in. There are billions of them. But there ARE people who saw it, and that's the proof.

    Also, where did the plane and its passengers go if not tragically into the Pentagon?

  3. Re:Excellent on Barack Obama Retains US Presidency · · Score: 1

    A trusted friend watched it along with his coworkers.

  4. Re:Tweedledee won ! on Barack Obama Retains US Presidency · · Score: 1

    He could wipe out the whole pentagon budget and still not counteract the bush tax cuts.

  5. Re:GWB 2.0 on Barack Obama Retains US Presidency · · Score: 1

    Who said anything about treason?

  6. Re:Excellent on Barack Obama Retains US Presidency · · Score: 1

    My bad. I misread.

  7. Re:GWB 2.0 on Barack Obama Retains US Presidency · · Score: 1

    The 12 year old little whores you speak of were barely even born yet when Clinton was president. Plus, virtually nobody puts cock in their mouth unless they think it's a good idea. Second, why are these concerned parents letting their little innocent flowers watch the news when it contained such shocking material? Third, even if the president went around ranting about how awesome cocksucking is, why do they think their kid is going to listen to him rather than their own moral teachings? If they had raised their kids the way they imagine they did, their kids would simply shake their heads at the "immorality" of it all.

  8. Re:GWB 2.0 on Barack Obama Retains US Presidency · · Score: 1

    I doubt that's even remotely true. Regardless, one gives up the protection of citizenship when giving material support to our enemies. These killings happened on the battlefield.

  9. Re:GWB 2.0 on Barack Obama Retains US Presidency · · Score: 1

    Was it well known in 2004? I don't remember. Anyway, what is sickening is that much of America didn't just accept it, they cheered for it. Either because "those people" deserved it, or in some "24" fantasy of torture saving the world.

  10. Re:Looks like ACA (Obamacare) is with us to stay. on Barack Obama Retains US Presidency · · Score: 1

    Almost none of the provisions have gone into effect. And healthcare costs had been rising at double digit percentages per year. Maybe it does cost you more, but doing nothing probably would cost you even more.

  11. Re:.... and the US deficit continues to balloon on Barack Obama Retains US Presidency · · Score: 1

    Then why are all the economic indicators going up?

  12. Re:Looks like ACA (Obamacare) is with us to stay. on Barack Obama Retains US Presidency · · Score: 1

    Well, yeah. It is pretty much the same plan the republicans wanted. Until a democrat decided it would be a good idea and they went all crazy.

  13. Re:Tweedledee won ! on Barack Obama Retains US Presidency · · Score: 4, Informative

    1- Because the majority of the current deficits of the last 4 years were due to the wars and the Bush tax cut. Thus, he is not responsible for their effects. He tried to stop both, but met with limited success. Further, another good portion of the deficits were due to reduced tax revenue and increased mandatory spending because of the recession that appeared before he took office. Gonna have deficits during a recession.

    2- Federal discretionary spending, which is spending that isn't forced by some law requiring it, is flat or down for Obama's term.

    3- He will continue the hard work of helping the country build growth and jobs, and no doubt continue reducing any spending he can while trying to get the Bush tax cuts cancelled.

    You talk about facts, but you don't seem to actually know any.

  14. Re:Excellent on Barack Obama Retains US Presidency · · Score: 1

    The Pentagon isn't just any office building. It was designed, and further enhanced over the years, to protect against attacks like this. Further, the Pentagon is a large building in relation to the size of an airplane. Yes, from wing to wing and gear to tail, the plane is large. But the fuselage is much smaller, and on low quality video would look very much like a missile. It was likely going very fast, as jets often do. Unlike the vast majority of other crashes, these pilots weren't trying to reduce speed and minimize damage. They very likely pushed the throttles to 11. At those speeds, just a little extra speed adds a TREMENDOUS amount of energy to the crash. Which, when confronted with a building the size of 65 Wal-Marts, made of reinforced concrete and granite, means that you aren't going to have a fucking tail laying around like you do when a pilot is trying not to crash.

    Yes, it's the size of 65 Wal-Marts. They average 100,000 sq feet, and the Pentagon is 6.5 million square feet. Picture 13 Wal-Marts end to end, and then wrap them into the shape of a pentagon. Then stack 4 more layers on top of that.

  15. Re:Excellent on Barack Obama Retains US Presidency · · Score: 5, Informative

    Listen you fucking idiot, there was a plane. I personally know someone who watched it go into the building with a bunch of his coworkers. The poor bastard was in tears when we talked later that day. Get your head out of your ass.

  16. Re:He's probably right. on Nate Silver's Numbers Indicate Probable Obama Win, World Agrees · · Score: 1

    I predict another summer of armed people screaming at townhall meetings.

  17. Re:I Like this guy... on Kim Dotcom's Next Venture: Free Broadband To New Zealand · · Score: 1

    All you have to do is google some pictures of him and look at the things he does. Complete tool.

  18. Re:I wonder... on Amazon Charges Sales Tax On "Shipping and Handling" · · Score: 1

    If you live in a state where services are taxed, yes. You received the service, which was sending you a box.

  19. Re:Buy Amazon Prime. on Amazon Charges Sales Tax On "Shipping and Handling" · · Score: 1

    Sure they do. At the end of the month, they tally up the total of the things they sold and send a check for the appropriate amounts to the state(s). They keep the excess tax they charged on things for which they aren't required to reimburse the state.

  20. Re:A Modus Operandi from American manufacturers on Hyundai Overstated MPG On Over 1 Million Cars · · Score: 1

    Honda recently has lost it's stellar reputation. Many of the cars eating up rear tires because of crap suspension parts, engine mounts coming apart, and electrical issues.

    I noticed that myself on the road, where the rear tires of Hondas would splay outward when hitting bumps or when heavily loaded. They must have made some stupid compromise, like sacrificing a good suspension geometry for trunk space or a flat rear floor.

  21. Re:MPG testing on Hyundai Overstated MPG On Over 1 Million Cars · · Score: 1

    That's something that people forget. The EPA rating isn't meant to predict what a driver will get. It's meant to compare different cars on the same test. They should have used a different rating system for the comparison so this confusion wouldn't be felt. Even if it was just L/100km, people would know that it's a different rating system than what they do at home.

  22. Re:A Modus Operandi from American manufacturers on Hyundai Overstated MPG On Over 1 Million Cars · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Ridiculous. Cars are more reliable than ever, and that's because they are designed well. For god's sake, we are at a point where a car needs practically no regular maintenance. No adjusting carburetors, no cleaning points, no timing adjustments, no changing spark plugs every spring, no adjusting brakes every fall, no engine rebuilds because bearings wear out.

    The tradeoff is that every now and then, a sensor fails and you have to replace it. The problem is that they are more difficult to diagnose. You need to know how the engine's control systems work, and you very often need diagnostic equipment to pinpoint which sensor is the source of the problem. Dudes who grew up fixin' on cars by feel and superstition have no idea what to do, and just throw parts at the problem until it disappears- either the problem eventually gets fixed by one of the parts, or the customer goes away.

    Very few people understand the important part of machine diagnosis: narrow the failure down to which part *actually* failed. Advising customers to replace rather than repair is giving up on that- its hard to do diagnosis, so the easy way out is to just replace the whole thing.

    A classic example of dumb-ass diagnosis is the oxygen sensor system in a car. There is a sensor that tests for the right mixture, and then there is a sensor after the catalytic converter that makes sure the converter is working right. If the first sensor gets stupid, the catalytic sensor will think the catalytic converter is broken, and idiots replace that sensor, and then the catalytic converter, and then throw up their hands. If you know that the first sensor can feed false information to the rest of the system, you know to test it first.

  23. Re:Oddly enough... on Hyundai Overstated MPG On Over 1 Million Cars · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I agree. I have a 2012 Accent, and its performance is vastly improved using premium gas. It probably isn't economically worth it, but the extra dollar a tank is worth it for driving pleasure. It's little 1600 cc engine is pleasantly torquey for its size, when fed good gas. (I know that reads like an advertisement, but it's not. I am just really happy with the car. I bought it simply because it was cheap and had a long warranty, and was surprised at how good of a car it ended up being.)

    But I was suspicious about the MPG claims. I've always been able to easily exceed the US MPG ratings on my cars, but on this one I was barely able to meet them. Especially frustrating considering that the test was de-rated a few years ago. I can easily exceed the 40 MPG rating, but only on dead flat ground at 55 MPH. I can probably get about 50 - 60 MPG in that use case. But if I up the speed or climb a grade, its mileage suffers quickly.

    However, it's stated 33 MPG in combined driving is pretty much dead on. I average 31-34 all the time.

    I'm disappointed at Hyundai for doing this, because they really didn't have to. They have worked really hard at improving their cars in the last 10 years, and this stupid blunder will harm their reputation. In many categories, their cars are top in class, and fudging the MPG numbers really wasn't going to get them very much more in sales.

  24. Re:Why does this matter? on Fisker Hybrids Get Bad Karma From Superstorm Sandy · · Score: 1

    I saw the photo of all the submerged Crown Vic taxis, and noted to myself that Chicago will soon be getting a new batch of "new" livery vehicles.

  25. Re:Need to take great caution with this on Seattle's Creepy Cameraman Pushes Public Surveillance Buttons · · Score: 1

    Let him take all the video he wants. He might think he's making a point about surveillance, but what he is really doing is being a bully, getting his jollies by messing with people.