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  1. Re:not a good thing on Have Your Fingerprints Read From 6 Meters Away · · Score: 1

    I don't think it's fair to use the term deadbeats to refer to everyone who can't repay their debts. Some are unable to repay through no fault of their own. It's a mathematical certainty and the banks are aware of it. They created the system that causes it.

    Money is created as debt. The principal comes into existence whenever money is borrowed from the bank - the bank just creates it out of thin air. If there were no debt, there would be no money.

    One of the problems with the system is that the interest is not created. It's only the delay before the repayment is due versus growth in the overall debtload that keeps the pyramid scheme running. Total debt must increase at an ever-accelerating rate just to keep the system from crashing. Otherwise the number of people who can repay their debts is easily calculated as P / (P + I). The rest will find there simply isn't enough money in the economy to make payments on time.

  2. Re:please ignore on Why 'Nigerian Scammers' Say They're From Nigeria · · Score: 1

    Great baiting story here. They got the scammer to send money and pictures of himself. (I'd like to do business with you but first you'll have to join our church). Or this one where they scored some awesome wood carvings from the scammer.

  3. CBUFT on Chuck Schumer Tells Apple and Google To "Curb Your Spy Planes" · · Score: 1

    Let's get rid of everything that Could Be Used For Terrorism... roads, telephones, power tools, cars, water... Fear it all!

  4. Re:I wouldn't on How Would You Redesign the TLD Hierarchy? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'd say .edu, .gov and .mil need to be moved under .us to be fair or else every country would have to have the same battery of tld's.

  5. Re:Easy - RIM on Which Fading Smartphone Company Is More Valuable To Microsoft, RIM Or Nokia? · · Score: 1

    Not just for the patents, MS would buy RIM to have their corporate customers.

  6. Re:How to write without political bias? on Statisticians Investigate Political Bias On Wikipedia · · Score: 1
  7. Re:How to write without political bias? on Statisticians Investigate Political Bias On Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    The report that says normal office fires melted structural steel?? It's exactly the document that I've been trying to explain is impossible. Their own people called that report a "half-baked farce".

    Once again, I invite you to read this peer-reviewed scientific paper from the Open Chemical Physics Journal or any of the other links I have provided previously.

  8. Re:God's experiment in free will on Debate Over Evolution Will Soon Be History, Says Leakey · · Score: 1

    Why don't you investigate it and find out?

  9. Re:WTF?!!? on Canadian IP Lobby Calls For ACTA, SOPA & Warrantless Search · · Score: 1

    I'm hoping if we wake enough of them up that we just might turn this around.

  10. Re:WTF?!!? on Canadian IP Lobby Calls For ACTA, SOPA & Warrantless Search · · Score: 1

    Wrong. He nailed it. Reactions like yours come from well-conditioned msm junkies. Just consider it for a moment - the possibility that they've done a real number on you.

  11. Re:God's experiment in free will on Debate Over Evolution Will Soon Be History, Says Leakey · · Score: 1

    citation needed

  12. Re:How to write without political bias? on Statisticians Investigate Political Bias On Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    Ah yes, the ad-hominem attack - last resort of those without a leg to stand on.

    As soon as you have anything factual, anything scientific or anything intelligent to say, I'll be glad to hear it.

  13. Re:Title? on Canada No Pirate Nation: Global Leader In Music Download Sales · · Score: 1

    As long as we're pointing out spelling, It's held liable

  14. The Return of Tactile on Buttons That Morph Out of Your Touchscreen · · Score: 1

    I'll be so glad to be able to feel the buttons again when driving... much safer and more covert

  15. Re:How to write without political bias? on Statisticians Investigate Political Bias On Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    I actually wasn't referring to conspiracy theories. I made no mention of theories of any kind. I'm only talking about the facts of the case and fair questions arising from them. Unpleasant ones, certainly, and difficult ones to consider because of their implications, absolutely.

    But since you brought them up, conspiracy theories are generally what you have when you don't have any proof. Proof, as in what the Bush administration said they had that was supposed to link bin laden to the attacks, which they promised to make known "shortly", over 10 years ago and never did. In fact, the taliban offered to deliver bin laden if only the US would produce any such proof. They didn't produce any.

    The government claimed that normal office fires caused the pools of molten metal and concrete that was found under the 3 WTC towers. The fact is that's impossible. Remember Building 7 wasn't hit by an airplane. Even with jet fuel added to Buildings 1 and 2, it's impossible. Over 100 accounts from first-responders confirmed the presence of molten metal. Some said it was flowing like lava. Video footage also shows it flowing out of the side of Building 2.

    For 20 minutes after the impact and before the roof collapsed, the circular hole in the side of the Pentagon was approximately 14 feet in diameter. This fact is plainly visible in video footage. Where the wings and multi-ton steel and titanium engines should have impacted the building, the windows aren't even broken. These are facts, not theories. They actually said the wings folded up and the plane evaporated. W.T.F.

    Scientists are not conspiracy theorists. In fact some of them tend to pursue the truth, no matter where it leads. For example, this peer-reviewed paper was published in an open scientific journal and IMO proves the existence of huge quantities of nano-thermite in the twin towers. It has not been refuted.

    It's understandable that some people don't want to consider this kind of information. If you're one of them, then don't click on the link in my signature. Whatever you do, don't google "WTC7". There are some videos on youtube that you should avoid as well, particularly Experts Speak Out and Blueprint For Truth. Even this 5-minute video could ruin your day, so be careful what you click on. You don't have to get in front of this if you don't want to, but calling it a conspiracy theory because the bobble-headed media drones said to might cause one to look foolish one day.

    Condemnation without investigation is the highest form of ignorance. (Albert Einstein)

  16. Re:God's experiment in free will on Debate Over Evolution Will Soon Be History, Says Leakey · · Score: 1

    Hence the success of the "official story" behind 9/11. It's physically impossible, which is obvious to any thinking individual who really looks at it. But people don't want to think on their own. They seem to like being told what to believe and either they're quite happy to forgo the responsibility of thinking critically, or they're afraid to stray from the pack. I'm still trying to figure that one out.

  17. Re:Judges are necessary on Cost of Pre-Screening All YouTube Content: US$37 Billion · · Score: 1

    Your right to free hate speech ends where my right to run the web site of my choice begins.

  18. Re:I'm confused on Supreme Court Rules Julian Assange May Be Extradited · · Score: 1

    In the intro to his show he says he's been held for 500 days without charge.

  19. Re:How to write without political bias? on Statisticians Investigate Political Bias On Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    I hear ya brother (or sister). I'll get modded into oblivion for this, but... Just try to get any semblance of truth or even an intelligent question to stay put on the 9/11 page. Yeah, the TV says an office fire can melt steel and that flight 77 disappeared into a 14' hole in the side of the Pentagon, so it must be true. How dare we ask questions? How dare we even tell people about our questions on Wikipedia?

  20. Re:Problem? on All Researchers To Be Allocated Unique IDs · · Score: 1

    Do the two of you share the same email address too?

  21. Re:Wow on SCOTUS Refuses To Hear Tenenbaum Appeal · · Score: 1
  22. Re:Ending congestion? on How Would Driver-less Cars Change Motoring? · · Score: 1

    If all the cars were converted over to driverless and they communicated with each other, they wouldn't even have to stop at intersections. They could time their approaches and interlace themselves so each one gets through the intersection without colliding.

  23. Re:Driver-less cars would eliminate car ownership on How Would Driver-less Cars Change Motoring? · · Score: 1

    It would blur the line between owning a car and using one, like Personal Rapid Transit, which looks amazing.

  24. Re:Right on! on Usage Based Billing In Canada To Be Rescinded · · Score: 1

    The government wouldn't provide Internet but it could lay fiber connecting homes and businesses, including Internet providers. Get whatever Internet service from whatever provider, but it can all ride on a public fiber net, like with public roads.