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  1. Re:Terms of service? on AOL's New Alto Client Is Visual Email, and You Don't Need a New Address · · Score: 1

    Er, they all explicitly allow IMAP. They are pretty happy to let to you use thunderbird and see no ads at all, why would they have a problem with this service?
     
    In fact I check my hotmail and yahoo email only though Gmail (I have asked Gmail to poll these accounts through IMAP). I have never logged into either of the accounts in years and have never viewed a single ad from them. They seem to be pretty happy about this setup, and have never complained.

  2. Re:Damn! on Newsweek To Go Digital-Only In 2013 · · Score: 1

    Give FT Weekend edition a try. I have found it to be a pretty comprehensive summary of the week.

  3. Re:The problem isn't the medium - it's the title on Newsweek To Go Digital-Only In 2013 · · Score: 1

    I dont about others, but I love the FT Weekend edition. It is a complete summary of the week. I do check google news during the week, but I have never found it to be complete.

  4. Re:You agree when you disagree on User Tracking Back On iOS 6 · · Score: 0

    I know you were defending android. I was only arguing that there is a better way to defend android. I have no idea why you seem to so touchy about this.

  5. Re:Confiscate them! on Man Finds Roman Gold Coin Hoard Worth £100,000 With Metal Detector · · Score: 1

    If you find oil in your backyard, do you own it? You dont, in the UK, and am curious about the US system.

  6. Re:Android has the same ability on User Tracking Back On iOS 6 · · Score: 4, Informative

    The first time activated my phone (it is the screen where you can add your google account if you want to, and is standard on every android phone and tablet I have seen), I was asked if wanted "Interest based ads", I did not opted in and never had to worry about it. So android does not really have the same thing.

  7. Re:Waiting for the first report... on Nissan Develops Emergency Auto-Steering System · · Score: 1

    May be, he is passing someone on the autobahn?

  8. Re:recipie for disaster on Nissan Develops Emergency Auto-Steering System · · Score: 1

    Well, we have evolved to hold humans a special status. Even new born children can differentiate humans from other creatures/objects, and treat them differently. Though, some people are just different I guess.

    PS: I wouldnt have modded you troll, but I would certainly have categorized you as strange.

  9. Re:recipie for disaster on Nissan Develops Emergency Auto-Steering System · · Score: 1

    Mmm strange. Some states even have laws for these. Delware requires a vehicle traveling at 20 mph to be able to stop with 55 feet (and for regular brakes, it should stop in 30 feet). Have they stopped enforcing these laws?

  10. Re:recipie for disaster on Nissan Develops Emergency Auto-Steering System · · Score: 2

    Even if you dont agree that they are better, I am sure you would agree that, they think they are better drivers.

  11. Re:recipie for disaster on Nissan Develops Emergency Auto-Steering System · · Score: 1

    You buses drive themselves? Awesome! Which city are you from?

  12. Re:recipie for disaster on Nissan Develops Emergency Auto-Steering System · · Score: 1

    It is decent if you dont lock your wheels. It may take twice as much distance to stop compare to your regular brakes, but are really good as a backup.

  13. Re:recipie for disaster on Nissan Develops Emergency Auto-Steering System · · Score: 1

    Did the emergency (or the parking) brake fail too?

  14. Re:recipie for disaster on Nissan Develops Emergency Auto-Steering System · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Ambulance drivers are usually far better drivers than the rest. They also understand their vehicle and its response far better than the average folk. So yeah, no wonder they prefer to take decisions themselves than trust the machine to do that for them.

  15. Re:recipie for disaster on Nissan Develops Emergency Auto-Steering System · · Score: 1

    and it is also mandatory.

  16. Re:Cost? on Explosive Detecting Devices Face Off With Bomb Dogs · · Score: 2

    The research is to make them more effective and cheaper. I would expect these to become cheaper as time goes by. I would support the research, but not buy these devices yet.

  17. Re:Yes, but... on Is Microsoft's Price Model For the Surface Justifiable? · · Score: 1

    I have seen many people claim this so far. I think microsoft is doing the right thing. I some how expect a $100 off coupon to be available before Christmas.

  18. Re:Will someone remind me ... on Iran Running Out of Physical Currency, Satellite Broadcasts Dropped in Europe · · Score: 2

    LIE. That is all there is to be said about this.

  19. Re:But we're still buying their oil, right? on Iran Running Out of Physical Currency, Satellite Broadcasts Dropped in Europe · · Score: 1

    Yes. You dont get to sign the NPT, enjoy the benefits of being in the NTP, and at the same time not fulfill its obligations. This has been mentioned atleast 10 times in the thread. So I would ask you reread it until it sticks.

  20. Re:The perfect solution to DMCA notices on The FSF Adopts the Kickstarter Approach To Fund-raising · · Score: 2

    If it's on a hosted box you rent, your hosting provider gets the notice and they take it down. Like what happened to Edublogs.

    And lendink. Even though the takedown notices were not legitimate, the provider decided to intervene as they could not handle the flood of DMCA requests.

  21. Re:While I like the idea on Uber Gives Up On New York Taxi Service · · Score: 1

    Yes, the ones I went to were pretty much empty though.

  22. Re:Pretty bad moderation, supported bald lie on US Presidential Debate #2 Tonight: Discuss Here · · Score: 1

    If I were tired of lies, I would vote for the one that lies less frequently by atleast an order than the competitor. You decide who I am taking about.

  23. Re:Romney bs on US Presidential Debate #2 Tonight: Discuss Here · · Score: 1

    Er, I am not sure why you think it would discourage investments. It is only the gains that are taxed, not the principle. And are you saying that the govt should subsidized these risky investments by taxing them at a lower percentage?

  24. Re:Romney bs on US Presidential Debate #2 Tonight: Discuss Here · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The argument is that the rich will leave the country if you raise taxes, and you lose even the taxes you are currently collecting. The middle class and the poor are less likely to do.
     
    I, personally, dont subscribe to this idea. The rich have very few places in the developed world to move to. I would say it is a bluff. Even if they move, the void will pretty soon be filled up someone else who starts a company (or whatever the rich were doing here).

  25. Re:Fake accent? on US Presidential Debate #2 Tonight: Discuss Here · · Score: 1

    Ah, now I realize it is a slight African American accent. I feel stupid to have brought it up now! I have never noted this in his speeches.