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  1. But... they won. on VA Tech Student Arrested For Posting Perceived Threat Via Yik Yak · · Score: 1

    If they didn't win then every newspaper on the planet would be scrambling to print the pics from these events.

  2. Can you say... normal? on POS Vendor Uses Same Short, Numeric Password Non-Stop Since 1990 · · Score: 1

    There's a reason why linksys, D-link and others do pretty much the same thing.

  3. The problem with ALL game trailers is... none of them give an idea of actual game play. Best thing to do is wait til someone posts some real game play on youtube. Then you'll get an idea if it's worth it or not.

  4. So far... why? on Man 3D Prints a Working 5-Speed Transmission For Toyota Engines · · Score: 2

    About the only thing I can think of that a 3D printer would be useful for would be to replace a little leg that you might break off of your keyboard. Or maybe even make one that's higher than the original. But 3k for a printer or $30 for a new keyboard? I'm voting for the new keyboard.

  5. Re:Alternate Bank of Canada Press Release on Star Trek Fans Told To Stop "Spocking" Canadian $5 Bill · · Score: 1

    5 loonies = 1 Spock? Kewl!

  6. Re:Reminds me of an old saying on It's Not Memory Loss - Older Minds May Just Be Fuller of Information · · Score: 1

    Well, I'm 68 and I got it all down. Just don't know where the hell I put it. :/

  7. Re:Amazing how times change. on Who Makes the Best Hard Disk Drives? · · Score: 1

    Seagate does have a few flavors of drives. Barracuda is still their most reliable "basic" drive.

  8. For rent? on You Might Rent Features & Options On Cars In the Future · · Score: 1

    Once upon a time we bought software. Now we can only license it. (Unless it's Adobe. In their case we can only rent it.) I'm sure the car manufacturers will figure out a way to screw everyone over the same way.

  9. Re:Which shows that people don't understand on Global-Warming Skepticism Hits 6-Year High · · Score: 1

    And therein lies the problem. Politics. Makes skeptics of everyone.

  10. Re:yes! - well - no on Court Victory Gives Blogger Same Speech Protections As Traditional Press · · Score: 2

    I guess you've never watched a political speech first and then went to fox to see what they do to it. Quite often going off in a tangent about something that was never even in the speech. If you want to head to fox first, fine. But do yourself a favor and then go to youtube and watch it "uncensored". They're usually posted there a while later.

    Remember, fux is NOT an American company. The owner (Rupert Murdoch) is out for the money. Sensationalism is how he sells news world wide.

    But the main problem with all media today... they all have an opinion. Years ago if a journalist had an opinion on air... he'd get fired. Today, if it creates controversy, he gets a raise.

  11. Re:Not the sun on Solar Lull Could Cause Colder Winters In Europe · · Score: 2

    It can only get into carbon if it doesn't make too much helium. If it makes too much... it will float away! :::gasp:::

  12. Nice try on Obama Announces Surveillance Reforms · · Score: 2

    Nice try barry but... no cigar. The only people who care about spying on foreign countries (friend OR foe) are the foreign countries. Who likely all do it themselves anyway. Spying on your own people reeks of Stalin and Hitler. (the list goes on)

    Using a court order? No problem since you'd have to introduce reason. Just for the hell of it? Might as well just burn the constitution.

  13. Re:Link to GIF on Previously-Unseen Photos of Challenger Disaster Appear Online · · Score: 1

    Yeah, dunno why but I still can't watch it. Turn my head every time it comes on. Just thinking there are pieces of people up there. :(

  14. Re:Why does this belong in Photoshop? on Adobe Adds 3D Printer Support To Photoshop · · Score: 1

    If you think it only does image editing... you don't know photoshop.

  15. Re:I have a much, much simpler theory... on Why Birds Fly In a V Formation · · Score: 1

    That would be ...drum roll... number two.

  16. Re:DOS compatability in Win8 on Many Mac OS Users Not Getting Security Updates · · Score: 1

    Quite debatable. The user doesn't have to spend a gazillion dollars upgrading progs to the latest and greatest. In fact, doesn't have to find a new program to replace the one that works well but doesn't exist anymore.

  17. Re:DOS compatability in Win8 on Many Mac OS Users Not Getting Security Updates · · Score: 1

    Actually I'm running win8 pro 64 and do run dos progs. And I mean LITERALLY old pre-windows dos based progs. The old workhorse nutplus database works just fine. Many old games run well too. Of course, on the other hand, it's kinda brutal to stare at the ancient graphics. :)

    Now, I'm not saying everything works. But the vast majority do. I think most of the problems with 16 vs 64 bit came from hardware that the vendors refused to update drivers for. A lot of scanners hit the trash pile over it.

  18. Re:Does it matter? on Many Mac OS Users Not Getting Security Updates · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The problem I "had" with Mac was, if I wanted to update some programs... sorry. OS is too old. Update the OS and another prog says.... sorry, OS is too new.

    And I look over at the win8 machine that can still run dos based progs 20- 25 years old and say... why?

  19. Re:Why just look near Earth? on First Survey of Commercially Viable Asteroids Estimates Only 10 Are Worth Mining · · Score: 1

    Pssst... the moon is a tad closer.

  20. Re:This is why... on The Quiet Fury of Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates · · Score: 0

    I think one talented person was Obama. The platform he ran on was incredible. Free health care, end to lobbyists, jobs bills... none of which came to fruition.

    Now, was it political bullshit to get elected or did he really try to get these projects done?

    Doesn't matter. He failed. At everything. Which makes him really ineffective and a lousy leader. Congress holds all the power. No president can undo that it seems. Which makes us... screwed.

  21. Re:"...it is telling..." "...if it turned out that on Counterpoint: Why Edward Snowden May Not Deserve Clemency · · Score: 1

    So... he stole the stuff they stole and gave it back.

  22. Re:And the opinon of the NY Times matters because? on The New York Times Pushes For Clemency For Snowden · · Score: 1

    "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety". - Benjamin Franklin.

    Snowden seems to be one of the few Americans who actually read the constitution.

  23. Re:Insane Cloud Posse on Reducing Climate Change Uncertainty By Figuring Out Clouds · · Score: 1

    They don't work. They float.

  24. Re:We're exploring space just fine on Researchers Confirm Exoplanet Has Clouds Using Hubble Telescope · · Score: 1

    We'd explore more if the politicians could figure out how to make money on it. As it stands, screwing with the people is much more lucrative.

  25. Our forefathers on US Federal Judge Rules Suspicionless Border Searches of Laptops Constitutional · · Score: 1

    "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin